harry reid took his pitch to the internet. as dana bash reports, this may not be just about health care, but also about reid's political survival. >> reporter: a call to action. posted on youtubl. >> make sure you contact your representatives here in washington and push hard. we want a health care bill that has a public option. >> reporter: a blast of e-mails all week pushing the public option and sending a no-so-subtle reminder it's harry reid who put it in the health care bill. senator reid's leadership was on full display said one e-mail, he took a courageous stand in fighting for and including the public option. why the sudden sales job? >> the more liberal side of the party questions whether or not we could get it done, whether or not the leadership was behind it. >> reporter: and questioned senator reid? >> sure. >> reporter: penny lee, a former reid aide admits part of the motivation is reassure an anxious democratic base. >> it wasn't a one-time press conference he had. he said, i'm going to fight for it, i believe in

why would senator reid change course now?when he announced his plan yesterday, senator reid pointed to national polls that show strong support for a public option. but multiple democratic sources say he also has some personal politics in mind here. the liberals he needs to win re-election from are already running a critical ad in his home state of nevada. >> i'm watching to see if harry reid is strong and effective enough as a leader to pass a public health insurance option. >> all right. the white house is backing reid, although they have said, robin, a public option is not a must for health care reform right now. >> you know, there are always strong opinions on both sides of this debate. what are our viewers saying right now on our facebook page. viewers, by the way, if you haven't gone there, we welcome your comments. >> sounding off, lynn says -- then there's mickey, who writes on our facebook page -- all right. thank you both for piping in. keep letting us know what you think. as robin was saying cnn.com/robin. our faceb

>> and questioned senator reid. >> reporter: patry lee, a former reid aid says that senator reid is anxious to inform a democratic base. >> he said i am going to fight for this, i believe in it. >> reporter: lee and others say that's his goal as a national leader. but home in nevada where reid is facing a tough election battle, he has different reasons for promoting a public option. >> harry reid is in a lot of trouble. it's what i like to call reid fatigue. >> after of nevadans view reid unfavorably, a stunningly high figure. >> he certainly doesn't have much charisma but he does have a survival instinct unlike i have ever seen in politics. >> reporter: survival in nevada now means appealing to independent reporters and they tend to stanley cupport a govern health care option. >> re-elect me, i'm the guy that the nation needs in washington i can get things done. >> reporter: a huge risk for rooe reid is what if he can't get it done? that is a very real possibility and one of the reasons we're told that reid's aids were split from the beginning on whether or not this was the right move. now

i think chuck schumer is going to be the key person with harry reid. he's close to harry reid.put the bills together, reid have already said it, there will be a public plan option in the bill that goes to the floor of the senate. good-bye, max baucus. >> michael medved, this is not the way the republicans wanted it to play out. they wanted a big fight here. what's going to happen? >> the way the republicans wanted it to play out was not to have a big fight and not to have a public option. the problem here for democrats is it's so difficult for democrats to get together on this. precisely because the american people aren't together on it. the american people are worried. they're worried about the fact that it's a lot of backstage wheeling and dealing and internal conflicts in the democratic party that's going to end up taking over one-sixth of the american economy and saddling us with more debt than we can handle. >> gentlemen, let's switch gears and talk about military issues. 40,000 more troops to afghanistan. that's what the generals want. general mcchrystal. what do you thin

>> reid: in a week, yes. and, you know, maybe that's an overestimate, but even if it's in a month, that's a lot. >> pelley: we wanted to find out why the mara river seems to be drying up, so we headed north to its source, the mau forest. the first thing you notice are wheat fields where the trees used to be. and beyond the expanding farms, we headed toward smoke on the horizon. the trip brought us here. we're about five miles from the mara river. this isn't a wheat field yet, but it soon will be. what happens before the forest becomes a wheat field is that charcoalers move to the area and cut down the trees to make one of the principal fuels for cooking. the mau forest is falling to a growing population that's trying to make a living off the land. for centuries, the mau has been a sponge, holding and releasing waters into the river. to scientists, the equation is simple-- if there's no mau forest, there's no mara river, and that means no migration. now, saving the mau forest has become a crisis in kenya, pitt

reid and fellow board member karen inman went to court. megyn: you sued c.c.i.ying let us see the books. next thing you know you get a pink slip from the board and what was the explanation? >> we vialed -- violated some tenent of the board we weren't wear of. >> bertha lewis who took over for rathke claim reid and inman were removed from the board for, quote, aggressively trying to distract the organization from its core mission. once expelled from acorn's national board it became more difficult for reid and inman to inspect the books. reid now sees a deep hypocrisy in those acorn executives who she says demand less accountability from themselves than they do from the companies they target. >> we can hardly go out on the street and ask other people to do what we ourselves are not willing to do. megyn: coming up, think you heard it all when it comes to acorn's voter registration fraud? think again. quality and reliability... are more than words here. it's personal. i have diabetes. rodney's kid too. so we're so proud to manufacture... the accu-chek® aviva meters

