where's todd, oh, my gosh, where's todd. >> reporter: were todd and his grown sonic who lived at homell victims too? minutes later, the police arrive entering the bedroom where todd lay sleeping. >> i was sleeping and the door opens and a guy starts screaming at me to get my hand in the air. i could just see the figures and the shadows in the doorway. >> reporter: what did you think was going on? >> i thought nick had come home with a couple of his buddies and they were half drunk and i just thought they were pulling a joke. >> reporter: but the manueliyels deadly serious. moments later, todd's son came out of the bedroom. >> guys yelling at me, swearing, told me to get on the ground. >> reporter: both were handcuffed. todd kept asking the police who were swarming his house what was happening and where his wife darlene was. the men with badges and guns were not answeng. >> after a half hour, i noticed a person was sitting at the table with her car keys and a cell phone. >> reporter: what did that tell you? >> told me she was there somewhere. she wouldn't leave without her cell phone.

touchdown, todd heap. >> stan: or todd heap. >> gerry: that time todd heap held on to it and joe flaccopass. >> stan: you remember how effective todd heap was in the red zone when he was healthy. they didn't have that last year. that was a weapon that was missing. now you have matched up against the linebacker. the linebacker's head is turned and you throw it high. joe says that's a touchdown and that makes him happy. >> gerry: common thought joe flacco was struggling in camp, he's hot tonight our score ravens 7, carolina panthers 3. flacco to todd heap for the touchdown. >> gerry: todd heap's touchdown puts the ravens up with 13:23 to play in the first half. >> stan: joe flacco does a great job of getting the ball in the hole. freeze right here. the shoal right behind todd heap here. -- the hole is right behind todd heap. he gets it over the line backer and before the safety can get there, that's the hole in the corner of the end zone. the linebacker's head is turned. he won't know when to jump. >> gerry: the radio listeners, stan is not playing simon says. he's using the player for th

it's go b joe trusting other guys besides mason. >> the first time he threw to todd, todd dropped the ball. he went right back to him and proved him. >> every time you have a drop, you know you feel bad. but the confidence in joe flacco, of course cam cameron calling up 86's number and 86 delivering and joe flacco, i promise you he's saying to himself, oh, yes i got the guy todd heap back. he's looking like the probowl performer we are, customed to. >> when we come back, we will check with john harbaugh at the podium. he's 3-0 in the pre-season. ravens 17-13 tonight over the panthers. (announcer on call) ...he throws it across the field. he's got something! 30...4 .he's got it! 40! he's got it! 20...10...he's got it! 5!...endzone! touch down! there are no flags on the field! it's a miracle! (announcer) that's what greatness tastes like. triple hops brewed. great pilsner taste. miller lite. taste greatness. bÑ >> ravens win tonight. joe flacco a rating of person 115. let's go listen to joe. >>ung we looked good. the biggest thing i wish we had three touchdowns. we kind of hurt ourselve

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todd, your thoughts on it?egala, the smartest person i think at articulating the democratic message, if you look at what fdr did with social security, at first it didn't cover a lot of people, and it was an important incremental step. better to get half a loaf than get the perfect bill. that said, i think the cutting up the loaf ought to be happening, as jonathan said it, at the final conference between the

good morning, todd. thankfully you have more than a polaroid to give us a snapshot of what's going on weatherwise. >> we'll go with a movie. pretty substantial at this point. major hurricane bill with winds 135 mrps. caribbean, extending out to the lesser antilles, moving to the northwest at a pretty good clip. i mentioned this first, a very substantial storm. the latest came in a minute or so. 125. but at least to give you an idea, still, there's bermuda, east coast of the united states, expected to bring this north basically into saturday, sunday time frame. it has slowed down a little bit. still expected to be a major hurricane off the coastline. primary inpact, waves will be the biggest issue as far as rip currents. very dangerous at the beaches. very significant thunderstorm activity. we will see a chance towards d.c., new york city by late this afternoon. something to keep in mind as far as you head out the door is concerned, mild air mass in place. the only reason we won't see 90s will be the chan

