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we'll ask about bret michaels. stay with us. you know, when i grow up, i'm going to own my own restaurant. i want to be a volunteer firefighter. when i grow up, i want to write a novel. i want to go on a road trip. when i grow up, i'm going to go there. i'm going to work with kids. i want to fix up old houses. [ female announcer ] at aarp we believe you're never done growing. i want to fall in love again. [ female announcer ] together we can discover the best of what's next at aarp.org. >> larry: we're back. as you all know, brett michaels is in the hospital, serious brain condition. he's competing on "celebrity apprentice" to earn money for his charity, the diabetes association. during the competition, he learned that his 9-year-old daughter would be diabetic. here's part of the boardroom discussion. watch. >> now, does that make you feel even stronger about fighting for your charity, or do you think you'd like to leave? >> you know that i do not want to leave here, but for my charity, i would fight to the end, and especially n

. >>> well, rock star and reality show contestant bret michaels is in the hospital in critical condition. doctors have found bleeding in his brain stem. he was rushed to the hospital with a severe headache. mike gallon. >> bleeding at the base of his brain stem, tell us about it. >> i believe they said it was a subarachnoid bleed and that's the type of hemorrhage where a blood vessel breaks, it's bleeding stroke and near the base of the rain stem, it's the area that leads to respiration and your heart rate, it's kind of like the main center for all the functions that are automatic. so if you have a lot of swelling in that area, it really can lead to serious brain damage. >> the 47-year-old michaels is probably best known for fronting the '80 hair band poison. in recent years, michaels has been a mainstay on reality tf starring on vh-1. >>> lindsay lohan says it was a publicity stunt, but her dad says it was what any concerned father would do. lohan's father visited -- younger daughter alley who has been hanging out with lindsay, he joined jane velez-mitchell for an exclusive interview on

what's happening with bret michaels here? some people are saying this may be related to an accident he had on stage during a performance. >> well, as you said earlier he is still under 24-hour surveillance and intensive care at an undisclosed hospital. some are saying this may link back to the 2009 tony awards where he was hit by a piece of scenery and it knocked him down onto the stage floor. there's really no proof of that right now. his publicist is not saying that is the case. donald trump, you'll probably recall he is on the apprentice right now, donald trump checked in and apparently he is quoted on tmz as saying that bret is, quote, in big, big trouble and the prognosis is not great. the 47-year-old former poison front man was hospitalized four days ago and describes the pain as being hit on the head repeatedly with a baseball bat which doctors refer to as a thunder clamp headache. obviously this is not a good time and all of our thoughts go out to him and we wish him the best. >> we do. >> it's not looking good though

t.j.maxx. >>> bret michaels is in critical condition this morning after suffering a brain hemorrhage. he was rushed to intensive care on thursday with a severe headache. doctors discovered bleeding at the base of his brain. michael had an emergency appearen tea last week, and he is currently a contestant on "the celebrity apprentice." >>> students at virginia tech will have to pay an additional $800. virginia tech's president says the tuition hikes are not due to declines in state funding. >>> crossing guards could be next in maryland. the sheriff's job is considering eliminating those jobs because of the budget cuts. and parents are not the only ones concerned about the proposal. >> reporter: how important are the crossing guards to you? >> very important. we trust our children's safety to them. >> reporter: hundreds of kids russh across the busy intersection. and with budget cuts looming, right now the crossing guards are on the chopping block. >> i think it's a terrible idea. i think they find money in the budget for much less important things. and coming around the corner, if you

. >>> rocker and reality show star bret michaels suffered a massive brain hemorrhage. michaels' publicist tells us he is now in critical condition. the 47-year-old is best known for fronting the '80s hair band poison. and he's been a mainstay on reality tv starring in "rock of love." he's also a contestant on nbc's "celebrity apprentice." >>> a woman who bought a secondhand jacket for her son, found more than $1,200 in one of the pockets. she had the thrift store track down the original owner. she said what she initially thought was a pack of cigarettes turned out to be much more. >> i just stuck my hand in the pocket and out it came. and i said it even comes with a bonus, and i looked over and i saw $100 bill and a wad of money. >> the jacket originally belonged to a woman who gave her late husband's clothes to the thrift store. they are now striking up a friendship. >>> this german shepherd right here led an alaskan state trooper to a fire in his family's shop. earlier this month, buddy with with his owner ben when the fire started. well, ben was burned on the face a

