that's a reduction in the rate of uninsured. in sacramento, in 2012, 18% were uninsured.in 2014, it was down to 12%. that rate is likely to be lower in 2015. we need to continue to work to bring those numbers of uninsured down. by supporting the advancement made by covered california and other exchanges not by moving backward. thank you, and i yield back. >> gentle woman yields back. i know mr. walden who's not a member of this committee wanted to sit in this hearing and has the right to do so. you will be recognized for two minutes. then you can yield to mr. walden for two minutes? thank you. >> i was a practicing physician before, and i just want to talk about the insurance rates. coverage does not guarantee access to health care. deductibles are up. premiums are up. the cost is being shifted to the people. the uninsurance rate may be down, but the access, i would argue, has not improved traumatically. if you're a schoolteacher or other middle class employee, if you have a $5,000 deductible, do you have affordable health insurance? i would argue that you do not. in many

less than 3% uninsured rate. so how's that happened? it's because of the outreach that we all talked about. connect had people in every county fair and every neighborhood social meeting at the community health centers, you name it, where people gathered, they were there explaining and helping people enroll. so i'm very proud of that. as a matter of fact, it's been so successful in kentucky that one republican state senator has suggested that we try to expand the exchange to other states. so we may be coming after your business pretty soon. additionally, just since i get to act like a witness here and talk about our experience, we do have this year three new insurance companies coming into the exchange, which is positive now. our consumers will have, i think, either six or seven choices of providers, there are three new insurance companies in the private marketplace. so the market is actually expanding in a lot of ways, and i think most importantly, earlier this year our governor commissioned the deloitte firm to

it's too soon to know how many of the victims affected by this fire are uninsured. while there are what are called fair plan policies where insurers are required to cover you despite the risk, many of the uninsured are either unaware of them or they can't afford them. they are a little bit more expensive and they offer less coverage. >> so this has been a state disaster declaration. if it were a national declaration, would that help these folks? >> they would bring in money but i think it's important to note anyone who's relying on fema, the average fema payout is only about $5,000. that's certainly not going to rebuild your home. in some of these cases they were vacation homes. they said well, the house is paid off, we don't need insurance. now they'll have to figure out how to rebuild it. >> a lot of folks definitely going to nee,,,,,,,, ♪ ♪ grow old with me ♪ let us share what we see ♪ just you and i ♪ ♪ grow old with me ♪ let us share what we see ♪ and oh the best it could be ♪ just you and i ♪ >>> new at 6:00 tonight, fires burning up and down california. we ta

the new lower numbers of u uninsured americans and the encouraging word about the economy, next. onomy, next. the only way to get better is to challenge yourself, and that's what we're doing at xfinity. we are challenging ourselves to improve every aspect of your experience. and this includes our commitment to being on time. every time. that's why if we're ever late for an appointment, we'll credit your account $20. it's our promise to you. we're doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. because we should fit into your life. not the other way around. >> the butte wildfire burning near sacramento, california has claimed at least two lives. firefighters now have the butte fire 45% contained. it has destroyed more than 230 homes. >>> police are also looking for several people missing in another fast moving wildfire. the valley fire has already killed at least one person, crews have it 30% contained, heat and high winds are expected to return to the area tomorrow, that could slow firefighters fis rog. >>> one person is still missing in the zion national park,

them we should expect that they have generous assistance policies for the less fortunate for those uninsured and underinsured members of the community. chiefs of staff of hospitals have to tell you, they have to balance what's prudent for them and the needs of the community. in some states as we know the state government has opted not to expand the medicaid program so there would be other people who would otherwise qualified for the public benefit who aren't getting the benefit of that and yes, nonprofit hospitals will be a very important part of the safety net in particular in those communities where the number of low income uninsured patients is going to remain quite high. the expectation is that the charity care policies these financial assistance policies will be made available to members of the community so they can take advantage of them. >> that seems to be crux of the matter. you go into a nonprofit hospital if you are a low income patient and you sometimes believe that you are entitled to charity care. and it seems that the communication of that is not clear. in other words the firs

