republicans over the past year is becoming clear with the big increase in premium are the results blue cross blue shield association said the premium increases we have seen in part due to the repeal of the individual mandate of obamacare and here is the quote specifically with the repeal of the individual mandate and the failure of congress to enact legislation, we are expecting premiums to go up substantially.e republicae health insurance increases and we look forward to spending august with our house colleagues h in washington to fix this and turn it around for american consumers. thank you very much. >> maria i just showed me. >> this is the charo washington state how the rates were going lower after the affordable care act was implemented with downward pressure and now we can see they are skyrocketing backup american families cannot afford this. >> that is true of so many states. [inaudible] >> yes.tcmcconnel cant th ways he brags to the base they have appointed more judges than anyone else but now he says they have not appointed enough. it doesn't pass the laugh test. >> we haven't had

blue cross blue shield which is the main carrier in the state, they say that this year their premium increase would have been zero if there had been assurances that the trump administration was going to stabilize the affordable care act, in other words, keep the money flowing and make sure it was administered in a stable and predictable way. host: what are people saying now? guest: they are making money on these programs for the first time, and the premium increases would have been negligible. now with the instability, premiums are going up again. sabotage is not too strong of a word. i think that is what the trump administration is trying to do and politically, they will pay a price. host: gabriel from maryland on the line for republicans. caller: my question is about international financing and relations in regard to help care. times"read in "the india that the u.s. is putting pressure on india to remove some of their price caps on various pharmaceuticals. i heard that japan keeps the prices on their mri machines low because mri's are more expensive in the u.s. the companies that b

instead of saying blue cross blue shield or united it is going to say medicare. and i think at a time when people who are watching this program have deductibles of $5,000 or $10,000 a year can't afford to go to the doctor, 1 out of 5 americans can't afford the prescription drugs they need because we are ripped off by the greed of the pharmaceutical industry, i think it is clear that we need health care that guarantees quality care to every man, woman and child in this country. lowers the cost of the prescription drugs and expands primary health care in america. today we have the most expensive system per capita in the world by far. >> we'll get to that. however, when you look at canada, the uk, even look at taiwan, they have problems with drug pricing. in fact, most of those plans require supplemental policies for drugs, explicitly -- >> it is not true. >> it is true. you have people in canada having to take out separate insurance. taiwan. >> right. all right. but, but -- no. that's true. canadians now see one of the weaknesses of their system, chris, is that the

blue cross in there says the last will give you no loopholes in each other just a lot of rust just gracious you know it's all conflicts between the immigrants and swedish receipts this is the one example like what kind of rice is a refined you know a few weeks out. and i know i go sundays you know i just i just take the bus for me. and you know it's just how you see me telling you off on this while you have you sitting right here the octu but we've got me of course of some real serious injuries and we need help we are not going to do our jobs. anything from them we just become real. us of some problem is we do need help. sites. it's not so you come here focus on safety and you want to work to walk up some people still live in somalia. so consciously. or divest my george ninety nine percent of the people in this city just want to live normal quiet lives. and there's just a little a little few of them that are doing the rapes that are doing the shootings and we are tired of it it seems that you are targeting a particular school with for example your targets. for the targets in my field so it

blue cross in the us as. the last we'll give you know we're promoting each other. a lot of russ just gracious it's our conflicts between immigrants and swedish groceries this is the one example like what kind of rice is a real finals you know it was a few weeks out and i know i go stargazing you know this is the tactic the process for me. and you know it started out using me telling you know honestly why you are you sitting right here but we've got me a cross of some serious injury and we need help we are not going to their jobs or anything from them we just come here because of some problem because we do need help yes rupert's site. it's not there with you so you can have a place on safety and you know once or twice a week to walk up some people still live in some idea. so cannot sleep and. help them out. or divest my georgia ninety nine percent of the people in this city just want to live normal quiet lives. and they. it is just a little a little few of them that are doing the rapes that are doing the shootings and we are tired of it it seems that you work hard p

blue cross in the us as they did last will give you no loopholes in each other . enough to russ just gracious it's a cool free speech we in immigrants and it's we just received this is the one example. like what kind of rice is a refined. another go study you know just take the bus for me. and you know it's to tell you see me telling you off on this well you know if you sit right here but we've got to be a force of some serious injury and we need to help you we are not going to jobs. anything from them we just come here because of some problem. and we need help. sites. it's not the way you say you come here focus on safety and you want to work . out some people still leave. so not just me. or divest my george ninety nine percent of the people in this city just want to live normal quiet lives. and there's just a little a little few of them that are doing the rapes that are doing the shootings and we are tired of it it seems that you are targeting a particular school for example your targets. refugees are the targets in my field so it might seem so old and yes. that

