that's 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to internet speeds up to 150 mbps. and add phone and tv for only34.90 more a month. call today. comcast business. built for business. today is international women's day. crowds gathered across the u.s. to show support also for a day without a woman. >> you can see on the run down, it's what we're talking about. tweet us what's on your mind with the #5at630 similar scenes happened in new york city and in the district and in other industries across the country. the day without a woman's strike, they say the goal is

recognize the value that women of all backgrounds add to our so he is yo economic system while receiving lower wages and being verbal, to description sexual harassment and job insecurity. . they asked women nationwide to take a day off from work. and not shopping unless it's a small business owned by monitors or women. >> teacher's rally wrapping up. we've been talking a lot about the teachers today, fitz. >> reporter: that's true, jim and shawn. those goals that shawn just laid out a minute ago, that was at the core of all of thisly we'll tell you, a lot of the discussion, a lot of the statements from that stage behind us, which just fell silent as this protest came to an end were directed directly at one place, that is the white house, at donald trump, directed at attorney general jeff sessions and for the most part, the main theme that we heard talked about

rally was against the trump administration. now, this was the scene earlier as protesters marched to the u.s. department of labor, that is an arm of us government that is supposed to look out for women's rights throughout the workplace. however, that also happens to be an arm of the government right now without a secretary of labor in place, because congress has not approved lex alex acosta who was the nominee to fill that. here in our area, you'd have to be under a rock in the last 48 hours to not hear this debate going on about how this has affected some of the schools in our area. alexandria city schools, prince george's county schools. they closed today, but administrators got word that so many were not coming to work that they would not be able to feasibly hold classes. when we came down here, we did a couple of things, sought out some teachers in this crowd and asked them this, you've heard the conversation that's going on, you heard

going on. and the question was this. was this at right thing to do today, to come to this rally and not go to work and not educate your students? here is what they had to say and i'll tell you right now, they pushed back hard on that idea. >> when this argument comes up, that teachers should be in the classroom and not out here protesting, what do you say to somebody who has a problem with what you're doing >> it's important for everyone to realize that teachers are a tremendously dedicated group of people. and that we do teach our children to make important decisions, and by being here, we're modelling that. >> i know that i struggled up until last night with my decision. i'm really glad i came out >> but decided to come >> i decided to come because i could. >> reporter: there has been a good bit of reaction to that. a lot of people push back on that idea saying teachers should have gone to wok

those two districts which wound up having to close. now, we don't want to give you the impression this was the only protest, at the white house on the north lawn there were 40 groups that got together, differing agendas. the thing in common, they did not like what the trump administration had been doing in regards to choice efforts. a lot of decisions in the trump administration made in the last six weeks has significantly curtailed that the free choice movement in this country. shawn and jim, the question is this, how long can this protest movement, this resistance, as they call themselves, sustain this momentum? there has been weeks and weeks of protests. we had the day without immigrants. today, day without women. certainly, as we move on, there are going to be other groups and agendas. the crowds we saw were not even close to what we saw on

women's march the day after the inauguration. as this moves along, there has to be this question as to whether or not the appearance of this is smaller and smaller crowds are going to start to affect the enthusiasm people are trying to get across >> i certainly will be watching and waiting. i know the folks who were behind that million women's march actually were the folks who were behind this day without a woman. and they were hoping that these protests like would continues and spur more women to be activists. >> reporter: there was a lot obviously -- there was a lot of attention given to the fact that the inauguration had just happened the day before. there were a lot of people already in town. but some of the people we talked to in the crowd. they were a little disappointed in the turn-outs. they heard thousands of people were going to come down. we did not see thousands in the park today.

we heard two terms today, international women's day and day without a woman. different meanings. >> founder of the women's global initiative. and an investigative reporter. i'm going to start with you, through the your career, you deal with women globally. why is a day like this important to you? >> for me, it was an opportunity to celebrate the women that i had met in my international travel that is impacted my life by being able to experience their view, to experience their culture and to experience how women work in these various countries to lebanon to africa, to caribbean and haite. and i wanted to celebrate those women that i had worked with. like a woman 95 years old now, who actually still struggling to educate the children.

