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i sort of feel badly in howard schultz is out there right now and he's just praying -- howard schultz. which do you think it was? do you know what, jim? let me tell you something. i want everyone to know that if he spat out starbucks, that would be chapter 11, howard. but you know what? howard schultz had the one you liked. >> is it stuff is undrinkable. this is good varnish. maybe we get a little brush -- >> listen -- >> yeah. that is vial. howa howard, you're the winner. >> if he couldn't beat this -- >> it's a low benchmark, but $21 billion market. i read that in the paper. >> instant coffee. >> there's life after sanka. >> thank god you didn't spit on his letter. i want to save the letter. >> i refuse to put that in my stomach. now these people -- hey, guys, spare me. don't 1e7 don't send me 4 million jars. it's just as bad as one jar. smoking bad. >> he did send over some. that was nice. and he's going to be on. he's going to be on cnbc, howard schultz. today on "the closing bell" at 3:00. >> really? tell him i said hi. he's very funny. >> hopefully he's watching right now. so i

now is the time for action. >> ed schultz is with us in the studio.re not the only person saying this to the president, whether it's on tv, in print, and i'm sure in his quiet circles, but why aren't we seeing the president demand this public option? >> i don't think it's in his personality. i think it goes back to david axelrod early on. axelrod wrote him a note saying, you may be too nice a guy. there is a stark contrast when president obama speaks to the joint session, when he goes to the town halls and then when he gets in front of one-of-one interviews, there's a different approach in all of this. he's a very academic guy. he knows the issue inside out, but for some reason, it may be just its timing, he has not told his party, four out of five, let's get it done, we're going to do this. a lot of it has to do with the democrats don't want to go home a year from now saying, we've got to raise your taxes to make this work. that's their dilemma. get health care reform passed. make sure that we don't have to raise taxes on people so we don't have to h

i'm ed schultz.oon, president obama is about to hold a news conference at the g-20 summit in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. he is sure to be asked about today's revelation that iran has been building a second nuclear plant for enriching uranium. and hiding it from the world. president obama has some harsh words for the iranian regime earlier today. >> iran must be prepared to cooperate fully and comprehensively with the iaea to take concrete step to create confidence and transparency in its nuclear program, and to demonstrate that it is committed to establishing its peaceful intentions through meaningful dialogue and concrete actions. >> iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad told "time" magazine his country is not keeping secrets. >> translator: it is definitively a mistake. we have no secrecy. and we work within the framework of the iaea. this does not mean anything was done secretly. it just doesn't mean that we must inform mr. obama's administration of every facility that we have. >> meanwhile, french

with us is howard schultz. always nice to have you on the program? >> thanks, maria. >> is this going to impact the brand that star sbux? >> quite the opposite. we have been testing this in chicago, london and seat for six months. it is a $20 billion category that has not had innovation in 50 years. >> you're right. i never hear about instant coffee. >> this is not your mother's instant coffee. we have been testing this. we launched in our own stores today. we think we have a huge opportunity. it shows the innovation of the company and doing things that people don't expect. this is not a desperate move like some people are saying. this is a strong, courageous move in creating a market opportunity in our core business not an adjacent si. >> let me ask the way you are distributing, target, costco, amazon on-line. why not go the grocery route right away? >> we want customers to taste it in our stores. we have a taste challenge this weekend. have a free cup of coffee. if your don't like the coffee we'll give you something else. we want to see the market

ed schultz is the host of "the ed show" and pat buchanan is also with us. and jamie rabin is a former state department spokesman. he'll be with us a bit later. let's start with chuck todd. what is the mood within the white house over the latest development with regard to iran? they have iraq to worry about. they have afghanistan choices have been made coming up very shortly. and now this revelation. >> well, it is a little frenetic. there is no doubt this is the issue that has dominated the week and we in the press corps didn't feigned out about it until 4:00 this morning when this thing went public in the new york times. so we're now learning what the weak was really like for this white house. behind the scenes with the russians, behind the scenes with the chinese. it was all about letting them know what was going on with iran in this nuclear facility. they briefed the russians, they briefed the chinese, all in an attempt to get everybody on the same page because they knew this thing, the iranians had found out that we had known their secret. and so became