blue cross to join me away from the football to another headlines this weekend a powerful photo at a time magazine cover seen as a damning indictment of trump's immigration policy is discovered to be misleading and british royals descend on souls who were a former russian double agent and his daughter were poisoned in march to try and give the southern city of boost she spoke to locals about the soul spice saga. it's exactly what minutes past nine in the morning is saturday morning here in moscow twenty thirty two very sunny out there this morning another great day for football good morning to you from me kevin zero in this is r.t. . day ten of the world cup sees teams from group f. and g. getting ready for their second games belgium and she does it will be first to clash saturday here at the stadium in moscow belgium leading the group with england after they beat panama three nil or struggling with zero point for trying to find none the less that's not stopping the supporters getting fired. first. it was. our rock solid merger. captured to you and i can tell you that that taking a c

she blue cross oped into a prolive -- blossomed into a prolific speaker, producing bay area video coalition comments until her death. she demanded rights and dignity for the poor and homeless, was recognized by her neighbors as a tenant leader while living with a disability for years. she fought to make her building disability accessible. she's art and culture together, inspired and express solidarity among others the people of haiti, south after ra, palestine, and the philippines, and supported black august, a month to embrace the principles of black resistance and to remain steadfast in the struggle to free political prisoners in the united states. her spirit thrived as a mentor to countless young people as she shared her wisdom earned through decades of principle struggle as her contribution to the next generation as -- of freedom fighters. she was an organizers in the successful campaign to free the san francisco eight and could also be found working tirelessly with great love and dignity alongside the most owe pressed members of the society both inside and outside prison walls to fight

pacific northwest companies such as alaska airlines, costco, boeing, primera blue cross and starbucks have announced millions in increased benefits, raises, employee education, and nonprofit donations. to sum it all up, central washington's economy is experiencing growth, and that is good news for workers and for their families. i will continue to work on behalf of my constituents to promote economic opportunity. and i'm proud this tax reform is working like it was promised to work. thank you, mr. speaker, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back his time. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house today.ss until noon

we worked with blue cross blue she'll, they are sponsoring one of our parks. and they're going to put a lot into making us fit. track, 100 yard dash, facility. we are partnering with the nonprofit community and county government in green ways which are places where people wit walk and ride their bike from the eastern part of our crow al way down to the river, on the west end, it's about 30 miles or so of paved path ways. we think it's important. >> understood. okay, we're going to take questions if about five minutes, i want to aler people to start thinking about your questions. s othe' topic i feel in this which we barely talked about, which i know is a major part in economic development. revitalization of number one, and then there's jobs. mayor strickland, you particularly have had discreet initiatives around jobs and equity. i know you were focused on initiative around contracting for giving more crack contracts to minorities. >> let's set the stage, you talked about memphis, we are city, 65% african-american. yet, if you add up all the business transacted

we did something like 15 hearings on the blue cross/blue shield program. when i worked for john dingle, i did 16 hearings -- 16 hearings -- on food safety because dingle wanted a bipartisan record that could be used to introduce legislation. and so he gave the staff the time. senator levine gave his staff the time. now because the staffs are so small, i can't remember what psi staff is now compared to when we were there in the '80s. there are 10 or less. how can you put on a good hearing? and then it becomes easy to fall into partisanship because that's the easy thing. some lobbyist gives you a screen and this becomes the angle of the investigation rather than an in-depth analysis. that's my concern is basically we have undercut the capability of congress to do their job and do effective oversight because we've cut their budgets. >> at the cia, we had a practice and created a pattern that if we got a call from one side of the aisle regardless of the committee, whether it's house or senate, we would tell the requester, usually the staff director, we have to

blue cross blue shield which is the main carrier in the state, they say that this year their premiumrease would have been zero if there had been assurances that the trump administration was going to stabilize the affordable care act, in other words, keep the money flowing and make sure it was administered in a stable and predictable way. host: what are people saying now? guest: they are making money on these programs for the first time, and the premium increases would have been negligible. now with the instability, premiums are going up again. sabotage is not too strong of a word. i think that is what the trump administration is trying to do and politically, they will pay a price. host: gabriel from maryland on the line for republicans. caller: my question is about international financing and relations in regard to help care. times"read in "the india that the u.s. is putting pressure on india to remove some of their price caps on various pharmaceuticals. i heard that japan keeps the prices on their mri machines low because mri's are more expensive in the u.s. the companies that build

