is what is unamerican.elly in essex is on the line. good morning, kelly. >> hello. i think it's completely american, not unamerican, because in the year of the patriots, when they hung lord north in effigy, kind of like they did in salisbury, they were considered patriots. and as the previous caller said, we have the right to free speech. >> all right. kelly, thank you so much. thank all of you for your calls. a very heated discussion gets people riled up a little bit. if you didn't get a chance to express your opinion this morning, you can leave your comments at our question of the day alwa how about a swim? i'm a little irregular today. don't you eat activia? for my little issues? they're not that bad. summer's no time to put up with even occasional digestive problems. believe me, once they go away, it's amazing how good you feel. announcer: activia is clinically proven to help regulate your digestive system in two weeks. summer's a wastin'... take the activia challenge now. it works, or it's free. ♪ acti

do you think some of the health care protests are unamerican? it is our question of the day. so far 20 percent say yes. and 80 percent say no. mike from columbia writes, it is not so much the protest as the violence. misinformation and threatening to kill politicians if they don't vote a certain way. but matt from reisterstown writes. on the contrary, it is very american to protest. that's one of the reasons we live in america and have a constitution. >> we will have more responses on the "late edition" at 11:00. and we want to hear from you right now on this question of whether the protests are unamerican. you can send us your comments through twitter. just reply to our message or send a message to @foxbaltimore. and we will read some of the responses later or fox 45 news at 10:00. >> on top of everything else, there is word that one of the health care plans in congress might be discriminatory. washington times is working on a story that the u.s. commission on civil rights is about to issue a warning about one of the health care bills in the ho

and that is unamerican.>reporter: pelosi is promising that the house will approve the health care reform legislation in september but we want to know what you think. do you think some of the health care protests are unamerican? it's our question of the day. go to our web site and tell us what you think. response might air tonight on fox 45 news at 10:00. we want to make sure that you can have your voice heard. tell your elected officials just what you think of the health care plan. you can get the phone numbers and e-mail addresses by logging on to fox baltimore.com slash your voice. >>> in other news of the day now. barricade situation in northeast baltimore ends with one person under arrest. 2 men robbed gas station in 5900 block of belaire road earlier today. the men fled the scene this morning barricaded themselves in a home in the 4300 block of mary avenue. 94-year-old man who lives in the house was inside at the time. now police were able to free him. one suspect was taken into custody. second suspect

she did not say those protesters were unamerican. what she said was the tactics was unamerican. there is a big difference. >> what are the tactics. >> the tactics are shouting down leaders. when piece people stand up and scream "this is america" to stop those people from preventing views, that's not the america i know. and the things they're shouting are factually untrue. they say people are going to be put to death under 50ug9 nearby i can't. the obama health care plan is not being presented factually, and they're shouting down reasonable discourse. >> aman da, it's hard, fishy e-mails from the white house, there is a lot of censorship or would-be censorship going on here, isn't there?e? >> yes, i think the democrats have made a major mistake in labelling people with legitimate concerns with some sort of right-wing mobs. they stand at a town hall meeting and ask real questions. >> you guys are wonderful. amanda carpenter and mark walsh, thank you ever so much. and let me say, i think miss pelosi and the democrats are making mistake after mistake. he'll be back tomorrow. as per

now unamerican. in 000, it is now evident that an ugly campaign is underway not nearly to misrepresent the health care insurance reform legislation but to prevent members from congress and constituents from conducting a civil dialogue. are these people unamerican. >> let's do it. we are not going to do anything until you take care of this. >> who sent me here? i set myself. how dare you say i am part of a conspiracy. how dare you. >> i have read the bill. i do not know that you have. >> this was brought out in the early 1930's in germany. >> i hope we can do this in a civilized manner without dulling. -- yelling. >> they are discriminating based on certain things. >> [unintelligible] >> certain things are outlined in the constitution. greta: our reporter is live at a town hall in maryland. >> passion ran very high here at the university. let me show you, the crowd was heavily slanted against president obama and the legislation. in the streets, you said protesters on both sides, some showed up for it.

