michael steele, right? the good news is, yeah, you know, he is out there raising a lot of money for the rnc. you know, i think a number of people are surprised how well republicans are doing with fund-raising in this down economy when we don't control anything. the other good news is i don't think most americans actually know who michael steele is right now. i think that's probably a good thing because you know, the things he says i think obviously, are not well thought out. and you know, and they force republicans like me to go on and who capital really defend what he says, and you know, you're on the defensive. i think the republican party right now probably just needs to put its head down, let the conservative and moderate democrats keep fighting with each other over health care and you know, the democrats are doing a fine enough job of infighting amongst themselves right now. i think republicans should probably just take a step back. >> karen, it's interesting because you didn't say for example, a lot o

chairman michael steele -- >> or maybe not. >> not sure? >> i think it's blue cross/blue shield. >> for more on the effort to block health care reform, let's turn to former chief of staff from the senate finance committee when it was chaired by the late senator daniel patrick moynihan. lawrence, good to see you. would the republican's launch have more credibility on this issue if, a, the party's chairman knew what kind of health insurance he had, and b, if he did policy? >> wow. it reminds you of a time when the first president bush was caught campaigning for election in 1992 and not knowing the price of milk in america. for michael steele, he couldn't have appeared more out of touch with people who are worried about preserving their health insurance, people who don't have it, people who have fought hard to get it. and know exactly who their carriers are and what their deductibles are and how much they spend every year. that was as bad a moment as you could ask for. and watching joe scarborough take him apart was a unique pleasure. watching

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. >>> michael steele has stepped up attacks on president obama's health care reform plan. >> when michael steele was asked about his own health care coverage, he told cnn he is not sure which company covered him. he said he thought it was blue cross blue shield, but according to sources, it looks like it is set up. democrats pounced on michael steele, sang it must be nice to have the luxury of not knowing the name of your health care provider -- saying that it must be nice to have the luxury of not knowing the name of your health care provhealth care >>> nobody has done more with less than me. >> new york city's naked cowboy has announced his candidacy for mayor. he says he has plenty of ideas about tax breaks, gay marriage, and homeland security. he will face michael bloomberg who is seeking a third term. >>> ok, follow that. >> most of the showersn o the western fringesn of the viewing area. we have one just north of dallas. the next seven days, more showers and thunderstorms tomorrow. we have dropped temperatures a little bit because we think there will be more cloud cover. no rain on

and michael steele was a challenge. plus, some people drop off their babies at daycare. sfx: coin drop, can shaking hear that? that's the sound of people saving. saving money, saving time, and saving for the future. regions makes it simple - starting with lifegreen checking and savings - featuring free convenient e-services, up to a $250 annual savings account bonus and a free personal savings review. trace: well, today was a big day for the future of the republican party. you know, the gop has been looking for attraction since losing control of congress and the white house, and hours ago, the republican national committee chairmanship michael steele tried to fire them up during the annual meeting in san diego. listen. >> i am willing, and your national chairman, had to go wherever you need me to go, it to be with you as you build brick by brick portion. trace: remembered some question whether he has what it takes to keep leading the party -- remember, some question that. carl cameron comedy quiet the critics? >> yes, after a kind of a rocky start -- carl cameron, did he

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steele. on washington journal tomorrow morning, we will discuss afghanistan with michael o'hanlon ambassador christopher hill has an update on iraq. we will focus on the health-care debate with representatives christopher murphy and joe barton. also, we have mike allen, the chief white house correspondent for "the politico." >> join the conversation on civil rights and race relations with npr and fox news analyst juan williams live in two weeks.

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michael steele is here. ú?ú?ú?ú?ccú?÷y÷y [captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- greta: more with governor arnold schwarzenegger. they leave town. you have now got to cut things. "the l.a. times" talk about you are cutting it from children, aids victims, people who really need help. that is what you wake up to, so what is the attraction with the job? >> like i said, this is a job that i enjoy tremendously, especially in the good times. even though now, as i said earlier, i have sleepless nights many times when you have this kind of a budget disaster and this kind of a lack in revenues and when you have to make this kind of severe cutting, because you know it is not just the ledger sheets and the books that reflect it, but it is people beyond that. there are kids that need this kind of health care. there are children that need education. there are kids struggling to get into universities now. , all of these things have a tremendous

