called the emergency rebecca law, if you go to the emergency room, they have to take care of you. think the problem with the medicare for all bill, it gets - private insurance. which doesn't make any sense. most people have private insurance i like it. secondly, a goes to people who have paid into medicare peeper. they like that program. it is basically saying to them, we are going to take your healthcare and give it to everyone else. that is not going to be very popular. but the other problem with it is kind of a simple economics problem. which is, if you look at medicaid, which is one government program, it pays about 80% of costs. if you look at medicare, it pays 95% of costs. and commercial insurance pays about 115-120% of costs. vessel u.s. healthcare system. another example. hospital inpatient stays for the same procedures, medicare pays half of what commercial insurance does. so, there is no evidence to indicate that the government, if it is the only payer, will ever actually pay the cost of healthcare. which will ultimately result in reduced quality, and reduced access. be

the legal team joining us now, rebecca is a law professor at new york law school and a form er manhattanssistant attorney and rebecca, you have the experience we need involving new york state law, which is critical here and also, new york bar issues because the deputy counsel for the "national enquirer" sent this story to the biggest, toughest lawyer. i thought attorney john fine was at risk of getting disbarred, everything. what do you see in this legally? >> first of all, inn the federal crimes are actually harder to prove than the state crimes because the federal crimes require that there actually be a wrongful threatening of somebody in order to gain property and the state crimes actually only require. that's just a class a misdemeanor. it's not a very serious state crime but it's a crime and his cooperation agreement with the southern district of new york doesn't say you won't commit federal crimes but you won't commit crimes. he would have broken that agreement regardless of what he did. >> this is david pecker who runs the "national enquirer". >> the key thing to me, people talk a

rebecca: there are a number of things that need to be done. a number of lawsneed to be put into place. those reviews are being put into place now. they need to go through a process. once those rules, we had something like 17 laws that needed to be reviewed and amended. so that then they are aligned to the commitments. reasonsone of the main when you look at why malaysia is not there yet. line -- laws are in haslinda: houston do you see that? rebecca: it is a process to go through. taking it through cabinet, parliament. , marchliamentary sitting could be a possibility. if not, it goes to july. there is a time frame we are looking at. talks set to conclude by the end of the year. is that realistic? rebecca: first things first. we wanted an asian initiative. haslinda: you are saying it was hijacked by china? [laughter] rebecca: i'm not saying. we are working very hard to ensure that the parties that come to the table manage their concerns. it means the agreement has to be better. of course, when you have parties sitting at the table, it is going to take it much l

in this next episode next week you'll see rebecca and her brother-in-law kind of meet each other foro you sit at home like we do withtissues? >> yes. >> you do, you watch? >> oftentimes, i'm just one tiny part of the equation. and we're on a text chain and it's like, fam, that episode blew my mind. >> yeah. >> it's like you're watching it in realtime with theaudience, and you're proud of the work people are doing. ng to say, it must be different to have read it on a script. you kind of know what the are but to see it all woven together. >> it's still mind blowing to all of us. >> we love you. >> i love you guys too. >> it was so nice of you tng coe ith us. >> congratulations. bring the mister next time. >> i will. t you're going stay with hoda on the fourth hour. >> kathie lee is back. >> then the return of "this is us" tuesday february 12th, 9/8 central right heren nbc. >>> just ahead, consider your valentine's day pblems solved. 're going to reveal today's hot gift list. but first this is "today" on nbc. a presidency under siege. coming undone. donald trump can't be trusted to gove

you'll see rebecca and her brother-in-law kind of meet each other for the first time. >> your show got> oftentimes, i'm just one tiny part of the equation and you want to see all of the incredible work that your friends are doing. we're on a text chain. fam, fam episode. you're watching it in real-time with your audience and proud of the work people are doing. >> it must be different to have read it on a script and know what parts are but then see how it's woven together. >> it's mind blowing to all of us. >> we love you. so nice for you to come and hang with us. >> any time. >> bring the mister next time. you'll stay with hoda on the fourth hour. >> yes. >> return "this is us" february 12th right here on nbc. >> consider your valentine's day problems solved. we're going to reveal today's hot gift list. but first this is "today" on nbc. s is "today" on nbc. list. valentine's day is just around the corner, and i'm struggling to find the perfect gift. it's true. our editors at today.com they've got you covered. >> they have scoured the internet for the best items to give your sweethearts

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rebecca. the other was dedicated to ruth. i think that choice was a deliberate one. ruth was the woman who accompanied her mother-in-law from her own land back to her mother-in-law's native land with those amazing words, your god will be my god and your people will be my people. chief richardson: thank you, chris. that was really powerful. thank you, carol. both of you have been very wonderful this afternoon. we appreciate you taking the time to be with us. thank you all for listening. this is the end of the session. [applause] >> interested in american history tv? visit our website, c-span.org/history. .ou can view our tv schedule by the always enthralled senate chamber itself. the walls themselves. if they could speak, what would they tell us? >> c-span's newest book "the senate is quote transport to into the senate wing of the capital, revealing rich architectural details of the senate chamber, the ornate hallways, private workspaces and lavish meeting rooms. this keepsake is filled with beautiful color photos of the art in architecture that are in the senate space and offers information about this and its rich hist

rebecca. the other was dedicated to ruth. i think that choice was a deliberate one. ruth was a woman who accompanied her mother-in-law from her own land back to her mother-in-law's native land with those amazing words, your god will be my god and your people will be my people. chief richardson: thank you, chris. that was really powerful. thank you carol. both of you have been very wonderful this afternoon. we appreciate you taking the time to be with us. thank you all for listening. this is the end of the session. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] a concluding session from a symposium titled " pocahontas: her life, legend and legacy." participants exploit the myths and realities of pocahontas, including native american tribal chiefs, historians, a curator, two religious leaders and an apologist. it was cohosted by the virginia museum of history and culture, an american evolution. therganization marking 400th anniversary of key events in virginia in