tara, is it wrong to do so many things at once? maybe that's what we are evolving into. >> i tried giving it up for a weekend. i but my twitter away and i was seriously shaking by sunday. i needed the connection. i felt like i was alone in a room full of people. >> it is strange. a similar feeling, i have i-pod phantom pain. i feel like i am listening to the i-pod and then i will feel the pull from the cord, but i am not wearing one. bill, you don't own appliances, so do you have these issues? >> i do when i hang out in the fox news lounge. this is bs, and i will tell you why. i never understood the picture in picture thing on tv. i can't watch two things at once and neither can any other guy. everyone knows exactly what this is. you watch your law and order and the laptop is here. oh, mariska, no. the laptop is there and that's the truth and let's embrace it. there you go nielsen and company, i could have saved you a lot of money. >> i don't do it with her, i do it with impassa. >> it is small italian film 1982. >> terrible. you h

tara mergener in washington. tara, thanks. >>> now to another vice presidential slip of the tongue. while introducing the president at tuesday's bill signing, an overly enthusiastic vice president joe biden told the president what a big deal it was. but he threw in a well-known profanity, and it was all caught by the microphones. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states of america, barack obama. [ bleep ]. the white house responded with a tweet saying, quote, yes, mr. vice president, you're right. >>> usually, a meeting between the president of the united states, and the israeli prime minister would be a high-profile event. but a dispute over israeli housing construction changed that. the president and benjamin netanyahu met twice yesterday. news coverage was barred. an israeli spokesman described the atmosphere as good. david martin reports. >> reporter: israel's prime minister netanyahu ignored reporters as he arrived at the white house for a meeting with president obama. the moment of truth for any chance of negotiations to create an israeli and a palestinian s

tara mergener is in washington with the latest. >> reporter: well, for hours, one republican amendment after another was shot down. then the decision democrats were afraid of. >> the motion is not agreed to. >> reporter: the health care fix-it bill will go back to the house despite furious efforts by democrats to keep that from happening. a spokesman for senate majority leader harry reid says two minor problems with the measure were discovered. but once they're removed, he believes it won't affect the overall bill and the house will quickly pass it again. the news came after senate members stayed up well into the early morning hours voting on amendments. >> had more amendment votes today than we had in the entire month of december. >> reporter: they'll continue the rigorous debate this morning as president obama hits the road again in iowa to drum up support for the new law. and house democrats are still dealing with the backlash from pushing that measure through. the fbi is investigating death threats and acts of vandalism against several who voted for the reform. >> you will rue the

tara mergener is in washington with all the details. tara, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well, senator jim bunning says the point is not adding to the $1.5 trillion deficit, so he blocked the bill. workers on the hump back bridge in northern virginia were told to pack up and head home monday. the bridge is among 41 infrastructure projects around the country that ground to a halt due to the wishes of one senator. >> and i'm going to object every time because you won't pay for this. >> reporter: republican jim bunning of kentucky stunned both parties by single handedly blocking a routine piece of legislation meant to extend certain benefits and subsidies. because the bill didn't pass by monday, 2,000 federal transportation workers had to be furloughed without pay. 400,000 americans risk losing their unemployment benefits over the next 7 to 10 days. and medicare fees for doctors were suddenly slashed by 21%. bunning held up the bill because democrats hadn't come up with a way to pay the $10 billion price tag. >> we cannot keep adding to the debt. >> but where was my friend f

are you convinced he did it, tara? >> yes, i am. i was really like to speak for twila, because twila was seeking help to get away from this man. she and her two children were on disability. her two sons were a little bit slow and she was getting an ssi check on all three of them and he would steal her money and go and buy the alcohol and drugs, where she was trying to get help to get away from him. >> larry: tara -- >> she had gotten up the courage to get away from him through speaking to me and other women that have been abused. >> larry: wouldn't you like to see objectively, wouldn't you like to see the dna evidence so it would finally close matters? >> what he's saying now is that she was having a love affair with her uncle who is dead now, and you know, we had an attorney on tv tonight that said that any evidence that anyone else had been in that house. i know her uncle was trying to get her away from him, and he's dead now and he can't speak for himself. so his dna could be in the house, but i also know that there was hair and

