congressman, what's your response to senator arlen spector coming out so aggressively. what do you think, joe? >> well, ed, i'm very proud of my 31 years in the u.s. military and i think arlen's probably proud of his time in the military back in the early '50s. but i don't agree that you need to make personal types of statements about issues that we should be discussing. for example -- >> he says you're awol. he says you've missed more votes than anybody else. is that true? >> well i don't know. but i do know this -- i'm extremely proud of my 93% voting record. i'm extremely proud that we keep our office open for 2 1/2 years, seven days a week. and have handled three times the constituency cases than any other congressional service. i'm he very proud, i'm had more bills passed this year than arlen specter and i'm very proud that i've co-sponsored and sponsored more pieces of legislation than any other member of the pennsylvania delegation. so i'm very proud of working hard. but i've got to tell you one vote, ed, that we've golf to have missed is vote that's voted with p

coming up, you will meet the lady who lowered the boom on pennsylvania senator arlen spector. later, the hero/shopkeeper in harlem, new york, who stood his ground in a deadly showdown after this. ( car door closes ) ooooch! hot seat! hot! hot! hot! time to check your air conditioning? come to meineke now and get a free ac system check. at meineke, you're always the driver. i'm a republican and first and foremost a conservative. i don't believe it's just about tax care. it's not about tarp. this is not about left and right. this is the is systemic family of this country. i'm only 35 years old. you have awakened a sleeping giant. we are tired of this. this is where everyone in this room is so pissed off. i have don't want the country turning into russia. >> i don't want this country turning into russia. you katie's comments were picked up and relayed around the country last week as she called senator arlen spector on the carpet with the statement that for all of us obvious flourish and exaggeration nevertheless sums up the generalized fear many has that president obama and the d

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this one held by senator arlen spector up in pennsylvania. new polls reveal support for the healthcare overhaul is dwindling. the white house says it is a result of misinformation and it is battling with the website called reality check and a chain e-mail. the supporters of reform. >> one of the reasons we pushed back is because of the misconceptions. some of the misconceptions contributed to the poll numbers? i don't doubt that. >> president obama is gearing up for two more town halls this week. the first in massachusetts tomorrow. >> texas congresswoman sheila jackson lee answering the call for healthcare reform, rather answering her cell phone during a town hall meeting. this is video on youtube. a cancer survivor. someone in the crowd can be heard saying, come on, dude. and she isn't even listening. after a vow minutes, the congresswoman hung up and swered the question. >> up next at 6:00, all you can fly, for $600, is jet blue's new deal worth the cash? and dramatic video, a pilot rescued clinging to his crashed plane in the middle of th

spector and health secretary kathleen sebelius. >> i look at this health care plan, i see nothing that is about health or about fair. what i see is a bureaucratic nightmare, senator. medicaid is broke. medicare is broke. social security is broke and you want us to believe that a government that can't even run a cash for clunkers program is going to run 1/7 of our u.s. economy? no, sir! no! sean: wow, that sounded more like a philadelphia eagles game or a flyers game than a town hall. joining me to discuss this and more, the author of the book "stroir -- catastrophe," how obama, congress, and the special interests are transforming a slump into a crash, freedom into socialism and a disaster into a catastrophe and how to fight back. dick morris is here. that's a good way to fight back. >> it sure is. we got to sign that lady up. they wanted august. the blue dogs did. now we have got to let them have it because they are planning to pass this bill with 50 votes. they're planning not to ask any republican votes, just do it with hard core democrats. sean: got to bring people up to speed on wh

democratic senators like arlen spector -- >> medicare and social security -- >> reporter: and claire mccass kill are hearing it from extremely unhappy americans. people have been arrested. others suffered minor injuries with pushing and shoving. democrats like florida's kathy castor have barely been able to get a word in edgewise. at her meeting opponents were seething because they were stuck outside the town hall because they couldn't sit in the room. protestors held signs on the other sign of the window. the congresswoman had to be hustled out. in texas, congressman lloyd doggett tried to talk. they depicted him in an unsavory way. >> the crowd was certainly angry. i suppose some might have had a negative reaction to the poster that said, "lloyd doggett, trader to texas, devil to all people." >> reporter: how did it come to this? depends who you ask. the democratic national committee says these are orchestrated by the republican party and democrats released this web video. >> they lost the confidence of the american people. they are organizing angry mob like they did during the ele

