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more idealological favor eed judges on this. >> you start with a three-judge panel. it was a mix. you have one of the most liberal judges, and then you had a conservative judge and sort of moderate. so was fairly mixed. the ninth circuit is one of the more liberal courts of appeal in the country. there are conservatives, so going for the full ninth circuit may make sense for the backers of prop eight. but it was a mix on this decision. >> if you believe theres more that you feel we nee...

more idealological favor eed judges on this. >> you start with a three-judge panel. it was a mix. you have one of the most liberal judges, and then you had a conservative judge and sort of moderate. so was fairly mixed. the ninth circuit is one of the more liberal courts of appeal in the country. there are conservatives, so going for the full ninth circuit may make sense for the backers of prop eight. but it was a mix on this decision. >> if you believe theres more that you feel we nee...

Where they hoped to make a symbolic citizens arrest of insurance industry executives who were holding their annual meeting at the hotel. before they set up, the crowd was cheered on by former vermont governor and dnc chairman howard dean, also a former family physician. this morning, white house press secretary robert gibbs told abc news that he does not believe health care reform will cost democrats in novembers midterm elections. >> i think this will be an accomplishment the members can be pro...

hopeless. trust me. peekskill, its one of the great funny words. you cant escape that. >> ive been there. its a very nice place. >> im sure it is. im sure this is slander, horrible. >> thanks a lot. really appreciate it. that does it for us tonight. im chris hayes sitting in for rachel who will be back here tomorrow night. until then e-mail rachel@msnbc.com and our podcast at itunes or rachel@msnbc.com. thanks so much for joining us. "countdown" starts now. good night. which of these...

Reconciliation make the changes that the house wants so that the house -- so we can have a majority in the house and still have a majority in the senate. >> congressman frank pallone of new jersey, many thanks for your time tonight. >> thank you, lawrence. for more on the summit and what happens next, lets turn now to jonathan kohn, author of "sick" and a senior editor at the new republic who has been reporting on the health care reform crusade. it seemed to me the summit prepackaged messages ...

the senses this year will be the most expensive in u.s. history, costing more than $14 billion. the commerce departments inspector general will discuss federal spending on the senses. later, lost vegas sun reporter will talk about president barack obamas trip to nevada this is "washington journal. . . çó we did this had lined courtesy of the newseum. we are starting focusing on health insurance. last -- yesterday kathleen sibelius spoke to reporters and released the report on the cos...

that we should give these borrowers the same type of personalized, sitting around the kitchen table guidance that they initially got when they first buy a home or apply for a mortgage. it helps them and starts them on the road to successful and sustainable home ownership. we also estimate that freddie mac helps more than 250,000 borrowers avoid foreclosure in 2009 both to our traditional methods and this mha program. . let me be clear. our role is to answer questions, provide informati...