leads the ground war and rasmussen some u.s. troops dismiss nato efforts joking that the ak crow name for the nato force stands for "i saw americans fight." it is really an oversimplification, and i would add to that a dangerous oversimplification, because if you crack down the contributions from other nato allies, they may not be inclined to increase their contributions when we request so. >> rasmussen also said the recent afghan presidential election marred by accusations of rampant vote fraud is complicating u.s. and nato decisions about troops and financial resources. >> we need a credible and accountable government in kabul. >> do we have one now? >> well, we would very much like to see the afghan government stabilize. >> rasmussen also said he wants the nato forces with troops there now to loosen what are called caveats or rules of engagement to get them more actively in the fight. he said that's likely to happen before any nations decide to send more forces to ground. bret. bret: major, thank you. well, a lot of your tax

according to the rasmussen poll, since his speech before the joint session of congress, his approval rating was going up, but that is apparently over. what are his approval ratings now? they are now back to where they were before the speech. 52% of voters are opposed to the plan. what happens now? senator lindsey graham joins us now. the numbers are bad. >> yes, they are. he gave the speech and was going to be on all of the networks and the sunday television shows, so the persian is really pushing this plan, and the american people are not buying -- so the president is really pushing this plan. he is pushing too much big government in too many different ways, he can salvage this. if he continues to be hard- headed, and, frankly, i did not like his speech.

alliance into the new era, the secretary general of the north atlantic treaty organization, anders rasmussen. [applause] thank you, general, senator, council members, for inviting me to speak today. i know that the atlantic council, which already has and longstanding reputation as a pre-eminent think tank has new energy and new wind in its sales -- sails, which is why i am so pleased to make my first speech in the united states as the new nato secretary-general today, here. as you heard during that very kind introduction, i was prime minister of denmark for nearly eight years before taking up this post. and i cannot tell you. a lot of people ask me at the time why i wanted to give up that very special job to head up an organization some consider out of date, and which is struggling with a very difficult operation in afghanistan. my answer then was as clear as it was then now, because nato remains the gold standard when it comes to international security corporation. because i believe firmly in the benefits and the potential of the transatlantic partnership now as much as ever, because we mus

rasmussen spoke about staying as long as it takes, reporters later asked robert gibbs whether america was planning to stay as long as it takes, and he rather pointedly refused -- avoided that phrase. americans are worried about the scale and duration about the conflict in afghanistan, which is what the administration is weighing up. >> two days before multi-party talks in geneva, the head of iran nuclear system is speaking out. other officials say they will not allow a discussion. the government has said it will soon announce a timetable for u.n. inspections. a lawyer has asked swiss authorities to release the suspect on bail. the actor was arrested on saturday, wanted for sentencing in the united states. he has admitted to having sex with a 13-year-old girl 30 years ago. a lot is being supported that would allow police officers to open fire on on the criminals. south africa is one of the world's most violent countries. around 50 people are killed every day. the united nations human rights council has been debating the report that accuses palestinian militant and israeli troops of war

rasmussen came here very much anxious to say to the americans, look, while you debate, and this is a very serious and big debate here in america -- whether or not to send more troops to afghanistan, don't forget that this is a coalition operation. others are fighting and dying there, too, and you, the americans, need to recognize that. certainly president obama, when they met, this was a message that he clearly understood and he repeated. and i think it was also worth noting that mr. rasmussen very much steered clear of getting involved in this heated debate in america about whether or not to send more troops. we know that general mcchrystal, the american general on the ground, who, of course, is a nato general, too, has put in his request for more troops, anything up to 30,000 to 40,000 more troops. but the u.s. administration, the obama administration, has only begun now to hold a whole series of high-level meetings, which are going to play out over the next couple of weeks to decide what their revised strategy is and then what sort of resources they need to throw at it. >> two day

