this is their main fund raiser of the year.hey have live entertainment and a live a silent auction. there are some nice items you will be interested in. there are still tickets available. check out this, a joe flacco signed a football. there are other items as well. there are some many things that you would imagine for a birthday party. they do things socially for families and try to enhance the lives of critically ill children. they do things like getaways or a vacation. they do normal things such as taking days in the inner harbor. they have a golf tournament and fund-raisers throughout the year. check it out this saturday. as far as the other information , there are many other charities that are involved. if you would like to contribute to a great cost and have some awesome action saturday night, check it out. it'll be great. take a look at your hd doppler. a system will affect us by the weekend. this weekend will be beautiful. a great night saturday night. come on out and enjoy it. we will have more with live interviews com

the breakfast included political fund-raisers.'s former director of fund- raising and glover shared what's next. >> republicans will get more savvy and rise of how to leverage on-line contributions. >> if the costs for donating by text message go down, certainly in 2010 or 2012 bewill see more donations. >> reporter: he adds that twitter is expected to be a top fund-raising tool in upcoming elections. >>> erika reports for us today an says beauty treatments don't have to be a chore or break the bank. josie and nadine join the blog. they partied while they had discounts on beauty treatments. coming up tonight, join metro mix. users from the dc area are part of the fund-raiser across 200 cities. it is tonight from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. your donation benefits concern, a charity that helps poor children through education. for more information, it's simple, visit.metro mix.com. >>> here's one we may be seeing on csi sometime soon them use of bacteria to identify suspects. as gary reports this could join fingerprints and dna in a crime figh

. >> this is your main a fund raiser. you have one item from a silent auction. >> we have a michael or signed photo. >> if you of looking for something to do and a great cause, check it out saturday night. let's take a look at hd doppler this morning. it is active to ever west. by saturday night, things will be looking just fine for the annual gala. over to you. >> it is a wonderful organization. they have a lot of good people working for them. i highly recommend it. i think the weather will be just fine saturday. we do have some cloud cover. most of the activity is on the other side of the mountain. clouds will thicken up as it gets closer to us. temperatures are on the chilly side right now. you may want to take a late jacket with you -- light jacket with you. the forecast for today is mild with a mixture of sunshine and cloud. a chance of rain showers is expected this evening. a chance for rain after 6:00. a small craft advisory is in effect on the chesapeake bay. wave heights 1-3 feet. rain showers are likely to night

become more vulnerable as a result are in a higher priority to receive presidential visits and fund-raisers than those who vote no. diane? >> looking ahead to november. i want to ask you about the jobs bill, some $18 billion, jake. it will give tax credits to companies that hire new workers, also fund some projects like bridges and highways. but how soon will the jobs be created? how many, what kind? >> reporter: president obama will sign the bill tomorrow, and the tax credits will take affect immediately, so, they will count for jobs created in march. they're anticipating it could -- analysts are anticipating it could create 250,000 jobs in four, five months, and they will be in retail, manufacturing, distribution and the leisure and hospitality industries, diane. >> okay, jake. thanks. >>> and our next headline tonight, sounding the alarm on america's boys. a new report on schools in america today shows boys are falling further behind girls in their ability to read, while girls are still making big strides in math. so, what will help boys learn? how can they catch up? ron claiborne has be

could conduct in washington and went to his hometown in in a last journey to columbia for a fund-raiser there; his medical bills were considerable. and that showed the -- the state of affairs as he stared death in the face for the first time. he never thought that -- he -- he somehow thought he was going to beat this demon, and even when the doctors told him he had a year to live, he thought that this new procedure would extend it to five or even 10 years. there was some medical optimism there that was just unrealistic. c-span: did you ever meet him? >> guest: never met him. c-span: why did you get interested in doing this story? >> guest: i'm not sure. it is really a biz -- it's been a bizarre journey forme. in 1992 i was working on another book, a revised edition of my book, "the craft of interviewing." and all the books that i've done have been for journalists or for writers. i did "the craft of interviewing," i did "craft of the screenwriter." and during the fall -- or the -- during august of 1992 my daughter, lindy, a teen-age daughter, age 14, was visiting me in boston. lindy live