kenya, her township, and as well as celebrate a woman of cutter who originated basically educating children, letting children learn, 62 million children. i wanted to celebrate her. and a woman from saudi who took me to one of the most dangerous places on the border of lebanon and syria and let me visit some occupied territory and refuge camps. when i look at some of the situations for women who want to run for government in the countries that how blessed we are as women in america. i focused strictly on across the pond, as they would say in london to celebrate those women. >> amber, you have a bit of a different take on the purpose of today. tell me what your take is on international women's day, day without a woman >> i think the take on international women is incredibly important. it

women are in the united states, they can take a day off to participate in day without a woman. i think it's rather amusing that women think they should be applauded for doing simple things like going to work and taking care of children. it should be considered an expectation, opt an exception that women are productive members of society. unfortunately, more than feminism set the bar so low, women think they deserve is special treatment for doing daily things and living their lives >> are they celebrating the same purpose or are there two different meanings >> it's unfortunate they fell on the same day, because international women's day is celebrating the empowered successful women worked hard the entire lives to get where they are and there's so many important women we could be celebrating. but the day without women is more about taking away that seat at the table and choosing not to

the conversation because those women would rather complain and be negative than celebrate the many women that are successful in america. >> mar sea, what's your response to that, amber's thoughts on what a day without a woman is about >> the relationship with women, like with men, it's complicated. it's not an either or, it's a both and. i do understand women wanting equal pays. this is something that has been struggling with women since the inception of women going to work. i remember 2009, president obama signed the deal which dictated that we would have equal pay. so you have seven years just to brew and to peculate this post inaugural event. when i listen to some of the comment at any timer, i'm going to call it what it

my girl hillary clinton did not win and we're pissed off sort of day. they kept on talking about the democratic part and the trump administration. i'm kind of like on the bench of dorothy height who had presence with many presidential cared nothing about african-american communities and she made sure like the put play hamilton said i want to be in the room where it happens and i want to celebrate harriet tubman who as a slave was a scout for the union army under the president where she could exercise her rights to carry a gun but did not have the experience of the 14th amendment which would let her free. it became such a quagmire, that's why i stuck to the vein of the international aspect of this day, because those women are important to highlight, to feature, they got up and they get up every day, horrible odds, and circumstances especially to women that i worked with in

haite. and do their jobs every day >> i know the concept of feminism come up quite a bit and someone asked kellyanne conway do you consider a for themnist and she had a biggest of a different take, what in your words is feminism and how do you describe yourself >> it's important to note that feminism to is not as simple as the definition, that women have equal rights as men, 80% of the people in america, believe that women should have equal rights as men. but at the same time, only a fifth of them identify as feminists, which shows there's a difference between what the dictionary definition is and what modern for themmism is in practice. if we look at the women's march, it was ordering primarily by liberal groups and the same groups helpeding or the day without a woman. unfortunately. a lot of feminists like to belittle

the political view. i personally do not identity as a feminist for that reason >> amber, i'm going to start with you, what is the solution for women to work together, move forward, to get to the same pay put scale that men are? what are we supposed to do if not have sort of protests like today? what is the plan? washed we do >> taking personal responsibility is incredible believe important. as a young woman myself i always make sure i'm working hard and putting in the efforts to be successful and not blaming my problems on other people and especially not on the patriot arcy >> if you could use your get your point across. i haven't heard a women's group who said they tried to or wanted to sit with trump >> that makes a lot of sense. mar sea and

both so much >> let's move on and talk about the day we saw today, once again, a nice one to go out and take a walk >> gorgeous, sue palka. i hear tomorrow will be nice too. >> you're right. best day. not a bad day today, although it was gusty, breezes may be back tomorrow afternoon, but early morning temperatures for the kids at the bus stop, about 40 to 45. after school, how about 66 to 71 degrees with lots of sun? high pressure still in the sweet spot to pump up the warmer air. big change is coming as we head on into the weekend and one of our coldest winter-like weekend that we've had in some time will be coming our way, 70 tomorrow. high temperature on saturday may only be 38 degrees. and don't forget, we spring far this weekend. sun won't go down on sunday until 7:12. shawn and jim, peak at your forecast >> looking forward to the longer daylight. >> there's never enough hours

>> we'll take it though. what do you think about the new plan healthcare bill >> a lot of talk about it. not everyone is on board with the proposed legislation. that includes members of the gop. we'll talk to some people with insight when 5at630 comes right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

the more things change, the more they stay the same. we're still debating healthcare on capitol. released by the house gop. >> no surprise, democrats don't like it. here's something that may surprise you, growing number of republicans and conservative groups are also against this. tommy beenian joins us. >> thanks for having me. >> i did checking around. your organization sort of blasted this plan. tell me why you guys aren't necessarily thrilled with this. >> it's too close to the original obamacare. i've speculated that if

