schultz said of the many patients all have reasons to want to live for as long as possible.ike it was simple, wanted to be with his family for as long as he could. especially one loud member of the family. >> 2 1/2-year-old, young girl. mikayla and i want to be around for her wedding. >> they did a procedure in december. called it a success. and followed up with a round of chemotherapy as a precaution. but someone forgot to tell mike's body about that. he went on a business trip after the chemo and almost never returned. >> he got ill. called my wife back in baltimore and said call 911 i just was doubled over in pain. and she called 9:leagues back, came back to the hotel and brought me to the hospital. and four days later i was in -- for the next four days i was in intensive care. >> john earned his living. he recovered. but instead of more chemo this time he took the test to determine the likelihood of the cancer returning. and the results were low. so instead he is taking some medication and now he feels he can do anything. >> i have had an opportunity to throw the first p

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right now it's time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. >> i'm ed schultz. this is "the ed show." good evening, americans, welcome to the ed show tonight. i'm ed schultz, at this hour, doors of the kennedy library are about to open, open where the lion will lie in repose, where thousands of people will file through to pay their respects to ted kennedy. one man that senator kennedy really relied upon is senator chris dodd and he'll join in me just a moment. and we must not forget that ted does a hero to the working folk of america, the former secretary of labor robert rische will talk about the future ted kennedy's work. plus, we're going to hear a personal story tonight of a woman's crusade to change the insurance industry. she lost her husband to cancer, and in the end, he said fighting united health care was tougher than fighting his disease. i'll have my op-ed in just a moment. but first, senator chris dodd called ted kennedy his best friend, they served together in the senate for nearly three decades, senator dodd was the man ted kennedy chose to take the reins of his committe

ani quote secretary schultz, observing this process, the question comes forcefully at you. has the accord gone down the drain. the second is referring to the '51 accord where the fed regained its independence from the treasury, which had had lost in world war ii and was committed to pegging interest rates. and he went on to say, remember how difficult it was the f to disentangle itself from the treasury in the post-world war ii period. so these are very serious concerns, my four concerns, and i'd be happy to answer any questions you have about them. thank you. >> dr. meltzer, you're recognized for five minutes. [inaudible] >> thank you forhe opportunity to present my appraisal of the administration's proposal for regulatory changes. i will confine most of my comments to the role of the federal reserve as a systemic regulator. and i'll offer an alternative proposal much closer to the republican proposal. i share the belief that change is needed and long-delayed but appropriate change must protect the public not the bankers. during much of the past 15 years, i have written th

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now it's time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. >>> i'm ed schultz.is "the ed show." >>> good evening, live from 30 rock in new york, it's "the ed show" on msnbc. i'm lawrence o'donnell sitting if nor ed schultz this week, who has gone fishing. >>> the democrats are hitting back on the after-turf campaign against health care reform, but is a strongly worded press release an effective counterpunch to a screaming mob? i'll ask a congressman recently forced to flee his own event. >>> bill clinton to the rescue. there are so many angles to the north korea story. gore and clinton, clinton and clinton, clinton and obama. oh, and the two women who were reunited with their families today. yeah, yeah, they were there, too. >>> "new york times" columnist maureen dodd joins me to try to make sense of it all, coming up. >>> many of the republicans saying no to sonia sotomayor are facing tough primary challenges in 2010. why are republicans using the sotomayor vote to pander to their base instead of expanding their base? >>> but, first, tonight's "op ed." the foot

. >>> that and more mixed messages coming up in a few minutes with pulitzer prize winner connie schultz. >>> plus, i'll talk to the man who may be mayor of the year, milwaukee's own tom barrett, who tried to save a constituent and was brutally attacked while doing so. good guys straight ahead. stay with us. i'm racing cross country in this small sidecar, but i've still got room for the internet. with my new netbook from at&t. with its built-in 3gnetwork, it's fast and small, so it goes places other laptops can't. i'm bill kurtis, and wherever i go, i've got plenty of room for the internet. and the nation's fastest 3g network. gun it, mick. (announcer) sign up today and get a netbook for $199.99 after mail-in rebate. with built-in access to the nation's fastest 3g network. only from at&t. >>> he was for medicare before he was against it, and it took him less than 24 hours to totally reverse his position. rnc chairman michael steele's remarkably fast flip-flop coming up. >>> but, first, it's time for a couple of holy mackerel stories in today's news, beginning with 1.6 trillion dollars. t