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. >>> rock star and reality show contestant bret michaels is in the hospital in critical condition. people.com reports doctors found bleeding at the base of his brain stem. his publicist says the singer was rushed to intensive care late thursday after a severe headache. last night mike galanos talked with "showbiz tonight" cohost brooke anderson about michaels' overall health. >> he's been a diabetic sense he was a kid, right? >> yeah. since he was age 6 struggling with diabetes his entire life. he is 47 years old. recently, about a week and a half ago, in fact, mike, he was rushed to the hospital in san antonio, texas, where he underwent an emergency apen detective my. after that surgery he seemed to be in really good spirits, he posted a note to his fans in which he wrote, they told me that if i had gone on stage like i wanted to my appendix likely to be ruptured and i could have died and said it hurt but got a good threshold for pain and seemed to be in good spirits then. but apparently taken a turn for the worse. >> the 4-year-old michaels is probably best known for fronting the

. >>> reality tv star and the lead singer of the rock band poison, bret michaels remains in critical condition. he's in the hospital after being diagnosed with a brain hemorrhage. the rock star and celebrity apprentice was rushed to the hospital late thursday night after he complained of an excruciating headache. bret michaels publicist is reporting he is conscious and talking with slurred speech. >>> some disturbing surveillance video emerged from queens, new york. it's showing how cruel people can be. a good samaritan is stabbed and dozens of people walk on by as he bleeds to death. so what drives a person to just ignore something like that and walk on by? the story this morning from nbc's jeff rossen. >> reporter: the surveillance tape is chilling. just off camera this woman is mugged. that's when police say a good samaritan jumped in to help. the mugger stabbed him and ran away. the injured samaritan chases him before collapsing on the sidewalk. over the next hour and 20 minutes, more than 25 people passed by and did nothing. in one case a man took a picture on his cell phone cam

. >>> as we move on tonight hollywood is speak out about bret michaels tonight. "celebrity apprentice" and of course front man of the band poison remains in critical condition after suffering a massive brain hemorrhage. michael's had a massive headache last week. rushed to the hospital. doctors discovered bleeding in his brain. trying to locate the source. a new statement posted on michaels' website "is under the best medical care possible." brand-new reaction today from sharon osbourne, who's michaels' co-star on "celebrity apprentice." sharon telling "showbiz tonight," she is pulling for bret. >> you know he's too good not come through this and be, you know, the bret that we know and love. he's going to come through this, i know he. >> well according to bretmichaels.com an official medical update from his doctors is expected this week. >>> as we move on, here come the kids again. oh, yeah, jon and kate gosselin's eight kids will be co-starring with kate on her new show "kate plus 8." new questions today, should this single mom really use her kids on her new sho

. >>> plus, rock star bret michaels in the hospital after suffering bleeding on the brain. the latest on his condition is coming up. >>> and a rash of robberies targeting older men in florida, who's behind it and why do police believe there's even more victims out there? >>> good morning, everyone, i'm alex witt. welcome to "msnbc saturday." well, the fight over immigration in this country is escalating to a whole new level. fierce reaction is pouring in after the governor of arizona signed a controversial new bill that enacts laws against illegal immigrants. jan brewer is defending her decision to sign that measure. it will make it a crime under state law to be in the country illegally. it also requires police to question people about their immigration status if there is reason to suspect they are illegal immigrants. and one immigrant group is already promising a legal fight. the mexican-american legal defense and education fund says the measure launches arizona into "a spiral of pervasive fear, community distrust, increased crime and costly litigation." arizona's governor

. >>> plus, rock star bret michaels rushed to the hospital after suffering a brain hemorrhage. the latest coming up. >>> the fight over immigration hitting a fever pitch in arizona. the nation's toughest immigration bill now a law in that state but opponents argue it violates civil rights and now president obama is asking the justice department to get involved. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to msnbc saturday. it's 10:00 a.m. here on the east coast, 7:00 out west. severe weather is slamming different parts of this country. look at that lightning there. lightning, hail, thunderstorms all threatening different regions in the south today. colorado is dealing with winter weather advisories for heavy snow. the thunderstorms are expected throughout the day in the midwest as well. with the latest, i'm joined now by nbc meteorologist bill karins. take it away. busy day. >> dangerous day out there. saturday morning you want to be worried about t-ball games, soccer, fun stuff like that. but it is dangerous. that's the biggest message we want to send to everyone, all our friends in l

