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rudy giuliani. >> what are your plans? >> after his first loss in years, michael phelps is back on top but yet another swimsuit controversy. >> hi, everybody, those are the big questions tonight. but we start, as we always do with the mash-up. our look at all of the stories making an impact right now. the moment you may missed today. we're watching it all so you don't have to. we began tonight with the woman whose 911 call triggered a racial firestorm. she's breaking her silence today. lucia whalen called the cops on henry louis gates. since then said she's living a nightmare because of reports that two black men tried to break into the home. whalen didn't bring up race at all. her news conference highly emotional. here's the clip. >> when i was called racist, and i was a target, of scorn and ridicule because of the things i never said, the criticism hurt me as a person. i hope now that the truth of the tapes, will help heal the cambridge community as much as it has helped to restore my representati

and joining us now, the former mayor of new york, rudy giuliani. thanks very much for coming in to "the situation room." >> wolf. >> good to have you always. what do you think about this failure to pass this gun legislation in the senate that would have allowed folks who have permits, say, in wyoming so carry a concealed weapon to come into new york city and carry it there? >> it probably leaves things the way they should be, which is local control, where conditions in new york city may be different than conditions in miami or in wyoming or wherever. and, therefore, states, cities can have some degree of ability to control things for themselves. a central republican idea anyway of having more state and local discretion and control. and at least it's there. >> your position during the campaign i think for years as far as guns is concerned, what's good maybe in wyoming is not necessarily good in new york. >> that's right. very different conditions in a very crowded city where you've got availability of guns can be very different than in a rural area

rudy one of the most popular sports movies of all time, are there any rudy's out here? >> there aren't any rudies, to be realistic. that, with college, you have the walkons, but you always have a guy that is a long shot to make the team and there is one guy that can surprise you. so as we see doing the preseason, like you saw horton last year, he was one of those guys that jump out of nowhere. >> and you're from chicago. has obama invited you to the white house yet? >> not yet. and we were both on the south side too. you better get your phone. that kid is taking it. >> renaldo, thank you very much. we appreciate it. best of luck to you. i'm telling you lady, this is an exciting time for the burgundy and gold. big things expected this season. he's one of the keys to that success. back to the station. >> allison and i both have been invited to the white house. as far as you know, dave, we have. >> we have to put in a word or something. [ laughter ] >> we're kidding. thank you. >>> continuing with football news, michael vick's search for a new team could be end ending. he

joining us now, the former mayor of new york city, potential governor of new york, rudy giuliani.hope, right? >> i hope there's no hope for the health care plan this year. sean: i'm talking about you for governor. >> we can hope next year. but this would be irreversible. so far the damage that the obama administration has done to our economy is very, very serious. i think more than any president has done ever in a short period of time. but most of it's reversible. it's about spening money, it's about deficits, it's about ultimately inflation. this would be almost irreversible. you put anywhere from 20 million to 50 million on government cooperative nationalized health care, it's going to be very hard to get them off. medicaid has never been able to be reformed. medicaid got started. costs are out of control. when i was mayor, new york city pays 25% of the medicaid bill. i think at that time it was $2.5 billion and rising. very, very hard to control it. so this we have to fight and we have to stop it. sean: it seems that there is this pattern that is just emerging among the democra

with us now the former mayor of new york city, rudy giuliani. thank you. >> nice to be with you. >> i keep thinking, are you going to run for governor? >> i don't know. i haven't made a decision like you did. >> i made a decision i'm not running. so i can give you an answer. i'm not running. are you? >> i don't know yet. >> do you think you can fok off paterson. >> i have no idea. >> andrew cuomo, he's tougher, isn't he? he's tougher than paterson. >> andrew cuomo is ahead of governor paterson. who knows. >> you're a vote behind. you're beating paterson. how are you doing with cuomo. >> a little behind. but you can beat him. you endorsed his dad. >> maybe his dad will endorse me if i run. >> let me ask you about health care tonight. you're a republican. is this a partisan issue, opposition to the president's health care plan? like demint says, beat him and make it his waterloo like he's napoleon or somebody. >> i think there's an issue of principle for me. i think the president is making a fundamental mistake and going to ruin our health care sy

i heard mayor rudy giuliani. he has great health care.m is that most people in this country are paying more and more every year to get less and less under the current system. that's why we have to change it. brian: 90% of americans have health insurance. >> right. and they need insurance reform because they are paying more and more. they are getting less and less. if they have a preexisting condition, they are excluded. if they guest sick, there are rescissions and insurance companies can say you know what? we didn't know you were going to get cancer we are not covering you anymore. that's simply not right and that's why we need reform. steve: david axelrod, it's about to rain in washington. >> thanks you guys. brian: 22 minutes before the top of the hour. what do you want to talk about now? steve: i think it's time. brian: finally, i was saying on my way to work yesterday, no, i have nothing to say. alisyn: how about secretary of state hillary clinton because she is wrapping up meetings in thailand as part of her tour of asia. north kore