todd told him was true. to begin with, she had not two years off of for age, a gesture of vanity perhaps and she and her husband had been married for 12 years, not 18. effect of which mrs. todd was surely aware and ally that seems hard to fathom since the children's ages raise no question about the legitimacy but the other countries were even more-- pia there untruths were more stunning. ver husband was not black. he was not from the west indies. he was not a steelworker, even his name, james todd, was a lie. ada todd was married to clarence king, a celebrated public figure and the person the american secretary of state, john hay, once called the best and brightest man of his generation. king was a larger-than-life character, a western expert lawyer, an accomplished writer and storyteller. he hobnobbed with presidents and congressman, counted some of the nation's most distinguished writers and artists among his closest friends. his physical agility and bravery combined with his keen intellect and with comman

what a catch, todd heap. he pull its down at the carolina 24 yard-line. todd heap is back.odd heap we have known. >> stan: he's got to go up and get it. it's one of the reasons this was open. chris gamble, number 20 cannot get back. he saw the back check down. they kept throwing the check down. you are able to throw band him. >> gerry: giving to mcgahee. bounces off his own receiver and ekes out a one yard gain. rob burnett standing by. >> rob: you talking about michael oher, the first round pick go d an outstanding job against julius peppers. it's a natural position for him. he's going to be a right position because of gaither. >> gerry: whether it's right or left tackle, one of the things we are seeing, we talked about the costly penalty in the 1st quarter. but since then he's dropping guys. no sooner than i say that than a defensive end gets by and he gets penalized. >> referee: holding, number 74, the offense. 10-yard penalty, 2nd down. >> gerry: come on kid, we are trying to give you compliments. don't undercut us. >> stan: watch on the inside move. he got the outside

he's todd harrison founder and c.e.o. of minyanville. >> susie: cisco systems' latest results beat expectations despite a third straight quarter of falling sales. our guest tonight, chairman and ceo john chambers says the tech slump may have reached a tipping point. >> paul: i'm paul kangas. >> susie: and i'm susie gharib. this is "nightly business report" for wednesday, august 5. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. 7//& >> susie: good evening, everyone. the big question about the economic recovery is when will american businesses start hiring again? more than 6.5 million people have lost jobs since the recession began. on friday, the labor department reports on unemployment for july. and today payroll processor adp said the nation's businesses cut 371,000 jobs last month the 18th straight month of declines. as darren gersh reports, it's going to take a lot longer than 18 months to get things back to normal. >>

a throw from joe flacco to todd heap. todd heap has been bothered by back problems. rob, he looks 100% for the first time in 18 months. >> rob: i'm sure joe flacco and cam cameron is excited about it. he can have 10 touchdowns easily. >> gerry: lardarius webb and takes a knee for a touchback. the geico scoring drive for the carolina panthers. that makes it a 4 point ball game after the 50-yard john kasay field goal. john beck the former miami dolphins quarterback. cam cameron was the head coach there. cameron comfortable with the young man. 1st down to jalen parmele. a penalty flag on the play. >> stan: jalen parmele is a running back like -- >> referee: holding number 84, the offense. half the distance to the goal. still 1st down. >> gerry: back-to-back plays by edgar jones. it turned into an interception last time. that will back the ravens up to the 10 yard-line. >> stan: the experiment of a year ago of playing both way system probably going to be 86ed. penalties and dropped passes are not going to help him. >> gerry: whistle slow. >> referee: 3:32 back on the clo

it's a sea change that could be coming in medicine. >> and what about you, todd? a sense of the consumer wireless world right here. obviously, the smart chip, the advanced technology has changed your world as well, correct? >> i think it's continuing to change our world. and i think at hewlett-packard we're driving a lot of that change, maria. you and i have talked a lot, and obviously paul and i have talked a lot about how the world's now moved from being mobile to being connected. and that affects us broadly across our business from how people access information, how they communicate, how they keep in touch, frankly how they work. and i think as we look at the next generation of products, be they smart devices in health care, be they basic communication devices for consumers, be they the way you share media, connectivity will be a huge driver to growth. >> todd, we're working a lot on different technologies to provide a very compelling end user experience. tell me what you think about what it's going to be in the next, say, ten years. >> well, we are working clo

