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Ambassador instead of going to prison. he writes, i have spoken with people in the court system and told them of my great willingness, i love this, to serve during the current difficulties our nation is experiencing. while i recognize that im older and not fluent in those languages i would be honored to serve on a team. i sense prosecutors may decline the offer as good as it is. what nerve. up next, house republicans vote to kill off medicare, of course, replace wit a voucher or some kind of $...

The spending everywhere else and have a contract with the people and try to pay it. so like i said earlier, thats not where i start. i have a lot of places where i could cut where you dont have to concentrate and over emphasize, well, were going to out can the medical care for the he will dely. one last question, ezra klein from "the washington post" said the federal government is really an insurance company with an army and the insurance company is medicaid, medicare and social security. youre ...

Dwarfs. >> i think if we did not have the population, the human population, the research would be delayed by years. >> reporter: today science is one step closer to an elusive goal, a daily pill that wards off diseases that cuts so many lives short. jeffrey kofman, abc news, ecuador. more than 100 health care professionals are now charged with ripping off medicare. more than $225 million. they were all rounded up in nine cities across the country yesterday. most are accused of billing medicare...

>> in truth, partisan politics rarely solve anything. a purely partisan victory wont create a single job. our goal is very simple. we want to improve the quality of life for every floridian. >> yeah! >> he has effectively been a one-man stimulus for the advertising agencies down in florida. he spent $50 million of his money. >> that makes it different than what we usually do with stimulus. >> shows you how much money this guy had and, in fact, mccollum had run a number of television ads down in ...

Naacp would say? how do you separate them from the good folks? >> the iron filings know which way to point when the magnet makes itself apparent. youre looking at a group of people who are cultivating power and cultivating an audience with a direct message. the message isnt savory as far as im concerned. if you look at the crowds, people against government health care, most are on social security and medicare. i guess they are not in favor of health care for certain people. i think this is what ...

The end of the year. the nearly $140 million extends cobra benefits and staves off medicare cuts to doctors and extends $26 billion in tax breaks for businesses and individuals and conservatives say that the price tag is too high. and teen actor corey haim died today. the l.a. coroner said it appears accidental and may be due to an overdose. they said he died after having flu-like symptoms. his famous role was in 1987 in "the lost boys." we will look at the weather across the country when we...

Board both conservatives and moderates. i think this is going to pass on thursday. >> given that theyve been running on this for seven years, should they have more of their ducks in a row if. >> the dynamics have changed. yes, running on it for quite some time but obamacare is now at 53% approval rating. trumps approval rating is 37%, 38%, whatever. so if youre a republican, put the conservatives aside. if youre moderate republican in the house or the senate and youre looking at the politics of ...

Skepticism about our political institutions doing anything worthwhile right now is warranted skepticism? >> well, skepticisms warranted of course. and questioning what were doing and pushing republicans to do the right thing. weve seen this in ohio since the first of the year. the elections last fall were all about lost jobs. and in ohio the republicans went after collective bargaining. they went after womens rights. they went after voter rights. in washington. theyre going off medicare. now the...

Institutions like the one you work in can do anything to fix our problems. do you feel like their skepticism about our political institutions doing anything worthwhile right now is warranted skepticism? >> well, skepticisms warranted of course. and questioning what were doing and pushing republicans to do the right thing. weve seen this in ohio since the first of the year. the elections last fall were all about lost jobs. and in ohio the republicans went after collective bargaining. they went af...

Smaller $2 trillion to $2.5 trillion debt reduction package. the president said now is the time to pull offer the band-aid, now is the time to eat their peas, theyll be meeting again this afternoon. back at the table, have to see if anyone is picking up their fork. last night on "hardball," congresswoman donna edwards, a democrat from maryland, talked to host chris matthews about the debt debate and about what she thinks about republican proposals to cut entitlement programs like medicare and ...