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Health as a result. it literally feels like you don't matter and you are being priced out of existence. campaigners say capped energy prices for disabled people and substantial benefit increases would make a significant difference. michael buchanan, bbc news. so on the eve of the chancellor's statement, live to westminster and our political correspondent chris mason. how do you read the prospects for tomorrow? we how do you read the prospects for tomorrow?— how do you read the prospects for tomorrow? ~ ., ., ., _ tomorrow? we are told tonight by the chancellor that _ tomorrow? we are told to...

Those are all things that come about as a result of this. >> jon: when people have more money in their pockets they tend to spend it, right? it's good for everybody. >> that's what drives our economy, 2/3 of our gdp is consumer spending. when people are spending it on things that are priorities for them rather than having the government decide how to spend it it's a good thing for american families, our economy and growth and all benefits we expect to see not only in the near term but long term as a result of tax reform. >> jon: around the country and back in south dakota i'm sure you are seei...

They separated them into two groups. about half the group went into a group that got mammograms and regular self breast exams and the other group got self breast exams alone. they found there was really no difference between the two groups. they had the same number of cancers and the same number of deaths. they're making the argument based on this study again that it did not offer benefit over doing your own breast exams. there have been other studies that have shown benefits. and that benefit increases as women age. but a lot of people are paying attention to this for the reasons you stated t...

Vomiting. but of course that is also a symptom of the flu. but in the meantime, the water alert remains in effect. we're expecting it to last several days. no word officially about when this water crisis will end. but undoubtedly, nerves are very calm, they may become frayed depending on how long this continues. >> absolutely. that's unstandable. thanks a lot for the update. meanwhile, we're going to get you here. there is growing anger now over a newly signed budget deal in washington that cuts down benefit increases for thousands of veterans. republican senator kelly ayotte says she's come w...

What basically if you could just sort of take us through the research, what were the more surprising things, what jumped out at you? >> what was really surprising is that americans support and value social security, they are willing to pay more, as you said, for benefits and they actually want to pay for benefit increases as opposed to benefit cuts. >> when you say this, what exactly, how are they willing to pay for more for it and what sort of benefit increases are they looking for? >> sure. so when we're talking about, we asked them their attitudes about social security, about their attitude...