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They were comparing to reagan to totalitarian fashists. >> what did they say before hitler? >> and i dont believe in global warming, but the be all, end all of evil gentlemen -- i will take a little evil. you dont believe in global warming, you are as evil as the frat guy that wrote pud on his friends head when he was passed out. that is all the evil im thinking. >> that would really spice up c-span. >> they go right to hitler. >> robert bird falls asleep. >> here is the thing. you are a liberta...

The republicans. also, to counter the argument that hey, mr. president, you promised that it would be on c-span. and yesterday, it was on c-span. c-span 3. >> sometime. >> well, it was -- i thought it was pretty sensational, also makes me think, why arent they doing this all the time? why do they need a special event? >> i loved watching. >> it would cure my insomnia! >> its their job to work ings out, whether its health care, whether its jobs program but they got to be interacting on a regular ...

The rails earlier in the administration. >> well, thats one point of view. i looked it as if this is joe biden saying whats on his mind and hes thinking, i dont have much to do here. and, you know, hes -- we should point out that this particular c-span microphone caught that exchange just before the health care summit started yesterday. and so when the guy said so, its like being a grandpa and not the pa? and he goes yep, thats it exactly. the exact quote is its easy being vice president, you do...

And theres a lot of things we can do. >> senator barrasso, i know you have go back to blare house. so, walk across the street. well be watching what you say inside. well be watching what everyone says inside. weve got cameras in there, which is historic and good. >> 13 months too late on the cameras, wolf. >> well, theyre there now, so were taking full advantage of the cameras, senator. thanks very much. >> thank you. all right, there was an exchange near the end of this first round of convers...

Call-in shows on c-span. a gentleman called in, and he was very, very emotional. he said to me that he was getting ready to have transplant surgery. but he was told, by the hospital that because hes on medicare that his postoperative treatment was going to be limited to three years. after that, hell have to find some way to pay. this man was very emotional today. what were doing here fixes that, and i do believe that we ought to really be honest with the american people. we talk about what we ar...

Right now. >> no, and it sounds like the house may turn out to be a bigger problem than the senate, which is just a bit unusual. look, the thing about this thats really interesting to me is this notion of the president trying to at least put an air of transparency and openness around the health care debate. there is so much talk about the democratic leaders going behind closed doors and hashing out the bills. so now we see the president sort of trying to at least put out the notion that he is fo...

Thats like the "american idol" of c-span. >> heres my take on this summit, though. is a lot of practice good for this? theyve been going through these mock sessions, republicans and democrats, is that a good thing so theyre all on the same page with regard to their own party? or is it a bad thing because its going to look totally crafted and exactly what the american people dont want to see? >> its hard to craft six hours. you can craft the buffet lunch. that is easy. you just request things -- ...

Year ago. >> on c-span? instead of having all these people around the table if you had a half dozen, and we could probably name the three or four key republicans and the three or four key democrats, now, theres a huge philosophical difference between consequentially or incrementally, but to have all these people around -- >> every republican says that the american public is not for this massive plan that they have on the table, that the president has come and based his plan on the senate democra...

Fall down. if america falls economically, the entire world will fall. if china falls, the world falls. europe falls, the world falls. got it? its the reason we now hear on television its the phrase, "its just too big to fail." nobody explains why. they dont explain what does that even mean? i just have. if these countries go down it was designed for a different reason entirely for the entire system to go down. one person said it clearly. i think it was sincere but maybe he acted shocked because ...

>> our slogan comes from jim in texas. i got a cup of hot coffee and a warm cinnamon bun, going to watch "fox & friends" for a lot of news and a little fun. >> hi, this is phil mickelson and youre watching "fox & friends." >> thank you very much, folks. well, we know now that some of the optics of this health care summit going to happen at blair house. president wont have a podium. going to be at the same level as everybody else. theres going to be kind of a squarish table with a big hole in the...