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Now for reaction tonight reaction from charles krauthammer. your thoughts on the michelle obama trip? >> well, the optics are terrible in the middle of a a recession. he gives impression of marie anntoinete. choosing foreign location is not smart. the optics, the politics of it are really stupid. on the substance, i cant get very excited on this. a mother has a right to take her child to spain. my wife took my son when he was 9 or 10 to rome and italy. the difference is, of course, that it didnt...

Now for reaction tonight reaction from charles krauthammer. your thoughts on the michelle obama trip? >> well, the optics are terrible in the middle of a a recession. he gives impression of marie anntoinete. choosing foreign location is not smart. the optics, the politics of it are really stupid. on the substance, i cant get very excited on this. a mother has a right to take her child to spain. my wife took my son when he was 9 or 10 to rome and italy. the difference is, of course, that it didnt...

Welcome back to "the ed show." thanks for watching tonight. for a third day in a row the suspected times square terrorist is answering questions. counterterrorism officials are following up with the information hes giving them. chasing down leads and adding to the authoritys overall understanding of how terrorist networks actually operate. but the republicans, they just wont quit, will they? theyre trying to turn the capture of a domestic terror suspect into a failure for president obama. now, t...

Gop leaders meeting this hour to present an agreement to their members they think could finally gather the votes for a floor debate. democrats say its about time. >> its very difficult for me to comprehend senators, republican senators, coming to the floor and nitpicking this bill. we dont say this bill is perfect, but we work really hard to get it where it is. >> republicans, after months of promises, finally out with their plan today. a counterproposal, if you will. but if you were hoping that...

So everybody can understand there are too much discussion leading to too much sniping and you dont get anything done? >> if you allow too much nitpicking on the edges of legislation it will be necessarily turned into a type of lobbyist . thats the -- lobbyist greul. without making a strong case to the public you have no leverage because the real power takes place -- [ talking over each other ] >> we get the table. you see what im doing here? bill: yeah i see it. very impressive. you want some cr...

Friends. sign a statement. here is how we are going to do health care, boom, boom, boom. you dont like it? get in line. >> bill: too much of a team player. >> allows too much room for different narratives to take hold. for instance a narrative that might emanate from. >> bill: the no spin zone. >> a news organization. >> bill: thats another astute point you have shocked me twice here. >> did you notice i used the word ild? >> bill: did i but i ignored it you say president obama, instead of drivi...

Friends. sign a statement. here is how we are going to do health care, boom, boom, boom. you dont like it? get in line. >> bill: too much of a team player. >> allows too much room for different narratives to take hold. for instance a narrative that might emanate from. >> bill: the no spin zone. >> a news organization. >> bill: thats another astute point you have shocked me twice here. >> did you notice i used the word ild? >> bill: did i but i ignored it you say president obama, instead of drivi...

So everybody can understand there are too much discussion leading to too much sniping and you dont get anything done? >> if you allow too much nitpicking on the edges of legislation it will be necessarily turned into a type of lobbyist . thats the -- lobbyist greul. without making a strong case to the public you have no leverage because the real power takes place -- [ talking over each other ] >> we get the table. you see what im doing here? bill: yeah i see it. very impressive. you want some cr...

Friends. sign a statement. here is how we are going to do health care, boom, boom, boom. you dont like it? get in line. >> bill: too much of a team player. >> allows too much room for different narratives to take hold. for instance a narrative that might emanate from. >> bill: the no spin zone. >> a news organization. >> bill: thats another astute point you have shocked me twice here. >> did you notice i used the word ild? >> bill: did i but i ignored it you say president obama, instead of drivi...

Is contributing to climate change now as we all are as we download a netflix film or watching msnbc. the fact is that we have to get as much industry into space in the next 20 years as we can, otherwise were going to have more super dome heat effects of the likes of california as all the server-thons and data centers with gazillions of bits of information. we have to do that and all the other things we can do outside the planet and we need to start heading for space. i was a friend of professor ...