now it is merely unamerican.dies to disrupt congressional hearings and raise a racket, i guess, against the iraq war. it is just as much hooliganism to have these right wingers, or whoever they are, are barging into these meetings and preventing a reasonable discussion, and i'm amazed at how chicken the republican leadership is about saying, look, you guys, calm down, ask tough probing questions of these congressmen, embarrass them if you like, but don't shut the place down. bret: senator mcconnell said as much on "fox news sunday" this weekend. >> he mentioned everyone should be civil. these people have a right to speak and the rest of it. i think the leadership is afraid of rush limbaugh, apparently, because he is encouraging all this stuff. >> the democrats are pulling a rabbit out of a hat, and the republicans are handing the democrats their rabbit. the democrats have no argument. they have no fathers. they -- they have no facts. they don't really have a bill. if people were really just to stand up quietly an

is it unamerican? should nancy pelosi have maybe at the bully pulpit of the white house say, excuse me, it's not unamerican, just like i i defended the people who i believe are pinheads back in hollywood, back four years ago. you know what? one of the dixie chicks, they had absolutely a right to say whatever was on their mind. i still think they're pinheads. i ain't going to buy their albums but they had a right to do it. they will boycott nothing. they had a right to do it. it's america. you ask the president if he agrees with that. you have a right to say your opinion and not be bullied, not be harassed, not have legs broken. then you ask the president this -- if he, himself, will speak out against the violence from acorn, and seiu, will he do it? will he even admit that anybody has been involved in that? ask him this -- if the people have a right to be frustrated because things seem to be moving so fast and nobody is even reading the bill. is that unreasonable, mr. president? washington, let me tell

they are calling them onamerican -- unamerican.ean: political terrorists, monsters. >> you do not win votes by insulting consumers. sean: we have to come up with mopb names. kimberly killer guilfoyle. >> we are part of the well- dressed mob. sean: i will not argue that. sean: look at the impact it is having on elections. we had katie earlier this week. this guy showed up and confront it arlen specter. look at the change in numbers. pat is up 48-36. it is a 23-point swing from one month ago. >> really sharp and steady and persistent decline. they have to be worried. the sad part is yes, you were good at campaigning, but i have got to tell you, where is the ability to govern and make the basic, good decision? they did not read the purse -- the first page of "politics for dummies." >> sarah palin goes on facebook and rights and note, and the senate finance committee drops it. barack obama wishes he had that influence. sean: harry reid is down in nevada with his approval rating in the 30's. chris dodd is in trouble. corzine it's in tro

she wrote with steny hoyer that they're unamerican. can't think of anything more quintessentially american. >> that is not right. you have the right to freedom of speech. i don't agree with that at all. sean: you get the last word of this seeing. >> it's terrible they don't represent us. this is supposed to be a representative type government. and that only happens when people are conscious of the fact that we pay their salary. we elect them or someone elects them. and they are supposed to represent the public. sean: public service. they are supposed to serve people. >> that's what they are. sean: some of them are such cowards they don't want to show up at town hall meetings. >> what if they say they would be willing to give us the same kind of health care that they have. sean: great point. continue more with our great, great american panel. still to come tonight, we will take you live to the valley that hope forgot and tell you all about the struggles of people in central california, the farmers. their pleas to the obama administratio

do you think some of the health care protests are unamerican? so far 20 percent of you say yes. and 80 percent say no. mike from columbia writes. it is not so much the protests as the violence. the misinformation and threatening to kill politicians, if they don't vote a certain way. but nat from reisterstown writes, on the contrary it is very american to protest. that's one of the reasons we live in america and have a constitution. to read more responses go to foxbaltimore.com and click on our question of the day. >> and you can make your voice heard. tell your elected officials what think think of the health care reform. get their phone numbers and e-mail addresses by log onto foxbaltimore.com/your voice. >> today's steamy summer weather brought us some strong storms tonight. and left behind serious damage. this is the scene in north baltimore where a tree ended up on top of a johns hopkins van. driver was trapped inside the vehicle for a time. no word on his condition. >> there was also damage in southwest baltimore. a large tree fell in the back porch of a home on brook wood

they are drowning out opposing views and that is simply unamerican. brian: unamerican? i thought that was all part of the debate. the fact is how we failed at this task for decades. she also cites along with steny hoyer that this has been a goal nationalized health care. not nationalized health care but affordable health care from harry truman back to teddy roosevelt. all lbj all tried to get it done. she thinks we are closer to getting it best plan ever but no one read it best plan ever but it's being jammed down everyone's throats. best plan ever no clear idea what this plan is. one stuck in the house, one stuck in the senate. everybody is supposed to go out there and sell a plan we don't know anything about. gretchen: this op ed seemed to be hippo critical to me there hasn't been a more debated issue than the prom mission of affordable issue. if there hasn't been a more debated domestic issue then shouldn't everybody read the bill? bill: and debate -- brian: and debate it? gretchen: historic effort for scrutiny and debate. all worth the time it takes to get it right.

