we have the little lobbyist here, the children with pre-existing conditions. if you had one subject of the bill that you would address, pre-existing conditions, what is in jeopardy here and the republicans have made it worse with these further tweaks of last night. >> the white house was trying to say on the sunday talk shows that pre-existing conditions are protected. yet, when you look at the language, it gives the states the right to have the intention to protect but there's no guarantee to protect pre-existing conditions. and it penalizes many of the states that did the medicaid plus, the medicaid advantage. >> the expansion of medicaid. the fact is is that what they've done in this bill as bad as the other bill was, they've made it worse in terms of pre-existing conditions. in terms of medicaid which affects many people with pre-existing conditions, it makes matters worse. but it's interesting to note the following. when they say people are covered with pre-existing, you can get insurance for pre-existing conditions if you happen to have advanced cancer,

, high-cost conditions. we have to be honest and set aside the rhetoric and demagoguery. we have to take the first step of loosening the ties of the one size fits all model and letting states innovate like wisconsin and maine. in maine when they enacted invisible high-risk schools, premiums for young people were cut to a third of what they had been. for older folks, it was cut in half. it's possible to do this if we're honest >> this is a 10 minute briefing. >> hello. hello. we've come to talk little bit about what we can do on health care. my opinion from the get go on the graham cassidy repeal is that it is fake repeal. it keeps ever 90% of the spending, 90% of the taxes, simply reshuffles the formula. i think that if we do this the end result will be we will have a food fight over the formula every time one party takes over. i do not think there is a scenario where we get to any kind of stability in our country.

the blue line shows financial conditions. -- as you can see, financial conditions remain fairly loosen with more interest rate increases. how determined are they to raise rates come december? >> i think the votes are there but there will be more than one dissent and that is interesting, too. there's a legacy issue for janet yellen, if she doesn't stay on. she has begun this unwinding process. they feel it's justified in the majority of the votes. governors are more powerful than the presidents, they don't like that, but that's a fact of life. i think that is important going forward. another issue is just where is the opportunity going to be. scarlet: diane, thank you so much. >> -- federal open market committee decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at one to 1.25%. policy in thetive job market is a return to the 2% inflation consistent with our statutory objectives. that in october we will begin the balance sheet normalization program that we outlined in june. this program will reduce our securities holdings in a gradual and predictable manner. i will have mo

current conditions is where we'll start. temperature of 55 degrees, the reading in philadelphia. 49 this morning in allentown. yet again, very lucky to say this, knowing what's happening in florida. we have a beautiful day ahead. we'll go from 52 in wilmington to this afternoon, some mid 70s. 52 as well the temperature in atlantic city. and our water temperature sits at 70 just outside atlantic city. on our radar and satellite view, a clear picture overhead. no rain, no cloud coverage to track. we'll see that when sunrise hits, but really, this is a nice start to our day. just a light jacket will do the trick as you head out the door. let's look at the conditions through the rest of the day. we go from 55 this morning at 6:11 a.m., to 69 around the lunch hour. and there's the 70 i was talking about. 4:00 p.m., 70 degrees and we could go up to 75 for the forecast high. notice the winds today. they'll be coming in from the northeast, and that's going to keep temperatures yet again at bay. we should be right around 84 this time

host: stand from florida, he brought up the existing conditions.ll of the npr website may have a side-by-side comparison of what currently exists under the aca and what is proposed under the cassidy-ram plan. current law, coverage cannot be denied or cost more. but it also states what happens under the gram-cassidy plan which states that there would be no coverage for people with pre-existing conditions. each state could wave that aca's rules covering pre-existing condition benefits and insurance could take health status into account and raise rates for people with pre-existing conditions in those dates. -- in those states. from georgia, on our support line, hello. >> hello, i love c-span and you are doing a great job. the first two callers had it right. one supported and one opposed. it is a responsibility of the individual for health care. secondly, we've the watchers and listeners of c-span, we know this. thethe guy that said that other guys are falling on a slippery slope and said that you are highest media, that is completely false. you guys a

because now the only way pre-existing conditions are -- pre-existing conditions are covered is because of a mandate. healthy people have to buy insurance to offset people who are sick. they got rid of the mandate, so of course it can't be the same because no insurance company can underwrite only sick people. i was an attorney. i did health care law. that can't happen. common sense says it can't happen. this bill ends planned parenthood funding for one year and results in million of americans losing insurance. we don't know the number because they want to score a political victory with the healthcare of fellow americans. that's wrong. it's immoral, it's wrong. people are going to get sick and die without coverage. >> it's a perfectly fine public policy debate, right? one person could say, look, i think the states should have the right to tailor, we'll block grant it, and if california and new york want to do single payer, great, and if mississippi and alabama want to have different reforms, we have laboratories of democracy -- >> then you can't guarantee it then. >> we should have a no,

