in the primaryth and spector is already taking some swipes at his opponent. check it out. >> when congressman sestak resorts to throw stones, he lives in a big glass house. the guy has the worst voting record in congress from the pennsylvania delegation, he's just 104 votes this year. if he was still in the service, he would be court-martialed. he would be awol. if the congressman wants to go negative, i'm prepared to battle him toe to toe. >> well, let's see what the congressman from pennsylvania has to say about all of that, joe sestek joins us here on "the ed show." congressman, what's your response to senator arlen spector coming out so aggressively. what do you think, joe? >> well, ed, i'm very proud of my 31 years in the u.s. military and i think arlen's probably proud of his time in the military back in the early '50s. but i don't agree that you need to make personal types of statements about issues that we should be discussing. for example -- >> he says you're awol. he says you've missed more votes than anybody else. is that true? >> well i don't know

there nuts on both sides and confronting arlin spector and raising the spector of communist china areas nutty as the people on the left who think everybody on wall street say criminal. in this particular case, barack obama has gotten a respectful reception and he is trying to turn down the temperature and saying let's fight over the real genuine disagreement about the role of government rather than the made up stuff out there from the nuts i'm talking about. let's take a listen from a few moments ago. >> where we disagree, let's disagree over things that are real and not the wild misrepresentations that bear no resemblance to anything. par. >> when had been was trying to enact social security reform, it died a horrible dmeath part because of either a bad sales job or a terrific sales job on the opposition's part. there a lot of misrepresentations and understandings and a lot of misses. >> social security like health care is say hard thing to change. that's what we have in common. obama made the point if it was easy t would have been done. for president bush he tried to push a partial

lawmakers continued to face boos as they face constituents, including senator spector of pennsylvania. 400 people attended the meeting at penn state university in pennsylvania. many concerned with the cost of reform. spector said earlier he was impressed that people came well prepared but that people disrupting townhall meetings were not necessarily representative of america. >> when i am with a group of iowa answer, i am on the same level you are on. >> meanwhile the republican had a calm meeting. grass lee, kicked off a series of town halls in iowa. he is one u.s. senator negotiating a bipartisan bill in the senate. and said the negotiation, however, may not produce a bill he can support. >> but president obama held a townhall yesterday trying to clear up some of the rumors about health care reform. but he may have hurt his own cause when he said this. >> another myth that we have been hearing about is this notion that somehow we are going to be cutting your medicare benefits. we are not. aerp would not endorse a bill if it was undermining medicare. >> well, the aarp quickly issued

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this one held by senator arlen spector up in pennsylvania. new polls reveal support for the healthcare overhaul is dwindling. the white house says it is a result of misinformation and it is battling with the website called reality check and a chain e-mail. the supporters of reform. >> one of the reasons we pushed back is because of the misconceptions. some of the misconceptions contributed to the poll numbers? i don't doubt that. >> president obama is gearing up for two more town halls this week. the first in massachusetts tomorrow. >> texas congresswoman sheila jackson lee answering the call for healthcare reform, rather answering her cell phone during a town hall meeting. this is video on youtube. a cancer survivor. someone in the crowd can be heard saying, come on, dude. and she isn't even listening. after a vow minutes, the congresswoman hung up and swered the question. >> up next at 6:00, all you can fly, for $600, is jet blue's new deal worth the cash? and dramatic video, a pilot rescued clinging to his crashed plane in the middle of th

spector is fighting for the government run plan. >> i am not willing to write off the public option. because there are some people that are discouraging about it. >> the white house also acknowledged today it is changing health care reform e-mail procedures after people received unsolicited e-mails. third-party groups are responsible for signing up people without their knowledge. in washington, craig boswell chase fox 45 news. >> we have heard many voice in the health care debate and tonight we are hearing from dr. ben carson, and he said the answer is not a government run health care system. but instead some common sense cost saving. the world renowned neurosurgeon said electronic billing systems would drastically cut administrative costs. he also supports wellness clinics and better preventative care for the poor to keep them out of expensive emergency rooms. >> we would save huge amounts of money. but i think, we would be incredibly smart if we took that money, and put it into a national medical endowment. and even if we only save 10 percent a year, of what we pay for health care

