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>> our live coverage will continue this afternoon with a discussion on the results of turkey's referendum. turkish voters approved constitutional reforms that will change the system of government from a parliamentary one to presidential. we will have live coverage from the washington institute for near east policy at 12:30. join us today when president trump holds a rally in wisconsin. he will sign an executive order telling moment security, justice, labor, and state department's to sign new roles on the guestworker visa program. onwill have live coverage that starting at 3:20 eastern. tonight, dr. ezekiel emanuel will talk about efforts to build a more affordable health care
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system in this country. he served as an obama health care advisor. he talks about health insurance costs in the u.s. here is a portion of what you will see tonight. emanuel: we are very privileged in american society in this room. i don't know your incomes. i don't have to know your incomes. you are in health care. you are at the top of the income heap. you are wearing very nice clothes. [laughter] we don't realize the median in america is $56,000 for a household, not individual. the average employer-sponsored insurance premium across the country, 2016, the average premium, all in, the employer and employee contribution come and the economist will tell you they are all employee
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contribution, it is $18,000. the median income in america is $56,000. one third of the american income is health insurance premiums. is that unaffordable to you? it seems outrageous to me. >> you can see the entire interview tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. in case you missed it, on c-span, cia director mike pompeo on national security and wikileaks. >> well we do our best to collect information from individuals like julian assange and edward snowden seeks to use that information to make a name for themselves. as long as they make a splash, they care nothing about the lives they put it risk for the damage they caused to national security. pakistan areing absolutely wrong.
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pakistan'snderstand crisis, and the sacrifices we have given fighting terrorism. general jenstary stoltenberg. >> we have been loyal to our core value ever since we were founded in 1949. that is that we are in alliance where we have promised to protect each other. one for all, offer one. --nobel prize laureate addresses a joint session of the canadian parliament. >> around the world, 130 million girls are out of school today. they may not enter studies or know the statistics, but they understand education is the only path to a brighter future. >> secretary of state rex tillerson on u.s.-russia relations. >> we discussed the current
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state of u.s.-russian relations. i expressed the view that it is at a low point. there is a low level of trust between our countries. the world's foremost nuclear powers cannot have this kind of relationship. >> c-span programs are available at c-span.org, on our homepage, and by searching the video library. morning, washington journal talked with former u.s. ambassador to afghanistan about military action in syria and afghanistan. this is about 20 minutes. joining us this morning, former investment ryan crouser who served as u.s. ambassador to six countries, including afghanistan, syria, and iraq. welcome this morning. we asked you on this
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