>> the spca has a big fund-raiser, it's the biggest fund-raiser they have. april 18th, there'll be thousands of people that'll be there. thousands of animals. there'll be a lot of activities an ugh least dog contest. >> what? >> a costume contest, there'll musical chairs for the dog. other activities, an agility course. i'd encourage all the viewers to come out and enjoy the day, april 18th. >> it's an amazing cause and so much fun. don't forget about sammy, he's so cute. he needs a home. >> like my fur coat? >> i love it. >> jamie? >>> he's toured with toby keith and brad paisley and sheryl crow. jack ingram will be with us when we come back. >>> all right, we've been asking all morning long for your two cents, of course this is regarding governor martin o'malley and our former governor bob ehrlich. he might run again. that's been the rumor. we want to know what you think. everybody's been writing in. mike writes: the problem with ehrlich is he never did anything to deal with the shortfall except for calling for slots in numerous tv spots he starred in from

he organized a spaghetti dinner fund-raiser. >> their house was broke down. they didn't have any place to sleep or anything. i saw this picture on tv and everybody was lining up -- >>> really shocked he wanted to do something personally. >> i'm going to vote for him when he runs for congressman. >> he is the cutest thing. >> his spaghetti dinner raised more than $400 for earthquake victims anile give all of the money to the american red cross. that, my friend, is great. >> we have the championship, lost to nc state in 1974 and now this. it was a great game, yesterday, michigan state took shot after shot after shot. we thought the terps had no shot at this one. vasquez, going down as one of the all-time terps who took his best shot and with six seconds left to play. michigan state comes down court -- no you don't. the buzzer beater, maryland falls to michigan state. how many of us thought with the loss of kansas, maryland will make it in to the big date. tough one. 85-83. maryland loses, what a great game. i don't know how many teams could have beaten michigan

a sueillance camera caught him swiping money from a girl scout selling cookies for a fund-raiser. as you can imagine, the poor girl was terrified. >> really shaky. i dn't really sleep last night. his head is in my mind. i can picture him. i started to pack up my cookies. i bent down to grab a box and he just pushed past my mom, grabbed the money and took off and ran. i'm still going to sell cookies because that's what i do. i raise money for the girl scouts. >> the clook made off with $465 in cash. after learning what happened, several good samaritans donated more than $1,000 to make up for the stolen money. she has decided to put the money toward operation cookie drop which sends cookies to u.s. troops serving overseas. >>> here on hln news and views, we bring you the news throughout the weekend, but we want your views as well. we send out our own joe cter on the street to find out what you think about religion. >> reporter: i'm joe carter. we're on the street to find out what's on your mind. are you religious? >> i'm a spiritual person. i don't know if i call myself deeply relig

that fund-raiser you were talking about, these were just some of the things about socialism that wereon the board. also there was some about the evil empire. mr. mackinnon, this is a low road, is it not? and does the rnc and the republican party have to get away from this kind of stuff? what do you think in. >> i mean, ed, i think you're absolutely right. it's an incredible low road for the rnc. i think for the last year i've been trying to tell fellow conservatives and republicans, unfortunately while michael steele a very nice guy, tends to put michael steele before the party many times and this latest incident is one more reason why i think he has to step down. i'm amazed at, you know, three or four days later we're still having this same conversation where i think if michael steele had done the right thing and resigned immediately we could use beyond this and the party could move beyond it. i think tony perkins is right. give your money directly to candidates you believe in or give to haleiy barbour. >> don't you need the rnc to be a functioning fund-raiser for the party to be eff

host: in addition to the health care speech today, there will be a fund-raiser for claire mccaskill.ow important is the vote to her? caller: she needs the money, many democrats are worried about the situation. public polls seem very much against the president's plan, he is trying to urge his fellow democrats to take a risk. host: rohm emmanuel and david axelrod had been making a lot of news, what is happening with joe -- with these gentlemen? caller: their gentleman from chicago that are hard chargers. a lot of strong-willed people, and you know that there will be clashes. i am sure that there are things that they do not agree on and things that they do agree on. frankly much of this has been motivated by blogs, stories last month suggesting that rohm emmanuel was the real problem with the health care plan, and that if he had managed it more effectively meet with -- more effectively be would have a health care bill. there is no evidence at all that his job is in danger, it is just one of those washington things that people chatter about. in some of the story is what you see are his s

think what we will see in the future, the new social secretary will be julianna smoot, a veteran fund-raiserl be seeing less of her than we did of desiree rogers. and that'll be i think the challenge-s that now that desiree rogers has made the job so high-profile everyone will be wanting to know so much more about julianna, we'll be watching her closely. it will probably be contingent on her to reel that back in. >> amy, listen, i have just a couple seconds here. and i think i missed an opportunity because you -- we were so focused on the social secretary and the new secretary and you said rahm emanuel, some speculation. can you follow up on that quickly? what do you mean? >> just what i read in the paper. speculation that he has not been as successful as expected in getting the president's agenda across and whether he'll continue with the white house. >> amy argetsinger, thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> well, you can better believe there's only one thing that could drive canadians this wild. the men's hockey team winning gold in a thriller overtime usa game, a thriller overtime game tha

