rachel mentioned that ad in "the new york times." steve was in charge of field operations for the campaign and was one of the people involved with that. true ground level of what's going on out there stuff. it seems that may be where this administration if not offkey has not tuned in yet. >> my sense is, keith, the president made the decision that he can sell those people in the end on whatever he comes up with. that's a big bet. i'm not sure he's going to make it. he's going to win it. by the way, the halanguage in t speech is stronger in tone on the public option than i thought it would be. you are where you travel. he's going to minnesota right after this which is an indication he'll speak to those people you talked about who care about the public option and really sweeping reform. >> howard and rachel and i will now step aside for the president and rejoin you afterwards. a full hour of countdown and a full hour of rachel's show and a special edition of "ed" and when the applause dies down you'll hear from the president of the uni

. >> rachel and nancy don't have much in common.chel is 28 and worked in recruiting after graduating from college. anthony is 46. he worked on wall street for 20 years but he never went to college. the thing they do have in common, a long job search after being laid off. rachel lost her job back in november. >> definitely didn't think that i would be sitting here, you know, nine months later, you know, without employment. >> when i first was let go i figured maybe a month, two months, you know. and i didn't think it would last this long. >> for anthony it's been more than a year since he was laid off and each day brings more work to find work. >> this afternoon at 2:30 i have a recruiting meeting with somebody i was networking with. tomorrow morning at 10:00 i have another meeting with a recruiter. i'm not sure if they have positions but to do some networking. >> rachel spend a lot of time making business connections using social networking site s and applies for jobs online every day. >> you've applied for more than 650 jobs? >> co

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and we've opened this pop-up store to support the launch of rachel rachel roy which officially launches tomorrow night at macy's nationwide. >> you used the tomorrow pop-up. what does that mean? >> well, this is really designed to be a live window into how the customer is shopping. what we want to do is expose them to the product in a very brief period. hopefully, we'll sell out in a couple of days. and support the launch in macy's. >> is it more important for you guys to have gigantic billboards that talk about rachel roy or to have something that's viral on the internet? >> this is all social, about social marketing. rachel roy. which includes the website, which we just launched last week. an outstanding website. it tells rachel's story. it, you know, shows her to be able to personify the brand. there's a documentary on her on vogue.com which launched last week. she does twitter. facebook. we have the iphone application which ties into vogue.com. all of this is how this customer will find the product. >> we're all so used to retail being terrible. is jones doing something no one else

rachel maddow, good evening, rachel. >> good evening, keith. i'm still sort of hung up on the broke back texas two step. >> michael will do that to you. >> i might ask him to stick around to elaborate on that. thank you very much, keith. appreciate it. and thank you for staying with us for the next hour for what i have to warn you it turns out is going to be an hour of cable news. i did not intend it to turn out this way, but we ended up with warrior robots, comic book heroes come to life by terrorists, people calling me funny names, drugs being snorted off toaster ovens and polling on the anti-christ. i will admit this is a very, very weird hour of television we have coming up this hour. but that's because it's been a very, very weird day of news. >>> we begin in d.c. where republicans fighting against the reprimand of congressman joe wilson for screaming "you lie! "at the president insisted they did not want to spend time on that reprimand because they had better things to do. today we learned what it was they were so eager to spend their tim

good evening, rachel. >> good evening, keith.for staying with us for the next hour. white house adviser david axelrod will be joining us in just a moment, as will senator barbara boxer. she will be joining us, as will congressman barney frank, as will chris hayes from "the nation." i'm here as you can see by the big building behind me, i'm here in washington on the occasion of the president's big health care speech. we are anticipating a very busy studio here. it's all coming up this hour. it is going to be a great show. we begin tonight with what has become almost a ritual for u.s. presidents. a little over an hour ago, president obama addressed a joint session of congress and millions of americans watching across the country to speak the words that many presidents before him have spoken in one form or another. >> we did not come here just to clean up crises. we came here to build a future. so -- so tonight i return to speak to all of you about an issue that is central to that future, and that is the issue of health care. i am n

