"hardball" was then a production of cnbc and would move to msnbc two years later. msnbc bought its way into the news cycle that first day as so many news organizations do during presidential elections by commissioning its own poll, which showed bob dole trailing bill clinton by 20 points in clinton's campaign for reelection. in that first hour of the network's life, i was asked to alpine on the new poll in a panel discussion that included input from tim russert who was asked if there was any way dole could save his campaign by a selection of a running mate. >> well, the only one is colin powell, he's not going to do it. now bob dole has krused the field to governor of ohio, pennsylvania, former secretary of state, jim baker. but none of those candidates will give bob dole an immediate pop in the polls. bob dole is going to have to win the race on his own, lay out an agenda, a rational. he has to convince the country that he has a reason to be president other than it's just his turn. >> all right, a former congressional aide to mornahan. what's your take on all this

stay with msnbc for the very latest. we'll have live coverage for as long as it takes. >>> abrupt halt. house speaker john boehner fails to drum up enough republican support for his debt ceiling measure. >>> tragedy averted. a soldier was plotting another attack on the already shaken fort hood military base. >>> and clean-up in aisle three. a teenager accidentally drives through a convenience storefront in colorado. hello, and good morning. i'm amara sohn. this is "first look" on msnbc. today we begin with vote failure. house speaker john boehner has been dealt a major blow from his own party with the clock ticking on the looming default of the nation. yesterday boehner was unable to coral enough support to bring his debt ceiling bill to a vote. tracie potts has the latest details from washington. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: americans are getting nefrk us. the white house is concerned. lawmakers are frustrated, some of them furious with the tea party. one lawmaker called it pretty scary. >> what's going on in the

the msnbc statement. there was an offer on the table for you to remain a contributor and do a weekend show. you chose not to do that. what about this notion that, you know, you just decided to go negative and rip them? >> all right. well, look, here's the thing. they say it's baseless, except they don't specify what's baseless about it. they have acknowledged that conversation took place. they just say that insider/outsider conversation, we meant your producer said that, which, again, does not seem credible at all, right? so they've actually acknowledged every single part of the story, so i don't know what they're saying is is baseless. second of all, yes, there was a lot of money on the table. i'm not a rich guy. i have a pontiac grand am from ten years ago, the air conditioning doesn't work. in the end, i told my agent, that's it, we're done, and the deciding factor is i have to tell the story. our media is obsessed with access. it's not just msnbc and it's not personal. i think cnn does it. fox news is

>> i'm lynn berry, this is "first look" on msnbc. but "way too early" is next. >>> anger on the left over the debt deal. now democrats are taking issue with president obama's closed door meeting with speaker john boehner as reports safe the deal now being discussed could reach $3 trillion in savings. the question is will obama and boehner be able to drive their parties kicking and screaming and finally get something done. >>> delay of game, the nfl lockout now in the hands of the players after the owners agree to this proposed new deal. the question is, does anybody need four seats to the hall of fame game next month? it's apparently no longer happening. >>> and now triple digit temperatures, this is getting to the point of, well, we can't take it much longer. my question is, if the ac goes out of my place, the

i'm amara sohn and this is "first look" on msnbc. stay tuned. "way too early with willie geist" starts right now. >>> after the most zrivg wing of his party raises hell about it, this all, as the white house says, it doesn't matter what boehner cobbles together because the senate isn't going to pass it anyway. the question is does anyone up in this place see a path to the deal before the deadline next tuesday? luke russert will join us live in a minute. >>> meanwhile the new imf christine lagarde speaking in new york and warning washington that their political games will have consequences beyond the beltway, the question is will politicians in d.c. listening to her? >>> and house republicans fired themselves up yesterday for this debt fight by watching clips

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is this guy the right choice to be the new anchor at msnbc? on the panel this week, writer and fox news contributor judy miller. radio talk show host, monica crowley. jim pinkerton american editor conservative magazine and kirsten power. i'm host jon scott. fox news watch is on right now. now. >> defaulting on our obligations is a reckless and irresponsibility outcome for this debate and the republican leaders say that they agree we must avoid default. but the new approach that speaker boehner unveiled today which would temporarily extend the debt ceiling in exchange for spending cuts would force us to once again face the threat of default just six months from now. in other words, it doesn't solve the problem. >> president obama in a prime time address monday night. that was a speech to the nation, usually, judy, when the president makes a prime time address, there is news to be made. you want to tell us that maybe, osama bin laden has been killed or something like that. was there any news? >> no, even chris mathews and joe scarboro on msnbc w

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this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> now we begin this morning with decision day. casey anthony will learn her fate in a florida courtroom this morning when she's sentenced for lying to investigators, the only charges she was found guilty of in the murder trial of her daughter caylee. nbc's kristen dahlgren is live in florida for thus morning. kristen, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, veronica. yeah, casey anthony could be waking up in jail for the last time this morning. huge crowds are expected out here this morning at the orange county courthouse as the judge decides how much longer she should spend behind bars. each count for lying to investigators carries a one-year sentence but almost three years after she was first arrested judge belvin perry could sentence her to time served. a far cry from the death penalty she could have faced if convicted for murdering her 2-year-old daughter caylee. in an exclusive interview with abc news juror number 3, jen for ford said they just didn't have enough proof

