senator grassley: senator whitehouse. senator whitehouse: thank you very much, mr. chairman. professor, amar, welcome. you said the power to pardon is the lesser power to decline prosecution for any number of reasons. can this lesser power you describe be regularized by the president into policy so that the folks who are actually enforcing the laws have a spiff direction from the president as to that power -- that lesser power to decline prosecution? mr. amar: yes. it's typically subject to revision. for example, president obama could basically say we're not going to pardon people who violate arguably federal laws in colorado on possession of -- senator whitehouse: it's not unconstitutional for a president to say we're not going to prosecute, for instance, the daca kids? mr. amar: daca is tricky because it's civil, nonenforcement. criminal -- excuse me. senator whitehouse: the power to choose to enforce is executive in either case? mr. amar: with criminal it interacts with the pardon power in a way that it doesn't on the civil side. otherwise, you can have, for example privat

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senator whitehouse. senator whitehouse: thank you very much, mr. chairman. i want to thank both you and senator murray for the comments that you made at the beginning of the hearing and join senator murkowski in endorsing and embracing what appears to be an emerging path towards a bipartisan solution here. to all the witnesses i assume that you will all agree that to the extent either through a risk pool or through reinsurance that you could lift the cost of certain very expensive conditions out of these markets, that that will have the effect of lowering premiums in those markets, is that an agreed base line fact here? yes. all heads nod. in turn, the effect of lowering the premium would be expected to attract more participation in the market opposite of adverse selection s. that also a base line principle we can agree on? yep, all heads nodding. that takes us to the question and i'd like to have mr. bragdon and ms. tomczyk address this. you have chosen, mr. bragdon, to do a reinsurance-type mechanism. alaska, miss tomczyk, advised by your firm, has chosen

his work is particularly noteworthy because of the vantage point he had covering 911 out of the whitehouse. we have darrel who was a stringer for upi, associated press and was important as a photographer covering the carter administration. carter never had an official white house for target for. --official white house photographer. he has the images we would have normally got through a white .ouse photographer and we have a two-time pulitzer prize winner. he is a proud graduate of the university of texas at austin. for 27 years he was a staff photographer for the washington post. he won the pulitzer prize for covering three generations of poverty in washington dc and the refugee situation in kosovo. we have david all caps, he was -- david valdez, he was george w. bush's white house photographer. and we have diana walker, a time magazine photographer for 20 years. she is known for her work covering hillary clinton. she covered the clinton white house really broadly and deeply. she also cover the reagan administration and george h.w. bush. valadez and diana walker are actively involved in ou

whitehouse: thank you, mr. president. may i ask unanimous consent that the pending quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: thank you, mr. president. i am here to deliver my "time to wake up" speech, which i do every week that the senate is in session, and we've been out of session for a few weeks, so there's a fair amount to talk about that happened while we were gone. one of the first things was a new study in rhode island, my home state of rhode island. rhode island is a coastal state, and we have considerable worries about sea level rise, and we have a state coastal resources management council that has done what is probably the best modeling anywhere in the country of the effects of sea level rise and the risk of ocean storms on our shores, and in conjunction with them, there's been a report from the rhode island division of planning. this is the state government -- which has identified roads and bridges which are most likely to be under water as the tides climb higher and as w

whitehouse: mr. president, i would request that any pending quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, i am here to speak about president trump's decision to shut down the daca program, so-called dream program, that allows children who were brought here by their parents, often very young, and who grew up here, and are now as far as they know full americans -- this is their home -- to not be thrown out of their adopted country and sent home to a place that they do not know. all because of what their parents did when they were still children. you don't even hold children accountable for contracts that they enter into. you have to be an adult to be held accountable for a contract that you enter into and yet apparently this president is willing to take these children nchts -- children, break up their families, send them to a country they do not know, all because of a decision that was made by their parents, in some cases, when these kids were infants