right now it's time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. >>>. >> i'm ed schultz.30 rock in new york, it's "the ed show" on msnbc. i'm lawrence o'donnell sitting in for ed schultz who, of course, has gone fishing. jonathon alter of all people is asking what is wrong with the for-profit health care system. he joins me in just a moment. and senator john widen in 1994, i'll ask him what the democrats need to do to win this time. sf now in the health care fight there is a line between change and status quo. but with the health insurance industry playing the villain. >> it's a shock and awe by the health insurance industry to develop a status quo, where they don't have to be responsible for anti-trust states. la make no mistake, we intend to set the record straight. >> nancy pelosi and house leadership v

. >> debbie wasserman schultz has blazed quite a path since coming to congress four years ago.outh florida democrat rose in the house leadership, then became a leading campaigner for hillary clinton and after she lost for barack obama. as i was researching your career, the phrase that keeps coming up over and over again, rising star. >> i really have never paid much attention to that label. i'm a veryocused person. i'm a give me the ball kind of person. >> which made what happened this march even more startling. >> i didn't find my tumor early because of huck. i found my tumor early because of knowledge and wisdom. >> it turned out while wasserman schultz was traveling the country last year, she was fighting a secret battle with cancer. it led to a double mastectomy and having her ovaries removed. >> without my husband, my family, my friends, doctors, nurses and staff who supported me throughout this journey -- i'm sorry. >> it started in december of 2007 when the then 41-year-old found a lump in her breast. when you got the diagnosis, how tough was that? >> it was devastating.

right now it's time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. >>> i'm ed schultz. this is "the ed show." good evening. live from 30 rock in new york, it's "the ed show" on msnbc. i'm lawrence o'donnell in for ed schultz who's gone fishing this week. he'll be back next week. more town hall and one new york congressman may have found the way to beat the mobs. congressman anthony winger joins me in just a minute. >>> will the anti-reform campaign unite the democrats? rahm emanuel wants liberal groups to lay off the blue dogs. will they follow the white house marching orders? >>> and 44 years ago, lyndon johnson got government-run, single-payer health carapaced by a wide margin. what can president obama learn from lbj? i'll ask joseph califano, a top aide to president johnson, in "the playbook." plus "ed-lines." the latest twist in the florida senate race. >>> first, tonight's "op ed." the angry mobs at health care town halls are getting angrier. fists are flying. in tampa, a town hall organized by the state democratic party was shut down when a crowd of several hundred protesters tried to f

i want to thank congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz. i hear you were on a scooter.ish. i want to acknowledge my great friend tim kaine who joined us by phone, doing a great job on behalf of all democrats across the country. for all of my organizing america volunteers, thank you so much for your unbelievable dedication. it is good to be here. i -- it's great to be here with you because it reminds me of how we got here in the first place. we're here because you believed that after an era of selfishness and greed that we could reclaim a sense of responsibility and a sense that we have obligations to each other, not just here in washington, but all across the country. you believed that instead of growing inquality, we could restore a sense of fairness and balance and create lasting growth and prosperity. you believed that at a time of war and turmoil, that we could stand strong against our enemies and also stand firmly for our ideals and reach out to the world and describe what's america's about and forge together a world of common interests and concerns. that's why you

right now time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. >> i'm ed schultz. 6 this is "the ed show." good evening, americans. live from 30 rock in new york, it's "the ed show." i want to see the president get hands on the cia prisoner abuse scand scandal. in president, now is not the time to cower to those folks. we're loaded up on the story with two top judiciary committee members. join me in just a moment. >>> plus, guess who is moving into the neighborhood? moammar gadhafi. residents in engelwood, new jersey, not happy who comes to dinner. we'll have the neighbor at the back of the hour to tell us what he really thinks. >>> and rnc chairman michael seale lands in psycho talk again. wait until you see what he back flipped on this time. medicare it will give you whiplash. be prepared. get your cell phones ready for tonight's text phone survey. but tonight, first, op-ed. all right, the details in this newly released cia report flat out disgusting. threatening to kill someone's children or sexually assault their mother, absolutely despicable. it doesn't matter if it was done to suspec