. >> reporter: pennsylvania democrat arlen spector. in a web ad, the democratic party claims the disruptions are organized by republican leaders. >> they have no plan for moving our country forward, so they've called out the mob. >> reporter: president obama took a shot. >> some caused the problems in the first place and they're suddenly blaming over folks for it. >> reporter: he's sending out the vice president and others to send out more stimulus funds and talk up recovery. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, washington. >> when we come right back on ""news 4 at 4:00,"" a jubilant a reunion between the two journalists and their family and friends. >>> and the incredible story of how 14 people came together to save a number of lives in there's something big happening at pizza hut. - woooh, nice! - that's a lot of food! now get big meals like our stuffed pizza rolls, pizza mia, the p'zone... and our personal panormous pizza starting at just $5. the big eat tiny price menu. only at pizza hut. - woooh, nice! - that's a lot of food! now get b

tammy duckworth, senator arlen spector and congressman paul ryan. >>> well the first family is looking forward to r & r. the obamas begin a week long vacation in martha's vineyard. and folks in the area are excited about that. some want to catch a glimpse of the first family and some are hoping to cash in on their arrival. >> when the president comes, everybody goes crazy and the island goes crazy, but it ould be neat to come and meet him. >> i think his girls might have a lot of fun here, shopping and going out and having fun. >> i hope it does bring some of the -- it stimulates the island and we need it because the islands are hurting. >> this will be the obama's first visit to the vineyard since the election. the vineyard has served as a retreat for many presidents as far back as ulysses s. grant. >>> and we do know they left this afternoon, trying to take care of -- let hurricane bill pass by. we'll check in with tucker barns to see what we can expect. so it will be spinning up toward nova scotia, but new england could have an issue. >> bill is off to the north and eas- -rehintenhe

protesters took aim at senator arlen spector in pennsylvania. and president obama is hold ago series of health care town halls of his own. his first yesterday in new hampshire where the crowd was relatively calm. >> if you don't have health insurance, you will finally have quality affordable options once we pass reform. if you do have health insurance, we will make sure that no insurance company or government bureaucrat gets between awened the r you need. >> you can expect more firework at another meeting in maryland. this one is happening in hagerstown. senator ben car done will host the town hall meeting at 1:00 and fox 5 will be there to brung you the latest. >>> a small piece of evidence could prove crucial in crack august murder case in annandale. look at this video. police wtot iu yo look at that black infinity suv on your screen. it was caught on camera near the business of chang auh on hummer road. she was killed there last month. that truck pulled into the driveway of the business and a man got out. police think it is a 2003 to 2008 ini

even liberal press would never accuse me of that, so change your last week, arlen." spector later twittered -- treated he would speak to grassley to clarify his position on living wills. magna surveillance video of two men who allegedly ripped up a london jewelery store for millions of dollars. the tape shows the suspected thieves outside the diamond shop today's before the robbery. police think it is more than a dry run. they said the robbers were ready to commit the crime but for some reason, called it off or did two days later -- there is this. the well-dressed man come back. they come back armed or did try to and workers headed over $65 million worth of diamond rings, bracelets, necklaces, watches you name it. outside they fired that shot into the sidewalk and they took off her head police offering almost $2 million for the capture to make accurate home a major financial institution clients in what is said to be the largest bank failure so far this year. alabama-based colonial bank going under federal regulators seizing the bank and freezing its $25 billion in as

spector. check it out. >> i don't understand this rudeness. what is this? i don't get it. do you all think you're persuading people when you shout out like that? >> you want to be led out of here? you're welcome to go. >> now wait a minute, now wait a minute. now wait a minute. >> beg your pardon? >> you don't trust me? okay. you know, i don't know what else i can do. i don't know what else i can do. if you want me to go home -- >> one day god's going to stand before you, and he's going to judge you. and the rest of your cronies up on the hill. >> okay. we've just had -- we've just had a demonstration of democracy. okay? >> so that's what it was. a little civics 101 there in pennsylvania. a lot of lawmakers saying that they are trying to educate their constituents, given all the misinformation out there, maybe they should try an old favorite. ♪ i'm just a bill, yes, i'm only a bill ♪ ♪ and i'm sitting here on capitol hill ♪ >> and there really is no finished bill at this point. >> one