reid and fellow board member karen inman went to court. megyn: you sued c.c.i. saying let us see the books. next thing you know you get a pink slip from the board and what was the explanation? >> we vialed -- violated some tenent of the board we weren't wear of. >> bertha lewis who took over for rathke claim reid and inman were removed from the board for, quote, aggressively trying to distract the organization from its core mission. once expelled from acorn's national board it became more difficult for reid and inman to inspect the books. reid now sees a deep hypocrisy in those acorn executives who she says demand less accountability from themselves than they do from the companies they target. >> we can hardly go out on the street and ask other people to do what we ourselves are not willing to do. megyn: coming up, think you heard it all when it comes to acorn's voter registration fraud? think again. ree r thevla wos inge o ats te dee s d foe t , ew cal thly% raeer swes ne llll ju caesac tuav thci usve n suyo rand tuswne swta™ the world could use a little more s

reid and fellow board member karen inman went to court. megyn: you sued c.c.i.see the books. next thing you know you get a pink slip from the board and what was the explanation? >> we vialed -- violated some tenent of the board we weren't wear of. >> bertha lewis who took over for rathke claim reid and inman were removed from the board for, quote, aggressively trying to distract the organization from its core mission. once expelled from acorn's national board it became more difficult for reid and inman to inspect the books. reid now sees a deep hypocrisy in those acorn executives who she says demand less accountability from themselves than they do from the companies they target. >> we can hardly go out on the street and ask other people to do what we ourselves are not willing to do. megyn: coming up, think you heard it all when it comes to acorn's voter registration fraud? think again. megyn: when people think of acorn, many think of voter registration fraud. that's how the organization came into the national spotlight during the 2008 election when acorn workers

reid and fellow board member karen inman went to court. megyn: you sued c.c.i.ing let us see the books. next thing you know you get a pink slip from the board and what was the explanation? >> we vialed -- violated some tenent of the board we weren't wear of. >> bertha lewis who took over for rathke claim reid and inman were removed from the board for, quote, aggressively trying to distract the organization from its core mission. once expelled from acorn's national board it became more difficult for reid and inman to inspect the books. reid now sees a deep hypocrisy in those acorn executives who she says demand less accountability from themselves than they do from the companies they target. >> we can hardly go out on the street and ask other people to do what we ourselves are not willing to do. megyn: coming up, think you heard it all when it comes to acorn's voter registration fraud? think again. @@pppppppp megyn: when people think of acorn, many think of voter registration fraud. that's how the organization came into the national spotlight during the 2008 elect

reid and fellow board member karen inman went to court. megyn: you sued c.c.i. know you get a pink slip from the board and what was the explanation? >> we vialed -- violated some tenent of the board we weren't wear of. >> bertha lewis who took over for rathke claim reid and inman were removed from the board for, quote, aggressively trying to distract the organization from its core mission. once expelled from acorn's national board it became more difficult for reid and inman to inspect the books. reid now sees a deep hypocrisy in those acorn executives who she says demand less accountability from themselves than they do from the companies they target. >> we can hardly go out on the street and ask other people to do what we ourselves are not willing to do. megyn: coming up, think you heard it all when it comes to acorn's voter registration fraud? think again. megyn: when people think of acorn, many think of voter registration fraud. that's how the organization came into the national spotlight during the 2008 election when acorn workers turned in thousands of phony

but it happened today for the redskins reid. a year after losing his gig, the four-year veteran got it back this morning. as sara walsh reports, it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. >> reporter: reid doesn't have the typical athlete's mentality, which is apparent when you hear his view on cracking the starting lineup. >> it doesn't make any difference to me. >> it's not that he doesn't care, it's that he is grateful to be playing at all. >> i'm thankful every day i'm out here. whether it is special teams, i'm just excited to play. >> reporter: it's something he couldn't do a season ago when he played four games before season ending and career threatening back surgery. >> nerve problems and tight back. trying to take care of all that stuff. >> it was a risk. for what he did, he took a risk in getting that surgery. back surgery is not easy for what he had to go through. >> reporter: handling adversity has been a big part of the safety's career. from the premature birth of a season who needed a kidney transplant, to him wearin

