to health care that they didn't have before they're the lucky ones the people who live in cook county illinois because they're actually you know their county is going to have the state provided the waiver and the other and you get republican states you know these red states that are likely to rick scott is a classic example down in florida here's one hundred million dollars no thanks it's going to leave ten million more people unemployed uninsured excuse me and add fifty three billion dollars in uncompensated costs to hospital balance sheets this is this is like you know wrecking the system states can expand medicaid at no cost to them for the first three years and at ten percent a cost for forever after that the federal government except ninety percent why would a republican play politics with this. for just i think you're misunderstanding the situation you know a lot of states are actually thinking about cutting medicaid before this election before obamacare and republicans even want to cut medicaid ever since the sixty's it was not a.b. not just republicans governors in general because of h

now on to some health care and it is residents of cook county illinois are about to see some significant new benefits thanks to president obama and the affordable care act starting this week more than one hundred fifteen thousand residents of the county will receive letters informing them of how do you roll in that county's new public health care program after program was made possible thanks to obamacare which expands traditional medicaid in participating states to allow residents under sixty five years old and with incomes up to one hundred thirty three percent of the poverty level to receive government health care the law officially kicks in in two thousand and fourteen but cook county obtained a waiver from the federal government to start up their own program more than a year earlier joining me now to talk about that this new health care program and how what it will look like and how other counties around the nation can draw some lessons from it is dr to dr rahm c.e.o. of cook county health and hospitals dr as you welcome to the program tom time given having me here thanks for joinin

we have been talking about early voting they have really been a very long this is cook county, illinois have set a record. with applications jumping 40%. other places with long lines include ohio and that is where grant lotus is explaining or that is going to be one of the key states for victory. >> that is correct. we showed you possibly paths and also of the president can get the 270 electoral votes to wed. their red states are likely to vote for runny and the others you can see ohio. it is key. if he has victory in ohio all he has to do is perhaps just get victory in wisconsin. and if he gets ohio and one other state? like iowa, and then, new hampshire and again that is 8271 that is a 271... however, let us say that he did not get ohio. all would have to would to get a big upset in the state of florida. florida is that big but it romney is favored. it is not a certainty. let us say that if mitt romney got florida and he also cut virginia. and mitt romney would take ohio that could be huge but he is still at not enough. the president could take wisconsin, iowa, colorado and new hampsh

she showed up at precincts in cook county, illinois at 8:30 in the morning. she had her first child a daughter. we're back after the break. those types are coming on to me all of the time now. >> she gets the comedians laughing... >> that's hilarious! >> ...and the thinkers, thinking. >> okay, so there is wiggle-room you're telling me. >> she's joy behar. >> and the best part is that current will let me say anything. >> what the hell were they thinking? >> only on current tv. brought to you by geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. visit geico.com for a free rate quote. rich, chewy caramel rolled up in smooth milk chocolate. don't forget about that payroll meeting. rolo.get your smooth on. also in minis. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, it's "the stephanie miller show." ♪ i'm walkin' on sunshine ♪ ♪ i'm walkin' on sunshine ♪ ♪ and it's time to feel good ♪ ♪ hey, all right now ♪ ♪ it's time to feel good ♪ >> stop it! this is hard. >> obama: by itself, the recognition we have common hopes and dreams won't end all o

now the president's home county of cook county illinois has seen a record number of early voters this for you at 8:15 we will go to a live report on what to look for tonight for clues as to how the presidential election could swing. >>> it's 8:01. polls in california opened just one hour ago. we have reporters throughout the bay area covering today's critical local state and national issues. we begin team coverage with kt have u janine de la vega good morning. >> reporter: good morning. i just walked inside to this polling location and they told me only 28 people had physically gone in and voted. what most people are doing is what you see. they have set up this ballot drop off location so that people can drive through. this is to make it convenient for voters and we have seen a steady stream of people coming through here. now people started coming here to the registrar's office before 5 this morning to drop off ballots. 46% of people have voted by mail ballots and they have returned them so far. the registrar's office wants every one to know they can drop off the ballots at polling lo

and i also think that the stay in the cook county jail in illinois was an eye-opening experience. i kept telling him, rick, if you keep going the way you're going i'm going to see you across the street over in criminal division. i don't think he got it. i think he gets it now, now that he's had a taste of cook county. it's strange sitting -- i got in this case three years ago. maybe four. it's strange sitting next to him right now because he's taller than i am. and when the case started out he was taller and bigger than i am, and when the case started out, i dwarfed him. he's grown up quite a bit. while it hasn't been the greatest success in terms of the services provides, i think he did get something out of it. i think since he has good support in his community i believe that there's a good chance that he will not re-offend and hopefully he'll be a productive adult and not find himself, as they say, across the street. >> there's a lot of bumps in the road of life, and hopefully you'll get over those bumps because we're not going to be here to hold your hand anymore. lower cholest

w-g-n's tonya fransisco spent some time at the cook county board of elections and has a look. illinois is not a swing state. illinois voters are fired up nonetheless. 20 percent of voters have already voted early. people >> came out of the woodworks. the same cannot be said for voters in chicago know early votedr records >> a bigger concentration of voters. chicago board of elections chairman said there were other reasons for the long lines. >> because of certain budget restrictions we did not have the locations we wanted. not excuse. we will make adjustments to our early voting sites. now that we are seeing more voters choosing early voters. only in rare occasions if the voters on the inactive list to make a person be asked for identification. polls open at 6 am and close at 7pm. here's a look at the projected electoral votes from real clear politics dot com. president obama would have 201 votes compared to 191 for romney. 146 electoral votes are still considered toss-ups in eleven states. 270 votes are needed to win the election. joining us now wgn political analyst, and host of cltv

york, i'm chris hayes here with tony kushner, claudia fagan, chief medical officer of cook county in chicago, illinoisd professor of political science at yale university. there was a whole lot of news this week about the affordable care act. and i think one of the things we can agree on about the election was it was in many ways, it ended up being, whether explicitly or implicitly a referendum on the affordable care act. this was the signature domestic achievement of the president. it was the precipitating event of the conservative backlash in the country as the tea party. and its fate was determined on election day inso far as whether it would stand or fall. and in reelecting president obama we're now going to have the act in some form. and the reason i wanted to keep you around for this conversation, tony, is because your film changed the way that i think of the affordable care act. i'm a supporter of the affordable care act and i think the outcome is really going to increase the net like joy of human beings in the country. but i'm serious, by a significant amount and reduce suffering. that's what w

. >> harvey, illinois, south suburban chicago hot spot for gangs. it's early september, and the cook county's police take down a crack ring they've had under surveillance for the past two weeks. lieutenant john blair, a 13-year veteran with the sheriff's police, and his team have seized about 530 pounds of narcotics to date in raids like this in 2009. >> no matter how many people you lock up, no matter how many people you tie into an operation there's always somebody there that will step up to the plate and take over for the dope dealer locked up. it's all about money. they're going to look at it as a business opportunity. they look at it as we may be doing them a favor. somebody will always be there to step up and take over. cash is king when you're a gang banger. >> gang members outnumber police by a ratio of 8-1 in cook county. faced with insurmountable odds, authorities curb what gang violence they can. >> the way to go use your pran. we have information on gangs. let's use it, use it to anticipate where they go. >> the battlefront for the sheriff's police encounter 30 different townshi