this is david mitchell. he is the president and founder of an organization known as patients for affordable drugs, here to talk about the cost of prescription drugs. good morning. guest: good morning. host: talk about your organization. what's behind it, who funds it and why did you start it? guest: patients for affordable drugs is the only national patient organization focused exclusively on policies to lower drug prices. we don't take money for from anybody who profits from the development or distribution of prescription drugs. we collect patients' stories and amplify those stories to policymakers and elected officials and we're building a commitmmunity of patients and as that can be mobilized in support of policies to lower drug prices. i started patients for affordable drugs because i'm a cancer patient. i have an incurable blood cancer, it's called multiple myeloma. it's incurable but treatable for some period of time, unknown. with very expensive drugs. in fact, i'm taking drugs right now. i took my fi

host: david mitchell is the president of a group that supports affordable drugs.k about your organization. nts for affordable drugs is the only national patient organization focused exclusively on policies to lower drug prices. we don't take money for from anybody who profits from the development or distribution of prescription drugs. we collect patients' stories and amplify them to policymakers and elected officials and we're building a community of patients and allies that can be mobilized in support of policies to lower drug prices. i started patients for affordable drugs because i'm a cancer patient. i have an incurable blood cancer, it's called multipy my leona -- my loama. it's incurable but treatable for some period of time, unknown. with very expensive drugs. in fact, i'm taking drugs right now. i took my first drugs today by mouth and when i leave here, i'll go for about three hours of infusion, they plug me in and pump drugs in. my drugs carry a price tag of $650,000 a year. and my journey as a cancer patient taught me a very important fact and that is,

this is rachel from vermont, with david mitchell of patients for affordable drugs.ichle, go ahead, you're on. caller: hello. while i appreciate and understand that the consumer needs to be taken into consideration and that prices in this country are overly astronomical, i don't deny that, necessarily agree that medicaid furel is the answer either. i am currently on medicaid myself because i am disabled and i am still not able to get what i need on it. i would still, if i were to have -- if i were to become, you know, infected with cancer or if i were to become infected with some other disease, i have done research and i have found that i still would not be covered in the ways i would need to be to be able to afford out-of-pocket because i only work part time. there's no way in heck i could afford the costs that come with that based on what i'm currently getting from medicaid. guest: i'm sorry about the challenge, your challenge, like those faced by millions of people in this country. the fact is that people are cutting pills in half, they're skipping doses, they're

host: david mitchell is the president of a group that supports affordable drugs.k about your organization. nts for affordable drugs is the only natial

this is david mitchell. he is the president and founder of an organization known as patients for affordable drugs, here to talk about the cost of prescription drugs. good morning. guest: good morning. host: talk about your organization. what's behind it, who funds it and why did you start it? guest: patients for affordable drugs is the only national patient organization focused exclusively on policies to lower drug prices. we don't take money for from anybody who profits from the development or distribution of prescription drugs. we collect patients' stories and

will talk about prescription drug prices with patience for affordable drugs founder and -- ident david mitchelltch c-span's "washington journal." live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. tonight on the communicators. >> people come up to me, and they say, sir i can't follow you. they make it impossible. these are people that are really good at what they do. they say they make it impossible. >> we will talk about the recent presidential social media summit , where president trump discussed social meter censorship by big tech firms and what to do about it. >> i think as consumers we can certainly demand that as users of facebook and twitter and google that we expect they will respect our ability to communicate. if we don't like it, we can quit. >> it seems hard to levy an accusation that big tech is a net negative to conservative speech when someone like dennis prager is getting one billion views on the products he is putting out. the communicators tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span ♪ ♪

