and tom defrank. two of the real pros. ke people, i don't want to say our age except tom and i. this seems to be the summer of death. so many people we know, not just movie stars, people in our start of the world are dying. when i got the word the other day from one of my produces that bill safire died. on top of buckley and crystal and novak. one of those real guys. all the years before as a speechwriter for nixon. years before that is one of the best show boating men who created the kitchen debate with nixon and crew chef. he cooked that event up where we got to show our commercialism at its best. >> you know, chris, i was smiling because i met bill safire in 1971 as a fill in white house correspondent for "news week" magazine. i was 25 years old. he was part of that row of speech writers for richard nixon. pat buchanan, bill rice, bill safire. what struck me was here was this guy who already had a reputation because of the kitchen debate there but he was gentle, mild mannered, soft spoken. then as we later learned, well,

susan page, tom defrank. join us tomorrow for nor "hardball." michael moore the filmmaker and troublemaker will be on this set where tom defrank is. "countdown with keith olbermann" starts right now. >>> which of these stories will you be talking about tomorrow? the health care crisis for americans, the clear and present need for reform as thousands stand in line in texas for the chance to see a doctor. the health care crisis for some democrats. progressives go after senator baucus for not backing the public option. >> senator baucus, i have to ask, whose side are you on? >> and other groups are now telling blue-dog democrats if you won't help achieve reform then we'll find a different democrat who will. president obama's growing foreign policy problems. days after iran's secret nuclear facility is revealed, they start test firing missiles. in afghanistan as the commander in chief faces criticism for still working on the strategy, the commander on the ground hints just how badly the war was run under president bush. >> sounds like you're trying

michael moore will be with us sitting in tom defrank's store. the movie is called "capitalism: a love story." that's irony. it's time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. >>> good evening, americans. good to have you with us on "the ed show" on msnbc. didn't sound real good. my wife and i traveling on the east coast this weekend in the car for three hours. we haven't done that for a while. right ring rhetoric in this country has reached a boiling point. the government's the enemy. every kind of government, local, regional, state, saeceding from the union, getting out of the country? that's the hot new thing. questioning whether the president is an american citizen. oh, right wing talkers you're so entertaining. republicans have always tried to make the government the boogeyman, no matter what the subject, it's the government's fault. this is out of control. the fever-pitch we're experiencing in this country right now, i think has got a lot of people nervous. a census worker, somebody doing a part-time job for the government for america, we've had

. >>> we're back with susan page and tom defrank. a little fun tonight this monday night. the president of the united states announced apparently he was inspired up at the meeting of the g-20 to hawk his city. i think it's a case of all politics is local. he's guarding his base. the state of illinois and the city of the chicago and the country, the united states. is this something he'll be rewarded for in years to come if we get the olympics in 2016? susan page. >> yeah, rewarded if it works. i think it would be a little embarrassing if the u.s. president goes on this red eye to copenhagen and doesn't bring back the olympic games. i assume they're pretty confident he's going to be able to deliver it. the americans are great. americans love to host them. and for them to go to the president's hometown that would be pretty cool. >> i'm not optimistic. i think you go to a white european country, western country, go from london to chicago, doesn't that turn off the rest of the world? isn't it more likely you go to a latin country like rio -- >> or madrid. rio, perhaps. >> somet