say to the right honorable gentleman, he talks about the private sector being used in the national health servicet he might ask the shadow health secretary for his view on this. because the shadow health secretary has said, "we are still going to buy from the private sector where we haven't got capacity in the nhs." his shadow health secretary is committed to it. >> mr. speaker the shadow health , secretary has a very good understanding of the needs of patients and will always put them first. he will not be the one putting the private sector first. mr. speaker the reality is that , there are 1,000 fewer gps and the number is falling. no wonder that more and more people are writing to me every week saying how difficult it is to get a gp appointment. gps are the bedrock of the nhs. we need more of them. mr. speaker i had a letter this , week from anne, who is somebody who is retired. until recently, she cared for her mother at home. she wrote: "the nhs pay a private nursing home for mum's care. day after day, we experience a catalog of disasters. i can't leave my mum knowing that her needs aren't c

that this government is committed into national health service that will give it certainty and sustainability through the annual budget making we are committed to a national health service. >> who knew that would be the only lifeline? with the 11-year-old who had the awareness event and that is simply just because of the background. will the prime minister leading the nation with the children. >> thank you for raising this issue with the experience of these two and is doing important is to raise awareness and particularly the parliament and we support to raise awareness from the minority ethnic backgrounds and then in 2015 that includes test but fixed relations -- specific stipulations from the background and specific fundingru from the background i am happy to voice my support which is continuing to raise the awareness of this issue. >> i am sure they are watching this event of national importance. >> with every day. >> but to the right honorable gentlemen it is the government. in that my m honorable friends but just like the county hospital there have seen great improveme

that is the reality of our national health service. we also see is that this government can only put money into the national health service because we have a balanced approach to our economy. what did we learn this week that the labour party and the shadow chancellor want to do? they want to "overthrow capitalism." what would that mean? it would mean families paying higher taxes. it is supported by parts of the labour party. now we know where the labour party really stands on this issue. i say to the shadow chancellor and others what would this mean? be families paying higher taxes more debt for our future, fewer people in jobs, and less money for our schools and hospitals. a labour party that would bankrupt our economy would do lasting damage to our national health service. mr. speaker: steve double. >>[shouting] steve double: the government have stated their ambition for the u.k. to have 10% of the worldwide space industry by 2030. central to achieving this is establishing our own launch capabilities within the u.k., through u.k. spa

with more people and operations been taken that is the reality of our national health service. we also see is that this government can only put money into the national health service. if a balanced approach to our society. what do we learn this week. it would mean families with higher taxes. and now we know where the labour party really stands on this issue. it would be family's pain higher taxes. and the labour party and that would think our economy thank you very much mister speaker. the government has stated them to have 10% of the year 2030. establishing their own lunch capabilities. they are ready to play a significant role. he's absolutely right. with driving them across the united kingdom. and that's why we are delivering a program to ensure that they have that launch. the strong enthusiasm. and other locations around the uk. that's why the march of the industry act. they are considering funding the project. thank you mister speaker. can i put them remarks there. mister speaker. with the policy. because they simply cannot support the paperwork. the home office fees had in

extra for the national health service. but i also say that we want to ensure that the national health service is able to operate on a long-term plan. with the multiyear funding. that is a sensible approach to take. but to say how can we ensure that the nhs is any chest that will deliver to people in the future. mister speaker not only was march the worst. it was also the worst months for canceled operations. in the prime minister personally intervened to overrule the health secretary when they ask for the relaxation of these rules in order to equip stock. it's not just the nhs. in january the education secretary promise that no school would see a cut in its funding. last week he refused. i wonder why. while the prime minister now tell parents, teachers and students the truth. that the schools budget is in fact been cut in real terms all over the country. what we are doing is ensuring that there is more money available to schools we are ensuring that we have a court budget. regardless of the background. get the education tha