well senator whitehouse is questioning the entire reasoning for that trip.o meet with a group called the panhandle arrogators association. senator whitehouse says he couldn't find a group by that name, similar name been but that website was door the man for some five years. however jake, the epa insists that this group does exist and the purpose of this trip was to speak to people in oklahoma who are impacted by one of epa's egglations. >> oklahoma where he's from, of course. >>> nals politics, the crisis in puerto rico and the trump administration defending the federal response, despite almost half the people without drinking water and most of the island without power and despite, of course, 16 deaths in puerto rico. today acting secretary of the department of homeland security called recovery efforts a good news story. >> i am very satisfied. i know it's a hard storm to recover from, but the amount of progress that's been made and i really would appreciate any support that we get. i know it is really a good news story in terms of our ability to reach peopl

senator whitehouse. >> thank you, chairman. let me first as a former insurance commissioner in my state welcome our distinguished panel and, again, thank the chairman of the ranking member for trusting this committee to do a fair and thoughtful bipartisan process. we did it to great success to eye unanimous significant bill out of this committee and i'm confident we can do something very worthwhile here. i want to open by pointing out our health insurance commissioner in rhode island has written that the aca has worked in rhode island and we have a remarkable story to tell. including a letter from this january. rhode island has enjoyed market stability. over the last three year, premium increases in the individual and small group markets have been relatively modest. average premium changes in the individual market will range from a 5.9% decrease to a 5.9% increase based on issuer. in the small group market average premium changes in 2017 will range from a decrease of 3.1% to an increase of 3.6% based on issuer. so so my colleag

franken, i understand that senator whitehouse can going for you. senator whitehouse: thank you. just one question. under what circumstances should a court consider the consequences of its decision. >> that is a great question. i should say, again, we look at the law and we look at the facts and we go where the law takes us. senator whitehouse: to a point. >> what i have said several ises in polished opinion that this is where the law has taken us. this is where the law has taken the colorado supreme court. our laws are statutory. the law hasis where taken us over the statute -- and what the statute means. take the law, go where it takes us, and if the law needs to be changed, i think there are bodies to do that. and they do that in colorado. if they don't like our decision, the general simile will change it. they won'ttay -- change the statute to make clear that they want a different result. senator whitehouse: is there not the doctrine in colorado that a court will overlook even the plain meaning of a statute if it would lead to an absurd result? >> yes, we do have that. senato

senator whitehouse. senator whitehouse: thank you, chairman. let me first as former insuranc commissioner in our state welcome our distinguished nel and, again, thank the chairman and the ranking member for trusting this committee to do a fair and thoughtful bipartisan process. we did it in education with great success to unanimous significant bill out of this committee and i'm confident we can do something very worthwhile here. i want to open by pointing out that our health inrance commissioner in rhode island has written that the a.c.a. has worked in rhode island and we have a remarkable story to tell. i'm quoting a letter from this january. rhode island has enjoyed mke stability and enjoyed -- premium increases in the individual and small group markets have been relatively modest. for plan year 2017, plan changes in the individual market will range from a 5.9% decrease to 5.9% increase based on issuer. in the small group market average premium changes in 2017 will range from a decrease of 3.1% to an increase of 3.6% based on issuer. so to my

whitehouse: i am here to speak about something else. but let me take a moment and thank my chairman for what he has done. i had the experience of serving on the health committee with ranking alexander and member murray we did the education bill last year. education is nearly as fraught a topic politically around here as health care is. and what we saw in a thoughtful, regular order of process that was developed under chairman alexander's leadership was a very considerable piece of work, with real effect. sometimes we agree with something on both sides of the aisle because there is nothing to it. it is national peaches week or something, everyone is for that. when it is something big and consequential, that is where difficulties begin to emerge. and what the chairman was able to work in the committee with something big and consequential on health care, and to the end of my days in the senate, i am going to remember that closing vote. when the clerk of the committee called the roll, and every member of the health committee voted in favor