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and msnbc contributor, and ron reagan's here. the youthful, forever youthful ron reagan, stressed in youthful attire wearing the threads of youth. >> someone has to. >> the boyish looks he's always had. here he is today. >> how do i do that? >> just dress like that. that's the trick. >> i'll send awe memo. >> you dress like a ceo, and he dresses like -- not. pollster.com an average of national polls has obama the president's approval r5i9ing trending downward. not a good week for him. 50.5. he's got a greater than 50%. negative is approval, 44%. i'll give you the first attempt here, michael. this is not a good time, but, you know, i keep thinking, almost like a bank guard. one of these overaged guys standing in uniform. when the guys come in, we want all the money now. put it in our bag, the tea party's said, give us all the money. overloaded with arm, bring down the government. blow up the bank. what's he supposed to do? what is he supposed to do to be strong? >> as opposed to what he's done. i think what he's done, as we've see

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good morning to "msnbc sunday." let's get to what's happening right now out there the last-minute scramble to reach a deal on the debt seems to be getting results. the white house and gop are making progress. >> we're still working on the parameters of it. we're very close to being able to recommend -- i am, to my members, that this is something they ought to be able to support. >> well, lawmakers have just two days to raise the debt ceiling and avoid a catastrophic default that could send the economy spiraling downward. senior white house adviser david plouffe says the clock is ticking. >> in the coming hours, it's incouple bent on congressional leaders to compromise the last bit. >> lawmakers will cast a test bill at 1:00 p.m. eastern. that could change, as things have mightily the last couple of days. let's go to luke russert. good sunday morning to you, luke. can you tell us what the tentative deal is that's on the table, at least by some reports? >> sure, let's emphasize this is presumed tentative, not concrete

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unitedhealthcare. >>> welcome back to msnbc saturday. we have new word from president obama this morning on the debt crisis unfolding on capitol hill. in his weekly address, the president said both sides are not that far apart, and he demanded compromise. >> any solution to avoid default must be bipartisan. it must have the support by both parties who were sent here to represent american people. not just one faction of one party. the time for compromise on behalf of the american people is now. >>> joining me now white house correspondent mike vikara. let's hope compromise is a word that everyoneons how to spell and employ today. >> what a week of drama and political turmoil in the capitol. it continued into the night last night. lots of political posturing, lots of finger-pointing continuing, but behind the scenes there are furious rounds of negotiations going on now. democrats in the senate trying to get republicans on board, and at this point, alex, although it's not clear a resolution could be in sight. >> it is a temporary triumph, b

welcome to "msnbc sunday." let's go first to new word this morning that the debt deal is close to being a done deal, but by monno means over. the gop and the white house are making progress. >> we're still working on the parameters of it, very, very close to being able to recommend to our members that this is something they ought to be able to support. >> lawmakers have two more days to raise the nation's debt ceiling and avert an economic catastrophe that would have global ripple effects. the senate will be in session at noon eastern today. senior white house adviser david plouffe says the clock is ticking. >> in the coming hours and we're literally talking in the coming hours, it's incumbent for congressional leaders to compromise that last bit. >> lawmakers will cast a test vote on a senate bill at

welcome to msnbc saturday. we're going to start with the big event in washington growing more desperate as the august 2nd deadline to raise the debt ceiling approaches. the key question will we see any progress this weekend. this as president obama warns that failure to take action could lead to serious financial fallout. >> we don't need a constitutional amendment to do our jobs. the constitution already tells us to do our jobs. we don't need more studies. we don't need more a balanced budget amendment. we simply need to make these tough choices and be willing to take on our bases. >> the republicans say they have a new long-term fix. a new amendment to the u.s. constitution. let's go straight to aaron mcpike. an issue of what is at stake today. a reporter with real clear pricks. what is this budget amendment? before we get to that, i want to show people what is at stake in terms of the numbers. $23 billion in social security payments. that's a payment that's on the united states' credit card bill. $87 billion

david korn and an msnbc political analyst and pat buchanan, a political analyst as well for msnbc. i was watching you on "morning joe." working both ends ever the block. 12 hours after you began your day. never seen a republican democrat party, we have is a position, take it or leave it. we're not dealing at all with you. what do you think of the party platform now. >>> the republican party, the tea part platform in effect coming out of the house? >> i think the teat party has proek taken a p.r. beating you've or others have described, chris. in public opinion as an intransigent group. the truth is they're going to win this battle. i'll tell you why. at the end of the day, we are going to get an increase in the debt ceiling. we are going to get budget cuts, maybe of $2 trillion, $1.5 trillion or $1 trillion. we're going to get no- new revenue no new taxes nap is exactly the position of the republican party and the tea party movement. no new tax, let's cut the budget and have gotten it, quite frankly, chris, by digging their feet in, being tough, being -- resistant and standing by t