." >>> i'm ed schultz. this is "the ed show."'s "the ed show" on msnbc. i'm lawrence o'donnell in for ed schultz who of course has gone fishing. >>> some liberals are outraged, because president obama seems to be overaccommodaing to the party of no, but as of now that's better than the alternative. i'll explain why. >>> why are some democrats hedging on health care? because they fear socialist health care. i'll talk to a conservative who is plotting a run for the senate in 2010, to find out how he thinks republicans will use the republican congressman todd aiken in missouri. >> -- town hall meetings and they opt got lynched. >> and blue dog, town hall in arkansas. >> i have never seen my america turned into what it has turned into. >> texas, and isn't tea parties and isn't stimuli and isn't sotomayor and it isn't health care reform and it isn't the public option. do some of these people suchly have fear and hate a black president? by the way, the right wing mob had obviously moved on without protests without the sky falling, with

. >>> joining us now is connie schultz, pulitzer prize-winning come up in any event who has been writingut the health care debate for the deplain dealer in ohio. nice to see you. >> thank you, alison. it's good to be here. >> after offering to help this woman, senator coburn argue thad people should be helping each other instead of getting the government involved. in your opinion z. this position have a place in the current big-picture health care reform debate? >> i have to say that first and foremost, when i watch thad video, and i've watched it a couple of times, think of what it took for that woman to go to that meeting and to bleed that way publicly, and his response is so dispassionate. i don't understand why the first thing he said wasn't, i am so sorry this is happening to you in america. i'm so sorry that you are suffering and that your husband is suffer iing. instead he has a very immediate response which all senators can have. yes, his office will make a difference for her. that's the whole point. when the government gets involved, it can solve these problems and it knows that

." >>> i'm ed schultz. this is "the ed show."n new york, it's "the ed show" on msnbc. i'm lawrence o'donnell in for ed schultz who of course has gone fishing. >>> some liberals are outraged, because president obama seems to be overaccommodating to the party of no, but as of now that's better than the alternative. i'll explain why. >>> why are some democrats hedging on health care? because they fear socialist health care. i'll talk to a conservative who is plotting a run for the senate in 2010, to find out how he thinks republicans will use the issue in the next campaign. just how out of control are the screaming mobs now? today we got new details about swastikas, lynching jokes and death threats. >>> plus how liberal groups plan to step up their ground game. >>> and are all lobbyists all bad all the time? but first tonight's op-ed. liberals are fed up with president obama's effort to reach out. today the president invited six senate finance committee members working on bipartisan health care reform of to the white house. the poli

right now it's time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. >>> i'm ed schultz. this is "the ed show."evening, americans. live from 30 rock in new york, it's "the ed show" on msnbc. tonight, we are clearing the air on public option. administration officials now insist the president has never distanced himself from the public option, despite what we've been saying the last couple of days. communications director for the white house, office of health care reform, linda douglass, will go head to head with me on that issue in just a moment. >>> plus, the chairwoman of the congressional black caucus is here. she's got some sharp words for the secretary, that is, kathleen sebelius. i've got a few words for her too. madam secretary, you're not in kansas anymore. >>> joe the plumber is getting dumber by the minute. says he wants to beat the tar out of nancy pelosi? hey, speaker, if the secret service needs some backup, just give me a call. >>> and at this hour, can you believe it? brett favre comes out of retirement again. minnesota vikings are going to give him a one-year deal, $12 million co

right now, it's time for the ed show, with ed schultz. >> i'm ed schultz. this is "the ed show." good evening, americans, live from 30 rock in new york, it's "the ed show" on msnbc, good to be back after a week's vacation. tonight, it's an uprising, angry old white folks are storming into town halls all across america, spewing lies about health care reform. let me sed the record straight early on, these folks, think they're dumber than joe the plumber. and i'll tell you what i think we ought to do about combatting their misguided passionth and i'll go head to head with one of their leaders. pack in a few moments. thank god, everybody isn't drinking the cool-aid, in portland, oregon, man, was the crowd fired up for what, you got it, single-payer. and while millions of you are struggling to pay and scrape by and get your health care bills paid for, the ceo of united health care, this guy is raking in millions of dollars. award-winning film-maker will be joining me to blow the top off this story. and she never fails us -- sarah, barracuda palin. she strikes again. first she screams

right now it's time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. >> i'm ed schultz.this is "the ed show." >>> good evening, americans. live from 30 rock in new york, it's "the ed show" on msnbc. caving in? a lot of people are thinking that. the white house makes a very weak move, essentially dropping the public option on health care. then backtracks on it today. what's going on? the president calls it just a sliver of reform? and the health and human services secretary says it's not essential? what do you mean not essential? we've got to straighten this out. >>> the chairman of the middle class caucus says when private insurance companies control costs it's like making a pyromaniac the fire chief. he'll be here to speak to the truth of all of that in just a moment. >>> these jokers just won't quit. will you? will they? the credit card companies. they're rushing to jack up your rates just before the consumer protections are about to go into effect. the brains behind your credit card holder bill of rights? congresswoman carolyn maloney will be here later this evening.