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brotherly love didn't exactly live up to its namesake at a town hall meeting featuring senator arlen spector and health secretary kathleen sebelius. >> i look at this health care plan, i see nothing that is about health or about fair. what i see is a bureaucratic nightmare, senator. medicaid is broke. medicare is broke. social security is broke and you want us to believe that a government that can't even run a cash for clunkers program is going to run 1/7 of our u.s. economy? no, sir! no! sean: wow, that sounded more like a philadelphia eagles game or a flyers game than a town hall. joining me to discuss this and more, the author of the book "stroir -- catastrophe," how obama, congress, and the special interests are transforming a slump into a crash, freedom into socialism and a disaster into a catastrophe and how to fight back. dick morris is here. that's a good way to fight back. >> it sure is. we got to sign that lady up. they wanted august. the blue dogs did. now we have got to let them have it because they are planning to pass this bill with 50 votes. they're planning not to ask any rep

. >> reporter: it's a far cry from what spector got yesterday in pennsylvania. >> now, wait a minute, wait a minute, now wait a minute! >>> you've awakened a sleeping giant. >> reporter: this is coming from most of the people that are happy with their health insurance. the new message seeks to reassure them and the option is not a threat to private industries. >> if you think about it. ups and fedex are doing just fine. all right? well, they are. it's the post office that's had the problems. > reporter: well, comparing the government health care to the postal service, it raised eyebrows and they're hoping to run an option. in washington, doug luzader, fox news. >>> and ben cardin is going to host a meeting later on today in hagerstown, maryland. we'll bring you the latest developments. >>> new this midday, it's a festive mood at the white house. they're hosting a reception for sonia sotomayor. she was sworn in last weekend. several other justices are among those celebrating and she's replacing david souter. >>> karl rove deeply involved in the firings of at least one u.s. attorney. wh

decades, he covered the biggest trials in the world, including simpson, the menendez brothers, phil spector. i will never forget the many times he analyzed cases here for me on "headline news" and then back at court tv many years ago. with five best sellers, dunn was a hollywood producer. he hosted court tv's series, he graduated williams college, and very important, he was a world war ii vet that was awarded the bronze star. at his death, he was putting the finishing touches on a final novel, "too much money." he described it to me just weeks ago when we talked. he encouraged me when i didn't believe i could finish my own book. i wrote of him in my first book, noting that his pen was mightier than a sword. truer words were never spoken. >>> authorities in canada have identified and a investigating a woman who may have helped jenkins evade authorities. >> calm as calm can be. very calm, no nervousness. nothing. >> when are they going to arrest her? because it is a pretty serious crime, even more so than the united states, to aid and abet a felony after the fact. to help them evade justice.

. >> but spector's role could be little. health care reform could boil down to a gang of six. lawmakers from the senate finance committee charged with finding a plan both sides can vote for. from states representing less than 3 percent of the group combined. they will report back september 15 with a possible compromised. but a senator outside the group admits the deadline will be tough to meet. >> we have heard many voices weigh-in on the health care debate. and tonight we hear from one of the most prominent surgeons in the world. i sat down with dr. ben carson to hear his perspective on what should and should not be done to fix our health care system. >> he is a world renowned pediatric surgeon. and he uses a familiar analogy. >> i would like the system to efficient. with a large tumor. what we need to do, quite frankly, instead of creating a whole new patient. is get rid of the tumor. >> dr. carson said the answer is not a government run health care system. but instead, some common sense cost saving. for example, tort reform to reduce medical malpractice costs. an unnecessar

democratic senators like arlen spector -- >> medicare and social security -- >> reporter: and claire mccass kill are hearing it from extremely unhappy americans. people have been arrested. others suffered minor injuries with pushing and shoving. democrats like florida's kathy castor have barely been able to get a word in edgewise. at her meeting opponents were seething because they were stuck outside the town hall because they couldn't sit in the room. protestors held signs on the other sign of the window. the congresswoman had to be hustled out. in texas, congressman lloyd doggett tried to talk. they depicted him in an unsavory way. >> the crowd was certainly angry. i suppose some might have had a negative reaction to the poster that said, "lloyd doggett, trader to texas, devil to all people." >> reporter: how did it come to this? depends who you ask. the democratic national committee says these are orchestrated by the republican party and democrats released this web video. >> they lost the confidence of the american people. they are organizing angry mob like they did during the ele