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rudy ♪ ♪ tutti-frutti, oh rudy tutti-frutti, oh rudy ♪ ♪ get around, get around i get around ♪ ♪ downt's saturday, july 25th >>> we're learning more about four killed during a helicopter crash. four died and they were returns from a charity event from hagerstown. they didn't have a flight plan because the tower was closed and eyewitness news learned they were concerned about the weather. >>> the frantic search will continue for an 11-year-old girl that fell off of a boat yesterday afternoon. the coast guard crews searched through the night for the missing girl. >>> a soldout crowd watched chelsea beat milan yesterday. and the real winners are the city and the fans. the game brought in 0 million to local hotels and businesses and the excitement also sparked talk of bringing the world cup to baltimore. the event here is a possibility. >>> let's look at the first warning forecast. the day looks nice and bright, a few clouds around, enjoy the day. have fun, that's our report, i'm gigi barnett, thank you for joining us, bye bye, everybody. >>> the last word, the president admits he added f

. >> n, we've seen a lot of politicians, bill clinton, rudy giulia, getting in trouble, personal isses swirling around emand they stayed in office. are you suggting, for example, that predent clintonhould have resigne or as arepublica a you suggesting that rudy giuliani should have resned when his maiage ran into problems, for example, and he moved ouof mayor's mansionin new yk city? and moved in with gay iends of his and lived with them, and his marriage wa bloid stuff ever day in nyork? and he was accus of having an afir with his press secretary while in offe? should giuliani haveid this too much for new york, too much for my mily, i'm going to have to quit? is that what giuliani should have do, under this rnale? under the rationale between mayor giuliani and president clinton, those are o different issues. let's stick with giuliani. >> that would he been his person decision, but as a lawyer, i can tell you one of erticles impeachment wa that the president liender oath to a federal investigation. in fact he w disbarred for that. >> et's not talk abt linton. >> ron, you think clinton

. >> ron, we've seen a lot of politician bill inton, rudy giiani, getting in trouble, personal issues swirli around them, and they stayed in oice. are you suggesting, r example, that president cnton should have rigned? or as a republan, are you suggng that rudy giuliani should have resigned wn his marriage ran into oblems, for example, and hmoved out of mayos mansion in new york city? and moved in with gay frs of his and lived with tm, and his marriage was tabloid stuff eve day in new york? and he was accused of ng an affair wh s press secretary while in office? should giuliani have said this is toouch for new york, too much for my faly, i'm going to ha to quit? is that what giuliani shld have done, under this rationale? >> under the rionale between mayor uliani and president clinton, those are t different issues. >> let's stick with giuliani >> that wod have been his peonal decision for the citizens of new york. but as a lawyer, i can tl you one of the articles of impehment was that the president lied under oath to a federal investigatn. in fact he was dbarred for that. >> let's not

. >> rudy giuliani, his thoughts on the obama administration. >> this administration has shown no ability to cut anything. it's increased spending in many areas three and four times in six months. it's increased spending more than any administration in our history. i don't see how the american people buys the idea that this president is going to turn into a conservative manager of an entitlement program called health care. >> you'll catch the entire conversation of rudy giuliani here tomorrow. back with one-on-one conversation with ultimate presidential adviser vernon jordan. g b >>> a lot of disappointment right now. and kids graduating from college, they have no jobs, nowhere to go. and they think obama is like, you know, the magic potion that's going to make this happen. and like i said before, you know, the job of president's a tough job and you learn it as you go. and like most politicians, unfortunately, he's a politician. he made some promises, hopefully he can keep them. >> i sat down with academy award nominee samuel l. jackson for a one on one on a wide range of topics and he w

