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Naoam leavy. Want to do an update on the Affordable Care act. We wanted to start with the chairman of the Senate Health committee, lamar alexander. He has been holding a series of hearings. Here is the senator talking about the goal. [video clip] our goal is to come up with in a census consensus early next week. Hopefully we can have senator mcconnell an Agreement Congress can pass by the end of the month that will limit premium increases next year and begin to lower premiums after that and prev...

Set author of a new book called Bernie Sanders guide to Political Revolution he is the independent senator from vermont, former president ial candidate Bernie Sanders. Senator, good to have you back on the program, sir. Great to be with you. Let me start by asking whether or not you are more annoyed about having to continue to answer questions about what Hillary Clinton said or are you more annoyed about what she said . Well, a little bit of both. But the bottom line, is you know, that primary e...

Half of america. Social security numbers, birth dates, home addresses, phone numbers, even credit card numbers all in the hands of criminals. Ive heard from working families in massachusetts and all across the country since then. The equifax is a nightmare. At best it is a giant hassle. Time on hold with credit reporting agencies, fees for this service and that service, confusion about whats been stolen and what to do about it. At worst, it could be ruinous, a lifetime of responsible spending an...

Set author of a new book called Bernie Sanders guide to Political Revolution he is the independent senator from vermont, former president ial candidate Bernie Sanders. Senator, good to have you back on the program, sir. Great to be with you. Let me start by asking whether or not you are more annoyed about having to continue to answer questions about what Hillary Clinton said or are you more annoyed about what she said . Well, a little bit of both. But the bottom line, is you know, that primary e...

Lastditch effort to repeal the Affordable Care act. What this would do is change the existing system of both the Affordable Care act and medicaid and change it into a block grant. States would get a sentiment of money to do whatever they wanted in their health care system. They could implement a plan similar to the Affordable Care could go singlepayer, or they could go a conservative route and undo some of the parts of the Affordable Care act, particularly the protections that some folks like. T...

It is hard to lose a friend. I have known bubbles for many years. Reporter a memorial marks the spot where he was killed on larkin street. Friends say the suspect walked out of a club chase bubbles across the street and shot and killed him. Bubbles was steps from his apartment. There are many surveillance cameras in the area. No arrests. The suspect remains at large. Reporter friends say no one is safe as long as the killer is out there. I feeling the pain. I just want to feel safe. Reporter the...

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Ms. Stabenow a little rebuttal to my friend from pennsylvania. We had a finance committee a number of days ago where we asked the republican and the democratic witnesses, do tax cuts pay for themselves . Everyone said no. And there is no evidence in history of this. There just isnt. It sounds great. I wish it really did happen. But what we have seen in the history of our country is deficits as a result of doing tax cuts. Particularly supplyside tax cuts. That dont go into the pockets of middle c...

That the ecb is continuing crude getting a nice bid on the iran conversation. Looking at the banks, bank of america up 6 10 of 1 . Wells fargo unchanged. It feels like a really solid quarter for bank of america on earnings. It was the Consumer Banking unit that felt really good. Loans and deposits were up. They werely only at 834 million. David it looks very solid but we looked back to yesterday and thought citi and jpmorgan were doing well and they turned over. Alix fic was down 22 . Is the foc...

On friday, she penned a column for the new york post. Betsy mccaughey, what is Health Care Freedom . Guest according to my column, i was explaining the purpose of last thursdays executive order byte President Trump. The executive order, you can call it free at last, free at last, it enables millions of people who currently do not have insurance to buy much more affordable insurance. They are sent between a rock and a hard place. They do not get their insurance at work like most americans do. The...