willie? >> we'll check back in with you later in the show. >>> yesterday was a big day of quarter final hockey action here at the olympics. the united states playing in its first games since upsetting canada sunday night got all it could handle from a feisty swiss team before winning, 2-0. they outshot switzerland by a staggering margin. zach parise scored an empty nether with 12 seconds left. the united states plays finland in friday's semifinal round. but the big game here was between the teams many thought were the two best coming into the tournament. canada and russia in another quarter final elimination game. canada playing before a rowdy home crowd absolutely dismantled the russians. they won, 7-3. canada now has a ton of momentum heading into their semifinal game against slovakia. and we are one round away now from a canada/united states gold medal game on sunday night that would turn this country upside down. >>> it was a strange day up at whistler mountain yesterday. lindsey vonn loo

this is willie jolley. today's live better tip for success is focused on helping you overcome this challenging economy. it is taken from my new book -- all the economic calamities are not the way god wants us to live. that's why i wake up every morning and give thanks for another day and opportunities to live my dreams and not my fears. that's why i'm grateful every day for life and opportunity that life offers. that's why i wake up every day and say good morning, lord. rather than oh, lord it's morning. that's why i say every day isn't going to be a great day because i have life and i have a choice to make it a great day or not. i cannot choose what happens to me. i cannot choose what happens around me but i have some control over what happens in me and i choose to be happy, grateful and excited about this day. be excited and have an attitude of gratitude. this is willie jolley. visit my website at willie jolley.com to learn secrets to turning your setbacks in to greenbacks and make this a great day. >>> w

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i'm willie geist in for joe scarborough. along with savannah guthrie. >> hi, willie. >> and mike barnicle, host of "way too early." >> i feel like i should look at you and say where are you two kids going? >> don't wait up, dad. >> and jonathan capehart. let's talk quickly, jonathan, about don't ask, don't tell. we were talking about the remarkable testimony we are going to hear in a moment from admiral mullen, saying basic this will say question of fair innocence our country. >> a question integrity. this is pretty spectacular, where you have the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff in 2010, saying he personally believes that gays and lesbians should be able to serve openly, that it's a matter of integrity. how can we ask the people to defend our country when we can't allow them to be who they are? remember 1993, when the country was going through the hearings and hysteria, where you had the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, colin powell, completely against it. >> speaking of reversals, mccain was interesting. perhaps

bruce willis as a bristle cop. >> suspended without pay. >>reporter: we get that. we have seen die hard but tracy morgan. >> i always wondered how murphy felt when he did 48 hours. this is tracy morgan style. >>reporter: his responsibilities come more in the form of firing off jokes rather than bullets. after all this is a comedy. 2 brock line detective embark on investigation eventually leading them to a show down with a cold hearted gangster. this is the first time kevin smith directed a film that he didn't write. >> i mean i have the tools necessary to know how to make a flick. marry that to an affection for and life long study of this particular area i think i might be able to handle it. it was strange where somebody would have to be like it's done. clean. gun check. kevin smith film that's weird. >>reporter: it's rated r. probably a lot of gun check on the set of the next movie the crazy. in the new thrill era toxin takes over an iowa town. resident turn into violent psycho paths. the crazy is rated r. in the disaster movie 2012 the end of the world is the beg

. >> willie, you've done a great job out there. we can't wait to get you back here to where there is actually a little bit of snow on the ground. the canadians, i have a new found appreciation, i really do wonderful people, beautiful country. let's hope they get their brains beaten in on sunday when the usa hockey team wins, 7-0. >> that's right, joe. if you don't mind, joe, i'll start boozing with the canadian women's hockey team. they left me a couple of stoegies and champagne. i have to run here in a second. >> looks like a lot of fun. that's what norah o'donnell will be doing in a minute when she gets off the morning show. thanks for filling in this morning. we love having you on. >> enjoyed it. willie, bring back that leotard. >> i'll bring back your producer, adam. >> thanks for being with us. what have you learned today? >> we learned the truth and without mika, it is a different to show. >> all right, hey, if it is too early, willie, what time is it? >> it is "morning joe." right now it is time for "the daily rundown" with