and i am here to talk about my biography of the mary todd lincoln. who is as many of you know our most controversial first lady. she has been accused and listen to this, of trapping her husband into marriage, being pregnant -- gasp -- at the altar, having a terrible temper to the extent that in one historical account she tries to kill lincoln by throwing an iron skillet at him, by spending too much money fixing up the white house during wartime, and finally and most devastating for her of being crazy. now, and today is mental diagnoses, this has become a being bipolar. now, mary lincoln was a spiritualist and one of the things that, in fact, was one of the things that led to her unnecessary institutionalization, and whenever i talk about her she appears here and i am not a spiritualist. perhaps she is in those bright lights and that we had, perhaps she is somewhere in the overhead lights and air, but what she says as she appears to me is, tell them the good things about me, tell them how i made a home for abraham lincoln who had no home, before i cre

todd santos. a bit we'll bring you live reports from bermuda and along the east coast so make sure to log on to weather.com as well as stay tuned to "msnbc saturday." >>> it is the president's first family's vacation. they're all heading to martha's vineyard for a ten-day vacation. the obamas set to arrive there on monday. there was last-minute prep for the first family's arrival. before we go to you, ann, how is the weather there? >> it's humid. no winds yet, but, boy, i can't remember the last time the cape was humid. you can literally cut the air. vacationers catch the ferry to go to martha's vineyard. this weekend, pride and enthusiasm over the president's upcoming vermont. the invasion of martha's vineyard is under way. marine helicopters buzz overhead. cars with tinted windows and license plates roll off the ferries as the island prepares for its close-up. the island will host president obama and his family, they hope it will be their vary own stimulus package. >> what we hope they will see

todd told him was true.to begin with she had not to your software age, a gesture of vanity perhaps a share in her husband had been married for 12 years, not 18. in fact, that which she was surely aware and it seems hard to fathom says the josias age is no question about the legitimacy. but the other untruths for even more and standing -- more stunning. for has been it was not black. he was not from the west indies, he was not a steel worker. even his name, james todd, was alive. ada todd was an eye to married to clarence king, is celebrated public a. a person the american secretary of state john hayes was call the person who was the best and brightest of his generation king was a larger-than-life character from a western explored phraseologist an accomplished writer and storyteller. he hobnobbed with presidents and congressman, can to some of the nation's most distinguished writers and artists of his closest friends. his physical agility and bravery combined with his keen intellect and wit commandery air --

.   that one right in there for todd hilton. >> rob: frac touring the bone inside the shoulder, and that fracture caused him to miss a lot of time and they had to make sure that bone was completely healthy before they aloud him to do baseball stuff. >> bob: todd hilton, two hits and five walks in this series. for the most part, the nationals haven't had much to do with him, if anything. it has kept him from driving any runs in and maybe that's why. hitting nearly .400 career against the nats, almost an r.b.i. per game and a home run every three times out. and that goes back the montreal days as well.   . >> rob: maybe there is something to the fact that todd helton loves fried baloney sandwiches. >> bob: he does? >> rob: yes he does. >> bob: breakfast of champions? >> rob: i think he eats them at the ball park every day. i don't know if he still does that, i know we have had conversations over the last decade. we kid him about that, that used to be something i liked, he liked. >> bob: fried baloney. you throw it in

that's gonna two to the wall and drive in todd helton.roy tulowitzki, only his second hit of this series, but with his two hits he has driven in three runs. and the rockies lead by two again. . >> rob: well, with two outs, helton gets a huge 3-2 hit and, right there, another hit to the opposite field on a breaking ball by tulowitzki. and he said he has laid down a breaking ball before, it was almost like he went looking for a bergmann breaking ball. >> bob: double switch coming. left-handed batter coming up, but it's not ron villone. it will be tyler clip ard.    well the rockies have been opportunistic. they haven't scored that much, but the timing of the runs devastate to go the nationals. ♪ ♪ tell me who's watching. ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ (announcer) it's right here. it's easy.  >> bob: our nextel vision gam will be a different ball club. prince fielder, mike cameron, and power to spare at corey hart. and it will be a tough assignment for jd martin. he'll be making his

. >> stan: it's too bad he didn't see todd heap in the back of the end zone. he was wide open. >> gerry: i'm a little surprised they're not going bring in the field goal kicker

