but it actually started last month, just before rachel beckwith's 9th birthday. instead of asking for a gift, she wanted to give one. clean water to thirsty kids in faraway lands. >> her big crazy goal is to raise $300 so that 15 kids in africa would have clean, safe water. >> reporter: she raised $220 just $80 short of her goal. she resolved to try again next year. but then came the accident. too violent for even the biggest of hearts to survive. >> i don't think you have to be a parent to not be able to wrap your mind around this intense pain. we all want to do whatever we can. >> reporter: the best memorial, they figured, was just to keep rachel's water drive going. so they did. and then came the flood. her story spread, on twitter, and facebook. the tally grew. first by the day, then by the minute. the owner of this hair salon in yorba linda, california, donated because he says rachel's story mattered. >> it just amazes me that someone, a 9-year-old girl, a small child, can have such a monumental impact. >> reporter: well over $600,000 has been donated in rac

rachel maddow show is up next. good evening. >> thanks for staying with us for the next hour. >>> you know when you're a kid and you go on a road trip or are in the car with mom or whoever at the wheel, you're the kid in a car and you pass a trucker on the road, what do you do to a truck? you go -- honk your horn motion with your arm. i was a very, very serial offender of doing this when i was a kid. but if the trucker sees you do that as a kid and honks at you, that is the best thing in the whole world when that happens. well, today in midtown manhattan while sitting on my desk, i witnessed an only on new york, only on summer vacation update. it was open top tour buses, full of school kids visiting new york on summer vacation, open-top tour buses, convertible double-decker buses, driving through mitttown manhattan, and the kids in the buses are screaming and clapping and cheering at the top of their lungs up toward all of these new york city skyscrapers they are driving past. what are they doing? trying to get us

rachel maddow serves as his lackey. if you had not heard about the whole google santorum, would you run to your paycheck? dan savage, rachel maddow, would you race to your checkbook to scrawl out a check for $25, $50, $100? or would you out of curiosity google santorum? imagine the fundraising discussion about this. all right, what we know we will accomplish is that every one of our most core supporters across the country will be told in effect, go google the word santorum. that's not the risk, that's the certainty. a comedian with a once-weekly show on cable and the 9:00 lady on msnbc >> it is very flattering to have people try to raise money off of the sheer outrageousness of the

>> you nailed it, rachel, there have been a lot of twists and turns. great news today but i greet it with caution. they have a opportunity to challenge it in court once again august 29 or appeal directly to the supreme court. so we need some clarification once again. as you mentioned, they say they would comply with the order and take immediate action and notify the force, so again maybe we'll get clarification within days like we did in october where the news trickled out, but also, the thing that would end all of this confusion is if the president, secretary paneda and admiral mullen would appeal immediately within days of this ruling. we have gone through the training, the marines, the coast guard, the navy, the air force are all complete. the army it 75% complete with their training, so the thing that would end confusion is the president would certify repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" and make an announcement they don't intend to repeal this order. >> in the meantime, until there's that clarification you're describing, i realize you're not a lawyer

rachel maddow serves as his lackey. not heard about the whole google santorum, would you run to your paycheck? dan savage, rachel maddow, would you race to your checkbook to scrawl out a check for $25, $50, $100? or would you out of curiosity google santorum? imagine the fundraising discussion about this. all right, what we know we will accomplish is that every one of our most core supporters across the country will be told in effect, go google the word santorum. that's not the risk, that's the certainty. a comedian with a once-weekly show on cable and the 9:00 lady on msnbc. >> it is very flattering to have people try to raise money off of the sheer outrageousness of the mention of your name or your description. especially when you've never met those people and you think of them as kind of a bigger deal than you. it's flattering. it's also hilarious. so rick santorum, knock yourself out. it worked out great for bob ney. now it's time for "the ed show." have a great night.