you're telling me, evil amongors, unamerican. you want to worry about language? let's hear about ed shultz today. roll what ed shultz had to say today. are you familiar? >> yes, i am. >> actually, he said it tuesday. >> sometimes i think they want obama to get shot. i do. i really think that there are conservative broadcasters in this country who would love to see obama taken out. they fear socialism. they fear marxism. they feel the united states of america won't be the united states of america anymore. >> i don't totally agree with everything that ed said. i'm not as far to the left as ed is. >> no. but you are an ideologue. >> i am not. >> you are pursuing an agenda. >> absolutely not. >> you're upset because i'm expressing my opinion. >> i think ed shultz put his finger on something that is important. day in and day out. >> finger on something important? >> there are people, lou, i don't want to call any names, but there are broadcasters out there saying day after day after day that white house is preparing is concentration camps. that there are death panels

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is this debate undemocratic, unamerican or is this indeed the pinnacle of democracy? on the right we have radio commentator greg knapp, amanda carpenter with the "washington times." on the left, keith boykin and bernard. first, let's bring back our members of congress, joe sestak and marsha blackburn. congressman sestak, one issue added to this debate is the way the obama posse is characterizing the opposition, they're saying it's big fat public interest, almost implying it's unamerican, burning in effigy in these protests i thought it was incredibly american we were doing in 1776. do you think the opposition to obama-care is in any way unamerican or purely orchestrated by special interests opposed to grassroots response? >> there's a bit of that, but i went to all 67 counties in pennsylvania for three weeks before i got in the race against arlen specter in july. there is angst out there among every one. why? they're in a very savage recession. they can't afford with their 401s and iras to send their kids to college and we in washington d.c. have been in an echo chamb

>> unamerican, i can't believe that speaker of the house would call people unamerican. how insulated they have become and how out of touch they have become with people. what has people upset is congress forcing bills down our throats, spending bills after spending bills that are very untop larr with democrats and republicans alike health care, let's not lose sight that this whole health care bill is something barack obama planned to have wrapped up and signed into before the august break that was before the legislators themselves would have had an opportunity to read it we are tired of being ram rodded in this way by people who have supposed to be working for us. greta: is this a one-time deal or are you just getting energized? >> the more that they insult us, the more energized we become. i mean, the people who are conducting these meetings, the people in washington, d.c. were put in washington, d.c. to represent the people. we don't feel like we are being represented. we feel like they have turned completely on their heads. hopefully any can control public opinion to

neil: was that, unamerican or very american?oday, people responding to comments that the town halls are drowning free-speech. my next guest says it is the opposite. she argued in a column that it borders on un-american when it gets out of hand. what do you say? >> big mistake. i'm very reluctant to call anyone un-american. we are a huge, pluralistic company that accompanies lots of traditions, all of which are in american -- all of which are american and many of which are in contrast to one another. protesting is as american as apple pie. you may disagree with what the protests say. you may think they are on helpful or negative, but they are not american. i wish that word could be abolished for -- the u notnamerica -- they are not unamerican. i wish that were to be abolished. neil: in the 2000 campaign, there were pretty vitriolic remarks on both sides, but that was part of our americana, right? >> that is part of the way it goes. protests by the republicans in dade county in 2000 were largely orchestrated. they were not grass r

it's unamerican. what do you think? is this unamerican or democracy in action?we'll take your calls, 1-877-tell-hln is the number. joining us to help sort this out, chris, welcome him back from politico,.com. and sherri for republican strategist. mike brown, democratic strategist and former dnc finance chair. chris, let's start with you. give us a feel here as we're coming onboard this story, of all the town halls, percentagewise, how many are turning into shouting matches? >> mike, i think what we're seeing played up are the shouteding matches. i'm hearing from folks all over the country saying we're having very civil town halls. we're not seeing the kind of excitement around the country. what's playing is, what's clear, is that a lot of people feel very strongly about this. democrats want to say, well, folks are ginned up about it, outside groups ginning them up. there's genuine feeling, there's fear about what the health care reform plan means for them. and there's a sense that they don't understand the answers. they want straight answers. and with a really c