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michaels is in critical condition after a brain hemorrhage. the 47-year-old's publicist says he was rush inside to intensive care last night after complaining of a severe headache. doctors say he is bleeding near his brain stem. michaels had an emergency appendectomy last week. the front man of poison is say peering on celebrity -- celebrity apprentice. >>> ford is recalling 33,000 vehicles in the country. there is a problem that could force the head restraint to move back ward in a crash and increase your risk of an injury. it applies to the fusion, explorer, explorer sport trac and the mountaineers and milans. dealers will replace the parts free of charge. >>> new home sales in march made the biggest monthly jump in 47 years. the numbers surged 27% last month after hitting record lows in february. analysts say the government's first i time home buyer credit fueled the sales. home buyers have to close by next week to cash in on the $8,000 incentive. >>> coming home are two words treasured by anyone serving overseas and once they are here you

. >>> reality tv star and rock singer bret michaels is still in critical condition this morning. his publicist says michaels was conscious, but his speech was slurred after a brain hemorrhage on thursday. the front man of the rock band poison and the star of "celebrity apprentice" had bleeding at the base of his brain. >>> straight ahead, your monday morning weather. and in sports, one step closer to advancing in the nba playoffs. hello, we're ocean spray growers up here in maine at cousin everett's blueberry farm to talk about our blueberry juice drinks. they're made with my sweet, ripe blueberries, packed with th-those antioxidants that are good for ya. tastes real good, too! to give you an idea, les whip up a quick sample. or you could just try this. [ chuckles ] yeah. ocean spray blueberry juice drinks. real blueberries, real good. and became a rock star! with perfectly imperfect rocked-out tousles. then reality struck a chord. someone's been doing the herbal! herbal essences tousle me softly collection. welcomerewards from hotels.com. smart...you're staying at this resort fo

i hope bret michaels would be okay. suddenly you don't know what caused bleeding from the blood stem. >> he's had a rough go of it. >> you know who hasn't had a rough go is rick. >> he's back from jamaica on vacation. severe weather this morning. >> thank you for the welcome back. it is nice. we have not had any severe weather this year. it was a quiet year and it is all changing and today will probably be the worst of it large area dealing with severe weather. worst of it for today is down in the areas of the south. especially parts of louisiana and mississippi and alabama. this morning tornado watches in effect. brand new one in new orleans and over to mobile, alabama . we do have two tornado warpings that are involved in it north of shrev port and northeast of new orleans. this morning take cover. by the afternoon, we'll have potentially about our first major severe weather outbreak. here in the northern plains. not dealing with the severe weather . it will taper off a bit. look at pictures from denver, we saw the sn

when was the last time you spoke with bret michaels and how was he doing then and how is he doing now? my second question, would you ever consider running for president? >> that's very nice. >> larry: you did consider once. >> they wanted me to run and i said i didn't want to run. i spoke to bret just two or three days before he had the difficulty and he was so great. how is he doing now? hopefully well. nobody really knows. it's a very tricky thing what can happen. hopefully, he's doing well. as far as president, get asked this question, why don't you run for president because i do have sort of a take on what it takes? i'm just loving what i'm doing, larry, you know that. i was here a long time with you a long time ago and everybody was asking me the same question and continue to ask me the same question because they really are looking for answer is in this country. they see this country is going backwards. >> larry: what do you make of this tea party thing? >> that's just it. they're disgusted with what's going on in this country, we're going to be number 2, number 3, number 4 count

