talk to me about what you think of the impact is of those decisions on the state of ohio. know that the green lighting will bring about $5,000 for the state of ohio. when the president makes these decisions i note that he is always think about what is best for the america first economy. and what is best for the american workers in the best for the american manufacturers. if we can't grow the business is in this country. we can't hire more people. i know that people were clamoring for that in this past election. if you could stand up if you don't mind. in terms of your business and what you're seeing here and you make machines that make cans that go all around the world so regulation healthcare all of these. what would help your business the most. what would you like to tell president trump tonight. you'd mentioned earlier. tax reform is always a focus on corporations is that focus on small businesses. if you take a look at the equipment that is in here a lot of small business contribute to the manufacturing site here in ohio. a local in the state of ohio. they need a break

of service. he ran for office. he represented ohio for 24 years, longer than any other senator in the history of our state. about one year ago, i asked john come meet with my staff. he and his wonderful wife showed up, and they peppered john glenn with questions. it was really interesting, because he told my team that happiness in life does not come from all the material things you think about. in his you, at 90 something years old at the time happiness , in life comes from one thing, and that is serving others. in some way. he spoke about serving the cause greater than yourself. he's an example of someone who never stopped finding ways to serve. with his talents, he could have done anything, absolutely anything. he chose a life of service. it doesn't have to be politics, that's not right for everybody. i understand. all of us have the opportunity to serve in our communities. many of you already do. i know you will leave here energized to do more to help make sure your neighbors are represented by you. in the next chapter of your lives, i hope these incredible ohioans will inspire you to work the wright br

i'm concerned about senator blackwell, the former secretary of state of ohio. he has been named to serve on this commission and it's somebody who built a career out of making partisan people to register to vote. >> during his time as secretary of state he rejected thousands of voter registration forms. because there were printed on the wrong paperweights. >> not on the right card stock in his view. >> so i'm very concerned about some of the folks they have pulled out to work on this commission. what i will say is this, there is this hyper- partisan rejection of this idea that there's voter fraud in our country. like paul ryan have said that campaigns have not seen evidence of the millions of people who president trump claims that voted unlawfully in november. you have lindsey graham in south carolina who is rejecting these claims and in fact urged president trump to pull back claims he's made about the november 2015 election and urges the focus on real issues like western influence on our democracy. so across the board, we see folks from the left and right who r

he spoke earlier this month at ashland university in his home state of ohio. it's about 15 minutes. [applause] sen. portman: thank you very much. thank you for your friendship. thank you for inviting me to be here at this celebration. thank you to joyce and the board, and to the graduates, congratulations. you have been well launched. this is a great school. one of the great schools in ohio and in the nat

he spoke earlier this month at ashland university in his home state of ohio. this is 15. [applause] thank you very much. thank you for your friendship and inviting me to be here at this celebration. thank you to the board and to the graduates, congratulations. you have been well launched. this is one of the great schools in ohio and our nation. there are so many great programs, the business program the nursing program that is award-winning, your premed and science programs. i think about ashbrook center because the ashbrook center is celebrating its 34th year of excellence in a few days. i love this campus, i love coming on campus and getting to know the students. i get fromd counsel folks, including the ashbrook center. it is neat to share the stage with jelly, josh, and zach. angie, who to have got her start in politics at ashland university has the college student body president. she did this a years after joey, but she still makes me call her madam president. joey, you can be your excellency. republicans and democrats together on something, it was unanimous the lady e

he spoke earlier this month at ashland university in his home state of ohio. this is 15.

