today's topic, gaming's expansion around the nation and around the globe. a look at mgm resort international's newest venture and what it means to mgm, the gaming industry and nevada's economy. and my very special guests today are mr. lorenzo creighton, the president and ceo of mgm national harbor and former u.s. congressman mr. steven horsford. the congressman now owns the communication firm r&r resources plus, which is leading the brand markets for mgm national harbor and his firm also represents the american gaming association. and thanks so much to both of you for being here today. >> thank you. >> appreciate it. well, when casino tycoon kirk kerkorian bought the controlling stake in metro-goldwyn-mayer film the studio into the gaming industry with the opening of mgm grand casino in 1973, could he have foreseen mgm's and all of gaming's national and international expansion? well, today on "eye on washington," we're going to look at the gaming industry's expansion across the country and around the world. we'll look at mgm grand national harbor and what t

this is in an expansion state. we have windfall profits on the in-patient side because their bad debt went way down, 6% to 4% for hospitals like that. it's true in many, many states across the country. the problem is, you have now permanently impaired your pair mix, because you have way more medicaid patients. that's why over time, we are going to see the slow deterioration of the finances in those hospitals, many of whom were doing spectacularly well in 2015. i didn't really just make the data up. the american hospital association tracks this stuff. we are seeing a widening gap between what medicare and medicaid pays relative to cost and what private payers pay. there is a little bit of wining going on here. when these cfo's say to me, medicare doesn't pay the true cost of care. i say let's rephrase that. medicare doesn't pay for the income aspirations for you and your people doing things exactly the same way, which doesn't sound so good. i know this is going to be painful. all of you in this room are feeling this

more importantly, we're going to check expansion. we're not going to halt expansion. this line -- imaginary line that we run down the appalachian mountains will be moved. what will happen is that it will happen in an orderly process determined by the central government in london. all this that i'm talking about will sound very familiar in about an hour when i'm talking about united states indian policy. you'll say deja vu. didn't we just do this? yes, we did. similar kind of things. because the thinking is that the problems on the frontier stem from the people on the frontier. people stealing indian land, murdering indian people, causing conflict. that's going to generate endless bloodshed. if you have the central government, whether it's in philadelphia or london, determining when this expansion will happen, it can be done in a more systematic way with fair treatment of indian people. people can't just go west, they can go north and south. one of the things the brits were trying to do is populate colonies up in nova scotia and in the south. but indian land west of th

this is in an expansion state. we have windfall profits on the in-patient side because their bad debt went way down, 6% to 4% for hospitals like that. it's true in many, many states across the country. the problem is, you have now permanently impaired your pair mix, because you have way more medicaid patients. that's why over time, we are going to see the slow deterioration of the finances in those hospitals, many of whom were doing spectacularly well in 2015. i didn't really just make the data up. the american hospital association tracks this stuff. we are seeing a widening gap between what medicare and medicaid pays relative to cost and what private payers pay. there is a little bit of wining going on here. when these cfo's say to me, medicare doesn't pay the true cost of care. i say let's rephrase that. medicare doesn't pay for the income aspirations for you and your people doing things exactly the same way, which doesn't sound so good. i know this is going to be painful. all of you in this room are feeling this

you're not going to have states interested in indiana type expansion or any other type expansion until those very important questions get settled. and would put them at risk. they're not going to be moving ahead with an indiana model or any other kind until it's a lot more clear as to what it might look like over the next period ahead. >> so there are other issues facing congress this year. we talked about the children's health insurance program. that's another issue facing states and the funding for it runs out on september 30th of 2017. so what do you expect to happen with the authorization? there's some changes with funding that went through with the health care law. got a 23% increase and the republicans did not stop that in the last reauthorization. so that means that 11 states in defendant c. don't pay anything. >> currently if you're a child in a low income family that you have -- you can get coverage through your parents having employee sponsored insurance plan and you recover that way. you can get coverage through your parents having a plan they receive through the marketplace