you explained pre-existing conditions. what they can do, however, is charge you as much as they want. pre-existing conditions are gone. health care is gone. this is nonsense. this is a ridiculous bill. it's a hard right bill. i don't think graham has any idea what's in this bill and ought to stick to foreign policy and stop this crap. >> julie, you will be our non partisan referee here. the closest thing we have. you're the closest thing we have to the cbo in this discussion. on the jimmy kimmel versus cassidy fight, how do you see it? >> well, it is mostly semantic fight. i think that the senators are right with language in the bill that seeks to protect pre-existing conditions but there's other language that undermines them so you can wave the essential health benefits, required benefits and you can charge people more and that way to offer people with pre-existing condition coverage without what they need and charge them things they can't afford and there is technically language in the bill to seek to say you'll protect

mostly sunny conditions, and warm conditions, as well. near record for some of us today.terday a few spots broke records. high of 92 yesterday in philadelphia. 25 days of 90 and above it you count yesterday. today will be a close call. look at neighborhood planners. at 8:00 a.m., 71 in philly. by 4:00, 88 degrees. calling for an official high of 89. i would not be surprised if a few spot neighborhoods in philadelphia make it to the low 90s. in the suburbs, 84 at your lunch hour. sunny to mostly sunny this afternoon. 87 at 4:00. in the lehigh valley, 4:00 p.m., 86. i'm calling for it to be near 90. some of us farther north getting toasty out there. dwar delaware, 68 at 8:00 a.m. 86 by this afternoon. in new jersey, 66 to 86. at the shore, very nice, up to 74 degrees. 4:00 p.m. some spots making it to the upper 70s. there's a high risk of rip currents to develop. that means dangerous conditions in the waters. sometimes you can't tell, but they have a better likelihood of occurring when the waters churn up. hurricane maria is sitting to the south, moving our direction. likel

what are the conditions like over there? >> reporter: wolf, this is a scene of frustration and in some cases desperation right here behind me. a long line of cars all day long as residents, hundreds of them, have come up to this checkpoint before long key and turned away by sheriff's deputies. a lot of them are angry, frustrated. the weather is playing a part because it is 90-plus degrees. they're sitting here in hot cars waiting for any word they may be able to get past the checkpoint into their homes. sheriff's deputies have no timetable for it. we spoke to a sheriff deputy who explained why they're turning people away. we videotaped a confrontation between a sheriff's deputy and a man who was waving a bottle of medication who tried to get around it. take a look. >> this guy's showing medication. now he's letting him -- this guy's trying to get through with some medication. >> no! stop! you're going that way! >> you know why they're not letting residents in, palm? >> right now we're still trying to get everything together,

but in that it's conditional for them showing how they will make preexisting conditions covered on affordable base. there's also federal dollars that are provided to help states to do that. but nobody can deny costs right now are going through the roof. >> dickerson: leaving aside the plenty of problems with the bill as people on both sides say but on this question of preexisting conditions the analysis from ama from the aarp, from the medicaid directors, they look at it they say, what's going to happen is the language, if they can opt out if offers an adequate and affordable alternative, that that is a huge hole through which states will increase cost, lower coverage for the most. we're talking about the mowing vulnerable, people with pre-existing conditions. if i'm out there this is what senator collins was talking about there's no back stop here. there's no guarantee. some day down the road it's going to get worse and people would like some kind of surety, all they hear is vague words about affordable and adequate. >> john, the current system is unsustainable. medicaid dollars are going to

conditions such as ocd and schizophrenia.ople suffering from the condition who will have had a late diagnosis and worsening of symptoms because of the fact that they're not diagnosed or treated at an early stage. there was nothing in my training at all about depersonalisation disorder. i never came across it both during my training as a gp or in my training at medical school. if you compare this to disorders such as ocd and bipolar disorder, if it has the same prevalence, then it should therefore have the same coverage. the royal college of gps says mental health is a key part of its curriculum and that training on complex mental health problems is being developed. the royal college's psychiatrist says that knowledge of the condition must be improved. simon says before he developed the condition himself he wrongly diagnosed at least two of his own patients. unfortunately, due to my lack of awareness of the condition i wasn't able to make a diagnosis. therefore, those two patients are not currently treated, to the best of my k