based on the statistics that i've seen from my home state of ohio and around the country for the first quarter of this year, it looks like the number of deaths and overdoses from drug abuse are increasing, not decreasing. part of it is because of these new drugs coming in, particularly synthetic drugs, these fentanyls and carfentanyls, u-4, things produced in a laboratory by some evil scientist somewhere and shipped into our country. so the need to act has grown only more urgent. every day we're now losing 144 americans to drug overdoses. think about that. every single day, 144 americans are dying of drug overdoses. it's now far exceeded the number of people who are dying of car accidents in my home state of ohio, and it's exceeding that number around the country. millions more are not dying of overdoses but are seeing their lives and their futures be ruined, and millions of us, those of us who are not drug addicted but have friends and family and neighbors who are are watching loved ones as they fight this addiction. maybe they have lost a job. maybe they have broken relationships wit

he spoke earlier this month at ashland university in his home state of ohio. this is 15 minutes. >[applause] portman: thank you for your friendship, thank you for inviting me to be here at the celebration. and toou to the board the graduates, congratulations. this is a great school. this is one of the great schools in ohio and in our nation. there is so many great programs here. i think about the business program, the nursing program that is award-winning. the premed and science programs. i do think about the ashbrook center, because the asp workcenter is celebrating -- ashbrook center is celebrating its 34 years. i love coming on campus and getting to know the students and the help in the council that i'd get from folks, including from the ashbrook center. it is great to be here. with josh andtage zach. i am also proud to have with us here today angie young in who is on my staff. she got her start in politics here at ashland university as the college student body president. she did this a few years after our, but even today in office in washington dc, she makes me call her madam

around parts of the country, and there seems to be a new one popping up every month or so in my state of ohio. this is a topic that i know med pack will be publishing in its june report and be released about a month from now. can you give us a preview? are you allowed to do that? >> i'll do that. i'll also go back a little bit in history. we've talked about this in our june 16 report and we've also talked about it in our march -- or the report we're talking about here. this is the one where we said that we should be collecting claims identified for on and off campus. because we're really blind right at the moment and kind of analyzing this phenomenon. the commission is very concerned about this. there has been a lot of growth. there's concern that growth is occurring in markets where they're saturated or relatively high income, not necessarily for populations. and in june, we won't have additional recommendations, but we're going to identify three or four issues for us to think about and then come back with recommendations. so one thing we're beginning to get concerned about is that the missi

don't want to say 25 to live and jinx it. >> we are back on the record for the jury trial of the state of ohio>> i'm really not sure what he's going to be sentenced to, but i do hope and pray that it's not the death penalty. because i don't wish that on anyone. >> we the jury being duly empanelled and sworn do they'reby find that the aggravating circumstances the defendant was found guilty of committing does not outweigh the mitigating factors presented in this case by proof beyond a reasonable doubt. we therefore unanimously find that the sentence of life in many prisonment without the possibility of parole should be imposed upon david bell. signed, all 12 jurors with the foreperson in the 12th spot. at this time, ladies and gentlemen, without further ado, you are excused from your duties on this jury. and you are no longer under sequestration. thank you so much for your service. >> all rise. >> even with the news that he'll spend the rest of his life locked up, bell says he views it as a victory of sorts. >> when i was sitting in the courtroom, i almost died. like i almost was sentenced to d

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i'm concerned about folks like ken blackwell, the former secretary of state of ohio. he has been named on this commission and he built a career out of making hard for people to register to vote. during his time of secretary of state, he rejected thousands of voter registration forms because they were printed on the wrong paperweight, not on the right card stock in his view. so i'm very concerned about some of the folks that they have pulled out to work on this commission. what i will say is this. there has been bipartisan rejection of this idea that there's voter fraud in our country. folks like paul ryan had said that he's not seen evidence of the millions of people who president trump claims voted unlawfully in november. we have folks like lindsey graham in south carolina who has rejected these claims and in fact urged president trump to pull back glimpse that he's made about the november 2016 election and urges the focus on real issues like russia's influence on our democracy. so across the board, we see folks on the left and the right unstabs ted this false nated -