my thanks to rachel maddow and howard fineman. our coverage continues and then rachel will join you at 10:00 p.m. eastern followed by a special late edition of "the ed show." that's at 11:00 p.m. eastern as our night of coverage of the president's speech to the joint session of congress continues. >> a president offering an interim plan to prevent bankruptcy from health care costs that would morph in four years to an insurance exchange containing a public option olding as he announced this a door open for bipartisanship crediting his election opponent for part of the health care reform plan he tonight endorsed insisting no one will be forced to change insurance, no abortions will be federally funded, no death panels calling that a lie insisting there will be no coverage for those here illegally and then greeted by congressman wilson of south carolina shouting from the safety of the crowd "you lie." the state of health care reform and state of american health care and state of american politics on the ninth of september in the year

good evening, rachel. >> bingo! good evening, lawrence. thank you very much, great job tonight on "countdown." good to see you. >> thanks, rach. >>> coming up this hour, we've got the latest on what may be the country's only known murder of an anti-abortion protester. it happened today in michigan. we've got that story ahead. and also, senator bob casey of pennsylvania will be joining us this hour. david serotta is on deck as well. >>> but we begin tonight with the eighth anniversary of the attacks on the united states on september 11th, 2001. this year, the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is being marked by conservatives marching on washington in what they're calling the 9/12 movement. the 9/12 movement was conceived, and in a sense, is being led by this guy. >> you know, it took me about a year to start hating the 9/11 victims' families. it took me about a year. and i had such compassion for them, and i really -- you know, i wanted to help them and i was behind them -- you know, let's give them money, let's get started, all of this stuff

joining us now, keith olbermann and rachel maddow.ermann, how does the president achieve success tonight in this speech? >> i don't know, lawrence. i'm honestly i've been thinking about this more and more in the context of having been exposed to the latest version of our health care system over the last couple weeks in my own family again for the second time this year. i was thinking about this in the context of american history and the decision in the 1880s it was that reaffirmed the right for corporations to be treated as human beings without the responsibility of human beings. since then american history could be written about this battle between citizens and corporations. there have been many far more important moments in that struggle between those two often mutually exclusive nearly such categories of entities in this country. in our era i can't think of one more important than the current one. this will be the night we find out if barack obama works for the people or the corporations. simple as that. >> rachel maddow, how will

>> rachel is a more independent, more self-reliant kind of girl that is not going back to the old rachel. >> reporter: rachel may have made some bad choices in her own life, but she has something very interesting to say. that all parents may want to hear. what did you need from your parents that you weren't getting? >> more family time. >> reporter: just hanging out with them. >> right. just hanging out, watching tv. dinner, sitting on the couch, anything like that. >> reporter: jacob and his mother are on speaking terms again, and continue to work on their relationship. >> thank you, mom. >> you're welcome. >> reporter: dylan passed his g.e.d. and is now focused on being the father he never had. what's the plan when up get out of here? >> i'm hoping to have money saved up and i'm going to just get my own place and get a job, be there for my daughter. >> reporter: as for tye, she earned her g.e.d. and has been accepted to clem. >> could i get a catalog or a brochure, anything? >> sure. >> reporter: she wants to study psychology and work with troubled kids. tye is now living with her olde

. >>> our msnbc coverage continues now with the "rachel maddow" show. it's all yours. >> thanks, lawrence. have a great weekend. thank you at home for staying with us for the next hour. we're beginning tonight with the biggest of all big political events in the country today. it was the kick off of the values voter summit. a conclave of conservative christian activists organized under the mantle of the family research council. today and through the weekend, the summit will host some of the leading lights of the conservative movement and all of the politicians in the country and the 2012 presidential hopefuls. mitt romney, tim pawlenty, texas governor rick perry, bill o'reilly from the fox news channel, bill bennett, the top republican in the house, john boehner, the top republican in the senate, mitch mcconnell, eric cantor, an event where elected republicans like congressman chris smith of new jersey, for example, can feel confident using their most conservative base-pleasing rhetoric. >> never in all of those years have i been more concerned, i know y