(steve) dangerously hot and dry conditions fueled this east bay fire.(pam) and that hot weather is not yet over. kron-'s chief meteorologist brittney shipp is here with the four zone forecast and how long it will last a warm offshore flow will continue through at least wednesday with above average daytime temperatures, mild overnight conditions and breezy winds in the hills. conditions cool slightly near the coast on thursday before spreading inland friday as onshore flow returns. (steve) neighbors anxiously watched as crews battled the fire.... hoping they could keep it from their homes.(pam) it was so intense --- one man says... it blocked him from reaching his home. kron-4's ella sogomonian joins us live from oakland with that part of the story ella? live this fire has stirred up a lot of memories for people living in the oakland hills back in 91. they tell me that fire was thought to have been put out then picked back up on the second day that caused the wreckage.so they hope that's not the case here but those i spoke with all felt confidant in the

to bring conditions to its attention. however, ssa hasn't provided guidance on its web page on how to make suggestions. hasn't consistently communicated with those about the status of recommendations. and has cannot conducted out reach efforts to help ensure all advocates are aware of the initiative. relatedly, ssa doesn't have clear or consistent criteria that is uses to determine whether to designate a condition at kal. as a result, ssa maybe over looking conditions that maybe appropriate for inclusion. turning now to how claims are designated as kal. we found that ssa procedures do not ensure all claims are accurately identified for processing. it relies on selection software that uses a word search of the impairment description to determine whether the claim refers to a condition. when the text is ambiguous, incomplete or inaccurate. the software won't catch the condition. for example, we found that the software accurately flagged stage 4 lung cancer. as advanced stage lung cancer a kal condition. but it didn't flag a

humid conditions, as well.e'll talk about it coming up. >>> we're also watching the schuylkill expressway this morning. cameras at route 202 showing construction. we're single-file lanes there. >>> coming up, a family in need of answers. >>> desperately needed supplies heading to puerto rico as people on the hurricane-ravaged island struggle with little food and water. >>> cashing in on a game-winning kick. carson wentz made a pledge about his kicker. now he's on the hook for tens of thousands of dollars. we just talked about that on facebook live on my facebook page. people are already reacting. >> got to be careful what you say. >>> coming up on 4:30. good morning. this is "nbc10 news today" first look at 4. i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm via sikahema. we'll get to meteorologist krystal klei and the most accurate weather forecast. warm one? >> i feel like i'm on repeat. hot and humid conditions. today will be a littdtle hotter than yesterday. yesterday, mid to upper 80s. today in philly at least, talking upper 80

in part reflecting improved economic conditions abroad. overall, we expect the economy will continue to expand at a moderate pace over the next few years. in the third quarter, economic growth will be held down by the severe disruptions caused by hurricanes harvey, irma, and maria. as the economy resumes in building gets underway, will likely bounce back. based on past experiences, these effects will unlikely alter the course of the economy beyond the next couple of quarters. of course for the families and communities that have been devastated by the storms, recovery will take time. on behalf of the federal reserve let me express her sympathy for those who have suffered losses. in the market job gains average 185,000 per month over the three months ending in august. a solid rate of growth that remained well above estimates of the pace necessary to absorb new entrants into the labor force. we know from timely indicators such as initial claims run employment insurance at the hurricane severely disrupted the labor market in the affected areas

we'll look at how low the temperatures go for the fall conditions coming up. now to jessica boyington. >>> we're watching the vine street expressway, near 8th. the vine street expressway open all morning, looking good. it wasn't a problem. the westbound side moving toward the schuylkill expressway eastbound toward 95. not seeing problems or delays now. same for the p.a. turnpike. both directions here, you see the roads there. green. 21 minutes westbound to eastbound, valley forge, speeds into the 60s there. i'll end with bridges. we'ron standby for any -- we're not on standby for any problems over the burlington bristol bridge. on the ben, good to go there, too. >>> reaction is pouring in from across the country to this -- a show of unity from the national football league. players, coaches, even owners and performers took a knee or linked arms during the national anthem. none of the eagles took a knee. instead they locked arms before the home opener. >> nbc10's pamela osborne joins us live now. >> much of this was sparked by comments by the president. tell us

look at the icon if you look current conditions in delaware. you see this right here, this means that we do have some patchy fog that we're seeing across the delaware valley, but right now it looks like it's a little bit more dense for parts of delaware. i say northern delaware specifically. current temperatures 67 degrees. here's why it's just going to be foggy this morning and pretty muggy all day long. we have this southerly and southwesterly influence that's tropical moisture moving into our area, so conditions for today are definitely going to be thick and soupy, that atmosphere is going to be nasty, but the good news is at least we have a pretty dry day. tracking some showers later on for today but overall not that bad. just pretty muggy. philadelphia current temperatures, 69 degrees. more clouds here locally. 8:00 a.m., 69. looks like 74 by 10:00 a.m. and by 2:00 p.m. we're seeing upper 70s to low 80s so not that bad as far as those expected high temperatures for today. the jersey shore, we're going to keep in this threat of maybe one or

