we are also honored to be joined by senator bill cassidy. senator? where is senator bill cassidy?ne of my great friends, senator orrin hatch. thank you. [applause] president trump: congressman michael burgess. thank you. congressman buddy carter. [applause] president trump: congressman greg -- numerous state officials from all over the country. , the most sweeping action in history to lower the price of prescription drugs for the american people. we've been wanting to do this, we've been working on it from day one. it's been a complicated process, but not too complicated. and today it is happening. we will have tougher negotiation, more competition, and much lower prices at the pharmacy counter, and it will start to take a cap -- take effect very soon. my administration has artie taken significant steps to keep drug prices under control. we reformed the drug discount program for safety net hospitals to save senior citizens hundreds of millions of dollars on drugs we are alsoone increasing competition in reducing regulatory burdens so that trucks can be gotten to the market quicker

senator cassidy: i'm a physician. i worked in a hospital for the uninsured and often interfaced with my colleagues who are in emergency room at some understaffed critical access hospital but so understaffed they frankly had to send all their patients to the hospital where i worked. so a lot of what i'll say now will reflect that perspective. let me first go here. i'm interested in the medicare wage index and which hospitals with a higher cost structure get more. if you will, the more get more. now it seems as if under current law, you're bationed upon your geographic area, rural hospitals in my state cannot compete with the urban hospital because medicare policy which tells the urban hospital, we're going to give you more. and so obviously if you're a nurse and have to decide where to work, you can go where you would earn more. the cost of wages, current policy does not have a floor or ceiling in place for an adjustment in which the cost of wages is considerably reimbursing providers so as i said, urban hospitals get

brett cassidy he agreed implanting essure. his opinion changed he says after a patient came back. >> she was having brain fog. migraines. joint pain. in her neetz. arms, wrists. >> those seem like strange symptoms to even be linked with, with, a destries like this. >> in my exact thoughts. >> heave ee ven deter menned she needed a hysterectomy. which removed the essure device with the uterus. what happened to her symptoms. >> gone. >> completely. >> gone within a week. she was feeling 100% belter. >> that was three years ago. since then, dr. cassidy has done over 100 hysterectomies for women with similar problems since concluded essure can cause reactions. >> the coils are made of nick m and polyester fibers. and when they're placed in the tube, itty yalts an inflammation reaction. but the inflammation reaction continues in the body. >> so, you are basically saying that these two tiny little coils, can make your whole body go haywire. >> yeah, hard to imagine or believe. >> bayer says hysterectomy is not the only option for es

we are also honored to be joined by senator bill cassidy. senator? please. [applause] one of my great friends, senator orrin hatch. thank you, orrin. thank you. [applause] congressman michael burgess. michael, thank you very much. thank you. thank you. congressman buddy carter. [applause] greg jehan forte. -- greg gianforte. and numerous officials from around the country. today, my administration is launching the most sweeping action in history to lower the price of prescription drugs for the american people. we have wanted to be doing this. it frombeen working on day one. it has been a complicated process but not too complicated. and today, it is happening. we will have tougher negotiations. more competition. themuch lower prices at pharmacy counter. and it will start to take affect very soon. my administration has already taken significant steps to get drug prices under control. we reformed the drug discount program for safety net hospitals to save senior citizens hundreds of millions of dollars on drugs this year alone. are also increasing competition and

senator cassidy is next and then senator cantwell. hopefully we can get both of these colleagues in in the next few minutes. >> what would i do without you? >> is the jewish people would say, only. >> senator cassidy i am sorry. >> i never overlook you, sir. >> is my daughter would say, omg. thank you very much. >> i am a physician and i have worked in a hospital for the underinsured and work with my colleagues that are in the emergency room in the understaffed critical access hospital. they think they have to send all their patients to the hospital where i work. a lot of what i will say now reflect that perspective. >> let me first go here. i am interested in the medicare wage index. in which hospitals with a higher cost structure get more. if you will, the more get more. now it seems as if under current law based upon your geographic area, were hospitals in my state cannot compete with the urban hospital because of medicare policy which tells the urban hospital we are going to give you more. obviously if you are a nurse and you have