rasmussen saying we will be there as long as it takes to finish the job. they were sort of singing from the same sheet of music on strategy first, resources second. and, as you mentioned, that big meeting on afghanistan with all the principals, it will take place tomorrow and the principals meeting here at the white house where staff getting ready for that big meeting will meet later today. the next 48 hours really crucial in terms of afghanistan and also iran. >> nice if the president actually got to talk to general mcchrystal in six or seven months. they'll actually talk tomorrow. >> yeah, i was told he was invited so i expect he'll be in attendance either by video teleconference. i'm not sure if he is expected to be here. >> thank you, savannah guthrie, all the latest on iran and afghanistan. >>> just today as we said, iran agreed to grant the swiss access to the detained americans, but experts are warning that escalating tensions could escalate this. evan buy served on the armd services committee and, senator, thank you very much for joining us. >> goo

i just want to welcome secretary general rasmussen to the oval office. he and i had the opportunity to get to know each other at the nato summit in strawsberg at which he was -- strawsburg at which he was nominated and selected as the new secretary of general of nato. i could say that given his experience as head of state that everybody had confidence in his decisive and effective leadership abilities. that confidence has proven justified in the brief time he's been in nato. i think he's shown himself to be an effective secretary general interested in reforming and renewing the nato alliance and always rooted in the understanding that this is the most successful military alliance in history. and the cornerstone of trans-atlantic relationships. we had a very fruitful discussion while he was here. we talked about obviously the most important nato mission right now and that is afghanistan. and we both agree that it is absolutely critical that we are successful in dismantling, disrupting the al qaeda network. and that we are effectively working with the afgh

bill: he obviously uses it to his advantage, but the tracking poll, rasmussen, he has got 49% unfavorable not a good number for obama, so his media blitz on friendly territory is not working, miller. it is not working. >> i have to watch him go up there and kiss tukus and he cannot come in and meet with chris wallace? come on, man. we are americans, too. we just do not quite get this completely. we want you to come over and tell us why we should turn this big of a chunk of money over to the government on health care when your 24 they have not proven themselves worthy of that. at least with business forces, somewhere along the line, a business will fail if they do not abide by market forces, and here, they do not even bring their own state. when they hit a bottom, they just say they are going to make a new bottom. he needs to come to fox. bill: and to point out, chris wallace does have a leopard skins sayned fez. muammar qaddafi from libya was supposed to speak today for several minutes. he spoke for 90 minutes at the u. n, 90 minutes, could not get him off, nobody really knew what he was

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rasmussen's successor is also called rasmussen. i want to know more about the afghans taking the lead as you quite rightly said and i wonder if you could tell us more about your possible analysis of the afghan government as a partner in that vital process because obviously it's not training from outside. the afghan government has to be a legitimate and durable partner in that process and do you have any thoughts that you might share with us perhaps not the quality of the afghan government but how to improve the legitimacy and the cooperation between the allied forces and your work and the afghan government might play out in the future. >> thank you very much. yes, we need a credible and legitimate, of course, government in afghanistan. we, right now, are in the midst of the electoral process. votes have been counted. complaints are now being dealt with. we have established institutions in afghanistan to deal with these things. and i think we should now let these institutions conclude their work. they have now decided to recount a n

scott rasmussen of rasmussen reports is with us.what are they angry about, and who are they angry at? >> they are angry at the political system. 80% said that republican nor democratic leaders have any understanding of what is needed. people are overwhelmingly opposing the bailout, other programs. voters say that they want someone to listen. megyn: you got very strong feedback from every single group. 44% of democrats said yes, i am someone angry. 90% of republicans are angry. 70% of the independents. at the end of president bush's presidency, people were angry and about him. >> it is not that they are angry at the administration, they are angry at both. the challenge for any administration is to find a way to tap into this anger. republicans are having a hard time doing it because most people feel like they are out of touch as well. this is a tough situation to do with and neither party seem to have a deal to -- a way to deal with it. megyn: i know a lot of people were angry about president bush over the t.a.r.p. bailout. you asked