. >> pat toomey is now neck-and-neck against arlen spector in a general election. so i don't know what says stack is seeing but at a time when there's a lot of concern about the spending, that's really what i think is driving this. there are no reps left in the state. >> but you never know what party is going to be strong. you never know. >> it helps that joe sestak is going to be in this race. if specter starts drifting back to his gop roots, for example, and the organizing vote, health care, what have you, energy, having this threat from the left keeps him loyal to his new party. >> why do you think the president and governor and everybody is inspecting specter? >> well, i think those commitments were offered to him at a time when they didn't think there would be a serious opponent for senator specter and i don't think says stack in tito be a -- they picked up a 60th vote. that was their calculus. >> i grew up in pennsylvania and i have to tell you that democracy is a good thing and i think it's good to always have a choice and if you don't have a choice, it's re

. >> we're going to talk to arlen spector and paul ryan, one of the leading rising stars in the republican party from wisconsin. the real fight isn't between republicans and democrats, it's among democrats in their own party. because on the one hand you have the more moderates saying, forget this talk about end of life counseling, forget the talk about the public option, let's just pass a striped down health care reform bill, but you have liberals is a -- that say we need a government-run health insurance program to go up against the private insurance programs and this may be our only shot. we had this situation yesterday where you had nancy pelosi, the democratic speaker of the house saying we can't pass a health care reform bill in the house without the public option and then some moderate democrat sen tars saying we can't pass health care reform in the senate with the public option. so try to figure that out. >> i'll leave that up to you and the debate on sunday morning. and i wanted to get your opinion. the broadcasting world lost a legend this weekend, don hewitt, known for creating 6

senator arlen spector who recently switched from the republican to the democratic party says people who are expressing their anger at town hall meetings and he's seen plenty of it, do not reflect the broader public opinion of the proposed overhaul. facing tough town hall audiences in his home state of pennsylvania. >> there is such a disconnect from washington to the people of this country. you have set yourselves up on a level that you do not identify with your own constituents anymore. what do you think at home and is it doing anything for cost? julie banderas has the report. >> reporter: anxiety over healthcare reform surfaced in town hall meetings across america cities. the latest fox news opinion dynamic poll shows sharp contrast among americans on healthcare reform and economic recovery. on 15% margin, the public opposes the plan with 34% in favor, 49% are against it. americans say the angry outburst at the town hall meeting are genuine, with 52% saying these are real expression of outrage. significantly more than the 29% who think protests are organized by the political activists

. >> reporter: today arlen spector thinks consideration should be given to suspend the plan, pending hearings before the veterans affairs committee and the senate. julie. >> julie: thank you very much. you know, there is a really -- really controversial sentiment among veterans who feel they are already a burden on the country and the veterans of the country, the heros and the men and the women should feel as if in their final days, they have the best care. and, to hear the word death book, first of all, is so sad, to think that that would even be an issue, if indeed it is. >> gregg: a tough interrogation by chris wallace, as he always does and secretary duckworth will reconsider the notion of taking that down off of the web site. because of the kinds of suggestions it makes. to veterans. towards end of theirs lives. >> julie: it's interesting, when we watch the town hall meetings one in particular, in fact, one of our reporters here, david lee miller covered one of them that was for veterans and when you talk to veterans about the health care they received, compared to the health ca

we've seen outrage, arlen spector and kathleen sebelius shouted down by a rowdy mob in philadelphia. the white house has suggested some of the people at these town halls are plants and that some of it is scripted. what's the truth here, mike? >> well, this is an amazing phenomenon and i was surprised. i was wrong. i thought that august was going to fade. i thought that august was going to be a bust but hundreds of people are signing up, crowding to attend these town halls and you've been to these. they're so boring. nobody goes to these. so there is something real out there that's motivating people to go to these and sound off, some of them in not very diplomatic ways but it is not all spontaneous. conservative business groups also are urging their supporters to get out there and even giving them scripts and talking points to take with them. one conservative group has sent out 300,000 e-mails this week. americans for tax reform has given people an obama spin translator we posted on politico.com so that they could -- a little dictionary for what they'll hear their democratic member of

