joining me now via webcam is nadra ahmed, who is the executive chair of the national care associationpresenting small and medium—sized care providers. thank you for being with us. this is quite an alarming report from the ca re quite an alarming report from the care quality commission?” quite an alarming report from the care quality commission? i think it is. it's actually quite disappointing as well. as it shows the trajectory that there is an improvement —— isn't improvement. we still looked on the back of a —— barrel of a gun when we look at position. is the safety aspects that are most alarming. when you are looking after vulnerable people and you've got this kind of report that tells us that 24% or 25% of people are living in conditions which make them even more vulnerable, because of the safety aspects. i think it is disappointing therefore that we haven't progressed at all. what are the reason for that? why haven't we progress? we had a report, it is a russian roulette, you don't know what kind of care you're going to get? i think that's quite emotive and it ignores the fact th

association, opposed. virtually every major national health care association is opposed to this disastrous legislation. so the american people are opposed, the health care organizations r. all across this country are opposed. the bill is written behind closed doors, and yet under those circumstances, they want to bring it to the floor for a vote. now, what most americans are signature around and thinking -- are sitting around and thinking, they are saying, look, the affordable care act has done some good things. before the affordable care act, mr. president, we had some 50 million people without any insurance. the affordable care act provided insurance for about 20 million people. that is no small thing. in the majority leader's own state of kentucky, the rate of uninsured went from 20% down to 7%. that's pretty good. not great, but it's pretty good. west virginia, the rate of uninsured went way down. so we have seen 20 million people gain insurance. we have dealt with the affordable care act under a total obscenity, and that is if somebody had a serious illness -- breast cancer, diabetes -- they could

association, opposed. virtually every major national health care association is opposed to this disastrous legislation. so the american people are opposed, the health care organizations r. all across this country are opposed. the bill is written behind closed doors, and yet under those circumstances, they want to bring it to the floor for a vote. now, what most americans are signature around and thinking -- are sitting around and thinking, they are saying, look, the affordable care act has done some good things. before the affordable care act, mr. president, we had some 50 million people without any insurance. the affordable care act provided insurance for about 20 million people. that is no small thing. in the majority leader's own state of kentucky, the rate of uninsured went from 20% down to 7%. that's pretty good. not great, but it's pretty good. west virginia, the rate of uninsured went way down. so we have seen 20 million people gain insurance. we have dealt with the affordable care act under a total obscenity, and that is if somebody had a serious illness -- breast cancer, diabetes -- they could

republican legislation has been opposed by almost every major national health care organization in the country the american medical association, hospital association, a a are be the largest senior group the american psychiatric association and pediatrics association of virtually all the major health care groups a say this legislation will be a disaster for the people that they serve. just last night we had a teleconference town hall in vermont with 16,000 people on the phone and the calls coming in were very painful. sas one woman called up and saidid my son has a very serious medical illness and we spend a fortune on prescription drugs will happen if this bill passes? perhaps her son will die? that is something and not even feel comfortable talking about. but this is not bernie sanders said his study after study that if you do as they did in the house to throw 23 million people off of health-insurance even those under struggling with cancer or heart disease or diabetes what does common sense tell you? if you are struggling what will happen? and was steady after study has shown that thousands of people will die not that any r

accomplishment in the health care bill that i know is of great interest and has already been a subject of discussion at this gathering and the national governors association. i'm pleased to report that new senate health care bill provides unprecedented new resources to address the opiate crisis that's ravaging our state and communities across this nation. >>. >>. [applause] the president and i are grateful for each one of your leadership on this issue and in my days back in the hoosier state, i sat around it in tables with families that were dealing with the loss of a loved one to opioid addiction or dealing with the long, long road back in opioid addiction and abuse. now, you all would be glad to know that president trump has made a priority of this ministration to end the scourge of opioid addiction in this country. he knows the impact it has on families. we are determined in this administration to bring the full resources of the national government to bear on assisting you as you come alongside these families. >> president trump has been giving our law enforcement community at every level the resources and backing they need to go after this on the law

association, opposed. virtually every major national health care association is opposed to this disastrous legislation. so the american people are opposed, the health care organizations r. all across this country are opposed. the bill is written behind closed doors, and yet under those circumstances, they want to bring it to the floor for a vote. now, what most americans are signature around and thinking -- are sitting around and thinking, they are saying, look, the affordable care act has done some good things. before the affordable care act, mr. president, we had some 50 million people without any insurance. the affordable care act provided insurance for about 20 million people. that is no small thing. in the majority leader's own state of kentucky, the rate of uninsured went from 20% down to 7%. that's pretty good. not great, but it's pretty good. west virginia, the rate of uninsured went way down. so we have seen 20 million people gain insurance. we have dealt with the affordable care act under a total obscenity, and that is if somebody had a serious illness -- breast cancer, diabetes -- they could