we are also honored to be joined by senator bill cassidy. senator? senator cassidy, please.se] friends, senator orrin hatch. [applause] thank you, orrin. thank you. congressman michael burgess. michael, thank you. [applause] thank you. congressman buddy carter. [applause] forte.sman greg jehan hi, greg. [applause] numerous state officials from all over the country. today, my administration is launching the most sweeping action in history to lower the price of prescription drugs to the american people. we have wanted to be doing this, we have been working on it right day one. it has been a complicated process but not too complicated and today it is happening. we will have tougher negotiations, more competition, and much lower prices at the pharmacy counter, and it will start to take effect very soon. my administration has already taken sick of you steps to get drug prices under control. we reformed the drug discount program for safety net hospitals to save senior citizens hundreds of millions of dollars on drugs this year alone. we are also increasing competition and reducing

we're also honored to be joined by senator bill cassidy. senator? where is senator cassidy? please, please. one of my great friends, senator orrin hatch. thank you, orrin. thank you. congressman michael burgess. michael, thank you very much. thank you. congressman buddy carter. congressman greg gianforte. hi, greg. and numerous state officials from all over the country. today my administration is launching the most sweeping action in history to lower the price of prescription drugs for the american people. we've wanted to be doing this, we've been working on it right from day one. it's been a complicated process but not too complicated, and today it's happening. we will have tougher negotiation, more competition and much lower prices at the pharmacy counter, and it will start to take effect very soon. my administration has already taken significant steps to get drug prices under control. we reformed the drug discount program for safety net hospitals to save senior citizens hundreds of millions of dollars on drugs this year alone. we're also increasing competition and reducin

destroying a home and three others, abc7 news started in the backyard of a home near cassidy street and spread quickly. it got so bad, firefighters called for a fifth alarm because of the flying embers. no reports of injuries and the cause is not yet known. >>> in the north bay, police need your help identifying a man they say exposed himself to a teenage girl inside a drugstore. and central marin police released this surveillance photo of him and went inside the rite aid last night and told police felt someone brush up against her and when she turned around, saw the suspect exposing himself. >> we have an update on a story we shared with you on abc7 news and arrested a man suspected of stealing rainbow flags and they've been taken from a pole outside of the chamber of commerce and one of them ended up being tossed into the russian river and deputies were led to 55-year-old vincent while investigating a bomb threat. they say o'sullivan set off a pipe bomb to harm members of the lgbtq community. >>> a clean-up operation under way at the white house over what's called an insensitive joke

. >> cassidy performed 100 hysterectomies on women who have assure. bayer, its maker does take the complaints seriously but shows the risks outweigh the benefits -- or the benefits outweigh the risk. implanted in more than 1 million women world wide. >>> he grew up in a refugee camp and moved across the world to realize his dream of earning a college degree. >>> and we want to invite you pet lovers out there to send questions about their health and well-being. we'll have dr. jail chase every friday here at noon. i'm dianne feinstein and i approve this message. i support the affordable care act, and voted against all trump's attempts to repeal it. but we need to do more. i believe in universal health care. in a public health option to compete with private insurance companies. and expanding medicare to everyone over 55. and i believe medicare must be empowered to negotiate the price of drugs. california values senator dianne feinstein to negotiate the price of drugs. weaving your own shoes...rgy by out of flax. or simply adjust your thermostat. do your

we're also honored to be joined by senator bill cassidy, senator. where is senator cassidy? please. [applause] one of my great friend. senator orrin hatch. thank you, orrin. [applause] thank you. congressman michael burgess. michael, thank you very much. [applause] congressman buddy carter. [applause] congressman greg gianfotte. thank you, greg. numerous state officials from all over the country. today my administration is launching the most sweeping action in history to lower the price of prescription drugs for the american people. we've wanted to be doing this. we've been working on it right from day one. it has been a complicated process but not too complicated and today it is happening. we will have tougher negotiation, nor competition and much lower prices at the pharmacy counter, and it will start to take effect very soon. my administration has already taken significant steps to get drug prices under control. we reformed the drug discount program for safety-net hospitals, to save senior citizens hundreds of millions of dollars on drugs this year alone. we're also increasing co