we are seeing an expansion. anything above 50 is expansion. we don't see much of an expansion. we see stocks that have been little changed. that is continuing at the moment and we have seen this trend in recent days. if there is any game today, it will be the first in six sessions. the five session losing streak of the longest we have seen since june. there is not much change over all the major averages and not much reaction to this economic data. let's take a look at the treasury market. there is no change in rates expected by most markets that we are seeing pricing it in or by most economist. in little bit in yields today. they are up three basis points at the moment. that yield is climbing after that manufacturing report came out. there is action in the commodities this morning. there was an explosion at the largest pipeline down in alabama. fire killed and the one person. you can see a big increase in gasoline futures, 8.5%. crude is barely changing this morning. goldman sachs did say if opec thes -- fails to cut out, price could fall to the low 40's. natural gas is puzzlin

this is in an expansion state. we have windfall profits on the in-patient side because their bad debt went way down, 6% to 4% for hospitals like that. it's true in many, many states across the country. the problem is you have now permanent impaired are mixing because you have way more medicaid patients. that's why over time we are going to see the slow deterioration of the finances in those hospitals, many of whom were doing spectacularly well in 2015. i didn't really just make the data up. the american hospital association tracks this stuff. we are seeing a widening gap between what medicare and medicaid pace relative to cost and what private payers pay. this is a little bit of whining going on here. when these cfos say to me, medicare doesn't pay the true cost of care. medicare doesn't pay for the income aspirations for you and your people doing things exactly the same way, which doesn't sound so good. i know this is going to be painful. all of you in this room are feeling this sting. the pbgh board meeting, this

we are going to check expansion. we aren't going to halt expansion. this line, imagine area line that we run down will be moved. but what will happen is it will happen in an orderly process to determine by the central government in london and will sound very familiar in an hour when i'm talking about united states indian policy. deja vu. because the thinking is the problems on the frontier stems from the people on the frontier. people stealing independentian land, causing conflict, that is bloodshed and te whether you are in philadelphia or london determining when the expansion will happen, it will be done in a system attic way. 1763, people can't just go west, they can go north and south. because one of the things they to nova scotia and in the south. indian lands west of this line can only be ceded to the government and can only be done the n treaty between representatives of the indian tribes and the official agents of the crown. you can't have tom, dick and harry pulling off a land deal. this is a huge effect. it doesn't have much effect on squatt

the medicaid expansion you mentioned. his plan, actually has been about repealing the medicaid expansion? the money the federal government gives to states to afford that expansion of covering poor people? >> one of his ideas block grant. letting the states take the lead. in georgia, we may want to do it differently than they do it in new york and might want to do it differently in california. so recognizing that states need to tailor make it. >> his most recent plan inkplcls a repeal of the medicaid expansion? >> still working for donald trump and i think most people understand that medicaid expansion probably led by the states could be a way to pick up some of the under, and uninsured people out there. i think that's an option for consideration. i don't think right now anybody's saying, this is the plan. but this is a guy who knows what kind of plans are out there, and he know what's he can get through the house. 218 votes, and tom price can get there. >> sure. how is that, keeping key parts of obama care is not exactly

and it will be reduced at the floor above not doing that expansion so trade offs there. >> okay. >> ihink i'm satisfied thank you. >> i'll allow is this time please come to the podium please. you my understanding a firewall on the south side of the property when they expanded the building co-author to the original variance i'm wondering if they have to have a firewall if they build out the lower level in this case why not put the stairs next to that firewall in their building and just minimize the intrusion on the north side of the property. >> okay. thank you. >> i think - part of what is driving this alternative is the presidio's is the picking up additional space on the empowering. >> - >> what he is losing on the second floor. >> how much space are we talking mr. sanchez i'm sorry. >> how much 6 inches? >> well be the square footage of that stair. >> so. >> the square footage the stairs with pivoting. >> no a new stair that is shown in the plans. >> but a replacement stair. >> no, it is being relocated not a replacement stair. >> sorry no talking. >> according to the appellant wou