protesters took aim at senator arlen spector in pennsylvania.sident obama is hold ago series of health care town halls of his own. his first yesterday in new hampshire where the crowd was relatively calm. >> if you don't have health insurance, you will finally have quality affordable options once we pass reform. if you do have health insurance, we will make sure that no insurance company or government bureaucrat gets between awened the r you need. >> you can expect more firework at another meeting in maryland. this one is happening in hagerstown. senator ben car done will host the town hall meeting at 1:00 and fox 5 will be there to brung you the latest. >>> a small piece of evidence could prove crucial in crack august murder case in annandale. look at this video. police wtot iu yo look at that black infinity suv on your screen. it was caught on camera near the business of chang auh on hummer road. she was killed there last month. that truck pulled into the driveway of the business and a man got out. police think it is a 2003 to 2008 ininfiniti

>> well, i mean, i think what they're trying to do, again, create the spector of a big, government-run plan. the fact is, we don't know yet, even if there is going to be a government plan, we saw the white house back off of that this weekend. it's kind of -- you know, a lot of this is speculative and a lot of it is based on people's fears of privacy. we have one, not very concise bill out of the white house so far, so so much of this is wait and see. >> i think, i agree. can i ask you about something you're tweeting about on twitter? >> sure. >> it's the justice department, or the obama administration filing new papers saying that the defense of marriage act discriminates against gays, yet at the same time, the justice department is defending the act. what is going on? >> this is a court filing where a gay couple in california are trying to over turn the law. basically, the justice department has to continue defending this case if it believes the law is constitutional, but it agreed in a filing today that it could be discriminatory. it's one of those things you see in a lengthy legal f

. >> reporter: pennsylvania democrat arlen spector. in a web ad, the democratic party claims the disruptions are organized by republican leaders. >> they have no plan for moving our country forward, so they've called out the mob. >> reporter: president obama took a shot. >> some caused the problems in the first place and they're suddenly blaming over folks for it. >> reporter: he's sending out the vice president and others to send out more stimulus funds and talk up recovery. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, washington. >> when we come right back on ""news 4 at 4:00,"" a jubilant a reunion between the two journalists and their family and friends. >>> and the incredible story of how 14 people came together to save a number of lives in there's something big happening at pizza hut. - woooh, nice! - that's a lot of food! now get big meals like our stuffed pizza rolls, pizza mia, the p'zone... and our personal panormous pizza starting at just $5. the big eat tiny price menu. only at pizza hut. - woooh, nice! - that's a lot of food! now get b

tammy duckworth, senator arlen spector and congressman paul ryan. >>> well the first family is looking forward to r & r. the obamas begin a week long vacation in martha's vineyard. and folks in the area are excited about that. some want to catch a glimpse of the first family and some are hoping to cash in on their arrival. >> when the president comes, everybody goes crazy and the island goes crazy, but it ould be neat to come and meet him. >> i think his girls might have a lot of fun here, shopping and going out and having fun. >> i hope it does bring some of the -- it stimulates the island and we need it because the islands are hurting. >> this will be the obama's first visit to the vineyard since the election. the vineyard has served as a retreat for many presidents as far back as ulysses s. grant. >>> and we do know they left this afternoon, trying to take care of -- let hurricane bill pass by. we'll check in with tucker barns to see what we can expect. so it will be spinning up toward nova scotia, but new england could have an issue. >> bill is off to the north and eas- -rehintenhe

we have the higher end of the manufacturing spector. it's the united states that leads the world with jet nnls and civilian aircraft. semiconductors and computers. sophisticated medical and scientific equipment. chemicals and pharmaceuticals. we continue to be a world beatner manufacturing and all the r&d that goes with that. >> what do you think of that point? >> what is fascinating about every one of the examples that dan just mentioned. it's striking coming from somebody from kato, the great champion of free market. every single one of the industries from aircraft engines to pharmaceuticals to semiconductors receive very substantial u.s. government subsidies during the early years. they continued through the present. we used to take manufacturing very carefully. for the past 15 or 20 years, we haven't taken manufacturing seriously at all. don't just take my word for it, listen to what we have been hear for example ge's ceo. that's the same thing. >> is there a point we don't have a manufacturing policy and maybe we should? >> we don'

