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The device makers, spent 3 1/2 to 4 times as much on lobbying as any other industry in the united states. and they still spend the most. that's why what was interesting to hear last night that apparently senator mcconnell and his staff met with health care lobbyists before they even met with their colleagues in the republican caucus to go over what's in the bill. now, let's remember, this bill does not repeal obamacare. what it repeals are the taxes on the rich that paid for obamacare and they simply get that money back my take health care away from the poor through the medicaid cuts. obamacar...

Donations, because of the good they do. many different reasons. donald trump has been out there saying tough things about the pharmaceutical -- >> they're getting away with murder. >> they're getting away with murder. >> and it's going to be interesting to see his words and how much they actually become policy among his cabinet officials. >> you heard bernie sanders saying the five largest pharmaceutical companies meremed with a $50 billion profit. >> one-fifth can't afford to get prescriptions. >> we were talking before the break that the relationship between physicians towards pharmaceutical...

Tax break? >> insurers, no one ever comes out with the pom poms for insurance companies. however, they are getting something of the run around too with all the different changes, the deadlines. six million policies are canceled, let's give them catastrophic care. you told us not to make that available so we got rid of it. it is a big brouhaha. they face their own tax issues as well. there are so many taxes associated with this that don't hit you right in the face but they do indirectly impact your wallet. >> it is that rolling creeping up on you kind of taxation. give me an average of what fam...

Makers. abbott labs, johnson and johnson and guess what, none could be reached for comment. are they taking the necessary and extraordinary precautions to make sure it does not happen and that all of this stuff is secure? >> we are hoping so. this is the right thing to do. they do face legal liability should something happen. it could be considered negligence. i am hoping working together with the fda and the other agencies will reduce this from happening. >> who else could be held accountable legally? >> the device makers and the hospitals. they do call in and they figure out what is going on...

Phone. i am certainly not the first, police say not the last, thanks, in part, to the phone company, themselves. dan simon has more. >> reporter: this under surveillance video shows a woman getting robbed of her cell phone while in the middle of a conversation. a crime so common that type in cell phone theft on youtube and you will find tons of under surveillance video of people having their phones ripped off. san francisco's police chief says in many cases users are asking for trouble. >> think if you took $300 out of the atm machine, you would not walk down the block for several blocks count...