right now, it's time for the ed show, with ed schultz. >> i'm ed schultz. this is "the ed show." good evening, americans, live from 30 rock in new york, it's "the ed show" on msnbc, good to be back after a week's vacation. tonight, it's an uprising, angry old white folks are storming into town halls all across america, spewing lies about health care reform. "countdown" with keith olbermann starts right now. >>> which of these stories will you be talking about tomorrow? sarah palin urges restraint by people like sarah palin. my parents or my baby with down syndrome will have to stand in front of obama's death panel. that was friday. this is today. we must stick to a discussion of the issues and not get sidetracked by tactics that can be used to leading to intimidation or harassment. yeah, that sled dog train has already pulled out of the station, missy. >>> and though on the crazy death panel claim, palin is bailing, glenn beck says, i think it's true. and newt gingrich goes right after the end of the peer with him. >> you're asking us to trust turning power over to the government

right now it's time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. >>> i'm ed schultz. this is "the ed show." good evening, americans. live from 30 rock in new york it's "the ed show" on msnbc. tonight the president's in big sky country selling his health care plan. he was all hat and plenty of cattle. the governor of montana will join me in just a moment. plus, the dumber than joe the plumber crazies are ratcheting up the madness. congressman adam schiff, he drew a crowd of 3,000 people to his town hall. he'll join me to talk about it at the bottom of the hour, what he ran into. >>> the newster's got a six-point battle plan for caribou barbie. newt, i got one for you too, number seven. sarah, stop lying to people about how the death panel's going to be wiping out the senior citizen population in america. stephen a. smith is in the houston night. the national football league and the philadelphia eagles a have decided to give michael vick a second chance. are you ready to give michael vick a second chance? get your cell phones out right now and text "a" for yes and "b" for no to 622639. we'll

right now it's time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. >>> i'm ed schultz. this is "the ed show." good evening, americans. live from 30 rock in new york, it's "the ed show" on msnbc. the president headed to the granite state, and i think he hit it out of the park on the key issues today. the death panel, taxes and public option. this guy is on the offense when it comes to the righty whack job scare tactics. basically reassuring you and me, americans, that he does have a plan for health care reform. new hampshire senator gene shaheen got a shoutout from the president today and she will join us in just a moment. >>> senators specter and mccaskill faced i think the dumber than joe the plumber crowds at their town halls. folks, these crazies are getting wilder by the minute. madam secretary. the african heat might be getting to hillary clinton. she blew a gasket when she was asked about bill clinton down in the congo. i'll show you what really got her really riled up and i'll tell you what i thought of that tantrum. >>> general motors is on a roll. the chevy vault is now on track to g

. >>> right now it's time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. >>> i'm ed schultz.rom 30 rock in new york, it's "the ed show" on msnbc. i'm lawrence o'donnell in for ed shuts this week who is gone fishing. >>> mix right-wing friends with the internet, stir it up with corporate lobbying money and what do you get? a coordinate the astroturf campaign poising as a grassroots uprising. health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius recently had a run-in with them. i'll talk to her about how she plans to harm it next time. >>> bill clinton drops into north korea and gets two journalists freed. this is a single diplomatic success or a new breakthrough in our relations with north korea? >>> president obama hosted senate democrats at the white house this afternoon. what was his message as they head off into the august recess? i'll ask senator debbie stabenow at the half hour. >>> plus, new sources on barack obama's brand-new kenyan birth certificate. hint -- somebody in australia was robbed. >>> but first, tonight's "op ed." the public protest against health care refo