to regard killer whales as something of a domesticated pet with the popularity of movies like "free willy." but with the growth of zoos and circuses across the country, many are surprised that animals can still be, well, animals. >> yes, they are unpredictable. people are unpredictable. we talk about this killer whale, when we can't predict what people will do when they mass shoot 11, 25, 30 people. we can't predict what a killer whale is going to do. they are dangerous. >> he's killing my friend. >> who is killing your friend? >> my chimpanzee. >> reporter: a recent chimp attack in connecticut and pythons going native in southern florida, many critics are saying, we should think of the killer whales not so much as free willy, but what they are in nature, a predator made for killing. as in the movie "orca." dawn brancheau certainly knew how dangerous whales could be. she was a well regarded veteran who worked at the park since 1994. >> we extend our deepest similar pa think to the family and friends of the trainer and we'll do everything possible to assist them in this difficult time. >>

gerri willis, "minding your business" this morning.ook in the glove box. [ children laughing ] suitcase? huh? ♪ where do gummy bears hide? under the seat. look! yeah! [ telephone rings ] [ male announcer ] the all new chevy equinox. [ man ] guess who? dad! [ man ] enjoy the trip! okay, daddy! [ laughter ] [ male announcer ] a consumer's digest best buy. with up to 600 highway miles on a tank of gas. it takes you farther and brings you closer. >>> u2 said it better than we could. get on your boots. this is a shot from pennsylvania, near scranton. the 30 degrees but the story is all that snow out there. look at the truck going by with a nice flatbed full of snow in the pick-up truck. 20 minutes past the hour. welcome back to the most news in your morning. >>> we're minding your business. gerri willis is here to give us maybe good news for unemployed. a new plan on the table. >> there are a lot of plans out there, most of them haven't worked. mortgage bankers association proposing a new plan that would allow unemployed homeowners to stay

>> willie is working on one. and reality, he is. he is on deadline right now. >> mic is just work at staying out of jail. >> barnicle usually -- seriously, with sunglasses on,. >> those big black once. >> i was walking home a couple weeks ago and there was this guy on the bench with sunglasses. hey, and i look. and it's mike barnicle. and any other questions? in the back. hold on. i will run back to you. >> i really enjoyed you on belmar and i thought it was pretty getting of you to come on. very impressed by what you said that and i want to know when you will be on against? >> i don't know. i don't -- >> i think you're going to be on the colbert report. which will be a lot of fun. >> i am nervous. let's have a vote. should mika go on the colbert report? [applause] >> okay. >> thank you, everybody. we have to quick question. anybody else? yes, ma'am. >> what do you think of george george stephanopoulos' decision to move to morning katie? >> mika, from hard news the fluffiness, but george said he's going to try to make it a little ha

this is willie jolly. today's live better tip for success is focus on helping you to overcome this challenging economy. it is taken from my new book, turn your set backs in to green backs. it is true that pressure makes diamond, but a diamond is not born a diamond but a piece of cole. a piece of cole that is separated from the pact and goes through a problem called adversity, change, challenge and pressure and when it comes to the process it is transformed from a piece of cole to a diamond. i know these are tough times but i encourage you to keep going. going through the process, you have change, challenge, adversity and it will create pressure but do not give up because you will come out better, wiser and stronger and you will realize that pressure does make diamonds. you will realize that your diamond is yet to continental and that your best is yet to come in life. visit my website for information on how to turn your setbacks in to gleanbacks and make a commitment that this is going to be a great day bec

we joke around chris and willie talk about mika being 80 the. no ego at all. no ego, note diva of its. there is seriously though one row. she gets the coffee first. [laughter] one time we had a poor internet came who didn't know the rule and they gave me the coffee and she said, honey, sweetie, i get the coffee first. and the girl had a nervous laugh and she said, i am not joking. [laughter] give mika her coffee first in she is so easy to work with but second or third it gets really ugly. >> joe, regardless of their politics, i love your choice in cohosts. here is a question and it is serious. i really want to know the answer to this. over at nbc, it seemed like russert and matthews were hammering hillary clinton and mercilessly and wonder how you to felt about that while it was happening? >> i will take it first because actually that is the time the question. tim, i actually can tell you, tim and i actually had discussions about his concern that he didn't think hillary was getting a fair shake in some quarters. but i actually i just wrote something today abou

the team brought in a lot of new faces this year but one of the old faces, willie harris, says you still got to make it happen on the field. >> we've made a lot of changes here. the front office, scouting, and as far as our ball club goes. we just have to go out and play ball. me personally i'm sick of losing 100 games and want to be here when thing get better. hopefully it's this year. >> reporter: look whose back. levon hernandez just signed on wednesday and begins his thirt stint with the nats. levon was the opening day starter when the nats came back to d.c. in '0506. >>> jevaris crittenton also pled guilty with gilbert arenas. he's back in his home of atlanta serving out his suspension. presumably hoping to return to the nba next season. he broke his silence last night on an atlanta radio station and says he's trying to surround himself with positive people and realizes his mistake. >> i'm sorry for the incident. to all my families, to my fans, to the kids who look up to me. definitely a mistake that shouldn't happen but everything happens for a reason. i just want to move forward.