. >> guest: it is, i have done documentaries about medical insurance and if you have an uninsured person come into the e., -- when the staten island ferry ran aground, lot of waiters were on there didn't have coverage, lost their legs. an expensive process. so what the hospital did was shift a lot of their costs to the rooms where people had very good health care, and we were able to track how they were to do that, and it's routine practice in american hospitals. they call it cost shifting. somebody has a lot of coverage, they send a doctor by to say, how are you doing today, and say fine, and then they get build for a doctor visit, $250. that 250 goes down to the person who don't have the coverage. it's a might marry for the hospital, nightmare for the system. we have to have much more transplantation spain si. >> host: text message for you, to the greatest generation. what is one of the best world war ii memoirs you recommend? thank you for your contribution to american literature. >> guest: there are so many but i'll talk about my friend, rick atkinson, one of our great military histo

the city and county and those districts are areas we might focus our efforts with regards to the uninsured and loovktd the data we found the traditional charity care pool may consist of in the new health era new san franciscans 20 percent to 76 in 2014 a disinterests performers of out of the county due to other counties robust ac a enrollments efforts as well less of out of community residents and a consistent population of homeless 10 to 12 percent and out of state 12 percent consistent over time so taken together in terms of the data analysis we had looked at 0 for the charity report a few conclusions and important points stand out the first one the a. ac a has an important change with the great success in intraoral folks in covered california the proposition of the uninsured has decreased we expect a less of a demand in charity care we say this overall the second point it the general it continues to provide and likely continues to provide if the health care era the significant moumg of charity care and significant amount of expenditures 70 percent is the general number that we have noti

it's a problem for the people who are uninsured. it's a problem for the communities where they live, for the physicians and hospitals that ultimately provide them services because among other things, medicare says to a hospital, turn someone away and they are not medically stable, and we will get you. medicare does not enforce all of its rules, but the so called empower rules, which is what this is under, that is one of the ones they vigorously enforce, and trying to get coverage, and we can debate how much coverage and where you should buy it and who should fund it, but that coverage is really important. i think that is becoming more accepted with a lot of debate about how either it should be or should have then, but at some point will be it is clearly the law of the land, and people are going to move on. ms. deparle: you asked what we learned from the original medicare and medicaid, and one was the flexibility that was built in, and you are seeing that happen now with a number of the republican governors who are choosing to try to

clinton crediting the law with reducing the number of uninsured americans and vowing to stop republicans from tearing it up if she wins the white house. >> the month of august seeing a surge of illegals crossing the border. the white house is surprised. in some parts along the border the number of families crossing into the u.s. has ridden 150 percent compared to last year. josh earnest calls it a surprising up tick and says it is concerning. many of the illegals crossing the border are unaccompanied minors. jury selection begins today in the trial of two men accused of killing border patrol agent brian terry. he was gunned down killed with a weapon botched from the botched fast and furious operation where be agents sold guns to criminals and lost them. >>> former peanut executive who knowingly shipped tainted peanut butter will spend 28 years behind bars. stewart parnell connected to the salmonella outbreak that killed people and sickened others. two other employees were also sentenced to prison time. >> more trouble on the road ahead for volkswagon. the department of justice now consid

. >> let's talk about people are un uninsured. >> that's what happens when you force people. >> i don't care what country you're in. this is the best country to start a business and to do business. you will notice. >>le the reason unemployment is down is not because obama is a superhero, people have given up work, a record number of people who stopped looking for a job, people in part-time jobs. the idea that people are doing fine and dandy, if you talk to the average american they don't feel the recovery. poverty is up. 14.8%. what kind of recovery is it? >> it's a recovery for the kind of recession he inherited. >> oh! >> thank you. thank you. >> i'm sorry to bring up george bush. >> it's still bush's fault. >> what does he have to do with it? >> it's not an imaginary environment that barack obama dreamed up and said, i would love to take over when -- >> it's not. but barack obama is tweeting out how great things are. >> yeah. i will speak to that. that's a mistake. i think this is a messaging problem. i was looking at recent polls over the last month. pew put out only 10% of people s