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our msnbc coverage now continues with "the rachel maddow show." good evening, rachel. >> good evening, lawrence. thanks very much. thank you at home for staying with us for the next hour. >>> today, bank of america announced it is suspending its current work and is not planning on entering into any future work with the part of the community group a.c.o.r.n. that councils first-time home buyers on how to avoid problems in handling their first mortgage and which represents people who are losing their homes to foreclosure. bank of america's actions to cut off a.c.o.r.n. follows similar moves by the census bureau and the irs. they've both said they'll stop working with a.c.o.r.n. as well. and of course it follows a move by the u.s. congress to cut off any source of federal funding for a.c.o.r.n. following a dramatically escalated campaign against the group by republicans and conservative activists and conservative media outlets. we have previously reported on this show how corporate interests opposed to a.c.o.r.n.'s successful efforts to raise the min

great to have you here. >> thank you, rachel. always a pleasure. >> just ahead on "countdown," congressman joe wilson is the subject of a very, very special comment by mr. olbermann. barack obama and the l-word. hold on. different l-word. sorry. not at all what you're thinking right now. totally different idea all together. discover a light yogurt like no other. activia light! delicious, fat free, and above all... the only one that has bifidus regularis and is clinically proven to help regulate your digestive system. activia light. ♪ activiaaa! a sanctuary. a command center. ( both revving ) a sophisticated sedan. a sports car. together. nissan maxima, the four-door sports car. now get a new nissan maxima for 0% apr financing for 60 months. for 0% apr financing this country definitely needs to focus on other ways to get energy. we should be looking closer to home. there are places off the continental shelf. natural gas can be a part of the solution. i think we need to work on wind resources. they ought to be carefully mapping eve

so good on you, rachel.with brass poles and prints is better than no health care plan at all. >> it's what they designed this story in order to be on this show. >> absolutely. >> we'll be a strip club. we'll call ourselves rachels and then give free flu shots to old people. spectacular. well done, kent. we need you on this program for this very purpose. >>> all right. cocktail moment for you. >> yeah. >> dalai lama. >> love him. >> went to memphis yesterday to go to the national civil rights museum, which is very cool. but it is not as cool as how the mayor of memphis greeted the dalai lama in memphis. this is amazing. watch it. >> excuse me. >> i've always wanted to say, hello, dolly! >> first he taught the dalai lama how to do a fist bump, then he said, hello, dalai! how impressive s "countdown" "hardball" is up next. >>> james traficant. let's play "hardball." good evening. i'm chris matthews in boston. leading off tonight. he is back. james traficant, the former congressman found guilty of bribery and ra

great to have you here. >> thank you, rachel.pleasure. >> just ahead on "countdown," congressman joe wilson is the subject of a very, very special comment by mr. olbermann. next on this program, it's the intersection at last of barack obama and the l-word. hold on. different l-word. sorry. not at all what you're thinking right now. totally different idea all together. as i get older, i'm making changes to support my metabolism. i'm more active, i eat right, and i switched to new one a day women's active metabolism. a complete women's multivitamin plus more for metabolism support. and that's a change i feel good about. new from one a day. ♪ so blessed with inspiration ♪ ♪ i don't know much ♪ but i know i love you ♪ and that may be ♪ all i need ♪ to know (announcer) customers love ge aircraft engines almost as much as we love making them. innovation today for america's tomorrow. are you all right? a ferocious white whale wrecked my boat. well, i'm sure we can help you, captain... ahab. well, it looks like you haven't had a claim in

>> rachel martin at the white house, thank you. for more on this, let's go to martha raddatz, who joins us now from washington, as well. martha, we heard rachel talk there about the possibility that the israelis could take some sort of military action. what could actually be done militarily against the heavily fortified sites, though? >> reporter: well, there are several options. none of them are good, dan. and this is not an option the u.s. wants to use, and the u.s. does not want israel to use this option, either. but they are working on this bomb, which is called a massive ordnance penetrator. it is not like a regular bomb, that hits the surface, and explodes. what it does is actually penetrates down below. this is a regular bomb you're blows out on the surface. this massive ordnance penetrator, 15 tons would go deeper into the earth and try to find hidden sites. but that bomb is not ready yet. >> we saw in rachel's piece, secretary gates pointedly refused to answer questions about whether the government thinks there are more hi

thanks for joining us, mark. >> thanks, rachel. happy anniversary. >> thank you. >>> british police are really, really, really mad at dick cheney, and they're mad at him three years retroactively. this is a strange spy story. stay with us. got nfl-sized odors in your house? febreze air effects actually eliminates odors in the air and leaves a fresh scent. febreze air effects, it's a breath of fresh air. got a wet pet in your house? febreze air effects eliminates odors in the air and leaves a fresh scent. febreze, official air freshener of the nfl. but i've still got room for the internet. with my new netbook from at&t. with its built-in 3g network, it's fast and small, so it goes places other laptops can't. i'm bill kurtis, and i've got plenty of room for the internet. and the nation's fastest 3g network. gun it, mick. (announcer) sign up today and get a netbook for $199.99 after mail-in rebate. with built-in access to the nation's fastest 3g network. only from at&t. >>> world net daily, the extra right wing website which banged th