. >> do you watch ed schultz? >> only when my daughter's home and that's just to see how her hair looks or if she looks good. >> liz, you look great. your hair looks fantastic so mom is happy. >> president obama, come and save me. you can find me. president, come and save me. >> liz winstead, i have to ask you before you leave us, quickly, what do you make of this wilson dude at the speech the other night and kind of called out the president? >> well, you know, is he the same wilson that played the basketball on the tom hicks movies? i think he was. i think he is the same wilson. as i said -- wilson! join the wilson ticket. >> great to see you. have a great weekend. thanks for joining us again on a friday. >> thank, ed. >> you bet. >>> earlier in the show i asked you what you thought. how do you think most republicans are feeling about congressman joe wilson's outburst? 32% of you say embarrassed. 68% of you say embolded. dave schultz, 863. way to go, buddy. i'm ed schultz. "hardball" is next with chris matthews.

right now it's time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. >>> good evening, americans, i'm ed schultz and this is "the ed show" coming to you live from the nation's capital in washington, d.c. it's a big night for the president, right? but it's not a make-or-break night for his presidency the way the conservatives are making it out to be. president obama did not create this problem. let's state the obvious. the president has been in office for all of eight months and for the last eight years the republicans, may i remind our viewers tonight, they did nothing for health care. only they did tell you to get a health care savings account. the only play at this point the republicans have is to drive the narrative of failure. they've done a good job of that. they drove the country into the ditch. they're good at that. they're trying to shift the blame in the president. he's got to come up with a great one tonight. president obama isn't the decider. he's the fixer in all of this. he's trying to be the fixer. he's got to mop up this mess the republicans have made of the economy, two war, the futu

eastern with ed schultz of msnbc's "the ed show." ed's going to be joining us in a few minutes here on "msnbc saturday oith. we'll be happy to welcome him. >>> this morning, officials in beijing are condemning president obama's imposing new tariffs on tires imported from china. the united steelworkers union says thousands of american jobs have been lost because of the imported tires. china's calling the new u.s. measure protectionist. >>> representative joe wilson's outburst during president obama's speech has gotten the cash flowing in south carolina's 2010 election. since shouting "you lie" during president obama's health care address on wednesday, he's raised more than $700,000 for his re-election campaign. but if you think that's impressive, wilson's opponent may be the one benefiting more from the outburst, as democrat rob miller's raised more than $1 million, again, just since wednesday. >>> the health care debate continues tomorrow on "meet the press." dick durbin and john corn yirn, howa john cornyn, howard dean and newt ging

right now, it's time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. >>> i'm ed schultz. this is "the ed show." >>> good evening, americans, i'm ed schultz coming to you from washington, d.c., tonight. wooil be here the next few days in the nation's capital because the president has a big week. i'll have a special program tomorrow night here at 11:00 eastern time. first i want to talk about what the president said today. i want the republicans to answer one question tonight. how stupid do you feel now? the president said today to schoolchildren all across america real basic stuff. bay attention, show up in school, listen to your parents. so new and invo native and it still works. what we saw today was an academic locker room talk that is long overdue from somebody in the oval office. conservatives, you ought to be loving this because he talked about responsibility. here's what the president said. at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents and the best schools in the world and none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill

wasserman schultz: thank you. mr.speaker, house resolution 738 recognizes the 15th anniversary of the passage of the violence against women act. signed into law on september 13, 1994, by president bill clinton, the violence against women act also known as vawa, recognizes the severity of crimes associated with sexual assault and stalking. this legislation was the first comprehensive policy package designed to dramatically reduce violence against women. its protections and provisions were subsequently expanded and improved in the violence against women act of 2000 and 2005. when vawa was re-authorized in 2000, it improved the foundation established in vawa 1994 by creating a legal assistance program for victims and by expanding the definition of domestic violence crimes to include dating violence and stalking. . i am honored to be here today to help recognize the significant program's 15th year of success. vawa intervention has helped reduce sexual assault rates. since the 4-passage of vawa, it's estimated that more th

ed schultz. you have given town halls. it is the perception of middle america from coast-to-coast that money buys influence in washington, d.c. do we learn anything from this list and the dollars and the vote we saw? >> it is a quick conclusion. it is, i think in some cases, very accurate. it is a sad day in the office. those senators come from rural states. $1 million buys a lot of primetime ads in montana and north dakota and these senators don't want to be targeted. when the industry wants to take you down, they will line the pockets of your opponent. on this end, it is easier to make sure they are an ally than defeat them. this has been coming on for a long time. they've known the industry, who the players are and they worked them over. senator conrad gave an interesting comment during the senate finance committee conversation when he said, look, the medicare reimbursement rates, the disparity there is killing our hospitals in our state. i buy that. i do. i have talked to those administrators. then go fix it. then go f