protesters made their voices heard at a town hall last week, held by senator arlen spector and health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius, and should democrats hold the town hall meetings? are they helping or hurting their cause. >> joe sestak plans to challenge senator specter for his seat in the upcoming elections, good morning to you, congressman. >> good morning, good to be here. >> clayton: first we asked in the intro, are we being constructive in these town hall debates with all of the dwup disruptions we are seeing, are we getting anything accomplished and furthering the discussion and that is why we are seeing democrats scared or cancelling these town hall debates? >> i've only been in politics three years and we added in a new town hall this wednesday here in center town, downtown, philadelphia, at the broad street ministry at 6:30 wednesday night and i had my first last saturday ther day after we got out from congress. and that one brought about 300 people together and it was very harsh at times with the comments, but, i think this is a necessary debate. first, i'

. >>> senator arlen specter, that's after they held a town hall meeting tuesday that got pretty rowdy. spector says he's seeing a lot more anger than he has in the past and many opponents of the health care reform are people who lost their jobs. >> the groups are not necessarily representative of meshes thiefrm significant. they're very angry about what's going on in washington and angry about part i sanship and bickering and failuring to deal with issues as a mat over principle. >> i think you can see from the coverage there's concerns whether you want it or don't want it. the issue's generating a lot of strong feelings. one larm has gotten death threats. he says he will not hold town hall meetings. he's sending out surveys. >>> a basketball coach is apologizing. >> that extortion case is the reason it's coming out now. she charged that a few months all. they interviewed her and him and now we have this report. add now pitino has come out. he apologized to fans, to the media, to his wife joanna and his five kids shoo when you have a problem, when you tell the truth, your problem beco

. >> well, pennsylvania senator arlen specter also butted heads with some of his constituents. they accused him of trampling on their constitutional rights. spector said he would not pull for a bill that adds to the deficit. >>> get ready for the octomom, the documentary. fox has set up a six-figure account for the children. he says that this doesn't exploit them because the footage was already shot. >>> when it comes to music the generation gap may not be that big after all. the beatles are the most popular group for people from 16 the 65 and then some. ♪ >> they rated highest in a pew center poll. michael jackson under 30, the eagles 30 to 49 years old, and frank sinatra 65 and older for bob. >>> a police report shows that a famous college coach a admits to having sex with a woman accued of trying to export millions from him. the problem, he is married, right? >> he is married. >> the problem is the allegations about having sex in a restaurant? >> in a restaurant. it's incredibly salacious. we brought it to you a few months ago back when rick pitino said this woman was tryi

. >> mike: joe sestak is running against arlen specter but a restless and pull yesterday said there's a republican named pat toomey will probably run against either spector were sestak and a poll out yesterday to medicci one of them. shockingly enough part of the state. >> clayton: this is shocking to me because as a pennsylvanian and you are in pennsylvania it seems to be the bellwether of the country. as goes pennsylvania so goes the country. we sounds senator santorum blues i fairly sizable margin to bob casey there. maybe the mood is now shifting back the other way for republicans in pennsylvania. alysin's point is this could be a moment. one moment think that fiery there at least have that sound when -- this could be the moment that switches things for senator arlen specter in pennsylvania. listen to this connect one day god is going to stand before you and he is going to judge you and the rest of your cronies up on the hill. >> clayton: your cronies on the hill do when people are angry. the well arlen specter is a porter. >> mike: who would've known. are you treating you to push

so channing your last tweet, arlen. and the scene was almost identical at dozens of democratic town halls across the country. hot tempers over health care reform led to shouting matches and sometimes violence. democrats congressman from pennsylvania joins us now live. congressman, we've seen some of the stuff that went on, and in arlen specter's town hall meetings. tell me about yours. >> i've had one of my district, a senator in philadelphia and two more coming up and mine have been contentious at times and by and large respectful. keep in mind on all moments i'm a public servants. i made sure to shake everybody's hands, thousands that lined up in philadelphia beforehand and third, i stayed until the very last person left five hours later. there are angry people out there. >> brian: why are they angry? tell me why they're so upset? >> well, they have had years of where washington has said things would be done and we were not watching-- washington was not accountable for it. somehow they're in this savage recession. som