goodman. guest: well, first of all, you know medicare is not actually run by the government. lmost everywhere medicare is contracting with private carriers like blue cross and and other private insurers where c.e.o.s, as you said, are making millions of in high salaries. medicare is trying to fix prices all over the country, all the time gets prices wrong and often seniors have trouble finding doctors who will see them and other problems. all the problems of bureaucratic system. is deal healthcare system opposite of what you are envisioning. i want for profit entities,y them to specialize in curing cancer and treating diabetes, i want them to compete. i want cancer treatment centers of america, you have probably for on t.v., advertising cancer patients, those are only medicare patients, not competing obamacare patients. i want that kind of competition to solveofit entities, the problems of sick people, all over the country, not just in a areas. ost: helen, in maryland, independent. caller: hi,

that is andrew goodman. andrew goodman is going to become very, very important in about five minutes when we talk about what is going to happen to the volunteers in mississippi. he is a volunteer from new york. music, very important to the civil rights music. we talked about it a lot, but have not heard a lot. we will spend a day listening to civil rights music to read we will have almost a whole class session devoted to civil rights tunes. i may force you to sing along a little bit. . -- is there a problem with that? music was very important to the civil rights movement. here is a great picture of very famousn, , worked ford lawyer leftist causes, heavily involved in the civil rights movement. his parents did the famous study of muncie, indiana and middletown. he was their child. this is then the second week of working with those freedom school teachers headed to mississippi in the second week. really interesting. john doerr, the assistant attorney general, came and spoke to the volunteers. there he is righ

goodman, the ceo of the goodman institute about health savings accounts. ♪ in court is what the presidentad to say to the ninth circuit court of appeals after an upheld a block on the so-called travel ban. good morning on this friday february 10. we begin with the court's decision this morning and your reaction. if you support the president's executive order on refugees and immigrants from seven muslim countries, dial in at 202-748-8000. we want to know what your reaction is to the court's decision. joining the conversation on twitter @c-spanwj or go to facebook.com/c-span. we'll get to those calls than just a minute by joining us on the phone to talk more about this decision is richard wolfe, the supreme court correspondent. you have the front page story. trump loses bid to reinstate the ban. what exactly did the circuit court decide in the executive order? >> thanks for having me. they decided a few things. one, they decided this was a reviewable. the government had argued it was their decision. to make in the court did not have a role to play they slammed that down decisively by saying

i'm amy goodman.ourts havave temporarily blod president trump's executive order banning people from seven, majority muslim nations from entering the united states. early this morning, lawyers for the states of washington and minnesota filed a brief with a panel of the 9th circuit court of appeals arguing against restoring trump's executive order banning people from iraq, syria, iran, sudan, libya, somalia, and yemen from entering the united states, saying that to reinstate the ban would "unleash chaos again." ththis comes a after, on sundaya califoiaia appealsls court s sid wiwith a lower c court in seatte and refused to reinstate the travel ban. the seattle ruling, issued by u.s. district court judge james robart on friday, imposed a nationwide, temporary restraining order on the ban. over the weekend, the homeland security department began allowing visa holders affected by trump's order to board u.s.-bound flights, prompting many people to scramble to rebook flights. on sunday, roslyn sinha, an iraq

i'm amy goodman.dman.[503]trump unhinged press conference president donald trump assailed the media and defended his administration as a "fine-tuned machine" thursday, in a combative and rambling news conference at the white house. for 77 minutes, trump took questions, frequently interrupting reporters and dismissing cnn and other outlets as "fake news." trump angrily denied reports that his administration is in chaos following monday's firing of national security advisor michael flynn. turn on the tv in the open the newspapers and i see stories of chaos, chaos. yet, it is the exact opposite could this administration is running like a fine-tuned machine. cannot the fact that i get my cabinet approved. amy: president trump dismissed a "new york times" report that members of his presidential campaign had repeated contacts with senior russian intelligence officials in the lead-up to november's election. trump called the report a joke and falsely stated it has been discredited. he later about to put a sto

