from virginia's district is different from the district in washington state or california or texas or floridar maine. so that i want to assure the gentleman we are prepared to work on that. lastly, but not lastly but can i ask you when those principles that you talked about might be expected? because i think that would be a very positive step forward. but in my view if we wait long comprehensive immigration reform will not get accomplished as i believe it should be in the next few months. i yield to the gentleman. mr. cantor: i would say to the gentleman, mr. speaker, that the -- there is an expectation that the list of principles will be released in the near future. hat's about as definite as i can be. again the sense is that there is common agreement on certain issues. i think that there are, unfortunately, thus far, given the track record around this town, very little room for discussion, negotiations, and hopefully this could be different. but thus far, mr. speaker, all i can say is we are looking for the release of those principles in the near future. . mr. hoyer: we welcome moving ahead

. >> i uess i will hve to go to texas or florida. melissa: thank you so much. it is a pleasure.h care costs aren't the only thing in your wallet and 2014. get ready to pay 55 new taxes that you didn't pay last year. and what might break your bank. we will have th [ male announcer ] nearly 7 million clients. how did edward jones get so big? t me just put this away. ♪ could you teach our kids that trick? [ male announcer ] by not acting that way. it's how edward jones makes sense of investing. melissa: with the new year, comes 55 new taxes and that is the number of tax breaks expire at the end of 2013 and it is fecting everyone from electric car buyers to restaurant owners and even teachers that will no longer get a tax break. over to dan mitchell to spell it ou for us. is that right? >> that is correct. by the way, keep in mind that there are some also obamacare tax increases that needed to be added to the max. mix. that's the good news is that in all kelihood, these expiring taxes are sometimes called the standards inside the beltway. they are probably going to be reenacted at s

it would either be in texas or florida. >> that was the focus of most of the questions.u come to texas? will you come to texas? and it definitely. >> where did you grow up? >> virginia. southern virginia. so it's a different country than northern virginia. >> what else do you got? >> we have state income taxes. >> i would consider doing it in the past, no way it was off the radar. now i will. >> facebook post, who would you like to see as president in 2016? >> i don't have the definitive answer for that. i want a big field. i like our governors, susannah martin martinez, nikki haley, scott walker, bobby jindal. we have great governors, i want ted cruz in it, rand paul in it, and marco rubio in it. i think there are stars, i think chris christie had some problems in terms of his position and the base getting the nomination. i think the mainstream media doesn't understand conservatism, the tea party. it is a much bigger force within the republican party than they think. there is a rising tide of conservatism, not republicanism. so anybody that's conservative that's solutio

. >> i guess i will have to go to texas or florida. melissa: thank you so much. it is a pleasure.lth care costs aren't the only thing in your wallet and 2014. get ready to pay 55 new taxes that you didn't pay last year. and what might break your bank. we will have that next. ♪ ♪ [ chilen yelling [ telephone rings ] [ shirley ] edwa jones.. this is shirley eaking. how may i help you? ohey, neill, h areou? how was the ip? [ male announcer ] with nearly 7 million investors... [ irle] he's right here. hold on one sec. [ malennouncer ] ...you'd expect us to have a highly skilled call center. kevin, neill holley's line one. ok, great. [ male announcer ] and we do. it's how edward jones makes sense of investing. ♪ melissa: with the new year, comes 55 new taxes and that is the number of tax breaks expire at the end of 2013 and it is affecting everyone from electric car buyers to restaurant owners and even teachers that will no longer get a tax break. over to dan mitchell to spell it out for us. is that right? >> that is correct. by the way, keep in mind that there are some also obamacare

york, new jersey, illinois and california that are highly taxed and regulated then they go to texas or floridastates. >> you want them to stay here. >> you said look if you keep doing this stuff, i'm going to have to leave. meanwhile, there is an ad that runs across the country. not just new york. across the country, california, kansas, everywhere. come to new york, and we'll give you ten years of tax-free business, no taxes for businesses. >> i have seen the ad. >> why don't they do it here? >> exactly. >> then you would stay, right? >> no, i don't know, at this point, i don't know. all right, you know, one of the things that drives me crazy and this is not just new york but other states. jimmy kimmel did a bit about the streets of new york. what do you think about the speech? the problem is he is asking people before the speech was actually given. watch the spin. >> we asked pedestrians of what they thought of president obama's speech. of course there is no possible way they could have seen the speech but it hadn't happened yet. but that didn't stop the folks from weighing in. >> what did yo