>> the president of the united states. >> the president says stories like rachel's are all too common. health insurance is mandatory for students at college park and her treatment was covered under her parents plan. >> but whether she goes in the work force and their insurance company starts asking, well have you been sick before? right now she would have trouble getting insurance under the bill that we signed. she will still be able to get coverage. >> a lone antiabortion protester briefly distracted the president and was hauled off by police. >> we will not pay for murder. >> outside, a few dozen other demonstrators expressed similar sentiments. >> they will pay for this if they encourage the elderly to die. >> the college park travels to the west of the president and more committed to a government run plan. >> a republican insurance option. let me be clear, it would only be an option. no one would be forced to choose it. >> whichs that to leave the president wondering how he will get something done for rachel and millions of other americans like her. >> what health insurance compan

rachel simmons has written "the curse of the good girl."hen sandberg is the author of "stressed out girls ". good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> we were talking about how we can kind of identify with this good girl character. so many women are raised thinking they have to be polite and smart and you want to behave. what is it about a good girl curse, rachel, that ends up becoming a bad thing later in life? >> it's great to be nice. but how nice should you be? if you're too knight nice you're not sharing your true feelings. you're holding them back. giving up your needs in relationships. you're trying to be perfect all the time. >> you're a people-pleaser. >> and also not taking healthy risks. the best leaps in our development are taken when we're willing to fail. so if you're trying to be good all the time, you're not going to be able to take those risks. >> it's interesting. i don't feel like you see a lot of boys, perhaps, with this same problem. the girls really feel like they have to somehow please others, do the right thin

. >> hi, rachel, how are you? >> does what i have just summarized here comport with what you have been able to learn about the case so far? are there any new details? >> that's a good description and what i would add to that is what investigators found at the crime scene is obviously very disturbing and what they're going through now is trying to figure out exactly what happened to this person. >> from what we have read, it seems that the body was found on september 12, a couple of weeks ago, there was some local reporting at the time into what was described locally as a mysterious case. why are we hearing about it nationally now? >> i think investigators have taken great pains, both at the kentucky state police and the fbi to better understand exactly what happened. obviously the details -- the few details we know at this point are very disturbing. and could feed a larger political argument if this ends up being the result of anti-government sentiment. but they don't know that for absolute certain yet. and part o

he raises his children from rachel as his own. in fact, after the civil war and reconstruction and after -- ends up living in essentially a black community. he is a radical republican equality under the law of the constitutional amendments. in fact, he helps to build an integrated schoolhouse that whites burn down which then constitutes according to an ex-slave a finalreak with whites and with newton kght we don't to give all the story. we'll say a couple of things. story but we'llnown as a white say a couple things. one he becomes known as a white n is buried in a black cemetery. in many respects newton knight is the john brown of the south. he's more radical than northern abolitionists. i've gotten ahead of myself but let them kinof backtrack and say aittle bit more about wton knight's southern unionism as a not only as a deserter, as a unionist he's a fugitive from justice. and technically, a deserter and certainly unionists it's a capitacrime. in fact, the confederacy is so worried about newton knight and his comrades and his