and there seems to be a new one popping up every month or so in my state of ohio. this is a topic that i know medpac will be publishing in its june report and be released about a month from now. can you give us a preview? are you allowed to do that? mr. miller: i'll do that. i'll also go back a little bit in history. we talked about this in our june, 2016, report and we also talked about it in our march -- the report we're talking about here. this is the one where we said we should be collecting claims identified for on and off campus because we're really blind right at the moment in kind of analyzing this phenomenon. the commission is very concerned about this. there has been a lot of growth. there is concern that growth is occurring in markets where they're either saturated or relatively high income. not necessarily poor populations and in june we won't have additional recommendations but we'll identify three issues, three, four issues for us to think about and then come back with recommendations. . one thing we're concerned about is that the admission of an off-

lawson, secretary of state of indiana, bill gardner, secretary of state or new hampshire, matthew dunlap, secretary of state of maine, kim blackwell, former secretary of state of ohioand christie mccormick. reviewmission will policies that enhance or undermine the american people's confidence in the integrity of federal elections ever by the president with a report that identifies system vulnerabilities that will lead to improper registration and voting. we expect the report will be complete by 2018. the experts and officials on the commission will follow the facts where they lead meetings and , hearings will be open to the public for comments and input, and we will share updates as we have them. in cabinet news, secretary perdue is in cincinnati to announce the agriculture department's plan for reorganizing to provide better service to the american people as the president directed in his march 13 executive order. with the barges of the ohio river behind him, many with -- many containing roddick several beginning a journey that will ultimately take them to markets overseas, secretary perdue will announce a new mission area for trade and foreign agriculture affairs,

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the supreme court will consider giving states more freedom to people whorolls of have not cast votes. an appeal in the state of ohio, they will consider reinstating that. and the lone survivor from last week's portland triple stabbing has been released from the hospital. he suffered a neck wound after coming to the fence of two young women. jeremy joseph christian attacked the women, and the men intervened. two of them were killed. former governor jeb bush is no longer interested in buying the miami marlins and has ended his pursuit of the team. by more than 2700 journalists in more than 120 countries. i am a lissa parenti. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: i am emily chang. this is "bloomberg technology." fires an, uber engineer, in its dispute with waymo, and the road ahead for cars.riverless and getting crushed by walmart in sales come why investors on thee to double down growth trajectory of the e-commerce giant, amazon, and biggest rivals, how the chevy volt stacks up against the competition, and what mechanics found after stripping down a car, but first, to our lead. uber, announcingof it has fired the former head

lawson, secretary of state of indiana, bill gardner, secretary of state of new hampshire, matthew dunlap, secretary of state of maine, ken blackwell, former secretary of state of ohio, and christie mccormack a commissioner on election assistance commission. the commission will review policies and practices that enhance or undermine the american people's confidence in the integrity of federal elections and provide the president with a report that identifies system vulnerabilities that lead to improper registration and voting. we expect the report will be complete by 2018. the experts and officials on this commission will follow the facts where they lead, meetings and hearings will be open to the public for comments and input, and we will share those updates as we have them. secretary purdue is in cincinnati, ohio, to announce the agricultural department plan for reorganizing to provide better service to the american people as the president directed in his march 13th executive order. with the barges of the ohio river behind him, many of which contain products that are beginning a journey that will ultimately take them to markets overseas, secretary purdue will announ

connie, secretary of state of indiana, bill gardner, secretary of state of new hampshire, matthew dunlap, the secretary of state of maine, ken blackwell, former secretary of state of ohio, and cristy maccourtroom i can, a commissioner on election. the commission enhance or undermine the american people's confidence in integrity in the federal elections and identifies system vulnerabilities that lead to improper rejections and voting. we expect the report will be complete by 2018. the experts and officials, meetings and hearings will be open to the public for comments and input, and we will share those updates as we have them. in cabinet news, secretary purdue cincinnati, ohio today to announce the agricultural department plan for reorganizing to provide better service to the american people as the president directed in his march 13th executive order. with the barges of the ohio river behind him, many of come contain products that are beginning a journey that will ultimately take them to markets overseas, secretary purdue will announce a new mission area for trade and foreign agriculture affairs, recognizing the growing importance of international trade to the agricultu

