Well, today, americans breathe a sigh of relief. Because the health care of millions has been protected and preserved. We democrats believe this is not a day for dell zell bush administration, but a day to roll up our sleeves and work to make the Health Care System better. Than it is today. Bottom line is simple. The reason this bill failed is becau millions of americans didnt want it. The overwhelming majority of americans didnt want it. They saw it would take their health care away. People with disabilities. People with addiction, people with parents in nursing home, veterans who depended on medicaid. From one end of america to the other, the Cassidy Graham bill would have been a health carer. The American People saw it. Rose to the occasion. And our colleagues had no choice in the face of opposition from one end of the land to the other. To withdraw their bill. Now, we hope the republicans come back to this deal. It will meet with the same fate. Ultimately because people didnt like
Lebron james. And hes officially coming to philly. Now, it wasnt a surprise, but it was still cause for celebration. Good evening. Im jacqueline london. And im jim rosen. We have Team Coverage starting with john clark. Hes live at the Barclays Center in brooklyn where the draft happened. A lot of hopes and dreams riding on this pick. It was 20 years ago when Allen Iverson was the number one overall draft pick for the 76ers. The last number one overall pick. And you saw how he changed around the fortunes of the sixers franchise and the sixers are hoping ben simmons can do the same thing. Here he is being selected tonight. The philadelphia 76ers select ben simmons. From melbourne, australia. And Louisiana State university. Reporter ben simmons grew up in australia. His dad played for sixers coach brett brown in australia. So this is a dream come true. He left australia to go play hoops here in america in high school. He had to talk his mom and dad into it. And boy, did it pay off. The nu