i am ron williams. we heard from the prior panelists about the impact of medicare in the entitlement programs that they are having. we also have the introduction of the health care economic act. i would be curious about how you see the entitlement programs being modified in the context of addressing the issue of the deficit. on the one hand -- on the other we are messengers with the hope that somewhere in efficiency and productivity we make a balanced episode. >> the affordable care act had very substantial savings in health care. they were scored savings from the congressional budget office perspective. not just the administration. and they were politically validated because in the midterm elections democrats who voted for the affordable care act were accused of cutting medicare because of the savings that were in there. the affordable care act is the largest set of health care savings ever. in addition to the size it put in place a process intended to bend the cost curve. you look at what is driving p

>> i am ron williams. we heard from the panelists about the impact that medicare is having.also have an introduction of the care act. how d.c. the title of programs being modified -- do you s the entitlement programs being modified? >> the affordable care act had substantial savings in health care. they were scored in savings from the congressional budget office. i think they were politically validated because in the midterm elections, democrats who voted were accused of cutting medicare. because of the savings. the affordable care act is the largest set of health care savings ever. in addition to the size, it put in place a process that is intended to ban the cost curve. you look at what is driving public's help -- sector health care spending, it is the same thing in all of your corporate insurance plans. it is the inflation in the health-care system. the public sector is not growing faster than the private sector. we have to address some of the issues in our health-care system if we're not going to get our hands around it. if the only decisions are to say that a poor perso

>> i am ron williams. we heard from the panelists about the impact that medicare is having.e also have an introduction of the care act. how d.c. the title of programs being modified -- do you see the entitlement ograms being modified? >> the affordable care act had substantial savings in health care. they were scored in savings from the congressional budget office. i think they were politically validated because in the midterm elections, democrats who voted were accused of cutting medicare. because of the savings. the affordable care act is the largest set of health care savings ever. in addition to the size, it put in place a process that is intended to ban the cost curve. you look at what is driving public's help -- sector health care snding, it is the same thing in all of your corporate insurance plans. it is the inflation in the health-care system. the public sector is not growing faster than the private sector. we have to address some of the issues in our health-care system if we're not going to get our hands around it. if the only decisions are to say that a poor perso

joe williams is a white house correspondent for politico and ron reagan is an author and political commentatormpaign ahead, but here they are, going after mitt romney with the idea, maybe we can help weaken him so newt can overtake him. we'd rather take on newt in the fall. or weaken him so much that even if he beats newt, romney staggers into the general election a weakened candidate. are they that smart, that lucky, or both, joe? >> well, it seems like it's a combination of both. but certainly, it reminds me of two boxers mixing it up before the undercart is even finished. we don't even know which opponent president obama's going to face. keep in mind, we have three debates between now and the end of december, and another nine or ten in the next calendar year before the nomination even gets settled. i think the white house is trying to adopt a very proactive strategy here. number one, to define romney before romney gets to define him. and also, as you said, soften him up for the general election, maybe hoping that gingrich or a weaker candidate can get in the ring instead of romney, who they

ron paul. he kicked butt. number two herman cain way way back. that is almost a third # back of the poll they have nothing happening there. juan williamsis just a function of ron paul the geeky computer fans of his loading the ballot box? >>> oo if you look at florida he has done well. he doesn't get that much media attention for it because everyone assumes he will not be the nom inee. he has the strong libertarian attitudes these anti bar for legalization of cocaine, marijuana, heroin prostitution. i think people see him as a little bit of a wild card but don't take him seriously. he continues to perform well. >> with what juan just said, how old rick perry or ron paul do in an ohio gop primary? >>> oo i think rick perry would do fine in ohio. he has a tremendous record of a successful governor that has grown an economy ron wall has been there before. he would under perform those standards that are expected of a winner in the state of ohio. >> this has to be said. this is foolish. we must get to the facts this sweek with her man is not going away. his attack on the media assures that. >> thank you. juan williams as always. charles pay

we know that because don williams and his father ron had already told us in an email they would not comment abuse that has alleged happened for many years on a secluded property in indiana. the house is a self-described fundamental baptist boarding school and church forred a lens et girls. the allegations are so disturbing we felt we needed a face-to-face meeting with the father or son in charge. we found the son in a parking lot. we've had a lot of people complain they've been abused at your house. can you give us a comment about that? >> well, i would rather not. >> our conversation did not end there but first, let us introduce you to susan who is now 45, but spent two and a half years starting when she was 15. >> it was going to be gardening and crafts and singing and just a chance to heal. >> so that's what your parents thought this school was going to be. >> that's right? >> was that in any way correct? >> no. i knew that the minute the door shut behind me. >> on her first day in this house which was is facility used back then, susan said she was accused of having a bad attitude while

we know that because don williams and his father ron had already told us in an email they would not comment house is a self-described fundamental baptist boarding school and church forred a lens et girls. the allegations are so disturbing we felt we needed a face-to-face meeting with the father or son in charge. we found the son in a parking lot. we've had a lot of people complain they've been abused at your house. can you give us a comment about that? >> well, i would rather not. >> our conversation did not end there but first, let us introduce you to susan who is now 45, but spent two and a half years starting when she was 15. >> it was going to be gardening and crafts and singing and just a chance to heal. >> so that's what your parents thought this school was going to be. >> that's right? >> was that in any way correct? >> no. i knew that the minute the door shut behind me. >> on her first day in this house which was is facility used back then, susan said she was accused of having a bad attitude while cleaning the ceiling. two staff women grabbed her and don williams administered what w