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the latest rasmussen poll puts mcdonnell ahead of deeds by two points. he is surging after being down by nine points to mcdonnell just two week ago. yesterday, t two sparred during a sometimes testy debate. creigh deeds was on the attack with mcdonnell continuing to get hammered about his thesis which was critical of working women, gays and feminists. >> in his years in the legislature and as attorney general, never wrote a bill to create a job or to expand an educational opportunity. he has been focused on a narrow band of social issues and the social agenda. >> my opponent voted for 98% of the bills i introduced as attorney general. i hope he will able to explain which ones he thinks are moving virginia backwards. >> deeds also weighed if on whether opposition is racially motivated. he says clearly there is a hint of racism. mcdonnell was not asked about that question in the debate but afterward told reporters e doesn't think so and doesn't think that race is a factor. the candidates have two more debates but the voting begins for some people who want

i just want to welcome secretary-general rasmussen to the oval office. opportunity to get to know each other -- because grateful for the leadership he has shown. >> support, i look very much forward to cooperating with -- >> we apologize. that's the iran sound bites. in the meantime, those expected to attend the meeting, hillary clinton, general mcchrystal, petraeus, gates, as well as several others including richard holbrooke. but few americans have had the kind of close-up look that jonathan lan di has had while he was embedded with u.s. troops in afghanistan. he is senior national intelligence and security correspondent for mcclatchy. amazing reports including one fire fight detailing how children were handing ammunition to the taliban while they faced american troops. talk about the troop levels already there. there are 68,000, i believe, there, and could be more. but that is not people on the ground regarding american troop levels. >> that's right. there are a lot of troops. and you have to add the nato troops there and non-nato troops. you're talki

but there's a very significant poll out came from rasmussen. one said health care support as a whole of his plan have dropped two more points and opposition has gone up to 56. that's nice, good but more importantly when you ask senior citizens they oppose his health care reform by 33-59. sean: huge. >> almost 2-1. and i've always believed that if the elderly understood, this is the central point we make in "catastrophe" and i hope people read it that this is a program financed on the backs of the senior citizens. 3/4 of this money is coming from medicare cuts. and to give you an idea how much $500 billion is, that's the amount we plan to spend in total on medicare next year, as if we didn't have medicare for a year. sean: looking at these polls there are two other things that came out over health care, they want illegal immigrants to be covered. and with those poll numbers the way they are the only way they pass this will be with the so-called nuclear option and they'll bypass the traditional method of passing a bill and ram it down the throat

those are the real numbers. >> that was the very conservative rasmussen poll.g to cost anybody some real seats a year from now. before that max baucus just can't continue to have his numbers erode like this and expect to be back in there. >> he's talking about expanding medicare permanently. any time you talk about that -- when you talk about adding 11 million to 15 million people to the medicaid program and haven't definitively said how you're going to pay into it, all i'm saying, but, again, people are debating how accurate the plan is. >> if the people want it, why not do it? >> people have an obligation to know exactly what they want, not to just say, i want a public option. they need it -- people need to be able to say this is how we're going to pay for it. >> we never had the war on budget. we never had iraq and afghanistan and budget. there was no complaint about it then. why should there be a complaint on this? why are you so worried about who's going to pay for it? the rich people are going to pay for it. >> the notion people are going to pay for their

rasmussen will have ttread carefully. >> the united nations has issued its strongest warnin yet of anoldingcatastrophe in east africa. thworld food progm says the worst drought in almt two decadehas left millions an urgent need of food aid. across kenya, ugand somalia, and ethiopiarivers have dried upnd crops have died kilng thousand of wild animals and cattle. a warning om the british general will soo take charge of troops in afghanistan that progress musbe quick foany chance of success again the taliban. mr. rter says there is sti an opportuni to make a difference. the gernment of sri lanka has seout a timetabl to replace people. u.s.nvoy says he expects 70% to be reseled by the end of november and the rest bthe end of janua. the troubled northwe of pakistan has been hit by another atta. a suicide bomber drove a vehicle packed with expsives. it was also the scene o a bombing on thursday. e latestkilled 33. more casualties are believed still trapped der the rubble. the bbc correspoent in pakistan reports. >> the bomb went off in a busy marketplace. there were shopping ahead ofhe musl

