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>> president barack obama and the republicans are trotting out competing messages on health care reform. caroline shively is standing by with some of the top stories today. hello, caroline. >> hey to you, brian. president obama is using the weekly address to try to convince wavering democrats to move forward with health care. he says theres no action, insurance companies will raise premiums. >> now, despite all the progress and improvements weve seen, republicans in congress insist the only cour...

Steve centanni has the latest from washington. hi, steve. >> yeah, the pressure is on as the president said the democrats would seek an up or down vote on health care and repeated the call for action today and was met by a republican accusation that hes trying to quote, jam through health care. health care was the subject of the presidents weekly radio and internet address as he continued trying to sell his plan to a skeptical public and to wavering democrats. he indicated once again that now is...

But he is turning up the heat on the insurance industry. hes often slammed the insurance companies for raising rates and denying claims and now in his weekly radio address or radio or industry address he pointed to using them as part of the campaign for quick action, lets listen. >> i just met with some of them on thursday, and they couldnt give me a straight answer as to why they keep arbitrarily and massively raising premiums by as much as 60% in states like illinois. if we dont act, they will...

Elections tomorrow, how significant are the elections, if they go well, that the government remains stable there and how different is that from the issues of stability of the government in afghanistan? >> well, remembering again that the iraqis are used to being run by a dictator, by a totalitarian regime, its very hard for them to make this shift to this full and open democracy and were going to have to again, jamie over time see how they adjust. once theyre out of there, the thought of a milit...

Both a course of action that will be used by the democrats to try to win the fall election and also, what will be used against them both by the democrats and the republicans should they oppose the presidents initiative. >> all right, doug, youre zeroing in on something, something that the president talked about today, he discussed the fact that the insurance companies gave him no sign as to why rates keep going up and hes fearful that if they do nothing, if they do nothing with any, anything res...

Kelly wright and jamie colby are standing by in new york to take over from here. im brian wilson, thanks for watching the fox news channel where we report and you decide, folks. have a great weekend. >> the pressure is on in washington, democratic leadership ramping up their efforts this saturday to get a health care bill signed into law and quickly. welcome to a brand new hour of americas headquarters, im kelly wright. >> im jamie colby, great to have you with us. president obama is saying we m...