officially they're giving the schultz a 40% chance of good weather. that is clear enough to land, which isn't very good. well, dan, that was a mouthful. friday forecast is over. i'll get to your weekend forecast a little later. >> all right. thank you, bill. >>> stocks steam to the finish line. proctor & gamble shines. and the airline gets a shot in the arm. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, tyler perry puts on the wig and lipstick hoping to drag in big bucks at the box office. >>> the steel curtain comes down on the titans. rockies continue to roll. and the shocking results of a track star's gender test. you're watching "early today." >> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm dan kloeffler. here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> researchers say the swine flu vaccine is strong enough to work with one dose instead of two. it doubles the nation's anticipated stock piles. it eased fears for those who predicted the shortage in october. >>> new data shows the nation's poverty rate climbed to 13

if the schultz cannot return tonight, nasa will consider a landing but not only friday at the latest. >>> and the refurbished hubbell space telescope is back in action and showing spectacular new images. thanks to a billion dollar repair mission, we're now able to see crystal clear images of stars light years away. >> and now here's a look at how wall street will kick off the day. >>> the dow opens at 9,547 after climbing 49 points on wednesday. the s&p inched up 7 points. and the nasdaq rose 22 points. >>> taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei spiked 201 points, while in hong kong, the hang seng zoomed up 218 points. >>> wall street was up for its fourth straight day wednesday after investors heard some good but not entirely unexpected news from the fed. the nation's central bank released its so-called beige book findings on wednesday. overall, while not every region is out of the woods, the economy is definitely stabilizing. but the labor market is still struggling and retailers have yet to see an increase in sales. >>> the dow had its second highest c

wasserman schultz. ms. wasserman schultz: thank you, mr. meek from florida. it's great to be back here in the 30-something working group. we've reconvened. your birthday was the other day and mine is in two weeks and we are a little bit past 30-something. i would like to say we are the somethings in 30-something. we have been reconvened by you under your chairmanship of this working gupe because yet again, it is time to make sure that we can be clear and straight and direct with the american people. this is the season now of hard bahraining and hard choices and we have the opportunity for the first time in our lifetime and the lifetime of our generation to really, finally achieve comprehensive health care reform. and what does that mean, because that's a term that has been thrown around for weeks and weeks now that we have gotten to the point where most peoples's eyes glaze over and they begin to tune out. but it's to their peril that people tune out this debate and this discussion, because we have the best opportunity for reform than we've had in american hi

it's time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. >>> good evening, american, i'm ed schultz. this is "the ed show" from minneapolis tonight. hateful rhetoric is at a fever pitch in this country. first topic off the top tonight. i think republicans have sunk to a new low. this is where they're going. they're going to attack nancy pelosi, the house speaker. showed some emotion about the health care anti-s and related it to a terrible time in this country's history. here it is. >> i have concerns about some of the language that is being used because i saw -- i saw this and i felt, in the late '70s in san francisco, this kind of rhetoric was very frightening and it gave -- it created a climate in which we -- silence took place. our country is great because people can say what they think and they believe, but i also think that they have to take responsibility for any incitement that they may cause. >> so let me tell you something. that was real emotion coming from a woman who's witnessed hatred firsthand in a city of change decades ago. republican congressman from texas, pete sess

ed schultz. great to have you with us. i've never had the pleasure. if there's one thing that jumps out at me about your work, it's almost as if you constantly ask americans, what do we stand for? am i on base on that? >> no. and to take that further, actually, my films pose the question, who are we? who are we as a people? and why do we allow the richest 1% in this country to control 95 -- they have as much financial wealth as the bottom 95% combined. this is a democracy. this is not about where the richest 1% get to call the shots. they're lobbyists. they're working every day in washington, d.c. $1.4 million a day they're spending is the latest i heard on the health care lobby. >> doing everything they can to butcher this. there's no question about that. >> our side doesn't have those resources. what we do have is the vote. i agree with you. anybody watching this now in arkansas, in nebraska, in montana, you need to pick up the phone, get on the e-mail tonight and you need to tell these senators to behave like democrats and to support what two-third