rasmussen poll out shows majority of folks feel rudeness rules in our society. serena williams race and outburst. conway west stealing taylor swift's moment in the sun. and rudeness and public rudeness. 75 percent of those questioned say we're becoming more rude. 10 percent say we are kinder. and the rest saying we're too rude to respond. >> you cannot be rude on a day like today. >> and no absolutely not. and vytas reid has a look at the sky watch forecast. >> anyway. here you are looking good. great weekend. with plenty of sunshine. and we start off the week with sunshine. wrapping up the summer season, now fall begins tomorrow at 5:18. trees changing color. temperatures start to supposedly go down. but actually start to see the temperatures increase over the next couple of days. so today was the last day of summer. hello fall. looking at our high today. high of 76 degrees. and normally supposed to be at 77. so right in the ballpark of where temperatures should be. no precipitation to talk about. but rain back in the picture as we get down the road here. downt

rasmussen believes the united states has to put a stronger focus on preparing afghan forces to take the lead in securing their nation. but he also believes it is too early to decide whether the country needs more u.s. combat troops. >>> terror suspect najibullah zazi will be in court in brooklyn today. he will face charges he conspired to use weapons of mass destruction. prosecutors say najibullah zazi was poised to unleash a terror attack on new york city commuter trains on the anniversary of the september 11th terrorist attack. najibullah zazi is expected to enter a plea of not guilty. >>> today u.s. diplomates could find themselves accusing israel of war crimes against the palestinian people. for the first time ever the united states is a member of the united nations human rights council. the group will meet to discuss allegations that israel committed crimes against humanity when it bombed parts of gaza killing more than 1,000 palestinian civilians. hamas is also alleged to have committed war crimes by firing rockets at israeli civilians. now the meeting comes as diplomates are due

at the white house nato secretary general rasmussen said the president was right to hold off on additional troop deployment until strategy revisions are determined. the president will meet with senior military and diplomatic advisers tomorrow. he is considering shifting course in the now eight-year-old afghan war. >>> suspect terrorist najibullah zazi appeared in a new york court today. the man at the center of this al qaeda plot to set off bombs in the u.s. pleaded not guilty to terrorism conspiracy charges. prosecutors say he received training in pakistan and was going to make explosive devices. >>> if the feds wanted to do something about distracting driving other than driving in can car with us, what could they do? >>> questions about where the stimulus money went. what some are calling a net gain. you've wanted to quit smoking so many times, but those days came and went, and the cigarettes remained. but today's a new day. and a few simple steps can make a real difference in your next quit... things like starting with a plan to quit smoking... getting support... and talking to your doc

scott rasmussen joins us live to talk about it. what is amazing, scott, is that only 15% of them actually watched the president's address to congress. look, this is a bounce for the president? >> absolutely. what the president succeeded in doing on wednesday night is rally the base. democrats jumped from 72% to 84% afterwards. he has rallied his base. what he failed to do was to move affiliated voters or republicans to be more supportive of the plan. >> gregg: in the wake of the -- you lie shout by a congressman -- you've polled people about what they think about illegals ought be eligible for health care reform, proof of citizenship, what did you find? >> we did that poll before that incident, but 83% said that anybody who wants to get benefits from health care plan has to prove they are citizen before they receive the benefits. only 12% disagreed. this is one of the closest consensus items we found. >> gregg: who is going to argue against that, unless you are an illegal. who do you trust more to handle health care? >> dead even b

. >> despite that, a rasmussen poll is looking into the matter of the vaccine. >>> and a neighborhood hit by fear. gunfire breaking the peace all too often. but in the middle of the violence, we found a man that helped at a crossroads. more from the news edge. >> reporter: welcome to paradise. mr. charles' neighborhood, the peace here is often hit by gunfire. bullets blew out these car windows sunday night at 10:00. just as charles closed up the truck. it and the owner was not touched. >> been here for 35 years, nobody ever pointed a gun at me. >> nobody messes with him. he has been here for years. since i was a kid. >> reporter: every day since 1974, mr. charles has sold from his truck from 7-7:00, seven days a week. his cramped work space has so many items, that they say if he doesn't have it, you don't need it he is closed only one day a year. august 4th, the day his brother was robbed and killed here in 1978. >> i brought him from home to help me with the. and he got killed. that is the only part i don't see. >> reporter: but he is here every other day, and paradise would be lost