sean: all right, michael steele, thank you. >> thank you. sean: ed rendell is here, and we have reaction to the president's address. also, michelle obama is linked to a scheme from the south side of chicago. our own ainsley earhardt has more. and we have a detailed look inside the obama health care plan tomorrow night, a special edition of this program, at its regular time, and 9:00 p.m. eastern, edit it is -- and >> they believe one of osama bin laden's sons was killed in a air strike. they suspect that he was killed earlier this year by missiles fired from an american predator. it apparently haven't summer in pakistan. the u.s. counterterrorism officials say the body has not been recovered. there is a 85% chance this report is true. he had no known ties to al qaeda. he had been living in pakistan since last year. they think the son of osama bin laden was killed earlier this year in an air strike over pakistan. and another breaking story out of houston. several people have been shot out of texas southern university. six people were shot. it

we'll get his reaction to the fiery comments from michael steele. also the latest on private bowe bergdahl. we'll go live to the sold aers hometown. >>> plus on this, the 40th anniversary of the apollo 11 moon mission landing. our interview with buzz aldrin. you're watching msnbc. introducing one a day women's 2o. the first complete women's multivitamin in a drink mix. with more calcium and vitamin d... to support bone and breast health... while helping you hydrate. one a day women's 2o. refreshingly healthy. >>> this hour on msnbc, the battle erupts. president obama's now throwing everything he has into health care reform. >> this isn't about me. this isn't about politics. this is about a health care system that is breaking america's families. >> but the gop stands firmly opposed to the obama plan. >> it is time to stop the experiment. >>> plus, it's now been six months since president obama's inauguration. how do the expectations compare to the realities? we will grade his work on foreign policy and bipartisanship. >>> later, it's been exactly 40

he will attack michael steele, insurance companies, republicans. fox news was attacked today by the white house for say to go ahead and kill this plan. when you get that -, you are very desperate. >> it is not the obama plan. why they let this get out of control and did not start from the white house, the same with the stimulus. >> he might not have written it, but he stuck with it. bret: we will hear more about health care and the president's news conference at 8:00 p.m. eastern on wednesday. up next, secretary of state hillary clinton gets the cold shoulder over climate change. wwww my doctor told me something i never knew. as we get older, our bodies become... less able to absorb calcium. he recommended citracal. it's a different kind of calcium. calcium citrate. with vitamin d... for unsurpassed absorption, to nourish your bones. body wash from olay. tone enriching ribbons. two separate ribbons. the white cleanses. the gold moisturizes and has a touch of mineral shimmer to enhance skin's tone. olay tone enriching body wash. for skin that shimme

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consider the speech given by rnc chairman michael steele monday. as "the washington post" posted out steele lifted entire sections of a memo written by alex castellanos. the memo reads "slow down, mr. president. we can't afford to get health care wrong." listen to what chairman steele said on monday. >> slow down, mr. president. we can't afford to get health care wrong. >> another part, castellanos writes "the old top-down washington-centered system the democrats propose will empower washington to restrict the cures and treatments your doctor can prescribe for you." once again, michael steele. >> the old top-down washington-centered system the democrats propose is designed to grow washington's power to restrict the cures and treatments your doctor can prescribe for you. >> and finally, the memo goes on to say, "president obama's experimenting with america too much, too soon and too fast." once again, watch michael steele. >> the barack obama experiment with america is a risk our country can't afford. it's too much, too fast, too soon. >> later when

>> it is a little odd -- >> michael steele said it. this is a republican st. -- >> was he not complaint last week about bipartisanship? >> you have the 60 seats. you have the white house. it is your party's hands. >> there is no doubt. i do not know that the seating of one senator changes the notion that democrats control both houses of congress and the white house. i hope the implication by michael steele is not that addressing america's problems is not a priority of all americans serving in government, not simply one party. you can ask him that as a fault. this president is going to pursue the policies that he believes are important to turn our economy down, to change our image throughout the world, and continued to reach out to democrats and republicans to make that agenda happened. >> i have heard from plenty of -- 60 seats. if you do not have 60 votes, you did not have it. your party has 60 seats. you do not have that excuse any more. >> again, there is math. i will see this as i have said many times. -- i will say this. we do not