care. at this week's national governors association in providence, rhode island, there was bipartisan skepticismand even resistance to the republican plan." washington post" reporter sean sullivan was at the governors' gathering and joins me now from washington. >> the governor's association summer meeting not something we care much about but rielt now why are the spot lights so tuned in on this conversation? >> reporter: this is usually a really low key affair that doesn't generate a lot of news. but this time it was a closely watched gathering and the reason was health care. a lot of republican senators who are on the fence right now about voting for this senate bill are looking to their home state governors, they're looking to them for guidance. they're looking to see how they respond to this bill. because in the end it's going to be the governors that are going to bear a lot of the responsibility for some of the coverage losses that may come about as a result of this bill, some of the cuts to medicaid that may come about as a result of this bill. so they are watching thee governors very clos

massachusetts recently wrote a joint letter on behalf of the national governor's association arguing for states to have enough time to review any health careining me now is one of those governors, the chairman of the national governor's association. thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. >> lest talk about health care. democrats as you know don't control the house. they don't control the senate. they don't control the white house. they have a losing special elections. what influence, what weight does the democratic party have when it comes to trying to push back on health care? can they do anything? >> well, first of all public opinion like you just showed on that clip like you had before, people are outraged around the country. i think the message we are trying do do as governors -- heading up our sub committee, we sent a letter to the leader asking we need time to go through this plan. it will cut i mean cut health care benefits by $772 billion over ten years. this will be devastating to the virginia economy. ly lose 1.2 billion. governors, we are the ones that have to implement this plan. what you're seeing is republican and

care. it is my honor today, chairman of the national governors association to bring to the podium, the vice president of the united states of america, michael pentz -- michael pence. [applause] [applause] vice president pence: thank you all. it is wonderful to be here. to prime minister trudeau, governor mccauliffe, thank you for that wonderful introduction and warm welcome. to governor sandoval and all the governors of these united states, especially our host, to gina raimondo, and all the distinguished guests here today, it is an honor to be back in rhode island at the 109th annual summer meeting of the national governors' association. [applause] i bring greetings today from my friend, a champion of federalism who is fighting every single day to restore power to the states and the people, the 45th president of the united states of america, president donald trump. the president is returning as we speak from france where he celebrated america's first and oldest alliance with great pageantry. i spoke to him this morning and he asked me to convey his thanks for your service to your states and

when we speak to jacob tass from the national association for the care and resettlement of offenders.ate of inflation slowed unexpectedly last month, according to official figures. consumer price inflation, the rate at which the price of goods and services bought by households rise orfall, stood at 2.6% injune, down from 2.9% in may. it's the first fall since october last year, and is partly due to lower petrol and diesel prices. our economics correspondent andy verity reports. this carpet factory in kidderminster has been stepping up production to meet growing demand, with orders up 30% from one year ago. the devaluation of the pound before and after the brexit vote pushed up the cost of importing wool to make the yarn that goes into its carpets. with higher wage costs, it can't trim much from its production process. so, it's moved its product upmarket, and convinced retailers it's worth paying a little bit more for its designs. our prices have had to go up. we've increased prices by around 2% this year. and that's been a natural consequence of increased wage costs, yarn costs and en

national health care organization. the ama, the american hospital association, opposed to this legislation. and these guys are going forward with legislation that has 12% support of the american people. >> as this is happening, in the back ground, what happens if they pass this? what are the next steps? steve danes offered an amendment democrats could vote for that would be medicare for all. now, alley correct you voted present on that and if so yrgs? >> i'll tell you why. what i said was, thank you for being a republican who understands that our dysfunctional health care system needs fundamental change and we need to join the rest of the industrialized world in guaranteeing health care. thank you very much, senator, a very conservative republican. then i said, senator danes, you get four or five other republicans to vote for this and you vote for it. i think we can pass this thing. needless to say, senator danes, the guy who offered the bill didn't vote for it. no republican voted for it. my response is we will offer a medicare for all single payer system when we are ready. and that will b

