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And now he's with the center for public integrity, huffington post contributor and author of the book "deadly spin." great to have you with us tonight. this is -- i have laid it out, exactly what the republicans are doing. this is what they're doing on the campaign trail. they're out there saying president obama and the word stolen was used by the rnc chairman, that they have stolen $716 billion from medicare for seniors to pay for obama care. is this true or false? >> oh, it's absolutely false. in fact, what the president is doing is what needs to be done, to reduce payments over the next sev...

The medicare program to find out who really will be strengthening and improving the medicare program. >> what does it tell us about mitt romney? and paul ryan, that they would flat out distort to the american people what is happening to seniors when right now seniors are not seeing any reduction in benefits? >> what it tells you is that they'll stoop to lying. they'll do whatever it takes to try to deceive people. that's why i wrote the book "deadly spin." we're not talking about benign spin. we're talking about spin that really is deadly. and this will lead to people, if we were to implement ...

dangerous heat wave impacting people right now. take a look at how much of the united states is affected. we have 20 states under heat warnings or advisories right now and the sizzling temperatures aren't just uncomfortable, they can be life threatening especially for people who don't have air conditioning. in the northeast storms knocked out power to millions of homes. brian, thank you for being there for us. people may not be able to get their power back for ang entire week. that's what we are hearing. what are they doing in the meantime to stay safe? >> reporter: poppy, they are b...

Providing subsidies on a sliding scale to help individuals in families who cannot afford health insurance. the supreme court has three basic choices. number one, uphold the law, strike down the individual mandate, strike down the entire law. those are the three options. but even if the supreme court strikes down just the individual mandate, it basically guts the health care law. without the mandate, there is no way to pay for the most popular provision that all americans should be covered regardless of pre-existing conditions. i'm joined by wendell potter director and vice president of cigna, ...

Person becoming ill. 80% of republicans support creating an insurance pool and insurance exchanges. 57% of republicans support providing subsidies on a sliding scale to help individuals in families who cannot afford health insurance. the supreme court has three basic choices. number one, uphold the law, strike down the individual mandate, strike down the entire law. those are the three options. but even if the supreme court strikes down just the individual mandate, it basically guts the health care law. without the mandate, there is no way to pay for the most popular provision that all america...