that is the reality of our national health service.k that the labour party and the shadow chancellor want to do? they want to overthrow capitalism. what would this mean? it would be families paying higher taxes, more debt for our children in the future, fewer people in jobs, and less money for our schools and hospitals. a labour party that would bankrupt our economy would do unlasting damage to our national health service. later, mps held a debate and called for papers on whether or not the government was planning to scrap parts of the lansley reforms of the nhs made in 2012. but that motion was defeated. the ayes to the right, 230. the noes to the left, 295. the noes have it. the transport secretary chris grayling has apologised for the disruption caused to rail passengers as a result of timetable changes this week. the comment came during a feisty debate on mr grayling's handling of the east coast rail franchise. labour introduced a motion criticising the transport secretary for his plans to hand the route over to a public—private pa

health england's responsibility or local variations? responsibility or local variations? aware of any national or we did not learn anything about it. learn anything about it. with other screening in the national health servicehealth service. screening likely to be damaged by all this? all this? i think that is a very important point. important point. a gps, son are run by nhs and some are run by public health england. are run by public health england. stage to cast any doubt over these other screenings. other screenings. is the helpline number if you believe you have been affected. helpline on 0800169 2692. evening in the papers. lord digbyjones and broadcaster and campaigner henry bonsu. 8:09pm is the time. during the election campaign of 2016, and that he was reimbursed. was mr trump's personal cash. which would have been illegal. here's our north america editorjon sopel. personal lawyer. the presidential election, to buy her silence. reimbursed by the president. maintained he knew nothing of the payment. he was asked about it on air force one four weeks ago. says the president has paid michael cohen the money. he was definitely reimbursed. there is no doubt about it. so why did he say he wasn't? maybe...

[shouting] when it comes to the national health service, says november by right honorable friend 10 billion-pound extra. i've also said we want to ensure the national health service is able to operate on a long-term plan. that's why we're conducting a review to reduce the long-term play in assisting multiyear funding. not just there to say how can we ensure that the nhs is the nhs that will deliver for people in the future. it's about sending and reforming to make sure patients get the right treatment. >> mr. speaker, not only in the a&e departments, it was also the worst month to cancel operations. there are 100,000 vacancies in the prime minister personally intervened to overload the health secretary and the home secretary when they asked for a relaxation of these else to work in our nhs. but it's not just the nhs for the government and and our services. they promised that no school would see a cut in its funding. last week he was invited to repeat that pledge and refused. i wonder why. will the prime minister not tell parents, teachers and students the truth that the school's budget has in fac

of the exchequer has announced £10 billion extra for the national health service. ave also said that we want to ensure that the national health service is able to operate on a long-term plan. that is why we are conducting a review to produce that long-term plan, with sustainable multi-year funding. that is the sensible approach to take, not just to say this is all about money, but to say, how can we ensure that the nhs is the nhs that will deliver for people in the future? that is about funding. it is also about reforming the nhs to make sure that patients get the right treatment. >> jeremy corbyn. >> mr. speaker, not only was march the worst month on record in a and e departments, it was also the worst month for cancelled operations. there are 100,000 vacancies for nhs staff, and the prime minister personally intervened to overrule the health secretary and the home secretary when they asked for a relaxation of visa rules in order to recruit staff to work in our nhs. but it is not just the nhs where the government is damaging our public services. in january, the edu

we have more nurses and doctors in our national health service today then we did when we came into government. and tragically it has risen among students. they have shown the commitment to mental health with the plans can i ask my right honorable friend. to make the health of university students her next priority. >> she of course raises an important point. we know the significant portion of mental health problems will start before they reach the age of 14. it's something we are looking into. giving them the chance to trade their volunteer boards. businesses and workers. the government said that it made no commitment to leaving it there after. it's been forgotten about. keeping all those benefits especially for younger people is one thing to unite them. while the prime minister make sure it is now a top line item and give us the pledge today. we have not forgotten about that or a number of other programs which is opportunities for universities and students here in the united kingdom when we leave the european union union we have said that there are certain programs that we would like to remai