i'm amy goodman. the full senate has confirmed longtime exxonmobil ceo rex titillerson to be secrcretary of state. reuters reports the 56 to 43 sesenate vote was the e closest vote, by a wide margin, for a secretary of state n nominee int least a half century. three demomocrats backed tillerson's nonatition -- mamark warner of virginia, heidi heitkamp of north dakota, and joe manchin of west virginia. trump's nomination of tillerson has been widely condemned by environmental activist. klein said tillerson and other trump cabinet picks represent a corporate coup. the judiciary committee also approved the nomination of senator jeff sessions to be attorney general in a straight party-line vote. jeff sessions' confirmation has faced widespread protest over his opposition to the voting rights act and his history of making racist comments. on monday, about 10 members of the naacp, including president cornell william brooks, were arrested at a sit in in sessions of westby office in mobile, alabama. in januar

i'm amy goodman. in north dakota, a heavily militarized police force raided the main resistance camp set up by lakota water protectors fighting the $3.8 billion dakota access pipeline. the camp was largely vacated ahead of a deadline set reedt peoplier, but police refused to leave. police in armored vehicles backed by national guard soldiers later raided the nearby rosebud resistance camp. despite the evictions, indigenous-led water protectors say they'll continue to oppose the pipeline. this is navajo activist lyla june. this movement in profound ways. a acrosslanted seeds the world and inspired and awakened people to see water in a new way, to see water as life. have united things that were never united before. amy: earlier this month, construction crews resumed work on the final section of the pipeline, after the trump administration granted an easement to allow energy transfer partners to drill beneath the missouri river. in mexico, homeland security secretary john kelly insisted thursday the u.s.

i'm amy goodman. president trump is heading to capitol hill tonight for his first presidential address to congress, where he's expepectedo lay out part of his budget plan. on monday, trump proposed increasing the military budget to just over $600 billion, a $54 billion increase, while deeply slashing the budgets of other agencies like the environmental protection agency and the state department. separately, president trump is also expected to sign an executive order today aimed at reversing president obama's clean water regulation, known as the waters of the united states rule. the regulation covers 60% of the to.'s bodies of water in six protect the waters from pollution. the executive order is expected to direct the environmental protection agency and other fefederal agencies to review ths regulation a and revise or resed parts of its led to not promote economic growth. the senate has confirmed billionaire wilbur ross as commerce secretary in a 72 to 27 vote monday. ross is worth an estimated $2.9 b

i'm amy goodman. "the washington post reports the white house is in full-blown crisis following the resignation of former national security advisor michael flynn. on tuesday, the white house admitted that president trump new for weeks michael flylynn hd discussed center than a call on december 29 with the russian ambassador and then lied to vice president mike pence and other officials about it. "the new york times" and cncnn e reporting phone records and intercepted calls show w that members of donald trump's presidential campaign had repeated contacts with senior russian intelligence officials in the lead up to the november election. "the new york times" reports the u.s. law enforcement and intelligence agencies intercepted the communications around the time they were discovering evidence that russia was trying to disrupt the presidential election by hacking into the democratic national committee. these advisers include trump's former campaign chair paul manafort and former trump advisor carter page

i'm amy goodman. democracynow.org, the war and ho greatly expand the department of homeland security's authority to deport millions of undocumented immigrants and to inease the number of immigration and border patrol agents by 15,000. under the rules issued tuesday, almost any undocumented person in the country could be detained and reported even if they have never -- deported even if they have never committed a crime. in immigrant who cannot prove they have been in the unit states for over two years could be deported without a hearing. the memo calls for the prosecution of parents who seek to reunite their family by using smugglers to bring their children into the country. according to the white house, protections will remain in place for dreamers -- at least for now -- immigrants who came to the u.s. as children and have since received permission to live and work in the united states under president obama's deferred action for childhood arrivals program known as daca, although, a dreamer was just ar

