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Their people. and our healthcare outcomes are not necessarily better. third, why do we pay by far the highest prices in the world for precipitati prescription drugs. and in my view a medicare for all single payer program will address the issues and guarantee healthcare to all people in a cost effective way. that is the direction weve got to go. it is not going to happen tomorrow, i admit that. but we need to put the bench mark down there and go forward. >> asking about the cost issue. as you kno...

Speaking and i dont mean to be misinterpret tiv but relatively speaking to rockport, we really escaped the brunt of the storm in terms of this massive damage. but, like, those folks there, its just going to take time to get their houses repaired, get back to their work. theres still some businesses that havent opened because they dont have power, and thats some economic impact. the -- we can endure the inconvenience a lot of this stuff. our goal at the city level in corpus christie and emergency...

Allows to increase the flexibility to deny terrorists. i would like to see more on russias support of the taliban in the north. the id like to see more from this administration in terms of what china looks like and what the influence is there and how they play a role in stability there. i do think that he outlined something yesterday that was a little more concrete than weve seen in the past ten years. >> i mean it just sound z as though you have to stay for a long time if youre never going to c...

This. when its white supremacist, he denounces them by name and republicans are going to speak out more and more day by day here until this -- we see something different come in from this guy who was failing the moral test of leadership we expect in a president. >> you make a remark about john mccain, just part of his statement from earlier this evening. mccain said nothing less is at stake on the streets of charlottesville, virginia, where a violent attack has taken one american life and injure...

Side, even if they didnt vote for his confirmation, you will see a camaraderie like youve never seen coming out of the u.s. senate against donald trump. especially for the fact that sessions has been extremely loyal to him. so that is our confusion. but confusion is the name of the game now. and people are hurt and dont understand exactly the direction. but i tell you that 2018 is going to be a bench mark for the republican party. the democrats are going to have to find some better candidates th...

Battle tested patriot air and missile defense system, the best anywhere in the world. that is also why we salute the polish people for being one of the nato countries that has actually achieved the bench mark for investment in our common defense. thank you, thank you poland. i must tell you the example you set is truly magnificent, and we applaud poland. thank you. we have to remember that our defense is not just a commitment of money. it is a commitment of will, because as the polish experience...

People. theres a whole generation of kids dying right in front of their eyes. what are you leaving behind? look and listen. you dont have to go very far. >> whats need snd. >> theres a lot needed. theres partnerships out there through the it prosecutors office with places like sunrise detox and a bench mark in texas and we have northeast addictions in boston. these are facilities working together that are giving scholarships to what medicaid should pay for to let them come into their facilities ...

Going on in the ground. theyre not listening to the people. theres a whole generation of kids dying right in front of their eyes. what are you leaving behind? look and listen. you dont have to go very far. >> whats needed? >> theres a lot needed. theres partnerships out there through the it prosecutors office with places like sunrise detox and a bench mark in texas and we have northeast addictions in boston. these are facilities working together that are giving scholarships to what medicaid shou...

Working people. >> they love it, they hate but it is a traditional bench mark since fdr. joining me, doris kearns go goodwin. heres a question i havent heard answered. is the 100 days a predictor of how the presidency will go? >> i dont think you can predict it from the content of what happens in the 100 days. look at jfk had the bay of pigs. yet he learned from the mistakes of the bay of pigs which did him in great stead with the cuban missile crisis. so can the president have self-reflection? ...

History when it, when harry truman left the white house i think he had a 25%, 35% popularity rating, something like that. >> not at the 100-day mark. this is particularly low. >> but my point is, i dont think these things are relevant. whats relevant is history in terms of the administration. >> and not relevant because donald trump isnt doing well. donald trump or on the campaign trail came out with a contract with the american people because he said he was going to get so much done in the firs...