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To block grant money to the states and provide a lot more authority to the states to determine how they provide healthcare. this somehow the senator described his plan. take a listen. >> instead of trying to redo obamacare in washington, why dont you turn to the governors, who have done a great job doing a lot of things, including healthcare, and take all the money you would spend in washington on healthcare, block grant it back to the states and let them design healthcare systems closer to your...

Are talking about which is what most of these individuals -- >> i just want to follow-up because you have two questions about medicaid expansion and i know you are talking about people who dont have health care, but these people are concerned about those who did get it because of obamacare. you were talking about state choice and other issues, but your planned spending on medicaid would be 25% less in 10 years than undercurrent law. the question that was wrapped in both of these audience members...

Because theyre medically run as opposed to bureaucratically run. you can create an entity for vha that looks like that. thats not what it looks like now. a couple other things, it validates the need for real choice. real choice. not state choice and a choice card but give the veteran the option, the dollars follow veterans. it changes the entire way vha works. and then the third one is, this is a really important one, v.a.s been saying for a long time that the care is really good inside. veteran...

First up, former florida governor jeb bush, son and brother of presidents 41 and 43, first two-time governor in sunshine state history, leading the state with an accomplished conservative record protecting gun rights and saving floridians $19 billion in taxes. he he vetoed over $2 billion in new spending while still managing to grow floridas economy by 4.4%. while support of state initiated common core standards have been criticized by some republicans, he touts the success it has had in his own...

State choice political fires and volatile election year. back to you. >> william la jeunesse in phoenix. connecticut today became the 17th state to abolish the death penalty. the governor signed the bill into law calling it a moment for sober reflection, not celebration. the law only applies to future sentences. were told 11 people on death row skill could face execution. including the two men convicted in a brutal home invasion back in 2007 police say the man raped and strangled petits wife set...

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good morning. it is wednesday, october 19th. welcome to "american morning." craziest story ever. this thing you just said about wild animals on the prowl. >> just spoke to an affiliate reporter in zanesville, ohio. there are some 24 animal, things like tigers, cheetahs, cougars, giraffe, on the loose right now in ohio. theyve closed schools. they have highway signs saying, if you see wild animal, please, stay in your car and call 911. they found ...

That he proposed. what he proposed was for people to either have a bond or have sort of a catastrophic health care policy. he proposed vast deregulation, a lot more choice, especially in the individual insurance market, and deregulation on the group side. deval patrick comes in and reregulates it. he would say a lot of the cost issues were driven by the fact a democratic governor came in, they did just the opposite of what he wanted. two, hell say -- >> ten seconds, yeah. >> hell say, number two...

But how does mitt romney deal with that issue? >> first of all, what he would say as governor is the bill that ends up in place right now is very different from the bill that he proposed. what he proposed was for people to either have a bond or have sort of a catastrophic health care policy. he proposed vast deregulation, a lot more choiceer, person, espe the individual insurance market, and deregulation on the group side. deval patrick comes in and reregulates it. he would say a lot of the cost...

>> shes back after a season of reality tv. sarah palin returns to what she does best. >> wow. >> scaring the heck out of some republicans. >> tea party americans, youre winning. >> is she the king maker or the queen? and baseball and ponzi schemes. >> i got it, i got it, i got it! >> jeff toobin say the new york mets and bernie madoff used to be on the same team. can the mets survive and win again, or will they strike out? >> youre out of here! then, the financial meltdown. whos th...

let me ask you, dont you love your freedom? >> shes back after a season of reality tv. sarah palin returns to what she does best. >> wow. >> scaring the heck out of some republicans. >> tea party americans, youre winning. >> is she the king maker or the queen? and baseball and ponzi schemes. >> i got it, i got it, i got it! >> jeff toobin say the new york mets and bernie madoff used to be on the same team. can the mets survive and win again, or will they strike out? >> youre out of h...