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Deadliest place in America: They shrugged off the pandemic, then their family and friends started dying Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY UP NEXT QUINTER, Kan. – Sitting in the front seat of a red pickup as wind-whipped sorghum husks fly down Main Street like snowflakes, Ivy Charles fingers the white surgical mask slipped down beneath her chin. "He was a puzzle piece who can never be replaced," she says, tears welling into her tired eyes. "He was supposed to get better. We weren't expecting him to die." Just over a month ago, the now-rampaging coronavirus pandemic tore through...

Symbolism and not anything substantive? >> jon: people will be hearing a lot about this skinny repeal. what exactly is it? it would repeal parts of obamacare, some of the taxes and so forth, but essentially leave large parts of the law intact, correct? >> that's right, it could allow them to announce some victory because i could go to congress. they're looking at the individual mandates, the parts of obamacare that are extremely unpopular where people have to pay a fine. we're lucky to see the medical device tax come up a lot of republicans agree should be repealed and the employer mandate as ...

Way you would see it? >> certainly when it comes to medicaid and certainly for those who qualify for subsidies to qualify for their health insurance. they're getting a pretty good deal in terms of what their premiums are every month and hope they get to pay for out-of-pocket costs. for those who are on these plans who don't get subsidies, who is c externally high deductibles, they say they would like to see obamacare repealed. the question is, did they want to see it replace with that of a republicans are working on now? >> jon: the devil is in the details and there are a lot of doubles in thi...

[applause] thank you. thank you. let's open it up to some questions. if you could wait for the microphone and keep the questions short because of the time limits and constraints here so it will all work out just fine and bar will answer any thing you want to ask me. the first man is right there. >> thank you for all the heart and vision. what are your thoughts on the field of gop contenders? >> i feel sorry for the old school republicans like my grandfather who believed in a basic conservatism. there are a lot of good ideas in that. i think the thing that amazes me about the current ...

Parliamentary maneuvers that it requires. we are getting nothing done, my friends. we're getting nothing done. >> jon: daniel albert, and kimberly edward. kimberly, when you listen to john mccain's plea there, none of these proposals yesterday that came forward on the floor of the senate got any democratic votes. is it possible that there will be something crafted this week that gets some democratic support? >> it's hard to imagine that, they may have republicans vote for their own amendments and obviously, they would support those. there's very little that republicans and democrats agree on w...