leaving dismiss pub crawl was a fund raiser for his flag football team. police are still searching for a male suspect. >> the shooting of a gas station owner is now a murder investigation. 49-year-old william porter died this morning at shock trauma. he was shot in a robbery attempt at a store in the 1600 block of joppa road monday morning. gunman still on the loose. >> there is a $22,000 reward offered for information that solves the murder of a security guard. 38-year-old james ball killed february 20 while trying to breakup an argument by the bank of america building downtown. if you have any information about this case, please call metro crime stoppers at 866-7-lockup. >> baltimore city's homicide rate is down from this time last year. as of tonight, 24 murders fired 37 last year at this time. police credit their hard work for the decrease. and say the snow was not a factor whatsoever. >> montgomery county police have arrested three men accused of human trafficking for prostitution. police say these men, black mailed some victims, some of them minors

as recently as this week we had the republican national committee showing slide to their fund-raiser of obama in white face, like obama was the joker and how he can use fear and ego to get money from the people to make ourselves richer. they're in a position of continuous opposition and not trying to solve the national problem. >> it is a critical national problem, as is the debt, victoria, and the debt and deficit are foremost concern in people's minds right now. >> exactly. that's what the party in power is ignoring. that's why they have to ram rod this thing through. completely ignoring the vibe that's out there of the american people who are saying, look, we don't want to pay more taxes in the future. we know that's what's going to happen despite lofty projections about the future. it's a political gimmick. >> rich, aren't you playing with fire here if you agree with victoria on the dangers with spending so much, if you think reconciliation is a good way to get democrats to lose, that's playing with fire. >> david, they're going to do it anyway. there is nothing republicans can d

if you use a stamp for your fund-raiser for your child's school, that could be deductible as well. don't forget the small stuff. >> credits are actually better than those deductions. so tell us about the making work pay credit. tell us about that one. >> people have been enjoying that since last spring. it's actually a reduced withholding that people have been enjoying in their paychecks, but in order to make that credit permanent, in order to get the permanent benefit of that credit you've got to claim it on your 2009 tax return. that means, guess what? you have to file a separate form, schedule m, it's called, and there is a maximum on the amount of the credit that you can get credit for. it's $400 for an individual and $800 for a couple filing jointly and there are income phaseouts as well so you have to be aware of those numbers, but if you're entitled, take it. >> a lot of people are afraid of the extra leg work and they don't do it. we all know about the $,000 kred fit you bought a home, but let's talk about the home improvements. some of you can help you out in tax season. >

the last one is a fund-raiser at the very same hotel where the two ended their presidential bid back in 2008. as for sarah palin, she is back on the road tomorrow, headlining a tea party event in nevada, in the hometown of senate majority leader harry reid. >> lee cowan out of tucson, arizona, tonight. there is big election news out of iraq tonight. results of iraqi elections that were held nearly three weeks ago now were finally announced today. it's important news, not only for iraq itself, but also for the u.s., all those u.s. troops scheduled to leave iraq this summer. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel is here with us at our studios in new york. richard, you were saying earlier today, people rooting for the u.s. side of the equation would be dancing in the streets of baghdad at this result. what did you mean by that? >> reporter: this was an incredibly significant today, perhaps the most important one in several yeeshs in irayears i. he is secular, pro american and anti-iran. the current government in iraq right now is a religious state that leans toward iran. if he c

then a democratic fund-raiser in boston. talk jobs in charlotte, north carolina. t.j.? >>> it's all about health care reform and what's turned out to be an intense aftermath. >> i know many americans are angry the health care bill, and angry at democrats in washington for not listening. >> i believe words have power. >> stupak, you baby-murdering scumbag. >> they're going to run on a platform of repeal in november. nouf been hearing that. >> you have seen the fallout from the health care bill passage. it is the law of the land now. we've seen them before all playing out now. in virginia a gas line is cut at the home of a congressman's brother. and i asked that congressman, representative steve pperriello about this. they put what they thought was his address online. have there been nil threats and also has your family, have the police caught anyone in connection with what happened at your brother's house? >> there's an on going investigation. local and federal law enforcement have been doing an incredible job. me and my fami

