amy: john mcdonough, thank you for being with us, causing many to call this. a health care bill, but a wealthcare bill. jojohn mcdonough, professor at e harvard chan school of public health served as a senenior , adviser on national health reform to the u.s. senate committee on health, education, labor and pensions. also served as executive director of health care for all in massachusetts, playing a key role in passage of the 2006 massachusetts health reform law. known as romney care. also the author of "inside national health reform." he was a c chief agent former senator ted kennedy. when we come back, a filibuster is being promisesed around the supreme court confirmation of judge gorsuch. we will look at one of his cases, the case o o the frozen trucker.r. stay with us. ♪ [music break] ♪ [music break]  [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report.. i'm amy goodman. we turn now to the confirmation hearingsgs for supreme court nominee neil gorsuch, which wrapped up thursdayay on capipitol hill as senate democrats vow

nova dance donates every cent to the andrew mcdonough be positive foundation which helps to fund medicaleams treatments and on the financial needs for families fighting various illness at one point nearly a thousand people were on the floor dancing busting a move for families that have benefited from the fun laser the event is literal al lifesaver. >> it's an amazing feeling to see the students of university of villanova come together and fight cooled hood cancers and support the andrew mcdonough be positive foundation. it bri son enormous joy. >> participating students wore colorful head so hear the music of their choice dancing like a silent disco. great cause. ♪ welcome back everyone. texas police officer is tried coral ago run away cow on a park on friday barely made it out of the enclosure apparently dash cam video caught the entire incident. he was a item to go coral roll the cow inside a fence. the cow turns the tables and charges at him. not happy cow. >> the officer was not hurt. the cow is still on the loose and the cow is okay. have a good night, everybody. >>> if you see some

denis mcdonough, welcome. >> thanks, charlie.back and nice to see you back too. >> thank you so much. let me ask you. to you have any idea? speculate for us what president trump is talking about when he says i have evidence. he seems to be doubling down. what do you think? >> i simply have no idea. he said the claim he had ordered of wiretap, his spokesman said that's completely false. we had a cardinal rule, charlie, in the white house, which is we would not under any circumstances get involved in any investigations one way or the other. so i don't know what he's referring to and it appears that the republicans and democrats on capitol hill, people like director of national intelligence jim clapper and others have no idea what he's talking about either. >> even republicans say they've seen no evidence. >> the chairman of the house committee is a republican and i think he calls himself an ally of president trump and he said yesterday that he does not believe this happened. >> but mr. mcdonagh, what do you make of the claim when y

profofessor john mcdonough, welcome to democracy now!our assesessment of what has bn released so far? >> what we see so far is not a surprise and it has been revealed in bibits and pieces along thee way. republican plan represents a massive tax cut to benefit wealthy households and powerful corporation in america. in exchange, millions of americans, lower income and lower middddle incomome, are gog to lose her health insurance coverage to make up for the last revenue from these tax cuts. juan: in what w way do you say t is a taxax cut for thehe wealth? >> so the affordable care act is significantly financed. and most people don't know this, by major tax incncrease on wealy households, both on earned income and unearned income. it has been a major target come although they don't talk about it a lot of republicans, to repeal these tax cuts. and just to give you some perspective on this, t the bill the republicans put out would repeal these taxes to the 400 wealthiest households in america because of this tax cut will see annual tax cuts of

happened, the sides began to have conversations, including the chiefs of staff, as you said, denis mcdonougha for a long time, he reached out to reince priebus, i'm told, the chief of staff of the trump administration. we do not know exactly what they talked about, but we do know that they had a conversation, as well as other advisers, also, from the obama administration, have been in touch with advisers from the trump administration. this is not entirely unusual. it's a frequent happenstance and occurrence for advisers from one administration to talk to another administration. but in the wake of this explosive charge, it is certainly all that more, more interesting. interestingly, the presidents have not yet spoken. we don't know if this will lead to that, but their advisers have, erin. >> so, jeff, you know, obviously, the accusation here, against president obama, is a very serious one. at the top of the list, right? if true, you would be looking at something like a watergate, as some have said. the president -- president obama, that is, is said to be -- the words used, "irked" and "exaspe