association. cystic fibrosis foundation. march of dimes. the national m.s. society. the american nurses association. one might think that when virtually every major national health care organization in this country is opposed to legislation, that maybe, just maybe, our republican colleagues might think twice about go forward. but they have not had in this process the opportunity, amazingly enough, to hear from doctors, to hear from hospital administration, to hear from patient advocates, because, mr. president, as you may well know, despite the fact that we are dealing with an issue that impacts every single american, which is what health care does, an issue that impacts one-sixth of the american economy, over $3 trillion a year, there has not been one hearing, one public hearing on this bill. this bill has been written behind closed doors. anyone listening to senator mccain the other day made that point. now, how do you deal with one-sixth of the economy and their desire to transform the american health care system without listening to one doctor without listening to one hospital administration? writing a bill with a few republican senators behind closed doors. thi

care. it is my honor today as chairman of the national governors association to bring to the podium to work with the governors in a bipartisan way the vice president of the united states of america, michael pence. [applause] [applause] vp pence: thank you all. it is wonderful to be here. to prime minister trudeau, governor mcauliffe, thank you for that warm introduction and welcome. all the distinguished guests with us here today, it is an honor to be back in rhode island at the 109th annual summer meeting of the national governors association. [applause] vp pence: i am here for our -- for my friend, agent in of federalism who is fighting everyday to restore our rights, the 40's as president of the united states, president donald trump. he is returning from france, where he's elevated america's first and oldest alliance with great pageantry and a productive meeting. i spoke to the president aboard air force one this morning and he asked me to convey his thanks to all of you for your service to the states and to give you his best regards. our president since me and several members of our cab

care. so it's my honor today as chairman of the national governors' association to bring to the podium, work with the governors in a bipartisan way, the vice president of the united states of america, michael pence. [applause] [applause] vice president pence: thank you all. it is wonderful to be here. to prime minister trudeau, governor mccaw live, thank you for that wonderful introduction and warm welcome. to governor sandoval and all the governors of these united states, especially our host, to geena raimondo, and all the distinguished guests here today, it is an honor to be back in rhode island at the 109th annual summer meeting of the national governors' association. [applause] i bring greetings today from my friend a champion of federalism who is fighting every single day to restore power to the states and the people, the 45th president of the united states of america, president donald trump. the president is returning as we speak from france where he celebrated our first and oldest alliance with great pageantry. i spoke to him this morning and he asked me to convey his thanks for your

. >> the national association of landscape professionals will be performing lawn care treatments. we'll be enhancing the hard scapes and putting protection on the beautiful historic trees. >> some great work. why do you do this? >> for 21 years this group has come out here because we want to make sure that families of every active military and veteran everywhere know that there's a refuse to forget the sacrifices that were made. it's a real honor for us to be here. >> absolutely. thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you, aimee. >> the event kicks off at 7:30. more live coverage later on in the show. back to you. >> aimee cho live at arlington national cemetery for us. >>> we told you about an injured eagle found earlier in the year. we thought it could be justice. justice nests near the d.c. academy. it was a different eagle. they nursed the eagle back to health. justice was missing at the time. but justice came back last week. it's not clear we are went. maybe he wanted an adventure, change in scenery. >> you may want to grab an umbrella today. >> not looking for a big c

association, the cystic fibrosis foundation, the march of dimes, the national m.s. society, and the american nurses association. in other words, virtually every major health care organization does not want to see this bill passed. the american people overwhelmingly do not want to see this bill passed. how come it might pass? people don't want it. health care organizations don't want it. who wants it? i'll tell you who wants it. people who are going to get tax breaks, they think it's a great idea. billionaires who got $200 billion in tax breaks from the house bill, they think it's extraordinary. so what if 23 million people lose their health insurance from the house bill? the top 1% will get $200 billion in tax breaks. large health care corporations like it. the insurance companies, the drug companies, they're going to get combined hundreds of billions of dollars. and i'll tell you who else likes it. those people associated with the koch brothers who are spending hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars on elections, they like it because their ideology, their philosophy is that government should play no role in the concerns of the american people. and mark

national governors association meeting today. a discussion on cyber security. live from providence, rhode island at 9:45 a.m. eastern. senate republicans put on a new version of the health care law replacement bill thursday. the congressional budget office will release the analysis of the measure next week and the senate is expected to debate and vote on the measure next week as well. we have a link to the bill on our website, www.c-span.org. sunday on "q&a." >> in a country with an obsolete monarchy, speaking about the distributional wealth, about the corruption can get you in so much trouble. n women'sarabiab rights activist talks about her time in prison in her book, "daring to drive, a saudi woman's awakening." >> we wanted to change by this movement. the movement is going on. it never stopped. we are still campaigning for the right to drive. the right to drive is more an act of civil does the dance because a woman is not supposed to drive. disobedience because a woman is not supposed to drive. we are following our own destiny by doing this act of civil disobedience. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." >> two house subcommittees look at how the v.a. review

