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bob casey of pennsylvania and richard burr of north carolina. they'll be talking about public health emergency preparedness, introductions under way by joann kennen who is the politico's health care editor. >> thank you for coming out to this cvs briefing to discuss preparedness for public health challenges. certainly the last several months have been a case study for epidemics like ebola. but the challenges illustrated highlight other serious health issues that will have an impact on the health system in the future. we're going to continue to impact with other epidemics like flu, obesity, chronic disease, and tobacco use. this is clearly a very important topic to cover today. so we're very pleased to be joined by senators burr and senator casey, and we're pleased that you're here with us today, joann, thank you very much. and over to you. >> cvs, thank you for your support. before we get started, don't forget to tweet your questions, #prohcbb. usually we have a breakfast breeting, that's why it's bb. we'll be tracking via the tablet i have up h

bob casey will be at today's white house summit on early education. >>> today first lady michelle obama will do her part in this year's toys for tots campaign. she will travel to southeast washington this afternoon to deliver gifts for the campaign. staff members donated the toys. >>> the nobel peace prize winners were presented with their medals today. they were escorted. they are activists for children's rights. she almost died for her fight for the right of girls to receive an education in pakistan. >>> the royals have left the empire state. prince william and kate, the duchess, wrapped up their visit to new york. they spent hours last night at a gala in honor of the university where they met. it was a star-studded fund-raiser at the metropolitan museum of art. >> it's my pleasure and i tell you all how much it means to us. >> the couple boarded a light-night flight back to london after the gala ended. >>> a fisherman is back on solid ground nearly two weeks after he was lost at sea and eight days after the coast guard called for the search -- called off the search for him. here are

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joining us now from capitol hill, pennsylvania democrat senator bob casey. senator, thanks for joining us. >> thanks, wolf. >> i know you have strong views on isis, syria, iraq. but give us your reaction to where the president is likely to name ashton carter to be his nominee over at the pentagon. >> well, wolf, in he does name ashton carter, i think it would be a great choice. he's got broad experience in the department of defense, knows it well and also knows capitol hill and the dynamics of dealing with all of the complexities of the department of defense, especially now when we have a major engagement against isis and have other challenges that are -- other national security as well as fiscal challenges. he would be a good choice. as a pennsylvanian, we're particularly proud of him. ash is a native of southeastern pennsylvania. we're very happy about that. >> i'm sure you are. let's talk a little bit about this important op-ed you wrote in "the washington post" the other day about the obama administration's strategy as far as isis is concerned. you wrote

pennsylvania senator bob casey was among those gathering outside the hearing today in support of peggy young. she is suing ups saying the company laid her off more than eight year ago wild she was pregnant. she says she gave a doctor's note and requested light duty but instead was placed op unpaid leave. she says the company grants such requests for people who are injured on the job and should have accommodated her as well. ups maintaining it did not intentionally discriminate young did take her case to two lower courts and lost. just recently ups changed its policy so that pregnant employees will be eligible for light duty work. >> the counts down is on for nasa's launch of its orion space craft. a rocket scheduled to black off at 7:05 tomorrow morning from cape canaveral florida. good launch weather is in the forecast. orion set to fly further than human rated space craft since apollo moon program. lucy noland is at cape canaveral coming up at 5:30 we'll check in with her life to find out where orion is head and why this mission is so important. >> sexual allegations against bill cos

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senate health committee members bob casey of pennsylvania and richard barr of north carolina, spoke about an issue at an event hosted by politico. from the museum, this is 45 minutes. [applause] >> thank you both. we had scheduling problems and your staff worked hard to get you here and we know lame duck will be rather busy so we're really glad to have you. >> looks like it's going to be ame. we're talking ourselves and one is we questions we had look back 10 or 15 years ago we had a sort of complacency in the country that we thought public health was old and didn't have to deal with it anymore and the infrastructure hadn't kept up and we had 9/11 and the bioterror legislation which was dual use and for new and emerging diseases as well as attacks. then you can along and filled in some gaps with the legislation. it has a very long name which i wrote down, the pandemic all hazards preparation act, was that -- and it has two different acronyms so i thought one was the democrat acronym and the other -- you call it topper, right? and then you re-authorized it. i'd like you to talk a little --

bob casey of pennsylvania and richard burr spoke at an event hosted by politico. this is 45 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. we have scheduling problems it would no lame-duck is going to be rather busy. we are really glad to have you. guess, we were talking ourselves and one of the questions we had is, was sort of look back in 10 or 15 years ago we had a complacency in the country that we got public health was old and we do not have to deal with it anymore. public health hadn't kept up. and then we had 9/11, anthrax. and then you came along and filled in some gaps with bipartisan legislation. originally 2006, it's got a very long name which i wrote down. the pandemic all hazards, preparation act. and it has two different acronyms. one was probably the democrat acronym, you call it papa and reauthorized it. i'd like to talk a little bit about -- it's a shared, it was bipartisan from the beginning, you've worked together, there's funding issues going forward. we just had something that was a crisis that the public fear was disproportionate to what actually happened