does reid? does the president? hope is one thing solving complicated and vitally important problems is quite something else. democrats have had 8 and a half months not a long time but it's not short either to improve the nation. so far, they haven't. and that's the memo. now for the top story tonight, analysis of the democratic leadership as it now stands. joining from us washington, fox news analyst karl rove. you have an article in the "wall street journal" today basically saying that if it continues that the democrats will lose everything in the midterm elections and the republicans will control both houses. speculation. >> that's not exactly what i said. not exactly what i said. bill: go ahead. >> not exactly what i said. i said the democrats were likely to lose ground because of the health care bill. they have lost support among seniors, independence, and the college-educated. i don't think i would go so far to say they would lose control of congress. they could suffer serious losses in the that they could los

greta: what does senator harry reid have for his state? >> what we have been told is that he already has an amendment passed that says his state will essentially be held harmless, that they will get full funding for this medicaid mandates. well, why should nevada get back, and the rest of the country does not -- that they will get full funding for this medicaid mandate. greta: are there any that have joined on with you? and the second one is have you heard back from your two u.s. senators? >> on the first question, there are democratic governors that are concerned. the one from tennessee in particular has been very strong on this issue. secondly, i have actually talked to my united states senators. both have indicated that they are very, very concerned. i would like to have it addressed with the senate finance committee, but if not, on the senate floor. greta: i am going to take a look at this amendment, because it seems that every state should have the same burden. good luck. >> thank you. greta: up next, was it just a photo op or a real

chip reid at the white house, thank you. turning now to that devastating earthquake in indonesia, two days later the search goes on for survivors. two women were rescued today and emergency crews in padang say they heard more voices from beneath the rubble but it's take ago painfully long time to clear the debris. the u.n. now says at least 1,100 people died in the quake and police say 3,000 more may be trapped. celia hatton has the latest from indonesia. >> reporter: hospitals in the city of padang are overflowing with victims injured in wednesday's quake. the patients in this trauma tent have been forced to sleep outside because the hospital itself was damaged. more than 2,400 people have already been hospitalized and more are coming in every hour. the doctors in this hospital say they have enough medical supplies for now, but what they really need is clean drinking water and food for their patients. as medical facilities fill up, emergency crews are racing against time to find more survivors. this 19-year-old student was

this is a sound cut from harry reid on medicare. is. >> ever since senate republicans opposed the creation of medicare, they spent the past 40 years on the wrong side of history when it comes to helping seniors. in the past ten years, republicans have voted against protecting and strengthening medicare 59 times. the american people can be excused for not buying republican's 11th hour claim that they're the true guardians of senior's health care. >> today, the republicans were quick to point out that in the senate finance bill, there's a $500 billion cut to seniors. who's going to win this bar, joan, how does this play out? >> i think it's tough to explain in the abstract, ed, and taken out of context, the republicans have been using it. but i think that harry reid's logic said with a lot of passion and said often, can carry the day. they've always opposed medicare. it's ridiculous to see them as the defenders of medicare. and the cut is actually a complicated restructuring. them not cut senior's care and will not cut medicare. so i

>> even senator reid admits he's not sure about this.l has to persuade three moderate democrats to back his plan. ben nelson of nebraska mary landrieu of louisiana and if reid cannot get their votes he may lose other support from other democrats who want to make sure health care reform is passed this year. >> i am for any version that gets us to 60. my goal is to get on the floor and pass it off the floor. that's my goal. and public option may not be part of that. >> now baucus had voted against a public option in the past. >> for argument's sake let's say the version becomes law, what would it mean for the average person watching right now their health care coverage? >> what's in it for me? if you have health insurance through your job, nothing, robin. people with employer-based coverage are actually blocked from switching to this public option right now. he says many people pushing for it don't realize this. >> when i've been in my town meetings, people stand up at rallies and say public option or bust. and then i would say, folks, i r

chip reid is our chief white house correspondent. good evening, chip. >> reporter: good evening, maggie. after three meetings with his war council, the president appears to be getting ready to settle on a war strategy and it's already drawing fire. white house officials say the focus of the president's strategy will be on defeating al qaeda in pakistan while downplaying the need to completely eliminate the taliban in afghanistan. the taliban, the white house argues, simply does not threaten u.s. security the way al qaeda does. >> the taliban are, obviously, exceedingly bad people that have done awful things. their capability is somewhat different, though. >> reporter: the strategy would turn the remote mountains of pakistan into the center of the war. the white house says while there are only about 100 al qaeda in afghanistan, there are thousands in pakistan. including osama bin laden and his top deputies. using special forces, pilotless drones, and a more aggressive effort from the pakistani army, the strategy has recently led to a

