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Gulf war was fought at end of the gulf war which for all terrible anxieties was a stablizing force throughout the whole world. saddam hussein in 1990-91 threat 10:00ed the stability of region by violating state borders. to be honest that is the not problem we're facing. the problem we're facing is complete erosion of sovereignty and erosion of state borders. as president obama mentioned a few moments ago on your program through a tape we have to think about striking hard at individuals where they are, to insure they don't leave the region and borders don't crumble more. jenna: very interesting...

You find a lot of variation amongst the states. but the nation as a whole which is really run by washington, the nation as a whole has not done well at all. >> you see a direct correlation where states that have lower taxes and or no income tax, where the economies are definitely better there so you will see a trickle-down effect to areas like housing and employment? >> those states that have low tax rates or have cut their tax rates, they way outperform the other states. i mean it's just a common trend. and it's so much common sense, uma. if you have two locations, a and b, if they raise taxe...

>> reporter: officials say they plan to list the do not drink order little by little as safety tests allow. they say residents have to then flush out the left over water in their pipes. the chemical company responsible for the leak had not been inspected since 1991. >> governor's annual address usually doesn't get too much attention beyond state borders. you can bet that won't be the case when chris christie telephones steps to the microphone this afternoon. christie is facing scrutiny over the george washington bridge mess and now feds are looking into whether hurricane sandy money was used t...

Done is expand insurance coverage, and what we need to do now is modernize the health care system to deliver care at cost. and sustainability of medical care in the long term is something the nation hasn't wanted to touch, but we have to have the courage to stand up to it. >> and you see doctors deal with the fact that medicare rates and reimbursement rates are going down. it affects hospitals. medicare drives health care costs in this country, right? >> in a large sense. about 50% of the costs are medicare costs. >> and what kind of reform has got to happen beyond the health care reform that ...

>> first of all, they have to modernize the payment system, modernize medical care, they have to find a way to bring technology across state borders. we have to fund the nih, and ultimately the nation has to have the coverage to step up to the looming solvency of medicare. >> does medicare have to become a different program? covers less, fewer benefits? >> one thing medicare has to do is incense people to take care of themselves. we have to deal with obesity which is now 10% of the health care costs in the united states and going up, growing number of diabetes, et cetera. so we need to have in...