unbelievably, shanna rasmussen found a purse with old photos intact, one with her sister and niece. and a baby picture of her son. how thankful are you that you have some of his younger pictures? >> i'm more an grateful. more than grateful. >> reporter: over at the willis home, the mission was recover hair loom jewelry. they can't help but wonder if things would be different if they stayed to defend their home. they're thankful, though, they got out alive from the fast-moving fire. >> i wish we would have had more time to evacuate. i lost my wedding ring. a lot of my mom -- you know, hair loom jewelry. >> reporter: jeanette thought she would never have to live this nightmare again. >> when i was 11 years old, we had a house burn to the ground just like this. >> you figure that's -- >> i thought that was it. >> reporter: in aburn, anyonette miranda, abc news 7 news. >>> this morning, for the first time, we're hearing new details about the nearly five months that two, american women were held inside north korea. >> laura ling and euna lee were reporting on a story about human traffick

according to recent polls, rasmussen has deeds trailing by 2% and a "washington post" poll has him within 4% of mcdonnell. among respond dents who say they are certain to vote in november, mcdonnell leads deeds by 51 to 41%. just over a month ago "washington post" poll showed mcdonnell was a 54-39% lead among likely voters. momentum is now with deeds and some say it could not have been done without a controversial college paper. >> frankly, i'm insulted that senator deeds would continue this bogus line of attacks. >> are you saying you don't believe in that paper anymore. >> no. i believe in strong families. that's what my paper was about and my opponent is trying to take a sentence out of it. >> this is not about the paper but the next 20 years he implemented ideas in that paper. >> reporter: there are two more debates between the candidates in the coming weeks before election day and this race could very well be a battle to the end with most of america watching this swing state. >>> california rapper who's lyrics spoke about the thrill of murder and mutilation has been charged in the de

a rasmussen poll shows christi leading 46-36%. daggett with 10% of voters say they are undecided. christi is in the lead at the moment, but no republican has won a state-wide race in new jersey since 1997. >>> it's the grand opening today of a farmer's market in downtown washington. that's been the subject of some controversy. the market near the white house opens with the support of first lady michelle obama whose office was instrumental in helping it get a permit, to close off a busy street at the height of the lunch hour. tom sherwood is there this afternoon checking out the impact on this first day. how is it going, tom? >> reporter: the market is great, but the vermont and h street area around here was horrible when michelle obama was here. people are happy to see this market. michelle obama was here to open the market. it's the first day. it will run through october every thursday. hopefully there won't be metal detectors every thursday. this is the latest of several fresh farm markets in washington. they feature all local produce sold by local farmers. that's what first lad

. >> rasmussen says the new plan is the priority. >> strategy first and then resources. >> vice-president biden arguing against more troops. on thursday comes the face-to- face meeting with iran in geneva. the day are going to get a tough interview from the u.s. >> we are about to confront face-to-face the intention of the iranian people and their nuclear program. >> iran's new missiles that could carry nuclear warheads are the targets of the new obama missile defense plan. it won praise today from the nato chief who says it will offer better protection. the old way, president bush paused way, not talking, they say produced a whole lot of nothing. >> now, your 11 insta-weather plus forecast with john collins. >> this morning, we were down into the 40's. temperatures have been mostly in the 60's. we picked up some clout, too. we are watching this stuff up in michigan that is coming into the picture now. one disturbance coming down could increase our chances tomorrow for a couple of sprinkles to come out of the cloudiness but it is not a huge threat. let's take a look at these temperatures.

bret: 41% of the people participating in the latest rasmussen reports poll favor of the healthcare reform proposals of the democrats and it is down two points from last week and the lowest level yet. 56% are opposed so far. people who want to emulate or have the u.s. emulate canada's government-run healthcare system should consider our next report. correspondent dan springer tell us about patients that decided that they literally could not live with the canadian approach. >> lindsay mccree ev toronto says the u.s. system saved his life. diagnosed with a brain tumor, his canadian doctor put him on a four-month list and he went to buffalo, paid cash and had the tumor removed in a week. >> i would have waited six to nine, ten, 12 months, to whenever they got around to me. by that time, i could have been a four. at a four, they would have opened it up, took a look and said sorry, you're gone. i may not have lasted that long. >> a colorado think tank is hosting a conference in vancouver, brittish, columbia, highlighting this growing number of canadian patients traveling to the u.s. to avoid de