we're also honored to be joined by senator bill cassidy. senator. where is senator cassidy? please. please. one of my great friends, senator orrin hatch. thank you, orrin. thank you. congressman michael burgess, michael, thank you very much. thank you. thank you, michael. congressman buddy carter. congressman greg gianforte. hi, greg. and numerous state officials from all over the country. today my administration is launching the most sweeping action in history to lower the price of prescription drugs for the american people. we have wanted to be doing this, we have been working on it right from day one. it has been a complicated process but not too complicated. and today it is happening. we will have tougher negotiation, more competition, and much lower prices at the pharmacy counter and it will start to take effect very soon. my administration has already taken significant steps to get drug prices under control. we reformed the drug discount program for safety net hospitals, to save senior citizens hundreds of millions of dollars on drugs this year alone. we're also increasing com

[laughter] >> senator cassidy, i'm sorry. i never overlook you, sir. >> as my daughter would say, omg. thank you very much. folks, i'm a physician and i worked in a hospital for the uninsured and often interfaced with my colleagues who are in emergency room with understaffed critical access hospital but so understaffed that frankly they had to send their patients to the hospital where i worked. a lot of what i will say now reflects that perspective. let me first go here. i'm interested in the medicare wage index. hospitals at the higher cost structure get more and if you will the more get more. it seems as if under current law you are based upon your geographic area rural hospitals in my state cannot compete with the urban hospital because of medicare policy which tells them urban hospital we will give you more. if you are a nurse you will offer -- you tend to go where you go more. the current policy does not have a floor or ceiling in place for an adjustment in which the cost of wages is comparable when reimbursing providers

thank you senator cassidy. senator smith. >> thank you chair alexander and ranking member murry. and to our testifiers today. i want so start by saying senator isackson i appreciate your candor in saying it's hard to figure out with what's going on with drug prices and who pays what? when? how much? why? i wonder if that's by design rather than by accident. to patient's needs. this is how we stretch -- there are three sources. could you just tell us a little bit about how you think these -- proposed changes would affect rural safety net hospitals. >> make sure i understand your question correctly, are you talking about the payment? >> yes. yes. also sort of these -- this emphasis on better kind of what additional regulatory burden might be placed. >> i think its important to address your issue about how they will affect hospitals. we will need to monitor that as the implementation rules out and see whether or not the savings blocks those cuts in anyway. i any terms of of the burden you are also addressing that also needs to be taken in consideration. obviously the inspector gener

flames move through a line of cyprus trees on cassidy street near tennessee street. >>> >> strong winds caused the fire to spread quickly and crews were called from surrounding areas. authorities were worried about the area for weeks because it was cluttered. everyone was able to get out of homes safely. >>> a california boy suffered minor injuries after a bounce house blew away with children inside. this was in san bernardino county. the bounce house was ripped from its moorings. a boy fell out as the inflatable structure rolled onto a highway and struck a vehicle. the child was taken to the hospital. officials say he will be okay. the driver of the vehicle hit by the bounce house was not hurt. hu the boy was rattled. >>> the card information may have been compromised at a chili's restaurant. it would is affected by a data breach. customer credit card and debit card information was hacked. it is unclear how many customers were affected. the breach happened between march and april. it is unclear whether any restaurants in the bay area were affected. we go to -- >>> we go to hawaii where

