hell no. >> does the biting satire, rachel maddow have a point? as it raises the question has the president brought the change that he promised? >> the idea that the wars that bush and cheney started that they didn't win, he hasn't been able to wrap new less than a year? it's true you can make great satire of that. >> a lot of people on the left have been critical about the wars and other things that have not yet been accomplished. >> sure. i've been probably among the most critical, but even i didn't expect it to be done by now. >> the reason that bit is funny is because it's true. the honeymoon is over. they had tremendous expectations going in. that's the hangover of any campaign where you make huge promises. now reality has hit. domestic policy with the economy and health care and afghanistan and everything else. >> government is hard. promise topg close guantanamo, it's actually hard to close it. they can promise to employ sanctions on iran. it's actually hard to do. a lot of ways they're continuing the second term bush foreign policy. >> we

. >> rachel maddow dropped the viral f bomb. i had the flu, capital f flu. >> which one, swine? >> yes. >> what? >> shared hand sanitizer with jimmy fallon. after tom arnold mentioned swine flu to tmz, he added insult to injury. >> actually i got the flu named after my ex-wife. >> reporter: that's polite compared to this. just because you say you have swine flu doesn't give you the right to act like a pig marilyn manson. on his myspace page he posted, i have been officially diagnosed by a doctor with the swine flu, at the same time he was videoed blowing his nose on the fans. >> i don't know if they were necessarily rockets. >> at least one fan thought it would be an honor to get swine flu from manson. his concert promoter denied he had h1n1. cnn's sanjay gupta got it in afghanistan. anderson cooper got sick with something. >> i was freezing cold despite being in the desert. are you coughing? >> i'm still coughing a little bit. >> how swine flies when you're having fun. >> you have virile infections. >> it's the a list for h1n1. >> that's why i keep these right here. that's jean

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books, fixed news, polls on public opinion on health care reform and restore the dignity, here is rachel maddow. good evening my friend. >> good evening, keith. i'm not sure i should be counted on to restore anyone's dignity. >> people watch that, too. won't they. >> thank you, keith. thank you michael and thank you at home for staying with us for the next hour. we are loaded tonight with a new fake movement to impeach president obama. a new, almost unbelievable abortion law, a new fake grass roots campaign from the pr man rick burrman. news from

. >> does the biting rachel maddow, the change of promise? >> does the idea of the war that bush and cheney haven't been able to wrap up until less than a year, that's true. >> but a lot of people on the left have been critical about the wars in particular and. >> sure. >> other things that have not been accomplished. >> i've been among the most critical but i would not expect it to be done by now. >> the reason it's funny is because it's true. the honeymoon is over. they have tremendous expectations. that's the hang over of any campaign promise and now domestic policy with economy, health care, afghanistan and everywhere else, the wheel is turning. >> the government is hard. a lot of what they are doing, they can promise to close guantanamo but it's actually hard to close t they can promise to employ sanctions on iran but the second push and cheney term policy. >> where we do that week after week to any president of the united states and the fact is they are going to get a let care bill. what they are missing is an economic situation and i t

ladies and gentlemen here is rachel maddow. >> now i'm never going to be able to get that out of my head, but thank you, keith. >> we already had the michelle bachman image from before. >> thanks for the nightmare. thanks, keith, and thank you at home for staying with us for the next hour, during which i can honestly tell you it is going from big to weird to big to weird again. senator brad is going to visit a foreign country in order to tell that country to resist the united states, then he has that trip canceled against his will at the 11th hour. the national republican congressional committee decides to call me names. and the unexpected resource of some of the bold faced names from the bush era's republican scandal. and they're resurfacing in today's highest possible stakes, republican politics. there is a ton of news going on in the world and it's all coming up this hour, but we begin tonight with some big breaking news, the "new york times," in an article, a long article posted tonight, appears to have blown open the john ensign affair story with new allegations not about senator en

