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everyone. and that is part of a structural problem in the country. and until -- >> thank you very much. >> until deals with that or even just broaches that -- >> okay, thank you, ron brownstein. join us again monday night at 5:00 and 7:00 eastern for more "hardball," "countdown" with keith ob e olbermann starts rig now. which of these stories will you will be talking about tomorrow? the ludicrous loophole in the health care reform bill? the senate version bans insurance companies from putting lifetime limits on coverage but not annual limits. the public option is all a but gone, and now we learn about this. tonight, the state of play with congressman anthony weiner. and the latest win for the insurance cartel with wendell potter. the pit bull from the north attacks al gore again. >> i think this is a money-making deal for al gore and some of his environmentalist friends. i think it's atrocious that they want to deceive the public. >> speaking of cashing in, if palin's against socialism and against abortion, why is she raising funds for government-run hospitals in canada that perform abortio abortions? maybe because she's getting paid. and breaking news in the world of golf. tiger woods announces he's taking an indefinite break from professional golf. how will golf survive without the biggest ratings grabber? and one of his biggest sponsors removes him from the web page. all of this as the parade of his lady friends continues to show up on tv. >> i didn't even get a birthday card. i got nothing out of this relationship, but a broken heart. >> you loved him? >> i did. >> in his defense, 13 is a lot of birthdays to remember. and tiger's rough week on "late night." >> the number one text message sent by tiger woods. thanks for changing your grip. >> like he cracked open a pinata and the fun never stops pouring out. >> all that and more now on "countdown." >> all publicity is good publicity? not true. good evening from new york. if the premise of the entire exercise is to protect uninsured americans against catastrophic illness, then we already know that the senate health care reform would fail to do that miserably. because it would leave 25 million people without any form of health insurance and because of a loophole that would let insurance companies impose annual dollar limits on medical care for people struggling with illnesses that require expensive treatment. like cancer. our fifth story on the countdown, now imagine the loopholes that will be discovered after the legislation has passed. if it actually does pass. as currently written, the senate bill would allow insurance companies to impose annual caps on the dollar value of all medical care. right there on page 16. as long as those annual limits are not unreasonable. the bill does not define what a reasonable limit might be. a spokesman for majority leader harry reid said that banning all limits could have had the unintended consequence of raising premiums. the washington post reports that the cbo said premiums would have gone through the roof without a cap on benefits. the american cancer society naturally alarmed that the loophole would "subject patients to a sudden termination of critical care." meanwhile, rush limbaugh today revealed that minority leader mitch mcconnell told him the republican amendments to the health care bill are meant to kill the legislation, not improve it. senator mcconnell's office has yet to comment. and a new name today added to the list of democrats skeptical about the viability of the medicare buy-in compromise. florida's bill nelson deems the plan a non-starter. >> i'm lukewarm on it. because i think when we get the score back from cbo that it's going to be too costly. and i think to the individuals, remember, these are uninsured folks that you're trying to get insured. and for them to buy into this medicare, i think would be expensive for them. so another the end of the day, i think it's going to be a non-starter. >> lots to talk about tonight with congressman anthony weiner, democrat of new york. thanks for coming in. >> my pleasure. >> did you know this loophole was in the senate bill? and is it in the house bill? >> it's not in the house bill. but here's been the fundamental problem we've always had. we had this with medicare. we tried to do catastrophic care under medicare. even medicare if you really break the limits, don't have coverage for you. it's a major problem, but let's remember what we're trying to do here. part of the problem we have is we're tieing ourselves in knots trying to make sure the health insurance industry is protected throughout this process. they are unwilling to take any kind of a haircut in exchange for getting 30 million new customers, you think the very least they would do is cover people when they got sick and very sick. and so that loophole shouldn't exist. and i'm hoping it won't be in there. you do need to make sure that when people really need it, health insurance is there otherwise we're right back to where we started which is then walking into hospital emergency rooms with stage four cancer. >> you're in favor of leaving the health insurance company out of this sector of the economy, going with medicare for all. in the senate they are not now talking about medicare for more, for more people. bringing that age bracket down to 55 and over. how does that sound? >> i like the idea for a couple of reasons. that group of people 55 to 64, they're the most vulnerable to the exploit of operations of the insurance industry. my dad retired before he was 65 and he had to go into the open market $16,000 they wanted for an insurance policy. it also shows we're getting back to trying to provide health insurance coverage where all of the money actually goes to health care. only 1% to overhead in medicare compared to 30% in profits for the insurance companies. here it is, they stumbled into the united states senate, but they're trying to figure out how to cover people the most efficient way. medicare was the way we do it for those 65 and older, why not 64 -- why not 55 and 56? >> they are slowly finding their way back to the wisdom of medicare. they're also talking about the possibility of allowing people to buy into a federal employees health insurance program, the one you're on, the one the senators are on. what about that? >> well, i think it's another example of building on what works. 