been announced are connie gardner, matthew dunlap, the secretary of state of maine, kim blackwell, former secretary of state of ohio and christy mccormick, a commissioner on the election assistance commission. the commissioner will review policies that enhance or undermined the american people's confidence in the integrity of federal elections and provide a report that identifies older abilities in improper -- identifies vulnerabilities in improper voting. will be and hearings open to the public for comment an input and we will share updates as we have them. secretary purdue is in the agriculture department is planning to reorganize to divide better service to the american people. with the barges of the ohio river behind him, many of which contain products beginning a journey that will take them will recognize the importance of growing international trade due to the agricultural sector of the economy. immigration and customs enforcement will hold a press conference at 2:15 today to announce the results of a successful recent gang surge operation. the president has made enforcement of our nation's immigration laws a

the supreme court will consider giving states more freedom to purge voter rolls of people who have not cast ballots in a while. an appeal in the state of ohio, they will consider reinstating that move used by the state. the lone survivor from last week's portland light rail triple stabbing has been discharged from the hospital. he suffered a neck wound after coming to the defense of two young women. jeremy joseph christian attacked the women, and the men intervened. two of them were killed. former florida governor jeb bush is no longer interested in buying the miami marlins and has ended his pursuit of the team. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. from bloomberg, i am alisa parenti. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: i am emily chang. this is "bloomberg technology." coming up, uber fires an -- a star engineer who was once at the wheel of itself driving program and at the center of its dispute with waymo. go they asked levandowski to and the road ahead for , uber driverless cars. and getting crushed by walmart in sales. why investors continue to double down on the growth traject

want to acquaint any deaths of many americans, but it's an interesting statistic to look at as we try to prioritize this issue. i was looking at one story from ohio, your statewere a corner in a particular area is actually running out of room because of the overdoses and they don't know what to do with the bodies. that description hits home. i'm sure he does to you as well. what are we doing about this? >> it's a terrible epidemic and it's affecting every part of our state. that is number one cause of crime also. people are committing crimes to pay for the addiction because it's costly. this morning, at the coffee we do every week, we talked about the number of people they are burying because of the overdose deaths that they can no longer afford to do so with individuals. he said because of opioids had a big spike in these burials and asked me how can we help here? what a dreadful situation. you're right, it's happening. there are corner offices in ohio where there are refrigeration trucks pulled up to the coroner's office they don't have room in the facilities. this is a huge challenge for our country. over 100 people dying every day. more people died in th

the message on the economic side, what can we ask for average americans in places like my home state of ohiory to bring some of those back? this is going to be a very interesting fight and i hope my party is up to it. >> sandra: at doesn't appear they are. tim ryan took a good shot at that. >> meghan: i take this from a totally different perspective about why politically she is not taken responsibility for her actions. i come at this from a personal place. i don't always invoke my personal experiences, but i have been there on election night front and center. when you lose and you lose to an embarrassing way which is what happen with my father and also what happened with donald trump. on election night, my family prayed together, talked about how blessed we are and in that moment, that night, elected to move on. had my father been going on tv 100 days later blaming everyone else, i would have called him up, i would have personally yanked him off television and said you're embarrassing yourself. this is pathetic, this is not good for america. it's not good for americans to keep reliving this.

if you look at his numbers in the states of ohio and pennsylvania, his numbers are up amongst republicans who voted for him last cycle. his numbers are higher by eight points in ohio, his approval rating amongst republicans isyc 80% of the state of pennsylvania. what that tells you is you have to fight back.hi donald trump was elected becaust he wants to change washington. he pushes back against this false narrative that there's not anything getting done in washington. in the first 120 days, he's been more successful than most in ministrations have done in four years. >> sean: me and lou dobbs are the only two people on this planet who actually report what he's actually done. let me throw this to you. look at the special counsel appointed to preach i'm going to put up on the side of the screen, i'll put it up earlier. zero special counsel for obama and hillary got a pass. >> absolutely, less than four months into the trump administrations presidency, this is insane. where is the evidence of a crime? let's start there. there is no evidence of a crime, yet we've got a special counsel. >> se