the newest expansion team unveiled its new name and logo on tuesday night. at the first expansion team for the league since the minnesota wild and columbus blue jackets came in in 2000. they will start playing next fall, the 2017-2+018 nhl seasonn >>> typically at age 3 kids are learning to ride bikes with training wheels but a fearless little ball as few reservations, writing, two wheels on tough terrain. we see now how this adventurous always full of surprises. >> i like to tell people it's half ?pf?gbmx club. >> she thinks it's cool when you ride. she want you to ride. ?l >> reporter: ??funny thing is gavin's happiness on the ack pales s;f:in comparison to what going through s dad's mind about eight homes are going to be evacuated. >>> homicide ve underway in denver. police responded to what they called a suspicious incident near 13th and marion street last night. a man was found deadthere. caught in bad weather are now safe. rolled in/< ght when a snowstorm two people found them ited unti to rescue them. >>> asciated press is rertthat dald trump has form

if he did that in terms of the insurance expansion, we sort of ended most of the gain we have.t gain that's taken us to the lowest rate of uninsurance in the history of our country. >> so it's really the targeting of the subsidies is where is the -- is the beating heart of the aca. do i have that right, craig? >> yeah. it's both the beating heart and the only thing you can really touch with less than 60 votes in the senate. it's clear, democrats filibuster any actual repeal of the entire legislation and so they're left trying to take things away that have a budgetary focus and that's going to be the subsidies,ed medicaid expansion and that leaves us sort of holding one half of what trump has promised to do on day one, which is to repeal and replace the aca. and in replacement is really going to require some cooperation with democrats. i just don't right now see with the rhetoric that's happening we're going to see that type of cooperation for some type of replace mode. >> i was just going to ask you, what role will congress have in all of this. and do we focus on, you know, wha

the expansion will continue next year, another 12% expansion on the seats and the routes we will be doingn new opening routes in total next year, so all in all, we will continue with the strategy we have had of the last 10 years anything between 10% and 12% expansion, and we will see the number of passengers flying not change within the region. in total market, so the market is growing and puts pressure on the yields. manus: that is good to hear that from you. was warning us to get ready for lower for longer. are constantly looking for tieups and have explained we are hobby expansion will be, give us a sense of where you will be in 2017 in terms of partnerships. in anotherke a stake arrow line, will there be consolidation? present, we have four hopes. ubs.o we have one in egypt, alexandria innd we opened a new hub oman. we will be happy to look at the opportunity when they come up so long as it fits our business philosophy and our network expansion and good for our investor. to what comesed up in the market so long as it fits our needs. angie: thank you so much for that. the chief executi

now it's time to focus on the expansion draft... the entry draft and putting an actual team together. and across the country, excitement is building for the n-h-l's newest franchise. check out this throwback photo from a scout for the vegas golden knights. this is peter ward. following last night's announcement he posted this picture to twitter, saying he's come full circle from a northeast golden knights hockey team. pretty cool. n-h-l teams are ready to welcome the vegas golden knights to the league. the new york islanders tweeted out this gif, saying "we see you golden knights. welcome to the hashtag n-h-l." the franchise is also getting some love from the saint louis blues. in this gif, two fans are giving a high five as the team welcomes the league's newest ((anchor chat)) good morning i'm cassandra jones we pick up some breezy conditions across the valley with wins 10-20 mph expected. high temperatures will be in the mid to upper 60s. thanksgiving day will be mostly sunny with temperatures in the mid to low 60s. winds will be

a big expansion at a-basin will move fo national forest approved the project which will add more than 330 skiable acres to a- basin. it may take two summers to get the work done -- the goal is to have everything ready in starbucks is for some items- how much will your morning fix cost you now? then-- c-dot is dealing with more push back on its plans to widen i-70. it now has to deal by the national western complex is being hit with a civil rights complaint. the group filing the complaint says it is representing the largely latino community that the expansion could affect. the elyria-swansea neighborhood is 84 percent latino. in march the sierra club filed a federal lawsuit over how the project would impact the people who live there. now they've also neighborhood fear increased traffic will affect their health-- and then there are the 56 homes cdot will acquire to widen the highway. cdot says it's addressing all those issues. in addition-- cdot says it will give 2 million dollars to address affordable housing in northeast denver. the u-s department of transportation where the complaint

