Host andy host live coverage of senator Patrick Leahy, hell talk about his agenda, the committees agenda for the 113th congress. Introducing him is Georgetown University law Center Professor excuse me, law center dean, william trainor. Thanks for watching. Issues like immigration and gun control and whats done with it particularly now in the wake of the terrible murders of children in newtown, connecticut, and privacy and Civil Liberties and judicial nominations. A couple years ago i had the privilege to introduce senator leahy as he spoke at the new see yum newseum, that was a fascinating speech and i know today will be a very important speech on a very important series of topics. After the senator speaks well then have question and answer period. Let me present to you senator leahy. [applause] thank you very, very much. They were fortunate when they had you down there, but my alma mater is fortunate to have you here now. You said about making the choice of georgetown. I was saying to
Utilization. At the medicaid you leave a message no one calls you back. There are no appointment available. Thats before the expansion. Its going get even worse as time goes forward. Its mapping out the claims on a map five years of data mapping out the home address of every resident and this is only nine square miles a small community. 6 of the city blocks are 10 of the line mass, 18 of the patients, 27 of the visits and 37 of the cost. Its just theroom room and hospital care. All over america they are living collected in buildings. Many of which you are funding through state funds and federal funds. These are the two most expensive in the city. These are beautiful buildings with great management. 600 parents who are mostly dual eligible. These are disabled seniorsed at 12 million in payment for the care to go bark over and over to the hospital. The building at the bottom. 300 patients a nursing home 300 patients had 15 million in payment to got hospital. We have mapped out data all o
Proposal plan b. He called obama irrational. Where do the two sides stand right now, especially on spending . President obama says the nation has a deep obligation to stop gun violence and appoints Vice President biden to lead the administrations effort on this. Well have the details on that and look at the legal implications for gun manufacturers. And General Motors buying back 200 million shares of its own stock from the government. Well tell you what it means for investors and taxpayers alike. Sue herrera down on the floor of the new york exchange. Sue. Its 12 days to go until america goes off that fiscal cliff. Both sides, as you just mentioned, are still sniping at each other. Thats one of the reasons why the dow is down slightly. President obama said he would veto the House Republican plan b tax proposal designed to avert january 1st tax hikes. The house speaker, mr. Boehner, responded by saying that that was irrational and bizarre. John harwood is at the white house to sort out
Cliff, today was a very bad day. Only duelling press conferences. No progress behind the scenes. Well talk about it a a few minutes. Im hampton pierce earson. And gm shares got a nice pop. Is this the end of government motors. The kudlow report starts right now. First up tonight is president obama and House Speaker john boehner escalate their war of words, new signs the fiscal cliff talks are on the brink of collapse. Chief washington correspondent john harwood joins us from washington with the details. I look away for two seconds, john, and everythings falling astart. It looked a couple of days ago as if the two sides were getting closer. When president obama had a News Conference at the white house today, he came out to talk about gun control measures in the wake of the connecticut tragedy, but the questions were mostly focused on the fiscal cliff. The president said he couldnt understand why john boehner was detouring to plan b because the differences are narrow enough that they can
A dell luge of criticism after calling forearmed guards at every Single School in the United States. The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. This hour, we get reaction from the head of the Democratic Party, the florida congresswoman, Debbie Wasserman schultz. Also, House Republicans in disarray. John boehner heads home with no deal on the fiscal cliff and not enough support for his own socalled plan b. But now what . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin with the National Rifle associations defiant restriction in the wake of the newtown, connecticut, shootings. Instead, the nra is calling forearmed Security Guards at every school, every school in the country. Cnns tom foreman is joining us now. You were at that speech that wayne lap ichlt erre gave announcing the reaction of what happened a week ago today. Tell our viewers how it went. Well, as you know, they kept a very low profile but today they came out to say they had some things to