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rolling in and before you knew it, the family dinner an a saturday afternoon became a $400 plus fund-raiser to mom's cooking and patrick, a little boy with a big heart. so good for them. >>> 5:49, we start off with a look at mount area. southeast wind has been averaging five to 15-miles per hour. rainfall only 2/100th of an inch. enough to make things wet. that is pretty much what we are dealing with. mount area, and maryland's most powerful doppler radar, it looks like we have ourselves a lot of wet weather, showing its way -- howard county, you are getting it. we have ourselves some moderate rainfall. a little burst, looks reich it will head up -- we have this on the west side of the beltway. pushing through glenn arm. heading its way into northern baltimore counties, this may be heading through jacksonville and four corners and york pa. there is a lot more where that came from. a very strong low pressure system affecting the eastern half of the nation. essentially pulled us back. there is our circumstance cue laying. this storm is interesting because as it winds up, it is bringing in war

now palin is going to headline two rallies and a fund-raiser for mccain. then she'll head to nevada to host a tea party event where ann coulter is also expected to speak. >> norah o'donnell, thank you. i want to bring back david gregory and get your thoughts on the situation mccain finds himself in right now. is it unique to him, is it something broader going on that all incumbents are facing? >> it really is broader. i mentioned a moment ago this antiincumbent anger and a lot of republicans think that's good for them. sure, because most democrats are in power. there are a lot of democratic seats that are vulnerable. where senator mccain did well against senator obama during the 2008 campaign. but what senator mccain understands that anti-incumbent anger is really an issue for him as well. even though he leads in the polls against hayworth, we see mccain, senator bennett in utah facing these challenges. in a state like arizona, there is a lot of anti-government anger, the feeling that government's too big and out of control. there's a history of that in th

she's already on the radio here for john mccain, and tonight a big political fund-raiser she's attending is raising hundreds of thousands for mccain. the campaign tell me, it much more than they expected thanks to sarah palin. palin mania is rubbing off. i talked to members of the audience who came in undecided and many of them still left undecided when it comes to john mccain. they were chanting "sarah, sarah, sarah" not, "john, john, on." their words, the mack is back. >> super happy with the event. see if they get votes. have a great weekend. more than an interesting week in politics and more than interesting first week for us. senior political analyst gloria borger is here. got to love the theater event. >> you you nostalgic, seeing those two together again. she's sort of, sarah palin said, he was tea part before tea party was cool, or evenee eee invente health care bill goes to the president's desk. it's clear the white house, announced the nuclear arms agreement with russia. but the president wanted to have a big announcement at the white house they revamped the for closure program

thursday, he will attend a democratic fund-raiser in boston. friday, the president talking jobs in charlotte, north carolina. >>> a tea party express will make two stops in arizona, phoenix and flagstaff. part of the tour that ends in washington on april 15th. yesterday, sarah palin stirred up the crowd in an appearance in democratic senator harry reid's hometown. jessica yellin was there. >> reporter: thousands of people pulled into this small town of searchlight, nevada, to kick off a nationwide cross country tour by the tea party express. folks delivered their message they want smaller government, the repeal of the health care law and here in nevada, the defeat of the state's senior senator, harry reid. the big attraction of the day was sarah palin. she is a darling of the crowd, the movement's biggest rock star. she delivered her message with force. >> what is going on in our country? what is going in d.c.? washington has broken faith with the people they are to be serving. that's why here in searchlight and across the country, we are sendi

she's going to come here to tucson and then tomorrow in phoenix to do two rallies and a fund-raiser. idea is that sarah palin can vouch for him with conservative voters who may not trust john mccain. sources say the big problems john mccain has are immigration. voters don't like he has suggested there should be a pathway for citizenship. number two, they don't like that he voted for the t.a.r.p. and they don't trust him. he did not vote for the bush tax cuts and so there's been a distrust with john mccain. he hopes that with sarah palin coming and campaigning for him, that is going to shore up his base in the state. he's facing a republican challenge from j.d. hayworth, who has a lot of support from the tea party movement. the tea party has not endorsed in this race. newt gingrich is not going to endorse, club for growth is not going to endorse. that's good news for john mccain. for now, he's hoping sarah palin can share some of that star power in these two rallies in arizona. and then sarah palin, she's then headed to nevada where she's going to host a big tea party rally there with

