host: let's go to morgantown now, of west virginia university, janice is colleen -- morgantown and westginia university. joining us is colleen. your question for the congressman. >> my question is about the affordable care act. west virginia ranks among the top in obesity and cardiovascular degree -- disease. i'm wondering how you expect the affordable care act to impact our state? guest: i commend the governor for taking the initiative to expand medicaid as they have, and that is crucial. it is my hope that under the affordable care act, which i supported and i still support, although i do not call it the perfect law. i do feel there is room for improvement. we need to work together. throw out the political one- liners and throw out all of the political gains and get together across party lines and fix this law. west virginia, for the vast majority of our people, the affordable care act will be a big boon. it will work in the long term. the bestork for interests of the vast majority of west virginians. you look at the fact that no longer can a west virginian be excluded from coverage b

now we are at 11 degrees at morgantown. .he temperatures will fall we are going to fall by tomorrow morning. .hat is the latest report for above in michigan. behind that, colder air is going to come in. in thegoing to see it satellite images. look at the cloud cumbers -- cloud cover. this is another cold front. we become greasy. he we will be milder in the 20s. maybe a chance of snow flurries or snow showers. e to is a possibility du the early evening hours. onwe head into the day friday, the wind will turn southwesterly. it will be up and down for the future. single digits climbing into the mid 20's. then we will have another chance of light snow as we head through saturday. look at the weekend temperatures. turning sharply colder as we go through the early part of next week. >> now, the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. >> let's start with the nba. a huge night for. the fourth time they have been at 500. they are trying to climb over it. the celtics are in town. they have lost 15 of their last 17 games. to go to 500 for the first time since 2009, they will h

now tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m., you'll notice some cleveland back toward pittsburgh, through morgantown and through garrett county we've got this area of snow showers coming through. this is going to make a run toward the metro here late in the morning toward midday with flurries and snow showers. could drop a dusting. mid afternoon already east of us as the sun returns. another cold day with highs in the 20s. the forecast today upper teens, maybe 20 but not going to feel much different with the winds out there. the windchill advisories till noon so the yellow alert for the cold. 9 tonight in town. 2 in the cold spots with lighter winds. 22 tomorrow with the afternoon snow showers. same friday but it will be sunny. another very cold day. a little reprieve from the cold on saturday. back in the 20s for highs. sunday through tuesday. hello, winter. hello, monika. >>> you know what you're going to need today? wiper fluid. >> got to get the stuff that doesn't freeze. >> you need the stuff that doesn't freeze and you're definitely going to need to clean off thatld because as you drive and th

frostburg, petersburg, around elkins, around morgantown, and in fact there could be another snow event coming up this weekend. these areas around some of the ski resorts out west, good skiing this weekend. watch it, though, as the system comes in. 2:00, 3:00 p.m. tomorrow, the chance for snow. up until about 7:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m., late snow comes through the area. just enough to give us about a trace of snowfall. light amount. i think with temperatures just above freezing, a lot of it will be melting. so trace amounts for fairfax, manassas, woodbridge, waldorf, maybe an inch laid down around bowie. just north of annapolis, for locations up to the north, union, bridge, around frederick, maryland, hagerstown, frostburg. this is where there could be just over an inch of snow. so those roads through northern montgomery county may be compromised late evening. same thing through howard county. maybe even northern loudoun county tomorrow. here's a look at your storm team four-day forecast. 35 degrees the high temperature tomorrow. again, we're just above freezing for a very brief period of time

host: let's go out to morgantown now at west virginia university. joining us via skype is colleen beety, a student there at the student union on campus. thank you for joining us. >> welcome. hi. host: your question for the congressman. >> my question concerns the affordable care act in west virginia. west virginia consistently ranks at the top among the 50 states in obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. so i'm wondering how you expect the west virginia's adoption of the affordable care act and the expansion of medicaid to impact these trends in our state? guest: well, i commend the governor and our state for taking the initiative to expand medicaid as they have. that is crucial and it's allowing a lot of people access to health care for the first time in their lives. it's my hope that under the affordable care act, which i supported and i still support, although i do not call it the perfect law and i do feel there are -- there is room for improvement and we need to work together throughout the political one liners and throw out all the polit

. >> host: morgantown, virginia is the next call. bob is on the phone and he is 62. >> caller: i would like to comment on how we muddied the waters. i am in a low-risk situation as far as automobile insurance but it goes to help the higher risk of the younger people. and i have always network had children but my taxes go to pay help for schools and universities and such. and not having kids, my insurance premiums help people with families and that is what is called a society and i know we have forgotten that society. >> there are all sorts of subsidies in the environment and we see those are examples that we see all across society. younger people will be subsidizing the cost of older people if they buy insurance. the idea is that heathier people, we don't know the health status of these people, but younger people tend to be heathier, heathier people are paying in for protection so when they do have high cost they will be covered. in some cases, younger people or heathier people might be paying more than they need at this particular p

host: morgantown, bob is on the line, 62. caller: good morning. we have kind of muddied the waters on how a society as. -- what a society is in this country anymore. i am 62. my automobile insurance goes to help subsidize the higher risk of the younger people. my taxes have gone to help pay for schools and universities and such. my insurance premiums have gone to help subsidize people with families. i do not mind one little bit. i do not mind one little bit. we're forgotten the concept of society a little bit. guest: there are all sorts of subsidies. those are examples that we see all across society. younger people will be subsidizing the cost of older people if they buy insurance. that is part of the deal. younger people will be paying in i should say healthier people. we do not know the health status of these people. healthier people are paying in for protection. when they do have high costs, those costs will be covered.

host: morgantown, bob is on the line, 62. caller: good morning.have kind of muddied the waters on how a society as. i am 62. my automobile insurance goes to help subsidize the higher risk of the younger people. my taxes have gone to help pay for schools and universities and such. my insurance premiums have gone to help subsidize people with families. i do not mind one little bit. we're forgotten the concept of society a little bit. guest: there are all sorts of subsidies. seee are examples that we all across society. younger people will be subsidizing the cost of older people if they buy insurance. .hat is part of the deal younger people will be paying in --i should say healthier people. we do not know the health status of these people. healthier people are paying in for protection. when they do have high costs, those costs will be covered. in some cases the healthier people might be paying more. at some point, they may be a time when there is a car crash or they have some kind of problem and will need that kind of coverage. host: david in frederi

host: kenneth from morgantown, kentucky, independent line. caller: i'm 70 years old. i have seen combat. that's not the point. since world war ii, america has never fought for freedom, in my opinion. it's always fought for the rich man's way of life and the corporations benefit. everywhere they put boots on the ground, i guarantee you there's other resources or pipeline they got to put in. since the citizens of america and i was in combat did not benefit from any combat since world war ii, i think corporations and the rich elite should pay for all the wars we go to. guest: sir, first of all thank you for your service. my father too was a veteran of world war ii and unfortunately he survived the landing enormity. the commitment of the great generation that gave us, that is my generation the opportunity to be able to become great americans in our own right. not that i consider myself one but one who aspires to be better. are proud of having people like you who given us this great country and defended us in world war ii. let me try to be quick about your point. the fact