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if you want to find out more about the organization and its effort, david mitchell is the president and >> "washington journal" continues. host: this is stephen gutkowski of the washington free beacon joining us. he's a staff writer talking about the various efforts on gun legislation being discussed. good morning to you. guest: good morning to you. thanks for having me on. host: of the various pieces we've heard since the shootings in both dayton and el paso, what has the most success as of today? guest: as far as legislation at the federal level goes, i think the most likely to pass or come up for a vote even is red flag legislation. being worked on by lindsey graham and richard blumenthal. they announced they'd had a deal although er on texts, they have not released the text yet. so we're not sure on the details of that beyond what's been --. so basics reported. but essentially that bill would be federal grants for states that adopt red flag laws that meet certain guidelines that will, i guess we'll see once of the text of the bill is out. host: walk us through the fundamental idea o

this morning, talk about prescription drug prices with patients for affordable drugs founder, david mitchell, and washington free vegan on the federal response to recent gun violence. campaignscussion of 2020 and ios 8 with college and young democrats of iowa president olivia. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. on friday, 20 of the democratic presidential candidates spoke at the gathering atngding clear lake. it is just over two hours. ♪ >> well, hello good neighbor. it is great to be back here at the wingding. last time i had 20 minutes and this time i have 20 candidates. and i get to go first. and i have to tell you, it reminds me of the first time i was ever in the white house. bill clinton was president and i was a young prosecutor. i had done a lot of work on hate crimes and he invited me to introduce him when he introduced that very important matthew shepard hill. as i stood outside, i had never been in there before, i have the president outside the east room and janet reno. in the military ban begins to play "hail to

first we have mister david mitchell. he is a patient and a founder of patients portable affordable drugs from my state, bethesdamaryland . welcome. ms. ashley craig, a patient from easton texas, miss laura mclynn, a mother of a patient from indianapolis indiana. miss sarah skipper, a patient from indianapolis indiana. and pam holt. patient from indiana. before i swear you in, let me explain to you that we don't have in many witness, as many members here today because we were expecting to be in session today and we're not area which means that members , a lot of members had to leave to go home. but i understand we appreciate you being here and i want to make sure some people asked me whether i should, what i would hope for this hearing and i said out of respect to you all, i wanted to make sure that we held this hearing and so i hope that you understand that. and if you would all please rise and raise your righthand , i will begin joining you in. raise your right hand. class use where or affirm that the testimony you are

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morning, we will talk about prescription drug prices with patients for affordable drugs founder, david mitchelld stephen on the federal response to recent gun violence. then a discussion of campaign 2020 in iowa with college and young democrats president, olivia. be sure to watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern monday morning. join the discussion. tomorrow, the brookings institution holds a discussion on the security situation in sub-saharan africa. watch live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, online, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> people come up to me and tell me they cannot follow me. this is people that are really good at what they do. they make it absolutely impossible. we will talk about the social media summit. and what should be done about it. >> we can demand that if we are going to be on that platform, they will respect our ability to communicate. >> it is hard to levy and i is asian that big tech is a net negative. dennis prager is getting one million views on the products and videos he is putting out. >> watch the communicators monday night on c-span2. >> watch liv

david mitchell. founder from my state. welcome. a patient from houston texas. the mother of a patient from indianapolis indiana. indianapolis indiana. a patient from granger indiana. before i swear you and, let me just explain to you that we don't have as many members here today because we were expecting to be in session today and we are not. members had to leave to go home. understand we appreciate you being here. some people asked me whether i would postpone this hearing. i said out of respect to you all , i wanted to make sure that we help this hearing. i wanted to make sure that you understood that. if you would all please rise and raise your right hand i will begin swearing un. raise your right hand, please. do you swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give is true? the whole truth. nothing but the truth, so help help you god. let the record show. thank you. you may be seated. the microphones are extremely sensitive. please speak directly into them. without direction, it will be made a part of your record. >> thank you, chairman cummings cumm

david mitchell, the president and founder of patients for affordable drugs, testified in front of congresshis to say about patents for prescription drugs. >> when drug companies do what you just described, file new patents on old drugs, 78% of all the patents filed on drugs are filed on existing drugs. if they are filing patents on existing drugs to extend their monopoly on those old drugs, they are not doing what we all say we want up here, investing in invasion. investing in research and development that will bring a cure for her boy that may cure my cancer before i die. you guys really have got to stop this abuse that allows them to milk old drugs by gaming the system, instead of doing what we need them to do, invest in innovation and new drug development, and we have to keep in mind a lot of that is subsidized to the american public. you have to get them back focused on developing new drugs instead of just milking profits from old drugs. host: the next caller is calling from massachusetts. in morning. -- good morning. caller: hi. the reason i think we could make a big difference with p