bret: thank you a new rasmussen reports poll find that few people agree with former president carter. only 12% of the 1,000 likely voters surveyed think most opponents of healthcare reform are racists. 67% disagree with that. 21%, well, they're not sure. the head of the senate finance committee today rolled out what he hopes will be the basis for the most massive healthcare reform in american history. democrat max baucus says his bill balances fiscal responsibility and full insurance coverage without increasing the deficit, but chief political correspondent carl cameron reports that the legislation faces an uphill climb. >> the baucus health insurance reform moon. 856 billion over ten years. so far, no committed votes and no's in both parties a threw are some who think i'm not gun fired up. there are some on bolt sides of the aisle that think i have gone too far. >> mandatory individual insurance with a fine for noncompliance up to $3,800 per family. government-unweb-based insurance exchanges to standardize cost information and choice of government-initiated public cooperatives or con

. >> nator secretary rasmussen says the new plan is the priority. meetings this week will hammer out the approach. about iran's newly disclosed underground nuclear on behalf of the world the intention of the iranians and their nuclear program. iran's newissile could carry nuclear warheads are the targets of the new obama missile defense plan. it won praise today from the nato chief who said it will offer better protection. aides here say the same about president obama's new engagement with iran. the old was. president bush's way, not talking they say produced a whole lot of nothing. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, at the without. >>> two american sailors were killed today at a bomb blast in the philippine. a military convoy, where u.s. and filipino troops are building two schools. u.s. embassy officials say they were on a reply submission for the school construction project. authorities are blaming the attack on a local group linked tol qaeda. >> we would like to emphasize that the u.s. service men were noncombatants, and they were they were members

according to rasmussen last week, 57% page what he is doing. i will tell you.here was a little-noticed a gallup poll released this week, where they asked americans about government, and 57% of americans say that government is trying to do too much in the economy that is better left to individuals and businesses. bill: ok, so is the intrusion of the government that most americans are against. i think that is true. colmes? alan: specifically, i think people what to change the health-care system. bill: but they do not want it run by the feds. as the speaker and i just discussed, they do not want it run by the feds. alan: what he has done wrong is not come out with his own policy based on his general policies. bill: here is where the mistake was, and we discussed this with the speaker, as well, saying "i am going to pay for this by knocking out waste and fraud in the current system." even you -- even you -- alan: look at that finger coming my way. in the speech, he should have been specific about where the money is coming from. that is the problem. just the convers

and according to rasmussen poll, supporters of the health-care plan, an all-time low. rush limbaugh has a theory. >> support for health care falls to a new low, 42% who now favre obama care, 62% support it. -- favor obama care. now, if you want to know why this thing does not get implemented until 2013, here is your answer. he is going to wait until after the 2012 election to make sure any of this stuff is implemented, because once it hits, once the reality of it hits, he is going to have a popular revolt on his hands, and he was 3 years or four years, of his presidency left -- keyboards three or four years -- he wants three or four years of his presidency left. obama knows we do not want to be part of it. he knows we do not want to be part of it. to be implemented soon after it was signed into law, he can kiss his reelection in 2012 good-bye. greta: joining us live is a congressman, the ranking republican on the house intelligence committee. the evening, congressman. >> hi, greta. greta-- good evening, congressm. greta: it has been pretty much constant for the last co

according to rasmussen reports, opposition seems to be growing. of the people are opposed to the plan. 43% support the proposals, 1,000 were surveyed with a margin of error of plus for minus 3%. scott, why do you think more people are opposed and all president obama is going out and marketing and try to sell this thing as much as possible. five talk shows, he's been a leno and letterman? >> maybe he needs to be on your show, julie. >> julie: you talk to him and let him know. i bet you a million dollars he won't. >> look, public opinion is pretty much sol so lidfied on this. we've had different versions of the bill. townhall protests and all of these talk show appearances, nothing is changing. opposition still remains the define feature. 40% strongly oppose and 40% strong think in favor. people think it's going to raise costs, reduce the quality of care and 53% of those who have insurance say if this passes, we're going probably to have to change our own coverage. >> julie: so regarding health care, should it be available to the public or what do p