. >> general william tuner, willie the whip was...lie the whip who was an organizational genius who figured out how you could get these planes in every 90 seconds and get them out, get them maintained, keep the men who were sleeping... >> rose: come fly in, drop the supplies and fly out. >> and he he had done the hump, the flying of ammunition over the himalaya to the chinese nationalists fighting the japanese the the war. he was an organizational genius who found others. one of the stories of the berlin airlift was the people who put the airlift together under tuner also designed the systems that became kmart and wal-mart. the idea of getting something exactly where you needed when you needed. but they did it... they didn't have computers, they did it with teletypes and telephones. >> so twoor three months into it what were circumstances like on the ground in berlin? >> it was a circus. there were people sleeping in airports, sleeping in barns, being shaken awake to fly planes which weren't being maintained. one british flier... and

nuclear deterrence, why don't we have the nuclear weapons and do this ciro stuff the nukes will willis out but they won't and there's a reason we had a lot of wars while that nuclear weapons. they are usable only if the threat of national survival. anything short of a threat of national survival we are not going to use nuclear weapons because using the nuclear weapons puts our survival of risk so you don't do that unless your survival is already threatened. in all of the other conflicts we are talking about they are not threats to national survival so the nuclear weapons are not going to be what we use and deter challenge is to deter those kind of threats for which and nuclear weapons are not ideal. and in our of we think that this is one of the unintended consequences of this year no idea it gets us chasing that in avoiding the real challenges which are not nuclear deterrence challenges so i would leave you with a plea that as far as this is that we not divert ourselves from what i think are the real challenges both armed forces are now confronting but the policy committee does, too.

thank you, willis. >> i thought it was great. >> thanks. we go, a pity laugh from willis, it's the least i can expect on a friday. get ready to meet a snake who is hooked on cigarettes. take a look at this picture. according to the owner, what basically happened is he had a 20 a day habit. he threw away a cigarette butt one day, the snake picked it up. he claims he's very tame but he seems to enjoy having his mouth on that cigarette butt. >> that's just wrong. >> and it tooks photoshopped. >> i would have to agree. you know what time it is. >> polka! >> it's time for the polka. ♪ politics and foreign wars all the weather all the scores ♪ ♪ that's the world news polka ♪ scraps and filler from the day long as we don't have to pay ♪ snows that's the world news polka ♪ ♪ it's late at night you're wide awake and you're not wearing pants ♪ s ♪ turn on "world news now"" and let's everybody dance ♪ ♪ have some fun be a pal every anchor guy and gal ♪ ♪ do the world news polka ♪ ♪ that's the world news polka basically cable customers only ♪ ♪ that's

. >> phil willis. >> the prime minister knows that every five minutes in the uk somebody has a stroke, which will have a devastating effect on those people's lives and on the lives of their families. in harrogate the stroke association has set up a carers' resource to support families in their own homes, yet conservative-controlled north yorkshire county council has slashed the 35,000-pound budget, preferring to spend 140,000 on self-congratulatory newsletters. what is the prime minister -- mr. speaker: order. order. i want to hear the question and then the answer. finish the question, please. >> what is the prime minister doing to ensure that the national stroke strategy is carried out everywhere, but particularly in north yorkshire? >> i think, mr. speaker, that he is saying that the conservatives have nothing to congratulate themselves about. it is this government that has published a stroke strategy. it is also the government who wants to introduce a health test so that people can get a health check-up. we believe that that would remove the possibility of hundreds of deaths as a r