rachel beckwith was taken from this world far too soon.hort life is having a huge impact on people who never knew her. joe marino of komo has her story. >> rachel beckwith is among seven people hurt in a chain reaction collision on interstate 90 earlier this week. her injuries were the most severe. at harbor view, doctors realized her spinal cord was severed and told family there was nothing they could do. loved ones want herselfless passion to live on. >> she cares about other people more than herself. >> veronica says her niece always wanted to help others and set out to raise $300 to pay for clean water in developing countries. >> for her birthday she told us not to buy her presents. she wanted everyone to give money so that children and parents can have water. >> but then the accident struck and rachel's pastor at church decided to keep promoting her fund-raising mission for the non-profit group charity water. church used facebook and twitter to encourage people to give. and thousands of dollars started pouring in by the hour. >> she d

joining me from bangkok is our correspondent, rachel harvey. and rachel, there are fears that this polling day could be marched by violence. -- marred by violence. what's the mood like on the ground? >> well, i think to be honest, most people think the polling day itself will probably pass off fairly peacefully. there have been a few instances of violence during the campaign. normally at a local level. polling day itself, most people here think will be orderly, will be peaceful, and people will turn out in large numbers to cast their ballots. the real question mark is what happens after that. firstly, will one part be able to get enough seats to form an absolute majority and then by right to form the government? or will it be a case of one party wins the most seats but not enough to be an absolute majority and therefore we're going to see a period of horse trading while they try to get other small parties to join them in a coalition? it is in that period when effectively we have a lame duck government period. and while this is horse trading goi

celebrity stylist and new mom rachel zeo is nearly as famous as the people she dresses.hanks to her hit reality show, "the rachel zoe" project. >> skyler is only 3 1/2 months and i take him everywhere. >> reporter: she's about to launch a full line of clothing, shoes and bags that will appear this fall in high end stores. >> this is your perfect party dress. >> reporter: and rachel has affordable luxury on qvc. what's the price point on this? >> this is $79. >> reporter: get out. do you see your eye drawn to children's fashion, sometiming children, is that -- >> yes, yes. >> reporter: what are you seeing? >> i'm like, that's not going to happen, and it's totalal happening. ready for this? gucci bomber jacket. let me tell you. there is going to be a lot of boys clothes in my life. >> reporter: what's missing in boy's fashion? >> there isn't enough. >> reporter: and while her clothing line stands to make a huge profit, these ventures are often about something more. >> the moms are so proud of that's a lot of what's at heart here. every mom in the world thinks their kid is

before this, rachel was home schooled on her family farm.amily, you could be deeming with stalkers, a train wreck of a celebrity. are you prepared for all of that? >> i think so. it would take some getting used to and i'm sure there would be days when i think, what am i doing? >> reporter: and with famous hollywood men cheating with their nannies, how does this school keep their girls out of the headline s? these are young, attractive girls. how do yourepare them in case they get hit on? >> all they have to do is call me and i say, tell them good-bye, you're out of there. they are employoys. they're in the professional capacity with a job to do. they're not there for the whims of the employer. >> r rorter: but let's be honest. you have jude law, had a relationship with his nanny -- >> not my graduate. those are not my nannies. >> reporter: this group of unanimousnies all graduate with honors and distinction. >> welcome to the 104th graduating class. >> reporter: dressed in their nanny best. >> christina. >> reporter: on to bigger and better

he hooked up with rachel the time the woods' scandal broke meaning rachel may have been sextingelin's futurer boy friend and husband at the same time. >> let's discuss this in our lightning round. >> what are the odds that this poor girl ends updating a guy that has been, norks sleeping with the chick that ruined her marriage? >> extraordinarily high. when you are in these celebrity death spirals as all of these characters are, there are only 12 people in it, it is like lizzy grubman and they are bumping into each other all the time. >> it is true. it is the same people. >> should she dump him? he knew who he was with before he was with her. >> yeah. it is funny. i wrote the same thing tucker just said in my talking point. rachel was a vip party promoter and running with the crowd. it is a small crowd. they all inter date. i only know what i read on page six. it is not that coincidental that they would have hooked up. on the same token rachel is a skank and -- >> i love that. keep going. >> i think that's not going to last. >> there are no winners here, are there? >> no, there is not.