the minnesota vikings just signed phil spector. [ laughter ] i don't even know if that makes any sense. well, michael vick, he says that he's excited to be back in the nfl and playing for the eagles. he said, "i love the eagles. especially when you throw two of them in a ring together." that is just -- [ audience ohs ] it's just nothing better. gets all giddy. hey, a newspaper in utah is refusing to publh a gay couple's wedding announcement. they said they only print legal unions. i guess in utah, a lot of people believe that marriage should just be between a man and a woman and a woman and a woman. [ light laughter ] jon gosselin is hosting a pool party at the mgm grand in vegas. it will be huge. it will be huge. hundreds of women already lining up for a chance to drown jon gosselin. it's gonna be -- [ cheers and applause ] hey, word of warning about the gosselin party in vegas. if you're in the pool at the same time jon is, you will get pregnant. [ laughter ] so, know that going in. i read there's a bakery in detroit will break a record tomorrow when they unveil a 7,000-pound vanilla

. >> kathleen sebelius and senator ar lek spector found themselves on the defensive hosting a town hallnt. >> i look at this health care plan. i see nothing that is about health or about care. what i see -- what i see is a bureaucratic nightmare, senator. >> so does congress have a voter rebellion on its hands? and what could or should members of congress do about it? here now to talk about this, columnist for the new york observer, contributor to the daily beat, gloria borger also in washington for us tonight. we've heard some members of congress actually say they're afraid to go back to their districts to face their constituents? how bad is the anger out there? >> well, i think folks are very angry. i think they're afraid. the economy has been terrible and they're having a very tough time. they see a health care bill out there that frightens some of them because they don't understand it because, guess what, campbell, there isn't any health care bill yet. and so they're hearing all kinds of rumors, this will take away your health care, government-run health care. it's risky. they don't

give and take in new hampshire, but a rough ride elsewhere for senators claire mccatskill and arlen spector. check it out. >> i don't understand this rudeness. what is this? i don't get it. do you all think you're persuading people when you shout out like that? >> you want to be led out of here? you're welcome to go. >> now wait a minute, now wait a minute. now wait a minute. >> beg your pardon? >> you don't trust me? okay. you know, i don't know what else i can do. i don't know what else i can do. if you want me to go home -- >> one day god's going to stand before you, and he's going to judge you. and the rest of your cronies up on the hill. >> okay. we've just had -- we've just had a demonstration of democracy. okay? >> so that's what it was. a little civics 101 there in pennsylvania. a lot of lawmakers saying that they are trying to educate their constituents, given all the misinformation out there, maybe they should try an old favorite. ♪ i'm just a bill, yes, i'm only a bill ♪ ♪ and i'm sitting here on capitol hill ♪ >> and there really is no finished bill at this point. >> one of the

at least 40 refunds to foreign donors and one big refund to musician and convicted murderer phil spectort his contributions to mr. obama. but the "new york post" and the national review -- and the nationalreview.com reported on the following obama donors who were allowed to contribute to the campaign through the purposefully lax online contribution system. they include john gault, of anrand, in gulf, colorado. remember that? a bad donation, made his contribution with a bad card, and donations made under various fake names and finally adolf hitler in berlin, germany, donated under this name and address to demonstrate the absurdity of obama's online donation system. so i wonder how the president plans to reimburse them or maybe he'll just keep the cash. and even though the president's popularity is tanking here at home, he remains mr. popular around the world. especially among countries that aren't very fond of america. and i wonder why. a whopping 91% of frenchmen expressed confidence in president obama to "do the right thing in world affairs." while only 13% expressed the same confidence

