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Routine that we say put the body in the morgue and we will get to the work on monday morning. >> carol spends time with her daughter, jennifer, a recovering addict herself, and share something her son wrote just before he died rid >> his last thing is, at first it was fun, later it was a full-time job. and it was. it consumed his life, that is all he thought about. >> federal prosecutors, including bruce, have a strategy to fight the opioid epidemic, combination of prevention, enforcement, and t...

Extreme vetting. today and youll see more action this week on keeping america safe. this has been something he talked about in the inaugural address and the campaign. as we get into that implementation of that executive order, well have further details, but i think the guiding principle for the president is keeping this country safe and allowing people who are from a country that has a propensity to do us harm to make sure that we take the necessary steps to insure that the people who come to th...

A lot of the law and order in this area. all of those things are things that people on both sides of this issue can agree could bring some progress. when it comes to the implementation, that remains to be seen. here in nogales, theres a lot of skepticism when it comes to politicians. we were talking to people on the other side of the border fence a little while ago. we were at a bus stop. we were asking them what they thought. they said, whos going to pay for this? they know donald trump has sai...

Implementation of regulations, adding to the uncertainty of media blackout. they have banned the epa staff from updating social media accounts. other agencies have also been ordered to stay off of social media including the national park service. but yesterday badlands national park went rogue after posting tweet after tweet of stats on climate change. they were later deleted saying they were made by somebody not currently authorized to use the account. well, at least the information is getting ...

This week on keeping america safe. this is something he talked about in the inaugural address and the campaign. as we get into that implementation of that executive order, well have further details. i think the guiding principle for the president is keeping this country safe and allowing people who are from a country that has a propensity to do us harm to make sure that we take the necessary steps to ensure that the people who come to this country especially where areas that have a predispositio...

Part of the record, but ill read a line from this urban institute report. uninsurance among children 1997 to 2015 dated april 2016, says as follows on page 3, it said that the decline in childrens uninsurance rate occurred at a relatively steady pace and includes a significant drop following implementation of the affordable care acts key coverage provisions from 7.1% in 2013 to 4.8% in 2015, unquote. so, thats a significant drought. 7.1 to 4.8 is millions of kids have health insurance today that...

You have been through a transition like this. first i want to ask you about the executive orders. we are seeing pictures of the president sitting and signing these orders. how much weight does an executive order really have and how much of it is symbolic? >> most of it is actually symbolic because there is this things in our constitution called the separation of powers. so a president cant do anything substantive. he cant reverse a piece of legislation with an executive order. but there is alway...

In this position, will you use this -- will you use this executive order in any way to try to cut back on implementation or following the individual mandate before there is a replacement plan in place? >> well, i think that if im -- if im confirmed, then im humble enough to appreciate and understand that i dont have all the answers and that the people at the department have incredible knowledge and an expertise. and that my first action within the department itself, as it relates to this, is to ...

Grant exemptions from or delay the implementation of any provisional requirement of the act that would impose a fiscal burden on any state or a cost, fee, tax penalty or regulatory burden on individuals, families, health care providers, health insurers, patients. that sounds just by that executive order. >> right. and thats, again, the language is general, but that suggests to me that the white house is going to be paying specific attention to each of its agencies that are involved with this and...

Executive order. it was to all department heads, especially the head of health and human services saying you should use all of your discretion to basically delay or stop the unenforcement of elements, any element at all of the affordable care act that imposes any kind of cost or any kind of burden just use the word burden on anyone. so that means instant elimination of the individual mandate if the secretary of health and human services believes he has that authority. and i think they do believe...