9 million federal employees and their families essentially have the exchange already. insurance companies come in -- the thing to remember, though, is you as a taxpayer are paying our employer a portion of our health care. now, if we're going to bring in all of these other americans, we have to figure out a way to contain costs. what we should have is what congress has with a public option. that would be the best alternative. and i think they may wind up getting there, as well. >> you've got the federal health plan right now for the federal employees with the options. >> the same of my republican colleagues that want no plan, no insurance, no exchange, they get this very nice benefit on your dime. they want them to get it, but not the rest of us. >> 13 shopping days until christmas. there is no chance that the united states senate is going to deliver you a bill before christmas that can be conferencconference ed with the house of representatives. this is going over to the next year. >> look, my view is i want them to take a little longer if they're going to get it right. it's been said that the senate is the cooling sauce of our democracy, they're like a meat locker, doing one amendment a week or so. if they're inching to the place that they're going to say let's expand medicare, and expand the benefits that members of congress get so the uninsured can get those things, that's not a bad place. now what's in it some of the details, like the loophole you pointed out. i'm confident that's the direction we're going and it's a place that we can live with. >> what about the notion of ping-ponging, this is a legislative term i haven't heard before that i've heard that hayer has said to your caucus, they're thinking about taking what the senate passes and passing it through the house of representatives without putting it through congress thereby delivering a bill for the president to sign because you would have passed identical bills. is there any chance of that happening? >> it would get an enormous amount of opposition. the problem is the taxing insurance plans that presently are given seems like a non-starter. but the argument for doing it is we've watched when we've given the united states senate to deal with it, it's taken forever to get something done and we're held hostage by olympia snow and joe liberman. i think that's not going to happen. i think it would be a bad idea if we get it. >> many thanks for your time tonight. >> thank you. for more on the health care loophole that would allow limits, let's talk to wendell potter who used to be a spokesman for the insurance giant cigna. good evening, wendell. >> good evening, lawrence, how are you? >> wendell, they say that an annual limit is different from a lifetime limit, but isn't it just a back door way of getting to a lifetime limit? isn't it functionally the same thing? >> yeah, in practical matters, yes, it is. if you have a chronic illness and you reach your annual limit, then you're going to pay a lot of money out of your own pocket if you have high medical expenses. so you're exactly right. it has the same effect. >> and is the -- is there -- the talk now about expanding the possibility of buying into medicare for people down to age 55. that's something that it seems that the health insurance industry opposes. but it seems to have other opposition out in rural states. do you think that's a good policy direction to go at this point? >> oh, absolutely. it's not a substitute for the public option. but it is -- it is better than what we currently have. we at least would be able to open the medicare program up to more people, which, again, is going in the right direction. but the direction this bill is taking overall is almost like a giant loophole. and certainly something it seems as if every time the health insurance industry doesn't like something it see, it's just whispering to the members of congress, the members of the senate in particular that will do what it wants and they'll get what they want out of this bill. just getting to the point i think that democrats should be absolutely outraged of what's happening in the senate. >> the reason they give for putting the limits in the senate bill is that they say that cbo says that quoting that they would have gone the premiums would've gone through the roof without limits. now, isn't that just another way of saying the for profit insurance companies will never, never provide affordable health insurance for anyone who actually has a real health problem? >> you're exactly right. and what is happening is what i warned against several months ago when i started speaking out. and we're seeing this being played out in the senate. and this is precisely what's happening. the insurance industry in the for profits in particular are never ever going to change. if you make illegal some of the things that they'll say they're willing to live with like doing