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>> june 30th on the floor of the senate. >> well, but if their meanness comes through, margaret, its because were not doing our job getting the message out that on june the 30th mitch mcconnell stood on the floor and said, we support it, but lets get the money from the stimulus. >> well, ive seen jim de menthe and others who have been fighting it without that -- >> caveat? >> yeah. and thats the picture thats in peoples minds. >> pat, it is a pr problem. if the picture is in the mind, the republ...

Harry reid, it is hard to surprise me in politics but i did not expect from that side of politics to be any argument that the stimulus was too small. which is the case that theyre trying to make against harry reid. that the nevada stimulus was too small. are they getting too cute for their own electorate out there? >> well, look, i dont think -- one thing it shows is this, right? is that the professionals have sort of come in to layer, as they kay in campaigns, right? the sharron angle operation...

Everybody is gunning for you and a testament to a very powerful brand. they came out and humbly said, were not perfect. the phones arent perfect, but we want to make all our users happy. it was much of a tech problem as it was a customer service and a pr problem. what theyre doing now is handing out the free bumpers, $29.99, but honestly, lets be honest, it costs a few pennies to make. theyre band-aiding the situation best they know how. as we mentioned, recall wasnt happening, about $1.5 billio...

Alison, some people think, hey, it is just a drop in the bucket for this company, but outside of that been what do they think about wall street and about one of their own, if you will, goldman sachs, a celebrated company, having to pay this big fine? >> it is funny because word leaked out a half-hour before trading ended yesterday. we saw shares of goldman jump about 8%. right now theyre up a little over 2%. thats despite this huge sell-off were in the middle of for the market overall. back to g...

Running for congress. >> mike: lannie, whats good and bad about the handling of the presidents gulf oil spill. >> i think hes right in shutting down to take a look at technology and whether people are ready for a spill and with the stars candidacy and respect her life and her career, whether her candidacy would do a lot if she was in favor of opening up a deep oil port right off long beach and there was a huge spill right now and she would have it say, well, i thought it would be okay. i think b...

Running for congress. >> mike: lannie, whats good and bad about the handling of the presidents gulf oil spill. >> i think hes right in shutting down to take a look at technology and whether people are ready for a spill and with the stars candidacy and respect her life and her career, whether her candidacy would do a lot if she was in favor of opening up a deep oil port right off long beach and there was a huge spill right now and she would have it say, well, i thought it would be okay. i think b...

These soldiers should have been aware of the risks. humor in the worst situations can certainly be a way to mentally survive. did these soldiers cross the line by making a video that some are now calling a pr problem for israeli defense forces? did the soldiers cross the line or did the military leaders give them a break in crossing the line, you can go to tamron.msnbc.com. we should point out those israeli soldiers are not alone. there have been a lot of soldiers to make videos but these are th...

>> whats wrong with disclosure? >> you never answered theç question. were not saying you cant spend money. just tell us who is spending it. you wont answer why thats a pr problem. >> i said i thought we should let all money be disclosed. let anybody contribute how much they want to any candidate. >> they have more to fight about. its a long list in the country. the political establishment running scared from bloggers armed with video cameras or cell phone cameras. this thing seems to do some r...

Valedictorian speech. >> we care about the small people. i hear sometimes that large oil companies are greedy companies who dont care. but that is not the case in bp. we care about the small people. >> oh, well. it was a good meeting, though. chuck some. >> its funny hearing that happen, it was live. i was standing right here actually doing something with tam ron hal. you cringe and realize this is some sort of translation issue and youre just going, wow, bp, you thought you had a pr problem bef...

In custody and accused of master minding a 2004 contract attack on contractors in fallujah, their bodies were burned and hung from a bridge, rick. >> the third seal, the trial is set to get underway. what can you tell us about that. >> matthew mccabe, he goes on trial next month in virginia. given the two acquitals his attorneys hope the charges could be dropped, but could present a pr problem for the u.s. military. theyve been concerned that iraqis see this process as fair. mccabes attorney say...