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then we hired bill schultz who was a close personal friend of mine and also he was the washington editor of the reader's digest for many years when evans and novak articles, when weaver what they called roving it deters of the reader's digest. we did about four articles a year and he was the principal rediker-- editor. the regimen is correct, before the first cut would have run about 1400 pages in a book, which is ridiculous of course, unless you were vincent bugliosi, which i am not. it is a very book-- vic book, over 600 pages. lot of people told bill shoals that this would be the end of our friendship but, on the contrary i knew it had to be cut. i knew i couldn't make the cuts. just like saying you have too many children and you were going to have to throw a certain number into the pond, but i knew it had to be cut and i was sorry it had to be cut, but i think i disagreed with him on three or four small points and he exceeded my which is on that. but, on the holding made the cuts. it was a great experience. i spent every spare moment writing, writing this and i just, i just loved wri

." >>> i'm ed schultz, this is "the ed show. good evening americans, live from 30 rock in new york, it's "the ed show." what would jesus do while americans are vocal at town hall meetings, i find it very interesting that christian leaders are silent when it comes to the public option of health care in this country. i'm calling on christian leaders to step up and speak out, two passionate men of the cloth will join me. >>> dick cheney back in the news. he says the statue of limitations has expired on many of his white house secrets. it turns out there was some love lost when bush stopped listening to shooter. >>> sarah palin's doubling down on her death panel scare tactic, accusing the president of misleading you when it comes to end of life care. at the bottom of the hour, the congressman who proposed that very passage in the house bill joins me to separate fact from fiction. >>> also tonight, nbc news has obtained exclusive video of the tragic plane crash over the hudson river last saturday. you'll see it here first tonight on

schultze served as a correspondent for the "today" show. it will be a second job.y a teacher and it baltimore school she will have an interesting perspective as a teacher. >> the list keeps on growing. a new report is now alleging a former child star macaulay culkin might be the father of water and michael johnson's kids. they became friends in the early 1990's. this say he helped follow a son with a surrogate mother. culkin has not commented on this. >> it gets weirder and weirder. i do not want to know. just keep me in the dark about appeared >> 6m6m6m6m6m6m6m6m6m6m6m6m6m6m6m6m 6m6m6m6m6m6m6m6m6m6m6m6m6m6m6m6m >>> take a look at this incredible story of survival. >> 3 boaters that were missing were found alive in good health after the coast guard gave up searching for them. >> they were rescued after more than eight days adrift at sea, existing on crackers and chewing gum. they owe their lives to local car dealer who was fishing on his yachet. >> they got the binoculars out. somebody was flagging them with a white flag. it was a t-shirt. >> the coast guard had gi

i was in the library researching another book about the revolution, and i fell against the schultze. as i did, obama have yourself was a hard down copy of a small journal. it fell down and hit me in the head and landed on the floor. it said the murder of george wit. he was one of the unknown founding fathers pitted i did not know he had been murdered -- but i did not know she had been murdered -- i did not know he had been murdered. he propped himself up by his fellows, stared at his doctor and in a whisper said, i am murdered. that is where i got the title from. >> you mean if you had not lost or balance, we would never had this book? >> that is exactly right. >> i thought it was wthel. why did we not hear more about him over the years? he is a fascinating character. >> the reason people do not know a lot about him is that, unlike most people who were among the founding fathers, the only book he wrote was a legal decision. he never kept a diary for a journal. -- or a journal. there is very little information about him. he could have been on the supreme court but turned down an appoi

i'm ed schultz. msnbc will carry senator kennedy's memorial service live tonight. our special coverage starts at 6:00 p.m. "hardball" with chris matthews starts right now. you're watching the place for politics, msnbc. >>> irish wake. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in new york. it's not just a man who passed away this week but an era that's now passed. it's not the new frontier figures like jfk, jackie, the irish mafia, kennow o'donney o'd lyndon johnson, it's the generation of massachusetts politician who is came later, tip o'neill and gary studs and top insiders like kirk o'donnell, and leo deal. they're all gone, and now eunice and teddy. the obituary page, the irish sports page. this year the traffic has been brisk, and not just in the political world. so what we're seeing right now is a victory not of violence or disease, but of time and change. the end of an era. the question is what is coming in to replace it? that's the big one. all day today and late into last night, tens of thousands paid their respects to senator kennedy at t