away with the use of preexisting conditions, they will find some other way to make sure they're meeting wall street's expectations. and that means higher premiums, higher out of pocket costs. this legislation that i'm seeing in the senate is just an absolute gift for the health insurance industry. >> now, wendell, everyone's waiting for the cbo score to come back on some of these proposals that harry reid has sent them. how do you suggest that senators balance cbo scores against their legislative objectives? they seem to simply give the entire wake to cbo scores and if it gets in the way of a legislative objective, they seem to surrender to cbo scores. >> they do, and they're trying to get the present objective if not increasing the federal deficit. but they're losing track of what we really hope to accomplish with reform. and that is to reform the health care system. i'm wondering what happened to reform. and senators and members of the house also just need to sit back and take a look at what are we accomplishing here? and with the explosion in the health care costs within the federal budget in medicare, in medicaid, how do they think they will ever get ahold of the deficit issue without first getting some kind of grip on the health care system? >> i don't have any idea. one of the things i've learned is i have been meeting with members of congress over the last several months is that the depth of understanding of the health insurance industry, the commercial industry is about an inch deep. and they are trying a reform system they don't understand. and listening to the health insurance industry more than anyone else. and what the health insurance industry wants and what the investors want. i'll tell you one other thing. the president had his summit at the white house on march the 5th. and that was a date when cigna's stock was at a low point. at that length of time the stock prices increased 300% as congress has been doing this. >> whoa. wendell potter, great, thanks for your time. >> thank you, lawrence. coming up, sarah palin accuses al gore of using his climate change crusade to strike it rich for himself and his friends. this as word surfaces she'll speak at a fundraiser for socialist canadian hospitals that perform abortions. because she'll get a big paycheck for it. and breaking news tonight from tiger woods. he announces he needs to work on his relationship with his wife and his family, so he's quitting golf indefinitely. what that means for tiger and what that means for golf. complete coverage ahead on counterdown. national car rental? 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are they beaten down to the point where they've actually started to leaf through going rogue to find material for obama speeches? >> you know, that's a very good question. and i was leafing through this book the other day and i thought, wow, the fallen nature of man, it was the bible, of course. i thought, you know, she was just copying here. but then i was reading through another book and it was st. augustan. wow, obama's ripped that off too. there's this whole kleptomaniac author type of thing. and i find it odd how her universe is everything is to do with her and her book even when it comes to the nobel peace prize and concepts that really should be at least known to her that they are more widespread than just the book that was ghost written. >> there is something she might be right about when she talks to laura ingraham on the radio show. in her war of words with al gore. was she right? would al gore not want to as she put it in her words, "lower himself" to debate her? and if he did, is she also right that she would in her words "get clobbered" if they had a debate? >> well, now here's the skill of sarah palin. setting expectations so low that it's easy to say i'll buy them. even where there to be this crazy hypothetical debate between the two of them. sarah palin didn't get clobbered in her debate against joe biden. she doesn't answer the questions or even refer to the question. in fact, whoever the commentators or the hosts are or whatever debate she has in mind, it's irrelevant. because she will talk about precisely what she wants. would al gore do it? i would love to see al gore debate the whole array of deniers of climate change. put them all up. let's have a whole oxford union sort of debate and let them have at it. it would be great tv. >> the "new york times" last month did a page one story indicating al gore has been heavily investing in what he had believes in, environmental reform. they said he might be on his way to becoming the first environmental billionaire. by the way, he's addressed that on this network. he's been asked questions about it publicly. al gore can't do that, but sarah palin can make money off socialized medicine in canada? is that what she's saying? >> sarah palin can make money out of whatever she wants. and let's just remember here that this is someone who gave up elected office and public service to make money on her book tour and her speaking tour and now presumes old signs suggest that she is thinking about running for the highest in the land having giving up office to make money. so there is no coherence and consistency here. and al gore, look, if he's doing this as a money-making venture, he sure knows how to melt a lot of ice to make some money. >> this speech of hers is not scheduled -- it's scheduled in april. that's plenty of time for the right wing to clamp down on her and say no, no, no you don't go to canada to take money from those lefties at an institution and to raise money for an institution that performs abortions. i don't see how she gets to go forward