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Policy that were cancelled. peter? >> that meeting got underway an our ago, and just two weeks ago the president was calling insurance companies bad apples for canceling policies that did not meet the benefits and the standards required under obamacare, but apparently the insurance companies are good apples today because the president is just told reporters he invited all the insurance companies executives into the white house for a collaborative discussion, a brainstorming session, how to make ...

♪ fox news alert. weve just learned from the white house the president of the united states is going to be meeting with executives from the insurance industry later today there at the white house. why? to explain his political and insurance fix, peter johnson, jr. was watching. he joins us live. peter, what did you think of yesterday? >> too little, too late. dont be fooled, american people. youre not going to get the health care coverage you were promised. youre not going to get the doctors...

Were canceling your current plan, but comparable plan, 1,000 bucks a month. when she actually goes to the exchange, shops around, she finds something that when all in after the subsidies, shes paying $80 as opposed to $1,000 a month? >> exactly. and i think what is riling up consumer advocates and state regulators is that the plan that she got from her insurer said if you like this plan, which is the most comparable plan, we can offer you under obama care compared to what you had before, just do...

Advocates and state regulators are concerned, and that is, the letters from insurers are leaving out two critical pieces of information. one, that people have the option to go to the marketplace and shop for insurance, both from these insurers and from other insurers. and two, that if they take these kind of default options that these insurers are presenting in the letters, theyre not going to be able to take advantage of the financial assistance that obama care has to offer. so, for example, th...

Her a letter and said, well, were canceling your current plan, but comparable plan, 1,000 bucks a month. when she actually goes to the exchange, shops around, she finds something that when all in after the subsidies, shes paying $80 as opposed to $1,000 a month? >> exactly. and i think what is riling up consumer advocates and state regulators is that the plan that she got from her insurer said if you like this plan, which is the most comparable plan, we can offer you under obama care compared to...

Sickening listening to -- they raised $127 million over ten years, and are giving 3 cents on the dollar actually to kids and basically getting the dow nated things and giving to kids. there is a lot of reporting on the kids wish network from us and "tampa bay times," wfla kept close track. have state regulators done anything? >> anderson, a spokesperson for the florida department of agriculture and affairs which regulates the non-profits confirms there is an investigation on going into the deali...

Does it surprise you that after all the reporting done on this group they are still in business? >> absolutely. >> it surprises me every single day. >> i mean, its just so sickening listening to -- they raised $127 million over ten years, and are giving 3 cents on the dollar actually to kids and basically getting the donated things and giving to kids. there is a lot of reporting on the kids wish network from us and "tampa bay times," wfla kept close track. have state regulators done anything? >>...

Still people give millions and millions believing the dollars will help sick children when in truth, it is literally pennies of the dollars being used. does it surprise you that after all the reporting done on this group they are still in business? >> absolutely. >> it surprises me every single day. >> i mean, its just so sickening listening to -- they raised $127 million over ten years, and are giving 3 cents on the dollar actually to kids and basically getting the donated things and giving to ...

For decades. standard step in drilling and has a clean safety record here. bills more studies and rules at this point premature and could jeopardize a potential bonanza. >> why would you want to curtail energy production with a technology that has proved to be safe and deny the folks in the region of the state where those defendants are going to accrue that opportunity? that doesnt make any sense. >> state regulators who oversee drilling in california are outlining their own preliminary rules wh...

>> shepard: catherine, thank you. investigators in texas say a potentially volatile chemical is what fueled the deadly explosion at a fortalezaer plant south of dallas. ammonium nitrate one of the same ingredients used in the oklahoma city bombing. the explosion so powerful it registered as a small earthquake. it destroyed several blocks of houses around the plant. it killed 14 people, injured some 200 others, including firefighters and first responders. but investigators say even though they kn...