according to the rasmussen poll, since his speech before the joint session of congress, his approvalg was going up, but that is apparently over. what are his approval ratings now? they are now back to where they were before the speech. 52% of voters are opposed to the plan. what happens now? senator lindsey graham joins us now. the numbers are bad. >> yes, they are. he gave the speech and was going to be on all of the networks and the sunday television shows, so the persian is really pushing this plan, and the american people are not buying -- so the president is really pushing this plan. he is pushing too much big government in too many different ways, he can salvage this. if he continues to be hard- headed, and, frankly, i did not like his speech. i thought it was combative. what we are doing here is not bickering. we are having some major disputes with the president, and i think the public is on our side. greta: this is a sensitive issue. your congressman joe wilson from your state had an outburst did it was wrong. today, the rebuke him -- had an outburst. it was wrong. it was sai

in the latest rasmussen poll it shows mcdonnell's lead slipping to 2 points over his democratic point. deeds was down by 9 points two weeks ago. yesterday the candidates went head to head in debates. deeds was attacking his republican opponent about his graduate thesis which was critical of gays, working women and feminist. mcdonnell accused deeds of falling short on plans for transportation. >> i'm going to bring together all of the parties to get a plan passed. e don't disagree on the plans we just have different approaches. i'll bring together republicans and democrats to get a plan passed that has several broadcast. >> i have displayed my plan. i've out lined detailed plans. >> reporter: now during the debate deeds was also asked about whether he thought some oppotion to president obama was racially motivated and deeds said -- deeds said he thought it was racially motivated. but he sa this fight was over public policy. now there are two more debates. if you haven't made up your mind. but if you have made up your mind, they are ready and waiting to take absentee ballots beginning t

a rasmussen poll out today finds that 22% of democrats believe that most of the opposition to healthand 35% of barack obama's strongest supporters believe that opposition comes from racists. i personally believe there are racists at the fringes, at the extremes here. but i think it's wrong headed and unfair and i think it's a libel upon many of the opponents, most of the opponents of health care reform to say they're racist. seven previous presidents have tried to bring health care reforms of this kind. all seven have failed and all seven were white as i recall. >> john legend, when you see the tea party protests this weekend and others, do you see it as -- do you see race involved in any of that or are these legitimate protests, people who disagree with the president and raising legitimate arguments? >> i see race as part of it but not enough a part of it to derail health care. i think the most important reason there's opposition is, one, people fear the involvement of government, which the a legitimate fear. but i disagree with that fear. but i think it's a legitimate fear. i think

a rasmussen poll showed mcdonnell with a 2 point lead over deeds. the democrat was at gressor in the debate, attacking mcdonnell again and again over his graduate heat is which was critical of working women and gays and feminist. mcdowell accused deeds of failing to solve the transportation problem. >> i'm going to bring together all of the parties to get a plan passed. i will bring together democrats and republicans, people from all over the state, delegates and senators to get a plan passed that has several broad aspects. >> i handed out my transportation plan, 19 pages single spaces. here is my opponent's plan. there is nothing on it. look at his website. >> i have outlined detailed plans. >> reporter: now at the alexandria elections office, the absentee ballots are ready. you can walk in and vote if you want. the first voter, an election's worker cast her ballot at 8:00 this morning. and you can request a ballot by mail and the office already has more than a thousand ballots to send out. >> but if you have a medical reason a student, out of town

but a rasmussen poll shows 675% of independents oppose it. >> look, we can -- my only point is that americans right now understand. they didn't need anybody to tell them. they're having a terrible problem with private insurance companies. >> here's the problem -- bob, bob opinion let me one of the points you said. right-wing republicans are making these attacks. max baucus calls these things a tax. he calls people who don't buy this insurance and get a penalty a tax. so these are -- you promised that you weren't going to tax these folks. >> what kind of a rebate, what kind of subsidy to provide to people who don't have insurance now who will be required to pay insurance. the whole goal of this bill is to make sure nobody comes out behind and actually everybody has enough money and can afford universal health care. >> here's the problem. you're right, there are subsidies and there are tax credits, but those for individuals who make over $60,000 a year and family make over $88,000 a year. those are middle class families. >> that's being debated right now, even as we speak. and there are people