. >> stan: it's too bad he didn't see todd heap in the back of the end zone. he was wide open. >> gerry: i'm a little surprised they're not going bring in the field goal kicker here since you're looking for a new kicker. >> stan: something's wrong with the communication system here. he had to run over, cam cameron had to run. here comes john harbaugh running down to call a time- out. >> gerry: ravens facing a fourth and inches.

we'll take to you todd conners. brand new restaurant in town. well it's about 18 months old. >> jamie costello, justin berk, and megan pringle's still on her honeymoon. she'll be back at some point. >> we think. who knows. >>> let's get started. >> i had some nasty allergy this morning. i thought for a while i might be allergic to you. there's other people in the newsroom who maybe they are allergic to you as well. new shampoo you are using or something? >> it is. >> we had a muggy start to the day, patchy fog, low clouds. feeling like 79 right now in downtown baltimore. looks like a nice shower may try to pop up going for the two degree guaranteed high of 85. we'll check out the beach weekend forecast in just a bit. >>> i don't care whether it's a paper cut or he stubs his toe, when michael phelps is in an accident, it's news. he was the driver of this suc when he collided with another vehicle. fellps was not injured. the driver of another car had to go to the hospital. two passengers in phelps' car were not injured. michael phelps was intervie

stretches out close to the 29- yard line before todd yoder can bring him down. (announcer) what does greatness taste like? round of miller lite. (announcer on call) ...here it comes... watch this now... got it! my goodness! now you have seen it all. (announcer) that's what greatness tastes like. triple hops brewed. great pilsner taste. miller lite. taste greatness.  >> gerry: scoreless in the opening minutes of preseason. washington redskins rookie, a maryland product, finding life a little tough in the opening moments of the nfl. >> stan: kevin barnes, i was watching him, he was so busy looking at the official to see if he was lined up right, they snapped the ball and he hadn't even looked back yet. that gave the defense time to get both guys on him. he never made it off the line of scrimmage. >> gerry: joe starting his second season. has it batted in the air and almost intercepted. back at the 15-yard line. andrei carter tipped the ball. >> stan: that was strange. he threw that ball real low. you would think at a guy his height would get the ball up more,

chuck todd joins us in a moment from montana. plus, you know those end of life counsel prognosis visions in the health care bills which republicans, like sarah palin, have distorted into death panels? it turns out republicans were actually for end of life counseling before they were against it. that's just one of the inconsistencies we'll discuss with republican john culbertsoc. >> and how far has he fallen? there is a report that john edwards is about to finally admit he is the father of his mistress's child? where would he be if edwards had not been so wisely dejected by wise democratic voters last year. >> and bill clinton has some tough words on the networks crowd on don't ask don't tell. >> and what does it mean to be palinized? ask one who says it could easily happen to her. the definition coming up on the hardball side show. >>> first president obama and his latest push for health care reform. nbc news chief white house correspondent chuck todd is traveling with the president and joining us from montana. by my count there

chuck todd, i studied economics in grad school. one thing you learn is if you stimulate the economy through a big fiscal deficit, it has got to jack up the economy and put juice into it. now we are beginning to see that turn. in other words, we are reaching, perhaps, the end of the actual recession. in other words, the part of restrictive growth, negative growth earlier than we thought because of all the spending and all this deficit. >> that's right. they also feel, it is funny, i want to pick up on something susan said, there's a feeling of "i told you so" in the president of and his tone. we told you the stimulus was going to work. with e had to do all these things. bail out the banks, do that. then we had to bail out the auto industry, give it time on that. now they have this down tick and it is a small down tick on unemployment, but, chris, i think what helps him a little bit more is throwing the cash for clunkers. here was a program that was not part of the original stimulus program, but it was a simple easy to grasp like, oh