the senate majority leader harry reid called them unamerican. and, the white house started gathering information on the health care opposition, in a move that critics are comparing to president nixon's enemies list. there is a white house web site, set up now, to keep track of disinformation as the white house is calling it. about the democrats' health care reform. and our next guest says the information going to the web site is permanent and very, very secret. byron york this is chief political correspondent for the washington examiner and a fox news contributor, byron, good morning. >> good morning. >> jamie: let's talk about the white house, looking for disinformation out there. and, as they are asking people to send these e-mails or any information, they see, to flag at whitehouse.gov are they collecting a database you are concerned will become permanent and secretive. >> they are required by law to keep records of the e-mails they receive, something called the presidential records act which requires the white house to keep this stuffal also

>> me coming out here is not unamerican.that's unamerican to say that, well, you have to take this health care. if not we're going to fine you. >> you'll hear the boos and jeers from senator ben cardin who had to shout through last night's town hall meeting on health care reform. >>> senator hillary clinton in a press conference in africa. wait until you hear what she told a congolese crowd about her relationship with her husband. >>> and michael jackson's reports all finished but guess what? we're not going to find out about it just yet. all that and more before 7:00 and "good morning america." >>> i didn't expect it, two nights in a row, so hot and we're going to get a thunderstorm but nothing. the winds swirled, skies got dicey but we didn't get a drop. nothing. >> it was vicious last night justin berk. >> kim and i were talking about it because she was expecting perhaps to have trees down and yes, 30 mile-per-hour wind gusts blew through downtown baltimore. it didn't cool things off much though. 75 carney. 74 millersvill

, you had in the -- this week puts out a usa today thing saying these disrupters are unamerican. there has been a backlash. >> his plan is that there really isn't one. you can generate intensity in support. on the other hand, all of the proposals, healthcare, generating intense opposition and it that's intensity that -- it is that intensity that members of congress are seeing and feel. >> chris: the interesting thing about this and you made this point is that the white house seems to have been surpised by the opposition. i'm -- i guess i'm a little surprised they are surprised because they studied the playbook from 1993 and four with hillary care so carefully and were not going to make the same mistakes. what is the one lesson that they appear to have taken from the study of '93 and '94? >> about it may not have been a long wrong lesson but we often talk about generals who fight the last war and there is a little bit of that element that happened with the obama team. any were so focused on not writing the bill and so determined to neutralize all of the special interest and indust

is at least trying to lower the tone and the rhetorical excess, because bottom line, sean, it's unamerican to engage in that kind of division and hate, because we are all americans and we want to work together. sean: ladies and veterans being called un-american by nancy pelosi. one, this is all -- these town hall meetings are being infiltrated by industry, opponents to the plan and working on behalf of trade groups, which actually support the plan. so that's absurd or the republican party, which all of a sudden has become incredibly organized. all of a sudden, my son -- they are able to rally. this is a we'll grass-roots movement. >> this is a grass-roots movement. town hall meetings have occurred since the founding of this country. the american people are insulted when they are attacked and treated like they don't understand what's going on. look, the american people want to know the truth. they want the president to answer their questions. and i think there's nothing wrong with that. and we have a right, as people, to understand what the government is doing with our health care. i mean,

not to say it is not constitutional, it is simply unamerican, and make no bones about it, folks, glenn is right. i think he is underselling it as far as their intentions are concerned. the still stimulus plan. glenn, look at what they're doing to the u.s. economy. anyone with a sense of economic literacy would know this is not how you create jobs. do you not rebuild the private sector. this is being done on purpose! all of these disasters are exactly what obama wants. the more crises, the better, the more opportunity for government to say let us in and fix the problem, and his number one opposition is on radio and fox news, his number one opposition is on radio. they can't go fairness doctrine because it's too obvious, so they're doing this backdoor route with diversity, ownership, 100% tax on operating in order to pay public radio, because they're supposedly fair. it's incidious. i don't think it is going to work in the end because the american people are too informed. they're too aware of it. their radio means too much to them. their free speech, freedom in general means way too much