david gregory "meet the press" this sunday with susan rice and rachel maddow. join us again monday night at 5:00 and 7:00 eastern for more "hardball." >>> which of these stories will you will talking about tomorrow? the fight for health care reform, about to enter a new phase, the senate finance committee almost done. did the health care industry lobby get what it paid for? where does it all go from here? tonight we're joined by finance committee democratic senator maria cant well. >>> chicago loses the 2016 olympics in the first round of voting. president obama says he's proud of the efforts. >> you can play a great game and still not win. >> the worst day of obama's presidency, the ego has landed. >>> why do you hate america, rush? >>> and the late show shocker, david letterman reveals a blackmail plot against him. >> he was asking for $2 million. pay up to keep his love life secret. so letterman comes clean on his show. >> i have had sex with women who work for me on this show. >> a cbs news producer is charged today with grand larceny. a look at the legal p

and now with her guest congressman alan grayson, here is rachel maddow. >> good evening, keith, this is great to have you back. and thank you all for staying with us for the next hour. as keith said, the most talked about man in washington today, congressman alan grayson is our guest this hour. sam stein is the head of the organization that files a prostitution complaint against a louisiana senator. we begin with republicans saying they are shocked, shocked by what frahm democratic congressman alan grayson of florida said about them on the floor of the house last night. >> it's my duty and pride tonight to be able to announce exactly what the republicans plan to do for health care in america. it's this. very simply, it's a very simple plan. here it is. the republicans' health care plan for america, don't get sick. that's right, don't get sick. if you have insurance, don't get sick, if you don't have insurance, don't get sick, if you're sick, don't get sick, just don't get sick. that's what republicans have in tind for you, america. that's the republican's health care plan. but i thin

in our exclusive >> interpreteinterview with ambassador rice and exclusive look at the economy, rachel maddowe.j. dionne, mike murphy and david brooks of the new york times. it should be a good discussion. >> a great show. david gregory, thanks so much. >> thanks, andrea. and we will be right back. go and check my credit score ♪ ♪ now all they let me have is this dinosaur ♪ ♪ hello hello hello can anybody hear me? ♪ ♪ i know i know i know i shoulda gone to ♪ ♪ free credit report dot com! ♪ that's where i shoulda gone! coulda got my knowledge on! ♪ ♪ vo: free credit score and report with enrollment in triple advantage. >>> welcome back to "andrea mitchell reports" live from geneva. joining us, ken pollack from the brookings institution in washington. ken, there have been a lot of developments here in the last 48 hours with the iranians and tomorrow, mohamed elbaradei is heading to tehran and beginning to try to nail down the details of not only the inspectors going in to this kom facility, how much access they will get, but also this novel idea of them shipping out their low-grade enriched ura

david gregory "meet the press" this sunday with susan rice and rachel maddow. ron brownstein. join us again monday night at k and 7:00 eastern for more hillary clinton. >>> good evening, americans, welcome to "the ed show." >> one of the things i think is most valuable about sports is that you can play a great game and still not win. i'm proud that i was able to come in and help make that case in person. i believe it's always a worthwhile endeavor to promote and boost the united states of america. and invite the world to come see what we're all about. >> that is our president showing his usual class and gracious, after the united states lost the 2016 olympic games. that is the mark of leadership. taking the losses with the wins, sticking your neck out for something you really believe in. something that's the right thing to do. even if you're getting heckled from the seats. i'm not going to sugar coat this tonight. this is a dark day for our country. a low point for america. you can hang it right on the right wing talkers, and, yes, the republican party. their negativity and la

and the panel sunday, our very own rachel maddow. favorite courses chef's meal with pommes frites perhaps a night at the theater with extra special seats additional hotel night, our treat your world in perfect harmony: priceless look for world on your mastercard to get rewards and offers that matter to you. >>> i'm here to tell you that those who think the president was born somewhere other than hawaii are crazy. he's not a muslim. he's a good man. let's knock this crap off and talk about the differences today. >> i love the way he talks. knock this crap off. we're back with david gregory and ron brownstein. back to my point, with the "politics fix." less talking. is there something going on? you first, ron. in the republican party where this craziness, we play the game here building up rush, building up glenn beck, sarah palin every night in "the sideshow." are they saying enough sideshow, we are have to get to the main event and win this thing next time. >> there is a relationship between the left and right. any fight -- >> center