we joked that we would call her todd.ut when it came down to it, we couldn't do it. >> reporter: there she is, tc's little sis. this used to be slammers and armadillo's, but they since moved out. now everybody up on the wall used to be a customer, but now they're not only a customer, but family member. >> we wanted to provide an atmosphere where people can come and they feel like it's an extension of their living room, but they don't have to do any of the work. >> reporter: uncle red's worked for 30 years, didn't want to relocate. so while nikki is changing diapers, red changed his life in becoming a restaurant co- owner. >> yeah, people say are you crazy, right in you should be retiring at your age. i say nah, something i've always wanted to do. my brother was a bartender for many years in philadelphia and i kind of grew up with it. i figured this is a good opportunity. >> reporter: and listen to the opportunity for you to save a dime. $1.50 bows when the o's play. yapie hour outside. free biscuits for your doggy. the ch

todd, how different would it be -- okay, i guess we just lost the signal to todd webster.democratic worker in the daschle administration, in his office. ken, let me ask you tonight. white house backing. they're backtracking. or what are they doing? i mean, are you clear that where the white house stands, and do you think their messaging has been spot-on? >> i don't think their message is has been spot-on. i do think, however, that this floating of a trial balloon on the public option possibly taking off was a very purposeful effort to see how that would affect congressional support, public support for the plan as a whole. however, i think it's a bad sign that they -- signal that they were willing to make this concession this early in the game. i think that regardless of how secretary sebelius tries to recast it or regardless of what joe kline says, many people viewed it as not just an essential part of this but the essential part of the plan. so the fact that they're willing to offer it up now i think does not bode well for them going forward. >> todd webster, what about t

brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> amputee elephants walking again and teaching lessons about land mine dangers in asia. mosha was 7 months old when her front right leg was destroyed by a land mine. she's been in a thy el frant hospital ever since and learning to walk. she got a fancy new leg that will adjust as she grows. a 48-year-old elephant also lost her leg hauling wood as a logging camp near the mine-littered thy border with myanmar. she's been hobbling on three legs for ten years. she's now benefitted for her own prosthetic. >>> sci-fi themes are hot at the box office right now, but with two very different audiences and two opposite sides of the spectrum. it's hard and gritty alien fare versus soft and romantic time travel. >> nobody knew what this place was. >>

todd santos is here with more on bill. good morning, todd. >> good morning, alex. the latest advisory that came in and one piece that's changed is that the motion instead of north-northwest, we're talking north. still the same speed, 22 miles per hour, wind speeds sustained around 105. still a nasty storm. at this point category 2. the north movement what we're looking for. the perfect way to look at a storm moving away from bermuda, towards the northwest. still you can see that southeastern corner kind of touching the edge of the island. we'll be checking in with jim c cantore. here's a look at check, today into tomorrowly, substantial effects on the beaches. rip current risks and waves upwards around 12 feet, potentially high of across the new jersey shoreline. something to keep in mind. stay out of the water with the system, you're likely to be all set across the area. we are looking at high surf advisory extending from south of jacksonville, florida, across the carolinas, outer banks one spot that could pick up upwards, 15 foot waves if not higher. tropical sto

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so what todd was saying, august doesn't look like it's going to be that good. >> yeah. one way, obviously, to improve business is to cut prices. what about cutting prices on consoles? is that something we're going to see even more of ahead of the holiday season and what does that mean for the stock? >> i think nikint is a company that's pretty ripe. the wii came out two years ago at 250 and it hasn't cut its price and now it's starting to suffer sales. both sony psp and the nintendo wii are pretty soft right now. the xbox is holding up a little better but i think that's because of the xbox marketplace where a lot of people are spending the summer playing free versions of one versus 100. >> todd, you disagree with that obviously. >> i don't think it's necessarily just about the top line. i think that these companies are going into this year with a much rationalized product line. i think you see less high-risk i.p. than you did last year, a bunch of core staples like madden, like fifa, like call of duty. and i think these companies are focusing in on earning money this ye

let's bring in republican strategist todd harris, welcome to you both. let's start with you, todd.ns, the right getting some traction with these town halls. there's a lot of anger there. that they're getting very heated. but is there a potential of a backlash? i mean, is this -- are republicans playing with fire here? >> people are ending up in the hospital, and i don't think there's ever an excuse on either side for violence. but i do have to say, savannah, i think the media's newfound interest in all of these protesters is a little bizarre. as somebody's who's been work in politics for a long time, i've been to dozens and dozens of meetings who have been broken up by union protesters who come in and chant, don't let people speak, and the media has never paid any interest to that. so now, all of a sudden, when people are upset about barack obama's proposed government takeover of the health care system, now all of a sudden this is a huge issue. >> okay, but people were actually injured at this one in tampa. it's a little bit -- >> it's my understanding that was person who was injur