sunny to mostly sunny conditions. this is very nice beach conditions for anyone who's heading down to the shore trying to feel like summer even though it's the first weekend of fall. it's definitely going to feel like summer. if you're going to the pennsylvania derby, i will be there this afternoon. temperatures are going to be on the warm side 84 at 1:00 p.m. by 3:00, 86, and by 6:00 p.m. still in those mid 80s with winds around 10 miles per hour. make sure you use some sunscreen because it's going to be sunny out there today but really these are nice conditions to get outdoors. how about in delaware 67 the temperature currently, but into the afternoon mid upper 80s for highs and same deal clear as can be. you can see from the live picture a little breezy this morning. the flags are kind of flapping around in the wind. and how about tomorrow on our sunday? over at the parkway in center city looking at temperatures that are going to be in the mid to upper 80s throughout noon to 2:00 p.m. for the puerto rican festival

wearing eagles green looking at conditions.ery nice for the game but hot for both the players and the fans to stay hydrated. key to enjoying the game. a look at radar and satellite. this is right now the view of hurricane maria, a category 2 hurricane. it has just downgraded this morning but, nonetheless, a powerful storm that we are watching. so the wind conditions, 110 miles an hour moving directly to the north at 9 miles an hour. it's doing what jose did, running parallel to the east coach. this is the latest track out from the national hurricane center through our sunday, through our monday, our tuesday, and wednesday early morning. a direct drive to the north running parallel and getting closer to the outer banks of north carolina. this area will see the biggest impacts from maria. it looks like most models agree a quick turn to the right. you see how the cone gets a little close to us by thursday and even into friday. it's going to be a ripple effect for us. we'll see things like chances of showers and increasing wind spe

we don't have air-conditioning. we're making plans. ice cream parlor after school and straight to the library. if you have to do something different to stay safe that, is the recommendation today. it is the heat we're talking about. >> i would love to fly to denver. it is cooler there. and the colorado buffaloes start their season today. >> i saw your tweet. >> mincing your football team there. >> we will talk more about that towards the end of the newscast. >> the bears play this weekend too. >> and san diego state. >> do they? i have no idea. >> christien kafton looking into what pg&e is doing today as the statewide flex alert goes into effect in a few hours because of the heat. >> we begin with rosemary orozco who is already tracking the temperatures right now. rosemary. >> yes. do i dare say it is already warm out there. giving you a look outside our doors where it is warm and hazy and it is going to get worse. a view from san francisco there across the bay where you can't even see the east bay this morning. we will continue to hav

our members are in the same conditions as the offenders.at i'm getting back from -- the feedback from the officers on the ground, they're going to tell us the truth of what is going on. there tends to be exaggeration of some of the conditions. i'm not going to paint a rosy picture like the agency. this is hurting disaster zone. there has been power outages in the area. obviously, disruption of water supplies -- which does create a sanitary issue. standing inates three or four feet of water? i visited some of these facilities, have talked personally with the officers. on a confidential basis. i have not heard of any of these arelities flooding that currently occupied. there have been issues of disruption of water supply and sanitary conditions. at the staff on the ground are in the same conditions and they do have a vested interest pertaining to their own health to keep a sanitary environment. amy: lance, you have told the isston press sheriff clarke just doing his job representing a rosier picture, that have been talking about the difficult

that exacerbates the condition. models in the last run as far as where the storm system will end up. still think 400 to 500 off the east shore of the united states. still it will want to shift away to the east. remains a major hurricane category 3 at least through early sunday morning before entering cooler waters. that will cause it to weaken. temps in the waters could drop down into the upper 70s. the i was looking a the this, a disaster modeling group analyzes the amount of damage. estimated $40 to $50 billion for harvey. $30 billion in economic lost. you were just talking moments ago about the $70 billion in debt. not good news. >> just a tough situation. the. >>> all right. a couple of national disasters unfortunate unfortunately. now to the tragedy infolding in m xico. the death toll climbing 245. vernment declaring three days of mourning. over 50 people have been rescued alive. search teams still digging through the rubble of a collapsed elementary school where at least 21 children lost their lives. let's get