. >> they went for the wet willie. here is the bad. worst obstacle for the open. going to retrieve the overhead here. watch. he has to leap frog the line person sitting in the chair. he was 5'10". that would have been a whole different encounter. the most heinous use of another man's equipment. watch him remove his helmet and then beat him over the head with it. >> that's not right. >> that's mean. >> you have to at least use your own helmet. if you take the other guy's helmet, that's an insult. let's go to the ugly. most inappropriate advertisement. it would have been tiger's first tournament of the year. a local strip club saying we miss you, tiger. how do you think the country club guys felt. >> go away. >> i assume the country club guys have a sense of humor. i don't think tiger is laughing. >> no. >> that's his problem. >> we'll be iet back. we're the watchful ones. we like to know where things stand. we keep a close eye on what we have and what we spend. suntrust would like to applaud our solid financial ways. now when you pay your bills online you'll not on

bruce willis and tracy morgan really funny together? the trailers are not promising. we have a look at it. >> 30 years ago, eddie murphy and nick nolte reinvented the mismatched buddy movie with "48 hours." they tried the same 30-year-old formula in cop-out. the mess by a mile. >> there is the right way of doing police work, and there is the way you two do it. >> sound familiar? the mismatch cops that traced druglords while on suspension. >> [speaking spanish] >> some bits work, some fall flat. some good moments come from sean william scott. maybe not that good. one star and r-rated for language. should you go? >> no, no, no. hell no. [laughter] >> here are the best bets, and we go back to last week. it is t the shutter islandithree stars. -- a shudd"shutter island." have a nice week. >> i think that was pretty clear. >> thanks, arch. >>> it going to the gym, it might be a waste to see how you can get a full week's exercise and a lot less time. >> the a know why you want refund this woman pose a money. >> a doctor's >>> and 85-year-old woman needed a hearing aid, one

number [unintelligible] his biggest claim to fame is that he helped in the production of the famous williet true? xd>> i think i was 21 when thatd came out. the answer is no. but if i did have anything to do it, i would be the best ad man in the world. a group of people that i knew made at the ad. i was 21. i was a kid. i did not even get them coffee. i literally did not have anything to do with it. tony foia brees jill m. lloyd brown. -- tony fabrezio and lloyd brown. i knew several people assembled in the dole campaign. that is kind of where i cut my teeth in 1987 and 1988. i had an opportunity to work for senators bob and elizabeth dole. it was a tremendous honor for a young guy. i got to organize college campuses across the country. we had a tremendous team effort. that led me to the leadership institute. if you know anything about conservative use politics, i had the honor of running their schools -- concerted youth politics, i had the honor of running their schools. >> [unintelligible] the senator len andrew issue. >> yes. there is a tremendous group of people who have come from lead

he is the willy to my wonka, the mike to my ike, the summer to my eve. it is my sidekick bill shultz. on sunday in the village he is brunch. and he is funnier than a bag of sufflok pho indicating clowns. sitting next to me and the great comedian jim norton. his latest book is called "i hate your guts." he is so awesome that awesome says, that is so jim norton. he is black and white and tread all over. good to see you, pinch. >> want to know who is all that kta? judy batista. if i don't mind saying,. >> can i point out something to the viewers at home? we have a new table which means we now have room for an extra guest. >> bravo. very exciting. >> we have moved up in the world, people. i'm very, very, very happy. okay, america is a wreck according to leck. i am paraphrasing him who thinks america is on the way to socialism and other crud. he is the guy without that giant mustache and his long-shot bid for governor of the lone pine state. 245* is not the real eyebrow raising eyebrow razor. in an interview with big government .com, he was asked whether he t

jane: what happened with kako, the whale in free willie, that whale eventually died.really never fully released? >> that's right. they tried to release him. conditioned him. tried to release him in icelandic water where he came from, ultimately he never returned to the wild. he hung around where they released him. that doesn't seem to be an answer either. it is kind of difficult to figure out what they ought to do about this whale. jane: when you look at this story, what happened here? people have also said he is just too big to be in captivity and in those tanks. he is too stressed out. that's what happened. he just snapped. what in your opinion happened? >> it is like a breaking news story here because when i first learned about this, i had assumed that the whale reached up and grabbed her and pulled her into the water. i now learned, one there is a video of this event and what happened is she was in the water to start with. then she got out of the water. so it is conceivable that this whole attack is an attempt on the whale to bring her back so she would continue t

karl penhaul is in port-au-prince, haiti, so is george willi, for s.o.s. children's villages. children caught up in what haitian authorities allege was a trafficking scheme. now, karl, the latest on the ten citizens being detained in haiti that took a bus load of undocumented haitian children out of haiti. what's the latest on those ten, karl? >> reporter: well, they're still sitting in jail cells near the airport in port-au-prince. when i talked to them twice over the weekend they said the conditions were spartan but they were treated well by they jail alrea lors they did have too much to eat and too much water but trying to keep spirits high by reading passages from the bible. they were to come before a judge today. that didn't happen we understand. they may come before a judge tomorrow. there's a possibility the haitian prime minister has left the door open to the fact these ten american baptists could be sent to the u.s. to face trial, larry. >> larry: georgia, first, how are the children doing? there are 33 of them, right? how are they doing, george? >> yes, there are 33