with us now, the chairman of the republican national committee, michael steele. i want you, mr. steele, i have been trying to get you on this show. i want you to look at some of these maps. this is a map that ran in the "new york times." the red part shows the only part of the country that voted more for the republican ticket in 2008 than had the time before in 2004. it's sort of the appalachian area. now look at some of these numbers. i think these are the challenges you face in your leadership and it's a great historic challenge you face, leading the republican party back to victory. back in 2000 we had 105 million people vote. in 2008, 131 million. that's good for the republic. 25% more. and then african-american participation, it's gone from 11%, obviously with the first african real candidate with a chance to win, it's gone from 11% to 13%, but adversarial to your party it's gone from 88% democrat to 95% democrat. >> right. >> latino voters, again moving up in their percentage from 8% to 9%. but then again, a two-thirds vote for the democratic candidate, barack obama. 67%.

what about michael steele's comment there? what is the reaction here in washington? >> hi, bret. n.c. says that essentially what the chairman was saying is discussion of her viability or lack of viability in 2012 ought to be off the table because her decision was based on her local political situation in alaska and it's up to sarah palin to determine her own future. steele went on to say that in as many words, but there is an awful lot of republicans in washington who simply cannot understand how this is in any way, shape or form a launch of an additional political career, that they effectively believe this ends it. bret: a lot of panelists, a lot of analysts in washington say this was the wong move, but is there something about sarah palin tapping into this atmosphere of tea parties an facebook and twitter, and is there something that people inside washington is missing? >> yes. i think inside washington is missing how toxic the environment was for sarah pailen in alaska. we don't see or hear what she goes through every day. as for the mills out there, everybody close to her in

michael steele, wading into the health-care debate. he is speaking at the national press club in washington, d.c., this is a live picture. he claims that the administration wants to implement government run health care that will hurt the economy and caused millions to drop their current coverage. his remarks are streaming live at foxnews.com. later in the hour we will hear from my mother, who is headed to washington with a letter to washington. megyn: your mother? [laughter] bill: a mother. it will not be my mother, she is still on vacation. lawmakers on health care are going to hear about disabled children in the hour as well. megyn: new information coming in about a train crash in san francisco over the weekend. the operator of the train told investigators that he blacked out just before the accident. that matches a witness's statement that the driver was slumped over the controls before the train hit. federal investigators say that the operator turned off the trains autopilot moments before the collision. as a result it slammed into

sean: all right, michael steele, thank you. >> thank you. sean: ed rendell is here, and we have reaction to the president's address. also, michelle obama is linked to a scheme from the south side of chicago. our own ainsley earhardt has more. and we have a detailed look inside the obama health care plan tomorrow night, a special edition of this program, at its regular time, and 9:00 p.m. eastern, edit it is -- and isit is a "hannity" you cannot miss. sean: hilary clinton made quite the fashion statement when she arrived in bangkok. it looked to me like she may have been showing some solidarity with the remaining detainees at guantanamo bay, although that looks like some upscale gtmo gear. tastyville, feed your summer fun with the full, juicy flavor of johnsonville sausage. johnsonville. sausage is all we do. finally, good news for people with type 2 diabetes or at risk for diabetes. introducing new nutrisystem d, the clinically tested program for losing weight and reducing blood sugar. hi i'm mike, and i lost 100 pounds on nutrisystem d when

sean: all right, michael steele, thank you. >> thank you. sean: ed rendell is here, and we have reaction to the president's address. also, michelle obama is linked to a scheme from the south side of chicago. our own ainsley earhardt has more. and we have a detailed look inside the obama health care plan tomorrow night, a special edition of this program, at its regular time, and 9:00 p.m. regular time, and 9:00 p.m. eastern, edit it is -- andrgeon] what causes a bone to break? you'd think it would be something out of your control. not necessarily. after menopause, when a woman has a fracture, the underlying cause could be osteoporosis. and that's a fracture that might have been prevented. if you have post-menopausal osteoporosis, you could be at high risk for fracture. which is why i hope you'll call now 1-800-316-4955 for this free information kit. in it, you'll see the difference between the inside of a strong bone and the inside of an osteoporotic bone, weakened and prone to fracture. you'll find ways to help reverse bone loss and to help