that is not the end of the below average conditions. we'll talk more about that come up in just a bit. >> thank you, crystal. >>> 6:39. let's get a look at route 1 and the boulevard this morning. >> jessica, what are you seeing? >> guys, we're starting on the boulevard around wissahickon avenue where it looks like a good drive. more value on the southbound side. traffic moving towards the schuylkill sees more of an issue there. speaking of an issue, delays over the come doe barrier and on the eastbound side. so traffic is backinging up, for sure. so any traffic moving from p.a. into new jersey, we're seeing that delay there. here are our cameras approaching the delaware memorial bridge. so heading into delaware from new jersey shouldn't be a problem for now and we're starting to see an increase in drive times here on 95. katie. >> jessica, thanks. we want to bring you breaking news right now, sky 4's 10 has been launched and is headed to the homesburg section of philadelphia where we're hearing reports that a person has been run over by

dry conditions.me highs about 10 degrees above normal. again mid to upper 80s for us and sunshine more on maria coming up. more erin right now. >> all right. tucker barnes. 8:37 right now. a lot of weather to get through this morning. crazy storms. right now coming down 95 southbound from the baltimore beltway tour the capital beltway 95 southbound past 175 we're dealing with earlier crash that cleared but residual delays there. as we make our way down in southern maryland 26 miles per hour average brandywine into clinton we do have delays from the 301 split surratts road. improved an eight minute road. in act company key things on 210 moving okay. things are starting to ease past seminary 411 total from the bridge. taking wide view of our commute we're seeing heavy delays 295 southbound from riverdale park down about the 11th street bridge. 50 inbound is slow and the outer loop still seeing delays from pennsylvania avenue up to 50 from earlier crash in annapolis road. still about 35 minute slow down

>> we protect those with pre-existing conditions.r is offered has to be affordable. >> the ama, and the cbo of the early scoring, and you guys are trying to rush this through before you have a cbo score, and i don't know how you square that with respecting the reconciliation rules, and you have the republican senators that spend a lot on health care because of the complexity of their coverage needs, and why are they all against the bill? are they eaten on the insane root or know something you don't know? >> if i was a doctor in texas and i know there's going to be billions more in coverage, i would ask why did the ama do that? everybody fears change. everybody says even if it's from worse to better i don't want change. reality is think of the fellow back in louisiana who is paying over $40,000 a year, and he has a special needs daughter and he's got to take care of her. that insurance may be adequate, but for him it's not affordable. under our bill the state has the ability to put in things that makes it adequate and affordable. inde

they may be overlooking conditions appropriate for inclusion. conditions are designated as cal. fsa relies on selection software that uses a word search of the impairment description to determine whether the claim refers to a cal condition. when it is ambiguous or inaccurate the software won't catch the condition. for example, the software accurately flagged stage four lung cancer as advanced stage lung cancer but did not like a claim were the claimant described their condition as lung cancer terminal. this has the opportunity to correctlyims are designated as cal by manually changing a flag. staff varied on whether they add over move cal status. fsa does not have clear guidance on when to change cal designations and some examiners didn't understand the importance of making such changes. in 2016, half of disability offices did not manually add more than a single cal designation to a claim. found fsa uses detailed conditions known as impairment summaries as a key tool to ensure accurate claims decisions. these summaries are not regularly updated. a third of cow impairment server

states could waive that restriction on discrimination against people with preexisting conditions. this plan will still subject millions of americans with those preexisting conditions to price discrimination, meaning americans who may have had cancer, americans who are pregnant, americans with a child with autism could be forced to pay thousands and thousands of dollars more just to get coverage. what else does this newest piece of legislation, this attempt at trumpcare again, what else does it do? well, it ends the medicaid expansion, and it establishes a per capita cap and reduction of medicaid. by ending medicaid as we know it, after over 50 years of this program, by suddenly capping it and ultimately giving block grants to states, we know that it will affect dramatically the people that this program and these expansions have covered. and who gets covered by medicaid? who will be affected? well, in america right now, over half of all low-income families rely on medicaid. two out of three of our seniors living in nursing homes rely on medicaid. half -- half of all the births in t

have to add up that pre-existing condition if you didn't have a pre-existing condition and nothing to worry about. to finally get some peace ofti mind this brings back the ugly concept for keepinst t protection those who have a pre-existing condition that looks to be setting aside potential health benefits. unrav it is obvious during the trumpcare debate that the people count on today to leave that system falling apart. their many friends and neighborsp are raising their voicesks with health care legislationartn based to the grass-roots effort part of that approachpped that i describe multiple times. someone to come to the floor tonight to say once again is people in every community across our great country to n say once again we the people power.'t we need them to stand up to say we want to turn back the clock on the health care needs. with the seniors and the disabled. i'm in bed with the jewish holiday you can be sure i will hear a lot for the people of for again i am hopeful once again those people around america that those that support this, it is a mistake, they want to move for