comes to the national health service, november, there have been 10 billion pounds extra for the national health have alsout i said that we want to ensure that the national health service is able to operate long-term plan, that's why we are conducting a review to produce that long-term plan with sustainable multiyear funding. approache sensible to take, not just to say this is all about money, but we ensure can that the nhs will deliver for people in the future. funding, it's slso about reform in the nh to make sure patients get the right treatment. >> mr. speaker not only was march the worst month on record in a and e departments, it was also the canceledth for operations. there are 100,000 vacancies for nhs staff and the prime minister personally overrule the health secretary and the home secretary when they ofed for a relaxation visa rules in order to recruit staff to work in our nhs. just the nhs where the government is damaging our public services. january, the education secretary promised that no school would see a cut in its funding. last week he was invited to that pledge and refu

we talk about the national health service but there are several bits, not all of them talk to each otherft hand does not know what the right hand is doing, we have public health england, nhs england, we have outsourcing to an it company that flagged this up in march 2017, apparently ministers did not know until march this year and they were told it was a local issue, that's why the public health england decided not to proceed at the time people not getting the information and we note the biggest factor when it comes to survival rates is catching diseases early, whether it's breast cancer or prostate cancer. remember the first duty of any government, any party at any time is to look after the people. exactly, i think this means ministers will have to get operationally involved, the gabba windrush fiasco, they are working here, the civil servants are working down there and we are not hearing about it until it is a crisis.|j agree. - move on to politics, agree. let's move on to politics, local elections, henry, the polls have closed, we don't know any of the results yet, how significant are

government, and also indian reservations, if you go to the national health service, you can find jobs to repay. i know a physician right now that is paying her student loans working in alaska. i know that is pretty radical-sounding, but there are national health services in every state. usually, if you work in underserved areas with vulnerable populations, if you are willing to do that you can actually get loan forgiveness. therapist, apeech support person at work, who was really lamenting about her student loans. said, put speech therapy and a loan forgiveness programs, and now she is working in a loan forgiveness program and not having to pay her student loans back. so i think part of it is knowing how to negotiate the system. john is calling from acheron, ohio. you don't have any student debt .. you think college is worth it these days? caller: no, i don't. is,the reason i called we have our priorities a little next up. in our last budget, we gave $12 million in scholarships to the nation of libya, lebanon. there was $10 million for disadvantaged egyptian students, and another $20

absolutely, but i think definitely when it comes to the national health service, we are all aware thatt is an incredible, fantastic service in many ways but it is creaking and under resourced and under stress. and when it comes to things like the it systems, there are a lot of issues there. we had the issues last year when the it systems were hacked, and it was because the it systems across the nhs are so different in terms of their updates, and how well our run, all that kind of thing. anyway, move on. that story will progress and we will keep covering it at the bbc. let's now talk about the guardian. it has front and centre the fact that cambridge analytica is closing. we have talked about it to a degree already. this is scl group, the group that has cambridge analytica as part of its operations. the guardian again has been very at the forefront of this story, raking a lot of the detail with regards to this when it was first coming out, about its involvement with facebook. many are concerned now about whether the investigation into what really happened might go away if they go insolv

i think many would be quite happy to do so if it goes towards things like the national health service hard all their lives and who have, who are already aware that the younger generation are at a disadvantage with things like free education and university education and high house prices and they're using things like equity release or savings to give grandchildren all grown—up children a deposit already. so also people aged over 65 have to work because their pension does not go far enough so their pension does not go far enough so you have to bear all these people in mind. perhaps drawing a sharp distinction between generations is problematic. you do not sound too convinced about this. it is an interesting argument but i do think that we have to be, you know, there are people of the older generation who have benefited from rising house prices of course. but at the same time in the 1970s and the early 19905 time in the 1970s and the early 1990s they had double digit interest rates and those houses have come at a cost to them. and i think a lot of the problems, the gap between the genera

nearest place where it is available but those statistics are published every year by the national health service in britain and they do show how many people broken down by each individual county do already travel so the argument they're trying to make is that this is already a reality irish women do already travel abroad every day eight or nine of them every single day on average travelling to the united kingdom to get an abortion anyway and as far as they see it there is no reason to force those women to travel if they would if they're going to have an abortion they may as well have it at home where they can have the follow up care and all the medical attention that they'd like we've got about forty seconds here just want to ask you regardless of this election result will it settled this debate once and for all in ireland. it will certainly settle it for the forthcoming years because the present government has said that no matter what the result it doesn't intend to have a second go at this so if the people do decide that the new proposal is too extreme the present government under the prime mi