over the weekend, top health care officials and vice president mike pence lobbied over at the national governance association meeting up in rhode island. the administration trying to convince gov governors changes in federal funding would not translate to cuts at the state level. bringing in asa hutchinson joining us. thanks for joining us. >> great to be with you, wolf. >> you expressed, governor, deep concerns over the senate republican health care bill, but your opposition based on possible cuts to medicaid and how that would impact folks in arkansas? >> well, it was based upon a shift of cost to the states. we can do reform. we can have cost saving measures that help the federal government and state government, but what the last plan was, was a, too heavy of a shift of cost to the states we could not absorb without having significant changes and cutbacks. so, you know, i met with the vice president. our senators. they really accomplished some very substantive changes in the last version of the senate bill that i asked for. they were moving in the right direction, but i was still concerned about the cost

nursing homes who would lose that care if we dramatically cut the medicaid program, as the republican proposals have tried to do. at the recent national governors' association meeting, democratic and republican governors alike urged congress to reject the republican leader's health care bill. in particular, it's harsh and -- in particular, its harsh and unsustainable cuts to medicaid. republican governor john kasich was especially forceful in urging members of congress to work together to find bipartisan solutions. he urged congress to give first priority to stabilizing the health care marketplaces. we should listen to the governors, but most important, we should listen to our constituents, to the great majority of our constituents who want to preserve what's working in the affordable care act and see us change what is not working. instead of legislation to take health care away from people, it's time now for an inclusive bipartisan approach to provide quality, affordable health care for every american. thank you, and i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the assistant democratic leader. mr. durbin: mr. president, yesterday on

work that you started here at the national governor's association is just a beginning for each of you. cyberis an issue that's hear to stay along with education, health care, jobs and public safety tas touches all of those. cybersecurity has changed dramatically in less than a decade. from an i.t. issue to actually protecting our way of life. when everything is connected everything is vulnerable. as a result we see cybersecurity even for commercial companies as a national -- as a national security issue. multiple times over the past year we've been reminded by cyberattacks they are easily launch, far-reaching. they have global implications. and that's the challenge. the cyberthreat has become more sophisticated as nation states and cybercriminals invest more resources and cyberattacks because the return on in re investment is so great. there is no doubt that the cyberdomain is now a contested domain. for states with large research universities you probably know this rather well. as states school with important research work being done are important targets. and so let me take you through a simple example. a professor working at one of your research univer

national governor's association meeting. pence expanded medicaid. now, he is pushing a senate health carethat includes cuts to the program and a permanent alteration of how it is funded. the bill is holding on for now, but one single solitary republican defection and it's dead. majority leader mitch mcconnell won't have enough votes if he loses just one more. and among senators who could scuttle the bill are the relative so-called self-identified moderates like dean heller and rob portman. both from states with republican governors who have been opposed to the absolutely drastic medicaid cuts in the bill. now, john kasich today came out on the record blasting the bill, calling it unacceptable, which would put significant pressure on portman, not to support it. at the same governor's meeting today, vice president pence took his own shot at casic. >> obama care has put far too many able-bodied adults on the medicaid rolls, leaving many disabled and vulnerable americans at the back of the line. it's true. and it's heartbreaking. i know governor casic isn't with it, but i suspect he's very tr

care bill would impose on their states. the administration team making this frantic bid at the national governors association meeting to winm over or at least on win their silence of skeptical republican governors. republican and democratic governors said that effort left major questions unanswered. >> meantime the congressional budget office will not release its latest analysis of the gop health bill today as expected and it's not clear when it will do so. also unclear whether a new analysis would actually improve the bill's popularity with the public. take a look at this poll from the "washington post" abc news showing americans prefer obamacare to the republican proposal by a 2:1 margin. not clear how much they really know about the bill. i'm not sure how much any of us know. >> and that same poll bearing news that draws a shrug from the current white house occupation. president trump reaching a new low in approval ratings, just 36%, down six points from the same poll at his 100 day mark in april. president trump responding with a tweet that apparently he wants to have it both way, accepting and casting doubt on the pol

it's worth noting the national governor's association is having the summer meeting this week and they're going to talk health care over the next couple of days and specifically in one state, nevada. there's been a break between the way the senators might vote and how the governor of that state feels about medicaid expansion in particular. what you just heard senator graham talking about was a proposal that and and senator casey put forward you but in terms of the proposal that majority leader mitch mcconnell put forward to vote on a motion to proceed early next week and at that time they'll be able to take amendments and figure out how this final draft will look but top republicans do believe that this bill is moving forward. scott? >> well, he did say he didn't know if they had the votes, kayla, and we do expect that we will hear from senator mcconnell himself on the floor momentarily as he tries to implore his membership to get behind this. kayla tausche with the very latest on capitol hill we continue to wait for the big event in paris president trump and the news conference with president macron in paris you