launching a new ad campaign that targets lawmakers opposed to extending health care coverage to uninsuredirginians. that's according to our partners at "the washington post." it coincides with the release of census figures that show virginia's neighboring states have experience add dramatic decline in the number of uninsured residents after expanding medicaid. virginia's house has fought expansion of medicaid to the dismay of governor terry mcauliffe. >>> i'm embarrassed as an american this has to be happen, those words from jon stewart on capitol hill yesterday. the current law that provides medical services to first responders is set to expire next month. >> everything that they say about the country, how much they believe in it is -- that's all symbolism as far as i'm concerned. if they can't take care of the people -- [ inaudible ] >> 72,000 9/11 first responders are enrolled under the health program. if the act is not renewed their health care will start phasing out. >>> coming up at 6:30, six families filed multimillion dollar lawsuits against the people they say could have prevente

but the agency says victims of the "valley fire" especially if they were uninsured may be able to get more. live in the newsroom, cate caugiran, kpix 5. >> this morning, the "valley fire" is 82% contained. >>> hundreds of crews from all over the state have invaded middletown trying to bring back power and phone service to those affected by the "valley fire." pg&e, at&t and logging crews are working side by side to get things back to normal. specialty crews are reeling spools of aluminum conductors more than 4,000 feet long. >> with essentially two efforts, one beginning down here on the flats working west and the other effort working from the top of cobb east hoping to get those two to meet in the middle. the ground is still hot. we have stump holes, hazards, stuff is still smoking. we have to -- for us it comes down to safety. >> pg&e says the goal is to get power back to most of the area by this friday at 6 p.m. >> now it's 1 minute after 5:00 on this thursday morning. it's time to get a check of both traffic and weather. but i guess we are going to begin with weather. [ laughter ]

but the agency says victims of the "valley fire" especially if they are uninsured may be able to get more. live in the newsroom, cate caugiran, kpix 5. >>> this morning, the "valley fire" is 82% contained. >>> time now 6:09. the unexplained disappearance of a bay area family takes another major turn. why investigators are now looking into a potential homicide. >> and it appears drivers may have to foot the bill for millions of dollars in additional repairs to the bay bridge. it's gotten squarer. over the years. brighter. bigger. it's gotten thinner. even curvier. but what's next? for all binge watchers. movie geeks. sports freaks. x1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. just by switching to progressive. so you'll be bringing home the bacon in no time. sorry. get a free quote at progressive.com. >>> good morning. let's take a look at levi's stadium at mineta international airport. we lose two minutes of daylight today. nonetheless, it's going to be warmer. i have the full forecast in four minutes. >> an apparent suicide caused a fire in monterey county last weekend that

but the uninsured rate dropping to just under 10.4%. your reaction? guest: my reaction that is fantastic. it's 10 million people. one of the reasons that many low income people struggle is because they have a health problem that is untreated, they cannot afford to go to a doctor. only that when you have insurance it will take a big load off your mind, but you can spend on rent and food and going to the doctor, but also people continuing their working careers. i think that's a huge compliment. that: i would add thecallers feel -- the callers feel insecure about the economy. in new york city, prior to the affordable care act, we had an uninsured rate of under 5%. i think president obama made the decision to expand health insurance to folks in the middle class. that may have been a good decision. it may not have been. but what it wasn't was a focus on people who were poor in my judgment. to me, that is what has been missing. these poverty numbers is what is most troubling and discouraging. well i think it is good the uninsured rate had dropped, i wish it

. >> reporter: fema administrator toured the damage saying aid will go to the uninsured who have immediate needs. >> we can put money in in less than a day but they need to register with us so we can start the process. >> reporter: they already signed up 100 people at a shelter and if requested they may bring in temporary mobile homes for the homeless. >> we hope this doesn't happen anywhere else but if it does, they have to be ready to go. >> reporter: recovery will be a marathon. not a sprint. [ indiscernible ] >> hopefully it is quick. >> reporter: victims can register by falling fema or signing up online. we put all the details on www.ktvu.com. cristina rendon, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> we learned anderson springs will be allowed to go home tomorrow. this is video posted the day after the fire started of a man driving through flames to safety. because of the extreme fire danger there was mandatory evacuations, that will expire tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. water services are still not available. the lake county sheriff will close some roads tomorrow to make it easier for residents to return to thei