>> i did. >> pre-existing conditions, you can't discriminate against pre-existing conditions. >> that's not true. it does not provide -- hold on, hold on, hold on, matt. matt, if you say something i got to fact check you. because the president said that a pre-existing condition, is it true, no, it does not provide the same sweeping protections of those with pre-existing condition ks as obamacare. here's why. prior to obamacare many people with pre-existing conditions found themselves branded uninsurable for life on the individual market. even a bad case of acne or a teen may have gone without coverage. so it doesn't provide the same level of pre-existing conditions as obamacare. it is just not true, what you're saying isn't true. >> no, i am true. but the question actually -- >> they can change the law to make it mirror the aca and you wouldn't have this debate at all. why not say insurers can't refuse to insure pre-existing conditions. >> but this bill specifically says that it has to be affordable and adequate coverage. >> that's not the -- >> that's what this bill specifically says.

aging of the us population, relatively steady participation rate is a further sign of improving conditions in the labor market here we expect that the job market will trend of further returning to inflation the 12 month change in the price index for personal consumption, expenditures was 1.4% in july, down from earlier in the year. core inflation which excludes the volatile food and energy category has also moved lower. for quite some time inflation has been running below the committees 2% longer run objective. however, we believe this year's shortfall in inflation primarily reflects development that is largely unrelated to broader economic conditions. for example, when reduction earlier this year in certain categories of prices such as wireless telephone services are currently holding down inflation , but these effects should be transitory. such development is not uncommon and as long as inflation expectation remains reasonably well anchored are not a concern from a policy perspective because there affects state a way. similarly the recent hurricane related increases in gasoline prices wi

she has as pre-existing condition.ot going to put her life at risk because of being denied coverage. her medical bills are extremely expensive. this is very real to me. i'm not going to be in favor of something that would somehow not take away pre-existing conditions. if you look at what the bill actually says, it says two parts, two protectionings. one, you have to cover it, you cannot exclude it and, it has to be affordable. it cannot be something people cannot afford to do. people have to read the words, not just jump on political bandwagons. >> what do you make of it? yes, you have to allow coverage, but it says adequate and affordable. it doesn't define what that is. cancer drugs cost hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. is that affordable? we need to define that. >> and, ben, the provision that says adequate and affordable for pre-existing conditions, states can get a waiver. they shall deliver a waiver not only for pre-existing conditions, this is the actual language of the bill, continued enrollment on the

they look at the conditions that they have. if they have one of those conditions, they go into the pool. alaska, individuals can develop those conditions throughout the year and then they move over to the pool. one advantage that i think that has from a predictibility and pricing standpoint, the insurer is protected against those large claims if someone develops them during the course of the year. senator whitehouse: mr. bragdon, do you fundamentally have a conditions based program that moves through that multipolicity of claims? how does it work? mr. bragdon: the maine approach looked at eight pre-existing conditions at the time of application. at that time if certain individuals based on how they looked at the time of application were going to be high cost, insurers could voluntarily put them into the pool. whether you do the alaska approach or the maine approach, both are similar. you are correct in that they are based on certain pre-existing conditions. the idea being if guarantee issue, policy choice has a premium increase

appalling conditions in libya. and orla is with me.ermined to stop the flow of people that it is in effect turning a blind eye to the conditions you were reporting on there? the european union says its main priority in relation to the migrant is to protect them in libya. aid agencies say the eu is so blinded by the single goal of keeping people out of europe that it is turning a blind eye to the abuses and actually perpetuating them. there's no doubt european and british policy is that libya must do more to stop the exodus from its shores. it is now the main departure point for people going to europe. just last week, the foreign secretary boris johnson just last week, the foreign secretary borisjohnson was in tripoli, meeting senior officials and emphasising the need for the coastguard to control the departures and the royal navy is actually part of the effort to retrain the libyan coast guard. but the reality of all of that, if you stop people at sea, rescue them at sea, even if you are saving their lives, you are returning them to th

one of the main sticking points is over the issue of preexisting conditions. obamacare prevents insurers from charging more to people who have preexisting conditions, but there are questions about whether that would continue under any republican replacement, including graham cass difficult i want to bring in kevin potter from ohio, he's here with his 13-year-old daughter who has battled leukemia. >> senator cass dickerson can you tell my daughter tonight about how you guarantee her she won't be subject to exorbitant premiums? bade on every analysis, your home strips that from her and millions of others who have preexisting conditions. >> i admire your encourage. so young and dealing with so much. i've treated folks like you and my hat's off. the way i'm keeping you from exorbitant premiums is getting rid of obamacare. there's a guy paying $39,000 a year for he and his wife. put it on my fair enough, people do not believe. another couple, $38,000, that's exorbitant. we have another proposal. it's on my facebook page. if the state sets up a reinsurance pool, the

