of, ignorant and mek nisic view of the role of women that intolerable for the republican party base. tommy thompson is taking gamble saying he s going to get rid of medicare and medicaid. this is another one of those it secret may videos that are coming back to get the republicans in september. but there was another part of that video just after what you played, ed, in which tommy thompson says we ll b put it on vouchers down the road and by 2020 nobody is going to want to pick medicare rather than the vouchers because medicare is going to be broke. and there what you see is an even deeper cynicism in which tommy thompson is saying, we re going to run medicare in the ground in the meantime so that when it comes to this choice
and we re not expecting direct action by the u.s. but those no fly zones, those are out there right now and being discussed. reporter: it is being discussed right now, it s not anywhere near being certain, a lot would have to be negotiated. first whether or not it s even immedia need ed. there is some issue as to how likely it is whether gadhafi would use his planes to bomb people. the united states government is using every means possible to put pressure on this government short of military involvement. you have u.s. aid on the border, you have a series of sanctions announced over the weekend. you have the freezing of assets. the secretary of state saying gadhafi needs to step down. even though he s dug his heels in and says he s not going
the presentation that they showed yesterday is not a 99er. it s an unemployed person but not a 99er. the 99ers who are have been been with our benefits eight months is a 99er on the street, a 99er living in her car with her children. a 99er who is laying out on a parked bench somewhere. a 99er who has moved in with their 90-year-old parents because they have nowhere else to go. a 99er who is in their apartment in the dark, in the cold, that will be coming soon. that s the real 99er, ed. a 99er who is hounded by bill collectors every day that they live. a 99er whose foreclosure is on its way. we have a 99er from right now who is paying on her house for 17 years, ed, and was just sent papers to tell her that it was time for her to go. as a broadcaster and as an advocate for american workers i have to tell you that i m at a loss. i mean, i did everything i could, and it s we re stuck and it s unfortunate.
no vos now get back engaged and get back in the process, what do you think. well, ed, yes. we have committed that we re trying now to encourage our fellow 99ers to vote. for either party of their choice. however, ed, yesterday was very disappointing for us. and even though we are trying to tell them to vote, many of them are not going to vote. even though the no vo says to go ahead and do this, they were disillusioned but what they saw yesterday on the senate floor yesterday, we are grateful for senator stabenow for her effort you about we thought put together very quickly, like a dog and pony show in order to get us to vote for them. this is the sentiment across this nation but republican ago, but if the republican senator had not stood up, this would had gone through and you would have had the votes and you would have gotten the extension. it s the republicans. why take it out on the democrats, the majority party, that time and time again has been there for the unemployed? we
not knowing if they re legal or not? whitman claims she fired the housekeeper last year when she found out the woman didn t have her papers. i m sure it had nothing to do with her running for office in california. my friends, meg whitman is exhibit a when it comes to rich republicans addiction to cheap labor. whitman is a billionaire, who spent $119 million trying to get elected, but she couldn t afford to pick up the phone or the phone book in california just find out if she could hire the best american maid in california. with us tonight bill press, former california democratic party chairman and nationally syndicated radio talk show host. all right, bill, dive in to this one. just a simple coincidence. hi, ed. it worked for her for nine years, had no idea whatsoever. what do you make of it? oh, no this is big trouble for her. but it s even worse than you say. today she has a news conference, right? and does she blame the woman