nova dance donates every cent to the andrew mcdonough be positive foundation which helps fund medicalor families fighting various one p0 people, were on the floor, dancing, for families, that a literally a the fundraiser, life safer. >> an amazing feeling to see the students of, university of d fight childhood cancer and support the andrew mcdonough be positive found days. it brings my son, enormous joy >> participating students wore colorful headphones to hear the music of their choice, so really, they were dancing at a silent disco. pretty cool. >>> in drexel hill, delaware county, hundreds took part in the fourth annual sunshine and bubbles 5k run and walk. "eyewitness news" anchor rahel salmon a graduate of archbishop prendergast high school was grandmoney raised wir tuition scholarships. so far $65,000 has been raised through the run in the past fourll, th is it for "eyewitness news" at 6:00 here's what we have, coming up for you at 7:00. ready, set, run, thousands of runners taking part in the love run half marathon. raised key interest rate that could affect money in your wa ex

he was declared a persona non grata, then dennis mcdonough, german speak her to fly to berlin and smooth over issues. and internally for merkel, it caused huge problems with the their owen efforts to surveil their people because they want to have potentially a little more surveillance to prevent terrorist attacks and cooperate more closely with the u.s. and that set the counterterrorism aspect back a couple of degrees. so this did not strike me as overtly successful meeting, but merkel is very patient. if that's one thing we know about her, she's deliberative and cautious. and neither of them made a mistake that they can't recover from. >> hallie jackson, in your opinion that room, do you have any idea who was laughing? i got so many questions on social media wondering who in that room was laughing when donald trump made that quip that maybe both of us have something in common? talking about wiretapping. >> reporter: absolutely. apologies, i think one of the helicopters is landing on the south lawn booirnd us. it's a little loud. i think you were asking about who was laughing in the room

joe: that was my conversation with matthew boesler --michael mcdonough. the fed decision tomorrow? time,t: it's decision janet yellen is widely expected to raise the rate this week. let's look at the chart making an increasing your certainty in today's numbers don't lie. fed funds futures have made a dramatic shift over the last couple of weeks on the heels of hawkish commentary from different fed officials. you can see them putting odds of rate increases at 100% tomorrow. convincedatchers are -- convinced that stocks have played a role in pushing them to make this move. the dow in the s&p 500, as you know, rallied after the u.s. election and it is supported by u.s. economic data, the white line there, on the upside at the fastest rate in five years. the index has been driven mostly by survey and sentiment-based indicators, soft data, less so by hard data. even so, we have been getting improving numbers on that front, pushing the fed closer to a 2% inflation target. the latest jobs report showed wage growth picking up with average hourly growth registerin

nova dance donates every cent to the andrew mcdonough be positive foundation which helps to fund medicaltreams treatments and on the financial needs for families fighting various illness at one point nearly a thousand people were on the ing a move for families that have benefited from the fun laser the event is literal al lifesaver. >> it's an amazing feeling to see the students of university of villanova come together and fight cooled hood cancers and support the andrew mcdonouposit. it bring my son enormous joy. >> participating students wore colorful head so hear the music of their choice dancing like a .si great cause. ♪ ♪fast, rhythmic drumming it's now open in the poconos! america's largest indoor waterpark. kalahari resorts & conventions book your african adventure now! leave it to the pros? i am a pro. i made this lawn from seed pride, and less water than you'd think. to those who'd say the grass is greener on the other side.. i politely disagree. pennington smart seed. guaranteed to grow with 30% less water. reclaim your turf. welcome back everyone. texas police officer is tried

>> reporter: mark mcdonough, the state's commissioner of public safety, said this sprawling stay cityhas to learn how to live without i-85. >> if that's part of your routine until this is fixed, you gotta get the map out and you gotta start looking at alternate locations. >> reporter: tell that to commuters like pat smith. >> it's frustrating. it can be very upsetting. >> reporter: the 63-year-old retiree drives into atlanta to see her grandchildren. >> it's very difficult. because it's bumper to bumper. you have to allow a lot of extra time to get where you're going. >> reporter: the u.s. department of transportation has kicked in $10 million to help with repairs out here, but this project's price tag will soar. scott, take another look. one span of the highway collapsed. but a bridge inspector out here told me the state is going to have to replace a damaged area that is three times that size in both directions. >> pelley: mark strassmann for us tonight. mark, thank you. there is a report tonight that texting while driving may be why 13 members of a texas church choir were killed on wed

group's fourth year raising funds for the andrew mcdonough be positive foundation supporting kids withhood cancer. tonight it was a culmination of a year of hard work a 12-hour dance marathon where kids like lilly get to let their hair down and savior the moment with people who love and support th them. posters and glow sticks, t-shirts and little sing battles. it's a joyful party that means the world to the children who benefit, and the college kids who help put it on. >> there's nothing we want more than for them to have a normal childhood and when they're here and they can dance and hang out with college kids, and feel loved. >> lilly's parents drove up with the familiarly from delaware. this day means as much for her -- >> to be able to relax and be a kid, it's been amazing. >> -- as it is the whole fami family. >> being, you know, our support that we need as parents as we're going through, you know, each day hospital visits, mri's no matter what you may have. >> aatmosphere. lilly can sum it all up in few words. >> i fell really happy. >> reporter: happy was the key word here toni