pretty much laughed off michael steele and blew his response off. frankly he is absolutely right. look you can sit here and say african-americans want to hear more than just the president talking about, you know parents, talking about education, and, they want to hear specifics. the reality is what is the agenda from the gop. i have long argued that african-americans should look at republican and democrat party. you are not articulating a message appealing to people of color they are not going to listen to you even if your chairman is an african-american. >> did the president address or reiterate what we have heard him say already -- it is not my purpose to serve any one particular group. not to be the president of black people, but of all america, and if those are -- those who are disenfranchised happen to beep mostly black or something other, then he would hope that, he has said this before here, would hope that whatever issues he tries to bring forth, whatever new initiatives it would be applicable to everyone. >> absolutely. again he is not a block president. he is a president

wendell, this isn't just about michael steele here. >> president is not likely to be listening to michael steele. is he likely to be counting votes on capitol hill and looking at polls that show increasing skepticism about his handling of health care reform. especially among imedz. his aids blame the slide in support on the toughness of the problem but a new "the washington post"/abc news poll shows support for the president's hand ling of health care reform has now fallen below 50% for the first time. though his overall job approval rating remains high. he will try to boost the health care numbers and eased pressure on lawmakers a bit. mr. obama had been calling on congress to give him a bill by the end of next month. now he says the end of the year. republicans think the health care issue can be used to take down his overall numbers. south carolina senator jim demint says it could be the president's waterloo which is where napoleon lost his final battle. in his remarks today, president obama fired back. >> this isn't about me. this isn't about politics this is a b. a healthcare system b

>> the short answer is because he does policy, unlike michael steele. he does all sorts of events. he gets out on the campaign trail but we don't care as much and i don't think he cares as much. because the stakes are so much higher now. as i explained in "renegade" he sees himself and his friends see him as a fourth quarter player. here it's not just health care on the tanl. it's his authority, the conventional wisdom in the beltway saying somehow things are slipping away from him. this is the time for him to step up the game and of course now he has opponents. he has people that he can beat up and this oppositional conflict, this dynamic is much more to his liking than him just being out there on his own. >> as far as being a fourth quarter player here is the president, here's the fourth quarter player's job approval number. it remains at 59%. the numbers of the opposition party on every issue, even health care, far, far worse. might there be a lot less to those poll numbers than how they were being portrayed all day today? >> well, they're sliding. it's true. my white house sour

the party chairman, michael steele, he'll be here. we'll talk about that, a lot more, health care reform, sarah palin, and a party plagued by scandal right now. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> major developments in the murder of the florida couple with 14 children, this many with special needs. officials say they found valuable in evidence the case and there's new information about the latest suspect arrested. she's facing charges of acce accessory to murder. cnn's ed lavendandera is joinins now. he's been working the story for some time. let's go to ed for latest. what do we know right now, ed? >> well, wolf, investigators are telling us that now they're starting to approach the final part of this investigation and will now move in more intensely into the prosecutorial phase. but as we've uncovered some new details today, the latest arrest warrant of pamela wiggins reveals the fact that there was a red minivan, a second vehicle parked near the home of byrd and melanie billings, and according to this arrest repor

you know, you hear michael steele on the rnc this morning talking about not rushing. i think what that's about is trying to slow things down and in effect trying to kill them. there is, in fact, a rush for the millions of americans who don't have insurance. there is a rush for people whose premiums are going up. if you're a small business and can't afford to employ were employers. there is a rush for them. so we've got to get moving on reform, and just saying, take your time, is not a strategy, not an alternative. it's just trying to slow things down. >> john feehery, when you look at the president and what he's trying to achieve, the newest poll from "the washington post"/abc today shows that he personally as 59% popularity. he can't -- you know, you can't knock that. but when you look at the issues, health care, only 49% for the plan as divides, the budget deficit, 43% support what he's doing. the economy, 52%. are there warning signals there for the white house? >> there are, andrea. and if you look deeper into that poll, key voters, independent voters, they do not

lately, lot of people have been blaming michael steele for much of the parti's woes. steel is perhaps looking to nip those accusations and the blood and silence critics was and for all. he spoke recently in san diego, lashing out at democrats, saying he would personally do whatever it takes for republicans to start winning again. quite a statement. >> he says they need to stop the navel gazing. democrats are trying to shed at the attitude of demoralization and get aggressive. a short time ago, the chairman said it was not only time to strike back, but there is a host of policy offenses. they said it was partly us, the media. here is what he said. >> think about where we have been, all the crap we have taken from the press. and think about where we're going. >> german steele -- chairmen -- chairman steele and the rnc are dubbing health care and marched towards socialism. the democrats and so-called blue dog democrats will be in for an attack on the industry. they said they have misgivings about health care, but in the past few days they have been laboring and we will h