i realized blue cross blue shield of vermont had more power of the health and my well-being than my doctor. i accumulated thousands of dollars in debt. i was booted off my mom's plan because i turned 26. i was unable to go to the doctor for months while i was still showing symptoms and recovering from initial treatment. i was held up in the process trying to prove i made such a small yearly income that i was in fact eligible for the state's green mountain health plan. and ever since i was finally accepted, i've had to try and thread a careful line making sure i don't make too much money and get booted off the state fine, risking fines from lack of health insurance and again not having access to the care i need as i fight this debilitating disease. it's devastating to experience the exhausting and harmful approach of the health care system controlled by insurance companies, big pharma, and hospital montrossities that care more about the bottom line than the needs of health care workers and patients. rather than living in a society where everyone can get the care they need and have it be sol

retiree and his wife living on a fixed income and already paying $6,700 per year for their popular blue cross blue shield plan will pay close to another $32,000 a year in coverage, as opposed to $10,000 in premiums. that is a lot, especially when the additional costs were declined and must be absorbed while living on a fixed income. we recognize there are benefits to having both parts b and federal health insurance. less out-of-pocket costs and deductibles for most plans. many federal and postal retirees make the choice to reduce out-of-pocket cost. it is the retiree's choice whether to accept the trade-off or not. we also understand why many stakeholders support this so-called medicare integration. medicare provides primary coverage. shifting costs from the postal service to medicare to the tune of $10.7 billion over 10 years. according to the congressional budget office. that is a lot of money the postal service would not need to find elsewhere. this would allow it to avoid a pressing need to think of changes to its current model and otherwise. let's be honest, this integrationedicare requi

have a 90-year-old retirement living on a fixed income already paying $6700 per year for their blue cross blue shield plan could be forced to pay another 3200 to keep the coverage that is $10,000 in premiums in premiums and that is a lot especially with additional cost must now be absorbed on a fixed income. we recognize there are benefits to both part d and secondary health insurance with co-pays and adaptable as many retirees made this choice to reduce out-of-pocket costs but it is their choice whether to accept that trade-off or not. we also understand why many stakeholders support when it is covered by metal medicare it provides primary coverage shipping cost and then the taxpayers to the tune of $10.7 billion over ten years according to the cbo. that is a lot of money they would not need to find elsewhere. this would allow them to have avoided having a pressing need to its current model. this construct of integration relies on premiums and taxpayers traditional medicare coverage to write the financial ship. postal retirees have put in years of hard work and earned with a road which i

blue cross was the only institution that helped me at all.body else, including fema, did nothing. that is -- i think the new republic should emphasize to the readers that you cannot rely upon the federal government and the state government to do anything for you. you have to make plans for yourself. that is my comment. thank you, emily. guest: thank you. i think the federal government -- i liken it to brushing your teeth. you do have to brush her teeth and prepare, but you should expect that you have a government that you pay taxes to , state and federal, that will rise to the occasion when a storm like katrina hits. 2005 when hurricane katrina hit, that was widely seen as a huge failure. and greatly, obviously too, completely destroyed your trust in the federal government. it is up to the state and federal governments to rebuild that trust and you are right not to, but it is also about to us to say that we do expect better and that put that pressure on our governments so we can trust him again. host: a couple more minutes of calls for emily

and i see how much blue cross now io pay for drugs and look at what they are paying in. would like to know how much problem would be if congress would give up its staff. and let the government to negotiate with drug companies. host: thank you for your call. we have to move on in a moment. but back to congress. it is a tremendous part of the path we are on right now. willy knows what policies control those policies. but purchasing based on value and not just the services provided. the drug issue was an issue that has a lot of complexities when it comes to this issue. but there are a lot of improvements i can be made which could bend the cost curve going forward. been shaiguest has akabas. thank you for your time and insight this morning. it is monday, june 18. 1.5 hours left in this edition of "washington journal." when we come back, immigration take center stage in congress this week. we preview that with other highlights from lindsey mcpherson and rosie gray and a lot more of your calls. we will be right back. ♪ >> c-span. wher history unfolds daily. c-span was created