you'll not hear from todd heap any more tonight.john harbaugh will now look at closely in the second half are players who perhaps aren't going to win a spot this year as a position player, but if they can show some skills as a position player they can win the job on special teams. >> stan: or they can make the practice squad, too, and become a developmental player. >> gerry: lost the ball in the end zone, it's out of bounds. edgar jones was -- justin harper was along the sidelines but he was not open. troy smith did a nice job of making sure nobody was going to get a hand on that ball. just get rid of the ball and try again on second and 15. >> stan: the linebacker does a nice job of looking him up and taking, he's basically the one man pattern. he caught the same pass on the first play of this drive. >> gerry: the deep drop down the middle, has got a man, in and out of the hands of isaac. he had a touchdown, he couldn't hold on to it as robert henson closed on him. troy smith has looked so polished with his passing, and while joe f

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todd webster, you worked on capitol hill for a long time. democratic side, tom daschle, you knew the force, you saw the force that ted kennedy brought to people's lives and to action to get things done. how much of a divorforce was he it came to the 11th hour, todd. >> one of the great ironies in the last 48 hours, hearing the tributes to ted kennedy coming pouring out, after spending deck kids raising money by demonizing ted kennedy as the great liberal, irish catholic embodiment of all that's wrong in washington, republicans are actually coming out and being very gracious and making very kind and supportive statements, they loved ted kennedy, they knew that they could get a deal done with ted kennedy. if you look at president bush, his only two domestic accomplishments, the prescription drug bill, and another piece of legislation were only made possible because he had ted kennedy's support. now with the health care bill, you know, you have got other republicans, orrin hatch who's on the finance committee, who was a supporter and a co-spons

chuck todd breaks it all day. >>> scenes are familiar now. passionate support. passionate opposition. >> there are differences. for the third straight month, mr. obama's overall job rating has dropped. 41% disapproving. on health care, the president's job rating, while unchanged, still only has 41% approving, 47% disapproving. it's even worse for republicans in congress. just 21% approve how they are handling health care. 6 #% disapprove. >> the public is split over reform efforts. 41% are concerned reforms won't go far enough. >> i'm sorry, sir, i just don't believe you. >> reporter: and the town halls, the country is evenly divided. 43 percent say they have done more hard than good. 42% say they have done more good than harm. and republicans believe they're good. as for the controversial allegations about what's like i to happen, the president has work to do. 55% believe illegal immigrants will get taxpayer money, 50% believe it will pay for abortions. every single statement has been checked independently and proven to be false. the bottom line on health care

hit it extremely hard and here is todd hilton.   . >> rob: goght back, ma another run. >> bob: rob, is it kind of odd when you've pitched three innings and now you're on the stretch for the first time. >> rob: rob it will be awkward for the first two or three pitches. but one thing we did, your odd numbers, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, you would workout of the stretch in your warm up pitches. >> bob: oh. >> rob: to get you used to pitching from the stretch. i always liked it. i came out of the bullpen sometimes in the seventh and later on in my career for a little bit in the ninth, but it's always nice to do both, to practice both and get into a habit and i'm sure, you know, you warm up in the bullpen before the game, you do so from the stretch.   . >> bob: spilborghs, 9 stolen bases.   . >> rob: by the way, i had m rizzo on my radio show today after it was aannounced he was senior vice president in charge of development. drew storen got his fourth save now since being moved up a level

todd helton is 0 for 2 tonight.stor short and a fly ball to center. >> rob: all right, manny ramirez is a little shy on the average. life time .314. .411, and .593. >> bob: okay. >> rob: there's a drive to right, and dukes will have to play it on a hop. and it's first and second. one out for the rockies here. stammen's pitch count is not the problem. >> rob: it's the third trip through the line-up problem, where they're hitting well over .300 against them. in fact, .357 opponents batting average. the third trip through the line- up. >> bob: and the second time through tonight, rob, they were 0 for 8 with a walk, but obviously the nationals are well aware of that number, and after one base hit, they have somebody warming up in a seemingly not that dangerous situation, which has now become dangerous. tulowitzki now. sometimes you have to goatee the line-up one time with just maybe your fastball, or maybe your curveball. >> bob: and then, of course, and we don't talk about this maybe enough, there's the fatigue factor.

