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Here. i hope some suggestions are followed by the obama administration. let s get to work on it. thank you so much for squoining us. we really appreciate it, robert. coming up here on the dylan ratigan show, hedging his bets. general petraeus leaving himself plenty of wiggle room on when and how u.s. troops leave afghanistan. plus, president obama signing a bill today to beef up enforcement on the u.s./mexican border. is this more about politics than homeland security. good question. also troubled waters. max seen waters standing her ground on an ethics trial. even if it hurts her party in november. but first, just because we can t get enough of it. here s more video of charlie rangel dancing the night away. at purina one, we want your dog to be as healthy as possible. so, we set out to discover the science in some of nature s best ingredients. we created purina one with smartblend. ....
Cnn s political correspondent mark reston joining us. charlie rangel doesn t believe his problems will impact democrats running for office in november. is he right? i don t think so. he said that in that speech. the best news for democrats is that he says he s not going to talk any more about it and get his defense together and run for re-election. but, in fact, across the country, this is most likely going to have an impact. we re already seeing it have an impact, tony, in certain races across the country. in fact, i just got off the phone with a congressman from ohio, and he gave back $23,500 contributions charlie rangel gave him. we re seeing that already. where this is going to become an issue is, i think, in september, tony, when this ethics trial is going to happen. ....
New york democratic congressman charles rangel says he has no doubt he will clear his name in the ethics trial this fall in the house. he spoke this morning hours after a swanky and defiant celebration. correspondent jamie colby shows us what happened. reporter: more than a few democrats steered clear of congressman charlie wrangle birthday bash and campaign fundraiser last night. but those who showed up looked like they were having a good time. with protesters outside happy birthday, crook. wrang let those inside know despite facing 13 ethics charges he s still in the race. this damn sure ain t no funeral, is it? at the glitzy plaza hotel in new york, 600 loyalists mingled, including current and former mayor, new york attorney general and the state s two u.s. senators. he has fought for new york through thick and thin. and never let us down. ....
Rangel took a personal point of privilege in september 2008, 2 years ago, almost, in fact, after husband minority leader john boehner tried to remove him then as chairman of the ways and means committee. so the rangel saga continues with patti ann. what s up? patti ann: did this speech help or hurt charlie rangel? the congress ethics trial could get underway in november, weeks before the mid-term election. where does this leave congressman rangel, as well as the democratic party? doug schoen is a pollster and fox contributor. larry sabatos said this reminds him of the nixon i am not a crook speech, he said he sounded defensive, hurt and angry. was it wise to play a victim? i don t think it was wise. i think his best hope is to make a deal and try to resolve this. it s up to the house ethics committee, which is a bipartisan body, to determine the appropriate penalty. but what doesn t help the democrats is to have a high ....
Don t not status of his health at this moment. we wait to find out. we are working again to try to independently confirm his status. five people are confirmed dead, two people are being worked on by the emt s as for the status of the others, there were nine on board we don t know. let me ask you what we witnessed with this charlie rangel thing. nobody expected this. usually you get a heads up. we are sitting here, it s quarter of the hour and charlie rangel on a personal point of privilege goes to the floor. they are not really supposed to be in session today and decides to go off for the first time to try to defend all of the ethics charges against him and appearing to believe that the best defense is a good offense going on and on about how he thinks they are dragging their feet, he wants an ethics trial, he wants it to be expedited, don t leave me hanging until november. i demand the right to be heard, and accusing the ethics committee of partisanship in going after him, your though ....