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Speaking with our cspan viewers this evening. Thank you for having me. Thank you for your calls and comments on how the government should regulate ecigarettes. We appreciate the input and the calls. Zp coming up on cspan president obama announces plans to move immigration resources to handle the influx of unaccompanied minors at the border. And then the Supreme Court oral rgument in the case of burwell v. Lobby, and later president obama introduces his nominee to be the next Veterans Affairs sec...

But with respect to title vii, of course, its still the case that that employers with 15 or fewer people are not subject to that law, and thats 80 of the employers in the country. And if you run the math, thats its at least 80 thats its going to be somewhere between 10 million and 22 Million People who are not within the coverage. No one would say that because the coverage is incomplete in that respect, that title vii enforcing title vii doesnt advance those were decisions those were decisions t...

Should be applied uniformly across all employers. Heres, respectfully, why i dont think that that works, which is i think the question whenever there are exemptions in the statute is to ask yourself, do the exemptions undermine the compelling interest that the government asserts. Theres nothing inconsistent with an interest in prohibiting employment discrimination to say were going to focus on the people who actually employ the most people and therefore can engage in the most discrimination. Its...

Well, the grandfathering is not a decision that congress made, is it . Well, the way in which its implemented is a decision that the agency has made, thats true. But even with respect to the Preventive Services, i dont think anyone would say that theres not a compelling interest in advancing Colorectal Cancer screening and immunizations and the things that the Preventive Services provisions provide in addition to contraceptive coverage. I just think this a compelling interest under any understan...

Cuttingedge stuff. Stuff that no one has done before. That i the kind of thing would think Health Care Professionals would want to be a part of. We should tell that ability and use it to recruit the best people who want to make a difference in others lives. Forhen we met, i have asked sites pacific information related to the audit that was done here. Shinseki forls sitespecific information. I am referring to the audit that was done in the spring. I would like a commitment that i will receive a r...

This country have been by Health Care Workers who were treating a very sick ebola patient. So to the extent there is panic, i would encourage panicked individuals to consult the scientific facts and understand that the risk that is facing the average american, as dr. Fauci said yesterday, is vanishingly low. Does ron klain have any plans to go to new york or new jersey to meet with officials there . I dont anticipate that he has plans and just one more, josh. According to polls three of the hard...

The howitzer fired. You can see the smoke. This is where it began. Inspiring start under the averages at Arlington National cemetery. That was the chute at route 110. Moments before that people took pictures of the parachutes coming down. Members of the elite parachute team descending on the start line delivering giant american flags. 7,000 feet for one of those flags. And one of those making that special entrance, Kyle Carpenter, a medal of honor recipient. He was one of the parachuters. That r...

Pancreatic cancer. She was 87 years old and despite her long bout with several different forms of cancer and all the complications, she seemed to many indestructible. Last night she appeared at the National Constitution center where she was honored. In the coming hours, well talk to the people who knew her best and look at her remarkable legacy before she got to the Supreme Court and after. And whether the president will try to fill her position with the election fast approaching. Joining us rig...

In the coming hour well look at who knew her best and whether the president will try to fill her position with the election fast approaching. Joining us right now is our cnn analyst lori berger and also on the phone is jeff toobin and our dr. Sanjay gupta. Talk about Justice Ginsburg. Testi jeff toobin, can you hear me . Lets check in with sanjay gupta. Pancreatic cancer is an extremely difficult form. She has been through so much, there were so many people pulling for her hoping she would go on...

We have hosted a series of conversation about the trueman era. And it kind of makes us realize that we should be talking about him more. And its impact on the world stage back then. His presidency. And still today. Lets bring in another great panel to continue the timely discussion. Former u. S. Senator now a political analyst. Claire mccaskill is here. She knows truman more than anybody. Columnist and editor for the washington post. And historian and at vanderbilt university. Who advises elect ...