rasmussen shows that the president has changed very few minds with his big speech on wednesday night. more people than not still oppose his ideas on health care reform. does that tell you that perhaps it's not the message being delivered but rather the policy which is troubling people? >> i think that is a good point. it's instructive because health care reform, everybody was always for health care reform early on when he brought it up in his administration. what changed is when his goals turned into legislative language and policy. that is when everybody started to oppose what he wanted to do. people still want health care reform but the argument is how you reform the system, that is the disagreement. >> gregg: david, i think it's unfair to just blame republicans for blocking any progress. indeed, it's really democrats within themselves. you've got the liberal group of members of congress who want a government-run public option, moderates and conservatives don't. the president seems to be equivocal at best. how do you see that part of the legislation playing out? >> it's very interes

a recent rasmussen poll asked people how confident they are that enough testing has been done on the swine flu vaccine offered to americans. 14% said they were very confident. 39% said somewhat confident. 29% were not very confident. while 9% reported they were not confident at all. those numbers show a group of people concerned about the vaccine. and that includes many parents worried about having their children vaccinated. dr. ivan walks is on the maryland swine flu advisory board and he joins us this morning to weigh in on the facts about the new vaccine. good morning. >> good morning. >> now i've already said i'm going to play devil's advocate with you, as we're all about to make this decision to make the involve and vaccinate our kids. and my question is, is it too fast? we know that will will be rolled out sooner than we thought. >> is it too fast? no. we have to get the vaccine out before we pass the flu season and then the vaccine is in the as helpful as it would be. >> and e real problem i would think is that this has emerged, which none of us have good immunity against beca

latest rasmussen poll, 56% of americans now oppose, 43% support.nday shows. it's not working. so i'm all in favor of him doing this. >> we still don't know the details. i've taken a look in "what americans really want, really." in the book i studied what americans really want from health care. the problem what barack obama is saying is not what the american people actually want, even though his words have clearly been poll tested in focus groups. you've got a chart your control room that if they can put up, there are specific things the public is asking for. it's a right not a privilege. and i say this to conservatives that the american people, almost 80% believe they have the right to health care. we're human beings, here not numbers. we're not about statistics. we believe you should get the treatment and the tests when you need it and how you need it, that it shouldn't be delayed. the doctor-patient relationship should not be interfered with by insurance companies or by washington, d.c. let's cut out the waste, fraud and abuse and punish those wh

system to the president's plan. 37% of americans like the president's proposal and according to a rasmussen poll, 5% of americans oppose the president's plan. still another poll, the gallup poll, shows only 38% of americans believe the president's plan will accomplish all of his goals. a whopping 60% think the plan would fall short. joining us is dick morris, author of the book "catastrophe." does the expression, blowing wind in the president's face, have you coined that phrase? >> yeah. obama is facing a head wind, a wind blowing in his face like an airplane. a pilot may be thinking he's doing 500 miles an hour but if the wind is 100 in his face he's only doing 400. the way you can look at that is with the events of the last two wildcats. before obama spoke to the country in the joint session of congress a week ago wednesday, he had 45%, sorry, 52% who opposed his health care plan. 52%. after he sat down and the speech sunk in, the opposition dropped to 45%. now it's back up to 56%. now, nothing's happened in between the 45% and the 56%. no earth-shaking event took place. there was no majo

. >> reporter: ally rasmussen, fox news. >>> when we come back. news about metro. >>> and more on the redskins game. >>> and a lot of people out doing the triathlon. not bad weather for them. >> it's cool this morning but by this afternoon we have sunshine and rise in the temperatures. your fe-day is just ahead. yo >>> breaking news regarding metro. the transit agency is reporting that someone has been struck by a train at gallery place. pete perringer joins us on he phone with details. good morning, pete. >> good morning. >> we understand the person is still stuck under the train. >> around 8:00 we received a call for the gallery place metro located at 7th street and 8th street northwest for a person struck by a metro train, red line. when we arrived on the scene, it was out bound red line train which is on the upper level of this two-level station. we do have a one confirmed fatality. right now we are turning the scene over to metro to continue the investigation. but one confirmed fatality and d.c. fire and ems crews are clearing the scene momen