. >>> bret michaels is recovering in the hospital from a brain hemorrhage. the 47-year-old was rushed to the hospital thursday night with a severe headache. when he arrived doctors discovered bleeding in his brainstem. celebrity website tmz reports the rocker is conscious and in stable condition. michaels underwent an emergency appendectomy earlier this month. >>> fishermen found about 200 live grenades while they were shifting through a catch of clams. bomb experts were called in to detonate the explosives. there it is. investigators are trying to find out how the grenades got into the water. >>> from grenades to cannons, the chinese government has a unique way of dealing with smell from landfills near beijing. the city is sending key owed rant cannons with stench neutralizing liquids. the garbage is buried under odor eating sheets and more key owed rant is sprayed on top. local engineers came up with the idea when neighbors complained about the garbage site. >> outdare eating sheets and stench covering liquid? >> when i first read it i thought it was canno

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. >>> the music world is waiting for word on poison man bret michaels. he was rushed to the hospital after suffering a massive brain hemorrhage yesterday. the 47-year-old rocker seen here during a fox interview had apparently been complaining about an excruciating headache. he was also recently rushed to the hospital for an appendectomy and suffers from diabetes. >>> sarah palin takes the stand. what she thinks should happen to the man police say hacked into her personal e-mail account. >>> new details about a plot to bomb the new york city subway. who the main suspect says was really issuing the orders. >>> take a look at this. man's best friend being called a hero tonight. wait until you see where he's leading this police officer.  >>> tonight a major battle is under way over the issue of immigration enforcement after the governor of arizona sign add controversial new law. police in arizona are now required to question people about their immigration status, it's a move the president himself came out strongly against. >> reporter: governor jan brewer

[ laughter and applause ] sorry, bret michaels." [ laughter ] ♪ "thank you, people who make me take my shoes off when i visit your house. i hope you enjoy your really, really clean house where everybody feels uncomfortable and everything smells like feet." [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] "would you mind? would you mind just taking --" [ laughter ] ugh. jerry lewis' house. "would you mind if you would take off the shoes." "thank you, kleenex lotion tissues, for not telling us how you got the idea to combine kleenex and lotion." [ laughter ] there you have it, everybody. those are our "thank you notes." we'll be right back with more "late night." [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ male announcer ] what would you do for a klondike neapolitan bar? that's right, we said neapolitan? [ groans ] ♪ what would you do-oo-oo for a klondike bar? ♪ ♪ is a flavorful wheat beer. it has a very nice spice note. it has a little lemon zest and a historic brewing spice called grains of paradise. it's citrusy, lemony. sam adams summer ale. it just totally reminds you of summer, yeah. geico's been savi

. >>> bret michaels said his brain hemorrhage felt like getting hit by a baseball bat over and over. that's what a source close to the singer and reality star said. more tests are planned to find out what caused the bleeding. doctors say the pain is excruciate wheng blood hits the covering of the brain. >>> steelers quarterback ben roethlisberger took a step toward trying to repair his fractured image. he apologized for his actions, which led to his six-game suspension. joe carter is in for rafer. what i think is interesting is he apologized for his actions but pointed out, but, oh, i didn't get charged with a crime. >> he so eloquently points it out, more or lels taking a page out of the tiger woods book of redemption here and in a statement released on monday, roethlisberger simply didn't say anything revealing or unexpecting. he really just apologized to his teammates and his fans for his behavior last month in a georgia bar where a 20-year-old college student accused him of sexual assault. now, the statement says in part, quote, the commissioner's decision to suspend me speaks cl

announcer: ...while rod divided his team by giving bret michaels creative control. rod: bret, you're in charge. bret: i say we open this thing up and have no sides. i'm a little lost, honestly. this whole interior, everything, becomes the interior of a castle. michael: and we have come all the way back to square one. announcer: at the presentation, selita went for an authentic approach... selita: wizards and muggles alike... muggles and wizards, muggles and wizards. announcer: ...while rod's execution was a little foggy. rod: little more smoke. little more. bill: i'm not gonna be able to breathe. announcer: and when the winner was announced... trump: congratulations. the women win. announcer: ...the women handed the men their third loss in a row. trump: men, what's going on with you guys? announcer: when faced with being fired, curtis stone turned on bret. trump: curtis, should bret be brought back instead of you? curtis: bret would sign off on the creative design and tell us what it was,