i'm amy goodman. former labor secretary tom perez has been elected to lead the democratic national committee -- beating out minnesota congressman keith ellison in a contentious second-round vote that is seen as determining the future of the democratic party. congressman ellison is the co-chair of the congressional progressive caucus and the first muslim elected to congress. he was widely backed by supporters of senator bernie sanders, the democratic party's more progressive wing, and labor unions, including afscme, afl-cio and aft, the american federation of teachers. also national nurses united. perez was backed by the party's establishment, including president obama. he becomes the first latino head of the democratic party. after saturday's contentious vote whihich marked the first te , in more than 30 years that the outcome was not known ahead of balloting, ellison's supporters erupted in protest, chanting "party for the people, not big , money." [chanting] inbound perez quickly appointed ellison d

i'm amy goodman. federal appeals court in san francisco has unanimously upheld a suspension of president trump executive order temporarily banning people from seven muslim-majority countries from entering the united states. thursday's decision appears headed for an appeal to the supreme court. president trump responded to the ruling, tweeting, "see you in court, the security of our nation is at stake." in washington state, the attorney general who successfully challenged trump's muslim ban, dan ferguson, hailed the ruling. court ofson: the appeals, in a unanimous decision, effectively granted everything we thought. we are a nation of law, and as i have said, as we have said from day one, those laws apply to everyone in our country, and that includes the president of the united states. amy: in their unanimous decision, a three judge panel on the ninth circuit court of appeals ruled courts have the authority to review constitutional challenges to executive actions. the judges also said the government fa

i'm amy goodman. president donald trump has announced his nominee to replace the late justice antonin scalia on the supreme court -- judge neil gorsuch. senate democrats have vowed to filibuster the nomination of the conservative jurist. as a judge on the tenth circuit, gorsuch ruled in favor of hobby lobby in the case deciding whether the company could refuse to provide birth control coverage to employees as required by obamacare. judge gorsuch also has a long history of ruling against employees in cases involving federal race, sex, age, disability, and political discrimination and retaliation claims. gorsuch reportedly upheld a decision that denied long-term insurance benefits to a worker who sustained a work-related injury that required spinal surgery. he also reportedly dissented from a ruling in favor of a truck driver whose employer illegally fired him for deserting a trailer so he wouldn't freeze to death. gorsuch is a member of the ultra-conservative federalist society, which believes in sever

i'm amy goodman. president trump's national security adviser michael flynn has resigned following revelations he spoke with the russian ambassador that u.s. sanctions during a late december phone call. flynn now says he misinformed vice president mike pence and top white house officials about contents of the call. the phone call was on december 29, the same day president obama imposed sanctions against russia and expel diplomats in retaliation for the alleged russian hacking of the u.s. election. lieutenant general flynn has claimed the phone call involved only small talk. but u.s. officials who reviewed a transcript of a wiretap of the conversation say flynn discussed the sanctions -- a move that violates a 1799 us law, the logan act, which prohibits unauthorized people from negotiating with a foreign government. donald trump was not president at the time. "the washington post" reports former acting attorney general sally yates had warned trump's administration weeks ago that flynn might be lying abo

i'm amy goodman. president donald trump on wednesday ended a longstanding u.s. commitment to the establishment of a palestinian state, saying he had no preference for either a one-state or two-state solution to the israeli-palestinian conflict. trump's comment came during a joint news conference at the white house with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. pres. trump: looking at a two state and one state, and i like the one that both parties like. i'm very happy with the one that both parties like. i can live with either one. i thought for a while thethe two state looks like it might be the easier of the two, but honestly, , ifb and the palestinians israel and the palestinians are happy, i am happy with the one they like the best. amy: israel continues to annex palestinian lands to construct jewish-only settlements, leading many observers, including former secretary of state john kerry, to say a two-state solution may no longer be viable. but trump's remarks represented a break from twenty years