national governors' association. at one time vice chair and later on the chairman of the -- they invited me to come back and talk about health care, health care reform is what was going on here in this senate. i was happy to do that, and we made it work on my schedule. there to speak on behalf of the administration was the vice president of the country, the secretary of health and human services. the o.m.b. director and the director of the centers for medicare and medicaid, explaining to the governors why they should support the administration's position why they should support the republican position here in the senate. today the republicans sent out a strong letter, not just republicans. republican governors, democratic governors sent out a joint letter, bipartisan letter, saying to us, basically do these things, their advice to us. hit the pause button. stop what we're doing. number two, pivot and stabilize -- stop destabilizing the exchanges. this administration is trying to destabilize the exchanges, which is a republican idea and i think actually a good idea. the administration can stop destabilizing the exchanges, but thro

care bill. >>> you may want to find alternate routes today. >> the organizers behind january's women's marplan to march from fairfax county to d.c. today protesting the national rifle association. the protesters will gather at the nra headquarters at 9:00 this morning. they'll make their way to the justice department. that's 18 miles. one participant explains why she's marching. >> the purpose of the women's march frhe to demand that the nra take down the horrifically dangerous and provocative recruitment video that they have playing on social media and on their website. actually, it's a call to violence. that's unacceptable. >> this is part of that video. the ad that encourages people to become a member of the nra. it's called the violence of lives and criticizes the media and anti-gun protesters. in the ad, it says the only way we save our country and our freedom is to fight this violence with the clinched fists of truth. despite widespread complaints about the ad on facebook, the nra has no plans to take it down. >> as for the march, we're working for you. you can look at our nbc washington app for all the details on the route, including all the road closures. search women'

care bill. >>> you may want to find alternate routes today. >> the organizers behind january's women's marplan to march from fairfax county to d.c. today protesting the national rifle associationadquarters at 9:00 this morning. they'll make their way to the justice department. that's 18 miles. one participant explains why she's marching. >> the purpose of the women's march frhe

. >>> and nationally, house majority whip steve scalise has been moved out of the intensive care unit. an official tells the associatedpress that scalise is, though, still in serious condition. you might remember he was hurt last month in a shooting at a practice for a congressional baseball game. just a few hours ago -- the ntsb responded to our questions saying that a team of investigators is heading to sfo. >>> well, just a few hours ago the ntsb responded to our questions saying that a team of investigators is now headed to sfo. they're looking at a close call involving an air canada jet that almost landed on a san francisco taxiway crowded with four other jets. had the plane crashed, it would have caused one of the worst disasters in aviation history. we get the details from nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: at the last minute, disaster averted in san francisco. >> where is this guy going? he's on the taxiway. >> air canada, go around. >> in the go around, air canada 759. >> reporter: nearly landing on a taxiway where four other planes were preparing to depart. >> air canada flew directly over us. >> yeah, i saw t

nation and then see whether this is a health care thank you, mr. president.id i yield the floor. >> senator from north dakota. >> i'd like to associate myself with n comments of the former governor now senator from the great state of new hampshire. it is not enough to say the system is failing. it's not enough to come here and say, we can fix it you just agree to vote the ware we're voting. you can present any amendments you want. we don't even have a cbo report on this legislation. we don't know what is in the legislation. there has been no hearings so that both people on both sides of the aisle can ask questions and say what does this mean for family on traditional met did some who has to rely on this to keep custody of their kids, and by the way, what does it mean if as a result of losing their medicaid coverage, those children no longer are able to stay symptom shows children become foster children because it's the only way, the only way those children can get health care. what does it mean for families we all think we august to have a real discussion about how young people, young families, who have excellent health, how they might have been d

national governors association continues friday. virginia governor and this mcauliffeir terry will lead a discussion on cyber security. and senate republicans put out a new version of the health care lot replacement bill thursday. the congressional budget office will release its analysis of the measure next week. and the senate is expected to according to senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. have a link to the new version of the bill on our website, c-span.org. c-span's "washington journal" live every day with policy issues that impact you. mary agnes carey will join us in the morning to talk about what is included in the latest senate republican health care bill. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern saturday morning. join the discussion. >> governors -- -- u.s. governors are attending their summer conference. in one of their panels, they discussed state efforts to combat the opioid epidemic. this is part of the national governors association summer meeting held in providence, rhode island.