. >> when ann coulter and rudy giuliani are the voice of reason you know the republicans got hijacked. >>> and more than a month after the death of michael jackson, a custody settlement is reached. and michael jackson has another child. an older biological one. >> michael jackson, dance michael jackson. >> but who's getting custody of sarah palin? a new poll says most americans don't want her in the white house ever. almost half of republicans agree. maybe she has a future in poetry? cue the tweet. >> no threat down here ever, but instant rain reminds us no rain, no rainbow. >> all that and more now on "countdown." >>> good evening from new york. i'm richard wolffe. keith olbermann has the night off. on hot summer evening the kind of night washington, d.c. is famts for this time of year, who doesn't enjoy winding down way beer or two? in our first story on the "countdown" calming off with a few cold ones in the white house rose garden. how president obama held a beer summit with harvard professor henry louis gates and the police officer who arrested him, is the james crowley. beer del

his was put on display at the smithsonian, next to judy garland's rudy red slippers. >> hey, fab, yoursmithsonian. i was looking for my boom box. >> was there a certain swagger you had to have to look cool? >> it was determined by musculature -- >> so i couldn't carry one off? >> well, you wouldn't want one too big or too heavy, but -- if you wanted one, you can lug it around. >> madonna dusted one off in a recent video. and come to think of it, lady ga gaga. ♪ in fact, 20 years after boom boxes began disappearing, suddenly they're everywhere again. there's one in this evian commercial complete with break dancing babies. boom boxes are making a comeback. could it be because they bring back some good memories? lyle thinks so. he's writing a book about them. >> i think with the turmoil in the world, people are looking back to a touch stone in their memory, hey, a boom box put a smile on my face back in the mid or late '80's i'll get one to make my summer worthwhile. >> he's building up his collection. boom boxes that cost a hundred dollars a few decades ago run up to a thousand dollars.

rudy giuliani who oversaw new york's response to 9/11 tells me what he thinks the u.s. should do about it. >>> almost eight years after 9/11, they're still out there. terrorists are being train and recruited from places like baghdad and kabul. and now they're being recruited in of all places, minneapolis, right in the heartland of america. let's bring in our own brian todd, just back from minneapolis with a very disturbing story and disturbing images. brian? >> an fbi official says they've never dealt with anything like this. it started out as a couple of missing person's cases has evolved into what authorities are calls one of the most significant anti-terrorism investigations inside the u.s. since 9/11. jamal bonno was the kind of son a modest immigrant family pins its hopes on. 20 years old, the oldest of seven, a college student studying engineering, preparing to live the american dream. last fall, his family said, suddenly with no warning, jamal disappeared. a few days later the phone rang. a local community activists translated for the boy's mother. >> he said, i'

hear what rudy gl has to say coming up. and what does giuliani think, if anything, about the skip gates case? it may surprise you. that and a lot more coming up next. you're watching msnbc live. i'm carlos watson. at 155 miles per hour, andy roddick has the fastest serve in the history of professional tennis. so i've come to this court to challenge his speed. ...on the internet. i'll be using the 3g at&t laptopconnect card. he won't. so i can book travel plans faster, check my account balances faster. all on the go. i'm bill kurtis and i'm faster than andy roddick. (announcer) "switch to the nations fastest 3g network" "and get the at&t laptopconnect card for free". >>> welcome back to msnbc live. i'm carlos watson. >>> now former republican presidential candidate rudy giuliani says president obama's health care proposal will drive costs up. the mayor and i had a fairly spirited conversation yesterday. in fact, we talked about a variety of things, including the president's agenda. the president's plan for health care reform

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first up, rudy giuliani takes sides again.s or infamous for always siding with police, former new york mayor rudolph giuliani did it again last night as he positioned himself opposite from president obama on the professor gates episode and what we can learn from it. >> he's actually right. it is teachable. here is the lesson. shut up. also, shut up when a cop is asking you questions. how about you don't insult them, you don't yell, you don't scream. my father taught me that when i was young. i grew up in brooklyn. it was a good lesson. >> the mayor is right about what you're supposed to say to a police officer, but what about what a police officer is supposed to say and do to you, how he's supposed to treat all people the same. that's the question the president tried, rightly or wrongly, to answer. >>> next up, my old boss tip o'neill once noted all politics is local. what does a number like this mean for the once popular governor of alaska? look at that number. 48% of alaskans now have negative feelings about governor palin e

also, rudy giuliani joins us at this table.gh questions such as whether he agrees with those on the right now raising hell that president obama is an undocumented alien of some kind. some enter hoper who managed to get through the electoral system without anyone know. wealth have more on the strange crowd known as the birthers, the people who refuse to believe again on that topic against all evidence that barack obama was not born in the usa. >> i want to go back to january 20 and i want to know why were you people ignore his birth certificate. he is not an american citizen. he is a citizen of kenya. >> i should say refused to believe that he was born in the usa. last night, republican john camp bell of california admitted ne