cross. conflica red-on-blue it is conventional, not nuclear, but it has the risk of escalation. we have not seen that for a ve long time since the worst days of the cold war. jane: president trump has been very relucnt to criticize mr. putin. is there a chance that he will break with international pressure and soften his stance? matthew: i think trump has a number o this on the one hand, on the other hand. he said, look, my administration has been tougher on pressure -- on rsia than any previous niadration has been, and he can correctly cite an abrupt -- a number of top sanctions that forced the administration's hand that were taken up and uses ction a number of russian individuals and institutions, on the one hand. on the other hand he has beennt consisn saying that he wants to talk to putin and would like to have a good relationship with russia. there is a list of issues, but it starts with the arms race that is getting out of control. that is my i assume -- that is why i assume it nuclear will behind on his agenda. i would not be surprised, since we heard it from national sec

boundaries that you know no one area but when you see a large amount of of white men blue collar socio economic white men in a cross when you see the north dakota south dakota the places where politicians keep saying they're going to save them and we're going to help you they are literally killing themselves these blue collar white men are killing themselves and part of that you have to say is at some point you know what does the media do what it what do we do what do we do to make it a better place for people and good people but i think the first step is not having shame yes depression is nothing to be ashamed of anxiety all these things that nothing we should never be ashamed to ask for help and never never never be ashamed as well as we go to break court watchers don't forget to let us know what you think of the topics to cover the facebook and twitter shows that are too dot com coming up the trump russian meddling investigation is now shaking the foundations of the u.s. legal system to its very. core and conservative commentator steve malzberg helps us rebuild the columns stay to watch the whole. twenty eight t

the un supply convoys that cross northern mali every month and are often targeted by roadside bombs. blueo longer provide the protection they used to. the hours it takes to safely deal with a bomb, the heightened risks and damaged roads, means a mission that used to take a few days now takes a few weeks. over the past five years, the un memorial wall has gradually filled up with names. hundreds more have been severely injured in targeted attacks across mali. that is the main problem, we have to cope with and we have had to face that violence and protect ourselves, we have to protect medics, we have to protect the un system and we have to protect the civilians. it is a billion—dollar a year mission. the top priority is protecting themselves. i have several objectives. first, being present, be present and that is important for the population because i need the support of the population. but that means leaving their base, which is more dangerous. every time they go out on the streets to show that presence, they also provide a for extremists to attack. it takes a convoy of armoured vehicles a

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clear blue skies and it is going to be another hot one in impact on thursday the highest temperatures are expected to crossd northern ireland and zoom into this area a bit more because glasgow could be depended or for highest temperature on thursday. if you squint and see the little blocks here, these are showers potentially developing in the highlands because the air will be so hot, some local ones with local downpours. other than that a glorious and sunny day across the uk. the high temperature is stuck across this part of the world but to the south of high pressure still a bit of freezer that means the north sea coasts will remain on the poolside at times a little murky with the threat lapping on and off the coastline. temperatures will once again be highest across western and northern areas, about 26 in areas on friday, and perhaps the temperatures are rising a little bit across the south. through the weekend, the warm air is moved as far north as the arctic circle as in the mac it in gold parts of scandinavia. lots of sunshine around and again this temperatures are typically in the high 20s but notice

blue line. whether or not police are willing to cross that line. i don't know of any recent situations -- and i think the people from d.p.a. may know better and probably know things confidential that i don't know, or definitely know things i don't know. but the only recent incident i can think of, i think it was the henry hotel, where one of the officers testified against one of the other officers. and i will say from some of the people i know around that case, some of the people around that case, it was seen as the ultimate betrayal. we need to figure out how to change that system. i don't know that i have the solution right now. i think that's something that i would need to spend more time talking to officers and talking about what would allow somebody. as an earlier applicant said, when you speak up, you get shunned. and that can affect your assignments, promotions, your relationships with your co-workers. so we need to figure out how to overcome that, but i have to be honest, i don't have the answer to that today. >> supervisor cohen: right, th

large parts of the traditional labor force especially blue collar workers will be dismissed over the coming years and unfortunately most of those who cross. to europe do not have an indication do not have any kind of qualification and a recent study of being in a ministry of labor. that it was very difficult to qualify more than twenty to twenty five percent of all combing over the coming years to get a job and you track the job acceptance rate employment rate of migrants and refugees is very low so this is indeed a problem and this is a myth in delhi's partly to being dismissed because it will always less correspond to the truth but let me just say. so i'm saying to my previous speaker and in many ways of his opinion that we need a dramatic change in immigration policy because we cannot go on like this and i think more and more you have shown just it is as the recent elections all over europe have shown ok on the other hand i gentlemen i have to jump in here we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on immigration stay with our kids. i. was. i. i. played for many clubs over the years so