and general william konar who commanded the airlift, he was another workaholic, will lead the -- willie the whip was his nickname. he on his own and then went to clay to higher mechanics, hiring men and give them a meal a day. so suddenly you had a situation where young man from colorado named corky and who by young man 1919. that is how old the occupation troops were found himself supervising 16 germans working on american planes and him not speaking a word of german, many of them had not speaking anything but german and in his crew was a former submarine captain and two former squadron leader's now working to keep the americans lobbying and keep berlin alive and corky was in all of these people. there were all older than he was, they were veterans, he was not but he's a very funny guy. still alive. he taught the germans. he couldn't teach much about the mechanics, there were good mechanics but he did teach them to say the first day as commanding officer came in the germans lined up and said good morning, major, you son of a bitch. [laughter] >> only the germans could get away with tha

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chris jansing and willie geist host the nbc olympics update show. all the action right here on msnbc. >>> one of the country's top journalism schools is planning an interesting discussion next month. it has asked illinois governor rod blagojevich to come debate, of all things, ethics in politics. blagojevich accepted, of course. the former governor will be interviewed by a northwestern faculty panel, which includes a law professor and two political science professors. students will be allowed to ask questions afterward. that should be interesting. >>> senator scott brown is getting lots of praise from his new colleagues and lots of love from the white house, too. >>> hits don't lie and apparently neither do white house visitor lists. it's something we heard in the halls. to stay in tune with life after 50, i switched to a complete multivitamin with more. only one a day women's 50+ advantage... has gingko for memory and concentration. plus support for bone and breast health. just what i need! one a day women's. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] you've wanted to

concentrating on this is this is the exchange's we had the prime minister's questions about the response of willie those of us have supported the deployment to lay out the case to the british people for the continuing involvement. confidence in president karzai is central to that is it not? >> i think that it is very important that we are able to have afghan partners led by the president who are able to deliver on the commitments that they have made. i think one mistake or error may be too hard a way of putting it but one danger is that we forget although afghanistan as a presidential system it also has a critical role for its cabinet in also local level for a series of sometimes elected sometimes nominated politicians and although it's true all roads lead to the presidential palace in a presidential system is also the case that the decision making by cabinet members and decision making locally is and always -- does have independence about it and i think that we should support very strongly presidents karzai not just his wish but his intentions@@@@ rbr) deliveries would be assessed at the conferen

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if you say that again, it was willie sutton. caller: thank you. have a nice day.appreciate it. thank you for the history lesson. host: our next caller from junction city, california. caller: fas for c-span. i wish you guys could be a little more balanced some of the time and watch what goes on out there because some of the reactions from all the people get to be over the top. you guys do such a good job. as for the caller and as for the tea party, i think this is something that is a grassroots movement. it has seen a lot of names and labels from a lot of people on the outside, and when you have those kinds of situations, it's usually because you have something people are afraid of. that's kind of what sarah palin goes through, too, i think, because there are is a lot of fear from a lot of the mainstream media and the mainstream parties out there. what my question is, the person there, mark, is that maybe someone should straighten out what exactly sarah palin is going to get paid for her visit tonight and for her keynote tonight, and where that money is going. ther

gerri willis takes a look at what's happening. >> hi, betty andrew.redit card companys will be playing by new rules. that's good news, but what's happened before the deadline has consumers fuming. consumers have had it with their credit cards. >> i paid my bills on time. i've been penalized for no reason. >> they don't care that i've been with them for 30 years and i might have a history. that's the bottom line. >> kathleen dillon and reverend roger gench is dealing with the unintended consequences of credit card reform. facing tighter regulations, credit card issuers have been changing policies before the law goes into effect on monday. among the new credit card rules, interest rates can't be raised on interesting balances or on accounts that are less than a year hold. and above the minimum payments, must be applied to highest rate balances first. those changes will cost banks money, $11 billion each year. and lenders are looking for new sources of revenue. >> interest rates will be a little bit higher across the board. it will be harder for people t