. >> pat toomey is now neck-and-neck against arlen spector in a general election.s seeing but at a time when there's a lot of concern about the spending, that's really what i think is driving this. there are no reps left in the state. >> but you never know what party is going to be strong. you never know. >> it helps that joe sestak is going to be in this race. if specter starts drifting back to his gop roots, for example, and the organizing vote, health care, what have you, energy, having this threat from the left keeps him loyal to his new party. >> why do you think the president and governor and everybody is inspecting specter? >> well, i think those commitments were offered to him at a time when they didn't think there would be a serious opponent for senator specter and i don't think says stack in tito be a -- they picked up a 60th vote. that was their calculus. >> i grew up in pennsylvania and i have to tell you that democracy is a good thing and i think it's good to always have a choice and if you don't have a choice, it's really not democracy and i have to h

at least 40 refunds to foreign donors and one big refund to musician and convicted murderer phil spectorwho maxed out his contributions to mr. obama. but the "new york post" and the national review -- and the nationalreview.com reported on the following obama donors who were allowed to contribute to the campaign through the purposefully lax online contribution system. they include john gault, of anrand, in gulf, colorado. remember that? a bad donation, made his contribution with a bad card, and donations made under various fake names and finally adolf hitler in berlin, germany, donated under this name and address to demonstrate the absurdity of obama's online donation system. so i wonder how the president plans to reimburse them or maybe he'll just keep the cash. and even though the president's popularity is tanking here at home, he remains mr. popular around the world. especially among countries that aren't very fond of america. and i wonder why. a whopping 91% of frenchmen expressed confidence in president obama to "do the right thing in world affairs." while only 13% expressed the sam

ellie greenwich wrote pop tunes including chapel of love and be my baby with producer phil spector.ffered a heart attack yesterday at just 68 years old. >> and dominic dunne died yesterday at age 83. his stories often involved crimes among the rich and famous. >> dunne spoke to charlie gibson about a memoir he authored on october 5th, 1999. it from our abc news vault. >> you went out to hollywood and you went out seeking the fast life. >> i started out as a stage manager in live television. they used to call it a floor manager and i was good. i was one of the best there was. and they started sending me out to hollywood to be the stage manager for humphrey bogart or frank sinatra or ginger rogers when these great stars were making their debuts. i got so fascinated by hollywood and the extraordinary life i wanted to be part of it. >> let me jump ahead, 1979. you left hollywood, you went to oregon and lived in a cabin alone. why? >> as a young couple, my wife and i were put up in the a, a, a group of all time out there. but then it turned on me. i started out to be a nice guy and didn'

our first step always when we get a spector in a story like this, we'll look at their criminal boundaries and see is there in the history. these two, not a thing on their record. >> we're going to leave it there. much more coming up. stay with us. >>> i can't believe in next story. surveillance video of a mom dragging her child across the floor at a cell phone store. number one, you're going to do that at a cell phone store, someone's flipping on the cell phone video. that's what happened here. dragging around her son like a dog on a leash. well, she's in some trouble here. police locked her up. she's facing a felony. we want to get your take on this one. is that a felony? i'm not sure i'm seeing a felony there. she obviously did wrong. take your calls later on that 1-877-tell-hln. we're taking your calls on this one, the guy with at least two other lovers cheating on his wife, they used some krazy glue. you get the picture on that, glued his manhood to his stomach. let's get a call in. taisha is with us from north carolina. what's your thoughts? >> caller: yes, i would just like to say t

of [ indiscernible ] protestors took aim at spector and another senator stood before an angry crowd recentpport the dropping. >>> chris dodd's prostate surgery is a success. he's resting comfortably this morning. he had his prostate removed yesterday. he'll be in the hospital for a few days and returning home in a few weeks. >>> as the world mourns the loss of eunice kennedy shriver, the kennedy family flocked to massachusetts to pay their respects. the 88-year-old has been staying at the hospital in cape cod when she pasd away yesterday morning. she'll be bay leid -- be layed to real estate rest in -- to rest in massachusetts tomorrow. meantime, statements have been pouring in from across the world in remembrance. r'vellega vethli pe ofs olitics. she changed lives by creating the special olympics. having a dream, that's one thing and no one could envision the special olympics 41 years later. the games will always continue and the kind of vision and opportunities for persons with disabilities will always continue on. that's her legacy. >> we'll have more on eunice kennedy shriver on our we