that's why louie gohmert is bringing him -- texas or florida he says. >> the texas congressional caucusn earlier who's facing a primary challenge from another member of his own caucus, steve stockman in the house. that's ted cruz, of course, probably the most famous member of the texas congressional delegation, as he approaches. rachel, what do you think tonight -- the other big thing when i think about the difference between the last state of the union and this one is in the last state of the union obamacare and its implementation was a distraction, it was still in the future. now it's reality. what do you expect to hear the president say and talk about in relation to the aca, the affordable care about, tonight? >> i think the president telegraphed what he'd say about the aca in the way he's been talking about it publicly over the last few months which is not just touting the website is working better or the enrollment numbers are up but when you look at it through the per sperktive of individual americans getting coverage you couldn't get before, look at it from the perspective of ind

from virginia's district is different from the district in washington state or california or texas or florida or maine. so that i want to assure the gentleman we are prepared to work on that. lastly, but not lastly but can i ask you when those principles that you talked about might be expected? because i think that would be a very positive step forward. but in my view if we wait long comprehensive immigration reform will not get accomplished as i believe it should be in the next few months. i yield to the gentleman. mr. cantor: i would say to the gentleman, mr. speaker, that the -- there is an expectation that the list of principles will be released in the near future. hat's about as definite as i can be. again the sense is that there is common agreement on certain issues. i think that there are, unfortunately, thus far, given the track record around this town, very little room for discussion, negotiations, and hopefully this could be different. but thus far, mr. speaker, all i can say is we are looking for the release of those principles in the near future. . mr. hoyer: we welcome moving ahe

don't think if you're in texas or florida that you are okay, you are insulated.rs. dagen: i said all of those mean things i said about mayor bloomberg, i take them all back. every single one of them. calorie counts, bans on soda. it is over. thank you so much, do well. they are lining up in colorado. recreational marijuana sales legal and there is big money involved. the president's health care plan now the law of the land, but at what cost to us and his credibility? "wall street journal" dan hettinger here to talk all about it. concerns for the nfl. football fans are super stoked for the playoffs, but they are not willing to spend the money to go to the games. and social networking stocks, all that and so much more coming up on this hour of "markets now."

he has a case of selective undergarment bunching or sub. [ laughter ] so what is really going on here? >> i wouldn't pay a 10% state tax in florida or texasd save a lot of money. >> jon: oh, right. i have forgotten how much the takers in this state have been exploiting his success. because if he goes there's one less state-funded cocaine party for our homeless. we must keep him. but how? [laughter] >> we know you are mad at us and you have every right to be, occupy wall street, governor cuomo, that weird smell, new yorkers made a lot of big mistakes but we're going to change. just please stay. >> stay. >> stay. >> we can't lose you. stay. >> yo sean man, you can't leave we need you dog. >> i will lose my accent if you say. let's grab a beer and watch the game. how is that? >> we'll make sex in the city tours sean and the city tours. >> we're in love but we'll marry women in instead. >> that pipeline we'll run it through central park no (bleep) problem. >> what is a hoodie without a hood? >> the city depends upon job creators like you, sean. we'll give you the perks you deserve. >> we'll name a street averagan. hell, we'll name them all av

from virginia's district is different from the district in washington state or california or texas or florida or maine. so that i want to assure the gentleman we are prepared to work on that. lastly, but not lastly but can i ask you when those principles that you talked about might be expected? because i think that would be a very positive step forward. but in my view if we wait long comprehensive immigration reform will not get accomplished as i believe it should be in the next few months. i yield to the gentleman. mr. cantor: i would say to the gentleman, mr. speaker, that the -- there is an expectation that the list of principles will be released in the near future. hat's about as definite as i can be. again the sense is that there is common agreement on certain issues. i think that there are, unfortunately, thus far, given the track record around this town, very little room for discussion, negotiations, and hopefully this could be different. but thus far, mr. speaker, all i can say is we are looking for the release of those principles in the near future. . mr. hoyer: we welcome moving ahe