the secretary of state of indiana, bill gardner, secretary of state of new hampshire, matthew dunlap, the secretary of state of maine, ken blackwell, former secretary of state of ohio, and kristi mccormack within a commissioner on election assistance commission. the commission will review policies and practices that enhance or undermine the american people's confidence in the integrity of federal elections and provide the president with a report that identifies system vulnerabilities that lead to improper registrations and voting. we expect the report will be complete by 2018. the experts and officials on this commission will follow the facts where they lead, meetings and hearings will be open to the public for comments and input and we will share those updates as we have them. in cabinet news, secretary perdue is in cincinnati, ohio, today, to announce the agriculture department's plan for reorganizing to provide better service to the american people, as the president directed in his march 13th executive order. with the barges of the ohio river behind him, many of which contain products that are beginning a journey that will ultimately take them to markets oversea

lawson, secretary of state of indiana, bill gardner, secretary of state or new hampshire, matthew dunlap, secretary of state of maine, kim blackwell, former secretary of state of ohio, and critical more rick desperately mccormick -- and christie mccormick. and provide a president with a report that identifies system vulnerabilities that will lead to improper registration and voting. we expect the report will be complete by 2018. the experts and officials on the commission will follow the facts for they lead, meetings and hearings will be open to the public for comment and input, and we will share updates as we have them. secretary news, perdue is in cincinnati to enough the agriculture department's plan for reorganizing to provide better service to the american people as the president directed in his march 13 executive order. with the barges of the ohio river behind him, many with containing products that are beginning a journey that will ultimately take them to markets overseas, secretary perdue will announce a new mission area for trade and foreign agriculture affairs, recognizing the growing importance of international trade to the agriculture sector of the econ

. >> we should say we are following breaking news out of the state of ohio, an active shooter situation. we'll have an update in just minutes. >>> first we want to get to the forecast. >> mother's day, you have to make sure you do some extra-special for mom this weekend. also very nice, but cool statement at the same time. so we're looking live over san jose. clouds rolling above, in san francisco we'll reach the low 60s and it stays in the 60s with rain in the forecast on tuesday. inland a high of 68 degrees, with the gusts up to 30 miles an hour. we will have at least dry weather for the next several days. a closer look for this forecast. checking in on the oakland slowing. >> that's really one of the only spots we're maybe a tint of yellow right there. this red showed up for about six minutes, and then it's gone. maybe get mom a fast track, yeah, it's practical. c'mon now. it's an nice, easy drive. a little bid through richmond. back to you. >> mike, thank you very much. the breaking news, this is a story we have been closely watching for the last 30 minutes or so. you see a couple d

domestic needs of the people in flint, michigan and my hometown with an opioid epidemic in the state of ohio is problematic. let the investigation go forward. let the chips fall where they may. i'm hoping that people will be able to both let the folks dealing with russia deal with russia and also be able to handle some of the domestic concerns we have. this is something the american people deserve answers. >> how about that, jeffery? all of the russia cloud is getting in the way of the president's agenda. >> i partially agree with her in the sense this is ridiculous stuff and we shouldn't waste a second on it. nina is correct. there are problems whether flint, michigan or health care or tax reform or opioid addiction that the president should focus on. this is done by political adversary which don't know history. i find that appalling. >> it is not just political adversaries that brought up the russia cloud. the fbi. there are intelligence agencies looking into this. if there was collusion, we know russia interfered in the election. that is not a big deal. >> they interfered in a lot of elec

. >> we should say we are following breaking news out of the state of ohio, an active shooter situation. we'll have an update in just minutes. >>> first we want to get to the forecast. >> mother's day, you have to make sure you do some extra-special for mom this weekend.

