i m gonna just go back to doing what i was doing. find your awesome with the xfinity x1 voice remote. well, president trump says the time is now for republicans to pass a bill to change obamacare and even encourage a shutdown to change senate rules. but right now, we re hearing that the gop is just one no vote away from the bill crashing and burning. again, it seems the central issue is a disconnect between president trump s promise for people with pre-existing conditions and what the bill actually guarantees and it s this very sticking point that elicited a revelation from late-night host jimmy kimmel. a little over a week ago on friday, april 21st, my wife molly, gave birth to a boy, baby
over health care itself. here s jimmy kimmel. on friday, april 21st, my wife molly gave birth to a boy, a baby boy. his name is william john kimmel. he appeared to be a normal, healthy baby until about three hours after he was born. they did an echocardiogram and found that billy was born with a heart disease. and on monday morning, the doctor opened his chest and fixed one of the two defects in his heart. and he opened the valve, and the operation was a success. it was the longest three hours of my life [ applause ] you know, before 2014, if you were born with congenital heart disease like my son was, there was a good chance you d never be able to get health insurance because you had a pre-existing condition. if your baby is going to die, and it doesn t haveto,t shouldn t matter how much money you make. i authentic thatthink that s sor you re a republican or democrat or something else, we all agree on that, right? id mean we do
we re abdicating our responsible as policymakers and i wish the democrats who gave us this bill, i wish they would come to the table and offer their suggestions for this fix they keep talking about but we don t see. late night host jimmy kimmel as i m sure you heard or read getting a lot of attention today for a very personal story that he shared about his newborn son and health care in general. these highlights are a bit long, but well worth the time. we ve trimmed them down. take a listen and we ll talk about it on the other side. here it is. a little over a week ago on friday, april 21st, my wife molly, gave birth to a boy, a baby boy, his name is william kimmel. a very attentive nurse at cedars-sinai hospital, nanoosh was checking him out and heard a murmur in his heart which is common with newborn babies but noticed he was a bit purple. which is not common. but they did an x-ray and his lungs were fine. which meant his heart wasn t.
sharp criticism when it happened. now it s back in the headlines. thursday, they released this statement from brown that was written in march of 2013. he said i have physically, verbally and emotionally abused my wife molly and i have been a horrible husband and stepfather. cnn sports analyst and sports columnist for usa today christine brennan. always good to see you. the nfl claimed that their new stance on domestic violation would be a top priority for them. there s a policy in place where first-time violators are suspended without pay for six games, but we understand he is suspended right now. he was suspended for one game, but now he is suspended indefinitely with pay. what do you make of what we re seeing unfold this morning? kristie, this is an absolute failure of the nfl s plan and policy to eradicate domestic violence or at least to punish it when it occurs.
have gotten it wrong could be wrong. enough already. it s not like it s rocket science. we put the laws of physics to the test once and for all. that and more right here, right now on cnn. hi there, i m susan hendricks. you re in the cnn newsroom. evacuations are on hold after talks between the red cross and syrian officials failed. at least 100 people were killed today alone. half of those in the city of homs. [ speaking foreign language ] armed groups fighting against the government say syrian troops are terrorizing residents with sniper and shelling homes. humanitarian groups and aid workers say the situation is getting worse. at the moment, cnn has no reporters and no cameras inside syria. the government strictly limits access right there. but i want to show you one way we are able to bring you images of the fighting. freelance film makers, sometimes amateurs with video kamras, release their material for the world to see. this was recorded in homs by a very brave french