but we know senator john koren of texas went to the florida or saying there were 17 not present from texas. the weather causing problems to get here. >> 1.3 million americans waiting word on that and their families. so then what happens? where do we go from here, joe? >> tomorrow, 10:00 eastern time, the senate is expected to take up this issue, which they could have taken up tonight. it would have been a win/win for them since if they get the numbers and can open up debate, perhaps they have a bit of momentum on this issue and other issues. if they don't get the numbers and they don't get the vote, then they have a political issue to take to the polls later on. that is, of course, unless republicans figure out something with them in the coming days and weeks. >> joe johns on capitol hill, appreciate your reporting. >>> is it clear that democrats are going to keep this issue atop of their agenda. i want you to listen to just a few of them. >> instead of punishing families who can least afford it. republicans should make it their new year's resolution to do the right thing and restore

i cannot wait to pay no stated contacts in florida or texas. lou: governor jindal could not get away with ignoring the real cnn he extended a and invitation to any persecuted yorker and will allow them to find refuge where folks are friendlier than t tax rate is a lot lower. while virginia attorney general urges chris christie to step down from his role of chairman of the republican governors association. he said current investigations into political misconduct will hinder his ability to campaign for other candidates. our first guest says he is a sore loser ao co-host on fox news channel is this sour grapes? >> i do. i think he is upset with chris christie but he is set when he was running the republican governors association did not funnily enough money to virginia and that is why he lost. that is not why he lost. they put a lot of money into that race. it is sour grapes. and tell b.c. this hit the governor directly his position is solid ian p. is doing a great job. lou: here we go again. why can republicans shut up if a republican is in troub

i can't wait to pay no state income tax down in florida or texas. >> louisiana governor bobby jindalasn't letting that go by. sean hanty couldn't get away with ignoring louisiana, the governor extending an invitation and will allow them to find ref rouge in louisiana a whe the tax rates are a lot lower. ken cuccinelli urging chris chriie to step down from his role as chairman of the republican governor's association. cuccinelli said currt investigations into christie's alleged political misconduct will hinder his ability to campaign. joining us now is co-host of the five on fox news. you think this is sour grapes? >> i do. i think cuccinelli is upset with chri christie. he's upset that chris christie when he was running the republican governor's associat didn't fnel enough money to cuccinelli's race in virginia, lou and th's why he lost. that not why he lost. it is sour grapes. look, until we see this scandal or bdgegate hit the governor directly, his position with the rga is solid and i think he's doing a great job. >> it struck me that here we go again, why can't republicans shut u if a

same frontal boundary still brought in the cold air and we're seeing rain today in central texas or central florida're dealing with that. you can see the clear skies behind all of that. temperatures drop way down, and they're in the teens, even a couple single digits this morning. well, up through the day under the sunshine, we'll get above freezing in a lot of cases but drop down again overnight. do wind chill pour melting today, that will improve things, but refreezing overnight causing problems tomorrow morning. we have been phenomenally dry up and down the west coast. we are finally getting a system in. this is really beneficial, not just the rain toward the coastline, but the snow areas that are going to see this, parts of the olympics or sierra. look at this as we look through washington, oregon, last year, how white spread those dark colors of. look the this year, showing how dry it's been, hurting the snow industry and that what gives us our water sources into the spring. the sierra in similar conditions. today, about six-inches of snow and high winds, so that will make those roads treacher

i can't wait to pay no state income tax down in florida or texas.ernor cuomo, i'm going to leave and i'm talking all of my money with me. every penny. >> well, i hope hannity is making a promise. i've heard a lot of empty threats in the past coming from conservatives, you know? >> if you tax achievement, some of the achievers are going to pack it in. >> if barack obama begins taxing me more than 50%, which is very possible, i don't know how much longer i'm going to do this. i like my job, but there comes a point when taxation becomes oppressive. >> if barack obama becomes the president in november again, i will either be dead or in jail by this time next year. >> well, o'reilly didn't quit, and nugent, well, he is still running wild. i believe hannity, i believe believe him when i see his back side out the door and i'll hold his door open if he really wants to leave new york. but if hannity thinks anyone is going to try to keep him here in new york, he can keep on pretending. hey guys! sorry we're late. did you run into traffic? no, just had to stop