the rest of the time i amused myself with willie and pat, breaking the pony and goes.i went with them everywhere, kelly asked, did you go to gettysburg with them? guess. i didn't know he was going to gettysburg until the last minute. i had on my citizens close in more than a great deal in the white house and he said put on your uniform and come along. a subtle little back of them on the railway car. of course this about with him just like an orderly way back. he did not expect me to stand 15 paces behind him. teleost comedy of the speech? guess. tell me about it. tisdale said, clinton says to me they expect me to make a speech. i'm afraid it will be very sure. i am a poor hand at making a speech. and then he said, i will write a little something. i suppose they have a good laugh over it. he wrote it in the car and a little slip of paper just as you are doing now. i thought he was merely taking down notes and when he finished he said that will be about it. it was the greatest speech ever written. it actually inspired me when i heard it. some of the copperheads tried to

julian willis? >> mr.eaker, according to the great theorist, sir robert thompson over 40 years ago, prisoner abuse is not only morally wrong, the lethal to any counterinsurgence campaign. i appreciate he does not want to comment on the case before the court. can he address the question of what representations the government made to our american alleys more -- allies when it became known more generally that they were waterboarding. >> as detailed in the security committee report, did follow up both in terms of our own system, the way in which the practices were taken forward. also in ways set out in a letter, and i would be very happy to do that, what happened. it is also documented what didn't happen and what should have happened. not in respect for an individual case, but affection, training and guidance for officials. that means we are in a much stronger position today than we were in 2002. we also keep it under review and i think the publication of the current guidance will be an important occasion for

the thing that the government do that we cannot do is just willy-nilly increase the credit limit. we want to raise our credit limit to keep the spending up. megyn: the senate already approved. >> reporter: exactly. in the alternative you have a freeze. megyn: if they don't approve it we can't pay our debts. that's the problem. >> reporter: republicans have learned and democrats have learned that they can freeze this stuff. they keep perpetuating. it. megyn: all right. you have got the deficit which we talked about. then you have got the debt. this speaks to debt. if i make $100,000 a year, but i spent 200, then i amass $100,000 that year in deficit. if that carries over to the next year then that becomes my debt. . >> reporter: a year in and year out if you spend more than you take in which is typical of the governments and a lot of americans, every year you do it that extra money that you have been piling on, that that he had been piling on gets added. so every year the deficit and spending gets added to the debt. we are now at a point where our debt is almost equal to the entire

willie sutton. guest: thank you. appreciate the history lesson.o the program, howard. caller: i appreciate you paris -- you guys. as for the collar and tea party, i think this is a grassroots movement. a lot of names and labels. it is something that people are afraid of, and that is what search goes through, also -- what sarah palin goes through, also. for the person they're talking about, we should straighten out what sarah palin is getting paid for her visit, where that money is going, because there has been a lot of speculation about that. host: before you answer, howard, why is it important to you to know how much she is being paid? caller: it is fair for her to be able to raise what she can raise. keynote speakers typically make good paychecks most of the time when they go to places. to me, the focus has been so strong on this from so many people saying she is just doing it for money, you know, and you hear a lot of that. guest: i have not asked, and i do not care. the contact was done long before i got involved. i am amused by all of the dis

games and mets games with my mom and dad and some of the fondest memories i have is watching joe willieack. >> that tells you about the window, how hard it is. get through it because there is no guarantee that down the road it will be there. >> let me ask you, a lot of wizard fans are hoping that you will complete the deal and buy that team. they are hoping for a fresh new direction, maybe sprinkle the caps magic on there. i think what the wizard have done now was very in line with the kind of thinking that we would have which is -- you have to be honest, can the team win a championship as presently constructed and clearly the wizards last year and this year struggled. so, i think what the family has done is exactly the right thing to do. we own 44% of the team. we are in negotiations. i'm hoping that there is a positive outcome. i'm fairly comfy dent that that will happen. what the pollen family did was wise, the right thing to do. you watch the games, young kids playing hard and very coachable. there is a loose ball, someone grabs it, you see a teammate picking that kid up. they are a

so claiming tax credits, cashing in on a valuable gift, our personal finance editor, gerri willis, gathersor tips on managing your money. >> time for the help desk where we get you answers to your financial questions. joining me this hour, greg mcbride is the senior financial analyst with bankrate.com. and patricia is a personal finance author. ryan asks, my wife and i are buying a new home. the closing is the first week of february. congratulations. we qualify for the $6,500 tax credit. can we claim our new home on our 2009 taxes? greg, this tax credit complicated. what should do they? >> yes, they can claim the tax credit on the 2009 taxes. now, if they've already filed their taxes for 2009 by the time the closing takes place, they can still claim the credit by filing an amended return. you do have to file form 5405 and keep in mind you're going to have to show that you actually qualify for the credit, so be sure to include a copy of your settlement statement as well as proof of the home they owned, the previous place, things like property tax records, mortgage interest statements for at