i said -- my exact words was this -- >> yes. >> call rachelle. tell her i need to speak to her. make a [ bleep ] decision. grow up or something like that. >> yeah, you did. >> if you send me to cw or send me to the box. >> right. >> i was aggravated, rachelle. >> i know that >> the only way i know how to channel my anger is physically. so instead of movie doing that, i'm yelling. >> yep. >> i'm yelling. >> that was recognized. >> rachelle, tell you the truth, all jokes aside, i'm not trying to play with you. like you know, you got your job. you the boss and i respect you. know what i'm coming from? >> yep. >> you and i both know usually i wouldn't care about being -- about being seg. doesn't matter. i'll stay here. i just feel as though, if i just did four months. four months. >> that's why i'm saying you're not dead in the water. >> the next step for esdale is administrative segregation or asu hearing that will determine how long he remain in segregation. >> you'll most likely be seeing asu tomorrow. yes. >> i'll be there. >> all right. >> i'll be there. >> yep. it was nice see

rachel stassen-berger in m.p. with the starr tribune and susan urahn here in washington with the pew center on the states. thank you. >> ifill: now, an exhaustive new report reveals nearly two hundred educators cheated to boost student test scores in atlanta-- a problem that has surfaced in school districts across the country. the georgia investigation, commissioned by governor nathan deal, found results were altered on state curriculum tests by district administrators, principals and teachers, for as long as a decade. educators literally erased and corrected students' mistakes to make sure schools met state- imposed testing standards. and it found evidence of cheating in 44 of the 56 schools examined for the 2009 school year. the "atlanta journal constitution" has been digging into the inconsistencies for more than two years. reporter heather vogell joins me now. welcome, heather. so tell me, how did all of this surface? you have been spending a lot of time reporting on this? >> yes, we first wrote about suspicio

we're going to talk about kate's fashion sense with stylist to the stars rachel zoe on "good morningd morning, america, i'm bianna golodryga. live from the belasco theater where the stars mingled with the royal couple last night. dan, if you're not into fashion, i know you're into food. let me tell what they ate last night. filet of beef with creamed leeks and pickled spring garlic. yum. >> i guess they couldn't get away with serving rubber chicken with the royals in the house. >> or fish and chips. not going to wipe the grease on the alexander mcqueen dress. much more from l.a. coming up. good morning, everybody, i'm dan harris. i want to tell you about serious news we are going to tell you about this morning. jaycee dugard, kidnapped and raped for 18 years. she has now spoken exclusively with abc's diane sawyer. we'll look how the system failed dugard and allowed a convicted sex offender to hold her prisoner. bianna, over you to. >>> also, dan, a chance to dance with royalty. we take a look at students at an inner city art program. they are amazing kids and will and kate will visit

tiger woods there was a development today, rachel uketell had to return hush money to tiger woods. catch us up on this. >> kimberly: i hate when you are not supposed to talk about it, and you get paid reports are $8 million to $10 million. gloria allred worked out a settlement and said you have been talking about it and you went on the celebrity rehab and it violated terms. so the idea of having to give back the whole thing she said i'll give you some of the cash back. >> dana: the other development today i can't

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my guest rachel weisz here to talk about her new film. [cheering and applause] her new film is called "the whistleblower." it's about a young girl who finds a whistle. [laughter] i don't want to give away the rest. [laughter] she blows the whistle. she ultimately blows the whistle. but let's begin tonight in norway. obviously what norway's going through right now is just awful. people are upset, angry, outraged, although some people's upset, anger and outrage, at least in this country, extends into areas that may surprise you. >> why is the liberal press playing up the christian angle in the norway shooting case? >> the mainstream media was quick to portray the suspect as a christian extremist. >> they lay down this narrative every time there's a psychoout there. he's a fundamentalist christian that. is not the case absolutely at all. >> they quickly labeled him christian when there's nothing religious acted his approach. >> the idea in any way he represents any mainstream or even fringe sentiment in the christian community is ridiculous.