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joining me now, msnbc political analyst richard wolf. richard, some reporters overheard speaker boehner when he was leaving. that was his national debut as a respondent to the president on this kind of address. they overheard him saying as he was leaving that response speech of his, i didn't sign up to go mano a mano with the president of the united states. it doesn't sound like boehner was particularly confident about how his speech played out there. >> it is always hard when you are going up against the president in the east room. and he didn't come off terribly well, even though he had terribly scripted lines that sounded like they were written for someone who was writing for late-night comedians. it is ironic to say the least that republicans, who have criticized the president for not coming up with specifics would think their best rebuttal is to go with just a the cheap one liners. >> where do we go from here? these plans -- we didn't make any progress in any negotiating today. unbridgeable plans came out. what happens tomorrow? >>

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eastern here on msnbc. you see white house chief of staff bill daley, also senator tom coburn from the finance committee will be joining david gregory. >>> we are learning new and disturbing details this morgan about those twin attacks in norway that killed at least 93 people. police say they did not arrive at the scene of the teen summer camp until about an hour and a half after the gunman first opened fire. nbc's martin fletcher is live for us in oslo. martin, why did it take so long for the police to get there? >> reporter: well, that's what everybody here wants to know, alex. it's a bit of a disaster. as you can imagine, there were 550 kids on the island, which is right here, the island behind me. so many of them would have immediately used their cell phones to call for help. and they did. so when the police got the call, it took them at least 20 minutes to get into the area. and the reason was they said they couldn't find a helicopter in the capital, oslo, to fly here. so the s.w.a.t. team arrived late

this is "hardball" on msnbc. the fact that perry is governor of one of the biggest states in the country makes him a formidable candidate and fund-raiser. i'm not sure the bush people like this guy. >>> we'll be right back. [ mrs. >>> casey anthony found not guilty of murder earlier in the week was sentenced to four years and fined $4,000 for lying in the investigation for her daughter caylee. we credit for a time already served, next wednesday she'll be freer. let's bring in nbc news correspondent kerry sanders who covered the story actually from prosecutor, susan keri. i don't know if you could write a book about this. but you must be so flabbergasted by everything that's happened, and i guess -- kerry, let me ask you about this case here. you're smiling, but i don't know. what do you make of it at this point? she's out next wednesday? >> reporter: it's -- it's a remarkable story. the journey is a book, and you're right. i have writ an book. that's why i was smiling and will hopefully have it available as early

msnbc will have live analysis after both speeches. i'll be joined by chris matthews, howard fineman, and melissa harris-perry, as well as white house senior advisor david plouffe and tea party freshman republican congressman joe walsh. president obama tonight will likely reiterate his positions that he has taken in these negotiations, including his politically sensitive offer, revealed last week, to make changes to medicare and social security in exchange for a republican compromise on an increase in government revenue. here now, the president of the united states. >>> good evening, tonight i want to talk about the debate we've been having in washington over the national debt. a debate that directly affects the lives of all americans. for the last decade, we've spent more money than we take in. in the year 2000, the government had a budget surplus, but instead of using it to pay off our debt, the money was spent on trillions of dollars in new tax cuts while two wars and an expensive prescription drug program were simply added to our

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♪ ♪ ♪ >>> welcome back to msnbc saturday. new word from president obama this morning on the debt crisis unfolding on capitol hill. in his weekly address the president said both sides are not that far apart and he demandsed compromise. >> any solution to avoid default must be bipartisan. it must have the support of both parties that were sent here to represent the american people. not just one faction of one party. the time for putting party first is over. the time for compromise on behalf of the american people is now. >> joining me now is mike. there's been a lot of sleepless hours behind you. >> it was a week of high political drama and policy drama for that matter. the drama over the debt conned into the day yesterday. the posturing did as well. congress is set to work into the week. those back room negotiations are continuing at a furious pace. there could be a solution inskiegt. -- insiekt. it is a temporary triumph. when it was finally at hand a defiant speaker john boehner lashed out on the house floor. >> i stuck my n

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>>> it's msnbc saturday. i'm alex witt. it's just past 11:00 a.m. in the eastern. at this hour at the white house the president is expected to convene another round of debt talks after breakdown in negotiations last night. let's get right now to nbc white house correspondent mike at the white house for us. another good saturday morning, to you mike. who is attending this meeting? >> reporter: it's the top four leaders significant in and of itself, because previously when the president had all the leaders at the white house, there were eight. it came out in the open at one point that group was too big. even eight of the top congressional leaders, too unmanageable and too unwielding. harry reid and nancy pelosi, and mitch mcconnell from the senate and john boehner who has been the president's chief interlocker over the several weeks. the question is can they pick up the pieces after the deal crashed and burned, the so-called grand bargain last night? ak moneyy back and forth. the president accusing house speaker john boehner of not returning telephone calls. the targ

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