thank you. >> thank you, senator whitehouse. it's been a very good discussi discussion, both the hour before we started and despair i want to ask senator murray it's just concluding remarks here senator franken, do you have some concluding remarks? >> i was going to ask a question about prescription drugs but you want us to conclude and i -- >> go ahead if you would like. >> i just want to make, as a rhetorical question about the cuts by hhs in advertising for the exchanges. mr. doakes and insurance companies advertise at every football game we watch. of those insurance companies just stupid? or maybe insurance advertising works. that's the rhetorical question. i think there's a reason those insurance companies advertise, and i think that, guess the question is are they funded by the federal government. does that make sense or not? >> i think the issue is, does advertising work? if you're cutting it by 90%, you're probably cutting the effectiveness of the advertising, whoever pays for it. with thousands, millions of licensed age

is our duty to keep the american dream alive and it was an honor for all of us to host a map of whitehouse and with that i will take your questions. >> as a follow-up to ambassador haley said to be concerned the possibility of war? and with that security council agreement?. >> we are keeping all options on the table and as general mcmaster and ambassador haley stated we will spend that pressure on korea with the denuclearization and that is what we are focused on to keep pushing forward. and keep all options on the table. >> those and are eager to know the president is opposed to that. >> i certainly will not get ahead of any conversation the president will have with the background of those with the president will be very clear to put extreme pressure on north korea is important. >> the president today to apologize that untruth so does that mean he will apologize. >> the point is espn has been critical days and told to fair and consistent standards they suspended a long term anchor for putting her viewpoints politically the editor said there is a perception that espn has become political t

information being targeted and doj says she don't comment on pending case sfwlz fetal five life after the whitehouse for officials in trump administration. tom price if you watch pay attention. we'll talk with somebody about how people like sean spicer reinvent themselves, success strategist carlotta joining us next. >> reinventing itself. something madonna made a career out of with turnover in administration a lot of us have something to learn about reinvention. and car late ais voyping us v iment a skype tonight. >> one of favorite guests. >> and how many by the way madonna cds on the wall behind you. >> it's my parent library so it's mixture of every class beingal music. >> and we got sense of administration and turnover and squingt a little bit. and rally sean spicer here's a guy that wept before media every day and now dude can't >> you know i was thinking a lot about him. i think there's several issues america what's cliche whoa loved a second act but first act there needs to be contrition. this is awkward analogy i'll attemptment and even when you -- when you're in court and you are admitting

that's what this is all about. >> senator whitehouse. >> thank you, very much mr. chairman. professor, welcome.you say in your written testimony. the power to pardon -- the lesser power to decline prosecution for any number of reasons. this lesser power you describe the regularized by the president into policy? so that they felt were actually enforcing the laws have a specific direction from the president as to that lesser power to define prosecution? >> yes and it is typically subject to revision. for example, president obama could basically say we are not going to pardon people who violate our federal laws in colorado on physician of marijuana. >> so it is not unconstitutional for a president to say we are not going to prosecute.francis the dr. kids. >> duck is a little tricky because it is not on the criminal side solely. some of it is civil nonenforcement but yes. but for criminal -- >> the power to choose to enforce his equal executive in either case. >> yes. but with criminal, it interacts with a pardon power in a way that it doesn't on the civil side. otherwise you ca

whitehouse: and may i bid a public farewell to emily who is here with me and has served as the lead on my very active and busy environment unit for quite some time now. she is going on to another role here in washington, will continue to serve our cause, but she has done an amazing job. i just want to be sure to say that on what will be her last appearance on the floor with me for one of our time to wake up speeches. mr. president, i've spoken before, as you know, about the fossil fuel industry's persistent effort to undermine public understanding of climate change and to confuse people about the actual effects of carbon pollution ole our atmosphere and oceans. i've mentioned drexel university robert brules follow the money analysis which includes the complex network of organizations and funding, what we have called the web of denial that is designed to ob sur the fossil fuel industry's fingerprints and perpetuate the fossil fuel industry's climate denial. he calls this a deliberate and organized effort to misdirect the public discussion and distorlt the public -- distort the public's