big organisations like the national health service, many look at that kind of organisation and say, theyerly. what are your thoughts on that aspect? that is true, they could run a better and faster business, lower cost and high impact. but they will have to upgrade their capabilities. every business is doing that. we work with philips, we are now invaded in every mri machine, helping them get more value from those machines. you are running a company which has grown rapidly, and you havejust introduced a three day weekend four times a year, way have you done that? when you starter start-up, you are working overtime, and you are flooded with e—mails all the time even when you are away. so we have mandated a three—day weekend four times a year, you cannot reply to your e—mails, so you can relax a bit and think. you have to stop and think. that is where innovation comes from, the next big idea from your boys went they have some space. —— from your employees when have something. i think it is good for the business not to business sometimes! that is a good slogan! thank you very much your time

this year is the 70th birthday of the national health service.es this milestone with the worst a and he waits on record. the worst delays for cancer referrals on record. falling numbers of gps, falling numbers of nurses, and the longest funding squeeze we have ever seen. so, let's mull over the exchanges in pmqs, i am joined by some guests. where are the liberal democrats on the private sector? to think there should be a role for the private sector in the nhs? our view is patient focused. the car about the outcomes. it should be free at the point of use. we think there is possibly a place, but it needs to work for patience, and in places like oxygen for example, we have lost services to the private sector, the services have been worse. what is the point? i think it is happening because of cost pressures, rather than driving quality up, and we do need to strike a new balance in my view? you would like to phase out the perpetrator? we believe that the nhs should be in public hands, and that politicians should be publicly accountable for any failing

maybe each on will be like a mini national health service in the u.k. and it can be good or bad but where do you think this is leading and do we have to worry about mandates with the affordable care act if the trend continues i think the unexpected development is the resurgence of the development will -- insurance companies the thought is that they would be gone by now they really didn't serve a purpose in the marketplace that was wrong or policy decided not to tingle so now you see the insurance companies have a more lasting presence in the marketplace and you will continue to see that. some of those mergers in the pharmaceutical service with all three levels the now injury. to be sustained growth in healthcare. not result in continued growth and opportunity and second look at big data and how that revolutionizes these companies. cvs is not the old cvs and frankly it is in the amazon either for somebody to come along to give that experience. that this industry is waiting for that. but the bottom line is less change than we thought. measure the reductio

the national health screening service programme “— national health screening service programme —— theo 3000 women's lives. the state is very important. given this failure of the it system, hasn't been dealt with. is there any way that there can be a back—up system in place that the lead at the point on something like this?|j think point on something like this?” think that will be looked at very carefully as there will be a public enquiry into it. i am sure what really has been a good system for a long time, this is one failing, the worst failing in its history and it will be sorted out. they will make sure that it can't happen again whether that is a back up system or whatever. to ensure that this problem will not happen again. thanks forjoining us. and we'll find out how this story, and many others, are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are the political commentator, jane merrick and the political reporter at the times, henry zeffman. stay with us for that. the boss of the high street bank tsb has told mps that he is t

chlorine nated chicken and national health service which is national religious symbol in some ways. allowing more contracting out and outsourcing out, it would be in britain.deal won't like it. brexiteer vision of british foreign policy outside of europe post-brexit where my columnists have, pure fancy. they run away from informed interviewers whenever the offer is made. they do not want to be questioned on this subject. >> what about their role, matthew, in other multilateral an arrangements. th ande and and and and and and and and g7, g20, nato. how do you see uk using their leverage in these other arrangements post-brexit. >> yeah, thanks. quickly say a couple of broad points relating to foreign and security policy. the first thing to say is, that yeah, i think despite the, diplomatically, this sort of challenges that surround a brexit process, what rob wainwright who recently left europol made this point, put that to one side, there is still goodwill on both sides to insure that they come to some kind of a mutually beneficial arrangement around security and foreign policy initia