as tara mergener reports the senate will continue to debate changes on the law which the house approved. >> reporter: health care reform may now be law. but that isn't stopping republicans from fighting it. >> i think the slogan will be repeal and replace. >> reporter: they are vowing to do everything they can to keep a package of fixes in the landmark bill from passing. lawmakers will resume their 2 a hour debate later today it. >> takes a good bill and makes it a better bill. >> reporter: the gop is offering amendments to improve the measure but others seem intended to put democrats in a tough spot. for example, one would prohibit erectile dysfunction drugs for sex offenders. it's an idea most lawmakers would probably vote for but in this case democrats can't. any changes would send the measure back to the house for another vote. >> i know we can't fix it really because it is such a terrible bill. >> reporter: the battle isn't just in congress. more than a dozen states have filed lawsuits claiming the overhaul is unconstitutional. >> the tenth amendment says that congress has limited

tara mergener has more. >> having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. >> reporter: the health care fix it bill will go back to the house, despite furious efforts by democrats to keep that from happening. a spokesman for harry reed says two minor problems with the measure were discovered but once they are removed he believes it won't affect the overall bill and the house will quickly pass it. the news came after senate members stayed up in to the early-morning hours voting on amendments. >> we have had more amendment votes today than the entire month of december. >> reporter: they will continue the rigorous debate this morning as president obama hits the road again in iowa to drum up support for the new law. and house democrats are still dealing with the backlash from pushing that measure through. the fbi is investigating death threats and acts of vandalism against several who voted for the reform. >> you will rue the day you did this mr. stupak. >> i hope you die. >> he is one of ten members who received frightening voice mails from angry constituents. four congress

. >>> i'm tara mergener and the health care fix it bill will go back to the house.ng up. >>> if you 'just heading out, only two accidents to get in your way, we'll send it to mart thank you. >> it boils down to faster and better, the fastest and wireless. and it's all being talk about in vegas. there's a convention ant wireless. that's going to blow your mind. steve green burg will tell you about that device. that's as the morning edition continues. we'll have coffee with. >>> we have trouble on west fayette street and we'll have the lateness that -- latest on that after the weather. >>> well, we have trouble to the west, we have rain coming our way, it's enough to make it sloppy. it's going to be dry and 42 now and going to a high in the upper 60s. it's after the dinner activity that the showers do the gift. it's going to be a great late afternoon. >>> thank you, and what's wrong on the way to work and school, here's sharon. >> we've just had two accidents and one involves an mta bus. again, that's involving an mta bus. there and meantime, we're told there are no d

here's tara mergener for wjz. >> i think the slogan is reveal and replace. >> reporter: the republicans are vowing to keep the law from passing and the lawmakers will reveal the 20 hour debate today. >> it takes a good bill and makes it a better bill. >> reporter: others are tended to -- this is an idea most would vote for, but in this case, democrats can't. any changes would send the measure back to the house for another vote. >> i know we can't fix it, it's a terrible bill. >> reporter: but the battle isn't taking place just in congress, more than a dozen states filed lawsuits claiming it's unconstitutional. >> congress has limited powers, the tenth amendment says, they don't include the power to pass a health care plan like this. >> reporter: the attorneys argue that the government can't force people to buy insurance. >> reporter: legal experts say that's highly unlikely. the white house isn't worried. instead, president obama will focus on selling the plan to the public tomorrow. >>> they're also scrambling to fix a problem with the bill. it would still allow insurance companies to

tara liked to paint in the quiet morning. she had come into work early at the montana trails art gallery the morning of the blast. her family and many friends around bozeman miss her dearly. today as we mourn, we also remember the actions of the people of bozeman after the blast. oftentimes, in the routine of everyday life, we forget that we may be called upon at any moment to act heroically. there were many heroes that day in bozeman. more than 70 firefighters and departments throughout the county answered the call for help. although it took hours to shut off the natural gas that caused the initial blast, the volunteers continued to fight the blaze. many had left their day jobs to perform their duties. the calls for help continued long after the blaze was extinguished. residents had lost their homes. small business owners had lost their livelihood. in the truest expression of what it is to be a montanan, the people of bozeman pulled together to help the victims of the blast and rebuild downtown. local businesses donated food