sheldon whitehouse and tom and jean and jeff and al franken, kristin gillibrand and duck blummen that will and elizabeth warren and martin hinrich and senator ed markey and cory booker and senator harris of california. and we also have dozens of grassroots organizations all across america who are going to help us pass this bill. let me begin by bringing up to the podium some folks who have enormous experience, professionally and personally in terms of health care. they are going to explain to us and to the many people watching us on large stream as to why we for all systems. please welcome dr. san cerebrum who is a pediatrician in southeast washington, d.c. and assistant professor of pediatrics of the george washington universal school of medicine. doctor? >> good afternoon. i'm san jay serum and i'm a pediatrician in southeast washington, d.c. for seven years i've cared for a patient i'm going to call shawn. i met shawn when he was 13, newly diagnosed with type i diabetes and still adjusting to checking his blood sugar and regularly doing the insulin injection. s i kept real and neve

maricela gutierrez/immigrant rights network"....we will not let up on our pressure on the whitehouse and congress, there are several bills pending and we will pressure members on both sides of the aisle to preserve the dream act...." earlier, santa clara county government leaders pledged their support for helping daca recipients who may be in jeopardy.cindy chavez/santa clara county board of supervisors (rob live) here at siren's headquarters, there are signs on the door about workshops for daca recipients on how to deal with what may lay ahead. higher education also getting involved. san jose state says that any daca recipent receiving financial aid wold continue to get that money. live in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news (grant) former president obama is slamming president trump's decision to do away with "daca." hours after the announcement... mister obama took to facbook... calling trump's move "cruel" and "self-defeating." saying in part: "to target these young people is wrong because they have done nothing wrong." this is one of obama's most forceful post-presidency statements

gorgons jeff merkley new jersey cory booker new york's kirsten gillibrand and rhode island's sheldon whitehouse all four of them today are officially on board the single payer train before senators are revealed that they are co-sponsoring bernie sanders medicare for all bill which is set to be introduced later this week probably wednesday booker revealed his decision during an interview with new jersey public television i'm signing onto medicare for all which is i'm excited to do this week senator sanders and myself and others are going to be announcing some legislation i'm signing on to some other of my colleagues all of us working towards this understanding that if you look at american history it's always been a batsman towards greater equality greater access greater opportunity and. in my opinion burning could have won the presidential election and now it appears as those policies are winning over the democratic party is single payer now pretty much inevitable as the democratic mainstream democratic party position i should note we've got i think nine or ten democratic senators who are saying

. >>> senator whitehouse. >> thank you very much. i know both the chairman and ranking member both had to go on to other things. it's a very busy time here as you all know very well. but i want to join my colleagues in expressing my appreciation for both the bipartisan nature of the committee's work that senator alexander and murray have led and also and particularly, senator alexander's stated commitment this morning that he wishes to move on to address other issues, cost related issues in the system and what i would like to spend my time with our distinguished governors here this morning doing is to ask for you to take a look at a couple of questions and then get back to us because i'm going to make a bet that we will, in fact, move on to those other topics once we get through the market stabilization and i'm not sure we'll get you back before we move on, so i want to take advantage of you while you are here. these are questions that i will ask for the record so you have a chance to have your staffs get back us to, but i really thi

coming up, president trump is scheduled to hold a news, senator whitehouse: was the leader of q8. --the leader of kuwait. the deal he signed with the democrats yesterday, we have talked so far about the tensions that created within the gop. also a critical issue for the leader of kuwait here. an american ally trying to mediate with the diplomatic crisis involving qatar. some confusion about who side this administration remains on. actually, on both subjects, plenty of questions to compete we will have it. from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ >> this is bloomberg markets and you are looking at live pictures of the white house. we are expecting president trump to speak any moment. some playback of president trump'speech earlier about the debt ceiling. he said americans want to see dialogue in washington. that is what kevin cirilli was suggesting earlier. a lot of good reasons to get rid of the debt ceiling. a debt ceiling of their own creation. a shorter deal because of funding for the military, which is quite interesting. he said there will never be a problem on the debt ceiling. somet