david: do you think they are expanding a little too quickly? mitchell did for a while but i think daniel, who is the ceo, is really focused. we have the core business, which will generate $30 billion and is growing at nearly 30% a year and they will use that to get into other growth sectors. billiond business, $5 rate. it is going 66% a year. it could be profitable. i think that is smart. digital media and entertainment is an area i am more skeptical of. they said last quarter, they would start to pare back losses there. i think he went from -50% to -35% this quarter. that is good to see. they believe new retail is a huge opportunity for them. i tend to believe it as well. i think there is an interesting off-line-online dynamic they can play. i think what they are doing in southeast asia and india is smart. it is one of the last untapped regions of the world. greatk these guys are capital allocators and they have shown it over time, to be disciplined, and that will be reflected in the stock price. unless donald trump sends a tweet. if you are a long-ter

mitchell. davidiggs, chairman of the board of eli lilly, just came out publicly that he wants to get rid of pbm rebates, wants them to go directly to the pharmacy and the individual. i applaud him for sticking his neck out as a major individual in the health care industry. american hospital association, my local hospital embraced, i think they call it care like a something better still the charge master been published in its inscrutable form where you couldn't understand it with the american hospital association be willing to publish and understandable form charge masters across all hospitals, and the talking to a lot of people that really know what makes the current system not work, would you be willing to expose third-party arrangements between providers and health insurance companies? which so many people told me if it ever happened, it would break the system and you would cascade into transparency and competition. i know that's a load, but give me your quick comment on it, please. >> i hope i can

momentum, david korn, seems to be with the president tlieft among the voters casting the ballot for republican. the associated press had another interview with a republican retiree paul mitchell. he says there is a lack of mood of frustration with the lack of accomplishment he said in the interview days after stunning colleagues when he said he was leaving after two house terms why run around like a crazy man when the best you can hope is that maybe you'll see some change at the margins. how does this stop from becoming a mass movement of people who are just frustrated with donald trump having taken over the republican party? >> i don't think that there will be a mass movement of people frustrated with trump because the base of the republican party is with him. we're two and a half years into the trump experiment, the trump disaster depending on your perspective. and it's taken this long for some republicans to start bailing. only a handful of numbers. i mean, the party in the house, the republican party in the house was 99.95% white before will hurd announced he was leaving. and we've had the racist tweets. we have seen no one in the -- really in the leadership position of t

david lee miller with the latest. >> the documentation contains numerous allegations by epstein accuser she says she was forced to have sex with not only epstein but high-profile men, including former maine senator george mitchell, former mention new mexico governor richardson and attorney alan dershowitz. all have denied the allegations. richardson's office released a statement saying in part these allegations are completely false. mitchell responded quote i have never spoken or had any contact with her. dershowitz had stated he believed the paperwork would exonerate him and repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. other court documents released reveal that when asked about sexual abuse in a lawsuit deposition, taken 2016, epstein repeatedly took the fifth, a reference to the constitutional right against self-incrimination. included with the documents are photographs, including one previous released showing epstein acquaintance prince andrew with his arm around the waist of epstein accuser, at the london home of epstein confidant maxwell. she claims maxwell made her have sex with prince andrew. other photos were also released which were allegedly taken at epstein's new mexico ranch. there was also a photo of a young

david lee? >> melissa, scott hapgood returned to angola for a brief hearing this morning and he is now speaking out. the bankers accused of manslaughter in connection with the death about a maintenance worker. kenny mitchell$74,000 bail. as expected, the court adjourned the case to give the prosecution more time to prepare for trial. when the hearing was over, hapgood read a prepared statement to reporters. >> i'm grateful to the opportunity to appear in court today. every court appearance means we are one step closer to putting this nightmare behind us. a nightmare for my family but also for the people of anguilla. we came to your beautiful island for a vacation, just like many thousands of others due each year. we came here because of how welcoming you all are. unfortunately, my family about where in the wrong place at the wrong time, and in an instant, a tragedy resulted that has changed our lives forever. >> hapgood says the hotel handyman showed up unexpectedly at his room, claiming to fix a sink. instead, he said mitchell, armed with a knife, tried to rob him. mitchell died from expectation and what force trauma to his head. they say authorities delayed release of a toxicology report showed a high l