conservatives being racist, sexist, blah, blah, blah, how about i invite jon stewart to move with me to florida or texaser weather. no taxes. he'd have more money in hising pocket, have a better life downh there. >> like a three company's bosom buddies? >> sean: don't have to live in the same town. what do you think, eric? >> i'm not sure you could get that many people to ask jon stewart to say. >> sean: the worst part is, i wouldn't mind if jon stewart orr anyone else moves, but if you take states that are highly taxed, highly regulated, they go to texas and ruin those things. >> you want them to stay here. >> you said, look, if you keepad doing this stuff, i'll have tost leave.m g meanwhile there's an ad thatanwh runs, across the country, note just new york, across the country. california, kansas, everywhere. come to new york, and we'll give you 10 years of tax-free businesses, no taxes for businesses. >> sean: i've seen the ads. >> why don't they do it for people that are already here? then you'd stay, right?k >> sean: no. at this point, i don't know. all right. one of the things that drives mo crazy

or wuszy. the best football in the country comes out of texas and florida. da has something like that. >> they're not all players from texas, eric. they recruit from all over the country. everybody who plays for texas or one of the schools there isn't from texas. >> fine, if they're doing it in iowa, yrm all for it, too. fine. don't hit the kid, but motivate him. >> i think it's way out of line. i would knock his you know what out. >> were you shunning me for using the word redneck? anyway, he is a redneck. now go ahead. >> very nice, bob. i think this is salittle harsh, but look, the parents have their kids playing football. a lot of the kids love it. what's the message? don't quit. there's a lot of terrific messages in football. i know they're serious about it down in texas, but football is a tough sport. you have played it. nick saban does not sit in the locker room and go, excuse me, if you could score in the next quarter, that would be great, amazing. it is tough. and it's a team sport, and there's wonderful, wonderful things that come out of football. b

or wussies? the best football in the country comes out of texas and florida.his. >> they recruit from all over the country. everybody who plays for texas, one of the schools there is not from texas. >> then fine, if they're doing it in iowa, i think it's fine. don't hit the kid. motivate it. >> that is way out of line. if i saw that, i would knock him out. >> were you on me about the word red neck? i'm sorry. >> i do think this is a little harsh. but the parents have their kids playing football. a lot of them love it. what is the message? don't quit. a lot of terrific messages in football. i know they're serious about it in h texas. but football is a tough sport. you have played it. nick saban does no go, excuse me, everybody, if you could score the next quarter, that would be great. that would be amazing. football is tough. it's a team sport. wonderful, wonderful things come out of football. but there seems to be a war on football. >> nick saban does this with 20-year-olds. this is 4-year-olds. >> look how good they are. look at the video. >> it's a little ha

texas and florida. in chicago, it was -16 degrees fahrenheit monday or as low as - 42 with the windchill. in northern minnesota, it was - 40 fahrenheit, the actual air temperature, not the windchill. in new york, the temperatures plunged roughly 50 degrees in a matter of hours on monday. we will have more on the cold and its ties to climate change later in the broadcast. the united states is ramping up its delivery of military equipment to help iraq battled militants who have overrun parts of anbar province including the city of falluja. jay carney said the u.s. would deliver hellfire missiles and surveillance drones as part of a holistic strategy to oust the militant group known as the islamic state in iraq and the levant. this situation is fluid and it is too early to tell or make conclusions about it, but we are accelerating our foreign military sales, deliveries, looking to provide an additional shipment of hellfire missiles as early as this spring. they are one small element of that holistic strategy, but they have been proven effective at denying ifil the safe haven zones they have