. >> we're going to talk to arlen spector and paul ryan, one of the leading rising stars in the republicanwisconsin. the real fight isn't between republicans and democrats, it's among democrats in their own party. because on the one hand you have the more moderates saying, forget this talk about end of life counseling, forget the talk about the public option, let's just pass a striped down health care reform bill, but you have liberals is a -- that say we need a government-run health insurance program to go up against the private insurance programs and this may be our only shot. we had this situation yesterday where you had nancy pelosi, the democratic speaker of the house saying we can't pass a health care reform bill in the house without the public option and then some moderate democrat sen tars saying we can't pass health care reform in the senate with the public option. so try to figure that out. >> i'll leave that up to you and the debate on sunday morning. and i wanted to get your opinion. the broadcasting world lost a legend this weekend, don hewitt, known for creating 60 minutes an

senator arlen spector who recently switched from the republican to the democratic party says people who are expressing their anger at town hall meetings and he's seen plenty of it, do not reflect the broader public opinion of the proposed overhaul. facing tough town hall audiences in his home state of pennsylvania. >> there is such a disconnect from washington to the people of this country. you have set yourselves up on a level that you do not identify with your own constituents anymore. what do you think at home and is it doing anything for cost? julie banderas has the report. >> reporter: anxiety over healthcare reform surfaced in town hall meetings across america cities. the latest fox news opinion dynamic poll shows sharp contrast among americans on healthcare reform and economic recovery. on 15% margin, the public opposes the plan with 34% in favor, 49% are against it. americans say the angry outburst at the town hall meeting are genuine, with 52% saying these are real expression of outrage. significantly more than the 29% who think protests are organized by the political activists

. >> both him and spector. but they weren't asleep.me and did his finger at me like that. >> i'm awake, is what he's saying. and this is a little less serious and we have senator from alaska there on -- on a bike owned by another senator. >> that's lisa mccrosski from canada. and she said georgia, i don't have time to do that. i want you to do this. when you get the new work for the senate, you have no choice. it's hard working for 100 bosses. so we did this at the capital and in the sunlight and everybody was stopping to see what was going and and everybody was saying, who is that and i would lean er and tell people it was a movie star. >> and sharon you were the director of the white house photographery office during clinton years and we have some of your pictures. that is a powerful picture there from former president bill clinton. tell us about it. >> that is the night before the dedication of the little library in little rock arkansas and they had a reception there and he was there to speak a little, but of course he attracts a cl

these names are managing to go higher and not bringing the spector up. >> the names are managing to go higher and you are looking at the higher end and tiffany's is doing well. i'm dumbfounded on that and they were so beaten up that it's natural to see them inch higher. >> in terms of retail names, you are watching and what do you see there. there doubts about the strength ever consumer spending with the data. >> this area surprised a lot of people. we got the clients in around 81 or 80. there is more off side. they will trade to 91 or 92 and target off the march lows. you are supposed to stay long here. it has underperform and had a nice run off the july lows and up about 16% and it's not over yet. >> and if you got in at 80, would you say it takes off? >> we are taking profits along the way. the next is around here. 86 or 87. i think this is more to go on the upside. the target is around 94 or 95. we will take the profit and maybe even look to get short in front of 95. >> good to know. let's move on to the next trade. the shares of fannie and freddie by the billions. some think the s

the iowa republican, spector got it all wrong that i ever used the words death boards. even the liberal press never accused me of that. so channing your last tweet, arlen. and the scene was almost identical at dozens of democratic town halls across the country. hot tempers over health care reform led to shouting matches and sometimes violence. democrats congressman from pennsylvania joins us now live. congressman, we've seen some of the stuff that went on, and in arlen specter's town hall meetings. tell me about yours. >> i've had one of my district, a senator in philadelphia and two more coming up and mine have been contentious at times and by and large respectful. keep in mind on all moments i'm a public servants. i made sure to shake everybody's hands, thousands that lined up in philadelphia beforehand and third, i stayed until the very last person left five hours later. there are angry people out there. >> brian: why are they angry? tell me why they're so upset? >> well, they have had years of where washington has said things would be done and we were not watching--