however, for example, of the 1,657 highway projects included in the state of ohio's transportation program, only two have a cost over $1 billion and another six at a cost of $200 million. the average cost is just $9 million. the lesson is that outside of urban megaprojects, public private partnerships have little value. for rural communities, small towns and economically struggling urban areas, an infrastructure plan based on tax credits is the same as no plan at all. wall street is eager to see more p-3's. a 2015 report by u.b.s. sums up the attraction. quote the high barriers to entry and the monopoly-like characteristics of typical infrastructure assets mean their financial performance should not be as sensitive to the economic cycle as many other asset classes. in other words, highways behave like a utility but without price regulations. these contractual provisions are intended to keep the financial firm whole. a noncomplete clause has last of parallel facilities that the state may not expand or otherwise improve. if the state chooses to make improvements to a listed facility it must

john kasich, respect governor of the state of ohio says this bill is horrible. >> $8 billion is not enoughridiculous. and the fact is states are not going to opt for that. i think the fundamental issue here are the resources. i don't want to give you exactly the numbers, but about half the resources in this bill that were in obamacare. now, i can tell you that we can do with less resources but you can't do it overnight and you can't -- and you cannot give people a $4,000 house insurance policy. you know where they're going to be? they're going to be living in the emergency rooms again. >> conservatives are banging their head on the wall when they see a republican governor saying we need more resources. politically when you're trying to take something away, trying to scale something back and you have to answer a governor like kasich, a senator like collins, this is the box they're in. >> are you saying that health care is complicated? and it's going to fall on mcconnell's shoulders almost entirely. we were talking to some white house officials over the weekend about their plan for pushing t

states. joining me now is republican congressman jim jordan of the state of ohio, a member of the freedom caucuscongressman, i want to dissect this. gary cohn and reince priebus this morning said the votes are in and it's going to pass. >> i think the votes are there and it will pass later this week. it's close but i think it will pass. >> help me understand, are preexisting conditions going to be covered? the president says they're going to be covered beautifully. we got you. i've mandated it. having access -- >> there's $115 billion in the legislation. first of all the legislation specifically says preexisting conditions are covered. $115 billion in the bill for states to set up these safety net provisions that we call high risk pools. so yes, that is in the legislation. what we're trying to do is reward responsible behavior. if you maintain continuous coverage you're not going to lose coverage. change, they can't jack up your rates because you change and have a serious illness with you and your family. the idea to reward responsible behavior which the legislation does, and to -- allow states

mental health care and substance abuse programs that fall under the medicaid program in his home state of ohiovi -- viqueira. let's bring in the panel. yamiche alcindor, kevin barrett, founding executive editor dense 1, gail le mond author of "ashley's war" and msnbc contribute nick confessore. nick, let me start with you. my apologies to all of you if i have to cut you off and go to spicer there. the future of health care. it would seem it's squarely on the relationship between president trump and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. what do we know about where these two men are on what needs to be done and what can get passed through congress? >> i think it's safe to say president trump just wants a bill he can sign. i think the white house is relatively indifferent on the broader strokes of policy. not totally indifferent but relatively compared to the senate and the house because the senate and house have to actually pass the bill and get the members on board and deal with the direct fallout in 2018. i think mcconnell is also driven in the same way that paul ryan was to get this done an

this is the state of ohio versus felicia smith. >> if convicted, smith could face up to two years inn. but rather than go to trial, she's decided to enter a guilty plea to aggravated assault and domestic violence in exchange for what she hopes will be probation and her freedom. >> and you understand that by changing your plea here in the manner as indicated by the prosecutor, you would then be admitting the truth of the charges to which you are pleading. you would be waiving your right to go to trial and the court could proceed immediately to sentence you on these charges? >> yes. >> all right. with that understanding how do you plead? >> guilty, your honor honor. >> is that made knowingly and voluntarily and of your own free will? >> yes. >> after several minutes to make sure she understands all of the implications, the judge accepts her guilty plea, but decides to hold off sentencing for another month while the probation department reviews her case. her attorney would still like to secure her release before then. >> currently felicia is in jail on a $25,000 bond, your honor. we're