rnc chairman michael steele. always appreciate your time. it's always interesting. thank you. >> take care. >> elizabeth cohen, thank you so much. my fact checker, she keeps me honest on all the issues and all the numbers. >>> all right, this could have been the day that the senate judiciary committee passed judgment on sonia sotomayor, instead as senate rules allow, republicans called for a one-week delay. nobody doubts that the no one will not recommend her confirmation to the supreme court. >>> a happy ending to a story that drew national outrage, minority kids kids out of a swim club, getting ready for a fantastic trip. a celebrity moved by the story, picking up the tab. to stay on top of my game after 50, i switched to a complete multivitamin with more. only one a day men's 50+ advantage... has gingko for memory and concentration. plus support for heart health. that's a great call. one a day men's. >>> well, a big-name professor's arrest sparked bigtime controversy. the news hit harvard square and then the headlines. we'll have some new developments just in the

then in 10 minutes, from michael steele, head of the republican national committee. in a little more than an hour, monday's news conference with defense secretary robert gates and joint chiefs chairman @ rahm mike mullen. -- admiral mike mullen. >> on "washington journal," we will discuss issues with michael of palin. christopher hill has an update on iraq. we will focus on health care debate with christopher murphy and joe barton. also joining us, the chief white house correspondent for the politico. washington journal is live on c- span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> join the conversations with npr and fox news analyst juan williams. it will be on booktv on c-span2. >> here is president obama on health care legislation. this was after a meeting with health care providers at a children hospital in washington, d.c. it is about 10 minutes. >> please have a seat. i want to thank the children's hospital today and the participants. i just had the opportunity to talk to doctors, nurses, physicians assistants, and administrators at this extraordinary institution. we sp

and he has worked on michael steele's senate campaign. doug high alt is here and he is one of if not the most successful college coaches of all time. last week he was inducted into the college football hall of fame. former notre dame coach, all-around great guy lou holtz. how are you? >> i'm doing better. sean: there's a rumor you are run fog -- running for office. are you going to? >> oh, i can't run a mile. let's move on to other things! sean: ok. the professor henry louis gates issue. first, president obama's involvement. he said they acted stupidly. then he didn't say he was wrong he said this is a teachable moment. we need to calm down. >> he didn't call the police officer -- sean: he publicly excoriated him. publicly apologize. >> i think he actually has expressed that he shouldn't have said that. it's pretty clear. sean: how about the words "i'm sorry"? >> yeah, he could say i'm sorry and he shouldn't have said it. he shouldn't take sides just because he's friends with somebody. >> the political mistake was he -- it distracted from

michael steele rnc chair carried over from the last block. where did you get the idea for this mathias? >> it stems from an idea did i a couple months ago with pennies. it's really for me about trying to visualize the information in a way that we can kind of all see. we hear numbers and they don't mean that much. when you start seeing it you are like oh, that's a lot. brian: why does this hit home why is it effective? >> it's effective because it's common sense. where everybody at america is at this point. we are talking about billions. we are actually talking about trillions of dollars. this is not going to cost us 600 billion. it's going to cost over a trillion dollars for. this the reality of what mathias has done is put it in common sense terms. can you visualize it and see this stack of pennies over here versus what i get and what you are getting. it kind of puts it in a perspective that you now begin to appreciate exactly what the president is saying. what it means. most especially what it means to you in terms of all the spending that

in an interview, rnc chief michael steele likened the proposal to socialism. we will hear more about the president's plan this wednesday night during a prime time presidential address. it beginnings at 8:00 right here. >>> well, maryland senator barbara mccost key will be having surgery on her broken ankle. the senator's surgery had not been scheduled yet. >>> it was one small step for man, but one giant leap for mankind. 40 years ago today, neil armstrong made history. setting foot on the moon. tonight, a new mission. chi jackson explains. >> that's right, denise. nostalgia and new challenges on the 40th on the anniversary. but some say, one challenge at a time. >> the eagle has landed. >> reporter: with those words, the human race advanced light years into the future. president obama and the world honored neil armstrong, michael collins and buzz aldrin. >> the country continues to draw inspiration from you. >> reporter: becky was 9 years old. >> i remember the day. >> you do? >> yes, i was in north carolina. they were about seven of us, watching that flicker