with this speech. >> it is problematic. i think it's going to test the love affair that is out there for her on the right. you know, what kind of values and principles she has. or if she has the political skill to go and take her pro-life message into the hospital and make her point there. let's just see how mavericky she can be. >> richard wolf, great, thanks for your time tonight. >> thank you, lawrence. a big new twist tonight in the tiger woods saga. he announces on his web page that he's leaving professional golf so he can focus on the problems in his personal life. we'll discuss the impact his decision will have on his sport. and at his home today in florida, a moving truck pulls up to his mansion. and another alleged former girlfriend talks about tiger's concentration off the golf course. details ahead on "countdown." the health insurance companies or us? 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>> people in the know, people in his circle are coming out and saying they think it's a year, but nobody knows for sure. it's worth telling your audie e audience, lawrence, this is without precedence. remember, athletes aren't pundits or actors. there's a finite period in which they can make their money and which they can win the prizes and trophies. and for an athlete to take themselves out of commission in the middle of their prime for a year. the only comparison i can think of is michael jordan in 1993 following the death of his father. i mean, this is very rare territory. >> and what does it mean to the game of golf? the gross national product of golf usa? >> i mean, golf was already a suffering somewhat under the economic crisis, this is beyond that. this is absolutely crippling. if the economic crisis was like stubbing your toe, this is like getting hit by a mack truck. the ratings when tiger is in there on a sunday wearing the red shirt, we're talking about the casual fan coming to golf. and the number one competition in golf is not tiger woods versus phil mickelson, or tiger woods versus sergio, tiger woods versus history, versus jack n k nichol nicholas. he has won 14 majors. jack nicholas won 18 majors. and that's the only thing tiger has left to really attain is to pass his record of 18 majors. that's what people are watching for. and so for him to take himself out for a year while chasing the golden bear, that is huge news. >> now, how does he change the aura of his public image without playing golf? that's the one thing he can do better than anyone else. >> that's a terrific question. because right know all kinds of sports editors are rewriting what they think the big story is going to be for 2010, which they thought was tiger returning to the golf course for the masters. and it's interesting. if you think about scandal management 101, i'm thinking about rick bitino who was in a messy extramarital gal yens. that's what most athletes do, you keep pressing forward. heck, that's what with the -- a certain president in the 1990s for goodness sakes. you keep pressing forward and moving forward. and he's taking a different tact. there's all sorts of personal ramifications involved. i don't want to speak about it like a calculation. but from the perspective of management of his image and the relationship between him and his sport, this is a doozsy. i can't see any professional adviser saying leave for a year. because when he comes back, how much bigger will the magnifying glass be? >> and the ratings, certainly in the mind of the pga tour when they made sure at the end of their statement. they said you're welcome back any time you want to come back. >> he's made them all rich, so terribly rich. and i love the idea of an a online writer, he says he should come back and grow a goatee and mush stash. i don't know if that's very appropriate to talk about right now. >> now, this afternoon, accentture took him off the website. at&t said it was evaluating the ongoing relationship. it looks like the sponsors are starting to make the big moves. >> yeah, and to me this is the definition of chic. one of the reasons this is a big story is because the scandal is so out of tune with the brand. what is the brand of tiger woods? it's the person with incredible focus, control, and discipline. that's why he's the first billion dollar athlete. and a lot of these sponsors have gotten rich off their connection with tiger woods and now they're fleeing the ship. it's also worth saying, though, that a lot of corporations don't want the spotlight on them in my opinion. this is most of the writing i've done about tiger woods is he's partnered up with some of the nastiest corporations and countries in the world as part of building this billion dollar brand. whether you're talking about chevron, which is the main sponsor of his foundation or dubai where tiger woods golf course, the center of dubai land or the philippines where they have kicked peasants off the land, now they're getting high and mighty in relation to tiger. i think that's the definition of what we would call cheek. "countdown's" comprehensive team coverage of the tiger woods mellow drama continues. on the news front, the late challenges for the woods' marriage. one groupie goes on the "today" show to try to clear her own name. can tiger continue to remain silent? and there's no zone of silence on late night. if you couldn't stay up late for your daily dose of tiger jokes, don't worry, we'll bring you the best laughs of the entire week. ♪ (announcer) some people just know how to build things well. give you and your loved ones an expertly engineered mercedes benz at the winter event going on now. but hurry - the offer ends january 4th. because we believe in the strength of american businesses. ge capital understands what small businesses need to grow and create jobs. today, over 300,000 businesses rely on ge capital for the critical financing they need to help get our economy back on track. the american renewal is happening. right now. coming up, moving day at tiger woods' house, tmz spies a big truck at the golfer's mansion as another lady friend takes to the air waves to talk about the best of times and the worst of times with tiger. we'll talk damage control next for the golf great. and later, the best tiger jokes on late night. that's next. this is "countdown." 