unit, but opponents,including physicians,argue losing the garden should not come at the cost of expansion. >> the ability of families to have a quiet solitude area at a its sole according to some. >> there is so much spirit and life that bring some much the hospital. >> last month they approved the expansion project. despite the ruling the lawsuit will move forward. maria: i had a thanksgiving learning about the people credited of starting the tradition. ed: new information about limits pilgrims. air is here. a little moisture. i will show it when it clears away. most banks are all the same... capital one isn't most banks. not trying to sell you things you don't want. and free checking accounts that are actually free. no minimums. no fees. no nonsense. capital one even has a top-rated app that lets you bank wherever you are. that's banking reimagined. >> you are watching news center five at 7:00. maria: learning more about exactly what they did in plymouth. ed: the new evidence. the artifacts were found is off-limits now but this is the work space for the boston field school. it is gettin

mauricio marin is live from the wells cargo site to explain a proposed expansion. mauricio? >> this asphalt plant and gravel pit that wells cargo operates has been here since the 1960's. neighbors say they were told it would be shutting down at the time they bought their homes. well that doesn't appear to be the case. in fact---the company is working to get county permission to create a bigger silo for more work in the area. and residents say what's already here is creating an air quality nightmare. <<< ((steve williamson/resident: "it's not just a thin layer, it's a heavy layer. i've never seen anything like it." )) ((mauricio marin)) just a few hundred feet away from the wells cargo asphalt plant. he says the dust created by the plant is problematic. ((steve williamson/resident: "you can see the trucks as they go by. they carry a plume of dust right down the road with them. it's terrible." )) ((mauricio marin)) clark county commissioner susan brager held a meeting thursday night to hear from constituents about the issue. and has looked at the plan wells cargo has put forth

. >> and another roadblock for the ice and the expansion. >> traffic on i-70 can be a nightmare . if . the driver here you're probably ready for the $1.2 billion expansion project to finally start about a year from now. people who live nearby in northeast denver say the expansion is discriminatory goes the neighborhood is 84% latino impact their quality of life and health even more so than the existing interstate. businesses in the shopping center like this ice cream parlor right here will be impacted by the expansion is feet away from the interstate right now. see. is committing unprecedented improvements to this neighborhood in an attempt to make up for it. >> in the statements he wants it -- see. said it has worked with this neighborhood for the past 13 years and even included this for a group park with soccer fields as a compromise. earlier this year the sierra court filed a lawsuit challenginai standards use to get that project of the greenlight. that lawsuit is still pending. >>> dia will bring in extra workers for the holidays. the lines wrapped all the way back to baggage

((mauricio marin)) the biggest part of the expansion that worries neighbors is an 87 foot structure of silos and conveyors. williamson says he calls the county air quality department when the dust becomes too much for him....but it can take some time for authorities to check out the problem. ((steve williamson/resident: "you get a plume coming out of the pits. it'll linger for a while then go away. they're not going to see a thing." )) ((mauricio marin)) commissioner brager says she plans to look at all factors. (( susan brager/clark county commissioner: "i don't make any decisions before i get on the first floor of the government building because i think that somebody might bring up something that i might not have heard." )) ((mauricio marin)) williamson hopes the commission rejects the expansion. ((steve williamson/resident: 'nobody. nobody is happy with the air quality here.")) >>> ((kirsten joyce)) >> wells cargo issued a statement about the location that "we have taken aggressive and proactive approaches to minimize impact and to ensure that dust and operating emissions are within

so yes, we did have a medicaid expansion. but it didn't impact hawaii as much as it did in other states. so it does not have to be medicaid but i would challenge us and states and others to at least consider as a public health if we want to think about how it is you want to help keep your population healthy and have healthy communities, then how are you going to help make sure that your population has access to health insurance, especially those who are low income, below 100% of the federal poverty level. we already talked about they are the ones who tend to have higher rates or prevalence rates of substance use, mental health, behavioral health needs, of chronic disease, of living in high stress areas of low income, et cetera. so i -- so that's where i come from when it comes to the medicaid expansion. i happen to agree with justin it's not likely that the states who have chosen not to expand, i probably believe there's probably going to be additional states that might choose to expand. i hope that's the case. i think there'