in fact, listen to him on rachel maddow last night. >> people utterly unscrupulous, foot-dragging, knuckle-crackinghave to overcome it for the sake of the nation. >> there you heard, the congressman saying these are foot-dragging, knuckle-dragging kneer and thals nothing but no. pretty controversial comes, calling the health care crisis a holocaust. now, more with kelly o'donnell. i understand the house speaker is weighing in on this. >> you knew this was going to happen, norah, even talking about a freshman from florida. he is in his first term, alan grayson, caused a buzz along the way, a big personality, let me say that a place that relies on seniority, the first termer is worth noting. because of the flap and harsh words he chose to use, some cases with the kneer and thal comes, that came to the attention of the speaker of the house. reporters wanted to know, should he apologize? >> holding them to tougher standards than their own members on issues that relate to death. >> i think it is time for democrat leaders and the speaker of her house herself to rein in some of the rhetoric that she decri

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take a listen to what he said on the rachel maddow show last night. >>er dealing with people on the other side who are utterly unscrupulous. these are foot-dragging, knuckle-dragging, neanderthals who know nothing but no. one way or another, we have to overcome it for the sake of the nation. >> just a few hours ago, house speaker nancy he will pelosi said congressman grayson does not need to apologize for his comes because they have been said before. >> apparently, holding democrats to a higher level than they hold their own members because you have seen the statements made regularly by republicans on the floor about issues this relate to death. >> but house minority leader john boehner says house speaker nancy pelosi needs to tone down the rhetoric comes from her party. >> i think it's time for democrat leaders and the speaker of the house herself to rein in some of the rhetoric that she decried just several weeks ago and if he is not going to apologize to the american people and to republicans, as he should, really, it is the democratic leadership's

. >> reporter: nbc anchor rachel maddow dropped the viral f-bomb. >> i had the flu. the capital "f" flu. >> which one? swine? >> yeah. >> reporter: when actor tom arnold mentioned swine flu to tmz, he added insult to injury. >> actually, i got the flu that they named after my ex-wife. >> reporter: that's polite compared to this. just because you say you have swine flu doesn't give you the right to act like a pig, marilyn manson. on his myspace page, manson posted, so i have officially been diagnosed by a real doctor with the swine flu. about the same time, he was videotaped at a concert blowing his nose on his fans. there's a name for this, though manson first denied doing it, and then later quibbled with tmz. >> i don't know if -- >> reporter: at least one fan thought it would be an honor to get swine flu from manson. his concert promoter later denied he even had h1n1. cnn's doctor sanjay gupta got it in afghanistan. anderson cooper also got sick with something. >> i was freezing cold despite being in the desert. are you coughing right now? >> i'm still coughing, ju

. >> rachel maddow dropped the viral f bomb. i had the flu, capital f flu. >> which one, swine? >> yes. >> what? >> shared hand sanitizer with jimmy fallon. after tom arnold mentioned swine flu to tmz, he added insult to injury. >> actually i got the flu named after my ex-wife. >> reporter: that's polite compared to this. just because you say you have swine flu doesn't give you the right to act like a pig marilyn manson. on his myspace page he posted, i have been officially diagnosed by a doctor with the swine flu, at the same time he was videoed blowing his nose on the fans. >> i don't know if they were necessarily rockets. >> at least one fan thought it would be an honor to get swine flu from manson. his concert promoter denied he had h1n1. cnn's sanjay gupta got it in afghanistan. anderson cooper got sick with something. >> i was freezing cold despite being in the desert. are you coughing? >> i'm still coughing a little bit. >> how swine flies when you're having fun. >> you have virile infections. >> it's the a list for h1n1. >> that's why i keep these right here. that's jean

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