willy ledbetter came to see me this week with a great smile and a tremendous energy. we passed the ledbetter legislation, equalizing pay. we advanced a children's health insurance program now covering more than 14 million children that can go to the doctor. something that people don't focus on very much but is one of my favorite things that i've ever been involved in is a national service legislation allowing people to be involved in their community, receive a small stipend for doing that, and then have help to go to college. we did that. we did something relating to mortgage fraud. there are so many problems in housing but they would just be so exacerbated had we not moved in and pass ed the laws to stop people from manipulating people in big, big trouble. credit cards, we talked a lot about what was happening with credit cards but we did something about it. now there's exorbitant fees that cannot be charged and the hidden costs no longer exist. and it's something that as we go home people may not realize the things we did but it's so important as it relates to credi

if you've had it with your toyota, our personal finance editor, gerri willis, has some advice for youn you do? >> well, don, look, if you have an affected model, you might want to get rid of the car, as you said, but you have to 23 whether it makes sense. a sticking gas pedal is rare. not all of the gas pedals in the affected models are problematic, because the mechanism is supplied by more than one vendor. 65% of what toyota's currently selling is being recalled, but that is a drop in the bucket when you consider all the toyota cars out there in the marketplace. second, there is a fix, according to toyota. the parts needed to repair the pedals are already being shipped to dealers. installation training is under way. of course, the service departments at many of the dealerships will work extended hours to complete the repairs as quickly as possible. some staying open 24 hours a day. that's cold comfort, but the fix is coming. if you're still adamant about getting rid of your affected toyota, realize that your resale value now is down about 10% on this news alone. don? >> ooh. okay, th

willie, republican line. caller: good morning. a first-time caller. host: yes, sir.t do you think of the idea? caller: i think it is a great idea. my only trepidation is that it probably will not gain momentum from either party because i think both parties have a vested interest in keeping the electorate uninformed, unlike to o'neil who once said that -- tip o'neill who said monday that is the money milk of politics, i think an unformed electorate is the mother's milk of politics. to this idea, which i think is a great idea, would smack that right in the face and i think both parties would feel some vulnerability if we were to head down the road. i align myself with the previous caller. i think it would be great for the american public. but i think it would cause some trepidation on the part of both parties. >guest: i think is probably right. there might have been thinking after the advent -- why did we keep the cameras on when we decided we were not going to? it we give president live time to get the better of us. judging from the political story we talked about, i

they deal with a number of quality issues, little quality issues that dealers bring up constant willyified this as being a minor quality issue. they did not feel this rose to the level of anything further, of customer notification. something to keep in mind, there are some 100 complaints filed with nhtsa. toyota is going to have to deal with this issue very quickly. >> kyung lah in tokyo this morning, thank you. >>> now the millions of americans driving recalled toyotas wondering how wise it is to get behind the wheel this morning. the automaker is shipping the part that will fix the sticky accelerator pedals, but there are new questions this morning about that fix. debra feyerick is joining us from los angeles with the exclusive story of a michigan family looking for answers after suffering an unimaginable loss. deb? >> reporter: you know, christine, it's not just that one family, but hundreds of others now coming forward. they say what happened to this woman also happened to them and that maybe toyota knew about these problems and didn't act quickly enough. what's more, here in los

but there is a good reason why that act exists because you do want to put the brakes on people just willy-nillyaying we'd like you data sources. i think actually the council, if the council of regulators were regulated or the group could formalize such an effort, i think it would be useful to have different agencies actually thinking about what new data sources may be important and having the debate precisely to guard against anyone maybe going a bit too far from its own regulatory mission. on the protection issue, obviously there are as i mentioned these imports in proprietary interest, i.t. interests in some cases where vendors are about, privacy interests were individuals are involved, a little bit less obviously with some of the things were talking about. we have to continue to have those protections. but it's also the case that our country i think was to be protected from financial instability. and my conclusion at least is that the offered to identify potential sources of financial stress unrest throughout the economy is not something that one or even a whole group of government agencies