team owner bill foley spent 500 million dollars as an expansion fee to secure the deal... money he calls well spent to bring the people of southern nevada something they've been longing for. and when the se 2017 it will be the 100th birthday of the nhl. in summerlin, construction is officially underway to build the nhl training facility for the las team. it is 120-thousand square feet and will including two ice rinks and shops. it will also be used by the area's summer, youth and adult leages. it is expected to be completed by next september. hockey team owner bill foley says only the best for his boys. "the team we draft want to live here -- to play here. they want to live on this side of town and be close to the facility. a state of the art facility...we have a lot to sell." it's not just summerlin that will benefit from the team. las vegas stands to get what's called incremental visitors -- or people building their trip to sin city around a hockey game. without the sports component wouldn't have made the trip. along with the new hockey team .. we still have the rebels .

. >>> another legal challenge to the freeway expansion has failed. court of appeals has denied a request for injunction to stop the construction. construction on the expansion is expected to start early in the new year. adot says it's the first time that a legal challenge to the freeway expansion has failed. >>> federal investigators are on the scene of the school bus crash in tennessee that killed five children. the driver of that bus is now facing vehicular homicide charges. police say he was speeding when wrapped around a tree, killing one boy and 4 girls. >> also natural thing in the world is for a parent to mourn the loss of a child. there are no words that can bring comfort to a mother or a father. today the city is playing -- praying for these families. >> six other students remain hospitalized in intensive care. this tragedy is reigniting the debate about schoolbus safety acrosthe country including here in the valley. >>> one question is why our school is is still on the road without seatbelts. jason is looking for answers. >> reporter: quest

--you noted, a partnership it is part of our expansion.o looking to expand through partnerships like the one today that we are announcing. rishaad: douglas, thank you for that. they're not really telling us much on that ipo. a big day for the markets. plenty more ahead. ♪ ♪ this is bloomberg markets. we are minutes away from trading in hong kong. we have a lower session in asia so far. ahead of the elections come a huge amount -- we are taking a look at futures, indicating up. the chinese markets are fairly shielded my what is going on today. free trade up. we have a positive manufacturing number. unofficial gauge coming out in about 15 minutes. the aussie looking flat. we had an initial spike. but holding at the moment. not expected to do anything today. holding the cash rate at 1.5%. we are looking ahead to some of the action coming through. all of that getting a reaction from the markets. much stronger than expected. going to be talking about business in asia. are they going to be selling any of those planes. ♪ in ♪ this is bloomberg ma

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voters ejected the expansion of charter schools. more than 62% voters opposed question two while nearly 38% supported the question. question 3, a yes bans any prac calves, and hens from lying down, standing up or turning around freely. also, republican chris sununu is elected governor of new hampshire. he beat democratic rival colin van ostern. sununu told supporters that the country is going to need to heal after this election cycle. van ostern has not addressed his supporters. sununu replaces outgoing governor maggie hassan. we're following breaking news from mattapan. shooting on savannah avenue. police responded to the scene about 10:45, found the man suffering with a gunshot wound to his upper body. he was pronounced dead. police have no leads on a suspect. they are asking anyone with information to call them. >> a salem, massachusetts, police officer is due in court after he was arrested for a rape charge. brian butler was arrested yesterday in connection with an details are not known. the chief says she taking time to deal wi

will this go toward acquisitions, international expansion?st: as you know, stripe is a software infrastructure platform for building business in facilitating payments. with this around, i don't think there is anything to reassess the capital for in particular. i think what scott investors excited his momentum that we , ae carried through 2016 year of building for scale for has come.d scale a lot of big companies have been joining strike, macy's, haveingdale's, unicef joined the stripe platform. in addition, we have opened up four new markets. pain, singapore, japan, and lost it -- and launched new products. as we look into 2017, the capital is to double down on this effort, open up and up to the markets, and be ready for the scale to come. of new up a bunch markets, and be ready for the scale to come. cyber monday up 12%. how do you continue to capitalize on this trend? guest: yesterday was a huge day for stripe users. we are seeing more and more commerce moving from off-line to online. stripe is really about being an ally to startups and tec

