To healthcare and even a spy program. Last year the president was elected to serve another term in his promise . Mike viqueira is live at the white house with what we might be able to expect. Mi services, and once against its about Affordable Care act, obamacare. It has been decided that if you had your insurance canceled, you ares ares a exempt at least temporarily from the individual mandate the Insurance Industry is very much against this move. This comes just four days before the december declaring the almost orwellian nature of the metadata collection system. And the President Council saying they know of no terrorist plots that were foiled awell hear frn about three hours, dell. Mike thank you very much. We are also following a developing story coming out of washington. It involves news that broke earlier today. Hospital. Libby casey is on capitol hill right now. Libby do we know why taken to the hospital as a precaution. They said tests have been done, nothing abnormal noted and
Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. In an 8415 vote the Senate Passed a sweeping new Defense Budget which now awaits president obamas signature. The bill gives the pentagon more than 552 billion to cover standard military expenditures and almost 81 billion to pay forward in afghanistan and cracks down on rape and Sexual Assault in the military tripping them to overturn convictions and loosens restrictions at Guantanamo Bay making it easy for them to transfer prisoners out of the facility. The National Defense authorization act is the First Defense bill to overhall the way Sexual Assault cases are handled in the armed services. The 30 Sexual Assault provisions were spearheaded by senate women in response to what the pentagon called an epidemic. Legislation means that victims must be provided with legal counsel. It eliminates the statute of limitations for courts marshall in sexual as assault and dishonorable discharge for any person convicted of Sexual Assau
Those benefits will run out december 28th. Those are the headlines at this hour, im john in new york, i will see you back here at 11 00 eastern, 8 00 pacific time, america tonight with joey chen is coming up next, remember you can always get the latest news on aljazeera. Com. We will see you back here at 11 00. Reporter motorcycle riding free spirits like this guy need Health Insurance too. Thats is the message coming from insurers with commercials aimed at people who may not have been covered in the past. They offer protection and maybe a little piece of mind. To go forward sometimes you have to go back to a time when knew. Reporter with 30 million potential new customers, Insurance Companies are expected to shell out half a billion dollars next year on tv advertising alone. Insurance companies see opportunity in the potentially millions of new customers, and if you are an Insurance Company in this country, this is your growth opportunity. Reporter insurers, state exchanges, and the f
President obama and the first family will soon be on their way to hawaii for their annual christmas vacation. But first a total of 11 reporters got to ask president obama questions, and a few of the questions came with attitu attitude. Americans seem to have lost trust in you, your credibility has taken a hit. Are you youre not addressing the fact the public statements that your statements to the bubblpublic. When you look back and you look at the decisions you have made, what you did, what you doesnt do, were you personally, what do you think has been your biggest mistake . With respect to healthcare specifically or general. The whole thing. The whole thing. Mike viqueira joins us live from the white house, and mike, the tone of the press core often tends to reflect the mood of the public. More americans disapprove than approve of president obamas job. Is that what fueled the questions today . Reporter i think that might be the trend. You might be right about that. The president s pol
Vladimir putin president obama reduced eight prisoners sentences. The Obama Administration was looking at drug crimes and seeing if original sentencing was fair. Punishment for crack cocane was more severe than other forms of the drugs. The apollo theatres roof collapsed. 76 were injured. 7 seriously. The cause of the collapse is not yet known. Those are the headlines. You can always get us on aljazeera. Com. Becoming one . One of the biggest credit card thefts in retail history, and why you may be a victim. Also tonight, an al jazeera exclusive. The shocking findingses of an in dependent investigation into the terrifies treatment of the disabled behind bars. Because it is so believe, farfetched because of the way we treat people in prison, not just the deaf, and deaf, blind, and blind, the way we treat people in the prison system is terrifying. Comments to america tonight. When i entered the car, my wife said look at your hand, its shaking. And it was. Good etching thank you for joini