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right now it's time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. >>> good evening, americans. i'm ed schultz. this is "the ed show" on msnbc. lots on the table on this friday night. let's get into it. the republicans have got a new word. they don't have any ideas so they're getting new language. has nothing to do with the football season but the word is prevent. they don't want to stop health care reform. they just want to stop prevent death panels. that's what they want to do. listen to minnesota governor tim pawlenty on msnbc today talking about what's not in the bill. >> there is nothing in the legislation that directly says it's the indirect concerns that i'm trying to articulate. i think are at least worth raising. what if it becomes so expensive and the trajectory of it is even close to what's being predicted ten years out that they can no longer afford what they promised and somebody has to scale back the care and the federal government is now empowered to do that. >> if, if, if, if, if, if, if. what if? what if? what if? there's nothing in the bill to prevent death panels but you've g

. >> you're at 50 -- you're there with ed schultz then. okay. thank you very much.rence page, susan page. join us again tomorrow night at 5:00 and 7:00 eastern for more "hardball." we're joined by former u.s. congressman jim traffic cant. time for "the ed show" with the great ed schultz. >>> good evening, americans, welcome to "the ed show" here on msnbc. tonight, darn it, there was a the spoing in washington, d.c., today, somebody saw harry reid talking health care. i love it. reconciliation is on the table. a health care bill written specifically for reconciliation actually exists. now we're getting somewhere. some movement today. the democratic majority leader after being missing in action on the health care debate, i think, went to the senate floor with a warns for the stupids. >> if we can't work this out to do something within the committee structure, then we'll be forced to do the reconciliation. reconciliation bill is there for us. it was put in by the budget committee. if we can't come up with a bipartisan bill with the help of a few republicans then we wil

debbie wasserman-schultz.essman dan lungren. >>> up next, hillary clinton finally gets to have the title, president. apparently she says, again, she likes that title. that in the "sideshow." (announcer) how can rice production in india, affect wheat output in the u.s., the shipping industry in norway, and the rubber industry, in south america? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex global economy. it's just one reason over 75% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. request a prospectus with investment objectives, risks, fees, expenses, and more information to read and consider carefully before investing. >>> back to "hardball." time for "the sideshow." first up, aold dreams diehard. what hillary clinton said when she got to preside over the united nations security council earlier today. >> thank you so much. i resume now my function as president of the council. i kind of like being a president. so i -- this may go on a little longer t

i'm ed schultz. "hardball" with chris matthews starts right now on msnbc. >>> is this a white thing? let's play "hardball." good evening, i'm chris matthews. tonight in new york. leading off tonight playing the race card, so who wants the country talking race? not the white house which quickly distanced itself from former president jimmy carter's comments, not most elected democrats who are quoted today as saying, anti-obama protests have nothing to do with race. no, it's the two extremes. the left, which understandably wants to demonize its opponents and the far right, which sees opportunity in the fear people have of losing what is theirs to the other guy. race and politics at the top of the show tonight. this debate about race comes as we're seeing a new public nastiness exemplified by the crude and, yes, sometimes racist signs at anti-obama events. today in an extraordinary moment house speaker nancy pelosi linked today's mean national rhetoric with the heat and anger in the air when san francisc

joining me now, congresswoman debbie wasserman-schultz of florida. u.s. congressman dan lungren of california. did i get the word right? i think it is chutzpa. that guy was asked to apologize. he came out and said, so's your old man. i have a bigger challenge to make. you're killing people by the millions. >> your thoughts. >> if you know alan grayson, chutzpa is absolutely what he has. he has a real dry sense of humor. he's been on this show before. i think both his comments yesterday and today, somewhat tongue in cheek, maybe a little more teeth than tongue. at the end of the day he was making the larger point the republicans had years to make health care reform a priority. they never did. have no plan. it's been more than 100 days since roy blunt, my colleague in the congress, one of their leaders on -- point men on health care reform, said they would have a plan. they still don't have one. yet, every year, 45,000 americans die because they don't have health insurance. that's the larger point that congressman grayson was trying to make. he may have una