after a rocky start as chairman, michael steele seems to have made peace with g.o.p. critics. some have proposed limiting his power over party money but in the end went with a traditional cosignature for expenditures over $100,000. bret: carl cameron, live in san diego. we can finally show you images of the air force i flyover of ground zero that caused a panic in manhattan last april and cost the head of the white house military office his job. national security correspondent jennifer griffin shows us what all the fuss was about. >> three months, 40 freedom of information requests and countless legal hours and this is what the white house and the air force apparently didn't want the public to see, pictures of the president's plane on a purported training mission, to update file photos of air force i, circli

michael steele says the new health-care plan will hurt the economy and forced millions to drop their current coverage. >> the president is rushing this experiment through congress so fast, so soon, that we have not had a moment to think if it works, or worse, the consequences to our nation, economies, and families, if it does not. trace: wendell goler is at the white house. what is the gop strategy here? >> republicans want to capitalize on new polls released showing americans are growinstarting to be concerned h health care reform. still, more people support reform than oppose it. michael steele tried to reverse that trend, calling the plan risky. >> candidate obama promise to change. president obama is conducting an experiment. -- promised change. he is a pair minting with the quality of our lives, experimenting with the quality -- economy, and experimenting on necessarily with our tax dollars. >> he accuses the president of pushing us toward a socialized health-care system. trace: how is the gop strategy playing on capitol hill? >> the rnc is targeting read state democrats. -- red

michael steele will be a long to answer that question. jane: this is why i do not go into the water. like something a out of your darkest a nightmare. not your average squid, and even diverse are staying away from the danger zone i want to make you aware of the situation on the west side of chicago. a huge factory explosion. at least two injured. bricks and debris are flying hundreds into the air. the fire department has not even gone into the building yet. you see the guy at the top of your screen -- those emergency jackets. they're trying to determine what kind of chemicals are in the building before entering it. they think that everyone is accounted for, but still have to go in and make sure this time, and they are not even going to do that until they know what chemicals are in there. they say it may be caused by mixing of chemicals. word is in the that people in nearby neighborhoods -- this is humble part on the west side of chicago -- people are saying that there are respiratory problems, and that may be because of the explosion. the

. >> so many democrats fighting amongst each other, rnc chairman michael steele seems prepared to sacrifice bipartisanship on this one issue. >> look at what these guys are saying and doing, not what we're saying and doing. you have 60 votes in the senate. a 2-1 majority in the house. the democrats control the entire power structure of the federal government. if you want health care, get the votes. do it. >> yeah. >> republicans can't block the bill because republicans can't even filibuster in the senate. >> lots to talk about with howard fineman, seep your washington correspondent for "newsweek" magazine and howard, good evening. >> the plan is not to reform health care but to reform the republican party in 2010? >> don't forget, it's the rnc. it's the rush-newt-cheney, as in liz, republican party. based on that rnc, the republican strategy is it to talk about racial fears and resentments. to talk about where barack obama was born. and not to talk about health care. we talked on the hill today, republicans as well as democrats. republicans claim they have plan, they don't. they claim they'

here's what michael steel had say on monday. >> obama, pelosi want to start to build a cole loss sal closed health care system where washington decides. republicans want it support an open health care system where patients and doctors make the decisions. >> reporter: one concession on new taxes to pay for health care, house speaker nancy pelosi wants to raise the knicks level from $350,000 to $1 million. >>> the flu vaccine you get later this year will not protect against the h1n1 virus. the food and drug administration's newry approved vaccine will offer protection from three common flu strains but an h1n1 vaccine is still in development. doctors say it is still important to get the seasonal flu shot. thousands of people especially chronically ill and small children die from the flu every year. >>> the et cofounder sheila johnson says she is a life-long democrat but she is supporting the republican in virginia's gubernatorial race. she has endorsed bob mcdonnell. she says he is best suited for picking virginia's economic problems. johnson was the second largest donor to the tim kain

the writing of this article goes on to say that michael steele introduces the special guest speaker as "the storm that is the hon. governor of the great state of alaska, sarah palin." he goes on to write that just for the storm is heading is one of the most intriguing issues. sarah palin was at once the sexiest and the riskiest brand in the republican party. host: just part of the 9000 word particle. want to take your calls on the "vanity fair" article on sarah palin. we will link this on our web site. republicans, democrats, independents, separate lines for you. he goes on to write -- why do so many skilled veterans of the republican party keep loyally working for her election even after the privately realized she was casual about the truce and totally unfit for the vice presidency. perhaps most painful, how could john mccain, one of the cages survivors in contemporary politics -- and it overdeveloped sense of his own integrity of honor -- ever have picked a person whose utter shortage of qualification for her proposed job all but disqualified him for his. merrill lypasadena, md.. cal