. >> republican senators richard burr and bob casey talked monday about how he was has just wanted to ebola and the country perverted for huge health emergency. both members of the health, education, labor and pensions committee, it's 45 minutes. >> thank you both for, with some scheduling problems. your staff worked hard to get your and we know that lame duck is going to be rather busy. we are really glad to have you today. i guess we've gone through, we were talking ourselves, one of the questions we had is, you know, we sort of look back and 10 or 15 years ago we had a complacency in the country, that we thought public health was old and we didn't have to deal with it anymore. public health hadn't kept up come infrastructure that can do. and we had 9/11, anthrax, the legislation which was dual use, for new and emerging diseases as well as attacks. and then you came along and fill than some gaps with bipartisan legislation to originally 2006, it's got a very long name which i wrote down. the pandemic all-hazards preparation act, and it is two different acronyms. one was probably the

politico hosts a discussion on public health emergency preparedness with senators richard burr and bob casey. we'll have that live at 2:00 eastern. and later the head of the u.s. national intelligence council will talk about how the intelligence community is adapting to new national security challenges. hosted by the atlantic counsel we' -- council. the house debating ten bills including one addressing the threats of electromagnetic pulse events. following votes, cq reports tonight in the 7:00 hour members of the congressional black caucus will give speeches on the situation in ferguson, missouri. the senate today has scheduled votes at 5:30 eastern on two state department nominations and off the floor lawmakers will continue work on a 2015 defense programs bill as well as legislation to fund the government past december 11th. you can watch the house live on c-span and the senate live on c-span2. and two members of congress who are not going to be on capitol hill today, louisiana republican congressman bill cassidy and democratic senator mary landrieu. they're both campaigning for a december

quite long so i will submit them for the record only to say that the adoption tax credit, which bob casey worked on and took up that i got here, i am glad that we can keep it. and to amy klobuchar, how much i appreciate her stepping in. in lawrence lot, who will take it on the republican side. there are over 100,000 children who are waiting for families in the united states. 500,000 children who think it is their fault that they are there. it is not their fault that their family disintegrated around them. it is not their fault that they got pregnant at 11 and were kicked out of the house instead of a family wrapping a child in their arms and helping them to grow. they just put them out on the street. it is not their fault. we need to realize that god does not make trash. he never has and he never will. everybody that he has made has a purpose and dignity. we need to honor that and to go to work. heree spent a lot of time on it. i will continue to read i will never stop working on it. i am very proud of the worst death -- the work that i have done. finally, i could not be prouder to become

this afternoon, live coverage of a conversation with senators bob casey and richard burr. on public health safety and the response to ebola. then a bit later a speech by the chair of the u.s. national intelligence council. congress returns from the holiday break today. both chambers get in at 2:00 eastern. lawmakers will work on extending government funding past december 11th when the current spending bill runs out. in the house members will also consider how to proceed on immigration. and in the senate, votes are scheduled on nominees to be ambassadors to argentina and hungary. they're also expected to work on an omnibus spending bill to continue funding the government. you can see the house on c-span, and the senate on c-span2. >>> tonight is the final debate in the louisiana senate race. the candidates are democratic incumbent mary landrieu, and republican challenger congressman bill cassidy. the runoff election is happening this saturday. here's a look at some of the ads in that race. >> i'm mary landrieu and i approved this message. >> on may 31st, bill cassidy gave a

>> us senator bob case i would like to rally for pregnant workers, this as supreme court prepares to hear landmark discrimination case, about that issue. senator casey is joining national advocates at press conference later today shedding light on his pregnant workers fairness act. the bill boosts protection for pregnant workers allowing them to receive reasonable accommodations so that they can continue working. meanwhile, the u.s. supreme court prepares to hear the case of young, versus ups. in which a woman allegedly lost her job because she was pregnant. >> well, this morning, the delaware county council is honoring the teen who pulled a philadelphia police officer out of burning car, joy chamber, senior at ridley high school, and junior member of the fire company will be honored, chambers and another good samaritan, dante johnson, helped rescue officer last month when his patrol car crashed and caught fire. >>> 6:11, the president meeting with five newly elected governors today, in washington. >> of course that includes, pennsylvania governor, elect, tom wolf. but wolf is the only democrat in the group of governors elect. meeting will focus on

bob kacie want to rally support today for pregnant workers. this is the supreme court prepares to hear landmark discrimination case on that issue. senator casey will join national advocates for press conference today, shedding light on his pregnant workers fairness act. the bill boosts protections for pregnant workers allow them to receive reasonable accommodations so they can continue working. meantime, the u.s. supreme court prepares to hear the case of young versus ups. to, or woman allegedly lost her job because she was pregnant. >> at 4:08 this morning, delaware county council will honor the teen who pulled a philadelphia police officer from a burning car. seventeen year old joe chambers, a senior at ridley high school, and junior member of the fire company, will be honored. chambers and another good samaritan, dante johnson, helped rescue officer mark kingsley last month when his patrol car crashed and caught fire. >> a dump truck crashed in oxford circle left a path of destruction and neighborhood cleaning up. >> police say a truck caring a load of dirt has plowed into cars, ooh tilley boxes, tuesday afternoon along robbins avenue it o

and i want to turn to my good friend, bob casey, and just say thank you. this has taken eight years to bring to this point and the amazing thing is, is that as we've taken the opportunity to meet with every group on every side of this issue and to find agreement finally and to go out and tell the american people what we're doing, they look at us and say, this makes common sense, what took so damn long? well, you know, i'm embarrassed that it took so long but this is a product that congress, the senate can be proud of. senator casey just covered a lot of the specifics of the legislation and i won't recover those. i'll only say to my colleagues, one of the clues that something was wrong was the fact that we penalized individuals who had disabilities from holding assets. it meant they couldn't buy a car and it be in their name. it meant that they could only earn so much before they were penalized. and what we've done is we've changed the landscape and we've actually put into effect something that allows them to accumulate something for the later years when pa