"the rachel maddow show" is up next. good evening, rachel. >> you know, lawrence, i did not see that today. i missed the exit. i sort of can't believe that wasn't an actor. that was -- that was the real -- >> it happened. >> it happened just like that? >> yeah. i knew you'd want to see it. we have to prove these things. people don't believe them if we don't prove these things. he's gone. >> we have to put that into a time capsule and save it for all eternity. once upon a time, there were people in television who thought of themselves like this. amazing. thank you, lawrence. i have to go bleach my brain. i'll be back in an hour. >> ok. >> thanks to you at home as well for staying with us at this hour. >>> sometimes huge political change in america happens in washington. a game changing politician is elected to high office. a game-changing politician resigns in disgrace. a supreme court decision changes what's possible in america in a material way. a supreme court appointment does that same thing. landmark legislation make

rachel and chris chapman!800-registry who saw their story. they provided video of the big event to nbc news. >> rachel very much wanted her and chris' wedding to be reflective of who they are as a couple. their love is very easy to see. they live their vows longed before they ever said them. >> reporter: wheeled down the aisle by her father in the dress she originally planned on wearing, rachel made her way to chris surrounded by the warmth of family, friends, and sunshine. >> the person who has the biggest impact on my life, i can finally call mine. >> i love you so much. you're my best friend. ♪ >> give them a round of applause. >> rachel danced with her father to "sun rise sunset" and she twirled around with chris for the first time as husband and wife. now we're told the happy couple is off to fiji for their honeymoon. we wish them a wonderful life together. that's true love. >> they are truly in love. she's got a good one and he's got a good one as well. >> amazing young woman. >>> just ahead, why turn 40

. >> thank you, rachel. >> right before the show tonight, news crossed that standard & poor's has put the u.s. on credit watch with a one in two chance it could lower the u.s. credit rating. what do you think of the impact of this is? >> it's going to be negative. but i have to say i have been very critical of the ratings agencies, and i think they did a terrible job of overrating mortgage securities. they are unfair to states. but in this case, i think they had no choice. it's important to note, and you made this clear, it's not because our economy is in any serious trouble or that we can't repay. it is that the right wing that has taken control of the republican party might temporarily refuse to pay because they don't think it will make any difference. and there may be some sense on the part of some that, oh, people can't be that crazy. but they haven't lived with these people for six months the way i have. and, yeah, they are that divorced from reality. that's a better word than crazy. and this is an indication that if we don't make the payment, you are going to see serious trouble

the show sh rachel madd "the rachel maddow show" is up next. melissa harris in for her tonight. >> a breaking news night, huh, lawrence? this will be fun. thanks to all of you at home for staying with us for this next hour, because this is in fact a breaking news hour. we are going to report on this high stakes, high drama battle over on capitol hill, a battle over whether or not this country should enter into its first-ever self imposed default. at this hour, the united states house of representatives stands in recess as it prepares to vote on house speaker john boehner's plan to raise the debt ceiling. now, this is a bill that called for about $1 trillion in spending cuts only. and it raises the debt ceiling for only six months, at which point we could have another breaking news night, because this could happen all over again. now, this was a vote that was supposed to happen about three hours ago, when we were working on a different kind of show. but at 6:00 tonight, about 15 minutes before the vote was scheduled to happen, it was abruptly po