chief meteorologist vytas reid is here with a look ahead on the forecast. >> nice day. cool side. temperatures in the mid 60s. and plenty of sunshine. and hold onto some of the sunshine for part of the day tomorrow. but a few more clouds involved. our temperatures will be going up. good news. look outside right now at the hd radar. no activity in the form of rain around central maryland. but back to the west. there is a warm front ahead of a cold front heading our direction. so that's the indication of increasing temperatures. and rain showers. some of the storms strong. violent storms pushing through parts of northern mississippi and also in arkansas. it looks like they have had tornado warnings as of about an hour ago. looking at 56 in baltimore. 52 in hagerstown. 48 in salisbury. see the temperatures dropping down to the upper 40s, overnight. through the mid-morning hours. sun and clouds. and then by the afternoon, mid 60s to almost 70 degrees. and our high tomorrow in the mid 70s. so it looks like pretty good start to the weekend. rain to talk about. i will have a look at that

re-enter reid dowdy playing the best football of his career after coming off back surgery. as for blache the redskins' defensive coordinator he is taking full blame for the defensive woes. >> in 2009 things go back, somebody's got to go under the bus. being the leader of the defense i should be under the bus and i'll dive under if somebody wants to throw me because going under the bus you hurt your feelings a little bit and you might end up at worse skid marks on both sides of your shorts. it's the truth. i can deal with the hurt and the stuff and we just kind of go on and play. >> he's great. >> he just says things. >> he should have thought that one through a little more carefully. >> i got. >> we got it. right. >>> moving on to baseball, after sweepinghe mets at home they're down in atlanta keeping the winning streak alive. how about four in a row and pulling another one out of the hat in the ninth inning? let's go down south. how about no hands? just getting a kick out of it. top four. braves up 1-0. ryan zimmerman reaching down and driving one deep to right off the bas

steve, why is reid trying to rush a vote on healthcare through before these elections? >> because they fear they might lose votes. in 1993 when clinton lost both new jersey and virginia and new york city with rudy jewelian ny, he never could get anything through that congress even though he had majorities in the house and senate. that's what they fear here. they fear that the more time people have to see the grisly details of this bill, the more support it loses. they want to rush it through so people don't know what's in there. >> that isn't working for me. in new jersey, corzine is catching up because the crazy far right candidate is draining off from the other far right candidate. in virginia, the guy has lost half his lead. he is probably going to win but he has lost half his lead in the past couple of months. nonetheless, they are in a rush r that is a true thing. there is 1,147 different parts to this puzzle and you want to go slow, but healthcare, you have to work it out in the first year or people get caught up in fear mongering and it never closes. >> in additi

go to chief meteorologist vytas reid with a look at the sky watch forecast. vytas, what do you think? >> not in the immediate future. sunshine out there. clearing skies. at this moment. downtown our hd sky ca cam looks at the inner harbour. 51 degrees. outlying areas in the upper 40s. and we will see the temperatures dropping into the 40s overnight tonight. so kind of a brisk cool night. winds are calm. humidity levels at 83 percent. now looking at the temperatures across the region. you can see the core of cold air. up over parts of michigan, toward cleveland. 45 in pittsburg. the temperatures drop into the lower 40s, upper 30s and there is frost advisories for the folks back there. and even garrett county on the western edge of the state here. but it looks like temperatures are down in the lower 50s, and upper 40s for overnight lows around central maryland. as far as cool air, continue to see the tracking down out of the north. area of high pressure builds in and keeps us dry for a couple of days. but cool nights and cool day tomorrow. but with plenty of su

they're now taking on senate majority leader harry reid in nevada. listen. >> i'm your typical swing voter. i voted for republicans for president and i've voted for president obama. i also voted for senator harry reid many times. but in 2010, i'll only be voting on one issue. i'm watching to see if harry reid is strong and effective enough as a leader to pass a public health insurance option into law. >> okay. now, since reid is in trouble in nevada and i think 53%, 52% of nevadans are in favor of the public option, is he going to be forced now to vote to that to push the public option? >> one would hope. he is -- i don't understand why some democrats like harry reid are being as obstructionist as the republicans, when he is being weak, though, he should be called out. i agree with that. there's nothing wrong with infighting among parties. there should be. there shouldn't be any marching lockstep. >> it doesn't look like the public option is going to get any traction. the baucus bill hasn't got it in there. and i wonder how the democrats will do in 2

