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Notion that a former white house counsel is, quote, absolutely immune from a congressional subpoena has been, quote, virtually foreclosed upon by the supreme court. of you take this move along with the white house counsels move to try to block those financial records, which a judge said, sorry, no luck, along with jay sekulow, reportedly advising a former white house lawyer, a former lawyer of the presidents to lie in testimony. and you take barrs own statement. this is actually, it appears to b...

Perfectly calmly that they were with me a part of the. bates. now and another referred to a slow death. but without the other for the best im scared of not having done enough to stand up. voting feet of not having had enough time to tell the public whats happening. and ultimately i fear that my fellow italians dont understand that their silence and indifference are the weapons the mafia uses to defeat us. a fresh threat was issued yesterday on fredericas birthday this time the target was a resta...

Doses and used by accredited physicians that must monitor their patient for two hours after they inhaled the spray. patients will be monitored over the long-term. the name and experiences logged in a registry. it wont be cheap. discounts and rebates, it will be $800 and $900 per regimen. >> dana: is there concern about abuse? >> yes. hence the close monitoring of patients and the decision to provide it only in a doctors office. this is promising. its designed for patients that found no relief fr...

Is giving all seven companies to respond if they get rid of the rebates they will lower the cost of these drugs for consumers. >> dana: fascinating topic. thank you for putting that report together. next, joe biden keeps everyone guessing about his decision on 2020. could we be getting a new hint today? were live in delaware with more. plus an alabama democrat wants to let a woman who went to syria back into the country after she joined isis. she wants her to face the u.s. justice system. we are...

Without running into financial and operating disadvantages. >> the government has to step up and change the rules. the rebates have to go. >> there is legislation being proposed that would get rid of the rebates. lawmakers want it in writing that companies will take action if those go away. giving them 10 days to tell congress if theyll lower drug prices if congress gets rid of the rebates and pass the savings to consumers. >> trace: they are too high. thank you. they were stranded on amtrak for...

About your report, you see theres bipartisan attacks on pharma. are the expectatives saying anything else to defend themselves? >> reporter: well, they say they arent the root of the problem, that rebates are. part of what happens when companies are negotiating to get their drugs into pharmacies, executives say rebates that pharmacy benefit managers receive need to go because that is what are pushing the prices higher. >> the people who can least afford it are paying the most. i do not. i can te...

Price gauging and accepting government hand-outs and in return ripping of patients at the counter by hiking prices. >> were paying $2600, it is the taxpayer has stupid written on their face. >> i think you charge more here because you can and american taxpayers are subsidizing all of you. the people in michigan and across the kun tee deserve better and they need to be able to afford the medicine and not go to another country to get it. >> there were several pharmaceutical companies agreed that h...

To develop innovative medicine in the u.s. that americans cant afford. >> i think that you charge more here because you can. and american taxpayers are subsidizing all of you to be able to have incredibly high profits. >> it is almost as if the taxpayer has stupid written on their face, which they shouldnt. that is unfair. something is fundamentally broken in our system that the danes get an 80% discount and were not. >> companies actually agreed with members of congress that some patients are b...

List prices without running into financial and operating disadvantages that make it impossible to do that. >> nobody in the system can fix it by themselves. the government has to step up and change the rules. the rebates have to go. >> it seems like the government is stepping up. there is a proposal on the table to get rid of rebates but they want it in writing that will be passed down to consumers. >> neil: thank you very much. hillary vaughn. chuck grassley the chairman of this committee, did ...

The rising cost of drugs and blatant price gauging is not just infuriating and it is infuriating, its deadly. just last summer a study from yale found that the rising cost of insulin resulted in one in four diabetics using less so they can conserve and afford it. just last month, gotti schwartz traveled to a pharmacy in mexico. im sure you can guess why. >> i need two of those boxes to get me through about a year. that years supply of insulin in the u.s. is $1400. here its $200. >> why prices ar...