i'm ed schultz. live coverage of the president's speech to the joint session starts at 8:00 eastern right here on msnbc. i'll be back for the postgame tonight at 11:00. "hardball" is next right here on the place for politics, msnbc. >>> president's big night. let's play "hardball." >>> eeng, i'm lawrence o'donnell in for chris matthews in baug. in one hour, president obama will address a joint congress. while it's going too far to say barack obama's presidency rides on tonight's speech, there is general agreement the president has lost control of the debate and tonight is the president's chance to hit the reset button. what should we look for tonight? who is the president's real audience? how will we know if this speech is a success? we'll give you a smart viewer's guide to tonight's speech coming up. >>> we'll hear from the man at the center of the president's inner circle, david axelrod, who will preview what we can expect from the president tonight. >>> getting to 60. what kind of deal does presid

right now it's time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. >>> good evening, americans. welcome to "the ed show." big story tonight. bipartisanship is dead. died about noon today eastern time. september 16th, 2009. the baucus plan is a flop. it isn't going to work. three republicans, all these meetings, 20 to be exact, not a sung l republican vote. senator jay rockefeller gout out of a meeting with the president of the united states. he will join me in a minute as will kent conrad, one of the gang of six. progressives have been pushed to the side of the road and forced to put up to the stall game, delays for months on end. all the trash talking from grassley and enzi all in the name of let's get along bipartisanship. what do we have to show for it? nothing. not as of now we don't. so just keep in mind, as i've said all along, this is now a watered down bill stripped of a public option and who told us that? a whistle blower from the insurance industry calling it a gift to the insurance industry. here's max baucus today with his announcement. >> we debated this thing, met

i'm thinking about andony schultz from california who fought brain cancer since he was 3.e had to endure all sorts of treatments and surgery, one of which affected his memory, so it took him much longer, hundreds of extra hours to do his schoolwork. but he never fell behind. he is headed to college this fall. then there's chantelle, from my hometown of illinois. even when bouncing from foster home to foster home in the toughest neighborhoods in the city, she managed to get a job at a local health care center, start a program to keep young people out of gangs and she's on track to graduate from high school with honors and go to college. they aren't any different from any of you. they faced challenges in their lives just like you do. in some cases, they've got it a lot worse off than many of you. but they refused to give up. they chose to take responsibility for their lives, for their education, and set goals for themselves. i expect all of you to do the same. that's why today i'm calling on each of you to set your own goals for your education and do everything you can to me

bret: sam nunn and george schultz, former secretary of state, praised this resolution.t happened today? >> it is a step forward in that if you are restrictions on nuclear exports, if they could work, that would help. it is true that a lot has to be done before we realize whether or not they have teeth and they're going to help and going to work. no president can come into this, into the u.n. general assembly and wave a madge waive a magic wand. i think, president obama, who keeps his enemies closer than he does his friends, has made a gamble on the missile shield, and i think that he is one that obviously has disappointed our eastern european allies and is one that he hopes will prod the russians towards finally backing further sanctions towards iran. his push, this must succeed, because his push for a settlement freeze with the israelis did not serve to trap them. it only trapped the obama administration. at this point, this scandal needs to pay off. as we look to geneva and the talks with iran, they are not going to play ball, so at this point, are russia has to deliv

>> so chief schultz is the operations chief who was on that fire. also in 2007 you remember this became an issue in another fire. that's when the maps were supposed to be turned over to the fire department. unfortunately that didn't happen and that's still an issue for the fire department. back to you. >> all right, dave. thanks for that. >> thank you. >>> in the meantime there is a major break tonight in the case of two abductions in the fair oaks area. a woman was nearly abducted on penderview terrace september 6. then a similar incident happened on september 9. police made an arrest in one much those assaults. surae chinn with an update that it hasn't done much to calm people's fears. >> reporter: it is a sigh of relief for some after a man was arrested in connection with attacking an 18-year-old woman at knife point when she was taking out the trash. >> that's scary. i have taken out trash at night. you just don't think anything can happen. >> reporter: an officer patrolling the area spotted a man that matched the description of the attacker on

. >> maria talked to howard schultz of starbucks on the "closing bell." we lost that spot. it's something like a $20 billion market segment very underserved. there hasn't been innovation in this category for 50 years since the advent of sanka. >> pete najarian got fooled. >> it was real good. i had a lot of friends of mine who told me this is starting to come back, this whole idea. >> of instant. >> the instant's working. >> is this a reason to buy starbucks? >> we just had greg talking about technicals. look at the technicals of starbucks. it was up to 40 a couple of years ago and slid down to under 10. got down to probably 7 bucks back in november. you look at the retracement now. trades with a p.e. of 31. it's challenging 20. it's time to move to the sidelines on starbucks. the fact that they confused pete, which he will forever have to live down on this show. >> i'm a big coffee guy. to fool me, that's a big deal. >> you're out of it. that phone is a piece of junk. >> you'll never see that nokia up here. garbage. >> time for "the fast money" poll of the day. will via ke