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"board approved plan expansion. city major league dreams. a man on a mission. thousands fan rallied. taem making history. give up nhl hockey in las vegas cheers." the docudrama expansion team's story... and will have a behind the scenes look at the team. it will have ten episodes... and airs december 7-th on cox cable channel 96. another big sports story happening tonight. there's a twist happening with the oakland raiders re-locating to las vegas. oakland city officials say they're making progress with plans to build a new stadium of raiders there. this comes weeks after local and state lawmakers here in nevada have already approved the funding plan for a new, nearly two point billion dollar nfl stadium in las vegas. fox5's eric hilt is live at russell and the i-15, which is one of the possible sites for that stadium... last night the raiders played a home game not in oakland...but in mexico city -- and there are a lot of people in las vegas that hope soon the raiders will be playing their home games here in the valley... but now another twist in this ongoing

but it hasn't taken up the expansion. ofif you take the amount dollars it now gets from the federal government and say, i'm tona cash it out and give it you as a block grant, they are kind of stuck at the level of not assuming that they're going do more for the individuals that are uninsured in the state is -- i'm noth sure that's what political do.hbors want to their neighbors in louisiana just decided to expand this year. they have enrolled more than 350,000 people. and they, if a block grant is on their federal dollars for this year, they, unlike counterparts, would be able to have those dollars going toe how they're continue coverage, improve coverage, change coverage. playingve a very uneven field right now in terms of the draw-down of the federal dollars. i checked, the plans around notk grants were really about raising the amount of dollars available to the but con program training the amount of federal dollars in the medicaid program. veryese are going to be hard decisions and changes and also issues around progra

expansion five times. we should approve the aca, not reveal it just repeal it. are skeptical anything is going to change. the house republican congress has 40 times pastor appeal of obama care. tonight, what can you say can honestly be accomplished next year in congress so that people continue to have health insurance but it is not outrageously expensive? >> of this is such an important issue, because i'm hearing from so many people -- higher deductibles, co-pays, premiums. so affordable for new hampshire families or small businesses. having roundtables with small business owners, my husband has a small business. others who are hearing very significant increases that they are getting, especially for those small business owners. if you elect to governor hassan to the senate, you are going to be in a position where we won't make changes to address more competition, choice, transparency, and really, making could repeal and replace the affordable care act, but i have also voted when it came to a vote on medica

team owner bill foley spent 500 million dollars as an expansion fee to secure the deal... money he calls well spent to bring the people of southern nevada something they've been longing for. and when the se 2017 it will be the 100th birthday of the nhl. in summerlin, construction is officially underway to build the nhl training facility for the las team. it is 120-thousand square feet and will including two ice rinks and shops. it will also be used by the area's summer, youth and adult leages. it is expected to be completed by next september. hockey team owner bill foley says only the best for his boys. "the team we draft want to live here -- to play here. they want to live on this side of town and be close to the facility. a state of the art facility...we have a lot to sell." it's not just summerlin that will benefit from the team. las vegas stands to get what's called incremental visitors -- or people building their trip to sin city around a hockey game. without the sports component -- these visitors wouldn't have made the trip. along with the new hockey team .. we still

a visualing is narration of westward expansion. male miners come first in the bottom and establish civilization. native americans and wildlife are cowering in the darkness at the left of the painting. light comes from the east and arrives in the west. other tropes existed. such as the good indians and the bad indians. where westernns clothing. he has his haircut. he is combed and he sits with other emblems of civilization. a dog. education. you can see he has achieved these things. versus the bad indian on the left, your left, uncontrollable emotions. nudity and wild gestures. and notice the tones here. the tones are important. the war tones in the painting versus the cooler tones earlier on in the other work by thomas madison. how weones influence read these images and also the color of the people that we see. the earliest photographs made in american studio was made by thomas easterly. karyotype.are a -- visiting st. louis. he is posing in a studio and he wears it bear claw necklace and a piece metal and ho's -- and holds a silve