commons this past week, prime minister theresa may was questioned about funding of the uk's national health servicey liver -- labor party leader jeremy corbyn. she was also asked about citizenship fees, international trade, and the state of brexit negotiations. this is 45 minutes. >> thank you. order. questions for the prime minister. kerry mccarthy. >> question number one, mr. speaker. >> thank you, mr. speaker. speaker, this week has been the start of the grand felt power -- the grenfell tower inquiry. this was an unimaginable tragedy and justice must be done for the victims, survivors, bereaved and thwi

s national health service by labour party leader jeremy corbyn, and was asked by others about citizenship international trade and the state of brexit negotiations. >> order. questions to the prime minister. >> question number one, mr. speaker. >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, this week has seen the start of the grenfell to

women in england may have died as a result of a health service computer error which meant they were not sent an invitation for breast screening. the nationale 450,000 patients who were awaiting their final screening did not receive the letter. and todayjeremy hunt, the health secretary, confirmed 270 women may have died early because of the blunder. 0ur health correspondent hugh pym reports. patricia thinks she's probably a victim of the major errors with breast cancer screening which emerged today. she was due a routine mammogram in 2013, at the age of 70, but never got the invitation. two years later, she developed breast cancer. i look back now and think, you know, everything that happened since could possibly have been avoided or lessened. this whole journey i went on, this traumatic journey of all of the treatment, it may have never had to have happened. today, the government admitted there had been a serious failure in nhs screening, caused in part by it problems, with sometimes tragic consequences. there may be between 135 and 270 women who had their lives shortened as a result. i'm advised that it is unlikely to be more than this r

can she tell the house how many have been denied help under the national health service? have denied pensions? how many has lost their jobs? this is a day of national shame and it is, about because of a hostile environment that was begun under her prime minister. amy: that is the british labor mp david lammy. deeply impassioned about this issue. some people being jailed or deported who have lived in britain for over half a century? >> yes. there was one publicized case of a man who had cancer. because who is being treated as an undocumented person, he was denied cancer treatment by the state health care. people were actually deported and threatened with deportation and live with that looming over their heads. one man said he was preparing to commit suicide if they went through with it and deported him to jamaica. juan: talk about your own family, their experience. >> and the child of caribbean immigrants who grew up under british rule. my mother grew up in dominica singing "god save the queen" every day with the queen on her money and her notebooks. my grandparents made t

the government, and also indian reservations, if you go national health service you can find jobs to pay. i know a physician right now paying for student loans working in alaska, and i know that is pretty radical sounding. there are national health services in every state. usually if you work in underserved areas, if you are willing to do that, you can actually get loan forgiveness. there was a speech therapist, a support person at work who was really lamenting about her student loans, and i said, put speech therapy and loan forgiveness programs, and now she is working in a loan forgiveness program and not having to work her student -- pay her student loans back. part of it is knowing how to negotiate the system. host: john is calling from akron, ohio. you do not have any student debt. do you think college is worth it? caller: no, i don't. the reason that i called was i think we may have a priorities -- our priorities a little mixed up. our last budget, we gave $12 million in scholarships to the nation of libya and lebanon. there was $10 million for disadvantaged egyptian students, an

may be each one will be like a mini national health service like the uk and that might be good or bad. i guess my question is what do you think this is leading to and will we have to worry about mandates in the affordable car-- affordable care act anymore in the future this trend continues? >> i think it's an unexpected development that the resurgence of the insurance companies. i think that the conventional wisdom was that insurance companies would be gone by now. and that they really didn't serve that much of a purpose in the marketplace and that either was wrong or government policy decided not to tango, so i think what you see is kind of that insurance companies seem to have a more lasting a presence in the marketplace and you will continue to see that. i think some of these mergers in the pharmaceutical and healthcare insurance and then that individual service, they are trying to occur which is to say on all three levels of the industry right now and again, where are you now? well, you're entering a period where there will continue to be sustained growth and healthcare because th