careful as you celebrate. statistics from the national fire prevention association and the u.s.ts safety commission show just how dangerous fireworks can be around the fourth. here is one of the demonstrations we often see. in 2013, fireworks sparked 15,600 fires with most of them starting outside of the home. last year that number bumped up to 18,000 fires. about half of all fires reported around the fourth of july were caused by fireworks. and then there is that human toll. people getting hurt from playing with fireworks. hospital emergency rooms tend to treat a lot more patients with burns this time of year. many of them are young children. also teenagers who have accidents obviously with fireworks. 10,000 people are hospitalized each year for fourth of july fireworks injuries. and how about this, of all of the types of fireworks, sparklers cause the most injuries around this time of year. of course important to point out possessing illegal fireworks, anything that explodes or flies into the air or shoots across the ground obviously against the law. it can lead to big fines a

national association of community health centers. mr. holmes, i look forward to our conversation. both the community center fund and the state children's health insurance program provide state and local opportunities to improve access to care in the united states. i yield back the balance of my time and recognize the ranking member of the subcommittee, mr. green of texas, five minutes for an opening statement, please. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and again, we appreciate the loss we had, the injuries we had, and particularly to our committee member last week. but i'm glad he's progressing very well. the children's health insurance program, c.h.i.p., and federal qualified health centers, fqhcs, are critical components of our health safety net. funding for both expires at the end of this fiscal year and timely reauthorization is utterly critical. that said, we can't talk about either without talking about medicaid, literally the elephant in the room. the american health care act or trumpcare guts medicaid and makes structural changes that would inevitably lead to the rationing of care. after seeing the house republican bill to kick off 14 million enrollees on medicaid, the senate plan to kick even more kids off of medicaid ov

care bill begins to make the president's vision a reality. arthel: and that is vice president pence at the national governors' association meeting trying to bridge gop after a number of republican governors came out against the senate health care bill. nevada governor brian sandoval saying, quote, i have to be comfortable that those 210,000 lives are going to continue to enjoy the quality of life and health care that they have right now. for more on this i'm joined by vince coal phase, editor-in-chief of the daily caller. nice to have you. >> thank you. arthel: very well. we see vice president pence is pitching in but, of course, the president is involved in his own full-court press. so, vince, as president trump is using the power of persuasion, employing his art of the deal, are there any gop senators who might be persuaded to the president's side and vote yes? >> well, the key here, i think, is to stop senators from voting no, for sure. they don't -- right now there's a couple question marks. the key, brian sandoval, as you mentioned, the governor, he's very important. he's received phone calls from the president of the united states who's tr

nation's governor's association summer meeting. >> that number is significant. in 1999, there were 567,000 children in foster care across this program. the program along with others started an endeavor called building communities of hope, which is an effort to change what is going on in communities so children don't have to come into foster care but so that we could serve them at home. from 1999 until 2012, there was a 30% reduction in the number of kids in foster care. it had gone from 567,000 children in foster care to 390,000 children in foster care. from 2012 to today, that number has gone back up to almost 430,0 00 children in foster care. it is heading in the wrong direction and children who spend their lives in foster care have some of the worst life outcomes than any other children in the nation, including those that are chronically poor. we must see the faces of these babies. every governor should be in this room on this issue. and we need to make sure that the federal government is in it. i will tell you fiphilanthropy in on this. we bring the resources that we have gotten from the late jim casey, the f

the national governors association meeting begins tomorrow and includes an address by vice president mike pence. the governors are expected to discuss the opioid overdose epidem epidemic, health care and climate change. >>> people are packing atlantic city beach on this very hot day to see artist pink as the opening act at the atlantic city beach concert series. aundrea cline-thomas is live on the boardwalk. the doors just opened moments ago. people i'm sure are excited. >> that is an understatement. they are ready to go. the gates just opened not too long ago. they have sold 42 million albums and counting worldwide. in many ways, it's a long ways away from her doilstown roots and this concert will be the close toast a homecoming she's going to have during this tour. >> pink is set to open the atlantic city beach concert series later tonight. hours before the gates open, lines had already formed to get her merchandise. >> the three of us heard once before in philadelphia and her show was amazing. and when i heard she was coming to atlantic city, there was no way i was going to miss it. >> reporter: fans tried to get a glimpse during sound check. . tr it her edge thatten hasn't wan

