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Veterans under the current president. >> this is the first president in post world war ii history whoever made veterans the centerpiece first of his campaign and then of his administration. we now have, thanks to this president and thanks to choice, the highest veteran satisfaction rate in our history. were sitting at 89.7%. >> sandra: important interview you had with the v.a. secretary important. >> it is important to look wrat the v.a. is today than a year ago. disarray, veterans not getting t...

Services secretary price praised him not long ago saying hi economic prowess was commendable, im paraphrasing but you know the cbo has also gotten it right on obamacare sometimes. is that a smart tactic? >> not mostly. mostly gotten it wrong in terms of how much obamacare would cost, how many people would be covered. they were in the wrong area code in terms of being close. >> hold on. >> yeah. >> when they came out in 2010 they estimated 89% of people under 65 years old would have coverage in 2...

Estimate, i think. >> so, a lot of focus from the white house and mulvaney there on the part that they got wrong. and the cbo was wrong in estimating how many people would insured under the obamacare exchanges, right? it was about half of their estimate. but they were spot on when it came to how many americans would be insured total by 2016. they predicted, you know, 89% and it was 89.7% of americans had insurance last year. theyve been wrong, but right, too. >> this is a very complex kind of is...

Of their time. lets take a look, then. at the congressional budget office projections for obamacare. the cbo estimated 21 million people would gain coverage through health care exchanges in 2016. only 10.4 million people did. cbo projegted 82 and 89 adults would have coverage in 2016. they were closer on that count. 89.7% of americans had insurance last year. you see how high the tensions are over health care at town halls across the u.s. hours ago, in kansas, jenkins was booed when she tried ...

Wrong about obamacare. so why believe it now? well it is true, the agency did get a few things wrong. like how many americans would sign up. it predicted 22 moip people, only about half of that enrolled last year. that error is partly because fewer employers dropped health coverage than predicted. and more americans were eligible for medicaid. the cbo was also wrong about costs, it predicted 132 billion dollars, but the actual pricetag was $22 billion less. theres one stat the cbo got right. how...

300,000-tons to meet demand. the national weather service predicts some east coast states would see three to six inches of snow today. our producer has some of the record snowfall totals. new york city, -- >> so far this year, new york city got 51.7 inches. the record was set back in 1995 at 75.6. its actually the seventh snowiest winter so far. >> we hough ore 12th snow e -- got our 12th snow event this morning. >> yes, indianapolis and philadelphia tied for their third snowiest seasons. indian...

Is it, a, john mccain? b, a schizophrenic? c, someone who doesnt know what the word "maverick" means? or d, all of the above? thats right. the answer is a, john mccain. and possibly d, all of the above. today the "national journal" released its ranking of the senators with 2010s most conservative voting record. senator mccain finished first, with the most conservative composite score of 89.7 out of a possibleç 100. hes tied with seven ultraconservative senators, including jon cornyn, jim demin...

B, a schizophrenic? c, someone who doesnt know what the word "maverick" means?ç or d, all of the above? thats right. the answer is a, john mccain. and possibly d, all of the above. today the "national journal" released its ranking of the senators with 2010s most conservative voting record. senator mccain finished first, with the most conservative composite score of 89.7 out of a possible 100. hes tied with seven ultraconservative senators, including john cornyn, jim demint, and john thune, the...

Or d, all of the above? thats right. the answer is a, john mccain. and possibly d, all of the above. today the "national journal" released its ranking of the ç senators with 2010s most conservative voting record. senator mccain finished first, with the most conservative composite score of 89.7 out of a possible 100. hes tied with seven ultraconservative senators, including jon cornyn, jim demint, and john thune, the very conservative tom coburn is ranked more liberal than john mccain. mccains ...