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>> it was the opportunity to do things that nobody had the political will to do before. >> rahm emanuel, an arm-twisting deal maker. he had rapidly ascend it had democratic leadership in congress, he knew the hill and he knew health care. >> there's some value having gone -- been in the clinton white house, saw where it went wrong from the inside. >> emanuel and obama knew they needed congressional buy-in this time. they decided congress should write the bill. >> i just want to make sure that i don't get in the way of all of you moving aggressively and rapidly. >> and there were others obama n...

Bill across america and in congress. >> i may not be the first president to take up the cause of healthcare reform, i'm determined to be last. >> and he made more concessions, giving up the public option which would have created a government insurance program that would have competed with private companies. >> we ended up having to wrestle this thing to the ground in a way that was less than ideal from my perspective. >> finally, march 21, 2010. >> on this vote the ayes are 219, the nays are 212. the motion to turn the senate amendment is adopted. >> for decades they've been trying to do it. i...

Giving up the public option, which would have created a government insurance program that would have competed with private companies. >> we ended up having to wrestle this thing to the ground in a way that was less than ideal from my perspective. >> finally, march 21, 2010. >> on this vote, the ayes are 219, the nays are 212. the motion to concur in the senate amendment is adopted. >> for decades, they've been trying to do it. it has now been done. >> without a single republican vote, the bill passed. the white house celebrated. >> i asked the president, how does this night compare to election...

Shipping and handling, even shippishi >> this went back three to four years that he talked to these people. >> and had he been giving money the whole time? >> give them some money, yeah. >> on march 21, albert poland took his last call. after being asked for yet another $1,500 more to claim his prize, poland put a gun to his head and killed hym eed himself. his family was convinced it was the false promises that drove him to suicide. >> they were really preying on him. >> he' once of thousands of people, mostly elderly, who answer a phone call and find themselves entangled in a complex scheme ...

Time going over that part of the program 'cause he is a devout atheist and he has the students write down god is dead and sign their names and they can move on. one student says i can't do this, i'm a christian. i said okay. then you have to debate me and prove the existence of god. >> and if he can not prove it? >> he can get -- basically an f in my class. >> but what if he proves it? >> then you have to watch the movie and find out. >> you saw this script and you thought it had potential and now how do you feel with it? >> i saw the final cut about three weeks ago and i was blown away. same ...