tara mergener has the latest. president obama will return to washington this morning after making a surprise six-hour visit to afghanistan. >> how's it going bagram? >> reporter: he delivered a rousing speech on sunday, thanking u.s. troops for all they have done and reminding him of what they are fighting for. >> the taliban -- if the taliban remakes this country, and al-qaeda can operate with impunity than more american lives will be at stake. >> reporter: it was the commander in chief's first trip to afghanistan as president. when he took office there were 34,000 u.s. troops in the country and there are now 80,000 and later this year, when the troop surge he ordered is complete there will be nearly 100,000. the president acknowledged that while difficult days lie ahead in the eight-year war the u.s. will prevail. >> i'm confident all of you will get the job done right here in afghanistan. i'm confident of that. >> reporter: but the president wasn't just trying to boost morale abroad, the trip was also aimed at

tara mergener reports. >> reporter: in the hard hit city of concopcion they search for survivors. >>>tal region of chile, the death toll topped 700 and with many missing the number is expected to grow. for survivors their thoughts are focused on getting by. residents stripped this one supermarket bear on sunday. -- bare on sunday. >> this woman says it is a necessity. we have no water and nothing to eat. >> reporter: they say the basic essentials from major supermarkets will be given away prosecutor free. 10,000 chilean soldiers are on the street. >> secretary of state hillary clinton will visit chile tomorrow as part of her five nation latin america tour. she will stop in the capital city of santiago to show america's support for the rescue and recovery mission. after initially turning down foreign aid, the president appealed for international help on sunday. along with food and water, field hospitals and temporary bridges top the list of needs. some areas were left devastated either by the monster quake or frightening tsunamis that followed. the president is calling it a catastrophe

>> tara, i'm from rhode island. >> jimmy: very good. are your a karaoke fan?'ll be good tonight. what's your name and where are you from? >> billy walen from minneapolis, minnesota. >> jimmy: billy walen? very, very good. and what's your name? >> i'm shazad from texas. >> jimmy: shazad from texas. very, very good. well, thanks for coming on the show. you ready to belt out tea party tunes? >> yeah. >> jimmy: all right, rocking. okay, here's how you play. you'll each stand with your back to the sharp 108 and sing the words you see on the monitor in front of you. the actual words of the tea party convention speakers themselves. they'll change from white to yellow to help you follow along, just like real karaoke. we'll decide the winner based on the audience response. steve, tell us what tonight's winner will be taking home? ♪ >> steve: well, jimmy, tonight's winner will receive a brand new gpx karaoke system. sing along to your favorite songs and follow the lyrics with it's built-in monitor. includes a microphone and av cable. ♪ jimmy >> jimmy: amazing. i know a

tara mergener is in washington with a details. >> reporter: good morning. well, just two months ago, it's hard to believe this bill was widely considered dead. but last night, a stunning turnaround for health care reform. >> the bell is passed. >> reporter: the nation's health care system is about to get one of the biggest overhauls it has ever seen. after a marathon weekend session, house members voted late last night 219-212 to push through the senate bill extending coverage to 32 million americans. the measure which received no republican backing now goes to president obama to sign it nto law. >> this will not fix everything that ails our health care system, but it moves us in the right direction. >> reporter: he helped clinch the victory issuing apexecutive order barring federal funding for abortions. >> to protect the sanctity of life. >> reporter: but republicans weren't convinced. >> we have failed to listen to america. >> reporter: the house also voted on a set of fixes. the senate will take up that measure tuesday. but some fear it will spark yet a

tara, welcome. >> it's great to be here. >> you got under way with a 20-point win over arizona. long. talk about your team's performance today and how well you think they're prepared to enter the ncaa tournament. >> our team is playing very well right now. jane is coming back from an ankle -- sprained ankle. mckay was the pack ten player of the year this year. these playing great. kayla peterson and great play from bolen, and so it's really exciting. you know, the pac-10 women's tournament is very competitive. >> you talked about some of your players. i think if people have seen your team play, they realize are you have a lot of talent and versatile players. you mentioned apell, peterson. you've got some very good players on your team. >> if you want to compete at the highest level, we have a great coaching staff but the players get out there and get it done. they worked very hard. they get along very well. they're very unself sxish a fine group to coach. >> you went 18-0 in the conference in pac-10, 21-1 in the season, and the one loss to the number one team in the country, uco