care, greg elliott of charleston, west virginia. he's been selected this year as one of the recipients of the prestigious joe warner patient advocacy award. the national center for assisted living, the nation's largest association of professional long-term health care providers, bestow this annual award on association members who have worked diligently to educate members of congress about the needs of long-term care patients and to advance the quality and long-term and postacute care community. mr. mooney: mr. elliott is a second generation owner of am-fm long-term facility which has long-term, skilled and nursing home facilities throughout west virginia. greg is frequently visiting in washington, my congressional office, advocating on behalf of west virginia seniors. the third party research institute, my interview, has ranked the facility in the top 10% in the nation 46 times for customer or employee satisfaction. greg elliott resides in charleston, west virginia, with his wife of 16 years, jennifer, and 10-year-old daughter elizabeth and their two dogs. mr. speaker, please join me in thanking greg elliott for his dedication and care for our nation's frail, elderly and disabled. his career and accomplishments

care professionals weren't happy with the senate's first version of the bill. are any weighing in on this revised version? >> reporter: the nation's largest group of doctors, the american medical associationt out a statement saying that this revised bill falls short on coverage and access it provides to americans. back to you. >> all right. emily in washington, d.c., live. thank you. >>> russian american lobbyist with ties to soviet intelligence agencies says he also attended a june 2016 meeting with president donald trump's son seeking damaging information about opponent hillary clinton. rinat that meeting. >> we learn every day more about the trump campaign's willingness to work hand-in-hand with the russian democrat, i don't think democrats could find russia on a map until they found out or concluded he could somehow be used to beat up donald trump. >> house democrats today renewed calls for an independent commission to invemstigate russia's election meddling and ties to the trump administration. >>> a federal judge in hawaii issue ued a ruling further weakening mr. trump's travel ban. familial relationships with u.s. citizens that visa applicants can use to get into the u.s. the jump'

national governors association is just a beginning for each of you. cyber is an issue that is here to stay along with education, health care, jobs and public safety as itersecurity has changed dramatically in less than a decade. from an i.t. issue protecting networks, intellectual property, to actually protecting our very way of life. when everything is connected everything is vulnerable. as a result we see cybersecurity even for commercial companies as a national security issue. multiple times over the past year we have been reminded by cyber attacks that they're easily launched, they are far-reaching, they have global implications and that's really the challenge. the cyber threat has become more sophisticated as nation states and cyber criminals invest more resources in cyber attacks because the return on their investment is so great. there is no doubt that the cyber domain is now a contested domain. for states with large research universities you probably know this rather well as state schools with important research work being done are important targets. and so let me take you through a simple example, a professor working at one of your research un

care at a lower price. >> trump top officials also health and human services secretary tom price are in rhode island and they are trying to garner support at the national governor's associationring. >> it is us, we, the governors, that are going to have the responsibility to make sure that the citizens of our states are in a good position. so it's like so many things in congress, we hope they are listening to the governors. >> after being unveiled on tuesday, the latest senate bill is facing resistance on the hill with rand paul and susan collins. they are already coming out in opposition of it. >> i'm very disappointed because i've been very vocal about my concerns. >> several republican senators are still undecided. leader mcconnell cannot afford any of these six to go on a "no." joining me is alex. we showed the sixth there and that's really that question, isn't it, will the governors from those states be able to, shall we say, influence how these six senators may or may not vote on this latest bill? >> right. that's the key question. that's and i think they are wrapping up behind me. this conference is wrapping up. it's safe to say they didn't get as far as they would ha

care law replacement. leaders have planned to vote next week. you can find live gavel-to-gavel coverage of the senate on c-span 2. >>> the national governor's association summit meeting live saturday on c-span starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern. governors talk about computer coding and the importance of computer science in schools, with girls who code ceo, former microsoft ceo steve palmer, and tesla ceo elon musk who will speak at the governor's closing session. watch the national governor's association summer meeting live on the c-span networks, c-span.org and listen live on the free c-span radio app. >>> two house veterans affair subcommittees held a joint hearing examining how the veteran's affair office abused gulf war illness claims. the va denies more than 80% of claims for benefits in gulf war associatedne

care bill. >>> you may want to find an alternate route today. >> we'll show you a map today. the organizers behind january's women's marplan to march from fairfax county to d.c. protesting the national rifle association. the route could clog the key bridge, georgetown and downtown d.c. >> megan mcgrath is live in northwest washington with what you need to know about the timing of this march. megan, good morning. >> rte guys. yeah, it's going to be a very busy day. the march is actually happening this morning in fairfax county at the national rifle association headquarters. then the protesters, they're going to march here to the department much justice on pennsylvania avenue and that is going to happen in the middle of the day. so we are expecting a large crowd. they're going to be winding their way, 18 miles, from fairfax county through the streets of washington down here to pennsylvania avenue. so expect delays. we caught up with one of the protesters yesterday. she's making signs, rather, for the march. so a lot of activity there. let's take a specific look here at the timeline. 9:00 a.m. is when folks will gather at the nra headquarters in fairfax county. 10:00 is when the rally begins. at noon th