todd salomone, would you agree with that? or would you be putting new money to work at these current levels? >> from a longer-term perspective certainly. there is a ton of cash on the sidelines. you look at 2000 -- beginning of 2008, for example, institutional money market funds, there was like 1.9 trillion. we're up currently to 2.4 trillion, which is down just a little bit from the 2.5 trillion at the beginning of the year. the good news is we don't have the professional investors selling en masse, and we've got them coming back a little bit into the market, but they're not fooling investors. short-term, though, yes, 1,000 to 1,05 on the s&p, major technical resistance, and we're going to bump up against this continually over the next several months, these key technical areas which are going to scare people but it's going to keep the cash in the sidelines and drieft market higher longer term. >> so how do you want to invest in this snfrt today we saw real action in the home builders. you have stocks like hovnanian, lennar d

nbc's chief white house correspondent chuck todd. thanks as always. >> now, david, to the bigger picture and some of the most emotionally charged claims in this debate have been coming from the health care industry supporters. they argue any changes to the current system we have would lead to rationed care, fewer choices, and even earlier death. it's a talking point popping up at a lot of these town halls. >> it does want to kill people like myself. i'm 73. i'm one of those throw aways we've heard so much about, okay? i want you to know i'm not afraid of dying. >> but a former executive at a top health insurance industry says already rationed care and limited choices in order for the insurance companies to make bigger profits. wendell potter left the insurance industry after 20 years of a career and since become a whistle-blower of the industry. thank you for joining us. >> thank you, tamron. >> it's interesting when you hear some of these comments out there because you would think every individual who's walked in and saw an a doctor

joining me now is chuck todd. i don't need a teleprompter for that.chuck, it seemed the speech today was much more about jobs, much more of what he's promising to elkhart in health care reform. i heard jonathan also make this point about peoria. the illinois politics, one time senator barack obama. as elkhart goes so does the obama presidency. the community and obama's presidency are intertwined and i showed that headline to the president and he agreed. he said, absolutely. he said if i can come back here in four years and show progress and show that elkhart is moving forward, he can make the case that he's turning the economy around. if he can't, and the midwest isn't feeling good. we know what the political map looks like. the midwest which dramatically went dem in the '06 and. '08 election. they're very economically sensitive. >> chuck, do you get any credit in elkhart for the unemployment rate coming down? >> it's tough because he came here in february and it was about 15%. it peaked at that number of almost 20 that jonathan alter referenced in th

chuck todd is joining me live. what is the expectation as the president waeds into these town halls? understanding he obviously did many when he was running for president and certainly done them since becoming president normally on there other issues including the stimulus? >> right. i think the white house sees and this as an opportunity to potentially address this issue of the tone. you know, we've been having a debate about the debate and what has gotten lost is some people have forgeten what we are debating over and it is this issue how to reform the health care system which there seems to be unanimity on on capitol hill because you hear from both sides if they want to do something. of course, it's how you do it. so i think the news out of this today, inevitably, despite what the white house is talking about as far as preexisting conditions and what they want to protect for folks with health insurance reform, is going to be what he says about the tone. listen to what robert gibbs said this morning on the "today

is chief white house correspondent chuck todd. we were just watching claire mcclass kill mccaskill having a tough time at her town hall in missouri. is it some of the town halls gone away from michigan and in missouri influencing the conversation one way or the other? >> i think it is influencing the conversation or you wouldn't have the president himself yesterday at a town hall have to spend as much time explaining what is not in his proposal for health care as he did trying to pitch what is in his proposal on health care. so there is no doubt this stuff is having an effect. i think another thing we've learned is it's a lot easier to show up at a town hall meeting for a member of congress if you're an opponent than it is to get into one of these town hall meetings with the president. that's not to say it wasn't open to the public. it's just a little more difficult, i think, in two ways. number one, just getting a ticket distributed because there's so many more people that try to get them, and, two, i think people are just -- hav