. >> palin will be headlining a fund-raiser tonight in suen to and a rally in saturday on phoenix. >>> ten members of a family on their way to a wedding were killed today in a truck crash in kentucky. it happened on interstate 65 in mumfordville, 75 miles south of louisville. authorities say a tractor trailer crossed the median and hit a van head on. the truck then went on and ran into a rock wall and burst into flames. ten people in that van were killed. the driver in the truck also was killed. the van belonged to a mennonite church carrying a family to a wedding in iowa. police say two children in the van survived. >>> the vatican is aggressively defending pope benedict against reports he did not take action against a priest who was accused of abusing as many as 200 boys. the case involves reverend lawrence murphy. he allegedly molested as many as 200 young boys at a school for the deaf in wisconsin from the 1950s to the 1970 a new york times article says pope benedict was then a cardinal and failed to respond to letters from the archbishops asking him for guidance in this case. tod

she's holding a high-dollar fund-raiser at the biltmore.hey are going to phoenix, the same high school, where president obama was at to pitch some of his housing legislation. the audience today is going to be similar to what we saw on the campaign. even though john mccain is a fairly big draw, everyone will be out to see palin. they are excited about her. this cuts to the core of j.d. hayworth audience. the same crowd that likes him loves palin. this undercuts. >> what about the relationship? we know sharp words from the campaign. there seemed to be no love lost from the two sides. john mccain always stood by her but it seems like an aukward story line. >> it's different between staffers and mccain and palin. those two continue to say they are close. mccain is the one person in the republican party sarah palin feels like she owes anything to. she disrnt have any friends in d.c., except john mccain. she never says a negative word about john mccain. >> we'll be excited to see what happens there today. thank you. >> thanks. >> breaking news fr

a group of college students that wanted to do something about genocide in darfur they held a fund-raiser and raised half a million dollars. upon which the college kids injured into negotiations with a private military company for the rental of a set of drums it would deploy to sudan how the negotiations with the private military company out of their dorm room. they have been between estate and a nine states actor by both sides flew drones against each other. hezbollah may not have a former military but still flew four drones back in israel but to have the trend what does that mean for the realm of terrorism? there is to ripple effects. line is that it reinforces the power of small groups and individuals against the states. new-line is a scientist for the pentagon if you gave me $50,000 i could shut down manhattan right now. he came up with a scary scenario he could buy off the open market but the other is that it changes the effect of suicide bombing intakes for that defect that you don't have to be suicidal to have the impact which allows new actors into the game. looking at all excited

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and could michael steele be out at the rnc after reports of a spending spree and a scandalous fund-raiser. tom is back with the latest on the improving weather conditions here >>> right now, on news4 midday, police still circumstancing for answers after a mass shooting in the district. it all started last night in 4,000 south capital street. nine people were shot with assault rival. four are dead. the investigation extends beyond d.c. police chased three suspects into prince george's county. the chase ened with a crash in oxon hill. four officers are hurt but expected to be okay. >>> sources tell news4 police are looking into with whether the carnage that we see from last night is an act of retaliati retaliation. the latest development in a deadly game of revenge. it may have started with a shooting death of jordan howe last week in southeast washington. he was0 years old and laid to rest yesterday. the shooting happened as mourners gathered after his funeral. >> you think that these suspect who's they arrested last night are the same men who are responsible. >> the same ones. they had th

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a big fund-raiser in order to shore up john mccain's conservative credentials in this state. he is facing his toughest re-election battle in the 24 years he's been in the senate. what are the big issues? one, immigration. voters in this state don't like he has tried to provide a pathway for citizenship to his vote for the t.a.r.p., those bank bailouts. that's something a lot of conservatives and tea party supporters don't like. there's this distrust that mccain is a real republican or a true conservative because he's more of a maverick. he spent his life being a maverick who bucked his party. those are the key issues sources i've talked to that hurt mccain and yes needs palin to vouch for him. >> norah o'donnell in tucson, arizona for us today. it should be a fascinating weekend. sarah palin also going to nevada, searchlight for a big tea party event. thanks very much. going to be a wild sort of couple of days to see if sarah palin can keep the momentum going there for the conservative movement. there's more controversy for pope benedict today as allegations continue about hi

