now. could. nina, great to see you. busy week for you. thanks so much. we will be listening to you. up next, the politico briefing. the showdown escalates between darrell issa and eric holder. michael phelps is officially going for the gold again despite a loss to his rival on monday night in the 400 meter individual medley at the u.s. olympics trials. phelps qualified for the team, becoming the first male american swimmer to qualify for four olympic teams. the first time he was beaten in this event. on the women s side, elizabeth beisel took first place in the women s 400 individual medley. dana volmer took first in the individual fly. they will all head to london to compete in the summer games. watch the 2012 london olympic games right here on the networks of nbc universal. it s very important to understand
we all await the supreme court s decision thursday on health care. we can already draw some conclusions about the rulings of the roberts court this term. nina totenburg is the veteran legal correspondent for national public radio and joins us today. it is great to have you here. great to be here. the roberts court. now, of course, thursday is the big day. can we infer from the way the decisions have been assigned so far that the chief is assigning this one to himself? is that a fairly safe assumption? i think that s a reasonable assumption. you never know. with these folks you never know. so far, what we ve seen in the court is first of all, justice roberts, what is his imprint on the court? you know, i think that s a story yet to be told. he has always said that his the person he would seek to emulate was the great chief
shouldn t fear the terrorists. ready for this, because they are mothers and fathers. rosie o donnell s main contribution to our culture is that she mainstreams both stupidity and hate. now, let s get to your point. having said that, bill, i think that oprah winfrey is well aware of the rosie o donnell brings to the party. she is well aware that this is a center right country. but oprah winfrey also understands american women. bill: a woman named alicia shepard says quote npr s values emphasize fact-based objective journalism versus tendency of some parts of media namely fox news to promote only one side of the ideological spectrum. really. why would we have juan williams on is he a liberal. npr reporter nina totenburg. i don t think i have any jesse helms defender here, nina. not me. i think he ought to be worried
air. the npr ethics code says they cannot. okay. that s their code. i can live with that. if they care if i can live with it or not. explain nina totenburg. are they saying what nina totenburg said about jesse helms dying of aids is acceptable language on npr? if the proverbial man from mars came down, he would say i m a little confused here. bill: she almost died. i don t know if these people understand how close she came to leaving this planet. i mean, the boat fell apart. mass crash. all her emergency equipment crashed. she was lucky, lucky. now, i m trying to get inside the mind set of the parents. i never would let my 16-year-old boy or girl do anything close to that wouldn t do it. i don t care whether they want to do it. they are not doing it this guys
air. the npr ethics code says they cannot. okay. that s their code. i can live with that. if they care if i can live with it or not. explain nina totenburg. are they saying what nina totenburg said about jesse helms dying of aids is acceptable language on npr? if the proverbial man from mars came down, he would say i m a little confused here. bill: she almost died. i don t know if these people understand how close she came to leaving this planet. i mean, the boat fell apart. mass crash. all her emergency equipment crashed. she was lucky, lucky. now, i m trying to get inside the mind set of the parents. i never would let my 16-year-old boy or girl do anything close to that wouldn t do it. i don t care whether they want to do it. they are not doing it this guys