former new york city mayor rudy giuliani and toure and more join me this morning.-one with the actor samuel l. jackson. >>> first, the top headlines. two american service members killed in bomb attack in afghanistan. 59,000 troops are in afghanistan double the same number a year ago. >>> police say suicide bombers who struck luxury hotels in ind knee sha planted a third bomb but it malfunctioned. >>> total of 44 people have been arrested in the connection with a massive and unusual corruption and money laundering ring in new jersey. the mayors of hoboken and secaucus and ridgefield were arrested along with a rabbi. >>> tim geithner versus ben bernanke will both tell the house financial services committee why he should be in charge of protecting american consumers. >>> each day, you know i invite a guest host to stay with me for the hour. when i'm in maximum trouble, i always turn to mort zuckerman of "u.s. news and world report." a lot to talk about. how close have you followed the gates case? >> i have followed it closely. i know skip gates for, i don't know, 30,

because you see that carmelo anthony, rudy, they all made it. but they're men. for me to sort of come out here to encourage the women and for women to do it, got the key to the city, try to open up door for a lot of people and help the mayor out. come back in the community and do a lot of things. i'm excited. shirks see a very special young lady. mccoughtry says she hopes to do more to help more young people reach their dreams. >>> now the forecast certified baltimore's most accurate. here is meteorologist emily gracey and maryland's most powerful doppler radar. >> all right. you got 70,000 fans counting on you. >> i know. less than two hours to go. a lot of pressure. right now we're looking good down there. not seeing any rainshowers. across the area, it's stormy out. there is rough weather going on, especially in northern maryland right now. >> and we still need the rain. >> we do need the rain. >> the lawn needs it. >> mine is pretty yellow too. we could use the rain. we just escondido want to see it during the game tonight. let's take a look outside right no

. >> a hit for rudy guiliani, former mayor of new york city, said this week he is considering runningand i hope he does it. >> a comeback! >> i very much hope he decide to jump into the race. the state legislature, we know for a long time is dysfunctional, now it's not functioning at all. albany is in need of adult supervision and i think the man who cleaned up new york city might do the same for the state. >> james. >> president obama this week touted california's highly regulated energy market as a model for the nation and said that californians use 40% less energy than the national average. well, paul, i grew up in california, you know why they use less energy out there they don't have to heat their homes during the winter. the summers are nicer there than the east coast, too, i've got n proposal for president obama. when the rest of the country will have california style regulation when he can deliver the california weather. >> and this week endorsed a government mandated health care for employers, employees, the same wal-mart beaten up for labor unions for years not providing eno

rudy gay, carmelo carmelo >>> an unusual group of war reenactors in michigan used water wons as their weapon of choice in a throw-back to the revolutionary war. 2,000 people threw 40,000 balloons, red battling blue. and you might want to call this a flashback to the cave-man- days. it is the world wife carrying championship games. yep, that's happening. a 36 competitors from 13 different nations took part. this is in finland. some of the participants were apparently from the u.s., but none of them were bringing home the top prize. not this year. i think it stays with those crazy fins.

rudy giuliani just said that costs are going to go up under the plan. costs are going to go up anyway. right now we're spending about $2.5 trillion on health care, that's going to go to $7 trillion in 2025 if we do nothing at all. the president wants to get this done to try to save some of that money and get it out of americans pockets. >> the president had an unscripted remark that was interesting, if you want a plan that's going to guarantee more people uninsured, guarantee higher costs, guarantee more suffering for people and not necessarily better care, we've got that plan, it's the status quo. >> yeah, christine, i think the problem the president has right now, though, is that despite what jamal just said, the public opinion polling shows a continued decline in support for this plan. it's as if, you know, the more americans get to know what's actually in the bill, and by the way, this is a 1,200 page bill so a lot of us still don't know, but the more we kind of start to glean what's in it, support erodes. and the way they pay for this trillion doll

rememb rudy gilani put his command center at the base of the world trade center and it collapsed.the building in which it was collapsed. second, the secretary of defense is directly in the chain of command. in an emergency like we had on 9/11. and yet secretary rumsfeld did not come to the command center until all the planes were down. until the entire event was long over. at first he thought he didn't need to come. that it would be handled in the ordinary course. and then when the plane hit the pentagon, he went out to help. again, a very human instinct but indeed we had no phone call, not the faa's call, not the nsc's call, not the pentagon's call were all the relevant players were on the phone. you had an faa call with the faa folks and dod call with the dod folks. nobody had the secretary of defense. and only some of them were plugged into the vice president. so having -- having real clarity is very important and making sure that we have all joined hands around that clarity is critical for a sense of legitimate si. -- legitimacy. let me make a couple of comments on some of the