. >>> i'm ed schultz. this is a special edition of "the ed show."t this hour the body of senator ted kennedy is being moved in preparation for tonight's wake. the public viewing ended a short time ago. tens of thousands of people have walked through the jfk library to pay their respects to the senator. people lined up in the parking lot before dawn this morning for a chance to honor this man. many of the visitors were personally thanked by the senator's widow, vicki kennedy, kennedy's children and other members of the family. tonight starting at 7:00 p.m. a memorial service will be held to celebrate the senator's life and the work that he did. vice president joe biden, caroline kennedy will be among the speakers along with senators john kerry, chris dodd, john mccain, and orrin hatch. joining me now from the jfk library is nbc's kelly o'donnell. kelly, it has been very heartwarming to see the outpouring of love and support for the kennedy family through all of this the last day. >> it really has, ed. we've heard both from members of the kennedy fami

and then he writes in his diary, i'm going go with george with this, schultz or weinberger, you know,or so-and-so has a good idea. ta. and a lot of what happened in terms of progress on this happened fairly early on. people think that it wasn't until gorbachev got into office when anything happened. but, in fact, there were -- by the ti reagan was reelected, he had already met with grameco in september of '84 and they agreed on the elimination of nuclear weapons. grameco stated in a speech to the u.n. a few days before he met with reagan that the ussr continues to eliminate nuclear weapons and it was written to reagan who said we are prepared to seek most radical solutions which would allow movement towards a complete ban and eventually i liquidation of nuclear arms. at that point reagan had an agreement that theoviet union wanted to do the same thing that he wanted to do and he said let's take them at their word and say, okay, you agree with us. let's work on a way to do it. there's one final document. we have the first page -- this is from 1987. from september 8th, 1987. these are t

it might be the ed schultz so. not just people in office but out of office as well. tune in to ""the ed show."" >>> joining us from boston attorney general martha coakly. attorney general, good to have you with us. >> good morning. >> you're one of the people who has been spoken about in a positive way as a potential replacement for senator kennedy, someone who could serve with distinction in the senate. is that something people have talked to you about and something you'd consider? >> we've taken the position in the last few months and certainly today that as we've watched senator kennedy and certainly join with his family in morning and looking at what we can celebrate about his life, it's just not appropriate to comment on that today so i'm not going to go there with you. >> attorney general coakly, talk to me about your interactions with senator ted kennedy. how did you first come to know him and were there particular issues you worked on together that, in fact, might surprise people. there are certain issues he's well-known for. perhaps there are issues you two

." >>> i'm ed schultz. this is "the ed show." >>> good evening. it's "the ed show" on msnbc.alone on health care reform. they need to cut ties with these bipartisan phoneies and pretenders and get this thing done. congresswoman maxine waters, she'll give us some straight talk tonight. she's on that page. mr. president, don't mean to be rude, but, buddy, you need to snap out of it and stop allowing the political terrorists to hijack the debate and reform i think the president knows he's on thin ice with the grass roots. that's why he made a plea to the base today, the founder of "the huffington post" will join me at the bottom of the hour. hammering the hammer. get this. tom delay, the doctor of divide, has joined the crazy birther movement, says he wants to see obama's birth certificate. hey, tom, i want to see your get out of jail free card. i'll set him straight in psycho talk. plus, toured blossom is at it again. he wants an apology. karl rove was upset with the judiciary committee. we'll talk to adam schiff because he questioned rove about the u.s. attorney firings. we'll

i'm ed schultz. for more information on "the ed show" go to ed.msnbc.com or check out wegoted.com. town hall meeting coming up. university of colorado, sunday night, august 30th. we'll be back here on monday night, 6:00 eastern. "hardball" starts right now on msnbc. >>> going west to save health care reform. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm lawrence o'donnell in new york in for chris matthews. >>> leading off tonight, on the road again. with polls showing support for health care reform slipping, president obama hit the road again. this time in belgrade, montana. the crowd was much friendlier than those rowdy town halls we've seen from members of congress, but the president finally did get a couple of questions that were not complete softballs. chuck todd joins us in a moment from montana. >>> plus, you know those end of life counseling provisions in the health care bills which republicans like sarah palin have distorted into death panels? well, it turns out that republicans like sarah palin were actually for end of life counseling before they were against it. that's jus