cassidy research. if not you should be. it's free and it's fascinating. they monitor and distribute translations of television broadcasts can newspaper and magazine articles in middle east that originate in arabic, farsi and other languages spoken in that part of the world. some of it is encouraging. people with reasonable and good point if you occasionally surface of what may strike you overwhelmingly when reading material that distribute is the degree to which a small change of daily discourse in middle east, whether on television, in newspapers or magazines when places of worship consists of myths, of narratives that has no connection to objective truth whatsoever. whether it's the claim that was responsible for 9/11 and award jews not to show up for work, or that christians are conducting another crusade from romer mostly sleep the israeli government is planning to change the rules that a been in effect for decades to control access to the temple mount and al-aqsa mosque interest in. this is gross offense in our society. to prefer narratives and facts

mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the committee-reported substitute amendment be withdrawn, cassidy subs it ought to -- substitute at the desk be agreed to, the cassidy title amendment be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 289, s. 1333. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 289, s. 1333, a home for rental assistance for at home risk indian veterans. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask that the committee-reported substitute amendment be agreed to and the bill be considered read a third time. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. mcconnell: i know of no further debate on the bill. the presiding officer: the question is on passage of the bill, as amended. all may never say aye. all opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the bill, as amended,

senator cassidy? >> just to follow up on what senator kane said. it's obvious that the program is being used as it is to be used, to help those lower income folks. that's a good thing. but i do want to quote a journal of medicine article, in which nyu researchers found, that if you look at the present -- provision of cancer care, in a 340b program versus a non- 340b program, there are actually fewer lower income patients and that cancer care. so, the 340b program, which ostensibly is given this discount to provide more services, statistically is associated with providing fewer services. there is no significant difference in hospital provision of safety net or inpatient care for low income groups, or in mortality among the low income revenue of the hospital service area. if you will, it is an indictment. theoretically,-i worked in a 340b hospital. some of them are fantastic. and, their patients, the poor folks hospital where i work, they only got medicine because of this program. but it does say that there are issues with how it is currently being d

we are also honored to be joined by senator bill cassidy. where is senator cassidy? please. [applause] one of my great friends. orrin hatch. thank you, or in. -- orrin. congressman burgess. thank you very much. congressman buddy carter. congressman greg jan forte. gianforte. and numerous state officials. my administration today is launching the most sweeping action in history to lower the price of prescription drugs to the american people. we have wanted to be doing this and we have been working on it from day one. it has been a complicated process, but not too complicated. we will have tougher competition, more and much lower prices at the pharmacy counter. it will start to take effect very soon. has alreadyation taken significant steps to get drug prices under control. we have had a drug discount program for safety net hospitals and hospitals and saved senior citizens hundreds of millions of dollars on drugs this year alone. we are increasing competition and reducing regulatory burdens so drugs can be gotten into the market quicker and cheaper. eliminating the middleman. t

. >> we get senate's reaction to president's drug price announ announcement with bill cassidy (slow jazzusic) ♪ fly me to the moon ♪ and let me play (bell ring) >>> welcome back, down to the floor where mike is in the post up position looking at yelp, mike >> yeah, kelly, you remember about 23 hours ago, yelp reported results, looked good, and in fact, considered good in terms of top and bottom line, but light on earnings guidance at post five, stock is down 8% today. seems like a reaction to a couple things. one, stock's been on a huge run, still up 50% over the last 12 months even after the decline, but, also, a little bit of uncertainty surrounding the new strategy for selling ads, going away from sort of a one-year contract for advertisers, making it more flexible for them, and some investors are not sure how it pans out, advertised insurance, seems like an opportunity for profit taking in a hot name, guys >> mike, thank you see you in a couple minutes. >> we have just six minutes left of trade up by 62 points on the dow right back for the closing countdown. >> it's going to be a sil

at one point fire crews were fighting two separate fires on cassidy street. live in vallejo, rob malcolm ktvu fox2 news. >>> another house that caught fire, this one in san francisco. it broke out just before two this afternoon on san bruno afternoon. you can see it there, smoke coming from the home. firefighters were able to put it out and stop it from spreading to nearby houses. luckily nobody was hurt. authorities still investigating the cause.>>> police searching for a man who robbed the bank while in disguise. authorities say this man robbed a u.s. bank inside a safeway located on san ramon valley park -- boulevard. the suspect is described as a white male. glasses and as you see in this picture fake dark-colored goatee. if you recognize him call san ramon police.>>> for voters rescued after their fishing boat ran aground this morning. they had a passenger on board, this happened near the slew, when rescuers weren't able to tow the boat stay airlifted to the boaters to a hospital in napa. the owner says they plan on re- floating the vessel at high tide.