because you see that carmelo anthony, rudy day, they all made it. but they're men. for me to come out and curse the women, it just means a lot for the city. and got to keep to the city. try to open up some doors for a lot of people and help the mayor out. come back in the community, do a lot of things. so i'm excited. >> angel really reflects what our young people need to look at. and i think her message to the young people today was significant about if they believe the dreams come true, they can accomplish it. >> as you heard, angel said she hopes to do more in the community to help young people reach their dreams. they also have to congratulate her parents tonight for encouraging angel to be all she could be. >>> well, it was a very good week for stockholders on wall street and here at home. after the break, a check on your money. >>> plus, before we go to break, let's head up to boston where the orioles put up a valiant effort against the surging red sox. the o's jumped out to a lead, but it would not hold. sox win 3-1. we'll be right back. >>> in your money, th

rudy guiliani was on the campaign trail with them. he sort of changed course very dramatically toward the end of the campaign. but a lot of people were turned off by the campaign that coleman ran and for that reason i think al franken was given a leg up. and the independent candidate got a pretty significant share of the vote i think in large part because people did not want to support coleman after that. host: what does everything you just said mean to a governor's bid by norm coleman? guest: i think a lot will be wiped off the map because people understand it was a very close race, he did what he needed to do. a lot of people had been upset in past recounts when their candidate didn't stick through. he stuck around as long as he could. he was actually very gracious yesterday and congratulated al franken several times. so, said a lot of decent things about the state. i think at the end of the day they are ready to move on and he will be largely forgiven. host: garden city, michigan. peggy on the republican line. caller: i am first ti

which may very well be true, or the other version could be true. >> former mayor of new york city, rudyanks for joining us. >> thank you. >>> coming up next, we're going to hear the white house's take on all of this when the presidential adviser david axelrod joins us. >>> from the white house straight to your living room, president obama hammered his critics and listed his reasons for health care reform in a prime time news conference. he's also lynching the reform directly to the country's economy, saying if we don't fix the health care system it would bankrupt the nation. would the president's plan really help fix both problems and can it be paid for? joaning me now is david axelrod. david, it's good to see you. the president has said he's not going to sign a bill that will add to the deficit, but we had this proclamation last week saying that the current proposals in congress would add almost $240 billion to the deficit over the course of ten years. so what is there out there that he would be able to sign? >> well, first of all, as you know, these bills aren't finished. there are st

. >> i had to apologize to iewd i did jewelian ny because i -- i had to apologize to rudy jewelian ny. i felt if you wanted to sleep on the streets who are we are to say you can't? he made new york a lot nicer place to live. glenn: i don't have anybody with a scweejy at a stoplight squeegie at a stoplight making me pay them. >> possibly that was just timing. crime went down not because of what they did but just because crime went down. glenn: i want to do a rapid fire. we have a minute on the clock. this is libertarian rapid fire. are you are ready? john, we're starting with you, a minute on the clock, go! who is your dream third party candidate? >> i am. glenn: you are? penn jillette, spell lazy fair? >> oh, no, i will not do it! >> stossel, would you rather be the american idol czar or the america's got talent czar? >> america's got talent czar. glenn: penn jillette, what government agency would you get rid of first? >> social security. glenn: john stossel, would you rather see a doctor in the dakotas on an indian reservation or in canada or in gitmo? >> gitmo. glenn: me, too. penn

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: he would die in a plane crash on his way to help earthquake victims in nick -- nick running back rudyia. on new year's -- nicaragua. on new year's eve, they waved the deal and put him in the hall of fame in 1973. he's still a legend in preek yoa. i went over to play went are ball. he's as reverdict as -- reveered as any person we've had in this country. >> bob: he played the game with so much flare. here is delwyn young. second baseman chops one foul hitting .316. .344 over his last 13 games. there's no doubt about the fact the piets have stockpiled some young -- pirates have stockpiled some young talent. you never know when it will manifest itself at the major league level. he's one of the old guys, 27 years of age. with the dodgers for parts of three years, and he came over here april 15 from l.a. with a couple of names to be -- players to be named later or cash. >> rob: he was going to play. orlando hudson, all-star second baseman was ahead of him. a lot of younger players especially on the pirates and nationals have to be happy not about the trade, but the chance that they get to

rudy giuliani, former presidential candidate talking to me about president obama and future of gop. and then a look of life behind bars for fraud mastermind p. burney madoff. you hear how he pulled offer the scheme and how he's spending his days in prison. plus today's big stories coming up, lou. >> thanks, campbell. we'll be right back.