a fema administrator toured the fire zone yesterday promising immediately federal aid for uninsured homeownersthere will be temporary housing assistance, rental assistance and low-cost loans for small businesses. >> we lost everything. it's all a process of restarting and applying for everything we can. >> search crews will be looking for a man still missing. 61-year-old robert liveman has not been -- liveman has not been seen. four people have been found dead in the rubble. calfire says the fire has burned through 76,000 achers. at this point, it's 82% -- acres. at this point it's 82% contained. >>> a library in palo alto is closed to be treated for bedbugs. the pests were found on two chairs in the mitchell park library. a pest control company will treat the furniture in the immediate area and then come back in seven to ten days to make sure the bugs are gone. officials say they plan to use dogs trained to sniff out bedbugs at the city's four other libraries. >>> now to the city where texas a step closer having a space dedicated to lgbt history and the leather community. they will be called

but the agency says victims of the value' fire, especially if they were uninsured may get more. >>> theer of two popular dim sum restaurants in san francisco is accuse of cheating workers out of wages not once, but twice. even after he was ordered to pay up. kpix5's betty yu has details on the federal indictment. >> reporter: none of the employees at hong kong lounge wanted to go on camera tonight. the manager says he has only been here for a year. federal documents show the co- owner had underpaid his employees by nearly $100,000 back in 2012. it was business as usual at this popular dim sum and seafood joint on gary boulevard. it's sister restaurant is down the street. but today, court papers allege the man who ran the place two years used plenty of tricks to cheat his employees. a federal grand jury indicted a man named ming zhou. he shorted 48 workers in overtime pay. the feds ordered him to pay about $93,000 in back wages but he didn't do that. when the feds found out, he had to cough up the money. what is more, he later threatened his workers and asked them to take that money back

. >> pelley: the uninsured person is going to be taken care of, how? how? >> trump: they're going to be taken care of. i would make a deal with existing hospitals to take care of people. and you know what? if this is probably... >> pelley: make a deal? who pays for it? >> trump: the government's going to pay for it, but we're going to save so much money on the other side. but for the most, it's going to be a private plan and people are going to be able to go out and negotiate great plans with lots of different competition with lots of competitors with great companies. and they can have their doctors, they can have plans, they can have everything. >> pelley: in your book, "the america we deserve," you proposed raising the social security retirement age to 70. is that still your plan? >> trump: yeah, not anymore because now what i want to do is take money back from other countries that are killing us, and i want to save social security. and we're going to save it without increases. we're not going to raise the age, and it will be just fine. >> pelley: how are

expected to approve it during a vote later today that would provide health care for undocumented and uninsured residents. county leaders are going to hold a news conference introducing the program ahead offed today' meeting. >>> the sheriff department gets a big reward today. receive the 2015 innovation in america's government award for the charter high school. a high school that is run inside the county jail to help inmates earn their high school diplomas. the sheriff's department was selected for the award from among 450 other applicants. >> from awards to rewards now. >>> free pizza for a year. how does that sound? that is what a berkeley man is enjoying after he returned $1,300 that he found when he opened up his domino pizza box. he ordered from dominos over the weekend and maybe some pepperoni, sausage and cold hard cash. he got his food and also got two bundles of cash accidentally left in a wings box by the delivery driver. while he hesitated a moment or two, he believes in karma and he knew he had to return that money. the business was so grateful that they promised him free pizza for

. >> the head of fema toward the fire zone yesterday, promise there will be federal aid for uninsured homeowners with immediate needs. there will be temporary housing assistance, rental assistance and low cost loans for small businesses. as of this morning, the valley fire has burned more than 76,000 acres and is 82% contained. >>> san francisco zoo is doing something special for some of the youngest victims of the valley fire today. at 11 o'clock this morning the zoo will host a special day of activities for 50 children affected by the fire. they will tour the facility and checkout all the animal exhibits. >>> a possible third body has been found in a burned out cam and belonging to a venetia family. that is in addition to the two bodies that were found earlier. no one has been identified at this point, but adam buchanan, molly, and their 7-year-old son, gavin, have not been seen since they went to their cabin in el dorado county on september 7 through 2 days later, the cabin was destroyed by fire. the incident is being investigated as a homicide and arson. >> there is absolutely not