but it hasn't taken up the expansion. so you take the amount of dollars it now gets from the federal government and says, and say i'm going to catch up and give it to as a block grant, they will be stuck to the level of not doesn't they will do more for the individuals that are uninsured in texas, which is i'm not sure what political leaders there would want to do. louisiana justified to expand this year. they have put in more than, enrolled more than 350,000 people. and if you block grant is based on their federal dollars for this year, they, unlike the texas counterpart, would be able to have those dollars in decide how they're going to continue coverage, improve coverage, change coverage. so we have a very i'm even playing field right now in terms of the drawdown of the federal dollars. and last i checked the plan around block grants were really not the raising of dollars that failed to the medicaid program by constraining the amount of federal dollars in the medicaid program. so these are going to be some very hard de

and i think that the expansion of settlements in the the west bank which a government of israel routinely applies makes the prospect of two state solution more distant. i think frankly we're at the point where we should acknowledge that's a complete fiction. sadly i say that because to your point, i think that point is a very good one. there was a long stand argument that we tend to hear from the -- from arab and that is that -- that were -- were the international community to defectively to the grievances of the palestinians that that could have the effect of reducing the antagonism in the islamic world directed to the united states. now, in particular supporters of israel say that that's nonsense. but i would argue that we have a very strong interest, our interest in testing the proposition. so we have a strong interest in -- in seeing the creation of a sovereign palestinian state thord to find the if that could possibly be a way to again to alleviating tag nism directed at united states. >> andrew if somebody is in favor of a two-state solution, are they anti-israel? >> i don't believe

fighting for medicaid expansion. that is what providers told us is the single must important thing we can do. we have gotten $25 million out the door to places like harbor hope for recovery, and other places, to make sure bethlehem,house in to make sure we are doing everything we can to put a dent in from every angle, prevention, law-enforcement, treatment, recovery. we need to continue to work together to do that. >> thank you, candidates. we are going to move into the lightning round. relationships. senator, we will start with you. who is your most trusted advisor who is not a member of your own party? ms. ayotte: members of my family. my husband and my mother. i turned to them first. also, the people in new hampshire who give me such great advice. on the heroin epidemic, it was people like doug and pam griffin who lost their daughter, people like melissa cruse who founded hope for new hampshire recovery. advisors ihe best have. >> to you have a conduit to communication from a democrat in washington? withyotte: i h

expansion of treatment and prevention programs. when it comes to treatment, particularly for opioid users, we have a lack of treatment. when it comes to open we had specifically, we have 2 million people who need treatment and less than one million who are getting treatment. that is a gap we have to close. the obama administration has taken many steps to fund expansion of treatment as well as to fund work to sharpen prescribing practices, including a recent set of guidelines the cdc issued for prescribers. from my office, we issued a letter to 2.3 million health-care practitioners from the country. we did this because you wanted to call them to action, we canzing that while book recommendations in place, we really need to professionals to step up and to take a larger role in ensuring it is training the current and rising generation of health care practitioners. sarah: one of the key stakeholder when we are talking about, congress, fda looking to guidelines on this issue is the drug companies themselves. what do you think the govern

they have run it through reconcilation with the medicare expansion. but not a fully replacement that run through congress. it is not just up to tom price or speaker ryan. donald trump will have a lot to say about. this he has said part was obama care that he wants to keep. the tricky part. keeping your kids on the insurance until they are 26 and no preexisting conditions or lifetime caps. >> the republicans didn't vote any elements of obama care in existence, doesn't that make it easier to dismantle it. you can say to democrats, you did not involve us in the build ping of the thing and now we'll dismantle it when they have the power. >> that could contribute to the hyper partisanship to pass on capitol hill. we are seeing a rigid partis an polarization when it comes to healthy care policy in the u.s. that is a challenge to the consumers because it is it an issue. and they are defined about whether or not someone is a republican or democrat. and they would clearly love and would benefit from getting democrats to support what they are doing and that is