sinclair's strategy has focused on a line of swing states, middle america, you know, the trump team was boasting that sinclair reached more voters in the state of ohion cnn. they have built up stations all across the country, giving them an incredible reach when it comes to elections, especially reaching older voters who still turn into broadcast television. in many ways, sinclair has become a rival to fox, a giant media and conservative media particular. there are a lot of rumors that rupert murdoch was going to try to buy these tribune stations. he did not end up bidding. fox news corp. did not end up bidding on the stations, and now sinclair will be by far the biggest chain in the country against -- again, pushing a political agenda. this purchase is only made possible because of changes in ownership rules that ajit pai introduced. why are these rules even important he stays? some say, well, with the spread of the internet and social media , television, broadcast television is less important these days. why is it so important to maintain these limitations on ownership? >> therere is no question that e media landscape is changing. for many of us,

. >> i think he won ohio, just for the record, he won his own home state of ohio, but john kasich wasgress for many, many years and he understands that what paul ryan and mitch mcconnell facing now is a once in a generation opportunity for legislative advancement against the backdrop of an incredibly dysfunctional executive and that's a tragedy so you at least have to have some sympathy for how leadership in the house of representatives is trying to navigate an incredibly fraught set of circumstances. very easily to say paul ryan should have the moral authority to stand up to the president but paul ryan believes in a set of policies and principles he's trying to get done beside the president. >> there should be a tax on all politicians who say this is not a political issue. this is not about democrats and republicans. they all say it all the time and they are always wrong, whether it's health care, whether it's this investigation. you know what. congress is a political body. everything is viewed through that pris >> democrats, hillary voters, what do they want, impeachment? are they o

you are not going to seek any waivers for the state of ohio when it comes to the requirements for insurancenies with people are pre-existing conditions, when it comes to essential holt benefits. you are fine with the rules as they are? >> i would say that i would like some flexibility. i know there is a push to have some kind of a work requirement for able bodied medicaid recipients and i'll work with my legislature to respect the kind of things that they want. but there would be no reason to move to a high-risk pool, because a high-risk pool is not funded. so i would just stay in the traditional program on the exchange. the problem -- look, this is all going to be changed. you cannot -- you can't do this this way. you can't starve these programs. and that's what is happening. and look, i am a conservative republican. my medicaid program is increasing at 3%. my per capita rate is flat. we've managed our program. but we have the tools. we had to say if people want to stay in their own home rather than being put in a nursing home, they could do it. we had to fight the nursing home industry on

people remember the university of texas where you had the clock tower shooting, some 50-plus years ago. 17 people killed then. but we also had, more recently the ohio state stabbing attack as the well. university of texas, ohio state, both open campuses here. it seems as if, there are people who bite there, who can come in from off the street and do these attacks. but in this case it was a student? >> it is very unfortunate. again it shows this type of strange pattern that we have been seeing where people are just, they're committing this type of violence. now this is a different situation. you now have a, large knife. and that, that is something that is concerning to me. terrorist organizations have told their sympathizers to go out an use a knife to kill people. now, this hasn't been determined whether it is terrorist attack on situation. that is part of the investigation. campuses are wide open. and so you can have somebody that comes on campus, they could be a student, as the case here. there is not very much that skpan can be done not knowing if a person is mentally deranged or having emotional issues where they will go to strie lense has we saw in

projects represent the majority of infrastructure across the country. 1600 projects included in the state of ohio's transportation program, only to have a cost of $1 billion and another $6,200,000,000. the average cost is just $9 million. outside of urban partnerships they have little value. infrastructure plan based on tax credits is the same as no plan at all.is e wall street is eager to see more piii's. a report sums up the attraction. the high barriers to entry in the characteristics mean their financial performance should not be a sensitive to the economic cycle as many of their assets. another words highways behave like a utility bill without price regulations. this is often not sufficient. many firms push for piiint clauses. their intended to keep the financial firm whole. if a state chooses to make improvements to a facility they must provide a payment to compensate the firm for their estimated loss revenue. the provisions are problematic as they are for private firms a degree of profitability that doesn't exist anywhere else in theat marketplace. in recent weeks the trump administration ha

as an example, in my home state of ohio, we face significant challenges. 17% of the public roads are in poor condition and almost 7% of all the bridges are structurally deficient. mr. speaker, we cannot continue to turn a blind eye to our nation's infrastructure needs. coonk must work together to upgrade our nation's highways, bridges, airports, water systems, energy grid, broadband network and the like so that our economy can continue to lead the world in the 21st century and beyond. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from arkansas seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> i rise today in national police week to pay tribute to the nation's law enforcement men and women. established in 196 by president kennedy, national police week serves as a reminder of the incredible sacrifice our police officers make every tai to serve the people in our states and communities. mr. hill:

. >> tucker: the democrat river than in the state of ohio and he joins us. thanks for coming on. i know you followed this whole russia question pretty closely for a while. i know you supported hillary clinton for president in the last presidential election. is it good or bad that jim, he is no longer running the fbi? >> i think it's an issue of timing and you can't ignore that fact that here we are just days after not only innuendos but comments that there is real connection between the trump administration and trump folks and russia that comey is leading this investigation and now all of a sudden, the same donald trump that at the end of october was saying how this guy had a guts, that comey was a great guy, unbelievable, he is doing such a great job, now you fast-forward into the investigation of the trump administration and all of a sudden, he cut them loose. it was an act of self-interest. >> tucker: i understand your complaint sort of, but i think people watching at home want to know was he the right guy running the fbi or not, and if not, why isn't there rejoicing on the de

. >> tucker: the democrat river than in the state of ohio and he joins us. thanks for coming on. know you followed this whole russia question pretty closely for a while. i know you supported hillary clinton for president in the last presidential election. is it good or bad that jim, he is no longer running the fbi? >> i think it's an issue of timing and you can't ignore that fact that here we are just days after not only innuendos but comments that there is real connection between the trump administration and trump folks and russia that comey is leading this investigation and now all of a sudden, the same donald trump that at the end of october was saying how this guy had a guts, that comey was a great guy, unbelievable, he is doing such a great job, now you fast-forward into the investigation of the trump administration and all of a sudden, he cut them loose. it was an act of self-interest. >> tucker: i understand your complaint sort of, but i think people watching at home want to know was he the right guy running the fbi or not, and if not, why isn't there rejoicing on the demo

my state of ohio has had more overdose deaths from heroin, oxycontin, oxy codone, percocet, opioids -- morphine-based opioids. we've had more deaths than any other state in the united states of america. more people die from the opioid epidemic. 91 americans -- 12 ohioans will die today. 91 americans, 12 ohioans will die today from opioid overdose. the commissioner has a lot of tools to fight this epidemic that's ravaging our families and our communities. we need all hands on deck to fight this crisis. we need the f.d.a. unfortunately, dr. gottlieb's record indicates he would not take the epidemic and the f.d.a.'s authority to rein in prescription painkillers and other drugs seriously, which is why i cannot support his nomination. i don't want to point fingers, but there are -- ther there area whole host of reasons for this epidemic. one of them clearly is the proliferation of prescriptions and the manufacturer of so many of these -- and the manufacture of so many of these opioids. they're getting to market, and doctors prescribing them and pharmacists filling them. i don't point finge

governor kasich, welcome back. >> thanks, charlie. >> what impact will the budget have on the state of ohionificant but it won't pass. congress sends up a budget and they fiddle around. two authentics to keep in mind. we have a program in ohio to say we will help you but we need you to take responsibility. the problem is you can't take stuff away when people need to be healthy, they need to be fed. so it's not just a one-way street. it has to be both ways. the other thing is congress will play around with this thing. we don't know where it will end if they don't come to grips with debt, it's rising higher and phigher as a percentage of our economy. when debt goes up, job opportunities go down. when debt goes down, job opportunities go up. that's why it's important that we restrength tur the federal government. >> what is it you say? society is measured by how it treats its weakest members. >> i agree with that. the changes and reforms ha come from many of these programs is fine, but you can't pull the rug out from under these people. if they're not healthy, they're not going to go to work.