. >> reporter: today arlen spector thinks consideration should be given to suspend the plan, pendingearings before the veterans affairs committee and the senate. julie. >> julie: thank you very much. you know, there is a really -- really controversial sentiment among veterans who feel they are already a burden on the country and the veterans of the country, the heros and the men and the women should feel as if in their final days, they have the best care. and, to hear the word death book, first of all, is so sad, to think that that would even be an issue, if indeed it is. >> gregg: a tough interrogation by chris wallace, as he always does and secretary duckworth will reconsider the notion of taking that down off of the web site. because of the kinds of suggestions it makes. to veterans. towards end of theirs lives. >> julie: it's interesting, when we watch the town hall meetings one in particular, in fact, one of our reporters here, david lee miller covered one of them that was for veterans and when you talk to veterans about the health care they received, compared to the health care

again, jane, the spector of violence is hanging over these elections.omb in front of the u.s. and international military headquarters here in kabul. seven people were killed. close to 100 injured. a message that the taliban is not playing around. just tonight, jane, fox news has learned that military officials snagged a truck near the airport here in this city with explosives on board. two people detained. maybe another blast avoided. back to you. jane: greg palkot in kabul for us. thanks. jon: police are going door to door looking for a suspect who shot one of their fellow officers. harris faulkner is watching it at the breaking news desk. harris? >> what i can tell you right now is they have been going -- a tactical team has been going door to door here. they have gone into at least one house that had a huge broken window. from what we could see it looked like glass was broken out. we don't know what happened there. now they are working on the third house on the perimeter there. they are on the porch, looking in the windows. this is exactly what they

spector, how much more this year are you paying for staff, how much more is your rent and expenses, so we can do your cost of living? they estimate how much money should be spent on doctors' services, and if it is above that, they just lower reimbursements. this year it was supposed to be cut 21%, even though there is no way they can seat seniors at a 20% cut. rationing is called when a government entity picks a budget number. we already have rationing in healthcare today in medicare. that is one of the reasons it is hard to find doctors to see seniors all the time. most people did not want to see that replicated across the rest of the country as well. >> are there any people in washington that have an original thought in their head that don't does regurgitate the party line? is there any chance of getting nancy pelosi at a speakership? -- and out of speakership? >> >> it was the ways and means committee at wanted us to vote. -- that wanted us to vote. >> most of the families in my subdivision are retired. what kind of advice would you give me to tell them not to be so afraid of this p

or a nuclear weapon, smuggling it to the united states, in one of our own cities, and raising the spector thousands of americans. >> >> reporter: in the summer of 2004, a few days before the democratic national convention, the white house had raised the threat level. john charges the political manipulation sharply denied by bush officials like ridge at the time. >> we don't do politics in the department of homeland security. >> reporter: now with the tense meeting a weekend before the election, ridge writes, it, quote, seemed possible to me and others around the table that something could be afoot other than simple concern about the country's safety. in the end, however, the threat level was not raised. after ridge claims he and others pulled rumsfeld and ashcroft, quote, back from the brink. but the episode left him disillusioned. he writes -- i knew i had to follow through on my plans to leave the federal government. he tendered his resignation within a month of the election. he concluded -- i consider that episode to be not only a dramatic moment in washington's recent history, but an

meanwhile, senator inspector is not about to write off -- senator spector, is not about to write it off. listen to this. >> because there are some people who are discouraged about it. the coop might have the same elements where there is an operation which is not for profit. but let's write the bill, let's consider it and let's try to do something positive. gretchen: the interesting thing here is they probably have the votes in the house to pass the health care reform bill with the government-run program intact. but they may not have the votes, the democrats in the senate because a lot of the blue dogs have said, hey, we are not going to pass this, we are not going to put our nation further into debt for the remainder of our children and grandchildren to try to figure out. so the interesting thing about health and human services secretary kathleen cebellius was, was that for conservatives who don't want the government-run program or for the liberals? i think it was for the liberals. you saw the reaction more from them. steve: absolutely. gretchen: than did you from conservatives possibly