that's rachel uchitel, one of the alleged tiger woods mistresses.pparently her payout from tiger was 10 million bucks. we know from some real estate news here in new york she got like a $3 million apartment on park avenue. apparently there was some sort of payout. turns out this new boyfriend, jamie dingman, had a fling with rachel uchitel that elin is just finding out about. and so she's sort of wondering if this guy's yet another tiger. >> rachel, she stays busy. she's in the scene, let's put it that way. >> she's definitely in the scene. we were sort of listing all the people she's been hooked up with that we've heard about and the list was long. yeah. >> she can't catch a break. tiger, then this guy. >> i know. heard much from her.we haven't she's been doing a good job of keeping a low profile. >> for the kids and that's good. >> yeah. >> you may remember former anchor of "world news now," the one and only anderson cooper. >> cooper used to do this job, yeah? >> apparently he's on -- what ever happened to him? you don't hear much. apparently he

also, rachel ebora from district 9. i appreciate the questions about mr. hogarth, but when community interest, the works for both parties. it works for both sides. then we get different kinds of supervisors, and while it is kind of dis-uniting, we actually let the board of supervisors decide things at the board of supervisors and work and out there. supervisor kim: thank you. any other public comment? >> good morning, supervisors. i am a resident of district 11. i applaud everybody for being up here because it takes a lot of guts to get up here in front of you all, in front of supervisors, and just put it out there and at times get grilled. i am speaking on behalf of -- i am really supportive of maria and lupe. this task force is the right place where we could have new blood, new insight, a new generation of community activists that really want to contribute to our city. me, myself, personally, i can understand and feel a lot of their inspiration and vision and their roles on this task force coming from immigrant families. families that are not politically

"the rachel maddow show" is up next. good evening, rachel. >> good evening, lawrence, thanks a lot and thanks to you at home for staying with us for the next hour. on november 1, 1983, then-president ronald reagan wrote in his diary, dear diary, day began with gop congressional leadership, last night the republican senate very irresponsiblebly refused to pass an increase in the debt ceiling, which is necessary if we are to borrow and keep the government running. as we gave them a rundown, we took up the budget and the necessary legislation. i sounded off and told them i'd veto every darn thing they sent down unless they gave us a clean debt ceiling bill. that ended the meeting. okay, first of all, ronald reagan would swear when he wrote in his diary, but he would not write out the full swear word, so as enough to scandalize his diary. what was actually in the diary, what ronald reagan wrote in the diary was d , dash, dash, n. maybe it was something even worse than every darn thing. we'll never know because that's how he

i have a jury question, since you raised that issue, rachel. at this point, the jury was told we're going to recess for 15 minutes. it's a lot longer than that. what are they thinking? >> they listen to the prosecution and it was very compelling. they are thinking what is mr. baez going to tell us? how is he going to dig his client out of the hole? they are sitting on the edges of their seats waiting to hear this. i guarantee it. they will give him, you know, full, they are going to listen to him and listen to all the argument and give him what they should give him. an the attention necessary. but i'll tell you something, the prosecutor has three hours left in the total four hours of argument. guess what? he is going to use every minute of the three hours in his rebuttal. he will listen closely to what baez said and rebut every bit of that. he has more on top of that, more ammunition to give the jury. i think by the end of this, this happens frequently by the way. that the prosecutor's initial arguement is brief and they come back with a long,

you cannot make this up. >> kimberly: plus rachel.dating now, slept with rachel -- >> bob: who slept with gloria allred. >> greg: that would never happen, bob. >> bob: i get the names mixed up. tangled web. these women slept with him. i don't agree with what woods did but the woman slept with him. not one of them deserve a dime. >> dana: i agree. the women are not looking for money. they want video. russian women are urged to strip to support putin as president. i am stunned by this in a way. i remember working for president bush, one thing president putin did was to compare his dog to barney. remember the scottish terrier. he said bigger, stronger and faster than barney. this is the type of person. >> greg: intense guy. he walks around shirtless and chops wood. >> kimberly: that is what the video are asking for. >> dana: this is gross. >> greg: i can get behind this. >> kimberly: new way to campaign in russia. >> greg: these are better than the way we do it here. >> kimberly: had i known they were giving away ipads, too. >> dana: put