are you back and i'm sorry for going over, madam chair. >> thank you, senator cassidy. senator smith. >> i'm happy to be here today. i am new to this committee but i am so struck by the reality that with hurricane maria we lived -- american citizens live through the second-largest blackout in the history of the world and it's incredible to think about. we are still working to recover from this. i am thinking about what would happen if this had happened in my state of minnesota and we were still waiting to recover and i appreciate the complexities of trying to respond to this amazing disaster but i'd like to first go to mr. walker and mr. alexander and try to get it what you think our responsibility is in puerto rico. we have this committee has to be the voice for frederico because there are no representatives for puerto rico on this committee but what is our response only to make sure we recover quickly from this? it feels like it is up to us. >> ma'am, our responsibilities are tied to the stafford act and its to provide temporary interim repairs not permanent repairs a

senator cassidy. >> i agree with what the chair said. there's a lot of things to talk about here. but let me kind of go to you, mr. walker, and i think also you mr. ovega. you mentioned the desire for resilience and for 30% renewables. now, when we took our tour of puerto rico, there were lots of smashed windows, and our tour of the u.s. virgin islands a lot of smashed solar panels. so i'm guessing if you're going to be resilient there has to be at least some redundancy in terms of, yes, we have renewables but there has to be an amount of back up generation either base load and/or reserved generation. is that correct? >> senator, when i spoke earlier i spoke about the integration of renewables as part of the strategy. i did not indicate any percentage like in rps. >> that may be used, sir. >> that being said the question you asked is a good one because i, too, saw the havoc that was brought during hurricane maria and the impact it brought to renewables. to thatened part of the effort we are undertaking is the utilization of our expertise of our weather data, particularly wind, to

it was like sean cassidy. he was on tv. >> greg: he was a hardy boy. can you name the other.ristry alley. >> dana: then i put alex p. kea ton. >> jason: i did dig marsha brady can then farra fa wcett. >> greg: i had mrs. howell. she is on a deserted island and she had everything and put together as an older one. >> dana: we did the gill begans island. and this is better from alex. if you had to exist in a reality based off a movie or tv show, which would you choose. i kind of know what dana is going to say. >> dana: nashville. >> greg: you could live in that show. >> dana: i could live in that show. the record label. i would do pr, they need help. >> greg: i was going to say little house on the prairie. >> kimberly: no, i like running water. >> greg: jason? >> jason: lost. that is a great show. >> greg: that is not a happy existence. >> jason: no, i like to fight. >> dana: you like the show. >> greg: guy is runing for congress. kimberly. >> kimberly: in the movie. laquita. >> greg: you are thinking you want to be the character. >> kimberly: okay. >> greg: you are talking abou

what i knew was cowboys, the lone ranger, hopalong cassidy, rogers, dale who i had a crush on. i am dating myself. i love cowboys, horses, and i was a big fan of ufos in the 50s. there were ufo sightings every afternoon in my neighborhood. saw one over the garage at 4:00. everybody believed it. they were throwing pie pans and taking pictures and putting them on the news. it occurred to me i could forge my two loves into a coherent story, cowboys and ufos, if i had my cowboys on a cattle drive out of tulsa, out on the range, when suddenly these little silver spheres appear and start sucking them off their saddles into the ufo with a tractor beam. where they perform horrifying experiments, which i thought was funny because cowboys don't take a lot from anybody. there's a lot of stuff going on, a ufo of cowboys, trying to do experiments on. i am now involved in hollywood. paramount option the rights to all my books so i'm getting ready to make a movie and i am thinking i got an early taste of hollywood when 40 years later a new movie coming out called cowboys and aliens. how low c