they're now taking on senate majority leader harry reid in nevada.isten. >> i'm your typical swing voter. i voted for republicans for president and i've voted for president obama. i also voted for senator harry reid many times. but in 2010, i'll only be voting on one issue. i'm watching to see if harry reid is strong and effective enough as a leader to pass a public health insurance option into law. >> okay. now, since reid is in trouble in nevada and i think 53%, 52% of nevadans are in favor of the public option, is he going to be forced now to vote to that to push the public option? >> one would hope. he is -- i don't understand why some democrats like harry reid are being as obstructionist as the republicans, when he is being weak, though, he should be called out. i agree with that. there's nothing wrong with infighting among parties. there should be. there shouldn't be any marching lockstep. >> it doesn't look like the public option is going to get any traction. the baucus bill hasn't got it in there. and i wonder how the democrats will do in 201

harry reid, the majority leader, will be doing a lot of negotiating with top democrats and the whiteouse to put together everything that has been done on the senate side to create yet another version of health care. so we have a ways to go. >> a lot of the progressives, frustrated that max baucus didn't include a plan. frustrated that they didn't get the votes in this hearing. what is the likelihood that reid will down the votes and say it wasn't with max baucus, but with the plan, it will be there. >> if you read the body look, the public statements and he go we're getting from the majority leader's office, what he talked about is a bill that can pass. when you look at his history, he's been a vote counter in the senate for a long time. a deal maker. that's a big part of the job. he believes at least where we sit right now, that the votes are not there for a public option. the house certainly has a lot more interest in it and perhaps the white house can weigh in one way or another and give everybody on capitol hill some final direction. but if you look at everything harry reid is sa

now, the reelection bid of harry reid is in big trouble.he is not very popular in his home state, and not surprisingly, he is trailing in the polls, so he is taking things into his own hands, planning to run advertisements against his opponents. one of his advisers told politico.com, quote, "i expect him to vaporize whoever is the of poet -- the opponent." there is also the vicious attack by jon corzine against his opponent chris christie. i guess these personal attacks are all that is left. you may have seen some curious advertisements plastered on the walls. they are spreading the word that you can live a great life without god. advertisements like this are hitting the subways, courtesy of an advertisement campaign launched by one group. according to the spokesman of the group, the advertisements are meant to inform new yorkers that 1 million of us have created natural morality and lead good, productive lives without religious dogma or god. can you imagine the outrage is a political -- religious group put -- could you imagine the outrage

they're now taking on senate majority leader harry reid in nevada.m your typical swing voter, i have voted for republicans for president and i voted for president obama. i also voted for senator harry reid many times, but in 2010, i'll only be voting on one issue. i'm watching to see if harry reid is strong and effective enough as a leader to pass a public health insurance option into law. >> okay, since reid is in trouble in nevada i think 52% of nevadans are in favor of the public option. is he going to be forced to pub the public option? >> i would hope. i don't understand why some democrats like harry reid are being as obstructionist as the republicans. there's nothing wrong with infighting among parties, there shouldn't be anybody marching lock step with one another. >> the baucus bill hasn't got it in there and i'm wondering how the democrats are going to do in 2010 if they don't get it. what you think? >> hopefully they would suffer for it, as they should. the public option should be in there and there should be like grayson, is that his name,

coming up in tonight's "word on the web". . >> i am chief meteorologist vytas reid. looking at a decent day out there today. sun, clouds, even a few sprinkles in the neighborhood. but most of the activity now has pushed off to the east. hd skycam shows 52 degrees right now. looking at mostly clear skies. clouds breaking up. and winds are out of the west at five. humidity levels 80 percent. and we will continue to see the temperatures on the cool side of things, through the overnight. right now, looking at 51 degrees. in harrisburg. 46 in pittsburg. some of the areas back to the west, over pennsylvania, west virginia and then in ohio, including garrett county in maryland. under a frost advisory with temperatures dropping down to the lower 40s, upper 30s. but around central portion of the state. looks like the temperatures will only drop down to the mid 50s and we will see those mid 50s, lower upper 40s, that is, as we continue to see the cooler air come in from the northwest. cooler temperatures across the area. but we will see a warm up as we go down the road. high p

the senate aid to senate majority leader harry reid says this. a final decision will be made today, and senator reid is poised to introduce a bill way public health insurance option allowing the states to opt out. we'll keep you posted. >>> parishioners at st. patrick's church in chatham, new jersey, are mourning the death of a priest who was stabbed to death in the rectry. 150 people attended an early mass yesterday to pray for the reverend et hinds. a longtime church janitor is charged with stabbing him 32 times with a kitchen knife thursday. many in the community are stunned by the brutality of chris crime. >> we're all praying for ourselves that we can get through this. we're just hugging each other and just coming together as a family. >> i really can't get over it. it will be a while. it will take us a while to get over it because we're, you know, it just came so fast. couldn't believe it. >> 64-year-old jose feliciano is being held on $150 million bail. hinds' body was found friday when he didn't show up for morning mass. listen to this. p

