just with the eyes of the ceo of a company whose bottom line is profits? the bottom line for the united states of america is our national security. not the bottom line of a company. ambassador, thanks so much for sharing your thoughts this morning. happy holidays. same to you. a new twist in the battle over obamacare. we ll have that and more, stick around. style lets you stand out from the herd. what s inside sets you apart. the cadillac escalade. enjoy our best offers of the year.
and he s a good guy. and they gave me a lot of credit for that one. i don t deserve the credit, but there is something happening, folks, i will tell you. there is something happening. that s donald trump today in new hampshire reacting to the kentucky election of tea party republican matt bevin as governor. his win sets up what could be the biggest partisan battle over obamacare. he was the transportation secretary for president obama and is the author of the new book bipartisan: my life in politics. secretary hood joins me now. bipartisanship, is it now a dirty word? it s not a popular word around washington right now, although the house today is working on a transportation bill that looked pretty bipartisan. a lot of amendments being offered on both sides. jim clyburn was on earlier tell megaaboing me about that. it s a good sign. but what is happening to the republican party? there s a lot of candidates with a lot of different points of view. and every every faction
welcome back. we have brand-new developments in the president s controversial health care plan. the department of health and human services reporting this week that almost 2 million more people are now part of the federal obamacare exchange this year. and another 4.5 million are renewing their coverage. but the battle over obamacare is employer mandate will be going into effect come january 1. this, against the backdrop of a new gop majority that will take over on capitol hill in just a few weeks. and obamacare will also be getting a supreme court review come march. so how will all of this impact obamacare in the new year? let s check in with forbes media ceo steve forbes. welcome, great to have you here. good to be with you, uma, thank you. do you see the supreme court challenge that will get under way in march as the most serious threat to the health care law?
during the battle over obamacare in the past two or three years. because if the public had ever seen what the federal government does to administer medicine to veterans, it would have been terrified of having its elected representatives vote in favor of obamacare. there had been whistle-blowers who have come out in the past. in fact, i understand that apparently some whistle-blowers went to a watchdog group and then the government said to the watchdog group, hey, give us the names of those people because we want to talk to them. really they want to intimidate them. the congress has written legislation signed by president george h.w. bush protecting whistle-blowers. it is the public policy and the federal law of the united states of america that whistle-blowers are to be protected. this administration has hounded, pursued and harassed whistle-blowers. not only has it not protected them, it has made their lives miserable. and it has not listened to their warnings. last night at the
we do have some showers and storms painted in on our forecast maps. they re pretty few and far between. not a complete wash out out there. from amarillo into the midwest, some showers are possible. new york city, a great looking easter weekend ahead. temperatures in the 70s. l.a. as well, temperatures that are going to be in the 70s as well with sunshine. chicago looking great with temperatures in the 60s. new york city, sunshine and warm temperatures all weekend long. that s a look at your easter weekend weather. has the battle over obamacare come to an end, and if so, who won? is the u.s. power grid vulnerable to attack by anyone? we re going to tell you what a hearing in congress discovered. [ yodeling plays ] worst morning ever.