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A little play-by-play tonight. we begin with the return of presidential swagger. back with us, dee dee myers and kevin madden. both of you helped script political events in the past, including dee dee, you helped right through this hallway. president obama, coming out of the blue room here. lets watch him walk down. hes got his partner, the vice president. look at that smile. we havent seen that in a while. we had him at a record low approval rating. the poll taken over the weekend, dee dee, tel...

Sausage tastes pretty good. so the president has to talk to people about exactly whats in it and show them examples of whats in it. people like them that were denied coverage because of pre-existing condition and children. because children will be eligible with pre-existing conditions immediately. he has to show them the benefits that are starting now. you can no longer be kicked off your health care because of being sick. you no longer have caps on the amount of money theyll spend covering your...

>> reporter: new york. >> very lively debate on the floor of the house of representatives last night. tomorrow the signing. cnn will have extensive coverage. you can follow whats going on on twitter. you can get my tweets at twitter.com/wolfblitzercnn. thats all one word, wolfblitzercnn. the premiere of "john king, usa" starts right now. >> happy birthday. our lead tonight, health care history as the presidents prepared to sign landmark legislation into law and sell it to a skeptical a...

That he can do it very well. >> dee dee myers, dee dee, always good to talk to you. thanks so much. >> thank you, campbell. president obama is proposing a sweeping overhaul to education and plans big changes to no child left behind. find out whats in store for your kids, secretary of education arnie duncan joins us. [ talking ] [ slap ] ♪ actually... [ slapping ] ow, ow!

With people, i think he can just get it over the finish line and i think this week, seeing him do it, really it just underscores, a, how important it is, and, b, that he can do it very well. >> dee dee myers, dee dee, always good to talk to you. thanks so much. >> thank you, campbell. president obama is proposing a sweeping overhaul to education and plans big changes to no child left behind. find out whats in store for your kids. secretary of education arne duncan joins us. ♪ [ slap! slap! s...

are under water, no health insurance. some people need fun. these protesters seem more upset about health care for all americans than the cost of it. don lemon, do you play basketball? not real good. i played in junior high school. not that good. scored four points a game. someone said will bill clinton help? i dont think so. listen, thank you. appreciate it. see you back here 6:00 and 10:00 eastern. have a good evening, everyone. hi, everybody. we start tonight as always with the ma...

just want to share with our colleagues and see if there is any response to a story that has just come out from the "washington post" and the last few minutes. is as house democratic leaders say -- lets you pick houston but leaders say they will take a separate vote on the senate health care bill rejecting an area much criticized the strategy that would have permitted them to gain the measure passed without an explicit vote. and i just wondered if this is a decision that has been made b...

>> does kucinich have any impact on moderately conservative democrats? who have yet to come on board? he wanted a bigger more expansive bill? >> hes pretty much in his own sphere of the universe. i wont be cynical here, though, i dont know if there was a kickback or deal. but the most persuasive thing that the president can do in a situation like this is to ask and say i really need your vote. when the head of your party, the president of the united states asks for that, its a big deal. now ther...

Incumbent on democrat members to go home and sell this and convince them this is in the best interest of the country. >> does the way it passes matter? republicans have used this demon pass method to push legislation through in the past? >> i think dee dees first modifier was correct. its ugly, its ugly, its shabby, and your own jack cafferty said. its sleazy. yeah, republicans have done this. they did it with dee des boss, bill clinton, they did it with welfare legislation and capital gains tax...

>> does kucinich have any impact moderately officialfiscally cone democrats? he wanted a bigger more expansive bill? >> i dont. hes pretty much in his own spe sphere, area of the universe. f interesting guy. i wont be cynical here though, i dont know if there was a kick back or a deal. but the most persuasive thing that the president can do in a situation like this is to ask and say i really need your vote. when the head of your party, the president of the united states asks for that, its a big ...