tara writes "she should focus on raising her children especially the one with the disability, talkg about the little guy that was just born." do you think that people will watch, brooke? i mean, it is sarah palin. i i'm sure they'll give it one look, right? >> you know, she has a lot of people who love her. and to respect her, she has just as many people, though who do hate her and who disrespect her. but i think she does have an audience. and i think if it's a good show, people will watch. and this is a great fit for discovery. you know they also air "the deadliest catch" which is based in alaska. they have a number of nature shows. it is unclear which of discovery communications channels it could possibly air on. you know they've got discovery. they've got tlc, animal planet, the oprah winfrey network that's going to be starting in the future, so a number of possibilities. >> she's working with mark brunnet he's like what the reality show king, "the survivor." "the apreptis," right. >> the "the survivor" and "the apprentice." >> one thing that that is baffling how does this affect her p

under this bill, the costs to the federal government, which has tara dishly been about 20% of our -- what has traditionally been about 20% of our gross national product will jump up to about 25% of our gross national product. it will be unaffordable as a result of that. but they claim they pay for it, and the way they claim they pay for it primarily is to cut medicare by a trillion dollars when fully implemented. now, this seems fundamentally unfair to the people on our side of the aisle. we all recognize that medicare has serious problems. it's got a $38 trillion -- or or $36 trillion unfunded liability. we all recognize that medicare recipients depend on that program. and so if we're going to adjust medicare payments, cut them, as they do in this bill, eliminate programs like medicare advanta advantage, for all intents and purposes, then those savings as a matter of fairness, should stay in the medicare system. i mean, that's what should happen. those savings, which are huge in this bill. and i respect the fact that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle stepped up and made t

it was tara and her kids. >> reporter: it was a homecoming like no other.iful! >> reporter: and a community gained something that in these tough economic times is hard to come by. hope. how do you say thank you to the thousands of people? i mean this changed our whole life. >> there's kind of a feeling i'm getting, you may that used to community, but in some ways this community needed you. >> wow. that's an honor to us. this is better than a dream come true. thank you for your love and support, and thank you for making our house a home. >> those people slay me what they do. the man you met, ron, is just one of so many people who stepped up even though they're losing their own businesses, they've lost their jobs, they've lost their homes, yet they stepped up for the family. that says something i think about the grit in this country. >> how's she feeling? >> she's doing better. they think that all the good that's happened is going to buoy also her children. actually, the full story is going to be coming up this sunday night on a very special "dateline" called

we're back with our panel, john gibson, rick newman and tara.e situation if you are due a refund from the i.r.s. and you have not purchased health care, they can fine you by taking away your refund. but if you are not due a refund, will the i.r.s. be capable of coming after all these people and enforcing this new law? >> well, part of the reason why the law is being implemented in 2014 is some of these -- some of these challenges can be worked out. the reality here is that the i.r. s., i think, is a good place to house. the i.r.s. is not going to be taking over health care. they're going to be handling the enforcement side of ensuring that people buy insurance and if not, handling the administration of the penalties. >> that still makes people very uncomfortable. >> it's comforting to know that the i.r.s. is going to be out there backing up health care. i'm sure a lot of people find that a comforting thing. >> the i.r.s. has trouble figuring out who is paying our taxes. this is going to be kind of an enforcement nightmare and it seems likely for

under this bill, the costs to the federal government, which has tara dishly been about 20% of our --t has traditionally been about 20% of our gross national product will jump up to about 25% of our gross national product. it will be unaffordable as a result of that. but they claim they pay for it, and the way they claim they pay for it primarily is to cut medicare by a trillion dollars when fully implemented. now, this seems fundamentally unfair to the people on our side of the aisle. we all recognize that medicare has serious problems. it's got a $38 trillion -- or or $36 trillion unfunded liability. we all recognize that medicare recipients depend on that program. and so if we're going to adjust medicare payments, cut them, as they do in this bill, eliminate programs like medicare advanta advantage, for all intents and purposes, then those savings as a matter of fairness, should stay in the medicare system. i mean, that's what should happen. those savings, which are huge in this bill. and i respect the fact that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle stepped up and made this