>> you've summed it up, rachel, and it sits pretty darn well with the public option. look, all over america people are carrying these signs, public option, public option or bust. they're wonderful activists but a lot of folks haven't been told that the congressional budget office says only about 12 million people in america would actually get to choose the public option. they are likely to be sicker. they're likely to be folks who haven't had good preventive health care services, to really put the consumer in the driver's seat, to give the consumer clout, to turn the tables on the insurance lobby, you've got to have a really big group. that's what i'm pushing for, and free choice is very compatible with the public option. >> so the idea is that anybody should be able to get into the health exchange? it shouldn't be that if you already have insurance through your employer, that locks you out of the health exchange? that anybody can be able to join, that creates competition, so that not only do we have a choice for people to get insured who can't afford insurance today

thanks for joining us, mark. >> thanks, rachel. happy anniversary. >> thank you. >>> british police are really, really, really mad at dick cheney, and they're mad at him three years retroactively. this is a strange spy story. stay with us. we'll be right back. (announcer) take your time to find the right time with cialis for daily use... a clinically proven, low-dose tablet for erectile dysfunction you take every day so you can be ready anytime the moment is right. tell your doctor about your medical condition and all medications and ask if you're healthy enough for sexual activity. don't take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, as this may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. don't drink alcohol in excess with cialis. side effects may include headache, upset stomach, delayed backache or muscle ache. to avoid long term injury seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than 4 hours. if you have any sudden decrease or loss in hearing or vision stop taking cialis and call your doctor right away. (announcer) 36

this is intriguing. >> good evening, rachel.a poll in iowa said 92% of iowans said same sex marriage had no effect on them whatsoever. it didn't apparently cause the apocalypse so now there are little marital victories happening all over the place. the next one? game shows. take a look. once again "star trek's george decay" boldly goes where no man has gone before. he and his husband brad will be the first same sex couple on the new newlywed game hosted by carney wilson. fire torpedos! of course any time gay people get to do anything they never got to do before the usual suspects make the usual noises. quote, they're trying to use tv and the movies to set the gay agenda and make it main stream. yeah. imagine that kind of thing in the main stream. of course for me the newlywed game will always be the classic hosted by bob eubank who quizzed young couples about how well they really knew each other. guess what? not that well. >> what would your husband say is his favorite thing to squeeze in the supermarket? jane? >> i think meat.

>> yeah, it's rachel barton pine's story. she started playing the violin at age 3.ng her to perform with the world's most acclaimed orchestras and to win so many awards, but it was that violin that nearly caused her death and we're going to hear her incredible story, but one of inspiration, too. >> wow. >> it's amazing. yeah. >> and it's time for another meeting of "al's book club for kids," and this morning, members of the club get to meet the author of "39 clues: the black circle." >> ooh. >> we also have a moving story this morning about how a woman has inspired a lot of people to help women caught in brutal conflicts, not just to survive, but also to thrive. it's a really interesting thing a lot of women in america are taking up the cause of the women in combat, which is terrific. anyway, let's get a check of the weather. >> all righty. let's see what's going on for your weekend. we've got sunshine up and down the west coast. in fact, the western half of the country, sunny and warm. heavy rain, unfortunately, through the mississippi river valley into the southea

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rachel maddow, of course, host msnbc "the rachel maddow show" and joins us now. >> thanks for having me here. >> let's talk about this whole conflict, a tap dance that we're seeing with the commanders. don't officially request the troops, even though it's been leaked all over town. they want the troops, they want more troops, they think that it is necessary to avoid mission failure, but the question then becomes, what is the mission? what is the strategy? and how does the president get out of this bind? >> i think the thing that was surprising about general mcchrystal's, they could not do more if they had more resources. what was surprising was how damming he was about the afghan government. these strong terms he's using. if the mission is that afghanistan has a prestanding state for the u.s. commanders to have that sort of assessment of what we're standing on made it seem like the mission was almost undoable. >> when the president said we have to have the strategy before we decide on the resources. last march there was a big speech and we all covered it and we talked to depth and th

rachel martin, abc news, washington. >> of course rachel mentioned an early copy.tion secretary is saying it's going to be available on the white house web site. but it sure is unexpected to see this kind of backlash only when you compare it to the historical -- >> past presidents have not had this kind of push back like obama is. 18-minute long speech. they clarified some the stuff critics are talking about in advance of the speech. >> there has been a lot of debate about it. t on friday t au skedyoo weigh in on our facebook fan page and diu d. >> we got over a hundrdi reedsken prearents and some pus blanericovtireacndng?re >> that question led to an online debate. here aom sofhe responses. overreacting. this: this is the parent's job, not the president's job. >> lynnette commented the man justtoand oute encge o eur kids to aaying like he's peg re agoct ainlig be' htos going to brainwash them. cscilen said wt anoronnd h a >> lvin eesavur o ur cldren.t e >> sf lks tatain if he starts talking about tpra m.lee or other issues bee's era prmelem. pr inar omprthe en hea