the whitehouse said we sent a lot of supplies to puerto rico degrees vs -- and resources. the governor throughout the day he is also planning to go to do puerto rico and the virgin islands on tuesday. he did not like the mayor's remarks when she said you are killing us with your bureaucracy and efficiency. he has been hammering her all day long on twitter sang the results of the recovery effort will speak much louder than the mayor we're doing everything we can to halt the people of puerto rico her gore earlier he accused the mayor he wants everything to be done for them that is not sitting well with the mayor are those in puerto rico that still have no clean water or medical supplies the mayor responded that she will not be distracted by small commons, politics and petty issues. of course, all of this bubbles over three days after president trump is set to make his visit to puerto rico that could make for an uncomfortable trip. in the vice president now weighs in on the issue and said he has also been frustrated by the mayor and the comments. he says now was not a time fo

docket to issued any flight aboard a government or charter plane must have prior a approval of the whitehouse chief of staff. and meantime, plea other cabinet members scott pruit and steve and ryan zinc write are being looked at for private air travel on the taxpayer time dime. tony. >>. >> a second officer was shot and is expected to survive. west of of atlanta when they he approached a car. a man and woman walked out of the wooden a man opened fire. kristin hern died at the hospital and left hypothetical a husband and young son. police charged and caught the shooter with urd manyer. >> a van slammed into a group of pedestrians in what police are calling a freak accident. >> 5:30 outside pen station. >> near 7 and west 33 midtown were struck and rushed to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries and when police arrived on the scene they say the driver appeared dazed and investigators say the vanessa gas pedal got stuck on a matt and so far the driver was not charged. >> choseer to home d.c. police are investigate ising twoy vat crimes in southeast today. a triple shooting and the atte

. >> on thursday the whitehouse author roosed temporary waiver of of jones act that allows more ships to bring supplies to island. as for recovery efforts the u.s. army corps of engineers vows to rebuild puerto rico infrastructure and area hospitals are attending to the sick and injured. >> we have to triage patient and triage logistical needs and prioritize delivery to make sure we sustain lives in achievable bite size way. >> john lawrence eyewitness news. >> in other news green bay packers say their anthem demonstration was not a protest. >> what so proudly we hail♪ >> members of packers lichinged vrmz during the plague of national anthem at lambeau field. fans an members of of check chick bears also linked their arms in chant of u sment a were heard before the game. some fans don't agree with the recent protest. but the packer are united. >> there's about -- this is about equality and about unity and starting a conference around something that might be a little uncomfortable for people. >> i'm not opposed to end goal end purpose it's ow they're getting there. >> many players, team

maricela gutierrez/immigrant rights network"....we will not let up on our pressure on the whitehouse and congress, there are several bills pending and we will pressure members on both sides of the aisle to preserve the dream act...." earlier, santa clara county government leaders pledged their support for helping daca recipients who may be in jeopardy.dave cortese/santa clara county board if supervisors"...it is irresponsible to put 800,000 people at risk and it is irresponsible to put this into the hands of a congress that is completely grid locked..." nats (prayer vigil)amid prayers and praise for having faith in the daca program, two more recipients offered their perspective on what has now put their futures in america in limbo.mitzia martinez/daca recipient ".....giving this information to the government was something we had to do just to get basic human rights, we knew it was dangerous...."kevin gayton/daca recipient"....i don't necessarily feel betrayed, i know that donald trump has an agenda that does not include us but we are here to remind him and that we are americans and w

