we got to go to the grand opening and spoke with george kizer's vision. >> the purpose is not merely to come and enjoy yourself but to think of the ways in which they are similar to other people tside of their normal social lives. >> it brings all parts of our city together. people who night not otherwise run into each other but are drawn together by this shared experience. not as rornse democrats or black folks or white folks but just as tulsans who can come this to this one place. >> any american can go. it is 100% free. it invited everyone regardless of their economic history to come and celebrate and enjoy their city. >> it provides equal opportunity. what are the other ways it is working to provide equal opportunities? by providing funds to pre-existing program s that aredesigned to provide equal chances for all citizens. to get rid of the 11-year life expectancey gap, implementing healthy food virmentse and investing in children's mental health to increase the gap by the year 2024. these programs show that american citizens are striving to provide equal opportunity. 19 cities n

. >> today the kizer family foundation hosts a forum on the trump administration's initiative to end h.i.v. transmission in the u.s.. live coverage beginning at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2, online at c-span.org or listen live on the c-span radio app. >> this week on the communicators, james lewis talks about the cyberstatus of russia and china. made thehas since 1979 elicit acquisition of western technology one of the cardinal points in its program for economic development, tech logical parity. it would be hard for them to give it up and they continue to siphon off intellectual property much as they have for the last 20 years using the internet. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span 2. s. supreme court justice clarence thomas was the featured speaker at pepperdine university law school's recent 2019 annual dinner. he discussed his selection process for clerks, his views on the role of the judiciary, and this is about 35 minutes. [applause] mr. gash: welcome back to our community, justice thomas. justice thomas: thank you.

, for the president because you have the approval of obamacare increasing, just look at the recent kizerkeeps going up, it's not perfect but it keeps getting better and at the same time you heard mulvaney over the weekend, chief of staff, saying, look, we will just -- we don't have a plan, but look to how we handle tax reform. wasn't the key difference, congressman costello, the fact that with tax reform you had a republican-controlled house that wanted to see it passed. now you're dealing -- >> correct. >> -- with a democratically-controlled house. >> correct. that's a big difference. let me just add something else. the president is right to he can to us on battling the opioid epidemic, eliminating hiv and reducing the cost of prescription drugs, all them right now have to be done within the existing framework of the affordable care act. so if you're trying to accomplish some short-term reforms and improvements to our healthcare system and improving the health of americans, you have to do it with the hand you've been dealt, which is the affordable care act. if the president wants to fas

also today kizer revealed they paid thousands of copies for ghes's book. those purchases came during a period when the health provider sought a city contract in baltimore. nbc news has called pugh's attorney and has not been immediately returned. baltimore city council president will take over as acting mayord ng pugh's leave. >> scott macfarlane, thank you. >>> now to a news 4 i-team investigation. parts of this video are hard to tch. the ging hit says he still struggles with injuries nearly two years >>ter. ut when he went to file a complaint against this officer, this man says he wa turned away. and the news 4 i-team found that he is not alone. >> jodie fleischer is here with td.c. residents who sat system has to change. >> to be clear, we're talking about special police officers. they're similar to security guards. the metropolitan police department licenses them to help serve and protect.al seveople told us they needed protecting from an officer and could not get him investigated. even with the videos you are about to see. >> i asked you to leave. >>

so kizer steel and aluminum and all those guys, they started the employer system. so we are in this massive system. to change it is obviously a big undertaking. i agree with all of that. with respect to colorado -- so i'm from colorado. i support the legislation, and i support beefing up the affordable care act. i support -- there's an effort out there that says for anybody 50 and older, you can buy into the medicare system. so i think all are improvements over where we are today. but my question to you on vermont and on colorado, just as a voter on that thing, i voted against the legislation. because i didn't think colorado on its own could undertake a medicare for all system. that it was national in scope. that's why i went this way. but i'm happy to have you comment on it a little bit more. >> just briefly, you know much more about the debate in colorado than i do. in vermont, they were assuming much of the money that's currently flowing to the state through health care, whether it was employer contributions, whether it was aca funds, existing taxes, et cetera,

julie robner, chief washington correspondent of kizer health news. >> thank you., everybody. i'm delighted to be here with this terrific panel. events like this produce unexpected joys. yesterday i had a text message on my phone, said i hear you're moderating a health panel tomorrow. i didn't recognize the number. i said, who's this? she said, it's your high school crush. i said, wait a minute, nobody had a crush on me in high school. she said, no, you had a crush on me. so ellie, thanks for coming, wherever you are. >> wow. i didn't expect that today. >> see, sometimes dreams come true in the end. i want to start out in talking about health care costs and the political challenges by asking julie to start. people talk about health care price control or moderation as if it has not happened at all. but we have had a period -- we did have a period beginning around, i don't know, 2006, 2007 -- >> more like 2009. >> okay, 2009, where costs m moderated. i wonder, a, is that still going on? is that trend continuing? and why did it happen? >> well, why it happened is stil

we got to go to the grand opening and spoke with george kizer's vision. >> we're emphasizing the purpose of the park is not merely to come and enjoy yourself but to think of the ways in which they are similar to other people outside of their normal social contact. localcreates a remarkable experience. it makes people from all parts of our city together. people who might not otherwise run into each other but are drawn together by this shared experience. not as republicans or democrats, but as tulsans who can come this to this one place. >> it is 100% free. any american can go. >> it invites everyone regardless of their economic , history to come and celebrate and enjoy their city. >> this is a great example of the city providing equal opportunity and recreation. >> what are the other ways it is working to provide equal opportunity within the community? one way is providing funds to pre-existing program s -- programs that are designed to provide equal chances for all citizens. to get rid of the 11-year life expectancy gap. negligent limiting healthy food environments -- that includes imple