a man is in critical condition after being shot in his car in old city. the victim found by his girlfriend just before 2:00 this morning on north water street. detectives are speaking with the victim's girlfriend and so far no arrests. >>> moving to germantown now, another man fighting for his life after being shot. it happened around 1:00 this morning. the victim was shot in the head and the leg. police rushed him to einstein hospital where he's listed in critical condition. there've been no arrests in that case either. >>> happening now, part of westchester pike in marple township in delaware county, police say a car crashed into a pole and caused a fire. one lane of traffic is getting by. you can expect delays if you're driving in that area. power is also out to businesses and homes nearby. >>> new from overnight, a scare for cadets at the air force academy in colorado. authorities locked down the academy after they got reports of a possible shooter on the campus. law enforcement officers searched the dorms and reported on twitter that there was no sho

we're looking at high of 80 today, warm and humid conditions. jose coming at us, a sprinkle or shower around, briefly. tomorrow it's jose's winds and rain coming through. the biggest impacts at the shore there could be a storm surge of 1 to 3 feet flooding down the shore wouldn't be out of the question especially since we're heading toward a lunar high tide. tomorrow 75 with jose passing by. wednesday, 83 is the high, might not see any rain on wednesday morning as jose gets past us. roshashana comings at sundown. 84 for the arrival of fall. it's not going to feel like it on friday. a couple have 83s this weekend. >> georgia tech police shoot and kill a student who has a knife. video of the encounter is coming up. >>> a tense moment at a carnival is caught on camera as a worker climbing a ferris wheel loses his footing, karen. >> reporter: the overnight construction blocks a lane on the schuylkill expressway eastbound between the turnpike and the blue route. this lasts until 5:00 a.m. we'll take you to ng prussia and see what the roads look like

to protect those with pre-existing conditions that they won't have to pay more here?re. you can develop plans that can have re-insurance. julia: if this plan goes through, will you do what it takes to prevent those with pre-existing conditions paying more? >> it will not affect me. i will not be governor for much longer. this kicks in in 2020. i don't think it is the right direction. i think you have to protect people with pre-existing conditions because it could be your own family. let's think about it. you have somebody in your family that has a pre-existing condition even though they need to be covered, but can't afford to pay for coverage, what happens to them? you are in a spiral that could lead to things like hank >> he. --on't think that is good things like bankruptcy. i don't think that is good. joe: you said states having more flexibility to design health care plans -- >> but with guard rails. joe: from the perspective of a governor, given the option, let's say the guard rail issues and money was not issue, how would you like to reform ohio's health care syst

also new from overnight, a man shot in north philadelphia is in critical condition. the gunfire broke out at 27th and west sergeant streets around 1:30 this morning. police have not made any arrests. >>> now to a shooting involving a toddler. a man is recovering after his 3-year-old nephew managed to reach under a car seat, grab a gun and shoot him. you can see police consoling the little boy in center city yesterday. philly police tell us the gun belongs to his uncle who is an officer with the philadelphia housing authority. the officer was offduty at the time. police say he was shot just moments after putting the gun under the passenger seat because he couldn't take it into city hall. and that's where he was headed. investigators are now looking into this incident. >>> a former worker at a philadelphia playground is charged with raping a teenager with special needs. police say ronald coleman restrained and sexually assaulted the 18-year-old inside of a rec center near the playground in south philly. this happened on wednesday. the city says coleman was a part-time

here's a look at conditions outside of houston.ht now boat are still out searching and rescuing people. 19 are still missing in the houston area. fears about electrocution are also rising in the flood zone. abc 7 news reporter elizabeth hur is in houston with the latest. the. >> reporter: first responders in houston, block of a block-by-block search toys. they are just to rescue families. >> fire hydrant. >> and the now facing new dangers in the floodwaters including possible electrocution. >> they couldn't help my son. he was in electrified water. >> two volunteer rescuers are reportedly dead and two more missing after their boat was the electrocuted by power lines under water. this as dramatic rescues which air and boat are continuing in southeast texas with residents of beaumont without access to clean drinking water and the city looking more like an island. local sheriffs rushing to flooded homes with rivers and buyious reaching their breaking point in orange county, texas. >> they have got no place to go. >> and volunteers fro