still a bright note a cross eastern and northern areas but the clouds will be speaking out in the west and if you just squint, you can see a bit of blueh is indicating some rainfall, mostly drizzle, nothing too heavy, it will be damp enough. the temperatures in the south of the north will be more or less the same. eastern parts of scotla nd less the same. eastern parts of scotland could be one of the warmer places. i9 scotland could be one of the warmer places. 19 in aberdeen and even 19 expected in hull, that is where we could have some sunshine. the pollen levels are still high across england but notice they are moderate here across western areas and that is because the air is freshening from the atlantic. it is sweeping away some of the pollen. as we go through the course of monday and tuesday, low pressures will drift a bit further north, away from us. we still have trail of weather fronts to get through to the south, we will see warmer air coming to get through to the south, we will see warmeraircoming in to get through to the south, we will see warmer air coming in so already for monday, the temperatures are expected to signific

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blue wave. >> another poll last week and how you feeling about the us economy after cross party lines, 59% say optimistic, 35% say pessimistic, that is a 2d for folks who think this president is doing well. >> the president is right in terms of there being some indications this is not going to be the blue wave leslie suggests. in 2010 there were huge gains for the republicans, they put 60 seats i think or something in the house, took the majority and made inroads into the senate, listen the majority the democrats had it in 2014 took over the majority of the senate. gog to gain, the sreor grabs they will ga seats in the senate, they may lose seats in the house but as of now i don't think they will lose the majority. he will overcome expectations, he has usually overcome expectations and it is all about the economy right now despite what leslie says it is not just about corporations, the overall economic feeling in this country is positive and will continue to be so. >> unpleasant would things be for donald trump if he loses the house? >> the way the president is he will tweet a different spin t

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economists saying if goods don't cross borders soldiers will i'm going to pull up a graphic for you on on the screen now and it just shows that link that there is between you see the blue line with the number of deaths in conflicts you know going down safely and at the same time you have the value of global exports growing exponentially and you know that there is academic discussion about this whether there's a causal link between the two but certainly a number of studies have found that trade openness international trade is linked to . greater levels of peace essentially for a very simple reason trade international trade gives nations an economic incentive to not wage war it just doesn't make sense if you're trading with someone to kill them you know i mean that's what france and germany were thinking of the second world war when they laid the foundations for the european union for example i mean you're right there are so many examples that prove that the more we trade the less we kill each other what's in store for next week my producer says are running out of time what's coming up next week we are preparing something on famine and i'm a professor and something on li

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shortened their visits by 50 to 70 minutes and families going from blue to red areas gave up 20 to 40 minutes. overall 34 million hours of crosss lost in 2016. i guess you just have to have ground rules before dinner begins. look, we're not going to talk about it. we're just going to enjoy the meal and enjoy each other. apparently that doesn't work either. >> we had a no politics discussion rule and every thanksgiving we have a card that goes down and you write what you're grateful for. and we go around and read it. >> that's good. we switched to plastic utensils. >> and everyone is alive in the dickerson house? >> a little more testy in ours. that's what happens when you grow up in washington. >>> bill clinton is thinking about cyberterrorism in the united states. in a sunday morning preview, his concern about its role in future elections. that's just about two minutes a ♪ >>> former president bill clinton is tackling fictional terrorism in a new novel. he co-authored the book with best-selling writer james patterson. the president is missing follows a rogue commander in chief who fights international terrorists after a cyber

the time that she crossed the golden gate bridge which helped us out because wee able to get video. >> the sergeant said the detective remembering seeing that black car and that bluelate light in surveillance video and detectives have video of a man they thought was one of the attackers. investigators asked partner agencies for help. >> sent the flyer around to different law enforcement agencies and a astute novato police officer remembered a recent arrest. the suspect's cell phone records showed them in the same place at the same time as the victim. and they found physical evidence linking the men to the attack in the car and at quintero's home. jean elliott, nbc bay area news. >>> we've been talking about all of the races that we're following. here is another one. big one in the south bay. current santa clara county sheriff lori smith has four challengers. john la calla and joe salcedo and martin monica. >>> and more on the decision 2018 coverage. if you are in san jose, you'll see two measures on the ballot, both dealing with senior housing. the measure b. and measure c. those are the two. measure b. calls for the city to change zoning rules. this is allowing p