rachel martin here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. max keiser stacy herbert this is the kaiser report you know i our currency any revolution they see over max ideas are in our headlines today the first one could this cindy sherman of monkeys accidently revolutionize copyright law for artists so cindy sherman is the famous artist who takes self portraits and if you look at this image that's not cindy sherman that is a monkey from indonesia and he. took the camera from a nature photographer visiting indonesia and took south portraits of himself now this has become a big copyright issue because copyright in for target free always belonged secret ever took a photo who actually snapped the button not to the person who owns the camera or whatever so the man who took this photo david slater was working for caters news agency and now caters news agency is sending out cease and desist orders to people like tech com who posted the photo and tech there to saying well you don't own the copyright and agency wrote back to them and they will neither

appreciate it. -- appreciate it very much, rachel. appreciate it. >> do you think the president really is putting social security cuts on the table? >> well, there's a pattern in that we have reached a tipping point. we saw it with afghanistan. and iraq in terms of the timetable. when are we getting out. we saw it in the compromises on the bush tax cuts. we have seen this pattern in which democrats are put in the position to having to be the adults in the conversation, and trying to hold things together, and now we are back at that point. if you look at that pattern of concession and then compromise to the middle, and the democrats having to bear the burden politically for those decisions, it might be a trial balloon, but there is a pattern that indicates that social security and medicare are on the table. and that is why we reacted the way we did. this shouldn't be on the table. we have reached a no mass point here. that democrats should never support this. we have to be solid and independent, regardless of what those negotiations wi

good evening rachel. >> good evening, chris. i'm very happy that you just did that commentary on the casey anthony verdict. i did not know what to say about it, if anything tonight. but when i found out that you were going to be saying that, i knew that we basically had it covered. so, thanks, man. >> thank you, thank you. that means a lot, rachel. thank you. >> thanks. and thanks to you at home for staying with us for the next hour. the great frank rich is gonna be here shortly for his first interview since leaving the new york times. we're very excited about that. but first, over the span of the last five years, the giant oil company exxon has been the single-most profitable company in the entire world! exxon mobile is among the most profitable companies the world has known. they first became the most-profitable company in the world in 2006, since then, they have taken that top spot in 2007, in 2008, and again in 2009. this past year was such a great year for exxon, they made $5 million in profit every single hour, 24 hours a

>> you know, i'm going to be part of that fight one way or another, rachel. let me be clear about this. i have really done three things in my life, i have taught school, because that's what i do, i've done research around what happens to middle class families and tried to understand that, and i have thrown rocks at people that i think are in the wrong. i've done it before, i've continued to do it, and i'm going to do it in the future. >> elizabeth warren, consumer advocate and harvard law professor. thank you for taking time on this night of all nights to talk to us about this. best of luck, i hope we'll stay in touch. >> thank you. >> you know know if you don't already there's an effort underway by liberals and massachusetts democrats to make elizabeth warren convinced she should run for senate against scott brown. just so you know. i'm reporting, you decide. as we steam headlong to an on purpose default of the nation's debt, today in washington things did not just get not better, things got weird. things got surreal even. instead of running around like they

rachel maddow is up next. >> any big plans? >> may light off a firework fmplgts they're illegal where you live, i won't tell anyone. >> just between you and me. >> exactly right. >>> thanks for staying with us the next hour. it is the start of a long fourth of july weekend. one of those days where if you are not on vacation already, you sort of feel like a sucker, because it feels like everybody else is on vacation. but even on a sultry friday night in july, heading into a long holiday weekends, there are two outstanding things that happened in american politics today. there is no relationship to what another whatsoever. i won't stremp and try to make one. we're going to do one of these stories and then the other. the first one is this -- >> conservatism is an act of creation and love. a love for a cherished way of life we have inherited and will bequeath to our children. conservatism is the ligation of ideology. we sent our mind to the world. not of the world to our mind. we'll move every mountain. we will meet every challenge