in 2009 in the place of what became obamacare, republicans would have opposed this bill just as vociferously. it leaves in place, at least for three years a massive expansion of medicaid and fails to address what's driving up our health insurance, it will be just as expensive if this bill passes. that's the real problem with obamacare. it's causing us to pay higher premiums on health insurance >> it didn't seem like there were many specifics as to how you drive down those prices aside from, you know, eliminating the individual mandate and eliminating the employer mandate. i know the president said, it, sounded very much, if you liked your plan you can keep it. what president obama said, president trump said you can keep your doctor. i'm not sure what safeguards are in there >> the way to drive down costs is to let the free markets go to work. if two, three, four firms have to compete, they're going to

product. under the regulatory scheme that obamacare put in place and this bill leaves in place, insurance companies aren't having to compete with your business. many americans are faced with only one choice of health insurer, that far that health insurer can charge what they want. the free market in competition is ultimately going to drive down the cost of any product. that's what we're hoping to see comes out of this process. i don't think this bill is done, it's going to pass but it will get better before it passes. when it does, it's going to unleash the free market on the health insurance industry. >> you guys mentioned that you don't believe this plan as it is right now will provide any meaningful relief for people who were adversely affected by obamacare. who is that group of people? and what sort of change would you like to see that would affect them? >> that's the group of people that are compelled by the government to purchase health insurance. after obama passed. the cost of health insurance went way up. if you're not getting health inra

you have to purchase it yourself, and the cost has increased 100, 200, 300 or 400% in some instances, there's no price relief for you in this bill, and you're the worse affected by obama in the first place. >> there were a few components in the original healthcare bill sticking around. we're talking about children, 26 and under can stay on their parents' healthcare, nothing to talk about the preexisting conditions, some other aspects like that. would you say that had the republicans taken that away, that maybe by not taking them away, they at least saw a few positive components in obamacare? >> i think so. insuring folks under 26 isn't very is expensive at all. just seems like the right thing to do. in terms of preexisting conditions, i think that's an overwhelmingly popular issue. and republicans could see the writing on the wall with that one. sure, i think they saw a few positives with obamacare. >> the president said this is the healthcare plan that he wants to p

but there's, you know, obviously there's no way paul ryan is going to get everybody in line here to approve this. how likely or how long do you think this is going to take for everybody to work this out to be something that the majority of people like? >> the president said he like this bill but said it was the opening gate for negotiation. we're going to have a couple of weeks, maybe two, three weeks in the house. then could be two or three weeks in the senate to fine tune this bill. at that point, after it's gone through a round of changes we'll see if paul ryan can come up with a 218 votes. i would say that the hard deadline for this is the same as the spending deadline, april 28. if we haven't repealed obamacare by then. republicans will be faced with whether or not to fund obamacare and we know how that went down >> good to have you in tonight. >> thanks a lot. another key healthcare issue, of course, cost ofs prescription drugs under medicare,

to talk about it >> ronica cleary just talked, we talked seconds ago. hey, ronica. >> reporter: shawn and jim, seconds ago, i'm sitting in the congressman's office. he just left. he is very busy. we were supposed to speak with him about two hours ago. he just came in to give us a quick few minutes. the thing i was really interested in, a few weeks back, there was some heated back and forth, if you will between president trump and the congressman about whether or not there was discussion about a meeting between the two, whether he had asked or not asked. i asked the congressman about the dynamic in today's meeting. if it affected their conversation. listen to what he had to say. >> the energy was fine. i was telling my staff life is too short to argue over certain things. we didn't even get into that. we just went straight into a meeting. it was a very good meeting. we discussed the main objective was to

prescription drugs. >> reporter: there you have it, life is too short. powerful words there. we asked him more questions, we're going to have more for you tonight at 10:00. back to you. >> thank you, ronica. he's a lieutenant governor of virginia. he wants to move up to the corner office. next at 5at630. most of times is you can't work that way, no. no pets. sweetie mom, stop screaming at me! lean on your brakes mom! there are bumps along the road of life... and for each one there's triple-a. stop!

. lieutenants governor. now he's running for the number one job. >> thanks for having me. >> a lot of folks didn't think you would have a challenger in the primary coming up. he threw his hat in the ring, seems to be riding this wave of the trump backlash thinking that will get him elevated into that position. tell your constituents why they should vote for you and not him >> i've been working in virginia politics ten years.

and my main focus has been on economic opportunity, for a all virginiaians, no matter who or where you are. we're on a great trajectory. i want to keep that going, there's a tremendous amount of resistance out there against what's going on in washington. virginia wants something, someone that will stand up and fight for them and. >> virginia is very unique. one term and done, are you running to continue the policies of governor mcauliffe >> we've done very well with economic development in virginia. we planted great seeds we're continuing to grow. there are other things that will be focusing on. my background as a physician, we want to make sure that all of virginians have access to affordable and quality healthcare and i bring a lot to the table as a physician. >> thanks so much for joining us. we appreciate it. stick

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