linda -- lynne schultz -- bill: not so much chris, the obama administration feels fox is toughest on but they're giving fox news people publicity so i think they just wanted to sell some magazines in this case. bill: another beck fan. .you're welcome. thanks for that very nice letter. bill: senator graham has not appeared with us this year. sometimes "the factor" is tilted right, sometimes left. depends on the story lines. on the program you referred to you left out alan colmes. shame on you. bill: i appreciate that, liz. and you live in a beautiful place in hawaii. bill: you have to compartmentalize good things happened on september 11 all throughout history and your birth was one of them. www.foxnews.com/oreilly. email us pithy comments all over the world at oreilly@foxnews.com. name a town, name a town in which you wish to opine. don't be pedantic. how many of you know that? don't be pedantic. look it up. my mom said if i tell you what

right now it's time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. >>> good evening, americans, welcome to "the edn msnbc tonight. here's some new material. the public option is now responsible for unemployment and the never-ending war in afghanistan. that's the newest righty talking point. here's minority whip eric cantor this afternoon on that. >> health care in this building has now made it so that we cannot seem to get anything else done. we have burning issues out there in this country. first and mooforemost is the americans want to see job security return. they want to see economic security return, but somehow we're unable to deliver on that because of the intrang jens on the majority's part, even discussing ways for us to agree on health care. we have serious, serious challenges as far as afghanistan is concerned. that's being clouded by the ridge jidty by which the majority hangs on to hr 3200 and imposition of a public option. >> there's just so much to do. we can't do it. eric cantor's suggestion that if the public option were off the table, heck, all the republicans would be on board wi

i'm ed schultz. more information on "the ed show," go to ed.msnbc.com or check out our radio website at wegoted.com. "hardball" with chris matthews starts right now on the place for politics. msnbc. >>> james traffic cant. let's play "hardball." good evening. i'm chris matthews in boston. leading off tonight. he is back. james traficant, the former congressman found guilty of bribery and racketeering is fresh off his seven-year prison snrngs the expelled politician known for being one of the more colorful characters on capitol hill is coming here to "hardball." >>> plus president obama's considering scaling back american forces in afghanistan which could satisfy some democrats but infuriate some republicans who have been in support of his hawkish policy in the region. the political perils of afghanistan. >>> republicans are still hawkish on afghanistan but the party is going to war with some of its own members who don't stick strictly to the conservative message. south carolina republicans are on the

i'm ed schultz.ore information on "the ed show," go to our website at ed.msnbc.com or check out my radio website at wegoted.com. we'll be talking about this a lot more tomorrow. mr. stern will be joining us on the radio tomorrow. he doesn't know that but i'm announcing that right now because he says the co-op in the senate is history. that is music to my years. okay? "hardball" is chris matthews starts right now here on the place for politics, msnbc. we'll see you 6:00 eastern time right here on msnbc. >>> command decision. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. leading off tonight, this is why we have presidents. president obama cannot escape the most brutal decision of his presidency. whether to put more troops into the american war in afghanistan, or pull out and let the taliban and al qaeda win. that was the word delivered to the president, if you hadn't read it already, on the front page of today's "washington post." the commander of our forces says we have to

. >> democratic congressman debbie schultz. >>> police in connecticut are searching for a yale medical student who was supposed to get married this weekend. annie lee was last seen on security video entering a building in new haven. her cell phone, credit cards and money were found inside her office. yale spokesperson says her fiance has arrived into town to see if he can help in the search for her. >>> more layoffs are coming to gm, needing to slash 1 now white collar employees, according to detroit news. this is part of the automakers plan to cut 6,000 salary jobs by the end of the year. layoffs will come mostly in southeastern michigan. the cut also most likely be completed by october and already michigan has double-digit unemployment there. >>> health officials are urging americans to take personal responsibility when it comes to staying safe from swine flu. health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius stressed that this morning. >> today's message is to get the seasonal flu shot, make sure that we except up the vks nation rate and make sure that people take some individua