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we had mcdonough a little bit ago. a lot of irish music and beer.een more traditional celebrating today in wilmington as well. in wilmington, st. patrick's day began with church music, not irish music. mass at st. patricks. >> we ask st. patrick to pray for us. >> reporter: after mass, the st. patrick's day breakfast. this isn't the same as the city's parades. this is a fundraiser. >> over the years, as the needs in the community have shifted we've try today respond as best we can to those needs. >> the people are wonderful, kind, appreciative. we love being with them. >> reporter: this year the st. patrick's center is getting a $150,000 boost. students hold an all night dance to raise money to renovate a house for veterans. this year, the proceeds will help the folks at st. patrick's. >> we're looking to expand our food program, make it more accessible and create more space so we can serve more folks on the east side of wilmington. >> reporter: i tell you what, wilmington is a friendly town. i've had a lot of people inviting me over to their area a

allegations and there have been conversations between president obama's former chief of staff, denis mcdonough and president trump's chief of staff reince priebus. so far not aware of any conversations between president trump and former president obama. we'll see if this is a rift between two men that had a better relationship as many expected as president obama was leaving the white house. >> when you call a former president bad or sick, it's not a great starting point for conversation. joining us democratic congressman adam schiff, top democrat on the committee investigating the alleged hacking of the election. with your investigative hat on, i want you to explain what sean spicer said about this at a briefing. >> there is no reason that we have to think that the president is the target of any investigation whatsoever. the one question dealt with whether or not -- the tweet dealt with wiretaps during the thing, the other is an investigation. they are two separate issues, and there is no reason to believe that there is any type of investigation with respect to the department of justice. >> th

students of the university of villanova, come together and fight childhood cancer and support andrew mcdonoughndation. it is, bringing my son's normal us joy. >> now participating students wore colorful headphones to hear music of their choice, dancing like a silent disco. pretty cool. >>> nobody at the fourth annual nicole gallo sunshine and bubbles 5k and run and walk got rained on. lucky them. rahel solomon a graduate of archbishop prendergast high school in drexel hill was grand marshall of the race. money raised from the walk and run will go toward tuition scholarships, run has raised 65 you this stiladelphia travel ander the show features more than 200 destinations from a is cold, dreary for time of ther ragein today maybe u user where we have nice wind watchers.hange no matter jenkins housejust to the in biger difference. we will go to newark, deloresre w, are going to feelean city checking in also,loudy skies. no change in so, be you see people outside onhe spottyle this point. a philadelphia, 77 degrees work a high all about wind direction, and little bit of sun to make a huge differe

>> i felt happy and i kind of loving it. [ laughter ] >> joe mcdonough founded the non-profit after hisn july of 2007 much his son's blood type was b positive and he decided then and there he was going to be a positive force. >> college students put these children up on a pedestal and they help them forget cancer to a little while. in return, there's unexpected surprise for the students and that's perspective. >> she definitely makes us realize that our bad days could be a lot worse. >> the match between sigma kappa and victoria really is a match made in heaven. >> what has this meant to your family. >> it's indescribable to be honest with you. like initially for victoria and many of the things that we've done -- sorry, that have been for her end up really helping everybody. >> meeting her was honestly like probably more of a blessing for us me at least. >> my dream will be going to college here. >> so impressed by these girls. >> victoria she even wrote letter to fox news that her mom recently found telling about her dream to go to the university of delaware and join sigma kappa that's

first tv interview since leaving the white house president obama's former chief of staff dennis mcdonoughghs in on the trump administration. >>> remember to join us each weekday morning here on cbs-3 at 4:30 a.m. have a great day. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. it is thursday, march 16th, 2017. welcome to "cbs this morning." a federal court strikes down the latest white house travel ban hours before it was due to take effect. president trump says the ruling makes us look weak and refuses to back down. >>> plus, this morning the president unveils a budget proposal with dramatic cuts to agencies like the state department and epa. it would be the largest reduction of government since the drawdown after world war ii. >>> so why did the national weather service decide not to tell the public its blizzard forecast was overblown. the significance cost cities and businesses when the