todd, let me get to you first. what did you think about bernanke's comments? do you agree? >> yes, i do agree. i think we are emerging from this global recession, but i also take heed to his warnings that we are not out of the woods yet, and we still have several issues to deal with, first of all being the liquidity measures that the fed has put in place, as well as the global quantitative easing policy from the central banks here, the u.k. and over in europe. so i think it's a positive first step, but we're not out of the woods yet. >> not out of the woods yet, which obviously means we're not talking about a rate hike any time soon, but to throw it forward, how much of a disconnect is there between when the market thinks we're going to get that first rate hike and when you think we should get that first rate hike? >> well, right now, the markets is pricing in the possibility of a rate hike sometime by middle of 2010. and we're talking about maybe up to 1%. if we look forward beyond that, i think we need to see two things happen. we need to see unemployment come down, we ne

chuck todd will be with us in a moment.resident obama is in mexico what is nicknamed the three amigo summit. the president is behind closed doors with the leaders of canada and mexico. nbc news chief white house correspondent and fellow floridian chuck todd joins me right now. chuck, as the president heads down, as he sits in with the leaders of both canada and mexico, what is expected to come forth out of that? is it largely an economic conversation or are they discussing other issues, including illegal drugs and each the immigration question? >> probably the most important thing that the three of them are talking about is how they are going to coordinate their responses to the h1n1 flu virus that is expected to take off a little bit fountain fall. that may be frankly the most important conversation among the three countries, because having a coordinated response on this is going to be important, particularly with a vaccine not available it looks like until mid october. that might be the single most important issue on the

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joining me now, from montana, is nbc news political director and chief white house correspondent chuck todd. chuck, on a very light note tonight, it's been a long week. have a big steak on big eddie tonight, will you? you're in steak country out there. can we work that out? >> can i tell you, you bring up a good point. everybody here is in a good mood. i know -- we noticed that with -- whether they were for the president, opponents of the president. everybody does seem to be happy to live here. and if you look at the backdrop outside of the plane, behind the plane, you can see why. those mountains are very refreshing. the air is refreshing. it is kind of nice. you see why everybody's in a good mood. i have to say the governor is watching me as i do this, go ahead. >> he's known for twisting arms. we've got him on the program in a minute. are we watching a popular president in montana today? i ask because the television cameras, it looked like an amiable crowd. they were enthusiastic. but the way the tickets were hoobd handed out, it was different this time. >> it was. one of the things they

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chuck todd to be a far left activist, but when even someone like him who's been a reporter for a long is out there in the last 24 hours saying, well, i think we're spending too much time covering, maybe gibbs is right we're covering these town hall protestors too much, we're not covering the moderates, the people representative. i'm thinking to myself, chuck, this is the biggest public uprising on an american polish that i've ever seen in my life and this is not something that has to be covered? and what does he make of all the polls coming out showing the people of this country leaving obama on this issue. is that not representative issue? something odd is going on here and it's clearly an effort on the part of someone at nbc news. >> it isn't odd. >> to help obama. >> right. i mean from the jump. nbc news adopted barack obama as their presidential candidate and said they're going to get behind his policies and try to convince americans what the president does is good for them. but the way it's unprecedented is, the way it's unprecedented is at the same time general electric is now b

and todd heap looking for the big bounce back this year. in 2008, he had just 35 catches.east since his rookie year when he was a backup. heap had to stay in and block more than normal. and that's could be why the production suffered. but the two time pro bowler is looking to reestablish himself as an elite tight end. >> well, there is always something to prove. every year, i have come in, you know, with something to prove. and so that's just my philosophy, and there is nobody that will hold to me to a higher standard than myself. so, you know, obviously, you know, i want to come in and have a big year but first and foremost is that our team has a big year. >> todd has done a great job in the off season getting ready. he looks like he is ready to have a good season. he is still, the first to tell you, he has a lot of work to do between now and then. but done well. >> also in camp. safety landry, came in early. missed most of last season with the severe neck injury and saw leonhard become a star after replacing him. he is of course in new york and landry ready to reclaim hi