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i'm ed schultz. for more information on the ed show go to ed.msnbc.com or wegoted.com.ore with our panel tomorrow night as we do every night. "hardball with chris matthews" starts right now on msnbc. i'm chris matthews in washington. >>> to be or not to be. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. leading off tonight, death to the public option. is it dead? over the weekend president obama said the public option, quote, is not the entirety of health care reform. he had two of his lieutenants, his secretary of health and his press spokesperson, both imply it was dead. then he wrote a 1,200 word op-ed piece for the "new york times" and never once mentioned the words "public option." senator kent conrad said instead there aren't enough votes in the senate for the public option to pass. so what happens now? senate republicans won't vote for a plan with a public option. will enough house democrats vote for one without one? that's the to be or not to be question right now. will there be a health care bill or won't there? >>> august has been a

ed schultz has pushed it day in and day out. but today, when nbc's chuck todd asked president obama about what he wants to see in a bipartisan bill, he didn't mention a public option. >> where are you on bipartisanship? >> you know, i am glad that in the senate finance committee there have been a couple of republicans, chuck grassley, mike enzi, olympia snowe, who have been willing to negotiate with democrats to try to produce a bill, but they haven't yet. and i think at some point, sometime in september, we're just going to have to make an assessment. my bottom line is if we've got a bill that is reforming insurance practices so that, for example, people with pre-existing conditions aren't losing their health care, if we're cutting the long-term costs of health care and health care inflation so that it's affordable for families, businesses and the federal government, if it's deficit neutral, if it's instituting the kinds of reforms that will improve quality and reduce cost, then i -- that's what i want. >> joining me now is sen

i'm ed schultz. for more on the ed show, go to ed.msnbc.com. or check out my ratio show. got a town hall meeting university of colorado in boulder on sunday night opinion should be a great one. "hardball" with chris matthews starts right now. >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in new york. >>> manslaughter. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in new york. leading off tonight, manslaughter. the news broke late this afternoon the los angeles county coroner has ruled michael jackson's death a manslaughter. jackson's death was caused by lethal levels of an anesthetic called propofol, that's according to findings by the los angeles chief medical examiner unsealed in court documents in houston, texas, just today. we'll have the latest details in just a moment. >>> plus, terror report. conservatives wanted it kept under wraps. liberals wanted it out, and tonight a cia report on the treatment and mistreatment of prisoners in iraq and afghanistan has been released for all to see. the report reveals that cia interrogators threatened to kill the children of

i want to welcome a deadbeat wasserman [applause] schultze] >> thank you very much. thank you.thank you so much. 92 all the ofa staff. governor kaine, if you can hear me, that you for your leadership, as well. i am delighted to be here. i really know that you'll join me in looking forward to hearing the president and his remark shortly. we all worked so hard to let this president because we wanted to bring real change to this country. our challenge as did not stop, election day. now, we have to act boldly, to fix a broken system that costs too much, covers too few, and compromises quality care. this is our moment. we are united by our shared commitment to insure that every american has access to quality affordable health care and that we end the unfair practices of the health insurance industry. some say that this is the wrong time for reform of this magnitude. i disagree. it is precisely the right time. families across america have reached the breaking point. let's not forget, many of these same critics said our nation was not ready for this president, either. [laughter] they

." >>> i'm ed schultz. this is "the ed show." >>> good evening. it's "the ed show" on msnbc.reform. they need to cut ties with these bipartisan phoneies and pretenders and get this thing done. >> coming up on "countdown," keith revisits his nexus of politics and terror in light of these new revelations from tom ridge and next on this show, karl rove has demanded an apology from we the media. we spent the day looking into it. try not to let the suspense kill you on the commercial break as to what we found. >>> in the opinion pages of john dean on the verification from the official in the bush administration that mr. bush used fear of terrorism for political gain. which is itself terrorism. >>> a new nexus, the cia assassination team, the gang that couldn't shoot al qaeda straight. it was supposed to be outsourced to blackwater. worse, glen beck suspended for calling the president a racist? >>> and worse at spouting even his own new birther talking

i live in the district of congresswoman wasserman schultz. i am a retired health-care mr. ritter. i was a team leader during your campaign. -- i am a retired health-care administrator. are we winning support from members of congress? do you think we're making a difference? >> the fact is that you already have one of the best members of congress, if you talk to her, you are preaching to the choir. she is sitting here right now. even if you live in a strongly democratic district where there is a strong progressive member of congress who is already in favor of health-care reform, convincing people more broadly about the need for reform still makes a difference. unfortunately, washington is assessed with a snap poll. they are obsessed with what is played on talk radio or what is said at a town hall meeting. you can have 20 really simple and sensible town hall meetings but if there's one that gets someone screaming, that will be on television. -- you can have 20 really civil town hall meetings. there are many senior citizens in your district. seniors, right now, are the most worried of