. >> peter hart, sounds like the country wants william jennings, george wallace and ross perot and ronaul all wrapped up in one person. >> you have to understand, we've always been built on a sense of hope. bill clen tonight gainton gave >> the optimistic version. it is going to be a lot of angst and a lot of furry to happen this year. >> news of the two major parties. micah, in this time where nobody seems to be doing well, the democratic party is seeing a little bit recovery while the republican party is not. >> if you look back to 2010 right before the 2010 election, you pretty much have the same numbers. you saw that election and how the results were. >> so what is it that's driving? why is it that there is anover all negative feeling. democratic party is recovering but you don't see it translating. >> i don't know if it will translate into an electoral win. it is not a good barometer of that. maybe it is a little bit counterintuitive for some. it is how people are looking at the two different parties right now. four of the last four surveys we have found both parties in the negati

ron mott, nbc news, block island. >> great story to end our tuesday night broadcast on. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. and, of course, we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> right now at 6:00, a chaotic scene at uc berkeley as police open fire inside a computer lab. good evening, everyone. i'm jessica. >> and i'm raj mathai. our nbc helicopter over the school of business on the cal campus. a man walked into a third floor computer lab and brandished a handgun. >> this happened on the same day

and ron howard gave great advice, he said, "stay in school and then if you really love it come out to los angeles or do theater." and anson williams them." which is a really stupid thing to tell a kid. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah. >> i was living in a suburb of chicago. what good was, you know, writing a letter to universal studios? anyways. >> jimmy: "hey, hey, i want to be in a movie." >> exactly. and he got -- you know, i sent him a fan letter after that. and anson williams kept sending me letters back saying, "you know, please tell paramount to let me sing more on "happy days." >> jimmy: really? >> yeah. and i didn't hear from ron howard at all. just from pretty good foxy. >> jimmy: yeah, just from pretty good -- >> yeah. >> jimmy: but have you met ron howard ever? >> only on the telephone in 1972. >> jimmy: tonight will be the first -- this will be amazing. >> i'm so excited to meet him. >> jimmy: meet your crush. this is awesome. >> yes, i know. i know. >> jimmy: i'm so happy. this is cool. he's the greatest guy. >> yeah, this is great. you are, of course, the nicest person in show business, as i said in my book. but, i'll bet that

ron mott, nbc news, block island. >> great story to end our tuesday night broadcast on. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williamsd, of course, we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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ron, did you have a question? >> good morning. i'm juan williams. we heard from the prior panelists about the impact that medicare and entitlement probe rams are having. we also have an introduction of of the health care accountable care act. i would be curious about how you see the entitlement programs being modified in the context of addressing the issue of the deficit. on one hand we have -- and on the other hand we are increasing our expenditures with the hope that efficiencies and productivity will make a balanced. >> first of all the affordable care act had very substantial savings in health care. there were kind of scored savings from the congressional budget office perspective. it's not just the administration saying so and when i actually think they were politically validated as being scorable savings because of the midterm elections. democrats who voted for the affordable care act were accused of cutting medicare because of the savings that were in there. the affordable care act is the largest set of health health heh care savings i think

williams and the latest polls. in iowa, gingrich has opened a big lead, at 32 percent, followed by romney at 19 percent, and herman cain, falling, to 13 percent, and ronholding steady at 10 percent and new hampshire which has been a romney stronghold, gingrich is trailing romney by just two points, and paul and cain well behind. so, how do you account for the rise particularly after the dismal start and million in debt his staff firing him and now, he's the co-frontrunner. >>guest: it is his turn and he now occupies the single most dangerous place to be if american politics which is the non-romney leader in the republican field, with the position occupied bien from donald trump to most recently herman cain and a couple of others. everybody who has occupied that spot has entered almost immediately a slide and it remains to be seen if gingrich will. i think he has vulnerabilities and explaining he did just now is a sign of that. and one of the companies he represented to the tune considerable sum of money. and that was freddie mac, he advised a big player not mortgage meltdown. he has vol increasabilities and he has a long track record and books and sta

williams and the coveted valentino. now, back to you. >> fantastic. we have been trying to get rid of tim for so long. >> finally. >> finally, we're going to give tim away. don't forget to join rons in fells point. the annual mammoth manic monday meltdown is november 24th at 6:00. >> i think that was every employee in the building. nobody was working. it's a chilly friday night. we're enjoying clear dry skies around the state. and expecting a warmup for the weekend. meteorologist tim williams and bob turk have a look at what we can expect tomorrow and the next few days. bob? >> you saw my face. but i really wasn't there. >>> let's take a look at temps and continues. tomorrow start off cold. most places around evening. by afternoon. increasing temperatures. tim has a look at that five-day forecast. tim? >> reporter: well, the five-day forecast does warm up very nicely, bob. talk about saturday. we'll pick it up. and of course we talked about 58 degrees, the kickoff. 62 for the high on sunday. look for clouds to start to increase monday. and a chance of rain tuesday evening through wednesday. temperatures dropping from 60 to about the mid-50s. with overnight lows down in the 40s.

hearing that william daly is stepping down as president obama's top aide after only ten months on the job. reportedly tense relations are behind his role change. he took over the position from ron emanuel, who quit to run for mayor of chicago, a position that he's in and now pete rouse will take over for daly. >>> a very disturbing video has surfaced from last week's riot in downtown oakland. it's raising questions about whether police used excessive force during this late-night confrontation with demonstrators. this is a line of police in video at frank ogawa plaza. at one point he's asking if it's okay to be where he's standing. there's no audible rely. then one officer raises a weapon and fires what appears to be a weapon. >> ow! ow! >> you can actually hear him crying out in pain. so far, no response from police now, police made -- from police. now, police made more than 100 arrests. most were cited and released. one remains. he's the man that tried to kick and beat a police officer. a judge set his bail at $15,000 and refused to release him on his own recognizance. >>> in about two hours, joe paterno is expected to address the child abuse scandal surrounding his program. h