spector said he would not pull for a bill that adds to the deficit. >>> get ready for the octomom, the documentary. fox has set up a six-figure account for the children. he says that this doesn't exploit them because the footage was already shot. >>> when it comes to music the generation gap may not be that big after all. the beatles are the most popular group for people from 16 the 65 and then some. ♪ >> they rated highest in a pew center poll. michael jackson under 30, the eagles 30 to 49 years old, and frank sinatra 65 and older for bob. >>> a police report shows that a famous college coach a admits to having sex with a woman accued of trying to export millions from him. the problem, he is married, right? >> he is married. >> the problem is the allegations about having sex in a restaurant? >> in a restaurant. it's incredibly salacious. we brought it to you a few months ago back when rick pitino said this woman was trying to extort money from him. she says he raped her. the journal says that pitino and this woman, he admitted to having sex with this woman in a restaurant in 2003. now

spector handled it very well. >> i felt bad for him. >> and i know we have to do news.ay, this is important for americans to realize. there are a lot of people who did get involved for the first time with barack obama. they have seen the press, adore this man over the past two years and this has to be very shocking to them. but for politician that is have been around for 20 years, we've seen this time and time again, i had senior citizens screaming at me in 1995, know, how dare you take away my medicare. and you sit there, you listen to the yells, you let them yell themselves out and say, okay, you really want to hear what's happening here? democrats are going to have to do the same thing and they're sitting here panicking like this has never happened. buchanan -- and here's another thing, too. buchanan has not given a speech on a college campus in the past 30 or 40 years where he wasn't shouted at, where people didn't throw salad dressing on his face. that's why people think this is horrible, this has never happened before. pat, that's just not the truth. >> very mild

and the democrats getting 60 seat joou had to see what happened to al franken and and you assumed spector -- >> landslide was the word used. no, no, no -- >> 53-46, that's a landslide. >> what was reagan's? >> i don't know. that was big. oil at $80, that's pretty good. >> that's right. that is good. i didn't think -- >> you said christmas will be good. >> are you worried about that one? >> yeah. i'll tell you that obama changes his position on iraq and afghanistan. >> and does what? >> slows troop withdrawals from iraq and increases them in afghanistan. >> the withdrawals or -- >> no, increases troops. >> they want me to go and keep talking about other stuff, like futures, rebounding after yesterday's selloff, now indicated with home depot, strength coming from that dow component. looking at 62 points of upward momentum at the start here. >> earnings news this morning from the nation's leading home improvement retailer, dow component home depot, 64 cents a chair, ex-items, ahead of analyst expectation. they did raise their guidance for fiscal 2009 as well. the ceo says housing and jobs co

senator spector has been around for a long time. other lawmakers are adjusting.olding teleconferences instead of town hall meetings and talking one-on-one to constituents at places like senior citizen centers. they say they want an intelligent conversation. they don't want to be shouted down. john, kiran, they want to answer questions that constituents have. >> interesting looking at our own polling that cnn did. it's a passionate issue for people, regardless of which side you draw, you have strong feelings. a third are strongly opposed and 25% are strongly in favor of it. it's a lot of emotions out there. >> you're so unsure of how it's all going to come out. there's three different versions of this huge bill. we don't know how we're going to pay for it. there's a lot to be passionate about. we want to know what you think about the town hall meetings. the hecklers, though, are they helping? are they hurting? can we just talk, or can we come to a compromise where we can sit down and listen together? write me on my blog -- cnn.com/amfix. we want to see what you th

spector says he's seeing a lot more anger than he has in the past and many opponents of the health care reform are people who lost their jobs. >> the groups are not necessarily representative of meshes thiefrm significant. they're very angry about what's going on in washington and angry about part i sanship and bickering and failuring to deal with issues as a mat over principle. >> i think you can see from the coverage there's concerns whether you want it or don't want it. the issue's generating a lot of strong feelings. one larm has gotten death threats. he says he will not hold town hall meetings. he's sending out surveys. >>> a basketball coach is apologizing. >> that extortion case is the reason it's coming out now. she charged that a few months all. they interviewed her and him and now we have this report. add now pitino has come out. he apologized to fans, to the media, to his wife joanna and his five kids shoo when you have a problem, when you tell the truth, your problem becomes part of your past. if you lie, it becomes part of your future. >> they say they he gave karen sypher