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All right. were back here in mcdowell, west virginia. judy, you intimately know black lung, and thats a specific ailment that affects a lot of people here. what is at stake in terms of it the affordable care act and its repeal for folks that you know and love? >> with the black lung, before the affordable care act, you know, president nixon signed that the coal miners would be compensated for their health because their life is going to be shortened by the black lung and it does come from the occ...

All right. were back here in mcdowell, west virginia. judy, you intimately know black lung, and thats a specific ailment that affects a lot of people here. what is at stake in terms of it the affordable care act and its repeal for folks that you know and love? >> with the black lung, before the affordable care act, you know, president nixon signed that the coal miners would be compensated for their health because their life is going to be shortened by the black lung and it does come from the occ...

Like handing someone a blank check, it doesnt mean you have money its you have a check. you can have an insurance card but that doesnt mean someone is going to take it and sure doesnt mean that its going to be affordable and theres a big difference between having a card and having health care thats affordable and thats the difference were trying to solve right now so when it comes to communication i think one of the things thats really helpful is that part of the sell is done for us. the america...

What weve seen over the last few years with obama care, you could have an insurance card but that doesnt mean someones gonna take it. it sure doesnt mean that it will be affordable. theres a big difference between having a card and having health care thats affordable. thats the difference that were trying to solve. when it comes to communication, one of the things thats helpful is that part of the sale is done for us. the american people understand the state of their health care. they understand...

For example, for automobiles still have access to that market. >> right, but and its hard to make that comparison, the people that cant gate high risk autoinsurance is because theyre bad drivers or they had, you know -- it is -- wther youre talking about health and preexisting conditions, preexisting can come youre born with an ailment. thats what i mean. is like why penalize -- why create a similar system in insurance, youre paying your own penalty for bag bad driver? >> chuck, again, i agree w...

Gravely ill fighting for his life, allegedly the victim of poisoning. its not the first time a putin foe has been put in that situation and hes not the only putin foe to come down with an ailment. our brian todd has been looking into this. >> president trump has been reluctant to label vladimir putin as a killer. but there is a long mystery of suspicious attacks including one of a political opponent who tonight may be on his death bed. >> reporter: vladimir kara-murza could be dying. hes a polit...

Welcome back to "early start," everyone. im john berman. >> its nice to see you, im christine romans. >> we do have breaking news i want to tell you about, 92-year-old former president george h.w. bush has been hospitalized in houston. this is according to local media. lets get the lacest on this from athena jones live for us in washington. athena, what have you learned? >> good morning, its concerning and the details are still coming in from the houston chronicle. his chief of staff told them t...

Maine. hospitalized in 2014 for shortness of breath and twice in 2012 for bronchitis. he spent several weeks in the hospital being treated for that ailment. hes had a series of chest-related ailments. hes 22 years old when someone of such an advanced age is hospitalized. were all wishing him the best. we have to wait and see whether this affects his son, bush 43s plans to attend the inaugural facivities. congressman tom price and three other trump cabinet nominees will be in the hot seat less ...

The explanation to his parents. i think this hurts him in terms of mitigation. at the mitigation stage he will give an opening and closing statement not presenting any evidence but part of mitigation is your psychiatric history, it could be duress you are under, any debilitating ailment you had. this letter seems like he knew what he was doing, he had to do it and im sorry because of its impact upon you, my family, not the nine victims. >> i have to ask one last question. the victims family memb...

Imhotep was one of the few commoners in egypt to achieve immortal status. >> he contributed so much to the science and infrastructure of egypt. >> and few of us would be aware of the debt of gratitude the modern world owes this ancient egyptian for his work in a field that kareem is especially passionate about. health. >> hes probably the father of modern medicine. >> imhotep comes along at a time when disease is often interpreted as some sort of indication as unseen spiritual ailment, for which...