i mean, he can't tell britain to pay more their national health service, can he >> the health and humances secretary was on "squawk box" this morning and he talked about a little bit and hinted at trade agreements, could there be something we could do through trade to try to get other countries to pony up more on drug prices but you had kathleen on last hour who noted that's not necessarily going to lower prices for americans it seems like the administration wants to say, if other countries are paying more, then americans can pay less and that won't impact innovation and the money going into r&d however, there's a lot of question marks about whether other countries will pay more for drugs. >> ipsita, if the view is that this is going to be benign for the pharmaceutical industry, how much room can actually the president make here on lowering the cost of prescription drugs in this country, or is this just a political tactic ahead of the midterm election >> there's really not a whole lot that president trump or the hhs secretary can do to lower the launch price, lower the list price. one o

is to stand up for the things we believe in, people know we will invest in and protect the national health serviceich will protect jobs and investment in the future of our economy. and in the end, people will make a judgment when the election comes, but i think it is a good night, with some gains and losses, but the general election outcome will be determined whenever that comes and we will continue to fight for every single vote. and we fought a good campaign, it has been a great spirit and we have seen it reflected in good results being declared on the stage behind me. hillary ben, thank you for talking to us. this is the deal ok, liam. it is now, what, 20 past three in the morning. this is the time when we get sort of all immat and cosy and you can start telling us stuff you wouldn't tell me if i was interviewing you at 5pm. so hillary benn is talking about protecting job, getting a trade deal that is in the interests of everyone in the united kingdom, and that is why the prime minister of course is pursuing this idea of a customs partnership. why is she wrong about that? first i think hillary

nation's past. visit c-span.org/connect and sign up today. next, health and human services secretary alex a's are speaks at -- alex azar speaks at the world health congress. it aims to quite data from over one million people in the u.s. to help researchers study health trends. his remarks are 20 minutes. >> how we are working to transform our health care system into one that pays for value. it will look to medically different from that that we have today. such a system will pay for health based on health. rather than for sickness and procedures. it will deliver better and jeep health care for the people we serve and will support the next generation of chores to diseases once considered terminal. we know that the idea of value-based transformation is not new. president bush and his administration i served and president obama's a ministration -- obama's administration moved to one that pays for value. i worked to improve this process under mike leavitt. there has been real progress made. there is so much further to go. hhs has often lagged behind the private sector where so m

nation's capitol. health and human services secretary on "fox & friends" this morning touting the president's message. >> the president promised he would put american patients first and that is what he is doing today. he will be rolling out the single most comprehensive approach to making prescription drugs affordable of any president in the history of the united states. dozen of initiatives. smart, targeted, but ensuring that patients have access to the best therapies. >> dana: that was alex azar. now we turn to chief white house correspondent john roberts at the white house. john? >> john: good afternoon. welcome to the rose garden where the sun is shining today. ivanka trump is wearing black and that might not have been the best choice that it is always ten degrees hotter here with the sun beating down and the air doesn't move. i digress. the president promised in the campaign he would try to do something about drug prices. it's emerging as one of the big issues in the 2018 mid-term elections. the president this afternoon will announce a number of different measures, not just one thing to bring dow

nation's capitol. health and human services secretary on "fox & friends" this morning touting the president's message.e president promised he would put american patients first and that is what he is doing today. he will be rolling out the single most comprehensive approach to making prescription drugs affordable

we are happy to have a national health service. tomorrow, it is looking pretty promising. sunshine around, dry and temperature still up in the mid—20s. not until wednesday we noticed the temperature dropped. still drive for the time being and then we head into thursday and things are more unsettled and cooler as we head towards the end of the week and into the weekend. iam back i am back in half an hour. there is plenty more on our website at the usual address. the protests have taken place in moscow and other cities with the police making hundreds of arrests. more than 20 homes have been totally destroyed and hundreds more are in 1700 people have been evacuated from the largest island as a result of the largest island as a result of the activity from the kilauea volcano. some people have been allowed to return temporarily but only to collect their pets. former olympic cyclist victoria pendleton has been explaining why she had to pull out of recent attempt to climb mount everest. she was trying to climb the world‘s highest peak with

