i think it's number one, providence rhode island. get out of line here but i'm going with scranton, pennsylvania, but the answer is wouldn't you know it? providence rhode island. the westminster arcade is located downtown and we've it or not it was built in 1828. this goes back a long way doesn't it? all right folks we're out of time. ashley, lauren, great stuff today. i know we'll see you both again tomorrow. that's it for "varney" & company. but if you stay tuned if you just sit there for just a few more seconds, you're going to have neil cavuto miraculously appear with all kinds of news including market and politics, neil?

i think it's number one, providence rhode island. stuart: and not to get out of line here but i'm going with scranton, pennsylvania, but the answer is wouldn't you know it? providence rhode island. the westminster arcade is located downtown and we've it or not it was built in 1828. this goes back a long way doesn't it? all right folks we're out of time. ashley, lauren, great stuff today. i know we'll see you both again tomorrow. that's it for "varney" & company. but if you stay tuned if you just sit there for just a few more seconds, you're going to have neil cavuto miraculously appear with all kinds of news including market and politics, neil? i can hear it now. click, click, click. we are following the aftermath of this devastating storm. it hit florida as a category storm ever so briefly. as she moved north the damage in her wake is stunning. at least 30 dead there. this piled on with flooding on top of flooding on top of even more flooding. we should also point out that there are flash flood alert throughout north carolina and sou

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provide care as indicated. i will close with my favorite rhode island story. a guy came in and said tongue to our frequent flyers who have spent the most money. one of the workers came back and said i have a guy come i think if we buy him a television and an air conditioner he will not come into the emergency room so often. sure enough, they spent $632 at walamrt trying it out, and he went from being a $250,000 a year emergency room spent two being a $40,000 spend. it is because they understood who he was and treated him as a patient. here a.m. as a doctor talking to people about treating a patient. >> my co-pay is twice than what it normally is. my pharmacist looks on the computer, i am not sure why the pbm raised your rates but if you pay cash you will save money. hmm. before congress passed a law in 2018 banding gag offers, he could have lost his contract for telling me i could save money by paying cash. health care reform is providing access to high-quality affordable health care. research and my personal experience shows that the way to do this is to give

remember the mayor of rhode island? providence -- >> buddy? >> you remember buddy? >> no, i don't.hat's his last name? >> he stayed in office after his last conviction. he was forced to resign. there's a great book about him. >> wasn't the best mayor. the guy in d.c. smoking crack with the prostitute and got reelected. remember him? >> 21% of registered voters cast a ballot in the general election that eric adams won in. 1.1 million voters. cast ballots. >> uh, oh, fly's on you. >> how about tony mack? >>> coming up, we have a big lineup on "squawk box." we have s.e.c. chair gary gensler and then at 8:00 a.m., carolina panthers owner and hedge fund david tepper and then you have mark cuban here. i saw him make the comments about gary gensler so beyond the pale. they may pass each other. all three will join us on the squawk set. not at the same time. >>> up next, we talk technicals with katie stockton. "squawk box" will be right back. >> announcer: this cnbc program is sponsored by baird. visit bairddifference.com. welcome to the now way to network... they switched to juniper's ai-n

back with the stor >>> we're back with the story of a rhode island teen who made a major change for the sake of helping others. from our providencemost every day through the doors of nathaniel green middle school, is he wrestles at this academy. >> one of my top cheerleaders. >> let's go, let's go. >> reporter: the 14-year-old was the state champ for his weight class. he says practice is a place for peace, among other things. >> i just let it all out on the mat. >> reporter: this season, things will look a little different, and when i say different, that's because up until a few weeks ago, his hair measured two feet long. >> i started growing out my hair in third grade. >> reporter: it all started with a stranger that he saw. >> a little girl, and she was at the beach. and she was going to the water, and she took her hair off, and her hair went with it. >> reporter: we all have major moments that impact us. for him, that was it. >> you could see that she was sad and felt embarrassment, and that kind of stuck with me. >> reporter: that's when he decided to do something good. making it his mission to grow out his hair so he could d

rhode island's on one is here, a tireless advocate for the state's retirees and pensioners. he will testify about the importance of social security and providing strong foundation for american retirement. without new revenue, this bedrock of the american retirement system will only cover 83% of benefits beginning in 2035. so it is incumbent upon us in congress to examine real solutions. to close the revenue gap and preserve the promise of social security for our kids and grandkids. the promise of social security is a promise we cannot break. at last year's state of the union, president biden received a standing ovation from republicans and democrats alike when he proclaimed that cutting. -- when he proclaimed that cutting social security and medicare was off the table. as he said that night, "we got unanimity." but republican claims that they don't want to cut benefits don't match the republican house's actions. the current republican study committee budget, representing 80% of house republicans, has proposed cutting $1.5 trillion of social security benefits over the next 10 years. it would reduce the benefit formula and raise the retirement a

providence to philadelphia to develop petitions signed by 10 sailors and marines. accusing the commander of the united states navy recently appointed by the continental congress lose a brother was a former governor of rhode island and was a man of great power. accusing him of gross misconduct including mistreatment of reddish prisoners of war that could be considered embarrassing to the new government. they had to sit and decide what to do with captain of the marine who had jumped the ship and the other nine. very powerful congress but they said something so interesting. when they discuss the crimes of the commander of the navy the then identified what they called his quote most dangerous of principles conceivable. this is in a letter they wrote in 1777 to the prosecutor who prosecuted the british troops in the boston massacre who was also a member of the congress they reached out to a prosecutor this has the most dangerous principles. what were they? i think they are the same principles that every whistleblower in this room and every whistleblower i've had the honor to represent have identified it. this is what they wrote februar. he declares that all mankind are exactly alike. and that no man has ever existed

providence to philadelphia to deliver petitions signed by 10 sailors and marines. he accused the commander of the united states navy, recently appointed by the continental congress, whose brother was a former governor of rhode island, and who was a man of great wealth and power, accusing him of gross misconduct , including mistreatment of british prisoners of war, which could be considered embarrassing to the new government. they had to sit and decide what to do with captain of the marines, who had jumped to the ship, and the other nine. the 10 whistleblowers delivered a very powerful message to the congress, but they said something so interesting. when they discussed the crimes of the commander of the navy, they then identified what they called his "most dangerous principles conceivable." this is in a letter they wrote in 1777 to the prosecutor who prosecuted the british troops in the boston massacre, who was also a member of the congress. they reached out to a prosecutor and said, this man had the most dangerous principles. and what were they? i think they are the same principles that every whistleblower in this room, and every whistleblower i have and -- have the honor to represent, have identified. this is wha

provide health care to people who are on medicaid, people who don't have insurance. prospect was acquired by a private equity firm in 2010 and currently owns 16 hospitals in this country -- in pennsylvania, california, rhode island, and connecticut. before we get into the details, let's talk about how a private equity firm buys a hospital. they raise capital from investors, but a huge portion of the money they raise, as i mentioned before, is borrowed. so from the start, the hospital that they're buying is millions of dollars in debt, additional debt, and is immediately responsible for generating revenue to pay that debt. the debt that the hospital didn't acquire, debt that is on the hospital because the ownership company borrowed the money in order to buy the hospital. sometimes that means taking a bad financial situation and ultimately replacing it with an even worse one. so in 2016, this company, prospect, bought three hospitals in my state. rockville general, manchester memorial and waterbury hospital for a total of $150 million. combined these hospitals serve about 6,000 patients. these hospitals are sometimes their best and often their own option, access to the emergency rooms can be a matter of life and d