senator majority leader reid decided to include a real public option in the final legislation, saying tonight he favors a public option, that he's going to do his best to add a public option, but to remember a public option is a relative term. as is the phrase, chance of re-election. >>> speaker pelosi says a public option will be in the final bill that goes to the senate. boehner says he knows nothing about anything. >> i'm still trying to find the first american to talk to who's in favor of the public option, other than a member of congress or the administration. i have not talked to one. and i get to a lot of places. and i have not had anyone come up to me, i know i'm inviting it. but i haven't had anyone come to me and lobby for the public option. this is about as unpopular as a garlic milk shake. >> mr. boehner needs to get out of the tanning salon more often. a recent poll of the quinnipiac association miss the own state, that's ohio, support it for a government-run plan or private insurers. that's what is called an option. when people were asked how important it was to give peo

great stuff. >> great comedy and great drama looking at that on the hill and you see harry reid doesnt here. >> what about what the rnc said, to putter in her place. during ronald reagan's time the gop would never resort to that kind of cheap shot. >> i think some of the language is unfortunate, unnecessary and even unproductive. we need to focus on issues. any time you get into the name calling and try to create the level of imagery people forget what the issue is and that is the danger of it. >> what do you think is in the mindset. what is the purpose of that? is it to explore what they perceive to be her unpopularity? or disdinful of the fact that she is a female? >> i don't think it is about her being a female. the republicans have clearly i think broken that barrier. we had a vice presidential candidate who is female. there has been many opportunities for women in the party. i think it is just a way of sort of trying to highlight the dissatisfaction with nancy pelosi. now, there is no doubt that republicans are not big fans of nancy pelosi because they feel like -- >> geraldo: b

harry reid wants to get the legislation on the senate floor the week after next. once the senate passes the final health care bill it has to be merged with the house version. >>> first it was the fires. now it is the rain. residents in southern just can't seem to catch a break from mother nature. but at least the most recent storm wasn't as bad as everyone thought it would be. in fact the national weather service is canceling a flash flood advisory for los angeles. things are starting to ease up from the rains. the storm knocked down trees and power lines. it is expected to hang over southern california through tomorrow morning. forecasters are warning of mudslides especially areas hit by wildfires. >> yeah. kind of wondering we were so lucky having our house saved from the fire. this is another round of slow torture. until the rains come tonight we'll see. >> i'm terrified. there is no way they can control it with the rails. >> mother nature is giving us a one-two punch here. test of endurance. >> the storm knocked out power. crews have turned on the lights for a

senate majority leader harry reid coast have a final version on the floor next week for a vote, and he wants to have the bill have a public option. jane: president obama's pays our is looking for a slash in salaries for a bailout companies. who is in the cross hairs? >> 175 executives have that have received the most money in this government bailout bonanza. kenneth feinberg is the pay czar, and he is trying to figure out what is fair here. so imagine that instead of being paid in cash next year, part of your salary was in stock. that is how we're getting the idea of this limit and what it might look like. you have aig, bank of america, general motors, citi, gmac, and chrysler financial. those are the companies being looked at. we think that executive compensation will be tied to stock, you will not cash in for several years, and the whole purpose is to get these executives committed to long- term success of the companies they are a part of. there are risks to this approach. a lot of these companies are in trouble. bank of america is looking for a new ceo. so if you're a top executive

what do you see happening when you've got the baucus bill being voted upon merging with harry reid's?, there's going to be kind of boring numbers budget stuff that will be happening this week. we'll wait for congressional budget office just to make sure that the baucus bill is deficit-neutral has president obama has said he wanted and then it's really going to go behind closed doors for a period of time while as you pointed out they'll be merging the two different senate bills to try to get one bill to head to the senate floor in a few weeks. >> you've been covering this for a long time. what's in this bill that everyone will see and applaud and what are the things that people are going to say most of all why didn't that make it in? >> well, the first thing that everybody will see and you hear a lot from the white house are those insurance underwriting changes or they're all the things that everybody gets frustrated with insurance companies right now like not being able to get coverage because of a pre-existing condition or having an annual cap on your coverage. those things are reall

when they tell me i owe more, i will. >> the record shows he took the blows. >> hmm. >>> as harry reidut the public option back on the table, nancy pelosi says we need to rename the option as something more friendly. joining us is ben stein and gail collins, a new york times columnist. ben and gail, welcome to the show. >> honored be here. >> what should they call it? >> how about vampira, princess of blood? >> meaning what? >> it will suck people dry. >> it will be only for people who are really poor, right? people who -- >> no, because they need a full-time national gestapo from joining in. everyone who can will sneak over the border and try to get in, will kill the insurance companies. i'm not posed to everyone having government subsidized health insurance. why not give checks to indigents or people that can't afford it and let them buy private insurance. >> what do you think? >> the theories that government is bad, government is incompetent, if they have a program, lit lead everyone to wreck and ruin. it's there to keep the insurance companies honest. >> here's harry reid laying ou

