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Former whistleblower: Insurance companies already looking for loopholes
Countdown guest host Lawrence O’Donnell talks to former CIGNA vice president Wendell Potter about what insurance companies stand to gain from the new health reform bill. This video is from MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show, broadcast Dec. 22, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…
Lindsey Graham cites blacks as disadvantage for his state
Rachel Maddow points out that Senator Linsday Graham seems to think it’s a disadvantage that his state has a population that is 31% African-Americans. This video is from MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show, broadcast Dec. 22, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…
Dean explains why he now supports passage of Senate bill
Dr. Howard Dean, former DNC chair and Vermont governor, talks with Rachel Maddow about the details of the Senate health reform bill and how he came to support its passage despite deep reservations about its content. This video is from MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show, broadcast Dec. 22, 2009. Download…
Landrieu reminds McCain that he lost
“Just yesterday, Senator John McCain, our colleague from Arizona, has claimed that the American people are opposed to reform and he speaks about the will of the majority,” Sen. Mary Landrieu said on the Senate floor Tuesday. “I’d like to remind, respectfully, my colleague from Arizona that the will of…
Burris slams GOP in health care Christmas poem
Sen. Roland Burris delivered his own version of “Twas the Night Before Christmas” on the floor of the Senate Tuesday. This video is from C-SPAN, broadcast Dec. 22, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…
NBC: GOP health care fight ‘ugly and personal’
NBC reports that as the Democrats break a filibuster in the Senate, Republicans make the health care reform fight even more “ugly and personal.” This video is from NBC’s Today Show, broadcast Dec. 22, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…
McCain hypocrisy recovered from C-SPAN archives
Rachel Maddow updates a report on missing video of Senator John McCain doing the very thing he claimed last week he’d never seen before, objecting to granting a colleague 30 seconds to finish a sentence. This video is from MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show, broadcast Dec. 21, 2009. Download video…
Countdown reviews the year of ‘whackjob’ Palin
From going bust by resigning as governor of Alaska to going rogue, MSNBC’s Countdown pays tribute to Sarah Palin’s turbulent year. This video is from MSNBC’s Countdown, broadcast Dec. 21, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…
Dean: White House partly to blame for death of public option
Dr. Howard Dean told NBC’s Norah O’Donnell that the Obama administration had to should part of the blame for the public option being dropped from the Senate’s health care reform bill. This video is from MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports, broadcast Dec. 21, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…
NBC removes controversial clip after Brittany Murphy’s death
An Saturday Night Live skit spoofing Brittany Murphy was removed from YouTube and Hulu after the actress died over the weekend. This video is from NBC’s Saturday Night Live, broadcast Dec. 5, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…
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