now sarah palin is going to headline two rallies and a fund-raiser here for mccain. tomorrow she's headed to nevada where she is the star attraction at a big tea party rally where ann coulter is also expected to speak. >> should be quite a day today and tomorrow. norah, thanks so much. >> reporter: you're welcome. >>> a kentucky nanny is giving new meaning to the word hero after risking her own life to save the little boy she was caring for from a fire. you don't want to miss this story. >>> forget all of those fancy satellites and rockets, after the break we will introduce you to a man who took some amazing photos from space with a homemade device that cost just a couple hundred dollars. so, doc... so, doctor... i've been thinking... no. you know how... no. so, doc, i've got this friend... [ male announcer ] talking to your doctor about erectile dysfunction isn't easy. actually, doc, there is something i want to talk to you about. [ male announcer ] but it's definitely a conversation worth having. twenty million men have had their viagra talk. when you're ready for

nonetheless, sarah palin is holding a fund-raiser for john mccain tonight. to be campaigning again for him tomorrow in mesa. this is an effort as he brings in a lot of people. >> i can't wait to hear what you tell me about that race out there when you get back. norah o'donnell, thanks for that report. your thoughts on this. in the end, is he going to win? >> i don't know. it's a long way until them. hayworth, what does he have even to say to these tea parties people? he has ties to jack abramoff. >> melinda henneberger, thank you. >>> when we return we're going to have thoughts about this amazing week. compacted, drained of nutrients. it'll hold your plants but it'll also hold 'em back. the solution: miracle-gro garden soil. the perfect mix of rich, organic ingredients, and miracle-gro plant food. just mix it in. and turn bad soil into great soil. helps plants grow twice as big. instead of holding 'em back, they'll leap ahead. miracle-gro garden soil. and moisture control garden soil. trying toe-gro garden soil. be good to your heart? so is campbell's health

they pushed back one of the largest revenue raisers in this bill the so-called excise tax on high end insurance plans, cadillac plans, largely because unions did not like it and were adamant about it. >> i don't think that takes effect until 2018. >> right. so the tax does not take effect until 2018. now, if you're a member of congress in 2018 and you've got a new tax coming down the pike you all can answer this question. have you ever met a member of congress who's going to say oh, sure i'm going to let that new big tax go into effect without maybe just deciding i want to vote against it instead? so that's something that a lot of people find very worrisome when you talk about deficit reduction because can you ever really expect that tax to go into effect? >> but there will be some other taxes that will go into effect right away. for example the tax on investment gains for wealthier americans. that will go into effect pretty soon so that will bring in some revenue if people are interested about the revenue side of this. let's listen in a little bit more to the republicans right now ob

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. >> reporter: and tonight, anderson, sarah palin is on track to have a fund-raiser to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars, more than the campaign, and the mccain campaign is so enthused about the endorsement one aide said, the mac is back. >> what a difference a year makes. the top dog suddenly finding himself in a fight for his political life. whatever drama was on the shelf, you can see it was all smiles on the stage. >> he has never been one to go with the flow. i am from alaska and we see the way that the fish go, and we see that only dead fish go with the flow. we have never been one to do that. no, he has never been part of the good old boys' club, and he is not afraid to buck the political machine and even a president. if it is the right thing to do. >> keeping them honest tho night. we will talk to mark halperin author of "game change" about the 2008 presidential election. i was trying to think what john mccain thought standing next to sarah palin and do they like each other? >> every indication is that they do. despite the tensions in the campaign, they are married foreve

the idea of secession on the same day in houston, texas, kay bailey hutchison came out of a fund-raiser and told an aide when she heard about it, rick perry has just lost this race. in fact, rick perry had just won the race, because that's the attitude that texas republican primary voters have, screw washington. >> yeah. and using the language, chris, of the pre-civil war, war between the states, to use the southern term, using the old language of nullification, ignoring washington, saying you can overrule anything with the tenth amendment. this is strong, almost constitutional type challenging to washington here. >> well, you know, to wayne's point, chris, you wouldn't think that the tenth amendment state's rights in secession would be the basis of a great formula for a campaign. but that's what rick perry has done. i think to wayne's point, perry was very, very smart. he saw the energy in the tea party movement and he was among the first elected officials anywhere in the country to put his name to it, appearing at rallies and that sort of thing. in doing it, he co-operated a lot of an

that joe biden stole the show with that si but just last night vice president biden was at a fund-raiser ande said that in the morning meeting on wednesd said that t tuesday, the besthat historic day, was joe's comment so of course the vice president's probably going to try and spin this a lit he did a and he said as soon as he ckey thhne, as soon as he he could god my mom is not in the audience. laughing so hard they couldn't hear what he was about to say. you can presume he was going to say that his mom had passed away in january, eugenia finnegan biden was a feisty woman. she waapparently quite strict with the biden boys growing up. he probably was a little afraid of getting into some trouble with her. >> i have a feeling that rumbling we heard with t-shirts to en adsoo c let's talk about what states are doing. we've hlittome though this is federal law, we though th crermfederal law, we right. are tes' attorneys' general who are saying hey' o b suit on the grounds this health care law is unconstitutional. essentially that stems from the fact that there is this mandate yu forc mers tol