reporting live in the whitehouse ronica cleary, "fox5 local news". >> we talked about harvey and irma's been a lot of talk about the third hurricane workgi >> jose. churn around out there in the water too i can't believe people are ready to talk about this. >> there's been so many. >> i know. >> and antidote alley people are saying what's with jose. >> okay, let's talk about j jose. category two hurricane down from free. this is satellite here. it looks like in the next few frames it's wane eping a little bit. the same storm we i had the lessen antilles and it did not hit them again. stayed form of them. right now it's still a category two storm. what's interesting the panel and official forecast will did a loop de loop. >> it's not unnormal. >> has happened before. >> not unusual. >> not usual. >> weather term. >> it's a sign tisk term. uniform nal. not unusual it would happen going back to 20 hurricane hanna oddly enough was on the path of hurricane gustof that won in golf and went into louisiana. oddly enough too, hannah ended upcoming along the east coast as tropical storm. now it

fbi declined to comment on whether it asked the whitehouse to keep the files sealed. >> time 4:49.ery continues. no mystery on the weather department or traffic department this morning, hi, bob. >> good morning, everybody, 4:49 mist rerevealed here we're closed 30 bypass this is eastbound 0 bypass but doing investigation from overnight fatal accident involving vehicle and tractor-trailer in chester county. eastbound right near the route 282 interchange. it's just east of route 82 ramp. here's closure point 322. this gets heavy in the next 45 minute or so. everybody coming out of chester country trying to get up towards king of prussia interest change. you will want to use route 0 local which will be a lot of traffic lights through the different counties. you can jump off here at 322 closure point to the 30 route 30 local and that puts you up here back on to bypass. and here's closure point again eastbound lanes of route 0 and route 282 they'll come our way to do paving again today. roosevelt boulevard working byberry to red lion and putting in new bus shelter on boulevard. southbou

richard blumenthal, jeff merkley and elizabeth warren, al franken, tammy baldwin, ed markey, sheldon whitehouse, brian schatz, mazie hirono, and chris murphy. however, democratic leadership has yet to jump on board. senate minority leader charles schumer and house minority leader nancy pelosi have both declined to support the bill. so talk about the significance and whether it matters whether the leadership leads or simply follows and gets on board if it gets support. >> well, i think what is extraordinary is that the majority of the democratic caucus and the house has signed on to hr 676. 70% of minority leader pelosi's constituents support improved medicare for all. i think she just doesn't get it. the only way to maintain the gains of the affordable care act is to extend and build on that foundation by eliminating the insurance company premiums, deductibles, and co-pays, and really guaranteeing health care for all through the medicare system. that and the fact she has not signed on yet, i think it is a matter of time. amy: michael lighty, lay out what you understand -- have you spoken to ber

whitehouse: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: i ask the pending quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, each week that you see me standing here means another week in which the senate of the united states has sat out doing anything to address climate change. another week of carbon pollution streaming into our atmosphere and oceans. carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels is changing our atmosphere and our oceans. we see it everywhere. we see it in storm-damaged homes and flooded cities. we see it in drought-stricken farms and raging wildfires. we see it in fish disappearing from warming, acidifying waters. we see it in shifting habitats and migrating contagions. all these harms we see carry costs, real economic costs. -- to homeowners, business owners, and taxpayers. that cost to homeowners, business owners, and taxpayers is known as the social cost of carbon pollution. it's the damage that pe

nba as well, after seeing a "fox and friends" segment on steph curry's decision not to go to the whitehousethe golden state warriors. trump saw that and tweeted, "going to the white house is considered a great honor for a championship team. stephen curry is hesitating therefore, invitation is withdrawn." [ light laughter ] but this prompted a response from lebron james himself, who tweeted at trump, "you bum. steph curry already said he ain't going, so therefore, ain't no invite, going to the white donald trump a bum? donald trump a bum? bum is such a great old timey sports insult. [ light laughter ] he talks about the president the way guys in fedoras used to talk about a 42-year-old overweight boxer, "he's a bum." [ light laughter ] there were so many memorable responses to the president's comments this weekend, but if you were angry and frustrated, you might have found some catharsis in this tweet, from buffalo bills running back, lesean mccoy, who wrote, "it's really sad, man, our president is an ass[ bleep ]." [ cheers and applause ] and i have to say -- the most devastating part of th