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"playboy" had no comment. nbc news has confirmed that uchitel's lawyer is now representing other women connected to tiger woods. a class action of sorts. radar online says allred's new clients are as yet unnamed. and then there's the porn star's plea to come off the tiger woods extramarital sex list. she tells tmz that she is not a home wrecker because her liaison with woods occurred before he was married at tiger woods' bachelor party. the star of milf bone four, staying on top, and omg, stop tickling me added "i resent being put in the same category as the other women. ms. sampson may indeed belong in another category according to michelle braun. she is the former madame who claims to have provided multiple women for tiger woods in las vegas. braun says holly sampson and jamie junger were among those girls. she disputes the allegation and she and her bedazzled cheek were on the "today" show this morning. >> one of the guys came over and introduced himself and said tiger would love to meet you. and i laughed and didn't take him seriously because i didn't figure it'd be tiger woods. i didn't know how far it would lead. the more we drank, the more, i guess, flirtatious we got. so it just kind of went from friendly conversation in that club back into his hotel. >> and you ended up spending the night with him? >> yeah, he called me the following day and said that he loved spending time with me. he'd love to get to know me more and gave me his phone number and told me to save it in his phone as a different name in case i lost the phone. >> at that point, tiger was recently married. did you know that? did you know he was married? >> i did. >> was that something that you had thought about at all? >> it was a brief -- it was a thought in my head, of course. because i'm not raised to be -- to do something like i did. we went together in to restaurants. when i went to the mansion to see him at the mgm, i would have to check in under my name and say that i was there to see him. he would come down and get me. >> he didn't try to hide the fact he was seeing you? >> no, he didn't. >> you came here today, you said because you wanted to clear up some of the information that's been out there about you like this headline tiger paid me -- never paid me for anything. >> nothing. i didn't even get a birthday card. i got nothing out of this relationship but a broken heart. >> there's an article in today's paper, a hollywood madame named michelle braun, she said you worked for her as an escort. she says she has tax forms to prove you worked for one of -- though she never sent you on paid dates with tiger that you told her that he paid you for sex. >> that's all funny, i've never heard of the woman's name. >> you've never heard of michelle braun? >> never in my life. i never was an escort, never will be an escort. this is all news to me. >> joining me now is devon gord gordon. welcome, devon. >> thanks for having me. >> we have breaking news even while that tape was rolling that nike issued a statement of full support for tiger woods. what about this indefinite leave from the golf world? if he is timing this -- if the timing is completely within tiger woods' control, what would be the best time to return to golf? >> about mid march i would say -- >> that soon? >> i think three months is a long, long time in this day in age. and it's hard for me to believe knowing how important the pursuit of jack nicklaus's record is. test the waters, get back in the flow and clear out that media fuss and you go for the major. and i think when i first heard about this, my reaction was the same as your earlier guest,which is that when proathletes get in this kind of trouble, they need to get back to what they do best and win and get crowds cheering for them again. that's how you get passed something like this. he's not a-rod in a certain sense. you know what happens to pga tour ratings when tiger woods isn't around? they drop through the floor. i think what tiger is doing is saying i'm going to make you miss me. >> well, i also at a certain level wonder what the big deal is. he hasn't been accused of any crime. this is the country where michael vick is back to playing football, where kobe bryant -- i don't think -- missed a single basketball game while being accused of rape. >> not a one. >> in the denver courtroom. he used to fly on the private jet from colorado back to l.a. to play basketball. what is it that tiger woods has done that even compares with what other people who have gotten in legal trouble before him have done? >> well, i think, you know, one thing about kobe, it was a very different situation. it was very damaging. he did have a nice-guy reputation before this and that was gone through the result, you know, through the course of that trial. even though he was acquitted. and i think that is that one thing that has happened to tiger. is that the image is shattered a little bit. but i'm not sure how much that image is going to matter in three months, especially