on the phone right now to discuss action in the senate when it takes a look at medical issues, alex rogers with national journal, a staff correspondent. we are having you want to talk about something called the 21st century cures act. what is not and how would you explain it to people? guest: the 21st century cures act is a major health care reform piece of legislation that funds a number of top priorities for the obama administration, providing 4.8 billion dollars. , the canceritiative somehot, and it provides reforms of the fda expediting the development of new medical treatments and streamline the approval process, trying to bring some medicines to the market more quickly. host: what is the price tag for this legislation? guest: $6.3 billion total overall. democrats really like it and it brings regulatory reforms that republican support. talking about a three-year process, and the house passed it overwhelmingly and the senate is looking to consider and pass it within the next 24 hours. host: talk about the drug companies, what is their response? do they benefit? companiesrmaceutical are

talking about the 21st century cures act, alex rogers talking with us. when questioned about the sendoff harry reid will receive this week. -- one question about the sendoff harry reid will receive this week. guest: he will have his last floor speech tomorrow and thursday evening there will be a number of different speeches. enemy mitch mcconnell is expected to speak, hillary clinton, and joe biden. host: alex rogers, thank you for your time. urban voters, your message to washington. ken in princeton, new jersey. caller: hello. isst thing i wanted to say right now this is supposed to be open to the urban voters. live in a hud subsidized housing authority complex cued this is a small -- complex. this is a small to medium-sized town and people use hide vouchers to pay for their housing. all of these people should probably be invited to call in. the people are like myself, disabled. i know them through a social group. as for ben carson, it scares me only because of statements he has made. it is not specifically about housing, but social programs and getting

after that verdict another officer roger morris posted his response on facebook under a picture of alex nieto smiling. he wrote, quote, smiling, ugh, how about burning down his house and tasing his friend who pressed charges. >>> today the office of citizens complaints issued a finding and said the comment was inappropriate and reflected badly on the department. the police commission and police chief will now decide what, if any, discipline the officer will face. >>> the alameda county sheriff's department still on the scene of an arson and homicide in castro valley. a woman's body was found inside her garage after a fire was put out early yesterday. autopsy report indicates that her body was moved after she was killed. now a lot of neighbors are wondering, did the woman know her killer? or was this a completely random act of brutal violence? >> is that something that just makes it more horrible, but it also puts us in fear. >> investigators say the suspect set fire in the attic on purpose to cover up any evidence. >>> a four-alarm fire ravage this book warehouse in santa rosa this morn

bill: last point, roger stone did an interview this week on the alex jones radio show.said this on screen, he went to trump tower and said, found and armada of retreads from the old republican party, both the congressional wing of the party and romney-mccain-bush burnouts trying to board this ship. end quote. how would you react to that? >> you can look at cabinet picks he made thus far and there are a lot of newcomers, business leaders, military leaders. washington favoritability is at all-time low. donald trump is bringing in a lot of new blood to the mix. i -- bill: new blood, rather, not retreads? >> look at people like scott pruitt. a lot of business owners, military leaders. these aren't people that have been in the existing cabinets of past presidents. these are a lot of newcomers to this process but they're also the thing that they all have in common, they're very results-driven people. they're very goal-oriented people. that will be one of the big things that comes out of this administration. you will see results driven-administration. that is something we've b

roger stone spoke of that group with contempt during an interview wednesday with conspiracy theorist and trump supporter alex jones. >> right now there are hundreds of establishment quidlings, trojan horses trying to get into this administration swearing i was for trump the whole time when they weren't. the glad-handers and the self-promoters are marching on trump tower en masse. i mean, people are submitting their resumes to this transition who have never shared trump's philosophy. >> it appears tensions are high. the new york magazine sherman says trump's transition team is like game of thrones with two men battles for primacy. the first is steve bannon who has been pushing trump to staff his administration with outsiderand trump loyalists. the second is his chief of staff reince priebus who has pushed trump to select more traditional establishment gop figures. while bannon has scored some victories, some are angry that priebus is staffing it with establishment types. one senior trump adviser telling sherman we didn't fight two years against the swamp only to bring the swamp to the white house. joining me

alex haley to conduct an interview with miles davis, who talked more about race than music. they broke with the norman rockwell tradition of straightforward illustration to feature the work of great artists like roger brown and andy warhol. they launched a jazz festival in chicago in 1959 to benefit the urban league. hugh hefner first met lenny when he went to san francisco to hear him perform. this is when many was breaking through with new material that was allowing him to play in nightclubs that were not also strip clubs. hugh hefner was so impressed that he contacted friends in chicago and arranged for lenny bruce to play there. the illinois obscenity statute had been amended to reflect the 1957 supreme court decision, so many people were feeling that nightclubs were really free speech zones. lenny went on to play mr. kelly's in chicago and lead to an interview by studs terkel. the next year, he was filed in an article titled rebel with a cost to cause. he appeared on playboy's penthouse, and then the company published his autobiography, how to talk dirty and influence people. many times he'd stayed at the chicago playboy mansion when he was in town. i would say like contemporary art and jazz,

, alex, if you look at scott pruitt, the attorney general of oklahoma who will take over epa, he is a hard working federalist lawyer who is an originalist, brilliant man. look at kathy mcmorris rogers, she just knows the department of interior. she knows washington state. she's married to a retired career naval office. she's qualified. andy puzder, taking over labor, came from nothing. he rose to the top because he is a brilliant enthusiast for growth and free enterprise. he is a profit of the franchise system. he is going to be a terrific secretary of labor. nikki haley, as -- i'm very happy with the team that he has put together. i'm a big mitt romney fan. i home governor romney ends up in paris and tillerson the secretary of state. i'm glad to see john bolton as the number two at the department of state. i don't think anyone should take that very seriously, john bolton is probably the preexnetanyach conser conservetist. i have to say the talent upgrade between obama and trump is the difference between my beloved browns and the patriots and trump is the patriots right now. >> did you say that you want mitt romney to be u.s. ambassador to france? >> i think that governor romney is