neil: senator bill cassidy, thank you for taking the time. we will have a lot more on not. like crazy. i believe nine of 11 s&p said yours are up right now. most of it on the relief that will not at least be going to war with china over trade. for now. after this. with this clever little app called audible. you can listen to the stories you love while doing the things you love, outside. binge better. audible. trying to all right, the president is apoplectic about that. a lot of people around him are curious about that. a lot of folks wondering, informant is kind of like doing something weird in the middle of a presidential campaign which has never happened before. blake burman at the white house with the latest. this is why president trump was reading about this throughout the entirety for a good portion of this weekend. a handful of tweets. he has not said yet 3100% believes this was the case. his team has not yet said the 100% believe this was the case. the president continues with the possibility of this. for example, one of his tweets over the weekend. if the fbi or doj

illinois doctor brett cassidy says at first he agreed.ce, but his opinion changed, he says, after a patient came back. >> she was having brain fog, migraines, joint paint in her knees, arms, wrists. >> reporter: those seem like strange symptoms to even be linked with a device like this. >> yeah. my exact thoughts. >> reporter: he eventually determined she needed a hysterectomy which removed the essure devices along with the uterus. >> reporter: and what happened to her symptoms? >> gone. >> reporter: completely. >> completely gone. within a week she was feeling 100% better. >> reporter: that was three years ago and since then dr. cassidy has done over 100 hysterectomies with women with the same problem. essure can cause reactions in some women. >> the coils are made of nickel and polyester fibers and when they are placed in the tube it creates an inflammation reaction but the inflammation reaction continues in the body. >> reporter: so you're basically saying that these to you tiny little coils can make your whole body go haywire? >> it's

it's an interesting mix of people, chuck schumering with bill cassidy, marco rubio. this is a bipartisan issue. i think it's ironic because nobody ever talked about zte or these things before. where do we go from here and how much are democrats willing to push an issue theyer in pushed before. >> this is a rare coalition of progressive democrats and republicans coming together in the name of national security with regard to zte. we never heard about this until president trump tweeted about it. there are a lot of national security concerns. we all agree that there are concerns about national security implications. and this is what president trump has to focus on. i would advise hip to focus on more jobs in america as opposed to trying to bail out a chinese-based company. charles: i am not so sure it's about bailing out the company. it's the fourth largest cell phone company in the world and they use a lot of parts made by american companies. it perhaps why the stock market was down today over ambivalence. they want to be the world's leader in technology and military p

. >> a stream of smoke broke out around 5 pm on cassidy street. it spread to a home and destroyed it. no one was hurt. three other homes sustained minor damage after a cypress tree caught fire and sent embers flying from -- through the neighborhood. meanwhile, -- >>> earlier today volunteers installed smoke alarms at the magic sands mobile home park. half $1 million was donated to get the alarms installed at no cost to homeowners. >> in the city of san jose, we have 11,000 mobile homes. most of the vietnamese are there. the reason i come back here, in order to help them. >> last year, he donated $5 million to help victims of the coyote creek flood. his fire alarm funds will be managed by the fire department. the donation comes after a deadly fire break through at another mobile home last month. a 22-year-old man was killed trying to save his niece. the girl was later found safe.>>> to one family, this is more than a fundraiser but a way to honor the murder of a man whose case is still unsolved. >> the 17th annual car show is a fundraiser and one f

the fire moved through a line of cypress trees on cassidy street. the strong winds pushed the fire so fast, fire crews called and help from venetia, napa, fairfield, and suisun city. neighbors say the worried about that poverty for weeks because it looked cluttered. firefighters say there was some fire damage to three other homes but everyone got out safely. >>> oakley man is hospitalized undergoing a mental health evaluation after fire and shot inside and outside his home. police say the 7-year-old man believed that burglars were entering his house with guns and screwdrivers. he fired a few shots with a pistol. officers found the man outside the home with a shotgun in his hand. he was taken into custody. >>> new evacuations have been ordered near hawaii's kilauea volcano. there are 17 fissures that have opened up on the big island. and lava steam, and toxic gas are coming out of those cracks in the earth. the volcano started erupting two weeks ago. there are fears now the lava flows will increase and the volcano may start shooting rocks as big as a