. >>> michael steel is expected to address the nation's oldest civil-rights organization. he is in new york to recognize the naacp 100 years of service. the organization says it is not living in the past, claiming record turnout and increased membership. former and current leaders addressed members yesterday. >> the and the legacy p -- the naacp has not given up on the american dream or the american possibilities and we ask the american people not to give up, also. we dream big dreams. we pursue them doggedly. when we win, we always win in the and, we win really, really big. >> president barack obama is expected to address members later this week. we have a report from the convention tonight at 6:00. >>> a new study will be in our medical alert. we will have plants and garden questions and you can e-mail your questions to wbaltv.com. >> not a drop of rain to be found on the radar over the state of maryland. it is a nice trend in july that is continuing. is continuing. we will look a get gold bond pain relieving foot cream. maximum strength medicine stops pain fast. gold bo

steele. steele is accused of illegally transferring money from his campaigns to the republican party. most of the money is from legal fees from redistricting several years ago. now the maryland board of elections wants the party to give more than $77,000 back to steele's 2002 campaign. the money is -- if the money is not returned in two weeks, state prosecutors can file charges. >>> there are reports of a man impersonating a police officer in frederick county. a juvenile telling authorities he was stopped wednesday night in frederick by a man wearing a black uniform shirt with a badge. the man searched the juvenile and drove away in a black ford crown victoria with a spotlight on it. >>> family, fans, and former teammates turned up by the thousands for former ravens quarterback steve mcnair's memorial service. kai jackson has more on this. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon, don. that service was held in nashville, but friends and teammates from baltimore traveled the distance to sho

rnc chairman michael steele admitted as much today. essentially he said that he was there to do a policy free, pure politics discussion of health care. and given that that's so far been the republican approach i understand why they're calling for a delay. the thing i don't understand is why conservative democrats, some conservative democrats, are also calling for a delay. do you understand that? >> you know, i do in part because i think there are a lot of conservative democrats who are afraid of exploding deficits and the prediction from the cbo is something that makes everyone sit back and say, wow. how are we going to pay for this? i think the proposal to tax the top 1% of people in america and pay for health care that way and pay for health care by the cost containment that the president wants to put in place are very reasonable and something we all should support. one of the problems is the way the cbo scores things. there's no doubt in my mind from our own experience in pennsylvania that you can do cost containment and cut costs.

. >> governor, your successor, couple of times removed michael steele made a speech about the health care bill for which he was greatly criticized. would you share with us your evaluation of how well your successor michael steele is doing as chairman of the republican national committee? >> vernon, that didn't get any news coverage down here, so i don't know exactly what he said. >> every day, governor. >> i try not to. the truth is, vernon, when i was chairman and we were six months into my chairmanmanship, a lot of people criticized me. they criticized me that they didn't think i was visible enough in washington. i was spending too much time out in the states trying to rebuild the party from the bottom up. and i heard that criticism. i thought what i was doing was right and i stuck with it. i've learned it's not fair to judge somebody's term, including barack obama's, by the first six months. >> governor barbour, what else would you like to see on the national agenda right now. we're obviously spending a lot of time talking about health care. climate change is also out there. if yo

. >> michael steele said it. there are other saying it, too. >> what more we saying last week about bipartisanship? apparently is all on us. -- it is all on us. >> you have the white house. the agenda is in your party's hands. >> i do not know that the seating of one senator change is the notion that democrats control both houses. i hope the implication by chairman steel is not that addressing america's problems is not the priority of all americans, not simply one party. that is a follow-up you cannot compare do this president is going to continue to pursue -- you can ask him. this president is going to continue to pursue to change our image throughout the world. we are going to continue to reach out to democrats and republicans to make that didn't happen. >> i have heard from plenty -- you do not have a 60 votes. now your party has 60 seats. you do not have that excuse anymore. >> there is math. i think we do not get everybody from every party on every day. that includes the democratic party. we will continue to