not to say it is not constitutional, it is simply unamerican, and make no bones about it, folks, glenn is right. i think he is underselling it as far as their intentions are concerned. the still stimulus plan. glenn, look at what they're doing to the u.s. economy. anyone with a sense of economic literacy would know this is not how you create jobs. do you not rebuild the private sector. this is being done on purpose! all of these disasters are exactly what obama wants. the more crises, the better, the more opportunity for government to say let us in and fix the problem, and his number one opposition is on radio and fox news, his number one opposition is on radio. they can't go fairness doctrine because it's too obvious, so they're doing this backdoor route with diversity, ownership, 100% tax on operating in order to pay public radio, because they're supposedly fair. it's incidious. i don't think it is going to work in the end because the american people are too informed. they're too aware of it. their radio means too much to them. their free speech, freedom in general means way too much

. >> me coming out here is not unamerican. that is unamerican to say that you have to take this health care, have you to do this, if not, we'll fine you. >> i did for the realize that we had as many people that would be against something that is in their own interests. railroad inside, senator ben cardin hosted a town hall meeting in an effort to get information out to the public. >> in my own saturday of maryland, we are prorecollecting that premiums will double in the next 10 years. it is already for a family in excess of $11,000 a year. >> reporter: but just as it had been in meat as cross the country, the senator's efforts to inform were interrupted. >> i believe protestors have the right to protest. i find nothing wrong with them doing what they're doing. if you disrupt a meeting, that is something different i disagree with that. >> the president's town hall meeting starts today at 1:00 a counter protest is already planned. that will not deter the president would plans to spend the month promoting his health care reform p

there is nothing unamerican about disagreements. in fact, our great nation was founded on speaking our minds. families are voicing their concerns because they feel like they are not being heard in washington. >> as we've seen, emotions running pretty high in some of these town hall meetings today. we will bring you more of those town halls and letting you hear all of the signs in their own words. town hall 2:00 eastern on cnn. if you are looking for more of what you have been seeing here on cnn, check out cnn.com/health care. you can find out the closest town hall meetings to you, the key players and the different plans and controversial sticking points in the plans. >> we are following a developing story out of myanmar. u.s. senator, jim webb,has attained the release of american prisoner, john yettaw, is expected to be deported and leave with senator jim webb tomorrow on sunday. he was sentenced to seven years hard labor for violating the house arrest of prodemocracy icon ong sung suu khy. he is considered ill. >> reporter: he is a

nancy pelosi says anyone who speaks out is unamerican.ve: meanwhile, it was a disaster waiting to happen. disturbing new information about the airspace where a plane and helicopter collided over the weekend and then plunged into the river below. we are live on the hudson in 10 minutes. brian.

. >> there is nothing unamerican about disagreements. in fact our great nation was founded on speaking our minds. >> meanwhile the president will continue his campaign. trying to convince america that health care reform isn't about politics. in short the president is trying to turn this debate from a national screaming match into a discussion of the facts. on capitol hill, brian moore, news 4. >>> critics of the president's proposals are holding their own event at a nearby park this evening in grand junction, colorado. >>> senator jim webb secured the e reasleasn arimema an ldcan ame in mhe.yanm ngriis h vit h the virginia crdeecitat bdee thate first senr bb poaweetls w mith opsiti leader, the 64 malea dn,wo 64-year-old woman, detaine f oro the last most of themyend u ermostf them under houndre. weelea rseth o release of thf aner .he s sentenced to seven years ha srdab foror swimming to the detainee's lake side house and staying inside two days. >>> suicide bomb rocked the afghan capital killing seven injuring 100. the car bomber struck

. >> there is nothing unamerican about disagreements. our great nation was founded on speaking our mind. >> the president will continue his campaign, trying to convince americans that health care reform isn't about application. in short, the president is trying to turn this debate from a national screaming match into a discussion of the facts. in wash, mime brian moore, wbal-tv 11 news. >> young people from three different backgrounds come together to share what they have in common, learning how they are helping the environment in the process. and a baltimore native returns home after making it big. tonight the message from nba star rudy gay and how he is >> a group called baltimore subdued foundation marched to downtown baltimore in support of the city's homeless. they hoped to make a positive change in their lives. that includes renewing their faith and supporting their families. funds raised from today's march will support baltimore's helping up mission. rudy gay helped more than 150 students get a great start for back to school today