it happened on cassidy street. it started in the backyard and quickly spread to the home and destroyed it. nobody was hurt but three other homes sustained minor damage after a nearby street caught fire incident numbers flying through the neighborhood. >> meanwhile, in san jose, a big effort was under way to stop constructive fires before they start. yesterday, smoke alarms were installed at the magic sands mobile home park. we were on hand for the event. >> there was no cost to homeowners to get them installed. >> i came back here to help them. >> last year, he donated $5 million to help victims of the coyote creek flood. the san jose fire department will manage the new program. >> president trump is signaling that he wants to open negotiations with california about fuel efficiency and tailpipe emissions. mr. trump met with executives from 10 car companies this week. the automakers that support easing the rules but they also want to make sure they can still sell the same cars nationwide. but since california is abl

the flames moved fast through a line of cypress trees on cassidy street. not far from tennessee street. there were strong winds pushing the flames so fast that vallejo called and help from venetia, napa, fairfield, and system city. neighbors say the worry about the property for weeks because it seemed really cluttered. firefighters say there was some fire damage to three other homes but everyone was able to get out safely. >>> new talk of another possible shakeup among staff. that after leaks from the staff about senior communications aide kelly sadler. she reportedly dismissed concerns over arizona senator john mccain's opposition to the nomination of gina haspel for cia director by saying, quote, he's dying anyway. the white house has not apologized for the remarks about sources tell fox news that there's disappointing -- disappointment that the staff made public information in a private meeting. >>> our time is 5:45. let's get you moving this morning. sal, have you fixed things on interstate 880? >> we're looking at it here, dave and pam. southbound 880

have you ever named anyone named cassidy? >> sean: no. >> welcome to the special edition of hannity. president trump pulling the plug for now on a potential nuclear summit with north korean dictator kim jong un. and tonight, north korea is responding by saying, it still willing to sit down with the u.s. at any time. in a statement earlier today, president trump announced that he is shoving shutting down tht because of quote tremendous anger and open hostility coming from the north koreans." the commander in chief didn't mince words earlier today. take a look. >> president trump: many things can happen, and a great opportunity lies ahead potentially. i believe that this is a tremendous setback for north korea, and indeed, a setback for the world. i have spoken to general mattis, and the joint chiefs of staff, and our military, which is by far the most powerful anywhere in the world, and has been greatly enhanced recently, as you well know. it is ready if necessary. likewise, i have spoken to south korea, and japan, and they ar

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. >> senator cassidy. >> i agree with what the chair said. there are a lot of things to talk about here. let me go to you, mr. walker, and also you mr. [inaudible] you mention the desire for resilience and for 30% renewables. when we took our tour of puerto rico there was lots of smashed windows and our tour of u.s. virgin islands a lot of smashed solar panels. if you're going to be resilient there has to be some redundancy but there has to be an amount of backup generation as either baseload and or reserve generation. is that correct? >> senator, when i spoke earlier, i spoke about the integration of renewables as part of the strategy, i did not indicate any percentage, but with that being said, the question you ask is a good one. i also saw the havoc that was wrought during hurricane maria and the impact it had on renewables to that end, part of the modeling effort we are undertaking is the utilization of our expertise with weather data, particularly wind to identify where there are opportunities strategically to place things like solar and