texas, louisiana, florida, missouri, and indiana, all showing more people in favor of legally regulating marijuana. >> but across the country, we're seeing wildly different versions of these laws that restrict oron't restrict drug use. can you give us an example of the extremes. >> oh, lisa, i was just in louisiana last month where if you were convicted two or three times for possessioning just a joint of marijuana, you can land in state prison for years. you have similar policies in other parts of the south. and that doesn't count all of the 5 million people under the supervision of the parole systems that are ending up in jail. we have 50 states, inevitably there will be different policies just as there are different policies on gun control and gay marriage. i think we'll see the trend on marijuana move more and more in the direction of colorado and washington. >> does this make it more or less difficult to deal with these issues? >> look, big marijuana is like big tobacco of the '80s. they have a lot of done fors contributing millions of dollars. and their nth state is overall drug legalization. and that's like boiling the frog in the water. i have been in law enforcement for 18 years, and

or worrisome competition. by about may, the filing deadline will have passed in most of the states. the big sun belt states, florida, texas, california where we think the republicans who would support an immigration overhaul come from. so after may if those people feel politically at ease they will feel something moving. it could be happening really as late as september. some people are even talking about doing this in a lame duck session after the election. that's the only time politically where this sweet spot would happen. >> hanks etch have. great piece. thank you. >> and that's it for me. "a healthy you" and carol alt is next. >>> welcome to "a healthy you." i'm carol alt. i have a quiz for you. which of the following foods has fat in it? american avocados or french fries? give up? you know the answer. it is all of them. it is just some fats are better than others. today we have an expert to help explain which fats are bad to eat and which are actually essential for maintaining good health. plus, you've probably seen the commercials for the ab carver pro. it is the agents ball that is supposed to help us get the wash

making their way across texas and new mexico and engaging or sometimes, adding with the indians, how do these interactions differ from what they had experienced in the caribbean in florida, for example as the native tribes they were encountering? >> guest: very very crudley. this is to say you don't question, it kind of con calls me to respond with a liberalization i'm not happy with. but jerry crudley speaking, the caribbean florida and indeed in mexico and the hot land, the more productive parts of the spanish, the spaniards made naturally -- mutually agreeable accommodations with the nation's the spaniards could make use of each other. if the comanche didn't see the spaniards in that way, they didn't as a whole see them as useful. they saw them as enemies through pillage or conquerors to resist so that was on the spanish monarchy in the new world. and of course of the comanches were a different people who regarded their power and a very large numbers in order to create a sort of empire of their own in which they were controlling and exploiting other native american people's. the apaches were a group of loosely related people who could never collaborate and create an

florida state attorney decided not to charge winston last month. >>> two years of college play and gone. texas a&m quarterback johnny manziel announcing he's going to the nfl draft on may 8th or the 10th. they expect him to be one of the first five chosen and getting lots of millions of dollars. >>> louisville has a new coach, kind of. bobby pet torino will be back in 2014. louisville's old coach, charlie strong, he went to texas. >>> new baseball hall of fame inductees. among them greg maddux who played for the braves and cubs, and tom glavine who played for the braves and mets and white sox slugger frank thomas, two-time american league mvp. congratulations, all. well deserved. those who lost votes, many from the steroids era. barry bonds, sammy sosa, mark mcguire, robert clements and ravelo palmeiro losing support. >>> georgia upsets missouri in overtime. tied at 63. charles mann nails a crucial two-point shot. georgia wins it 70-64. >>> number four wisconsin badgers still perfect. 16-0. they defeat illinois 95-70 and keep their school best record. >>> over to the pros, the nets stop the golden state warriors nine-game winning streak. down to the wire. kevin garnett breaks

florida, member of the judiciary, mr. deutch, or one minute. i will ask that the gentlelady from texas, member of the judiciary committee, ms. jackson lee be recognized for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: let me thank the gentleman who has served on this committee of opportunity nd quality -- and equality and justice for his entire career among other committees of the united states congress. let me thank the manager and chairman of the judiciary committee as well because we do not come to the froor in argument about each other's conscience. we respect the belief of others and the conscience of others and the integrity of the decisions made by those who choose to stand for their positions. but as a senior member of the judiciary committee, i only stand here on the basis of equal protection under the law and the applying of the constitution to every single person. which includes a woman's access to health care. and what h.r. 7 does, beyond the hyde amendment which has been law and in law and adhered to for dec