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. >> rudy giuliani did that as well and this does not translate into votes in the primaries.an: if the economy continues to decline under barack obama, whoever the republican candidate is will have a great shot. iif there is an incident of national security, every decision he has made about cutting back on missile defense, all the things that we have discussed in detail, that will impact him as well >> it depends on what the outcome is. if there's a possibility that there will be bombings and it stops before anything happens, it will be applause goes around. what if it is a different kind of situation? >> look at president herbert walker bush, he went from 90% in the iraq war and he lost 18 months later. the governor definitely has a connect ability and a way to relate to an audience which is really driving her pack o popularity. >> the herding of small businesses would be the third on my list. sean: who gets the nomination? >> i think mitt romney. >> i think mitt romney as well. >> at this time, mitt romney. sean: would he take you as vice president? >> i could get you in tr

tomorrow david axlerod, lindsay graham, rudy giuliani among others in "the situation room."'s go to lou in new york. >> thank, wolf. good evening, everybody. president obama trying to silence his critics and opponents of his controversial health care plan. the president declares the time for talk is through. we'll have the very latest on poll numbers and rising opposition to health care. opponents of the president's health care proposals refusing to be intimidated. polls show the president losing support dramatically. we'll examine this increasingly nasty battle in our faceoff debate here tonight. >>> a rising number of gun owners across the country say the president is threatening their second amendment rights. they're rushing out to gun shops to buy ammunition. we'll have a special report on what is now a critical nationwide shortage of ammunition. >>> we begin tonight with the president's last ditch efforts to sell his health care plan. president obama made another public statement trying to convince skeptical lawmakers to pass proposals before the august recess, his stat

ask hillary clinton and barack obama and rudy guiliani who had all the name i.d., all the pollal prooufls and resources in the world and dent get a single delegate. it's a long, hard battle here. she has great name i. dichlt and potential, but i think she's taking herself out of the game. >> on that point, let me jump in bill before you answer. i want you to listen to lisa. this is complicated because sarah palin has a difficult relationship with her dad on occasion. she said this -- i'm deeply disappointed that the governor decided to abandon the state and her constituents before her term has concluded. that would be the criticism, right? that quitters shouldn't be sf z president? >> sure. the officials have spoken, and let's see what the people have to say. i agree with ed, but that's a good thing about a long vetting process. we'll find out if these arguments about her, you know, that people make, the negative arguments hold up or whether she rises to the occasion. i don't know she's taken herself out with the base, with the conservative base. i think they're very excited about her, an

plus, rudy giuliani on a new tear ef threat in the american heartland.more coming up in "the situation room." >> looking forward to it, wolf. thank you, sir. >>> and the literally world lost a best-selling author. leyland harris died thursday night on a business trip to los angeles. no word on the cause of his death. harris will be remembered for novels that introduced millions of readers to the life of affluent gay black men. his characters masculine and sometimes tomorrowmented living two lives. his book signings were often standing room only. >>> eventually became one of the world's most popular writers with 4 million books in print. e. lynne harris, dead at the age of 64. >>> left this on one of her friend's desk and never came back. >> that didn't stop him from chasing a dream to go to college. his story coming up. lots of discounts on car insurance. can i get in on that? are you a safe driver? yes. discount! do you own a home? yes. discount! are you going to buy online? yes! discount! isn't getting discounts great? yes! there's no discount for agre

when rudy giuliani did things like that in new york, people were outraged. it isn't the role of the leader to be the arbitrator on the specific case as opposed to the perfectly legitimate issue of raising the broader problem. >> here he is i think getting back to true north. here is president obama late this afternoon about the invitation -- it was proffered by crowley, the cop, who had -- what do you call it -- the chutzpah to say why don't you have us over for a beer. here he is responding to that proposition. >> at the end of the conversation there was a discussion about -- in my conversation with sergeant crowley, there was suggestion about he and i and professor gates having a beer here in the white house. we don't know if that's scheduled yet, but we may put that together. >> okay. here is the question to you, dominic, my friend, it's late tonight. it's 11:00 tonight. we're in a saloon somewhere in new york. a couple african-american guys sitting aroundings old friend, they've had a couple beers each, and they're talking about this thing. what are they