we begin with charles mahtesian, helen darling, and daniel newhauser. that is tomorrow's edition of the "washington journal." thank you for watching today and we will see you tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. eastern time. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> coming up, "newsmakers" with tom vilsack. then, geithner speaks at a budget hearing chaired by paul ryan. after that, federal reserve chairman ben bernanke. >> joining us is the agriculture secretary tom vilsack. he joins us from nebraska. the question is about the drought and what is going on with food supply. we have two reporters. thank you for being here. let us start with the first question. >> good afternoon. i wanted to start off by asking about this disaster relief for livestock producers. they did not get a farm bill done. disaster relief for livestock producers expired in the 2008 farm bill. i would like to get an idea of what is being done to address this. >> first and foremost, we are trying to use as many tools as are a

we will talk about health care with helen darling.he is with the national business group on health. large companies expect about a 7% increase on health care costs. later in the program, daniel newhauser will join us to talk about the farm bill. it is not quite finished yet. we'll get an update. some more news from c-span radio. >> reaction continuant to come in on paul line's selection as the vice-presidential candidate. david axelrod is comparing mitt romney's tories of paul ryan to john mccain's selection of sarah palin four years ago. the choice is "not going to be romney." for a new campaign ad already targeting congressman ryan. it portrays the ticket as a threat to medicare. it promotes president obama as medicare's protector. the romney campaign has released in a television ad of accusing the white house of stripping -- medtronic campaigns today in florida. c-span will carry that live. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> hello. we are anonymous. we have been watching you -- >> t to more of an internet ph

i am helen darling, the president and ceo of the national business group on health and with me is craigghtens who directed the survey and also wrote the written report that you have access to. i will make a few general remarks and then give some of the highlights of the survey and then open it up for questions and comments. first as i'm sure you know, employers are very concerned about the severe cost pressures from providing comprehensive -- comprehensive health services and help and if it's. with the supreme court's ruling on the constitutionality of key provisions of the affordable care act, employers at least are facing slightly less uncertainty. the key word, slightly less uncertainty. employers are now waiting for guidance on how to comply with the remaining provisions and to learn what will happen with the health insurance exchanges in all of the states that affect them. most of our employer members are in all states are certainly many states so what happens at the state level is unfortunately important to them, because as i'm sure you all know, under idrissov they are permitted