well, frankly, you show me a plan that can handle a once in a 20- or 30-year eventuality across entire tracks of northern, western and southern europe and i ll show you a system that is going to be so expensive that you and i would object to paying the airfares. remember, we still want the cheap we still want the cheapest fare, the most frequen frequency, and that, of course, comes at a price. richard, you re standing on my old stomping grounds. on the steps of federal hall. that s the new york stock exchange behind you. what are you doing over there? we re down here for quest means business my program on cnn international. appropriately, of course, the headquarters of goldman sachs of which you have been talking about and i will be just down the road over there. you know it very well indeed. they re having a rough day. richard, good to see you. host of quest means business on cnn international. allegations of cheetding on
small businesses would get tax credits to afford the coverage for their workers. reporter: john cavatek who spoke at a forum today says that s not nearly enough. it could actually create new mandates, new taxes and pretty much a government takeover at a time when small business owners and americans are looking for flexibility and being better connected with health care h. it s a wait and see attitude. the sweeping health care bill passed by the house promises a real sea change in the way small business owners purchase and provide health insurance for themselves and employees. cnn is all over the story. stephanie, first of all, what do you think? ramifications big, small, in the middle? reporter: say that again, tony? the ramifications, what was passed yesterday. big, small or somewhere in the middle for small businesses? reporter: it s major. the changes will be major for the way small businesses go
longest, so to my generation, i apologize for the mistake congress has just made. i will apologize because they re not going to. okay. we want to hear from you. give us a call. let us know what you think about the house passing the health care reform bill. call this number 8 877-742-5760. if you have questions about the bill, you re not alone. go to cnn.com/tony to leave questions for our senior medical correspondent, elizabeth cohen. she joins us next hour with answers. president obama said it wasn t an easy vote but it was the right vote. his remarks celebrating passage of health care reform are just ahead. rob marciano tracking weather. a midwest storm is on the move and rain on the way. that s up next. first, the latest numbers from the new york city stock exchange. the dow up 50 for monday. we are following the numbers for you throughout the day. the sur. your mouth is no different.
milder in parts of the north east. you will see the rain intensify throughout the day. you are seeing it through d.c. and baltimore. intense showers. maybe thunderstorms expected in this area. we have flood watches posted for the northeast, especially in the rivers that were over the flood banks last week. they re susceptible to flooding tonight and tomorrow with one to three inches of rainfall potentially as the storm winds up toward the north and the east. if you are traveling today, we have a few delays. laguardia, a ground stop for the next half hour or so. philadelphia seeing an hour and ten minutes delay. the cnn newsroom with tony harris is coming back. as the weather warms, walgreens and the makers of zyrtec. want to make sure allergies don t always have to keep you cooped up inside. that s why we re making it easier for everyone to find allergy solutions. by offering products like new zyrtec® liquid gels. zyrtec®, the fastest 24-hour allergy medicine,
questions, people can send them to cnnhelpdesk@cnn.com. see you next hour. thank you. more details on how the health care overhaul will affect you. i m going to talk with our senior medical correspondent, elizabeth cohen about footing the bill. that s next. [ advisor 1 ] i have clients say it s really hard to save for the future and they ve come to a point where it s overwhelming. [ advisor 2 ] oh gee, i m scared to tell you i ve got this amount of credit card debt or i ve got a 15-year-old and we never got around to saving for their college. that s when i go to work. we talk, we start planning. we can fix this. i know we can do it. when clients walk out of my office they feel confident about their retirement. [ male announcer ] visit ameriprise.com and put a confident retirement more within reach.