right now it's time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. >>> good evening, americans. welcome to "the ed show" on msnbc. here is the magic number, 51. it's time for the democrats to start making some demands. and if they're not met, just go to reconciliation. that's what the people want. now, there are five health care bills of reform. real simple, three in the house, two in the senate. they have exactly zero republican votes. got that? that means nobody from the republican party is onboard. after all this discussion, what are we waiting for? they're supposed to be helping the president solve the country's most urgent issue. and 80% of the bills now have a public option. how can the president deny that? there is one glaring exception. it is the baucus plan or what i like to call the triangle of death. not your death, the death of your wallet. the baucus plan calls for the government to give subsidies to consumers and consumers have to buy insurance from the industry. then in return, all the new business they got from big insurance going to help them line the pockets of

it's time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. >>> good evening, americans. good to have you with us on "the ed show" on msnbc. didn't sound real good. my wife and i traveling on the east coast this weekend in the car for three hours. we haven't done that for a while. right ring rhetoric in this country has reached a boiling point. the government's the enemy. every kind of government, local, regional, state, saeceding from the union, getting out of the country? that's the hot new thing. questioning whether the president is an american citizen. oh, right wing talkers you're so entertaining. republicans have always tried to make the government the boogeyman, no matter what the subject, it's the government's fault. this is out of control. the fever-pitch we're experiencing in this country right now, i think has got a lot of people nervous. a census worker, somebody doing a part-time job for the government for america, we've had the census in this country for 210 years. this man's name was bill sparkman. he was found dead in kentucky, most of his clothes ripped o

will the reality of 60 democrats change the thinking of you and people like you, like ed schultz, myvely in your case. >> thank you. >> and in ed's case, who believe the democrats can rule because they wish to. in a ramrod sense. if you have the power, take it and use it. don't wait for 60 votes. do it the hard way. jam it through with reconciliation. i'm talking about health care. 60 votes make it more likely for them to wait and get it the usual way. >> i think they have to wait and try to get it the usual way. we also have the sad situation of senator byrd, so, you know, we're dealing with a situation that's very much in flux. everyone prefers at this point. if barack obama and his allies in the senate can twist some arms and bring along kent conrad and some of the other people who have do you think about thorough going public option, i think everybody prefers that he do that rather than simply going to reconciliation. in the end if it has to go through reconciliation i would prefer that than a bad bill. we're not there yet. i think 60 votes is a great shot in the arm to get the p

get together and agree on a bill, ignore everybody on television, ignore me and everybody else, ed schultz and write a bill and then come out and say, we got the bill, it's done. why don't you do that? >> you know, we're doing that but we're also understanding that it is important to have republican support because getting 60 votes, first of all, as you know, we don't have 60 votes. we have 59 votes at the minute. we have one of our colleagues who is ill, who is rarely here. that takes us down to 58. maybe a couple democrats who don't feel they can agree to a package. so there needs to be some republican support, and we've done our level best to try to design this package in a way that's coming out of the finance committee to attract republicans as well as democrats. >> so why don't you get the 59 democrats, invite 5 republicans to join you, go to greenbriar or the waldorf astoria, hole yourself up for wakd aa weekend come back with a bill? >> that sounds pretty good, chris. >> i think if you went to saint-tropez, that would be cheaper. >> can you imagine what would happen on television? >

george schultz was on hand. boss's was work was acknowledged and quoted. >> a nuclear war cannot be won -- >> cannot be won and must never be fought. >> and this was his dream, to find a world without nuclear weapons. so i can imagine right now ronald reagan is smiling. >> reporter: many observers say a world without nuclear weapons is not realistic but that working towards the goal is important in order to discourage other countries from obtaining the weapons. >> many countries are certainly want to control this dangerous technology, prevent it from falling into the hands of terrorists but many countries also still believe in the value of nuclear weapons as a deterrent. >> reporter: beyond the lofty language are major questions about the real impact of the resolution. iran and north korea are believed to be pursuing nuclear weapons and neither are signatory of the none nonproliferation treaty. leaders were pushing for more sanctions on iran. >> reporter: china pushed back saying sanctions were not the answer. m

i'm ed schultz. for more information, go to our website or check out msnbc.com and "hardball" with chris matthews starts right now here on the police for politics, msnbc. >>> the insult heard around the world. let's play "hardball." good evening, i'm mike barnicle in for chris matthews. leading off tonight, the gift. when congressman joe wilson shouted out "you lie" at president obama last night, he gave the democrats a gift they hope just keeps on giving. wilson was forced, and that does seem to be the word, forced to apologize today and his washington office has been mobbed, mostly by right wing supporters. democrats hope to turn wilson into the cindy sheehan of the anti-health care reform movement, a clownish figure of ridicule who hurts his own side more than he helps. partly lost in all of the fuss over wilson was the president's speech itself -- did he regain control of the debate? we will deconstruct the speech and see where the debate is headed next. >>> plus, it seems like a south carolina k