she is a dynamite speaker and fund-raiser. >> attracts people. >> yes, whether you agree with her or not people are attracted to her. they want to hear what she has to say. now we have yet another academic bash-in. universities are suppose to be places where you have the free market of ideas. >> columbia university had mahmoud ahmadinejad come. sarah palin is too much for university of california? megyn: columbia is my alma matter and i'm so proud. >> just saying it's an exercise of free speech. megyn: it is the height of irony this particular professor said she's antiinte lech chul and she has nothing to contribute when i believe he is a professor of zoology and is also running around saying she should be blocked from attending this event on campus. megyn: he said hold on i want to get exactly. she is widely regard as an antiintellectual and her polar igs rhetoric and intolerance of views that differ from her own run very counter to the idea of a university. he thinks she's intolerant of views that differ from her own. >> but he's trying to block her from coming to the campus so who

i was asked to be on the advisory board, for a fund- raiser that was -- george clooney was organizing. they were asking a few of us to give them advice on how to spend the money. they were talking about why they were qualified. they had to show that there were a qualified to do these things. they say that they had been working in food relief in 8440 years. this shows the certain problem, that anybody who was doing this was doing this for years ago and they are still doing this right now. and they may think about doing this differently so they will not do this 40 years from now. another thing about responding with developing the capacity is the question of money. i am at a u.s. taxpayer. i am happy that the members of congress are worried that the money may not be spent well. i know how corrosive the government is. we certainly have to have accountability. and we have to watch the money. but we were at a hearing on the commission on human rights, about the consequences of the earthquake with human rights. and one thing that the government had said was that they were involved with billi

the white house is openly signaling that those lawmakers will go to the top of the list for fund-raisers and presidential visits ahead of the november elections. so if press accounts are accurate, lawmakers who support the bill are being told they get repaid with presidential visits and big-money fund-raisers from the president or the vice president. vote for the bill and you get you a special visit for your reelection campaign. we also read this morning in "politico's," "the pull," that the drug lobbyists were here in the capitol over the weekend huddling with democratic staffers to make sure their interests would be protected in the final bill. this is precisely the kind of thing americans rebelled against after the last vote on this bill. this debate should be about the substance of a bill that would restructure one-sixth of our economy and the direction americans want to go in as a country, not how much money such and such senator or congressman needs in order to vote for it. it's especially disappointing that this particular white house is supporting all this. after the cornhusker k

he spoke to me at the fund-raiser. jerry said, it's easier than you might think. voting booth is more sacred and reflects the real truth of how someone feels. and jordan in new york offers this, we hate the other guy's representative, but not our own. a new yorkers aghast at a texan yelling baby killer while a texan is fuming at a new yorker who is fighting for health care reform. we don't hate congress. we hate each other. washington represents our national opinions and dialogues, it doesn't create them. if you want to read more on this, i got a ton of mail on this question, you'll find on it my blog at cnn.com/caffertyfile. >> remember a book you wrote called "it's getting ugly out there"? >> vaguely. >> it's getting ugly out there. >> it was press shent, wasn't it? >> yes. >>> you're going to want to hear what's going on to keep you safe in the air. >>> and more than 100 people arrested in saudi arabia for alleged terror plots. we have the details. [ crowd cheering ] [ male announcer ] competition... it pushes us to work harder. to be better. to win. but someti

it's a fund-raiser here in new york city.g koketsu who is the chef partner at new york's park avenue spring restaurant. he's making a family-style meal for us this morning. good morning. >> good morning. >> first, before we get down to the menu talk a little bit more about the event this weekend. >> it's a great event. 30 chefs getting together from all across the country to benefit the james beard foundation. >> which is great. >> and fulton youth for the future. >> which is about getting people involved in the food industry. >> exactly. >> it's really great stuff. >> we're going to get right into this. this is braised chicken. it's a version of the dish that we're doing on sunday. >> right. >> the first thing we're going to do is put together a spice mix. it has a lot of spices. basically every spice that you can think of that begins with the letter "c." sin minimum, cumin, cloves, cardamom, cayenne. >> you weren't kidding, were you? >> tumoric, garlic powder, ginger, and paprika. >> all right. >> and you can mix that up. a