when they tell me i wiowe more, will. >> the record shows he took the blows. >> hmm. >>> as harry reid put the public option back on the table, nancy pelosi says we need to rename the option as something more friendly. joining us is ben stein and gail collins, a new york times columnist. ben and gail, welcome to the show. >> honored be here. >> what should they call it? >> how about vampira, princess of blood? >> meaning what? >> it will suck people dry. >> it will be only for people who are really poor, right? people who -- >> no, because they need a full-time national gestapo from joining in. everyone who can will sneak over the border and try to get in, will kill the smurns companies. i'm not posed to everyone having government subsidized health insurance. why not give dhoex indigents or people that can't afford it and let them buy private insurance. >> what do you think? >> the theories that government is bad, government is incompetent, if they have a program, lit lead everyone to wreck and ruin. it's there to keep the insurance companies honest. >> here's harry reid laying out his

going to be up to harry reid -- >> why is it a piece of crap bill? >> i tell you why, because it doesn't have any public plan option for the most part. that's the biggest thing. the co-opts are a nonstarter, ed. so is the idea of going to 50 states. it also has the fee on insurance companies which you mentioned earlier. union members would have to pay that extra fee which i don't think is fair. harry reid is going to put those two bills together. take the best of the senate and the house. i think we're going to get a good bill now. we have a public plan option. >> michael medved, how hard are republican hard-right republicans working olympia snowe? she says she's got a lot to think about coming out of the senate finance committee. if she tips over and goes with the democrats, what's that going to do? >> well, i think it would help push the reform generally, but look, olympia snowe is one republican. what is remarkable here, and, ed, something no one expected. i don't think the president expected it. the republican party is unified. at most you will g

they're now taking on senate majority leader harry reid in nevada.m your typical swing voter, i have voted for republicans for president and i voted for president obama. i also voted for senator harry reid many times, but in 2010, i'll only be voting on one issue. i'm watching to see if harry reid is strong and effective enough as a leader to pass a public health insurance option into law. >> okay, since reid is in trouble in nevada i think 52% of nevadans are in favor of the public option. is he going to be forced to pub the public option? >> i would hope. i don't understand why some democrats like harry reid are being as obstructionist as the republicans. there's nothing wrong with infighting among parties, there shouldn't be anybody marching lock step with one another. >> the baucus bill hasn't got it in there and i'm wondering how the democrats are going to do in 2010 if they don't get it. what you think? >> hopefully they would suffer for it, as they should. the public option should be in there and there should be like grayson, is that his name,

in northeast washington, richard reid. >> it turns out this was not the only violence in d.c. schools today. the national guard was called in o provide security during the high school's football game. the decision came hours after they cancel their contract with hawthorn security. d.c. police will be filling the void until security companies can take over. >>> major developments tonight around the scandal of the taxi drivers and chief of some staff -- and chief of staff for councilman jim graham. they can obtain licenses for cap companies. in addition, the fbi arrested three dozen others as part of the sting. after the arrest, he had no role in any potential wrongdoing. >> this is further evidence of the fact that whatever is going on here, i am not a target or the bject. >> the the chief of staff pleaded not guilty to charges that he promoted taxicab legislation in exchange for cash. >>> president obama is suffering aolitical setback on an international stage. the -- and they awarded to -- and they elected to award the olympic games to rio. they are talking about who is celeb

majority harry reid canceled the week long recess today coming after lawmakers request to pass a final health care bill by thanksgiving. congressional leaders planned on an end of the year deadline. the debate over health care is getting even more heated. house republicans are looking for an apology from grayson of floridwho criticized what he deemed the gop house plan on the house floor. >> do you want the democratic plan or the republican plan. remember the republican plan, don't get sick. if you do get sick, die quickly. >> grayson says he'd rather apologize to americans who have died without health insurance. one republican lawmaker has drafted a resolution of disapproval similar to the one drafted after joe wilson's outburst. >> some public safety officials in alexander, virginia are furious tonight. they're concerned about what they call a break down in communication after an ethanol spill in a neighborhood full of families. jackie benton has more. >> jim, the fuel spill has reignited a bitter feud between a railroad company and the city of alexandra. >> i'm very disappointed nor

