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Releasing guidance. states can require nondisabled working age recipients to work, to volunteer, go to school or enter job training in order to receive health benefits. it acknowledges people in poor health, people propwho are preg and in areas with very high employment and it specifically calls out the opioid epidemic saying that time spent in treatment can count toward this mandate to work or community involvement and people in intentatiinte intensive recovery programs can be excused. many democrats have defended it as critical to the abuse crises. republicans have long wanted to add these w...

They entered job training in order to receive medicate benefits. not everybody will be able to, wo. that includes people in poor health, pregnant women, high unemployment and calls out the opioid epidemic saying it can count towards the mandate and recovery programs can be excused. this is potentially significant development they put forward. >> this is one of many examples of elections having consequences. this is a classic bit of republican conservative credo which is there should be government benefits. there should be a federal safety net for every american, but it can't just be giving it ...

We had a forum in middletown a couple weeks ago and listening to what's working. first responders going out and the making sure people know how to get into recovery programs. how to contact mental health groups to be able to get that recovery, and not just the real expensive treatment but things that can be covered with medicaid dollars. people have to get off the drugs. you look at the law enforcement, ooimt on a subcommittee for illicit finance and the treasury department is doing a great job tracking down where this money goes. this is a business that's incredibly dominated by mexican drug ...

>> thank you for joining us, robert reich, former labor secretary under president clinton and berkeley economics professor. puerto rico's governor is asking congress for nearly $100 billion to help the united states recover -- to help puerto rico recover after hurricane maria. the governor says about half of that would go toward restoring housing. the rest toward rebuilding infrastructure and long-term recovery programs. this comes amid a report in the huffington post that employees of tj maxx, marshalls and home goods associates are still getting their paychecks even though the storm damage...

>> neil: many are coming to look at places like florida, houston, with the flood, they're not covered, homeowners are not covered for flood and the type of things that happened here. what role does fema have in that event? i mean, if they didn't get the insurance or it didn't address the areas they were in, they didn't think they needed insurance. what is the role of fema? >> well, we have established for example in harvey, recoverry command. we've been working closely with governor abbott in texas to create innovative programs to help understand what the state of texas is entitled to. not jus...