when he comes back in april and wins the masters. as soon as he gets back to doing that, things will turn around. but in the meantime, i do think what he's saying is i'm going to make you want me to come back and do what i do best. i'm going to make you remember how much you liked me doing that. >> now, has he handled it the right way so far? >> no. >> he didn't follow david letterman's monologue, get out there on the first night and talk about having done things. he made it a catch all statement that i think was capable of in effect addressing whatever was going to come out after he made that statement. tiger's done exactly the opposite. couple of statements on the web page. that's it. is that going to do it for him? >> no, not at all. it's weird for me for someone in my profession to say what he should really do is come talk to us. the fact of the matter, he should talk about this once and only once. preferably on oprah, somebody who will bloody him a little bit, but will not humiliate him and you never speak about it again. when you're in a situation like this, stone walling is basically going to create a feeding frenzy. the only way to get rid of the feeding frenzy is throw chum in the water. ashley dupree has spoken her thoughts on this. when the hooker of some other guy's sex scandal has spoken and you haven't, you've waited too long. >> is his wife sitting beside him mandatory? 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(announcer) for a free trial offer, call 1-800-4-boniva. in our number one story on the countdown, no, golf is no longer boring and hasn't been for about a fortnight now. but certainly there are now going to be far too many putter jokes and new golf metaphors with a randy edge or bound to be born whether or not tiger woods is in the public eye to contribute new material. of course the writers of late night jokes have been teed up and ready to go from the start. >> hey, before we get started, this would be a nice thing to do, turn to the person to the left of you and say hello. now turn to the person of the right of you and do the same thing. one of the people you just met has slept with tiger woods. >> boy, looks like that tiger woods is having some trouble, huh? you know what i was thinking -- if this thing had happened three months ago, i'd have material for a year. >> thank you very much. and welcome back to the tiger woods scandal invitational. tiger is already up to the seventh hole. >> tiger woods scandal is big business, and not just for search engines and cocktail waitresses, also it's given a much needed boost to the decorative dish industry. >> the tiger woods scandal shows no sign of abating and the list of alleged mistresses continues to grow. hi, i'm billy d. williams, and now you and your family can grow with it with the tiger woods mistress commemorative plate collection. order now and each month you'll receive a beautiful plate featuring one of tiger's lovely liaiso liaisons. >> and the latest one, number ten, there's another one. another one. this one works at a pancake house. she's a waitress at the pancake house. apparently tiger likes pancakes. not as much as he enjoys pigs in a blanket -- we're moving on. >> well, it's not very windy. >> no. >> that's good. >> but a very cold day. >> got some good jokes off that. >> jokes might not fly as far. i would keep your back straight and stay within yourself. >> okay. >> stay within yourself. try this one out right here. gatorade has said their decision to stop production of a tiger woods brand of gatorade is unconnected to tiger's recent behavior. they said, yeah, although it probably didn't help that the slogan for the drink was "tiger woods, is it in you?" >> today, the seventh woman came forward claiming to be a mistress. i know, this is like spartikus. >> i am tiger's mistress, no i am -- >> in the morning we started out -- there's been like three today, a couple of porn stars, a lot of cocktail waitresses. no wonder when i go to the bar i can't get a drink, they're all with tiger woods. to make that long story short, if you have a lower back tattoo and you haven't slept with tiger woods, you're a loser, you really are. >> today i got myself the new tiger woods advent calendar. it is so cool, every day it reveals a new mistress. >> hey, kev, what's the difference between santa claus and tiger woods? >> what's that? >> santa claus quits after three hos. >> that's what he was doing. the text messages sent by tiger woods. number eight, are you a cop? number seven, you're breaking up with me for lee travino. >> new rumors about an alleged nude photo of tiger taken by one of his mistresses. you can tell it's him by how he grips his club. >> there's a big storm making its way across the country right now. so far 15 states have been blanketed with snow and apparently there's more snow to come. >> the storm is massive and slowly pushing itself eastward where it's meeting a powerful northerly surge from the ever expanding tiger woods scandal. now, here's a look at who tiger's [ bleep ] in your neck of the woods. >> good thing none of those late night hosts have ever had sex scandals of their own to deal with. that will do it for this special tiger woods edition of "countdown," i'm lawrence o'donnell in for keith ob olbermann. >> thanks, lawrence. one never knows where the news will come from on a friday night. but it seems like every friday night it always does. in droves. a conservative senator who just reversed his opposition to commenting on the kill the gays bill in uganda. a police report released including fascinating scary details of fiveun

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