care at a lower price. >> this weekend, top trump officials including vice president mike pence and health and human services secretary tom price are in rhode island trying to garner support at the national governors associationring. >> president donald trump is going to lead this congress to rescue the american people from the collapsing policies of obamacare. >> after being unveiled on tuesday, the senate replacement bill is already facing resistance on the hill, with kentucky's rand paul and maine's susan collins already coming out in opposition. >> this bill doesn't repeal obamacare. >> i'm very disappointed, because i have been very vocal about my concerns. >> at last count, numerous senators are still on the fence regarding its approval while the margin for it passing borders on slim and none. msnbc's alex seitzwald joins us from the governors meeting in rhode island. what's the reality on the ground? >> well, i think it's still very tough. they can't afford to lose a single more vote which explains this full court press. in addition to lobbying senators directly the administration is making a bank shot, coming here to lobby governors, in the hopes the governors will influence their senators. there are

careful. if this is a crime, been a wide array of contact that routinely occurs between politician and foreign nationals would also be a crime. and then you raises serious free speech and association concerns under the constitution. >> martha: thank you very much. always good to see you. so here now with a possible political fallout, former white house press secretary and brand-new fox news contributor. welcome to you. our public and post lawyer and columnist at the "washington examiner" and democratic strategist and former senior dnc advisor. welcome to all of you. let me start with you. what's your take on this and also sub question here, the forms that weren't filled out because they put themselves up in many ways by not coming forward and saying this meeting on this day, this meeting on that day, here's what it was about. >> take a deep breath. i consider that is the best advice. i don't think team trump has done a very well-paid all the issues relating to russia they keep having to correct their forms, they keep having to remember things that they previously forgot. the best course is always when you get hit with something like this, disclose it all voluntarily upfront yourse

care at a lower price. >> this weekend, top trump officials including vice president mike pence mick mulvaney and health and human services secretary tom price. they are trying to garner support at the national governor associationng. >> i'm not there yet. you know they have resolved about three issues i was concerned with. but they're still what i perceive to be a cost shift to the states. we have to look beyond just simply the medicaid dollars. that's the mistake is everybody is making right now. >> and then there is the resistance on the hill. all right. well at the measurement as we look at the resistance we see kentucky rand paul and maine's susan consequentlies college out in opposition. last count numerous senators are still on the fence regarding approval while the margin for passing it borders on slim and none. msnbc alex joins us from providence rhode island last time we were talking they were wrapping it up. and if they have, what compromises have you heard coming out of the governors, this as they obviously have a much wider view of who needs help and how to help them compared to members of congress. >> right, richard these governors on the front lines of implementing health care with the federal gov

legislation, as you know, has been opposed by almost every major national health care organization in the country by the american medical association the american hospital association, by the aarp, the largest senior group in america, the american psychiatric association, the american pediatrics association. virtually all of the major health care groups are saying that this legislation would be a disaster for the people that they serve. i was just last night we had a teleconference town hall in vermont, and we had some 15,000, 16,000 people on the phone. and the calls that were coming in were very painful calls because i didn't almost even want to be honest in answering the calls. a woman calls in, and she says my son has a very serious medical illness. and we spend a fortune on prescription drugs. what's going to happen if this bill passes? what was i going to tell her? that perhaps her son would die. you know, it's not something that i feel comfortable even talking about. but the truth is -- and this is not bernie sanders talking -- this is study after study after study that says that if you do as they did in the house, throw 23

national governors association summer meeting continues on friday. this year's chair will lead a discussion on cyber security live from providence at 9:45 a.m. eastern. republicans put out a new version of the health care law on thursday the cbo will release its analysis next week and the senate is expected to debate next week, as well. we have a link to the new version of the bill on our website, c-span.org. "q&a."ay on >> absolute monarchy, speaking about the distribution of wealth , the corruption. >> women's rights activist talks about her time in prison after challenging the saudi american ban on women drivers. [indiscernible] we wanted to change this by this movement. the movement is going on. it never stopped. we still campaigning for the right to drive. civil thisan act of obedience. we are not supposed to drive beard we showed we are capable of driving and being in the drivers seat of our own destiny. 8:00 easternht at on "q&a." >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3. saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on lectures in history, appalachian state university professor browning discusses union general mcclellan. >> they haven't done a lot of research about what this peninsula looks like and w