senator sheldon whitehouse first met dick in saigon in the '70s while visiting a shoeshine boys househ his father, who was serving there as the deputy u.s. ambassador to vietnam. >> talk about a full circle, that now informs what we're we started off on different sides of that, but now we ended up at the same place. >> i think it's interesting that those who served in vietnam in different ways have come together to help in solving the last of the wounds of the vietnam war. >> reporter: for the pbs newshour, mike cerre, danang, vietnam. >> woodruff: now, a first time author has written a gripping but disturbing novel. jeffrey brown has this latest addition to the "newshour bookshelf." >> brown: a 14-year-old girl nicknamed "turtle" lives in the woods of northern california with her father. she knows how to forage for food and hunt, but little about normal social interactions. her father is charming, protective, but also a monster who abuses her, psychologically and physically. the new novel, "my absolute darling," is a story of survival, a powerful tale that is getting enormous attenti

i'm sure you know about the giant tweeter lives in a whitehouse far away and flies across the ocean tonentrusting the future of this country, its trade policy, standing in the world, to a special relationship with a president who is volatile, dangerous and an apologyist for racial hatred. applause. it's an outrage that this man who now presoups to attack our highly effective police and security services, has been invited here on a state visit. asjo swinson so rightly said on sunday, no red carpet for president trump, the visit should be cancelled. let me say a few words about labour. many people got behind jeremy corbyn injune. i think genuinely expecting a better politics and a better future. and they're already being betrayed. because today's labour party isn't into problem—solving, let alone government. jeremy corbyn's acolytes are focussed on how to maximise the contradictions of capitalism. you don't qualify for the labour shadow cabinet these days u nless the labour shadow cabinet these days unless you've studied the venezualan guide on how to bankrupt a rich country. applause. i

senator pat leahy, sheldon whitehouse, tom udahl, kirsten gill brand, dick blumenthal, elizabeth warren, martin heinrich, senator ed markey, cory booker and senator harris of california. [ applause ] and we also have dozens of grassroots organizations all across america who are going to help us pass this bill. let me begin by bringing up to the podium some folks who have enormous experience professionally and personally in terms of health care, and they're going to explain to us and to the many people watching us on live stream as to why we need a move toward medicare for all system. please welcome a pediatrician in southeast washington, d.c. and assistant professor of pediatrics at the george washington university school of medicine. dr. sariem. >> good afternoon. my name is dr. sanjay sri -- and i'm a pediatrician in southeast washington, d.c. for seven years i've cared for a patient i'm going to call sean. i met sean when he was 13, newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and still adjusting to checking his blood sugar and regularly doing those insulin injections. i earned his trust bec

senator whitehouse. >> thanks, chairman. as i think i've done in each one of these hearings, let me thank you and ranking member murray for the bipartisan way in which this has proceeded and what i think has been and optimistic launch platform this has made for good work going forward. i wanted to just to check in with miss postolowssk ki. as you understood your testimony, your dissatisfaction with the colorado high risk pool that you were put into had to do with the waiting period that you were subjected to and with the cost of the premium. is that a fair description of what you said? >> that's correct. >> so you were here when senator kaine talked about the prospect of say, a medicare program that somebody could buy into at a reasonable rate. would you have the same hesitation about that? or would you feel comfortable going into a medicare for people who had diseases as opposed to medicare of people who are over a certain age? >> i certainly think a public option that has a robust risk pool would be the most attractive opt