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over 26 states with warnings or windchill advisories, windchill watches from the dakotas down to texas, floridae been talking about this brutally cold air, unusually cold, it's all due to this semipermanent area, we call the polar vortex. and, again, a counter clockwise flow of air bringing that arctic air down from the center of the north pole and it comes across and has gone as far south as florida. this is dangerously cold air for today, temperatures feels right now 41 in chicago, 46, minneapolis. but here, new york city and norfolk, mid-50s to mid-60s. by tomorrow morning, new york, feeling like 8 below, marquette, 38 below, more cold air on wednesday. the good news is, we will see a break as we get into the latter part of the week. this thing moves up to the north. and as it does, it takes with it all the cold air. we get more of a zonal flow from the west. and so warmer temperatures will prevail by friday. cleveland's at 39, new york 41, charleston, 69, omaha, 43, chicago, 36. so just hang in there and be careful. that's what's going on around the country, here's what's happening in your

or not this is a project that deserves an investment. and can we do things smarter? can we do things like florida and texas? and i don't think florida and texas are going to be alone. i think there will be other states that step up and find ways to do high speed rail. find ways to make a commonsense solution in their states. but in this state, this project is flawed. it's initially flawed by $20 billion, but certainly by more than $55 billion if we decide to move forward. at a certain point you have to ask, how much is enough? i would say that now is enough. mr. lamalfa: thank you. indeed, when the stimulus money first started coming available, there were other states that applied for high speed rail money, such as florida, ohio and wisconsin, i believe, that had -- after they looked air at their numbers, ran -- after they looked at their numbers, ran the figures on projects that were available for that stimulus money. they turned that money back and went back into this pool. of course california said it wants it, but interesting, it would have been a much smaller portion had california been sharing with th

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times to repeal obamacare or at the very least defund it at the national level their relentless sabotage efforts are working very well at the state level. from texas to florida republicans are preventing millions of americans from having access to affordable lifesaving health care. the disco ball a professor of government and sociology at harvard university has compiled data showing just how successful republican sabotage efforts over obamacare have been as kobol points out twenty three states under republican control every fews to expand medicaid under obamacare and refused to set up their own state run health insurance exchanges as a result those states have only enrolled a small fraction of their citizens eligible for medicaid and their role in the federal health care exchanges aren't much better millions of americans in these states are being denied access to lifesaving health care because of republican sabotage similarly in states choosing to only expand medicaid or to let the government run their health insurance exchanges but not expand medicaid and roman numbers are just as bad again millions of americans in those states don't have access to health c

texas, mobile, pensacola, florida, tamron, under a winter storm watch, into atlanta, through the eastern carolinas, all the way up to the tidewater of virginia. there'll be snow, sleet, and freezing rain, or combination of all three. it kicks in tomorrow, into wednesday morning. this is going to cause a lot of problems, because many of the areas don't have the capability to deal with this kind of precipitation. fortunately, as you get into thursday and friday, temperatures will warm up, but there's going to be a lot of issues in the area, including a lot of closings later tomorrow and wednesday. speaking of closings, here in chicago land, schools closed today. and more than likely with the bitter cold tomorrow morning at the bus stop, they will likely shut those schools down again on tuesday. tamron, back to you from chicago. >> mike, thank you. the head of the international olympic committee today defended the choice of sochi as host of the winter games amid the unprecedented level of concern about the threat of terrorism. ioc president thomas bach expressed, quote, full confidence in russia's ability to deliver safe games. meantime, security concerns forced the olympic torch relay to ta