. >> well, fetty wap is expected police did issue him three summons for being unlicensed, uninsured, and for not having that bike registered. fetty wap's debut album was just dropped on friday. >>> counselors will be on campus of a new jersey high school today. students will mourn the sudden death of a star athlete. evan murray was playing quarterback for warren hills high school in washington township friday night. the 17-year-old took a hit on the field. he was able to walk to the sidelines but later collapsed. he was taken by ambulance to the hospital, where he died. stunned friends, teammates, and others have left flowers and cards on the football field in his memory. murray was also a top pitcher on the school's baseball team. his coach says he was a standout on and off the field. >> there's a lot of things i'm going to remember about evan. mostly his leadership and just the young gentleman that he was. not just an athlete but the person he was. it was more important than the athlete he was. >> governor chris christie tweeted about murray's death. on behalf of all the people of

average fema disaster payout generally is around $5,000, they say for some especially those who are uninsured you may get more. in middletown, julie watts, kpix 5. >>> a san mateo father faces charges of attempted murder after allegedly kidnapping his 5-year-old son. 34-year-old michael steele is accused of beating two adults and then taking off with his son. the abduction triggered an amber alert. it was about 4:30 this morning that deputies responded to a home in san mateo county. investigators say steele attacked his wife and father and left with the child. couple of hours later he was arrested in the sacramento area. the boy was found safe. >>> back to class today at a south bay charter school where a teacher's aide allegedly sexual assaulted a student. spark charter school in sunnyvale has been closed since monday. shut down to ensure mandatory background checks were done on all of its staff members. last week a lunch monitor was arrested accused of molesting an 8-year-old student. >>> san francisco-based uber is expanding its headquarters across the bay and some aren't welcoming the mov

so we see the uninsured numbers drop off. he made a couple of points. one of them is that the law does insurance -- companies from ejecting individuals with pre-existing conditions. host: but she did have to raise up to a platinum plan? guest: she did. we don't know exactly the reasons for that. 82 doctors were on that plan. don't know exactly. she may have been able to stick with their plant but did not like some of the changes. nonetheless, she could switch to another plan whereas before the health care plan -- health care law she might have difficulty switching plant at all. and he also mentioned the role of the governors in the state legislators. he is talking about medicare there. the health-care law expanded medicaid which is the federal state program for low income folks to more people, basically to childless adults in most states. but the supreme court ruling in the states the option as to whether they wanted to enroll. we have 29 states and the district of columbia that have extended medicaid. to, ite still not able states that they have not ex

but they say the victims of the "valley fire" especially if they were uninsured may get more. cate caugiran, kpix 5. >>> this morning, the "valley fire" is 82% contained. >>> let's get a check of the weather with roberta. good morning. >> generally speaking, san francisco the best weather the entire year, september and october, right? >> right. >> today no exception. we are going up to a high in the city of san francisco the city by the bay of 79 degrees well above average this time of the year. good morning, everybody! it's another mild start to the day. sure we have a little bit of cloud cover in the santa rosa area but we have temperatures that are going up. in fact, right now, let's take a look at the coastal areas. those are low temperatures for the most part we can see numbers climbing into the 70s. 70s and 80s will be common across the peninsula then we jump up to 92 in morgan hill. about 96 degrees in the gilroy area as well as inland. we are talking about 95 degrees in livermore. low 90s in walnut creek. the winds will be gentle under 10 miles per hour. stinson in the