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chris cassidy and sue hurley and others during the year to engage people about what is happening in space. and on the president's birthday itself, we had the largest crowd of any day since the library opened. it opened in 1979. we had so many people. i don't want to say it was just because of the 500 pound cake that we had. that cake was made by the same baker that made the engagement cake for president and mrs. kennedy in the 1950's. this was with the mayor of boston. this was just on the weekend. throughout the year, we had an event -- this is ernest hemingway's son. we had a whole series of forums -- stephen kennedy smith, president kennedy's nephew. he and doug brinkley compiled a fantastic book of speeches from president kennedy and commentaries and they came and talked about that. and of a few weeks later, the former head of the united nations, ban ki-moon came to talk about what is going on around the world and president kennedy's legacy at the u.n. where he signed the first nuclear disarmament agreement. when president kennedy came in, we had 30,000 nuclear missiles. when the curr

senator cassidy. >> just to follow up on what senator kaine said because if obviously the program is being used as it is to be used to help those lower income folks, that's a good thing. i do want to quote a "new england journal of medicine" article in which nyu researchers found that if you look at the provision of cancer karat a 340b program versus a non340b program, there's actually fewer lower income patients in that cancer care. so the 340b program which ons tensebly is getting this kiss discount to provide more services statistically is associated with providing fewer services. and there's no significant differences in hospital provision of safety net or inpatient care for low income groups or in more facility at that time among low income residents of the hospital's local service area. if you will, it is an indictment. theoretically, i worked in a 340b hospital. some of them are fantastic and patients at the hospital where i worked that only got medicine because of this program. it seems as if there are some issues with lou it's currently being done. i noticed that consumer gr

we are also honored to be joined by senator bill cassidy. senator? where is the senator? please. [applause] one of my great friends. senator orrin hatch. thank you, orrin. [applause] thank you. congressman michael burgess. michael, thank you very much. [applause] congressman buddy carter. [applause] congressman greg gianforte. hi, greg. [applause] numerous state officials from all over the country. today my administration is launching the most sweeping action in history to lower the price of prescription drugs for the american people. we have wanted to be doing this. we have been working on it right from day one. it has been a complicated process, but not too complicated. and today it's happening. we will have tougher negotiation, more competition and much lower prices at the pharmacy counter. and it will start to take effect very soon. my administration has already taken significant steps to get drug prices under control. we reform the drug discount program for safety net hospitals to save senior citizens hundreds of millions of dollars on drugs this year alone. we are also incr

says you cassidy vote illegally, who are you?> i and the representative of the massachusetts -- >> that means you are an attorney? >> yes. >> why did you cast that alec illegally or did you? >> -- ballot illegally or did you? .> i didn't i cast a ballot as it was given to me. i believe the two votes that marycast i john powers and also complied with the laws of the commonwealth of massachusetts and they agree that it complies with the loss of the commonwealth -- laws of the common lot of massachusetts. this law was applied in 1966. >> thank you very much, dan. let's catch up with the vote. let me fill you in. minnesota cast 38, 38 for humphrey, 11 and a half -- mississippi castanon .5 votes for humphrey, 6.5 for mccarthy -- cast 9.5 for humphrey, 6.5 for mccarthy. montana, 26. votes for casts 2.5 senator eugene mccarthy and 23.5 , and for vice president the next president of the united states, hubert humphreys. [applause] votes montana vote, 23.5 for vice president humphrey and 2.5 votes for senator mccarthy. nebraska, 30. casts

we are joined by gerard cassidy managing director at rbc are you happy about the rollback or are we just seeding the fields for the next financial crisis >> i would say the vocal rollback is not too significant. we are not going back to the way we were, joe, pre 2008 there is a lot of regulatory min sha addressed yesterday. goldman sachs, j.p. morgan, they're not going to be trading like they were be every the crisis >> so it's not a net negative for society? it's a net positive? >> i would say it's a small net positive for society if you will the smaller banks, there is a bank over in new jersey, sb 1 bank they're not going to be impacted by this, it's for the big banks. they want to make sure they don't go back to the trading they used to do. they are rolling back the compliance costs >> so missteps stein europe, they're trying to run up a free market economy they flatten our yield curve when they mess up over there does that mean that we're headed in -- that indicates a recession or a slow down why should italy cause us to have a flatter yield curve >> joe, it's a very good point we s