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Election, how big of a problem is that? how concerned would you be? >> well, first of all, i think senator mitch mcconnell has a lot of blank. i wont make it on television when we passed 200 balls, sorry, i used the word anyway, bills in the house, the senate has yet to take up. i am not on any of the committees looking at this i am very focused on the cost of prescription drugs. i met with the secretary of hhs, the led of affairs and domestic affairs at the white house and said the presidents g...

Let me ask you, have you had any briefings on syria, on the middle east, on usmca, on prescription drugs, infrastructure, health care, have you had any briefings on any of the issues that are important to the american people other than the house being dominated by impeachment? >> no, yes, i can tell you, so, for instance, last week i met with the secretary of hhs, the head of affairs and domestic council at the white house about drug prescription drug prices and had blunt conversation with him b...

A lot of important things that we could be talking about, so let me ask you, have you had any briefings on syria, on the middle east, on usmca, on prescription drugs, infrastructure, health care, have you had any briefings on any of the issues that are important to the american people other than the house being dominated by impeachment? >> no, yes, i can tell you, so, for instance, last week i met with the secretary of hhs, the head of affairs and domestic council at the white house about drug p...

Who suffer? the point here is, the reason the guidelines have come out is hhs is now saying treat every patient as an individual. how fast can you get them off opioids without causing them pain or agony? what are your alternatives? are you using behavior modification, risk of depression or suicide. what are the side effects withdrawing too quickly? i want to introduce a drug called bu -- it is an opioid itself to help you get off other opioids without causing the addiction withdrawal problems. t...

Insurance companies arent always covering this. and if i have to put a tour deforce in place to help my patient insurance should be covering that psychologist, that nurse practitioner, that team approach. and that long-term approach. hhs is saying decrease the opioid dosing by somewhere between 10% a week to 10% a month. i dont think thats enough. i think we have to still be aggressive to get people off opioids. >> bill: >> bill: tender issue. >> sandra: the kurds partnering with assad for help ...

Government, a safe guard, secretary hayes are says up against being caught unprepared of the event of a new wave of migration. >> shannon: doug mckelway, thank you. lets bring in acting director citizenship and immigration services ken cuccinelli. glad to have you with us tonight. this is how the ap reports this, says a joint and mitigation by ap and frontline finds the trump administration has started shifting the caretaking of migrant children towards the private sector and contractors instead...

For their own reasons but you noted in your reporting quite correctly that we have concerns, we learned lessons from earlier in the year and last year where we need to maintain flexibility. interesting that people in congress are complaining about this, obtaining this capacity, these are the same people complaining about overcrowding just this summer. which is it? congress has not taken steps to provide these facilities. if they dont like the private-sector providing these facilities they should...

>> reportedly completing remedial training a veteran officer from fairfax county police department will be returning to duty tomorrow. the officer was suspended for detaining an illegal immigrant so that he could be handed over to immigration and customs enforcement. new report says the trump administration is turning to the private sector do deal with a number of migrant children in the us in a move some believe stands to benefit a former administration official but the administration says the ...

But the safeguards the secretary is our says it has been caught unprepared in the event of a new wave of migration. >> thank you. with the media scrutinizing for trump officials for allegedly profiting off of migrant children lets bring in acting director of citizenship and immigration services ken cuccinelli. this is how the ap reports, joint investigation by aps front line finds the trump administration has said shifting from caretaking of private-sector subcontractors commenced of the largely...

The trump administration is turning to the private sector. "the associated press" and pbss frontline report how chs, comprehensive health services, want a no bid government contract to care for one fourth of the estimated 72,000 children apprehended this year. while housed at a huge detentio, florida. hhs plans to expand this for-profit program, anchoring the nonprofits who run most attention care. >> the concerns are profiteering off of families and kids and adults. i think people are just conc...