reid isn't under a a lot of pressure, he has his own re-election bid to worry about. that also casts a cloud over all of the work that he's doing and he is trying to figure out what is the -- calibrate this public option in particular, calibrate it in such a way that he figures out how to get 60 votes. right now, that's not clear. he may have to get some version of a public option in and then vote it out, then they vote out a health care bill that is the politics of this that is very confusing for now and that we won't know about for another couple of week he is. >> all right, chuck, thank you. >>> the pressure is on president obama to decide whether to send more troops to afghanistan. insurgents killed 17 u.s. troops in just the first four days of this month alone. yesterday, eight americans were killed in a firefight on the pakistani border. nbc's adrian monk is with me now. tell me about the attack and why so many americans have been killed this month. >> reporter: hi, contessa. well, the attack, which took place this weekend, and which the u.s. military described

harry reid and max baucus are at odds. reed reid wants to go to the floor, baucus wants to wait for the cbo to score the senate finance committee bill to tell us how much this is going to cost. everybody is worried about the money. the money, the money, the money. i want to talk about the human cost off the top tonight. we went home this weekend in minnesota. there's a guy i've known there a while. dennis, good guy, had a construction company for some 30 years. small business owner. you know the story. pays his taxes, plays by the rules. smart guy.

harry reid, democrat majority leader, but the state to his colleagues, i need you on a procedural vote, that is, that a filibuster cannot stand on any issue that we raise. if he can do what george mitchell did and hold them together, on the procedural vote, that would guarantee the vote. i want to have a vote when i wanted. if he can do it and is in a position to do it, then the public option is arrived. >> trying the nuclear option or reconciliation it can't get it? >> i think that is an option, but i don't think it is an option they want to go to. i think that is one they want to threaten. >> we'd like to talk about choice and competition as part of our american cabalistic system. is their choice in this bill? is that competition? one senator said it isn't. he said -- and split it out. >> the problem is the co-ops in this bill are so untested. and it is unclear who will run them. they will be created by the state. but in the small states in particular you can have such a dominant presence of one or two insurance companies that there is some suspicion that the insurance companies woul

the veteran reid doudy as the defensive side tries to plug the leaks. >> we've been struggling as a defense a little bit and i think sometimes they make changes good or worse. we'll see what happens. >> it's a little set back. yes, it is. but it doesn't stop the way i'm going to come out and compete. >> i thought that was a funny e-mail, didn't you. morgan town tonight. it turns out to be a little bit more than a dump pass. 48-yard touchdown. mounties win by 11. they're now 3-1. a reminder that tomorrow night is operation football here on nine. gaithersburg at sherwood is our game of the week and it will be webcast live on wusa9.com. sky nine, robinson and johnson all highlights. having wrapped up their home schedule with the walk-off slam last night, the nats moved down to atlanta for their final four games of the season and it turns out they are playing october baseball with playoff implications. braves trying to stay alive for the nl wild car. atlanta led by one when brian zimmerman went shopping scoring willie harris. tied the game at one. and it stayed that way until the 9th. zim score

reid will replace horton at safety. they are simply supplying him with product. he will receive no money. >>> arenas, the wizards offense had guards, but they went shopping for more. the wizards picked up miller. they also signed vincent greer, which brings the total of guards on the preseason roster to 8, which means every practice of this training camp is going to be a battle for playing time and for employment. >> i want to fight with my teammates about a position, we want to be in a blessed position and win games. >> it's competition everywhere you go. >> may the best man win. you have to go out there and be prepared. >> a reminder that tomorrow night is operation football here on 9. gaithersburg at sherwood is our game of the week with a live web cast on wusa9.com. sky 9 will be over them. plenty of ground games as well. full highlights tomorrow at 11:00. >>> the nats justin max well has been up with the bases loaded and we can on conclude that he is not a guy that is phased by pressure situations. he hit grand slams both times. the latest coming last night

one player made the most of his starting position, reid downy, the fourth-year redskins led yesterdaywith 11 tackles, including 10 solo. he is fully recover from last season's back issues and it shows. he was asked to compare the win over the bucs to the lowly st. louis rams. >> the rams is more relief where this week we kind of accelerated. we didn't play well in the first half and we made some big plays in the second half and proved to ourselves even though we're down we're not ut. i think it was more of a momentum for us than kind of at the end of the rams game we got off the field with a win. >> next sunday, the redskins play their fourth straight winless opponent. they face charlotte. the redskins host the chiefs who are currently 0-4. the chiefs play the cowboys next week. monday night october 26th, the redskins host the eagles then the bye week november 1st. two maryland freshman were honored today for their role in a victory over clemson. nick farar a was handling the kickoff and kicking and punting duties. nick averaged over 43 yards on eight punts including a long one of 61