Ukrainian president expressed his gratitude. Its wonderful to have president poroshenko with us. We spent time recently in the white house, i know you made Good Progress since then, a lot of progress. I would say its the easiest place to live i wouldnt say its the easiest place to live, what you are making it better on a basis. I heard very good things, the ukraine is coming along really well. The borders maybe you will tell us how you are doing. And you for being here. Thats a real great honor for me to be here in the city, which is so close to you. Im really happy to hear the words about the progress we both demonstrate after our last meeting. To extend a, i want great sympathy and solidarity to the American People because of the consequences of the you had strong leadership in this hard time. Be oury think that would cooperation both in the Security Defense sector, which is already the first important result under your leadership. The second, we improved our economic cooperation. I
The North Korean Foreign Ministry explaining what the leader could have meant, a Hydrogen Bomb detonated in the pacific. This morning, donald trump tweeting in kind. Lets get to our roundtable. Megan murphy joins me from new york. And our Washington Bureau chief joins us from washington, d. C. Megan, we have seen the rhetoric escalate. What are you going to be watching this weekend . Megan i think we have to ignore the rhetoric we see on twitter and people making statements like this that only escalate tensions. Want to thisdont on news of a Hydrogen Test its alarming indeed. But economic sanctions, yes. Thats probably the one positive out of this week with trump. However, they have not been shown to really clamp down. What we need in the region is diplomacy. We need china to ramp up pressure. Japan, south korea. We have no indication we are making much progress, and frankly, this rhetoric really damages us. On megansg, expand point. Yesterday, we had donald trump noting about the pboc
System of the Affordable Care act and change it into a block grant. States would get a set amount whatever they wanted care act, they could go single whatever they wanted in their Health Care System. They would take the dollars and implement a plan similar to the ffordable payer, or they can go a conservative route and undo some of the parts of the Affordable Care act particularly the consumer protexases that some folks like. The preexisting conditions, things like that. Governors would be able to undo those things and have this pot of money. Take a look at some of the details offered up by senator graham and well come back to our discussion. We keep medicaid in place as it is today. We try to give more flexibility because indiana is a good example of what can happen if you give states flexibility to help poor people. One thing about medicaid, is you get a headache you run to the emergency room. I want them to have some ownership. If you smoke thats something that ought to be considere
Story talks about the measure being offered by bill cassidy of louisiana, and also Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. What is in this measure . Lastis is the republicans ditch effort at trying to reveal the Affordable Care act. Is change thed do existing system of both the Affordable Care act and medicaid, and change it. It would get a set amount of money to do whatever they wanted in their Health Care System. They would implement those planet like the Affordable Care act, or single care, are more liberal, or they can go a conservative route and undo some of the Affordable Care act. Thatonsumer protections some folks like, particularly. Governors would be able to undo those things and have this pot of money to implement their own Health Care System. We will take you look at some of the details offered up by him , we will come back to our discussion. We keep medicaid in place, as it is today. We try to give more flexibility, indiana was a good example of what could happen. One thing abou
Cspan s, where history unfolds daily. Now a Senate Finance Committee Hearing about ways to over haul the tax code. [ inaudible conversations ] we will discuss ways to improve the business provisions of the u. S. Tax code. With an eye towards creating jobs and boosting wages for American Workers and improving over all business climate. This part of the ongoing effort following years of tax hearings and last weeks hearing on individual reform. To draft and report tax reform legislation later this year. Members of both parties recognize the need to reform the way we tax business in the United States. As a former president obama noted when discussing his own frame work, the Current System quote does too little to encourage job creation and investment in the United States while allowing firms to benefit from incentives to low cat production and shift profit over sea. Unquote. Many elements of a particular business tax burden depend on the companies organizational forum. For example, sea cor