or assembly lines. he'd consider moving some of his 60 employees to other states where he has offices. and what are the states? >> massachusetts, florida-- >> massachusetts: income tax. go ahead. california: income tax. >> texasorado. >> okay, four out of the six have income taxes. i mean, i've heard a lot of businessmen say what you're saying, and i keep wondering, well, where are they gonna move if they leave? >> well, each state has its own competitive advantages. so by adding this additional burden, it makes us much less attractive. >> adam stites is another entrepreneur who opposes the initiative. he moved his company, istores, from portland, oregon, across the columbia river to vancouver, washington, just nine miles away. >> it broke down to taxes. oregon has the highest income tax in the united states, and washington has the lowest at 0%. >> istores is the largest online retailer of paintball equipment. [paintball gun clicking] stites has been hiring staff for a new company he acquired that sells prank novelties. this for halloween? >> it is for halloween or for any times that you need to be a man-eating shark. >> under the new tax, he would have to pay $50,000 a year. and that, he says, would hamper h

florida this here. it is in houston, texas. you will hear it's bipartisan, bicommittee. because we typically, in our committee, don't deal with ways & means or and work force. you have different members and question come and problem solve in an informal setting. the affordable care act takes a number of important steps and broad access to health care. especially for people working in -- employer-response insurance. i want to followup on my -- transitional medical assistance. it's due to a small change in income and switched from medicare to being eligible for now subsidized coverage in exchanges. switching back and forth between insurance coverage can mean a change in benefits, participating providers, and out of pocket expenses. not to mention, the administrative paperwork for the state or insurance company or doctor's office. one of the programs to help reduce it is the transitional medical assistance. and as i understand it, they recommended congress make it permanent in part of the because of the churn factor. can you elaborate? and i know i want to address this issues. is that the reason because the recommendation for it? >> well, we ha

or even snow accumulation. you can already see that sleet and freezing rain coming down across eastern texas, louisiana, mississippi and southern parts of alabama right you no at the moment. parts of the florida panhandle, including the city of tallahassee under a winter storm warning and ice storm warnings across eastern georgia including the city of savannah and charleston in south carolina. we have ice storm warning of accumulations expected to exceed a quarter of an inch, possibly more than a half of an inch of ice. that will be treacherous for people doing driving. it is recommended that you stay home. i do understand schools have been canceled for many people along parts of the gulf coast. timing on the storm system, it will be around the day today, around afternoon hours, evening hours, overnight. won't be until tomorrow morning people will look at much quieter weather. extreme earn parts of north carolina could look at snow by tomorrow morning. we're looking there for higher snowfall accumulations. we're talking about possibly over a half a foot of snow. locally some areas could look at a foot of snow. that is not out of the question. take a look at the extended forecast. we're not ta

texas. maybe florida. what kind of statement is that? i don't understand how he could benefit from that. it wasn't like he lost his temper and just -- or blasio, he came in and said he doubled down and he said he was 100% behind cuomo's comments about conservatives having no place here. take a listen to this. >> i agree with governor cuomo's remarks. governor cuomo is right. i believe i'm on firm ground when saying people in new york state and new york city reject the extremist views against woman's right to choose in favor of the proliferation of guns in our saturday and i stand by that 100%. >> that not surprising. he's a big lefty. but when you look at governor cuomo's comment where he said extreme conservatives who are right to life, got no place here. you know when an extreme conservative, who is right to life? the cardinal of new york city and new york archdiocese, cardinal dolan. he was on the radio yesterday, the satellite radio, sirius. does he not appreciate what the governor of his state said. >> most unfortunate at best inflammatory and outrageous at worst. the extremists are really on the other side. the extremists are tho

texas and florida. the typical leaders of this, and only 15 states imposed a death sentence but most death penalty states did not veeverpb a death sentence or execution, and of course many states don't have the death penalty at all, so i think what we're seeing is an isolated death penalty. a narrow. we did another report that showed only 2% of the counties in the u.s. have had an excution -- have been responsible for most of the executions in the past 40 years. 85% of the counties have had no executions in the past 40 years. host: texas being listed as number one as far as 2013 16 executions took place. florida, seven executions and third oklahoma with six executions. guest: yes. these are all in the south. it's not condemnation but a statistical point that 82% of the executions since 1976 when the death penalty came back have been in the south. so it's not something that the country practices as a whole. it's something that a narrow part of the country believes in, and that's where the debate is. host: richard dieter of the death penalty information center our guest until 10:00 a.m. we to republican and democrat crat and independent lines