[talking over each other] >> treasury is a great revenue raiser, a great pragmatic creative traditionx policy and elsewhere of looking at all ideas. we will provide some support to the commission as it goes through this but we will leave them the task of evaluating the options to educate the american people. >> i appreciate that. the commission has to have ideas rigorously analyzed and your department is most capable so they can make an informed choice. >> and we provide the traditional -- >> we get the proposal i have made, analyzed by your department and looked at to see whether it can be part of addressing these issues. >> we try not to tear apart proposals but we will -- >> i ask the chairman to submit it to you. >> we will do that. >> mr. kirk? >> you met yesterday with the prime minister of greece. i am concerned as the washington post reported, its problems have only partially to do with speculators and more to do with false economic data, broken tax system, runaway spending, the greeks report only 5,000 people make $136,000 in their own country. i am concerned about the role o

issues that do not get solved, they are great money raisers for politicians.or four years. he began to realize that the last thing they wanted to do was make a decision one way or another, there is a similar dynamic with health care. host: what is the latest on the health-care battle for harry reid? guest: he is under water, as is the president. harry reid is really struggling, he has had a series of close elections, if it were today he would lose. no question. he is banking on the fact that if he can get health care through, he can go back to say -- look what i have done for you as your leader. he has single-handedly killed the idea of having a nuclear waste repository outside of las vegas, something that has been dangling out there for years. now that he is the majority leader, that idea is completely gone. if he were a more junior senator, you would have to think that nevada would be high up on a list as the president talks about bringing nuclear power back to the country. host: we have a story here about their below the radar race to become the next majori

he has been a pretty prodigious fund-raiser and hoping that he can portray rick perry, if that is indeed faces, as someone who is basically been there too long and is taking credit for a texas economy and a texas state of existence that he does not necessarily deserve credit for. it is a pretty tough climate, though, to be a democrat, not just because the democratic brand and washington has been beat up in recent weeks, but the point in texas, of course, is the state is not as bad off as many other states like florida or nevada who have really high home foreclosure rates or very high unemployment rates. so, the state is doing relatively well in this economy. that makes it a lot tougher for a challenger to say it is time to replace that incumbents. what he has told is that voters are just simply looking for a change, a new face. but that is going to be a tough call in that case of course, there are many other races on the ballots in texas but none is expected to get the attention that the governor's race will be getting. obviously we have primaries for all the congressional districts and

palin today and tomorrow will headline two rallies and a fund-raiser for mccain.speak at a tea party rally. a very big rally where ann coulter is also expected to be there. willie? >> that will be fascinating to watch sarah palin with the guy who was the top of the ticket. appreciate it. pat buchanan, your dear friend, beloved sarah palin, she went into virginia, new jersey, to help campaign in the governor races a little bit. that didn't get-g to well. >> virginia and new jersey went just fine. she's going out there to searchlight, arizona, harry reid and ann coulter, that's too much. too good. >> a perfect storm for pat buchanan. we appreciate it. >>> coming up next, how does rahm see his role in the white house? we'll hear his -- >> i'm sorry, let me ask pat. i'm sorry, willie. what about john mccain? what do you think about john mccain going back and getting sarah palin when these two -- my god, you read about how that campaign ended. it was terrible. >> disastrous. >> well, you know, look, john mccain -- >> i'm talking about the night they lost and they were

she's also extremely good fund-raiser, and she quietly amasses a lot of support.effective. i think she's hard to beat. and i think that harold ford discover that he couldn't. >> it's 3-2. >> yeah. >> 3-2. >> i do. >> all right. we shall see. >> what a surprise. >> nobody wants to give it the kirsten gillibrand. it's always about chuck schumer's fund-raising or mort zuckerman's money. give it a little bit of a ch chapois. >> tina brown, thank you. >>> up next, was it all a dream? jay leno returns to "the tonight show" and admits there's really no place like home. we'll be right back with more "morning joe." hey! increase in 6 months. pete, back it up! ( marker squeaking ) when business travel leaves you drained, re-charge with comfort suites. spacious rooms, free hi-speed internet, and free hot breakfast. comfort suites. power up. now stay two separate times with comfort suites... or any choice hotel and earn a free night. book at choicehotels.com. and all of these. paid invoices go right here. bang! - that hasn't been paid yet. - what? - huh-uh. - all my business