. >> larry: we have a quick update on hospitalized rocker and reality tv star bret michaels, whose medical crisis we discussed last night. according to his manager, he suffered a minor setback in his recovery from a brain hemorrhage. bret remains under 24-hour observation in icu, but he is in positive spirits and we hope to get better news soon. he was here last night to talk about bret. he is here tonight sitting in for anderson cooper. what is up, sanjay? >> we're going to talk about bret as well on 360. goldman sachs grilled on capitol hill. they're denying any wrongdoing in the crisis that brought the u.s. financial and housing industry to its knees. so is anything going to change on wall street? or is it simply lawmakers grandstanding for the cameras? we're going to be keeping them honest. then two chicago lawmakers, larry, called for the national guard to protect their city as violence claims even more lives. i'm going to talk to an er doctor on the front lines of that situation. he is telling me the situation is simply out of control. and our series of special reports. this one the

michaels the rock star back into the boardroom but i delegated to him the creative end, he did a real good job and for me to sell him out to sell myself would have been the political thing to do and i felt it was wrong so i kind of saw it coming. we lost that project and when you lose you're the project manager, donald trump is likely to fire you. >> jesse: okay, thanks, rod. >> can i say this, jesse. go ahead, sorry. >> jesse: the republican governor of virginia apologized this week after leaving out a reference on slavery in his proclamation. how could he possibly do that with dealing with the civil war? >> he said it wasn't that significant a part of the civil war. it was the only part of the civil war. >> no question, it was a huge mistake and i heard he said i did it to help tourism. doesn't virginia have wineries or something else you can do to promote it? he should know that. >> jesse: congressman paul, any comments on the governor of virginia? >> of course, i think he made a serious mistake and i think he realized it but there's a little more to civil war than slavery. if you

bret michaels is hospitalized in critical condition after suffering what appears to be a severe brain hemorrhage. now back to "hardball." "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." it's been more than 15 months since dick cheney had full-time job but but he's been sis busy. >> by the way, i also want to thank you and on the list of things i feel i should thank you for. almost kicking patrick leahy's [ bleep ], thank you very much. one of my favorite stories. muttering -- >> you'd be surprised how many people liked that. that's sort of the best thing i ever did. >> that's right. cheney says that might have been the best thing he ever did. you know, telling a united states senator right on the vice president's desk, to perform a sexual act on himself. he's still out there issuing statements in the arena and even endorsing candidates for 2010. the latest is marco rubio. who else will get the cheney's stamp of approval? who wants it. mother jones columnist and john heilman covers politics for "new york" magazine and the co-author of the bestseller, "game change." the latest "associated p

. >> poison lead singer bret michaels remains hospitalized in critical condition after suffering a brain hemorrhage. according to his website. he's currently a contestant on donald trump's celebrity apprentice. he was hill before a concert just happened two weeks ago and those are the latest headlines and this is very strange sight we have here and in you'll see it in a second. >> we're visibly uncomfortable right now. why? there's actually a t-rex in our-- ments we've got to take a shot of it now. listen to this, we're going to get to that. >> oh! [laughter] >> but first, let's see if we can-- >> it's walking in during the serious stories. how incredible is that. >> i didn't know where i was, i thought "fox & friends." >> you thought the jurassic. >> let's talk about immigration, big court battles, lawsuits are filed immediately after jan brewer in arizona signed the legislation. geraldo had a chance to sit down last night and had an interesting discussion with sheriff joe arpallo. pink underwear for inmates, we had himmen talking about an initiative. >> bicycles to power the tv's, that

. >>> rock singer, reality tv personality bret michaels is hospitalized in critical condition. the 47-year-old suffered a massive brain hemorrhage on friday. >>> okay. a test vote is set for this evening on legislation to change the way wall street works. the push for legislation is aimed to stop the kind of melt down that brought the u.s. to the brink of collapse. two heavy hitters join us. in chicago, boy, it's been a long time since diane swonk has been here. chief economist for mesero and christine romans of course of the cnn money time. christine, weigh in anywhere you want here. diane, here's senator dodd, chair of the senate banking committee yesterday talking about the reform effort. >> 18 months ago people broke into our home, stole everything in our house and we haven't even changed the locks on the place yet. 18 months later we are in no better position today to protect ourselves against that kind of crisis than we were 18 months ago. >> diane, that may be the case. but does the legislation passed by the house and being worked on now by the senate fix the problems th