wearing the standard garb of the turbine the white english uninsured blue leggings and deerskin boots he found a seat in the crowd. the two older men and true to slowly carrying shells and chords. they were filled with black drinks made by stating a holly plant hobby plant and water to induce nausea and vomiting it symbolized renewal and they had their heads clear from alcohol. when they turned the liquid was better on his tongue. as the speeches began in his head began to spin, he occasionally took a puff from a shared pipe. there was a lot of talk from 1787. between the mountains and the and mississippi river they hope the soldiers would put the rebellious colonists back in their place literally. they should return to being loyal subjects and a bigger empires proclamation of 1763 ordered them to stick to the coast. hoping for the british empire success and sending one's people to fight for different batters. he was learning they didn't necessarily agree fighting for the british was the best path. they were deep in debate. after declared the war of the spanish troops attacked and won

how expensive healthcare is, but in oakland there saclinnic -- is a clinic that serves only the uninsuredgh private donations and volunteers. as they prepare for their annual fundraiser, ktvu's noelle walker took a look at what makes it work. >> reporter: a routine doctor visit isn't routine for everyone. at the clinic in oakland everyone gets a head to toe exam. the patients breathe easier because healthcare here is free. >> the patients we see are like you and i, they have jobs, homes, but they lack insurance. >> reporter: more than 190,000 people in alameda county had no health insurance despite the affordable care act. he is on the board of the clinic. funding from the church and fundraisers help them provide free healthcare to more than 2500 patients a year of all denominations. there is just one requirement. >> somebody is asked one question only, do you have medical insurance. if the answer is no, it is come on in. >> reporter: he came to the clinic in 2010. his diagnosis high blood pressure. and diabetes. >> i have to walk past the donut aisle at work every day. >> reporter: a wak

the census bureau, 33 million people were uninsured in 2013. down from almost 32 million -- 42 million 2013. secretary resizing china for the land reclamation projects in the china agency. he calls them out of step. china's actions have put it at odds with the economic and the philippines. carter calls for an immediate and reformation by all nations. the u.s. weighing an offer from russia to have military to military talks on the situation in syria. that is according to john kerry. the white house, state department and the pentagon are all considering it. those are your top stories. in the business world, a possible make a deal brewing in beer industry. if the deal goes through, it would create a company that would control half of the industry's profits. earlier today mark crumpton campbell inatthew london and the senior analyst for bloomberg intelligence in princeton. the reason it makes sense is because the brewing industry is fairly growing. by some measures it is shrinking. what do they do? they consolidate. this is a very big consolidation

rate,the lowest uninsured around 12.9 percent right now. feeling better, more money is coming in, it is looking better. moreso driving more and practices. the hospitals are becoming not the dominant health care providers but in many cases the dominant health care providers. thingt is another huge aca has done. are seeing the giants and health care do wonderfully under aca. it is all about the utilization trends. how can you diagnose that person. the small regional health care center that does not have technology, does not have the massive resources. you're seeing a huge bifurcation of that market. the small have-nots, if you will. memorable for amazon as transparent for two emmys. what doesn't mean for streaming television? -- what does it mean for streaming television? ♪ brendan: welcome back. the 67th primetime emmy awards were handed out in los angeles. all,work 114 trophies in including four for game of thrones. a victory for traditional cable over the broadcast networks and streaming services like netflix and amazon. this alligure out

. >> the uninsured person will be taken care of. >> yes. >> how. >> i would make a deal with existing hospitals to take care of people. >> we weighed in on unemployment numbers calling current figures false. >> i saw a number of 42% unemployment. 42%. and it can could. >> reporter: a poll now shows trump and ben carson virtually tied, marco rubio and carly fiorina are tied for third, follow by jeb bush, john kasich and ted cruz, scott walker drop out a week ago tonight, this evening bobby jindal and chris christie are campaigning in the caucus state. a sign that christie is considering a new push in iowa. >> hillary clinton and her husband stayed on. >> other party does not want to run against her. >> there is only so much that i can control, i have tried to do, and explaining this is to provide more transparency, and more information than anybody that i am aware of who served in the government, and i am happy to do that, because i want these questions to be answered. i can't predict to you what the republicans will come up with, what charges or claims they might make, have no control