or working and expressed no confidence in the on again off again dealings over daca between the whitehouse and congress.sam liccardo/san jose mayor".....we have no confidence that this administration can manage a two car parade let alone a 535 member congress, it we are going to protect the dreamers, we cant wait for a solution to emerge from a congress that is deadlocked on many, many issues..."".... (rob live) as in the other lawsuits, san jose claims rescinding daca is unconstitutional. the city's suit also has broad support including the three republicans on the council. live in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news (vicki) a deadly crash on interstate 580... snarls traffic for áhours. still ahead - an update on the cleaning process - plus a look at what happened. (grant) then - dozens of people robbed on bart - by a group of teens... now plan to take action against the transit agency. (vicki) but first - people in one east bay community are still dealing with contaminated water. however - there is some relief tonight - we'll explain after the break. (brittney) i'm chief meteorologist brit

. >> the whitehouse will dispute characterization and both sides quick to presents themselves as championsle class and take a look at numbers and you'll see why. 88% of voters support lowering taxes on middle taxes and not so much and wealthy 20 parse say they need a break. >> 7:15 now. nfl couldn't vrts yeah stretches far beyond the league in football field and more backlash involving money. >> more than politicl. comes down to bottom line. businesses starting to see the controversy affect their bottom line. let's begin with president trump doubling down with comments on nfl. and expecting national anthem, flag, country and that's what they're doing and in my opinion the nfl has to change or you know what will happen business will go to hel. >> president's feelings pretty clear there. to the business side direct tv reportedly offering a refund to customers that want to cancel subscriptions because of protests in lucy noland shelling districtsing pulling bud light point of sale featuring new orleans logo after players felt in during the national anthem. families are weighing in as it goes

according to information obtained by cbs news and documents provided to senator whitehouse who requestedetails last month. in june, taxpayers shelled out $36,000 when he flew on an air force jet from cincinnati to new york where e he caught a flight to italy for an international summit. in august, he took a $5700 air charter between denver and durango, colorado. in both cases, commercial travel would have prevented him from attending official events. president trump was asked to address travel costs including that of his treasury secretary's use of military and government planes and $400,000 racked up by his hhs secretary, tom price. >> i was looking into it, and i ng intook into it, and i will tell you, personally, i'm not will ell youbout it. > reporter: inspectors general at the epa, treasury department and department of health and human services are looking into andtravel habits. the says ethics office approved lll noncommercial travel and, ommercia a spokesperson says he took one private charter and spokegovernment flights, and no he'stional noncommercial flights. >> thanks. nal twi

and i also want to commend my colleague senator whitehouse who has done so much work to preserve the oceans and creating the national endowment for the oceans. mr. chairman, in the past, we have driven species to the point of ex tinching shon and driven our oceans to the brink. do not take us back to this era. please support ocean planning. i thank the gentleman for yielding and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from alabama. mr. aderholt: i reserve. the chair: the gentleman from rhode island. mr. cicilline: i yield 45 seconds to the distinguished the gentleman from illinois. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. >> i rise today as a proud co-sponsor of this amendment. this amendment is significant not only to our oceans but to our great lakes. great lakes contain a fifth of the world's fresh water. they are critical to our economy and quality of life in my district and many states. the national ocean policy protects the integrity of the great lakes ecosystem. this bill would undermine the national ocean policy and ability of agencies to coordinate with states and governments.

. >> senator whitehouse? >> thank you, chairman. let me join my colleagues in express i expressing our disappointment, i guess, that this hearing is going forward at a time when the senate is not in session. i believe it's the first time ever that a hearing has been brought forward under these circumstances with a lot of senators not even in town because it was not a session that was agreed to by the minorities. so this is a somewhat novel discourtesy in this committee. and i hope that we cannot make it too much of a pattern to be scheduling hearing when the senate is not in session and senators are not out of town in order to push nominees through the committee. i know that it is the accepted cartoon pablum of the committees these days that judges are just neutral ciphers who come in and apply the facts to the law, wash their hands, and then move on to the next opinionless and policiless application of the law to the fax. i think anybody who has practiced law knows that is not thrill way adjudicating works, and i think the two-word