way they did it. with student loans. with good parents who made them study. of being parents who make their kids study. spending hours with kids answering their questions. that is the normal route and i think that was what was so wonderful about her speech. it was so accessible to everybody watching. let me bring in lawrence o donnell who was in the room, in the hall. we could tell by the magic of satellite you could tell by good camera work. what was it like? the camera doesn t lie. that was what was raepg happening. there is no question who the best speech maker in the history of the first ladyship is. that is michelle obama. we have to remember that most first ladies until the television age never gave a speech. among those who have, there has never been a speaker who could deliver what we just saw.
but esmin is dead. according to the medical examiner, esmin green is killed by blood clots that can be caused of long periods of physical inactivity. we have to keep asking ourselves why didn t anybody help. and i m not sure we ll ever know why. we may find out what went on in each individual s mind, you know, each, the security guards, the nurses, the doctor. but, you know, nobody should check their conscience at the door. the hospital has also been accused of falsifying green s medical records. they record that at 6:00 a.m., esmin got up and went to the bathroom, and that at 6:20, she was sitting quietly in the waiting room. but the camera doesn t lie.
shannon: the camera doesn t lie. it shows this woman slamming her car into a building they are estranged husband works hitting him not once, but tries. she says it wasn t her fault. a police officer goes to chick-fil-a for lunch then gets punished by his bosses. he says he has been unfairly accused of bias. he got transferred overnight. without even asking him his side of the story. and that s the big issue for us is no due process.
was sitting quietly in the waiting room. but the camera doesn t lie. it bears witness to what was really happening, and how the silent decisions not to act may have led to esmond green s death. since the incident, seven employees have been fired or suspended. in a press release, the new york city health and hospitals corporation, which oversees kings county hospital admits that they, quote, failed esmin green. esmin green s family also sues for negligence and is awarded $2 million in a settlement in 2009. esmin s death has prompted the hospital to institute changes to help prevent tragedies such as esmin s from happening again. staffing has been increased, and waiting times have been significantly reduced. esmin green s death was a needless death, but she didn t die in vain because her death
the camera doesn t lie. et tu, susan? et tu? they feel it. that s your wife. that is your life partner. that is a bad time. the audience is speaking to you. i m going to have to ask you to shut your pie hole. you shut your big pie hole. [ laughter ] you big republican doofus. wow. [ laughter ] all right. see what you ve created, susan? thanks a lot. first he talked about your wife. and then called you a doofus. unbelievable. patrick gavin, thanks. coming up in sports, nationals ace stephen strasburg has a rough outing you but apparently there s an explanation, some misplaced icy hot cream. plus, the host of inside the actor s studio james lipton offers mitt romney a free course in what he calls acting like a human. we ll show that you just ahead