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no, it only called people disloyal, unamerican, treasonous, morally or intellectually confused, and unable to tell right from wrong. all that and more now on "countdown." >> no hard feelings now. we're talking television. >>> good evening from new york. not nearly spreading lies but convincing a dissatisfied portion of the population to believe their propaganda and to act out in anger. our fifth story on the "countdown." when hamas or hezbollah does it, it is called terrorism. why should republican lawmakers and the astroturf groups organizing on behalf of the health care industry be viewed differently especially now that far too many tea party protestors are comparing president obama and health care reform to hitler and the holocaust? and when a former republican vice presidential candidate actually says out loud that the reform bill will create a death panel with the authority to kill her children? [ chanting ] >> the grass root groups may be fake but the anger of the americans lashing out at health care event across the country dangerously real. the tampa town hall more closely resembli

there's nothing unamerican about disagreements. in fact, our great nation was founded on speaking our minds. >> this weekend members of congress from coast to coast are meeting voters to explain 3 sometimes defend the reform legislation they're expected to undertake when they return to capitol hill next month. john cochran, abc news, washington. >>> tonight connecticut senator christopher dodd is out of the hospital after undergoing surgery for prostate cancer. a statement from his office said the 65-year-old was released today from a cancer center. a spokesman says he is recovering at home with his family, the democrat announced last month he was diagnosed with an early treatable stage of cancer. he expects return to a full senate schedule later this month, chairman of the senate banking committee he also has a lead role in the health care system. >>> governor o'malley says his budget secretary has recommended cutting $250 million in state aid to local governments. o'malley made the announcement at the association of county summer

there is nothing unamerican about disagrelts. in fact our great nation was founded on speaking our minds. families are voicing their concerns because they feel like they are not being heard in washington. and i'm here to tell you that your voices are coming through. and it is essential for all of you to be involved in thisser to. >>> senator hatch part of a group of senators working on a bipartisan health care plan. he left the negotiations out of frustration last month. today there are plenty of chances for americans to meet with their lawmakers on health care reform. here is a map to show the townhall meetings and events happening across the country. we have grand junction, colorado. we mentioned the site of the president's townhall later today. democratic congressman pete stark is holding three in california. and events as you can see in chicago and georgia. one of the events here in georgia happening right now, downtown atlanta outside of cnn world headquarters at centennial olympic park where we find cnns don lemon. don. >>

a lot of people said that means that people protesting the health care issue were unamerican. >> peopletings. >> raucous. >> being disruptive. >> she said that was being unamerican. >> she wrote that at an op-ed piece with steny hero, not house majority leader, steny hoyer, she put that in the op-ed piece. >> that meant that she can't like disruptions into the meetings and we went into the vaults and found a bite from her in 2006 talk to go people who were against the war and this is what she had to say. >> let me close this on the democrats and how we see ourselves and how i hope you're hopeful. when franklin roosevelt died and i draw great inspiration from him because he's a disrupter, i'm a fan of disrupters, people who make and take a chance. >> she's a fan of disrupters, and back in i think in that very same meeting she called some of the protesters up to the front row, so rather than, you know, shooing them out of the meeting she said come up here, let us hear your voices. anti-war. >> can i provide a little historical context. >> i wish you would. >> i love teddy roosevelt and lo

house speaker nancy pelosi not a fan of town hall protesters, calling them unamerican.quite a change from this mark. >> when franklin roosevelt died and i draw great inspiration from him because he was a disrupter and i'm a fan of disrupters, people who make -- brian: really? former white house press secretary dana perino won't be as disrupting. we asked her to come. best thing to ever happen to the g.o.p. vo: why spend $5 per person at the drive-thru, vo: when you can serve your family breakfast from walmart, vo: for a little over $2 a person. mom: just one breakfast a week and the savings really add up. save money. live better. walmart. come on. good girl.] mollie's never looked better. i really was amazed to see the change in her coat. people stop us when we're walking, and they'll say, "did you shine up her spots?" [ woman announcing ] just another way purina one... unlocks the brilliance of nature... to transform the life of your dog. for us to see the difference in mollie-- we were really excited about it. it just makes you feel wonderful. [ announcer ] it's amazi