but, you know, when we worked with bill raftery and sean mcdonough, we always went out with the winnerss with the coach we just kind of waved top, [ light laughter ] and pretended it didn't happen. >> seth: that's a smart way to go about things. you played for coach k. what is it about him, what's something that those of us who feel like we know him, because we've seen him for so many years, might not know about coach k? >> you might not know? you mean stuff he does? >> seth: yeah. >> well, he gardens. >> seth: oh, okay. >> at least, i'm told he gardens. i've never seen him do it. it might actually be like basketball where he just yells at the landscape crew -- [ laughter ] you know, has them do it. >> seth: he recruits the best landscapers. [ light laughter ] >> yeah, yeah. exactly. but he gardens, and he's a wine enthusiast. >> seth: all right. now there's something i didn't know about you. you had an acting career. >> i wouldn't call it a career. >> seth: a brief acting career. you played an alien. >> right. >> seth: what was the name of the film? >> it was called "i come in peace."

but michael mcdonough, bloomberg intelligence economist, point that out today that to whatever extent is using political capital to get his agenda passed, particularly tax cuts, trends like that don't help. what you missed? a big week for fed speak. charles evans addressed the timing for further tightening, saying he could support to our three rate increases this year. tomorrow, new york fed president william dudley will speak on banking ethics. thursday, janet yellen will talk minneapolisn and fed chair neel kashkari is scheduled to make more comments. contrary was the lone dissenter -- category was the lone dissenter at the fomc meeting. i: i'm not opposed to raising rates when the data forces we are moving towards our domain a target. i'm asking, what is the rush to raise rates? joe: for all things onlated, go to fed the bloomberg. talk.turn to david co. -- david kotok. : david: always a pleasure. nice and cold up here. joe: we can change that. the market love to this rate hike. you agree with the market interpretation of the fed here? david: i don't think the market focused o

this is what michael mcdonough put together. empire state, richmond fed. city fed. iso and the white line which is national. in. strong data coming it is noisy. they are all going up and to the right. they jump around a little bit. you have to like this trend. things are looking pretty good on manufacturing. >> looks good. what'd you miss? the battle over president heating up.et is for more on the major roadblocks the budget may face let's bring in justin. thank you very much for joining us. historically what is the relationship between the fantasy budget the president puts out and the ultimate path of spending that gets legislated. are sayingy people this thing is dead on arrival. that is historically true. president obama proposed budgets and they wouldn't even vote on it. the most important thing to look at is some of the defense spending that he outlines. more than $50 billion in increases. those are areas where he might have some agreement with not only democrats on capitol hill but republicans as well. even if we don't see the historic cats to domestic program

the former obama chief of staff, denis mcdonough, reached out, i am told to the trump administration's chief of staff, reince priebus, on saturday, to talk about this extraordinary allegation that was made on saturday. i'm also told that other advisers from both administrations have been having conversations. now, we don't know exactly what these conversations are pertaining to, or what they're rolling out, if they're talking about specifics of those claims. but we do know that they have been talking, which is certainly interesting. but anderson, all of this wiretapping, all of these allegations, from here to capitol hill, are still hanging over this white house, when they want to be talking about health care. >> i think he's in very much of a sell mode. >> reporter: it's the biggest sales pitch of the young trump presidency. white house press secretary, sean spicer, says the president is ready to twist arms and hit the road to make his case. >> this is going to be a very, very aggressive, comprehensive approach to making sure that every american understands that there is a major probl

challiss mcdonough is with the un's world food programme and is in south sudan.arving children on our screens before we act on the problem and the 20 million number is a very big number. if! and the 20 million number is a very big number. if i can give you one example of a boy behind that number. so last thursday, i was in somalia. i met so last thursday, i was in somalia. imeta so last thursday, i was in somalia. i met a young lad who had been admitted to one of our emergency feeding clinics. 18 months old. he weighed 12lbs. that's the average weight of a ten week old baby in the uk. he had extreme diarrhoea. he was on the point of death. his life was saved. and speaking to his mother, a woman called eye sha, you realised the sheer anguish that the statistics don't capture. i've got two little boys myself and putting yourself in the position of these boys who want to keep their children alive and i believe have a right to expect far more of the international community than has been on offer so far. we need more resources. we need governments around the world to