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Russian tv channel. jon: they had a flood in the building. but we hope that doesn't get in the way of plans to get on the air. the hotel where the news program is had a pipe break. that has to be adding nerves. jim, alan, thank you. heather: so interesting. i bet they team up with a major news network to provide overseas coverage. the editorial stuff could be more important than ever if they're airing u.s. reporters here on stations. jon: the bbc wants more of its coverage in this country as well. there will be that battle. heather: got some competition. not really. not for us. all right, no...

Provided health insurance, putting the power and money under the individual's control. >> he who pays the piper calls the tune. if you balk at health care spending, if the government controls your health care spending, they get to ration care. if you control it, you get more controlling over your health care dollars. >> reporter: republicans would let individuals decide what insurance they want, while obama care dictates what benefits people must buy. >> we ought to be moving into patient centered health care, patients and families and doctors making medical decisions, not washington, d.c. >> ...

They will be anchoring for al-jazeera. that's a good thing, right, alan. >> don't you believe in employment? jon: i do. >> we might go over at some point you never know this is shaky business. we could go over together and need a job. jon: have you gotten an e-mail from them. >> they have not made an offer, no. jon: they have haven't done that for me either. what about the editorial side, jim. al-jazeera, many people saw it as a mouthpiece for usama bin laden because that was the channel that regularly aired his diatribes right after 9/11. >> well i think there is something to that, but look, ...

If the government gets to control your health care spending, they get to ration care. if you control your own money, then you get more choice and more control over your health care dollars. >> reporter: republican plans would let individuals decide what kind of insurance they want, while obamacare dictate what is people must buy. republicans make clear they do indeed have alternatives including ways to protect those with preexisting conditions in spite of the president's comments. jon? jon: jim angle, live in washington. jim, thank you. >> reporter: you bet. heather: let's stick with this them...

They do it hours on end. there's a value to it. i believe in the, we report you decide syndrome or philosophy. therefore i like to think i'm, as i'm watching their footage i'm thinking okay, this could be, probably is biased, however, i still want to see it. jon: but, you know, if they are going to focus primarily on domestic news in this country, alan, are they going to be serving that same kind of niche that jim likes, putting people in trouble. >> jim may not be the typical viewer of al-jazeera as far as i can tell but why not have another voice? why not, first of all we don't know what the...