accusation that the president s plan to make the tax code more fair is class warfare. that s next. the late night hosts tackle the deficit reduction plan, the repeal of don t ask, don t tell and of course last night s republican debate. the week in comedy is coming up. [ male announcer ] this is lara.
in other words, they with their corporate masters pull obama to their side and who s going to pull obama to the majority of the american people? the working family side. ralph, we have to go. we are going to hear about those issues on this program in the next year. we re going to have you back to talk about them some more. i want you to take a look tonight if you get a chance, if someone can show them to you, some questions that came in on twitter. some of them are good for the 140 character limit. i wish people would log into singlepayeraction.org and read the full letter then feedback to the e-mail. okay. ralph, thank you very, very much for joining me tonight. thank you so much, lawrence. last night bill o reilly revealed how president obama can get him to quick fox news. that s next in the rewrite. later, jane lynch joins me to talk glee, politics and the repeal of don t ask, don t tell. [ male announcer ] this is coach parker. whose non-stop day starts with back pa
today the discriminatory law known as don t ask, don t tell is finally and formally repealed. as of today patriotic americans in uniform will no longer have to lie about who they are in order to serve the country they love. as of today our armed forces will no longer lose the extraordinary skills and combat experience of so many gay and lesbian service members. today as commander in chief i want those to know who were discharged under this law that your country deeply values your service. that was the official statement out of the white house on repeal day today. president obama s re-election campaign also sent out an e-mail about the repeal from campaign manager jim messina. today don t ask, don t tell is officially over. this is one of the administration s signature achievements. countless americans fought hard to end this law over the course of nearly two decades and president obama is proud to have signed the repeal. it s a reminder as broken as washington is and as long as chan
look over my shoulder. today that s why this is such a great day. 65,000 other service members put their uniforms on today and it was a different great day for them. they were able to be proud and serve with integrity. victor, are you are you anticipating that there are going to be problems with implementation of repeal? the military has been very firm, the pentagon has been very firm in saying there are not going to be problems, we are prepared, we are trained, we are ready for this. having been in the air force for 20 years and seeing what you ve seen, most of that time not being a man who people knew was gay, do you think there s going to be trouble? i think there may be isolated cases. i think the way this was done i was obviously the most impatient man in the world having this threat of discharge hang over me for the last three years and four months. but what i learned from that in the last two years, again, identify bei ve been able to serve openly. i shouldn t be surpris
today, that figure is 80%. so our country has changed, our military is stronger, and we are better for the repeal of don t ask, don t tell. congratulations, buddy. this guy. this guy. how long has he made this fight. thank you, stacy. and you, back in uniform. congratulations. thank you very much. it s good for our country. thank you, stacy vazquez. what s your rank and will you be getting a promotion out of this? i don t know if i m getting a promotion out of this. maybe get commission out of this. thank you, stacy vazquez. up next, what did author joe mcginniss learn by moving in next door to sarah palin? i ve been so curious about this for months. i ve always looked up to joe mcginniss. i want to know what he actually learned about this woman, who almost, had conditions been different, been vice president. let s find out. the name of the book he wrote the rogue, is coming up next. there she is, the former governor of alaska. this is hardball, only on msnbc.