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From massachusetts was supposed to be the 41st vote to stop the passage of obamacare but they wanted to rush it through. theyve shut the door on the class act, long term care provision which is totally unsustainable, thank goodness, secretary sebelius admitted that. >> well wait to see if the supreme court dark calls this. gentlemen, thank you both for your time, -- under the freedom of informationç act anyone can request records on anything. now the department of justice is protesting a new...

Michael you asked if the animals should get other constitutional rights. the answer is yes, apparently they will be able to vote, and it turns out if you total up the value of the fish at seaworld are given they are part of the 1% and their taxes will go up. >> interesting thought. >> i am done. >> turks andy. >> are you welcome, greg. >> see you in a little bit. i am so glad he is gone. coming up, tom cruise is gay-ning more fans every day. it is because he is a class act, people. but first, wh...

Constitutional rights. the answer is yes, apparently they will be able to vote, and it turns out if you total up the value of the fish at seaworld are given they are part of the 1% and their taxes will go up. >> interesting thought. >> i am done. >> turks andy. >> are you welcome, greg. >> see you in a little bit. i am so glad he is gone. coming up, tom cruise is gay-ning more fans every day. it is because he is a class act, people. but first, what will -- what will ode-snookie smell like?

Centanni live in washington. >> reporter: yeah, congressional house hearing underway right now in capitol hill, republicans push toeupbg repeal the long term healthcare plan after the obama administration decided pull the plug on it. its called the class act and it was part of the obama healthcare reform law. the administration decided it was not financially sustainable and decided this month to put it on hold. republicans at this hearing today saying the administration knew three years ago the ...

Government solution on the table right now. 15million americans will need long term care by 2020, even more in future years, and only 7 million have private long term care insurance right now. the class act was spearheaded by the late senator ted kennedy and today his son testified to the ongoing need. >> the whole notion of healthcare reform was to move us from a sick care system to a healthcare system. class act is a tool, and lets make it work for all of your constituents who are going to nee...

Facing serious questions. you can see congress pitts gaveling this hearing to order right now. so tough questions we could hear on this panel today, martha. martha: very tough questions, but then youve got the whole question of long term care and the rising cost of long term care, so is anybody getting to the point of figuring out what we can do about them? >> well, thats a big problem, and it does continue, regardless of what happens with this class act, 20 million people will need long term ca...

Elvis anders, smartly tagging up going to third, by the way. michael young hits a sack fly, andrews scores from third, the rangers put together a ninth-inning comeback. beat the cardinals 2-1. the series tied at a game apiece, series two tomorrow in arlington, texas. >> how about those rangers, man? its a great series. >> looked like it was going to be over. they had three outs with their closer. >> isnt it exciting to see -- weve been talking about the red sox and you hear a lot of abuse. just ...

You lose your home and its something that is fundamental to mothers across the united states. bill: in the state of nevada the foreclosures are through the roof. there probably right now is not a state struggling more in real estate than the state of nevada. >> that is exactly right. bill: im going to roll out a little clip last night and i want the audience to listen carefully as to how this unwinds. and ill hav ask you a very spe question. >> even the obama administration chose to reject part ...

Not support pulling the plug on a major health care provision, despite his own administration saying that they think that part of the health care bill is just financially unsustainable. not doable. a white house official saying, quote, we do not support repeal. repealing the class act, and were going to explain what that is, isnt necessary or productive. whats going on here? meanwhile back in 2009, senate majority leader harry reid promised that the class act was all paid for. listen to this: >>...

Action. class act. >> community living services and supports. what it is is that you could buy health care through the federal government to help you live at home when you got sick. >> greta: lets say 20 years from now. i pay from now 20 years from now when i need it i could draw down on it? >> exactly. the federal government wont have the money in 2029 to pay your claim. >> greta: meantime what would they do when the money i pay now. >> use it to owe pay for obama health care. thats why its pon...