david lee miller has more. >> shannon, scott returns for a brief hearing this morning and is speaking out. the connecticut banker is accused of manslaughter in connection with the death of a hotel maintenance worr, kenny mitchellven more time to prepare for trial. when the hearing was over, scott gave a prepared statement to reporters. >> every court appearance means we are one step closer to putting this nightmare behind us. a nightmare for my family, but also for the people. unfortunately, my family and i were in the wrong place at the wrong time, and in an instant, a tragedy resulted that has changed our lives forever. >> he says the hotel handyman showed up in his room and says armed with a knife, he tried to rob him. he died from asphyxiation and blunt force trauma to his head. a toxicology report says a high level of alcohol as well as cocaine and other drugs in mitchell's body. following court, his half-brother says he used an excessive amount of force. >> he used too much strength. if he had let go of my brother, my brother would be here today. >> and we loves attorney general warren's media outlet not to engage in any conduct that would undermine the integrity of the judicial system. he says the case

david: by the way, the timing of the release of these documents and suggestions that some big deal democrat leaders like george mitchelletera, are now being investigated with regard to some of this. those investigations i think are going to continue, correct? >> that is my understanding through the civil process. the criminal process is over and certainly i'm not a lawyer, but the only way americans feel good about this horrific situation, never feel good, but at least feel justice is done, is for the investigation to continue and we get some answers. david: as chairman of go pac you have more than a little bit of significance in terms of deciding how the campaign is run. do you think this will be or should be a part of the campaign at all? >> well, what should be part of the campaign is the resources that go into the justice department, and go into detention centers, having the resources to hire the proper number of employees -- david: should mention, by the way, one of the biggest problems with this whole situation in the federal facility is most of the guards were working overtime and so much so that they weren't ch

david muir, george ramos on abc news. did i say his name right? >>> gaffe rin scott is charged with manslaughter. he claimed mitchellthink he will getget a fair trial. >>> former custodian is starting as principal of a elementary school after working in the denver public school system for 30 years. michael says hopes to be a role model. >> don't let someone bright your own story. write your own story. if someone has something to do with your own story, let them edit, right? do in the let them create. jillian: atkins hopes his story will inspire kids. steve: thank you. brian: jillian, put on your apron. 12 minutes after the hour. joe biden is campaigning in iowa all month. what do voters there think about him? we sent lawrence jones to find out. >> do you think he has the stamina to defeat donald trump? >> i hope so. i really hope so. >> do you know so? ainsley: she hopes so. there is more from where that came from. ♪ ... cincinnati on tuesday. ...philly on wednesday. ...and thursday back to cincinnati . modernized comfort inns and suites have been refreshed because when your business keeps going, our business is you

david lee miller is following it all for us. >> freed on $74,000 bill. accused of manslaughter on the caribbean island of anguilla. he says that hotel maintenance worker kenny mitchell showed up to his room, armed with a knife, demanded money. the two men fought, and when it was over, he was dead. returning for a procedural hearing today. giving them more time to prepare. he told "the new york post" "he was surprised by his arrest," telling the newspaper "i was innocent from day one." he went on to say that there is a lack of confidence in the system there, the judicial system. underscoring that, his lawyer earlier this week so that officials on the island acknowledge that his life has been threatened. preparing dominic insuring his safety, he travels with private. they will reportedly have a special detail assigned to him. also shaking confidence in the legal system, they are kept secret for more than two months, the toxicology report they say shows kenny mitchell had high levels of alcohol as well as cocaine and other drugs in his blood. we reached out to authorities and have not heard back. mitchell's family, members say that he would never try to rob and attack