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>> dont cut fema funding. fema is life line to american people in these natural disasters. we always want fema quicker but the other life line to the working poor, who dont have insurance and cant afford insurance and who live inside of a flood zone. by no fault of their own. no, please, we need to raise the available money for fema. as well as with the epa. we dont have an epa region six director supervising this chemical fire because they havent been appointed yet. so there are key people miss...

Time for leadership, were going the step up and do it. >> its about impact. what do you think about some of these organization, one, unicorn, if they dont find another place they could lose up to 160 grand because thats how much they normally make or project to make in that fund-raiser. without 160 grand, they could have to cut programs. how serious is this? >> its serious and also another reason why the people who have the ability to d something about it need to step up. other venues and places...

Mississippi doing another conference. i talked to her right after that. they were walking her to a safe spot. to talk about this kind of violence and hatred, then i thought about how, guess what, the citizens memoirs were read and thats what moved him to do what he did at mother emanuel. we cant let people off the hook, politicians. and lastly, this is an extremist group and, secondly, these people dont care about white america. they dont support living wages for the poor and working poor. they ...

As they walked her to an alley in a space spot. and to talk about this kind of violence and hatred and then i thought about how, guess what, di -- dylann roof and positions an that what is moved him to do at mother emanual and we cant let people off the hook, politicians who have been supported and allowed this kind of thing. and lastly, that violence is terrible but i also want to say a message to my brothers and sisters in white america. this is not white america, this is an extremist group an...

>> shannon: dropping out of yet another obamacare market. it will leave nevadas exchange next year and slashing its presence in georgia by about half. william is live in los angeles with details. tell us exactly what this is going to mean for consumers. >> about 7 million americans get their healthcare through the state exchanges, working poor who get a federal subsidy to buy their insurance through a state exchange. premiums went up 22% and new rates for 2018. some providers are pulling out of ...

Breaks to the working poor and to their employers. david: and we havent convinced that all groups rise with across the board tax cuts. there is a vacuum. what democrats have done is a favor to republicans lie laying out an unworkable manifesto, if you will, of tax cuts. they give room for the president to do what reagan did, which is go directly to the people back in 1981 when he outlined his tax cuts, a lot of people didnt like it the same reason that dems dont like it this time. here is a litt...

Into the loss of leadership at homeland security. here to discuss all of this is republican congressman francis rooney of florida. good morning, congressman. thank you for being with us. i dont want to really get into our differences politically on how we may see different issues as much as how it impacts and affects people. we are looking to deal with things like an infrastructure bill which is needed as i travel around the country from roads to bridges to highways to tunnels, we really need th...

That applause was for managing mccain who flew 2300 miles two weeks after brain surgery who helped his colleagues move one step closer to passing health care. if it passes, mccain will help the man who once criticized his military service by saying, i like people who werent captured. he will help him score a big legislative victory. just three republican votes could have stopped it. but only senator susan collins of maine and lisa murkowski of alaska voted against it. there were others who headi...

Alaska voted against it. there were others who heading into the vote racesed serious concerns about the senates health care plan. heller realizing it would have a very significant and deleterious effect on the working poor in his state said last month, i cannot support legislation that takes away insurance from hundreds of thousands of nevadans. and another said i have serious concerns about the medicaid provisions. which leads to the question, why are they now moving toward something that could...

Together, fund the subsidies during an interim period of time while we look at how we can fix the program long-term. >> how can people get insurance if its not made available through their employer? would it be more expensive? is that a possibility. >> i think that is a possibility. theres a reason for subsidies. expansion of medicaid managed care, up to 138% of poverty, theres an opportunity for people to get covered who traditionally were not covered. working poor for example, have had an oppo...