well, the it in the health service has had its problems, and i think looking at a national system would health service is not one pure system, it is a number of different regional areas that are working to provide the health care within their own area, they have their own plans ready, everybody knows that i need more monetary policy, they know they need to transform the services and everybody has their plan in place waiting for it to happen. there is a survey recently that found for community nurses, so people like district nurses who go into people's home, a third are still working entirely off paper, so what they are doing then, is not being able to access the clinical record, to see what has happened to people in hospital, and then at the end of the day, half the time they are having to drive to hospital or an office, queue up with other nurses, to input some information, about those patients before they go home. how much do you think in terms of hours or time in your day, how much is that adding to a workload that could be spent on the clinical treatment. i mean it is notjust the im

service as a federal librarian, assisting so many throughout arkansas and the nation. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize susan cookus of the central arkansas veterans health care system for being named national female volunteer of the year. the national advisory committee of the department of veterans affairs voluntary services named her the national female volunteer of the year after reviewing nomination letters from the central arkansas v.a. and from our veterans in central arkansas. dedication and service their needs has earned her a great deal of appreciation, recognition, and respect over the years. she's also a member of the soldiers angels, a texas-based nonprofit that provides aid and comfort to the men and women of the u.s. armed services, their families, and an expanding veteran their needs has earned her a great deal of appreciation, recognition, and respect over population. she volunteered more than 570 hours and help distribute more than $720,000 in donations in the past year brought in by soldiers angels. there is no one more deserving of this award and i'm proud to have such a dedicated member of my district volunteering and helping our vet

there is no major threat to human health at this point, but the national weather service saying thatxposure to the ash and the gas could be hazardous and they're warning people who live nearby to avoid too much exposure to the outdoors at this point. also, local agencies and authorities are warning people to avoid the roads because that ash could obscure the road and there are other hazards but right now no major concerns for the population, however, those volcanologists say that could last for weeks on end. matt gutman, abc news in the town of volcano, hawaii. >> our thanks to matt there. >>> the fbi is investigating an explosion at a medical building south of los angeles. that is in aliso viejo. one woman killed and three others injured. a federal official says the explosion appears to be an intentional act. pictures from inside show the force of that blast knocking down walls and sending debris flying into a parking lot. a day-care center across the street had to be evacuated. firefighters were seen there leading small children out by hand, some of them still in their cribs and an

nation's cast. c-span.org/connect and sign up today. next, health and human services secretary alex lazar talks about efforts to create value-based health care system and get patients better access to their local records. he also discussed the cost of prescription drugs and opportunities for medical research. this was at the world health care congress in washington, d.c. >> good morning, everybody. it is a pleasure to be with you here today. i want to thank megan for that kind introduction. who thought it was a brilliant idea for me to get a major policy address at 7:30 in the morning? [laughter] i hope you all are fully gassed up with caffeine and encourage you -- i may interrupt my remarks to go get a cup of coffee while are going just to be safe. --is a great leverage privilege to be here today and share health care with you and explain how we at hhs are working to make it a reality. we know everyone of you here, experts in the field of health care, cares deeply about our health system. all the health care professionals who are gathered here today work to save live

health trusts did warn of problems. we know in march last year 2017, two nhs trusts, that they administer the services for public health england administered them nationallys in those areas about it problems and went to the contractor who provided the it and said these are localised issues and had no significance nationally. that may well have been the case but it adds to the impression that people did know things and maybe people did not act on them as rapidly as they should have. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is: president trump says he did cover the cost of a payout to silence the porn star, stormy daniels. but he insists no campaign money was used. these are some of the other stories we're coving in the bbc newsroom. four pharmaceutical companies have been raided in nigeria after a bbc investigation into the role of cough syrup containing codeine in an addiction epidemic. after the bbc report aired nigeria announced a ban on the production and import of the syrup. bbc swahili is covering. the widow of china's late nobel laureate, liu xiaobo, says she's ready to die at home after being under house arrest for eight ye