. >>> i'm joined live by steve thomma. if 71% of americans are willing to wait till the end of the year or longer, which why is the administration pushing so hard to have the bill as soon as possible? >> the number one reason is they've got some support still in congress. but it's dropping. the president's numbers have been dropping for weeks. a lot of that i think is tied to the fact that unemployment is going up and people are losing trust and confidence in president obama. if he's right and unemployment is going to continue to go up into the fall, his numbers are going to continue to go down. he loses political capital, loses the clout he has of congress. the faster he gets it, the better chance he has to get as much as he can. the longer it takes, the less support he's going to have, the closer it gets him to 2010 which is an election year. house members get a lot more nervous about a big change. it becomes even more difficult. >> okay. part of the problem may be the timing here, coming on the heels of the economic sti

. >> steve thomma, thank you so much. good to see you. >> my pleasure. >>> hollywood fighting for the rights to michael jackson's final rehearsal video. we'll show you where the minimum bidding begins. >>> entertainers from around the globe come together to celebrate a freedom fighter's birthday. you're watching msnbc sunday. >>> this was the next-to-last rehearsal for michael jackson. what we haven't seen is the last rehearsal. they have a lot of tape of that. it started a bidding war among hollywood studios who want to turn it into a feature film. business for these tapes reportedly have started at $50 million. no deal is expected until sometime next week. there are also reports that a television tribute is planned using part of the footage and that could fetch $10 million. >>> while hollywood fights overall this tape of michael jackson in his final days, his family and lawyers are fighting over his estate. on friday michael jackson's mother filed court papers to try to fight the executors named in her son's will. joini