willie, republican line. caller: good morning. a first-time caller. host: yes, sir.n is that it probably will not gain momentum from either party because i think both parties have a vested interest in keeping the electorate uninformed, unlike to o'neil who once said that -- tip o'neill who said monday that is the money milk of politics, i think an unformed electorate is the mother's milk of politics. to this idea, which i think is a great idea, would smack that right in the face and i think both parties would feel some vulnerability if we were to head down the road. i align myself with the previous caller. i think it would be great for the american public. but i think it would cause some trepidation on the part of both parties. >guest: i think is probably right. there might have been thinking after the advent -- why did we keep the cameras on when we decided we were not going to? it we give president live time to get the better of us. judging from the political story we talked about, i am guessing there is a political discussion from the republican leadership whether

host: next is willie from baltimore, maryland.e are in the predicament we are in. we are in this because of israel. host: we are going to have to leave it there. guest: this will be an important year. iran is closer than ever to having a nuclear weapon. what it means for regional security and what it means for this administration is important. a lot hangs in the balance and we no longer have the luxury of waiting around for policy. i am worried that we are not getting the policy right, helping the iranian people. host: danielle pletka, thank you for being on the program. we will be discussing the president's 2011 fiscal budget. we will be right back. . is set to announce the military's first in-depth study on allowing openly gay service members, promising to try to spare more troops from being dismissed in the meantime. resuming live at noon eastern. on c-span3. >> watch "washington journal" for conversation, comments, and your calls. live daily from 7:00 until 10:00 eastern. covering washington like no other. >> we know historica

announced that in the intervening year, the year after these increases went into effect, they would willy-nilly and at their own will and their own desire increase the cost of those policies. an extraordinary and new event. those individuals, in fact every individual in america needs a public option, a place to go to get a competitive health insurance policy that provides real benefits at an affordable cost. this house passed such a public option. hopefully at tomorrow's summit that issue will be renewed. but the papers in this town say that issue is dead. i think not. because in america we do have public options. today they're not readily available to all of us unless you happen to be 65 and that public option is medicare. if you happen to be a federal employee, like i and others in this room, you have a public option available. if you're in the military, you have a public option available to you. a military family. public options are widely available in america. we need to provide that option for every american. we need real competition. we need blue cross of california to have a competitor.

extraordinary and he provides this different genealogy of black power hearing people like william worthy, willie richardson who was the activist from cambridge, maryland, who was called the lady general of the civil rights movement to wish an unprecedented struggle in cambridge of maryland in 1963 in 1964 to help desegregate the city, met with attorney general robert f. kennedy to sign a peace accord in the early 1960's. it also goes to malcolm x's n-november grassroots leadership conference in detroit, where malcolm delivers his famous message to the grassroots, where he really plays out a secular vision of a domestic national, but also international global political revolution. >> host: you write them out the max was nothing less than a civil rights era is invisible man. just go absolutely. and the terms of the way in which historians view malcolm x, malcolm is not part of that to grow it. at the civil rights movement. he usually only possible around 1963, 64 and he really only serves as a foil to dr. king. he's more characterized or really characterized as this profit of rage, who's not a bri

personal finance editor gerri willis has strategies on how you can have your complaint heard. >> toyotaing the heat on capitol hill. lawmakers are probing the car giant over recalls and allegations of slow response time. how get your complaint about car trouble heard? you can file a complaint with the national highway transportation safety administration. in the case of toyota, filing complaints helped initiate recalls. this agency does have limitations. it is not obligated to investigate your complaint. as few as five complaints have triggered an investigation that led to a recall. other investigations that led to recalls haven't started until 1,500 complaints accumulated. once an investigation is launched it takes 262 days to conclude. as a consumer you have little choice. nhtsa is your only outlet. file a complaint at nhtsa.gov or call 88-327-4236. you may be contacted by the agency to see if your are part of a safety defect trend. some info you need to complete online such as the model of the car and vehicle idcation number. events leading up to the failure, how often failures occur

willie came to see me this week with the great smile and tremendous energy. we passed the legislation equalizing pay. we advanced the children's health insurance program. now covering more than 14 million children that can go to the doctor when sick. [applause] >> something that people don't focus on very much, but it was one of my favorite things that i've ever been involved is the national service legislation. allowing people to be allowed in the community, receive help to go to college. we did that. [applause] >> we did something relating to the mortgage fraud, there are so many problems in housing. they would just be so exacerbated had we not moved in and passes the laws to stop people who manipulating people who are in big, big trouble. the credit cards. we talked a lot about what was happening in credit the cards. but we did something about it. now those exorbitant fees cannot be charged and the hidden cost don't exist. as we go home, people may not realize the things we did. it's so important as it relates to the credit today. tobacco. tobacco. both of