at 2:30, it is about the proposed merger of pharmacy benefit managers and medco and we will have ceo's of both companies. >> it is convenient to listen to cspan anytime anywhere with the free cspan radio app. there is free streaming 24/7 and you can listen to our interview programs. cspan is available wherever you are. find out more at c- span.org/radio app. >> republican presidential candidate newt gingrich spoke with reporters for a few minutes in new york city yesterday following a meeting with donald trump. this is about 15 minutes. some of you look familiar and some of the look different. we were partially coming to new york to make the case that if i become the nominee, we will run a 50-state strategy because the .ap will be ridwide we will literally have an opportunity to have a dialogue in every single state of the country. i was delighted this morning to meet with donald trump. i have been talking about the importance of work particularly as it relates to people who are in areas where there is public housing where there are relatively few people who go to work. this has been d

the firms are medco and express scripts. the question we're asking is, will the $26 billion merger be good for you? elizabeth cohen is here. $26 billion. good for consumers? what did you find out? >> it depends on who you ask. it's an important question because if you're not on one of these two programs, you probably know someone who is. that's how big these programs are. so, the folks at consumer reports think this is bad for consumers because whupdz when you have a merger and you have one company with that much business, you cut down on competition and it's economics 101, you know, prices will go up. now, these two companies say it's going to be terrific because you'll create all sorts of efficiencies and prices will go down. so, depends who you ask. >> so, you know, you're all about empowering patients. how can patients become empowered when it comes to prescriptions or saving money? >> whether you go through medco or express scripts, there's specific things you need to do to save money on prescription drugs. i'll give yo

his way from the drugstore counter back into his old environment as a pharmaceutical executive with medcohe also had a girlfriend, a serious new woman in his life who was going to move in with him in the nice but all-too-lonely house in ramsey, new jersey. while paul was talking marriage, the former mrs. duncsak's life was in free fall. money trouble. she hadn't found work after the twos. she had been sickly with various complaints and now had fallen behind on bank payments for her home. john duncsak says the way his brother saw it, stacey had only one option to, move in with her parents, ed and dottie ates down in florida, but the child custody arrangement wouldn't allow that. >> every time that stacey had the kids, my brother was always >> and behind that fear of losing his kids was an even darker threat. paul shared it with his friend nancy bagley one afternoon as their kids swam in his backyard. he said that earlier that summer his pool had been sabotaged, its heater cranked up to a piping 101 degrees. he was convinced it was no accident. >> he said i am afraid for my life. i remember

medco, a health care company that manages 65 million health insurance plans found more than a quarteranxiety and depression. women 45 and older were the highest percentage of all users. >> in that age group when we're talking about 40s and 50s, there's a lot of change in life going on, a lot of hormonal changes for women, and there's an overlap between the hormonal changes, things like depression, anxiety and other symptom that say cause them distress. >> reporter: the number of women seeking medicine for sleep is also increasing. "the new york times" found an increasing number of mothers are turning to prescription and over-the-counter sleep aids. >> mother's little helper of the new millennium is anything from ambien or low dose antidepressants or antipsychotics. it might be melatonin, tylenol pm. people call it mom's secret weapon. >> reporter: after surviving the day, carrie was back at the house with her family, focusing on the things that matter. >> i don't have any short-term plans to go off the medicine at this point. i don't want to be dependent on medicine for the rest of my

eastern, it is a hearing on the proposed merger between a pharmacy benefit managers and medco. witnesses will include the ceo's of both companies. >> pay a dollar an hour for your labor. have no healthcare. have no environmental or pollution-control spend their retirement. and you do not care about anything but making money. there would be a giant sucking sound going south. >> the billionaire businessman made two attempts for the presidency. the first time getting over 19 million votes, more popular votes than any third-party candidate in history. although he lost, he had a lasting influence on american politics. he is our final can of it on c- span's series ""the contenders ." to see all the programs, go to c-span.org/the contenders. it's so

eastern, the proposed merger between a pharmacy benefit managers, express groups, and medco. the ceos of both companies testified before the senate judiciary subcommittee. republican presidential candidates newt gingrich spoke with reporters for a few minutes in new york city yesterday calling a meeting with donald trump. this is about 50 minutes. -- 15 minutes. >> what is say, -- let me say, some of you look familiar and some of you look different. as i said earlier, we were coming to new york to make the case that if i do become the nominee we would run a 50 states strategy. i believe the choice will be so wide. ght at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> "washington journal" continues. host: every monday at 9:15 is our special feature, your money. we look at the cost of operating the health care program for those who work for the federal government. our guest is walton francis, author of the "checkbook guide to health plans for federal employees." cross is for being here -- i think you for being here -- thank you for being here. guest: thank you. we're talking about a total of

will examine the proposed merger between pharmacy benefit management companies express scripts and medco. it will get antitrust concerns over the merger. live coverage begins at 2:30 eastern. [applause] >>> last week president obama and former president george bush participated in a forum to mark world aids day. this is 40 minutes. >> i'm glad to welcome you to the george washington university to commemorate world aids day, to participate in a very important discussions titled "the beginning of the end of aids." i'm especially pleased and honored to acknowledge presidents obama, bush, clinton, after rubio, congressman lee as well as bono, the founder of one and red and the panelists to relieve the like to welcome leaders who are here, board of trustees german russell ramsey, dean goldman of the school of public health and health services and two of them were distinguished faculty members who are leaders in the fight against hiv and aids, dr. alan greenberg, dr. gary sign in coming and finally students representing the one chapter here at george washington. gw was proud to perform its rol

later, a hearing examining the proposed merger between the pharmacy companies express scripts and medcoalth solutions. the panel will look at antitrust concerns over the merger. live coverage begins at 2:30 eastern. >> it's so convenient to listen to c-span anytime, anywhere with the free c-span radio app. you get streaming awd audio of c-span radio as well as all three television networks 24/7. you can also listen to our news programs. c-span, it's available wherever you are. find out more at c-span.org/radio app. >> next, a look at the tenth anniversary of the collapse of enron. we'll hear from journalists and a former enron vice president. the university of southern california's annenberg school for communication and journalist hosted this one-hour forum which took place last month in los angeles. [inaudible conversations] >> just give me the all clear, john, and i'll start it off. >> okay. >> okay. very good? okay. [inaudible conversations] >> folks, thank you so much for coming this afternoon to this event. i'm very excited about this. we have two very distinguished panelists here.