right now, what you've been waiting for, it's time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. >>> good evening, america. this is "the ed show" live from new york. tonight, the president's speech. yes! i loved it! it was about challenges. he showed some two-fisted leadership last night. he goes out there and he challenges us as a nation to do this. he challenged members of his own party, he challenged the republicans. but most importantly, president obama, you know what he did? he drew a line in the sand. nobody is talking about it. of course he drew a line in the sand. you know what he told the insurance industry? you're going to have to get it together on a couple of major issues, like this one about denying coverage. >> under this plan, it would be against the law for insurance companies to deny your coverage because of a preexisting condition. as soon as i sign this bill, it will be against the law for insurance companies to drop your coverage when you get sick. >> it will be against the law. that's a mandate if the president gets what he wants. do you know how many millions of americans ar

right now it's time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. >>> good evening, americans.nation's capital. tonight, washington, d.c. quite the show last night. lots of clarification coming up, because i want the republicans to be on notice. we got an overwhelming amount of response, positive response from a piece of videotape that we played last night and i'm calling out the republicans again tonight. now, later this evening, in this show, senator chuck schumer will be here to give us news about the public option. we'll get to that later on. but first, i want some clarification with the audience. you know me. you know i'm passionate and i go after it. and you know i believe that there has to be competition from the government, i don't care what you call it, government-run program, government takeover, from the government. for the private sector to bring rates down, and to help out that lady that was in richmond, virginia, who was talked about in front of mr. cantor who is republican leadership. now, do i think that all republicans want to see people with cancer dead? no, i

time for "the ed show" with eld schultz. >>> welcome to "the ed show" tonight.g news off the top, john boehner says health care reform is dead? president says no. the public option is still alive. the leader of the republican minority is telling nbc's "meet the press" that democrats will not get it done. >> the congress will not pass this. it's time for the president to hit the reset button. stop all of this and let's sit down and start over in a bipartisan way to build a plan that americans will support. >> do you think the plan is dead? >> i think it is. >> not only have the righties drawn a line in the sand, now they're dissing the president. in response, here's what the president said on the same program. >> the public option, you effectively said to the left, what's going to happen? >> that's not true. what i said is the public option should be a part of this. we shouldn't think somehow that's the silver bullet that solves health care. >> yes, it is. the president is asked about the public option on the top-rated sunday news show. that's the best he can do?

ed schultz did a survey. are you hopeful or worried? 22% were hopeful but 22% were worried. there's also a worry when the press plays something up as a crucial speech and i think the president met and exceeded people's expectations and the people listened to the speech and felt better about the chances for health care reform and the direction in which the president seems to be leading the country. >> do you think that encouragement stems from the imperative that he presented that this is less about as much as it may benefit the economy, he talked about how the deficit is similarly put and question of health insurance but larger than that is this call to the memory of ted kennedy that this is a moral imperative. >> i certainly think that was an enormously powerful part of the speech and may actually vault that speech into one of the greatest speeches into joint sessions of congress that we ever heard. the big thing that happened and we've been -- we spent the summer where we were hearing all sorts of nonsense and it was constantly this road show that was going on orchestrated

. >> ceo howard schultz says that this is a big development, 20 years in the making.rks. you get an instant brew packet, tear it open, and mix it with hot water. you can do it anywhere. it is all part of their attempt to get a bite out of the $21 billion coffee market. if you have not tested in, apparently in is as good as the regular coffee. nationwide, you will be able to take the challenge and taste for yourself. three package will cost $2.95. 12 packets will be $9.95. the big question is if it will reduce people's drinking habits. alisyn: it sounds more economical. trace: and when you buy that coffee, you use your credit card, and then you throw away the receipt, and then you are hit with an overdraft charge, and one lead to another, and here we are again? now complains about overdraft charges that are killing you are making their way to congress. we are more to focus on your money and how to rid yourself of overdraft charges. it's actually doing it. gecko vo: businessmen say "hard work equals success." well, you're looking at, arguably, the world's most successfu