if conditions evolve differently it might be that growth is more rapid. more quickly, we assume inflation appears to be picking up more rapidly. we have not promised, no matter what, the path of interest rate increases will be gradual. we believe it will be appropriate. we are always watching the economy and adjust policy as appropriate. hurdle to changing the plans with respect to the balance sheet, in some sense, is high. weaken, wens were to would really only consider wasming reinvestment if it what we refer to as a material deterioration. and we try to explain why that is. we will adjust monetary policy. what you see in the dot plot is each participant's best guess about what will be appropriate in light of their expectations about how the economy would evolve. and we think it is helpful to thatthe public some sense it helps in understanding our evaluation. datae assessing incoming and those plans are subject to change. was not subject to change is commitment to doing everything in our power to achieve the goals that congress has assigned to us, price

we have been hydrating the conditions like crazy the last few days. we allowed people to come in tonight with coolers to bring their own water to the game and stay cool. we are trying to make as many accommodations as we can. >> reporter: and now back out here live on the field, we measured the air temperature earlier. right now it's about 111. earlier it topped out about 120. one interesting fact i heard, the turf on this field is actually cork imported from portugal and it's not supposed to be as hot as opposed to the typical rubber from tires. so they actually installed this over the past few months to help out with the heat here in livermore. so good news. i have noticed it's cooled off a bit over the past hour or so. they are hoping with the delayed start they can play at 8:00 for the varsity team as livermore plays washington. >> good move postponing that game or delaying it a little bit. but could you take your shoes off right now on that field? you can't stand on that but yet in a couple of hours, they will have to play football on that field

when today and said that his bill has specific protections for people with preexisting conditions but the specific provision that says that his state of the. as for a waiver it must ensure that those with preexisting conditions have affordable and adequate coverage for yeah that's not true graham cassidy does require states that opt out of guaranteeing protections for people with preexisting conditions to describe to the federal government how those people will get affordable coverage but that provision is about as toothless as they come and that's because the bill as a whole still lets insurers charge with preexisting condition people with preexisting conditions insane amounts of money something that's currently banned under obamacare that graham cassidy gets signed into law and you're a forty year old with a preexisting condition like say asthma insurers could slap you with a four thousand dollars premium surcharge if you've got a heart disease that surcharge could rise as high as eighteen thousand dollars if you've got metastatic cancer insurers can make you pay as much as one hund

at the facility after hurricane irma knocked out its air conditioning., her 89-year-old parents gabriel and libia giraldo. both were hospitalized after being evacuated from the facility wednesday. libia has since been discharged, gabriel remains in the hospital with an urinary tract infection his daughter says he got because he was dehydrated. the person who shot the video says she was at the facility monday and the air-conditioner was already off. the video was shot tuesday night, just hours before the center was evacuated. it shows her father who suffers from alzheimer's with a fan next to his bed, her mother in a second bed. their second floor window open and the curtains lifted up to allow as much air in as possible. in the hallway a large fan is seen, an effort to keep air moving in the facility. a spokesperson for the rehabilitation center says they contacted florida power and light and state emergency officials immediately after losing air conditioning. the spokesperson says the faculty had adequate staffing and followed protocol throughout the cr

. >> building on that point, pre-existing conditions. insurers would be required to offer coverage to people with pre-existing conditions but they could offer them plans with unaffordable premiums of thousands or tens of thousands per month. >> it fees like we're experiencing someday gentlemjaj. it still doesn't pass the kimmel test in terms of providing beam an accessible health care. this is the real problem. this is the dilemma for the gop. rushing knees without having a cbo score and having a bill that does not allow people to have rae good and quality health care. and it makes cuts in areas that even republican senators have said are over the line. too. in terms of providing health care for their people. to governor dean's point. 33% of americans support single payer. 60% think the government should be responsible for health care. >> and the issue seems to be, the closer republicans get in public perception to undermining obamacare, now people are saying, people are saying, are they closer? what is your view? >> they have an uphill

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with the dry conditions come the hot conditions again. sunny to mostly sunny conditions out there. city, high of 89 today. 89 in summerton. to put things in perspective, 74 is the average high this time of year. we are talking 14 degrees warmer than average. only three degrees cooler than the record high for philadelphia. in the suburbs, 87 for lansdale, upper 80s in the lehigh valley. we could see a spot 90. 90 degrees the forecast in easton, reading may make it to 90 today which would only be two degrees short of tying the record. in new jersey, 88 for voor he's. looking at the -- voorheis. looking at the shore. upper 70s, low 80s to -- in atlantic city, smyrna at 82 for the forecast high today. cooler the farther south you go in delaware. on the hour-by-hour, we're clear now. we are clear throughout the daytime hours. and then you see a spotty cloud action moving in by this evening. these are the outer cloud bands that will start to move on through tomorrow ahead of maria. remember maria is well to the south still. look at that cloud blanket building in by 6:00 a.m. tomorrow mor