rachel you said something that caught my attention.r showed up at an obama rally with guns. two people. how do you know it? >> that was on cnn. his nape was christopher browden, he happened to go to his church and said he was a huge fan of steve anderson. he came to the president's most recent appearance with a gun. so, you know, again, you can't say this speech legally -- he didn't say go to this speech with a gun but i think you can see a connection and just because it's legal doesn't mean it's right. i think cnn also reported that the secret service might be sort of investigating that connection even though the pastor, himself, said he hasn't been contacted by the secret service. so it's something they're obviously worried about. >> okay, rachel, thank you very much. thank you very much. david, i guess, you know, people are certainly have asked us why this guy's in the news. when you hear one of his supporters who was interviewed on msnbc by chris matthews showed up at the town hall with the gun, you know, one does wonder who -- whe

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i think you just made yourself famous. >> thank you, rachel.e'll see. >>> we now know that the title of sarah palin's forthcoming sooner-than-expected book is "going rogue." catchy, sure. loaded, you betcha. loaded in a way that sounds way different to folks in alaska than it does to most folks in the lower 48. that explanation coming up. (announcer) we understand. you want faster ground shipping. >>> sarah palin's new book is called "going rogue," which is exactly the language she used to disparage one lifelong service agent in alaska in the sarah scandal. she is the gift that keeps on giving. >>> first our holy mackerel story. there are about 6.8 billion people in the world. one out of every 12 million of them is a customer of china mobile, the china-run cell phone company. if you only count the people in the world who have cell phones, one in eight of those are a customer of china mobile. on the occasion of this week's 60th anniversary of the founder of the people's republic of china, china mobile has done a little something for their many,

rachel is 28 and worked in recruiting after graduating from college. anthony's 46.on wall street for 20 years but he never went to college. the thing they do have in common -- a long job search after being laid off. rachel lost her job back in november. >> i definitely didn't think that i would be sitting here nine months later without employment. >> when i first was let go, i figured maybe a month, two months. and i didn't think it would last this long. >> reporter: for anthony, it's been more than a year since he was laid off. and each day brings more work to find work. >> this afternoon at 2:30, i have the recruiting meeting with somebody that i was networking with. tomorrow morning at 10:00, i have another meeting with a recruiter. i'm not sure if they have positions. but just to do some networking. >> reporter: rachel spends a lot of her time making business connections using social networking sites and she also applies for jobs online every day. you've applied for more than 650 jobs? >> correct. >> reporter: how many interviews have you had out of that? >> may

these are the rachel maddow cocktail shakers that we hope to sell.with any credibility. because the empire state building wouldn't do it, we will. >> here's to dorothy. here's to everyone looking to get home again. iech . >> here's to green. incidental with people who want to rock ahmadinejad's day. >> freedom! >> do we really need to. isn't it ruined already by that boxy jacket he already wears? >> can someone get him a decent tailor, the poor man? >> have a great evening. >> we will now after this drink. >> good night. >> due to mature subject matter, viewer advice cession is advised. >> america's prisons -- dangerous, often deadly. there are two million people doing time. every someday battle to survive and maintain order. >> down on your feet, down! >> we spent months inside corcoran, where officers try to maintain order with an institution with a notoriously violent past. this is "lock-up -- corcoran, extended stay. >> on the ground, both of you. on the ground. >> in doctor orcoran, survival is the number one priority between inmates and guards

abc's rachel martin has more on what he said. >> the president sat down friday for five interviews that aired sunday morning on abc, nbc, cbs, and the cable network, cnn and univision. the interview with abc's george step nope louse got testy at times especially when step nope louse claimed that a mandate requiring people to buy health insurance amounted to a backhanded tax hike. >> my critics say everything is a tax increase. my critics say that i'm taking over every sector of the economy. you know that. >> you reject it. >> i absolutely reject that notion. >> on every network he was asked if the hardening opposition to his health care plans was racially motivated. >> part of it is i think the opposition has made a decision they are just not going to support anything. >> uh-huh. >> for political reasons. >> but the sunday media blitz didn't appear to sway republican critics. >> he can be on every news show until the end of time. if he doesn't get republicans and democrats in a room and get off tv we're never gonna solve this problem. >> reporter: after health care the war in afghanista

