Page 136 - Policy Changes News Today

One that some new yorkers have been waiting for for a very long time. >> theres nancy out in albany whos a cancer survivor. theres people all over our state for whom this is literally a life and death issue. >> the prospect of policy changes, diversion and addiction, is quite frankly frightening to us. when are we going to see the first prescription in new york? optimistic advocates say in 3-4 months. >> all right, rosa. thanks very much. nice to see you back in a warm studio. thank you. well ta...

And it a separate and completely distinct initiative from the families alone. some of the things we talked about in january are ideas that have been put forward by the parent together program from sandy hook promise. the idea being the parent or grandparent, their love for their children is such a strong area of common ground that we can actually put aside political division and we can actually put aside this inability to make any progress and talk about something that everyone can agree on. its...

Prisoners, cuban political prisoners who served even longer than mandela. 30 years, 29 years, 28 years. today is international human rights day. and as congresswoman luytenen said, there are dissidents being jailed and attacked in cuba today. so people need 20 understand, this is something that the cuban community feels deeply. this is a community that has felt this pain now for 55 years. this duo of brothers are going to have had an iron grip tyranny on cuba for 55 years come january 1st. do i ...

Their children is such a strong area of common ground that we can actually put aside political division and we can actually put aside this inability to make any progress and talk about something that everyone can agree on. its a terrific place to start, i think its really important. >> david, one of the things that you said in january, i went back and i read the full transcripts of our whole conversations that day. one of the things you said struck me in that you were talking about policy change...

There are dissidents being jailed, getting attacked in cuba today. so people need to understand, this is something that the cuban community feels deeply. this is a community that has felt this pain now for 55 years. this duo of brothers are going to have had an iron grip tyranny on cuba for 55 years come january 1st. do i think a handshake is going to be hearall over the world? is it going to lead to policy changes? is it going to lead to change within cuba? i dont think so. and i think we shoul...

>> if you want to keep the insurance you had, you can keep it. >> thats not true! >> what is wrong with him? you have the president of the united states -- >> hes in denial. >> -- say i should have been clearer and now i feel terrible that they didnt understand exactly what i was saying. what im trying to say is regardless of that, im going to try to get your insurance plans back in play. those who want to keep your insurance, were going to find a way to fulfill that. now the insurance companies...

Demonstrate with the american people public and it is going to be different. sometimes it is to change the faces of the people running the organization. >> that makes it sound to me, one this cosmetic change the sacrificial lamb and then there is the other, the whole new fresh start to help the presidents image, right? >> you want to make sure that if there are policy changes, that helps to define that there is change. you dont want people who are labeled as in competent to remain on the job. i ...

History, our country has come out of it radically better. the new deal was a radical transformation in a whole series of way, political, social, the civil war was a radical transformation and beginning of slavery. about every 80 years we go through these reboots and im very optimistic that whats going to come out of this crash is it will -- there will be enough pain but to your point, toure, that people are going to say, okay, things are crazy, the system doesnt work. the structure is screwed up...

But they grew apart as the eight years went on. by the end, the two of them were on opposite sides of most of the issues they were confronting. >> why did they drift apart like that? was george bush -- was it because he was being hammered from both sides and started losing his steadfastness, if you will? the two of them were so aligned at the beginning. was that part of it? scooter libby, that also played into it. >> i think by the time the second term comes along, iraq has gone so badly. there ...

Think about when the president was there for a rally to help mcauliffe he never mentioned his own healthcare law. if he wanted to help mcauliffe who was an unabashed supporter of obamacare, he wasnt running from it, the president didnt give it a big push. he understands in these close races this healthcare law is pretty unpopular right now. >> we know the web site is just a small problem when you look at the policy side of this bill. has the white house indicated their willingness to budge on th...