. >> they say wanting to be heard was unamerican? we were told all along the highest form of patriotism is descent. we're trying to have a say in this and they are not allowing us. >> are you concerned demonstrations like this could derail the debate in washington? >> no, i think a gentleman just down the hill said a train is coming. >> while there was a substantial police presence for last night's event no report of any serious problems. >>> the president is going to hold a town hall meeting in new harbor cam -- new hampshire today on this plan. the president says he hopes he will encounter sensible and reasonable arguments to win over congress. >>> hillary clinton has a message for the world, it's not all about bill so take that. in the congo she offered a brisk response when a congolese student asked her what her husband thought of a international financial matter. >> wait, you want me to tell you what my husband thinks? my husband is not the secretary of state, i am. >> ( indiscernible ) >> you ask my opinion i will tell you my o

many say they are sick and tired of being called unamerican for simply protesting. >> i am not with the mob. i am an american. nobody told me to come. >> but we have to speak out. we have to talk out. we have been quiet for too long. the hard working middle class american people have been quiet for too long. and it is time now. we have to speak out. >> some calmer protests were echoed across the nation. >> see more of cardin's townhall meeting today. simply go to foxbaltimore.com/"raw news". >> well as the health care debate rages on, we are taking a closer look at what the shouting is all about. and trying to filter out the static to figure out what is true and false. carroll ca stel low reports. >> we don't trust the words. >> if you are looking for answers about health care reform. good luck. politics, misinformation, noise is about all you hear. time to quiet the noise. and to bust the myths or not. lets start with this. death panels, true or false. as sarah palin put it seniors and babies with disabilities quote will have to stand in front of obama's death panel so his bureaucrats

assertion that people who oppose or criticize the plan, whatever it is, which version this week are unamerican. he says is it unproductive to have people shouting. so we need to know why americans spending twice the nation's capital and other nation between 20 and 30 and 40 in the leading indicators. >> but the blaming of fox news, that's how i took it, the bla blaking of cable tefrgs, they came out originally and blamed the constituents. they called it manufactured outrage and discounted it. clearly insulting people doesn't work, imagine that and now blaming the read yeah. it's a tactic that doesn't work in political campaigns and it's not going to work ever. >> and you know, that's your losing game. >> in fact, that's why clare mck mccaskill stopped doing it. health care is a serious issue, but what the american people are struggling with is the health care policy and health insurance reform as articulated by the obama administration is not what-- people are worried about what medicine with illness and cures. >> and privacy and that's-- >> again, where obama missed the boat. >> the media sid

many say they are sick antidote be called unamerican for protesting. >> i'm not with the mob. i'm an american. nobody told me to come. >> but we have to speak out. we have to talk out. we've been quiet for too long. hardworking middle class american people have been quiet for too long. and it is time now, we have to speak out. >> protest outside were much calmer than those earlier this week and elsewhere around the country. >> the crowd outside of that meeting today may have been calm but inside it was a very different story. those who got into the town hall meeting add lot to say and they said it very loudly. jeff able live in haguerstown with more. jeff? >> well, the line started forming here at 9:00 this morning. and when the town hall meeting finally started four hours later, the rowdy crowd gave the senator an earful. >> your government has lost the faith and trust of the american people. >> for one hour the senator was heckled and jeered during his town hall meeting on healthcare reform. many of the questions centered around the extent of the government's control over he

is nothing unamerican about disagreements. in fact, our grate i great nation was founded on speaking our minds. >> i'm going to call on that gentleman right there. >> reporter: while the theatrics of the president's town halls haven't be the focal point, he has tried to narrow his message on reform. in in that mp, he heighted pre-existing conditions. >> insurance companies will be prohibited from denying coverage because of a person's medical history, period. >> reporter: in montana last night, folks who were dropped by their insurance company after they got sick. >> we are held hostage at any given moment by health insurance companies that deny coverage or drop coverage. >> reporter: and here in grand junction, it's about ow premiums are going up. >> in the past few year, premiums have nearly doubled. >> reporter: and mr. obama is getting some help from political allies, a coalition that includes some strange bed foale will hes that include drug company, unions and hospitals, launched a $12 million ad campaign in 130er9 of re