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here's abc's rachel martin. >> reporter: for generations, school meant books. lots of books. >> his search for information begins in his civics book. >> reporter: not anymore. >> we're going to copy that. then we're going to exit out of that. we're going to do to dictionary.com, wait until it loads. >> reporter: around the country, from high school to grad school, books are getting harder to find. no more back-breaking backpacks. now, an entire library can fit in the palm of your hand. this private school outside boston is going bookless. >> we decided that we could best utilize our resources if we decided to go with e-books and e-resources. >> like it says right here in paragraph 4. >> reporter: at this virginia school, this english class is trying out the ipod touch. if the experiment works, the entire school district will switch. >> they took right away to it. there was no adaptation necessary. >> reporter: laptops and ipods cost money, of course, but so do textbooks. at times, hundreds of dollars apiece, and because there is so much free educational materia

abc's rachel martin has more from washington. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: good morning, ron. world leaders used the g-20 summit to pledge more cooperation to stabilize the global economy. but the big news came when president obama and other leaders condemned iran for building a secret, nuclear facility. the president put it plainly. iran, he said, is on notice. >> they are going to have to come clean. and they are going to have to make a choice. are they willing to go down the path, which i think ultimately, will lead to greater prosperity and security for iran? or will they continue down a path that is going to lead to confrontation? >> reporter: strong words, delivered with european allies at his side. >> confronted by the serial deception of many years, the international community has no choice today but to draw a line in the sand. >> reporter: the unified rebuke came after intelligence from france, britain and the u.s. revealed a secret nuclear plant, hidden in the mountains, about 100 miles outside tehran. >> this is likely a breakout facility, that iran did not intend t

he raises h children from rachel as hiswn. and in fact after the civil war and in reconstruction ends up living in esstially a black community he is radical republican sking to uphold the new equaly unr the law ofhe constitutional amements. in fact, he helps t build an integrated schoolhous that whites burn down that then constitutes according to an ex-slave a final break th whites and with newton knight we don't want to give away all the story but we'll say @ouple things. one he becomes known as a white negro because of his decision to live in ts black community and is buried in a black cemetery. in many respects newton knight is the john brown of the south. he's more radical than northern aboll ligsist -- abolitionists. i've gotten ahead of myself but let me backtrack and say a little more aboutewton knight souf earn uni -- southern unionism. as not only a deserter but a uniunionist he i a fugitive from justice. deserter and unionist it's a capital crime. in fact the confederacy is so worried about newton knight and his comr

here's rachel martin. >> reporter: in five interviews on five networks, the president hit everythingrom afghanistan -- >> we lost that focus for awhile. >> reporter: to race relations. >> are there people out there who don't like me because of race, i'm sure there are. >> reporter: but the purpose of this morning marathon was to convince americans that health care reform has to happen this year. something he admitted hasn't been easy. >> i've said to myself, somehow i'm not breaking through. >> reporter: but analysts say inundating the airwachs is risky. >> if you are doing five shows on a sunday, it's far too many. >> no president ever wants to become video wallpaper. people do tune you out because they simply assume you don't have anything new to say. >> reporter: barack obama is about even with george w. bush and bill clinton on the number of press conferences he's given, but when it comes to interviews, clinton had don 46 by this point. bush, 40. president obama? 124. there was only one television network where the president didn't appear today, fox news. that was the only networ

asas rachel martin reports, som schools are taking the radical step of moving into the computer age by doing away with books all together. >> reporter: for generations, school meant books. lots of books. >> seah for information beginning in his civil ickes book. >> reporter: not anymore. >> we're going to copy that. then we're going to exit out of that. we're going to do to dictionary.com, wait until it loads. >> reporter: around the country, from high school to grad school, books are getting harder to find. no more back breaking backpacks. now, an entire library can fit in the palm of your hand. this private school outside boston is going bookless. >> we decided we could best use our resourceif we decided to go with e-books, and e-resources. >> like it says right here in photograph four. >> reporter: at this virginia school, may's english class is trying out the ipod touch. if the experiment works the entire school district will switch. >> they took right away to it. there was no adaptation necessary. >> reporter: laptops and ipods cost money, of course, but so do text books. at times