it also a inspired cartoonist charles schultz to name one of his characters after it. a turbulent summer that included so-called manson family murders and also the walk on the moon. >>> here's a question. if you had a winning lottery ticket? would you give it away. believe when you give it will be given back to you. god has really watched over me. >> why that woman gabe up her windfall and what it is worth to the church. >>> a small michigan church got a lottery windfall after someone dropped a winning lot toe ticket in the offering plate on purpose. it's worth $70,000. the member who donated it wants to remain anonymous. she says this is her way of thanking the church for supporting her after a serious car accident. it has left the pastor in shock. >> people just don't do that. i don't care how well you know someone. i said, you know, i'm not sure i would do that. god would have to talk to me really loud. >> people at my church have just been so wonderful to me. i really couldn't have made it through the last four years if it wasn't for them. i probably wouldn't even

assistant fire chief of operations lawrence schultz and wasa chairman william walker.resting to see what the results of this investigation are. barbara, keith, back to you. >> i think a lot of people are waiting to hear. thank you very much. >> now in montgomery county where a veteran firefighter ntceexter s st iinneerex s sting. sth,lantmo 44-year-old wayne mothershea parkingot l o parking lot holbrook gaithersburg. s gait rsburg. ths atewh i l terenieheanut t ge -ol agreed to meet aar wye g6-ld beal wed 16-ye a-old girl for sex.-oigrat cisslthad oas c actually posted by an undercover police officer. >> the female montgomery county police officer went on the internet, using classified, for sale and social networking sites to post advertisements as though she were a 16-year-old girl, placing an ad for prostitution. >> according to court documents, mothshead reed to pay the girl $150 for sex. lieutenant mothershead has been pa placed on paid administrative leave. >> following in breaking news in the war on terror. the taliban is now confirming that its chief, baitullah

i want to thank congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz. where did debbie go? i hear you're on a scooter. i want to see that at some point. [laughter] >> that's pretty school. always stylish. [laughter] >> i want to acknowledge my great friend, tim kaine who joined us earlier by phone and is doing just a great job on behalf of not only the people of virginia but also on behalf of democrats all across the country. to all my organizing for america volunteers, thank you so much for your unbelievable dedication. [applause] >> it is good to be here. [applause] >> it's great to be here with all of you because it reminds me how we got here in the first place. we're here because you believed that after an era of selfishness and greed that we could reclaim a sense of responsibility and a sense that we have obligations to each other, not just here in washington but all across the country. you believed that instead of growing inequality we could restore a sense of fairness and balance to our economic life and create lasting growth and prosperity. you believed that at a ti

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it is in the ways & means committee, thanks to congresswoman debbie wasserman-schultz, and kendrick meekthe original cosponsor and we have had outreach to a bunch of senator including schumer, and kennedy and lisa murkowski from alaska and we are hopeful congress will see the wisdom of this and pass it. >> alisyn: best of luck -- >> the only person -- >> alisyn: go ahead, dan. >> the only people who have seemed against the argument are bureaucrats at the irs. >> alisyn: best of luck to you, because as you have pointed out, so articulately, dr. scholl's foot pads, sunscreen and prescription glasses are all doi deductible and something your child needs to survive for the first year of her life is not and please keep us posted on what happens with the bill and best of luck. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> alisyn: coming up, we need to update you on the top story that we are following, and that is, out of the crash site, in the hudson river, of these two small aircraft yesterday. another body has just been recovered, from the river. we'll be right back after this break. welcome to the now net

and then bill schultz, former washington editor of the "reader's digest" -- i had been a roving editor in the "reader's digest" -- he had cut my material for the "reader's digest" and he really was the one who cut the book down. c-span: is there another book then after this? >> guest: i don't think so. the stuff -- it doesn't really fit together as a book to get somebody might want to try to piece it together but i'm content with this. c-span: you are from joliet illinois. where is your wife geraldine from? >> guest: she is from hillsborough texas. c-span: how did you meet her? >> guest: she was working for lyndon johnson and i was covering the whole for "the wall street journal." c-span: he satiates politics. >> guest: she really does. she's a saint. but she had to be a saint to live with me all these years. we were married in 1962. she really doesn't like politics at all. she started off as a democrat and she's a registered republican now. c-span: you have two children. one -- at least you mentioned in the book -- worked for regnery publishing. >> guest: still does. c-span: does he -