he promised there will be federal aid for uninsured homeowners who burn down.ster declaration and that means there will be temporary housing assistance, rental stints and also some -- assistance and low- cost loans available for small business owners. for so many, the recovery process is just beginning. >> we lost everything. it's all a process of restarting and applying for everything that we can. >> search crews will be back at it again. they are still looking for one man who is missing in the valley fire. 61-year-old robert liveman has not been seen since the fire broke out 12 days ago. officials say he didn't have any transportation and refused to evacuate his home in lower lake. now, so far, there have been four people found dead confirmed dead in the rubble of this fast-moving fire. that gentleman would make five victims of this fire. calfire estimates the flames burned through about 76,000 acres. crews are still busy up there. a comum thousand firefighters on the lines. they are trying to fully surround the burn area. they say the fire is 82% contained.

so we see the uninsured numbers drop off. he made a couple of points. of them is that the law does insurance -- companies from ejecting individuals with pre-existing conditions. host: but she did have to raise up to a platinum plan? guest: she did. we don't know exactly the reasons for that. 82 doctors were on that plan. don't know exactly. she may have been able to stick with their plant but did not like some of the changes. nonetheless, she could switch to another plan whereas before the health care plan -- health care law she might have difficulty switching plant at all. and he also mentioned the role of the governors in the state legislators. he is talking about medicare there. the health-care law expanded medicaid which is the federal state program for low income folks to more people, basically to childless adults in most states. but the supreme court ruling in the states the option as to whether they wanted to enroll. we have 29 states and the district of columbia that have extended medicaid. to, ite still not able states that they have not expand

reporter: fema administrator toured the damage wednesday morning saying federal aid will go to the uninsured. they will help with temporary housing, rental assistances and low cost loans. >> it does mean they need to register with us so we can start the process. >> reporter: they already signed up 100 people at a shelter and if requested they may bring in temporary mobile homes. >> people don't have time to wait. they have to be red to go. -- ready to go. [ indiscernible ] >> hopefully it is quick. >> every little bit helps. >> reporter: fema says people can register online or by calling them directly. we put all of those details on our website, just visit www.ktvu.com. frank? what is it like being up there now? are they starting to clean up the remains from the homes? what is it like? >> reporter: people are going back to their properties, shifting through the damage, taking what they can. everything is just burned to a crisp. crews from local, state and federal authorities have not visited them to clean up. it is mostly the property owners that are cleaning up but it will be some time befo

the down side a number of uninsured americans would go up by 14 million the number.ate requires people to obtain approved health insurance or pay a tax penalty. republicans are intent on scrapping the health law. >> a soldier kicked to the curb denied service inside a restaurant because of his service dog. the dog's name -- i don't know the dog's name. i know the major's name. major digs brown was told he and his dog had to go even though he explained that his dog, here is his name, it is arthur. he's the service dog. he posted this on facebook when he went home and it went viral. he is no you apologizing. he served 30 years in the army and suffers from ptsd. >> it is christmas in december. millions of americans are buying into it. is it too early. fox business here to fill us in. >> it feels like this, right, heather? good morning. christmas has come early whether you are ready for it or not, guys. according to a study 32 million americans have already started shopping. credit cards.com surveyed 1,000 adults and found 14 percent already started shopping in addition

head of fema toured the fire zone yesterday and promised federal aid for uninsured homeowners who burnedn. after the president issued disaster declaration earlier this week, there will now be temporary housing assistance, rental assistance and low cost loans for small businesses. for so many people, the recovery process is only just begin. >> we lost everything, so we need to entirely start off and apply for everything we can help wise. >> crews looking for a man still missing. 61-year-old robert litchman hasn't been seen since the fire broke out 12 days ago. had no transportation, but refused to evacuate home in lower lake. so far four people found dead in the rubble of this fast-moving car. cal fire estimates the flames charred 76,000 acres. crews are still busy trying to build a line around the entire burn area, right now fire 82% contained. this may be hard to believe, but still after all this time, there is one evacuation still in place for the community of anderson spring, which was hit hard by this fire. pam, it will be finally lifted later on today. at 5:00. so those folks there