i'm amy goodman. the senate has confirmed alabama senator jeff sessions as the attorney general after a 52 to 47 vote wednesday evening. sessions' confirmation has faced widespread protests over his opposition to the voting rights act and his history of making racist comments. 24 vote capped a contentious hours. on tuesday night, elizabeth warren was silenced and rebuked by the senate for reading a 1986 letter written by coretta scott king denouncing sessions, who at the time was begins at it for a federal judgeship. the letter reads in part -- "the irony of mr. sessions' nomination is that, if confirmed, he will be given a life tenure for doing with a federal prosecution what the local sheriffs accomplished 20 years ago with clubs and cattle prods." following senator warren's silencing, a number of democratic senators urged their colleagues to vote against sessions by reading the same letter. senator warren's reading marks the first time coretta scott king's testimony was included in the congressiona

i'm amy goodman. the u.s. army corps of engineers has announced it will greenlight the final phase of construction for the dakota access pipeline, profiting indigenous water protectotors and a allies to cal for a last stand against the $3.8 billion project. inin a letter to congress, actig army secretary robert speer said the corps will cancel an environmnmental impactct study f the dakota access pipeline and will gra an n easement today, allowing energrgy transfer partners to o drill under the missouri river. the corps also sayays it will suspend a customary 14 day waiting period following its order, meaning the company could immediately begin boring a tunnel for the final 1.5 miles of pipe. the standing rock sioux tribe has promised a legal fight. trouble council chair dave archambault said in a statement -- "a"as data peoples, we have been knocked down again but we will get back up. we will rise above the greed and corruption that has plagued our peoples since first contact. we call on the native n

i'm amy goodman. in a rare move on capitol hill, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell scheduled an unusual early vote this morning as 6:30 a.m. to advance the unit or to theevos' nomination full senate. the early morning straight party vote dealt with a key senate hurdle required to advance her nomination to the senate floor. the full senate is slated to vote as early as monday. devos is facing opposition from lawmakers and education advocates. she is a longtime backer of charter schools and vouchers for private and religious schools. she and her husband have invested in the student debt collection agency that does business with the education department. on thursday, parents and teachers flooded the senate phone system, calling lawmakers to demand they oppose her confirmation. around 1:00 p.m., dean heller tweeted -- this week, two republican lawmakers, susan collins and lisa murkowski, announced plans to vote against betsy devos, leaving senate republicans one vote short of confirming her. if the s

i'm amy goodman. in north dakota, the main resistance camp set up by the lakota water protectors fighting me $3.8 dakota access pipeline has largely been vacated after protesters were ordered to leave the camp wednesday. police arrested about 10 people. the u.s. army corps of engineers and the north dakota governor had imposed a new eviction deadline for the hundreds of water protectors still living at the resistance camp. this is governor doug speaking on wednesday. >> are big ask for tomorrow is anyone remaining in the camp, we want to make sure that have an opportunity to voluntarily leave, take your belongings, remove anything that might be culturally significant and we will help you get on your way if you need that. amy: prayer sermon is were held in part of the camp was set on fire. water protectors say the resistance camp sits on unseeded to territory under the 1851 treaty of fort laramie and they have a right to remain on their ancestral land. a couple dozen people are still remaining at the c

i'm amy goodman. on capitol hill, senate democrats are in the middle of a 24-hour debate seeking to delay the confirmation of billionaire betsy devos for education secretary. devos is perhaps trump's most contested pick among a group of controversial cabinet nominees, who are overwhelmingly white male millionaires and billionaires. devos is a longtime backer of charter schools and vouchers for private and religious schools. she and her husband have also invested in a student debt collection agency that does business with the education department. on monday, senate democrats took to the floor of the u.s. senate to begin the 24-hour debate in efforts to convince a third republican to join them and vote against devos, which would sink her confirmation. this is washington senator patty murray. >> madam president, this nomination iss dead even right now, on the razor's edge. 50 senators, democrats and republican, will vote to reject betsy devos. in we need just one more republican to join us, to stand on t