on black and it turned up red. the roulette wheel has stopped and any atlantic city group, you can see who won and who lost. obama won, trump lost. yet, in his customized, hair brained fashion, trump was too shocked to take it all n a reporter showed him a copy of the birth record, he whizzed off to sign autographing. can the man who got himself elected president of the birthers now seriously lay claim to any other title? plus is this the end of his birtherism cult? or is that too much to ask? are republicans finally going to stop trying to deamericanize the president or will they find new rocks to look under? of course it is some people s job not to be convinced that president obama is an american. one of those people judson phillips, the founder of the tea party nation. he plays what hardball with us tonight. plus, just as democrats hoped, town halls have turned into forums for attacking republicans for their attempt to dismantle medicare. will anger at the town halls
the first showdown after the democrats midterm drubbing started today. republicans and democrats are staking out their position on the bush tax cuts and here s the big question. will president obama and his party cave to republican demands to extend tax relief for the rich? or will they try to push the republicans back on their heels and make them defend giving more money to millionaires and billionaires while our deficit grows. that s our top story tonight. plus, sarah palin s highly anticipated reality show debuted last night. we ll decode all her messages. and get it whether sarah palin s alaska could lead to sarah palin s white house. and we ll talk to the man who beat christine o donnell, delaware senator chris coons is making hardball one of his first stops after being sworn in late this afternoon. also, what s more important? airport security or privacy? consumer and privacy rights advocates say those full image body scanners that act like x-rays are intrusive
power that enables him also to bring all things. . we who are very privileged to watch the mass this morning had to be touched by the wonderful thought played by the younger generation of kennedys, the warm and very personal tribute in the elegies of teddy s son and even that of the president of the united states whose friendship was so powerful. this made our farewell to senator kennedy and unforgettable. on learning of his death last wednesday morning, tributes to his half century of leadership in american life and politics, may i offer my own short on again. they called him the land of the senate. indeed, that is what he was. his zeal for what he believed made the difference in our nation s life. sometimes, we who were his friends and had great affection for him, we would get mad at him for what we believe was the wrong side of the issue. but we always knew and we were always touched by his fight for the underdog. his legacy will surely place them in the dozen or so rategr
going west to save health care reform. let s play hardball. good evening, i m lawrence o donal in new york. leading off tonight, on the road again. with polls showing support for health care reform slipping, president obama hit the road again this time in belgrade, montana. the crowd was much friendlier than those rowdy town halls we have seen, but the president finally did get a couple of questions that were not complete softballs. chuck todd joins us in a moment from montana. plus, you know those end of life counsel prognosis visions in the health care bills which republicans, like sarah palin, have distorted into death panels? it turns out republicans were actually for end of life counseling before they were against it. that s just one of the inconsistencies we ll discuss with republican john culbertsoc. and how far has he fallen? there is a report that john edwards is about to finally admit he is the father of his mistress s child? where would he be if edwards had n
national captioning institute www.ncicap.org we will have more. stuart: sarah palin is announcing leaving her post july 26. she is saying she is taking the fight for alaska and a new direction, adding that we need every american fighting for rights. the question is, why did she do it? what prompted the allowance meant announced a? maybe her brother knows. we re joined by phone from the governor s house. welcome to the program. do you know why she is stepping down? what i believe after a few conversations with her on the subject is that two months ago but did, we were at a ski resort, talking in a hotel room, and she reiterated to me the amount of time she was spending defending herself from these ethics complaints that have been thrown out and this nonstop negative media blitz, and she said she was spending up to 80% of her time and a lot of her staff defending herself when they should be focusing on state issues. it is not fair to the state and the family and i think t