from 2013 to last year, the number of uninsured people dropped from 42,000 to 34,000.fficials of the census bureau highlighted more d.c. residents signing up for obamacare. >> 5:21 our time right now and it's thursday, so we're that much closer to the weekend. >> storm team 4 chuck bell has been planning for us since monday, the minute his alarm clock went off. so we know we're ready, chuck. >> we are ready. dmoijt what you have planned. i have a whole lot of football planned at least for my saturday. outside on a thursday morning. mostly clear sky has led to a little bit of patchy fog around early this morning. the other thing, high pressure has been in charge of our weather all week long and without any real change in air masses, things have gotten a bit stagnant and as a result air quality has gone down. unhealthy. the very old, the very young and folks with either heart or lung issues. be careful about that for today. reduced visibility in parts of orthern maryland and in the shenandoah valley. right here in the urban centers but there will be pockets of fog to dea

these are people often uninsured and certainly have less access to care. there have been a lot of reports that are come out since congress has suggested eliminating access to planned parenthood. estimateddget office 390 thousand woman would lose ear if woman could no longer go to planned parenthood. some of the questions that have -- in somequit areas, we are the only safety net family planning provider. that is the care for most women and particularly young women and the care they need is family-planning, access to cancer screenings. in many areas, it is a long wait. 60% of the clinics will see people the same day. in some areas, they won't take any medicaid patients. rep. lawrence: it is true the medicare and the targeted audience or group that uses planned parenthood are often --se who are most at risk african-american, minority women die at a higher level than any other population when it comes cancer, actually dying from having pelvic or cervical cancer. we are actually giving opportunities. -- or askinterject mr. chairman, to enter a letter into the

people are insurance particularly the methadone clinics have worked really hard to enroll their uninsured people into medicare to start billing. >> thank you you have your work cut out for you and it's exciting so maybe this effects the waiver in san francisco. >> thank you very much item 4 is there a public comment i've not received any requests. >> item 5 a report back from the finance committee. >> ms. johnson. >> good afternoon the finance committee met 3 o'clock we went through the full contract and also the contract report it is all on the consent calendar and in addition the also have added you can romanced for the request from cat and this is for the medical respites and the reason for the relocation there is actually expanding and a.d. another thirty medical records to their current bed coincidence all on the speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. calendar. >> we asked if anyone should be removed. >> if the commissioners want things for separate items. >> shall we move for approval? move to approve the consent calendar >> thank you a second.

fema toured the fire zone to get a look at all the damage up close and promised federal aid for uninsuredwners with immediate needs. he also says there will be temporary housing assistance, rental assistance and low cost loans for small businesses that need help. but the head of california's office of emergency services warns people that the recovery will take time. >> we can make this better. i've seen it time and time again, disaster after disaster. it will take time and it will take patience and it will take effort. >> in the meantime, you can see dogs were out, search crews looking again yet and they'll begin -- continue doing those searches later today, looking for a man still missing after the valley fire. that would be 61-year-old robert litchman who has not been seen since the fire started. he refused to evacuate, had no transportation. trying to confirm identity of the fourth victim, remains found in the rubble tuesday night. those remains are believed to be 66-year-old robert fletcher. they were found in the community of cobb up on the mountain there where fletcher lived. cal fi

but they say for this fire especially those who were uninsured, you may be able to get more. in middletown, julie watts, kpix 5. >>> pg&e, at&t and an army of workers racing to bring back power and phone service affected by the "valley fire." our don ford is in the middle of the burn zone where the effort is under way. >> reporter: highway 175 leading out of middletown is still closed to the public. there are hundreds of teams, hundreds of crews and trucks from around the state who have assembled here to do their best to rebuild this complicated power line. [ yelling ] >> reporter: up and down the highway, pg&e, at&t and logging crews are working side by side. it's a coordinated dance of men and machinery. specialty crews are reeling out spools of aluminum conductor that in this case is more than 4,000 feet long. >> with essentially two efforts, one beginning down here on the flats working west, and the other effort working from the top of cobb east, hoping to get those two to meet in the middle. the ground is still hot, stump holes, hazards, stuff still smoking. we really ha