Shake things up. It could cut funding to sanctuary cities like philadelphia and support School Choice which could funnel money away from philadelphias struggling public schools. Some positive plans include the president elects tax proposal which promises to help Small Businesses and corporations and hes promised to boost infrastructure rebuilding and this could mean upgrades to highways and rail lines and hes vowed to create jobs and jobs and more jobs. Joining me to discuss what a trump president could mean are the head of the philadelphia republicans, jodie feliz and dalen leach and nbc10 political reporter lauren make. So lauren, were being to start with some of your exclusive interview with president elect donald trump. You spoke to him while he was on the campaign trail. Here in philadelphia, late august or september. So well play portions of some of that interview and obviously get your take on it. Lets take a listen. What type of money federal money would you be withholding from cities that you consider sanctuary cities . We hold back completely . We hold back money. The sanctuary cities are a disaster in this country. Will that include medicaid money or Law Enforcement money . Theyre a method for criminals to protect themselves. Philadelphia of course is a sanctuary city, it protects undocumented immigrants who commit nonviolent crimes from federal authorities. Lauren, you have been looking into the numbers and in terms of funding. What have you found out . As you saw there, we dont have a breakdown of which federal funding hes talking about. Would it be all of it or would it be just be a portion of it . If youre talking about all of it, youre talking about a lot of money for philadelphia, just in the general fund alone, more than 30 million. But its much more than that. Joe, do we expect the president elect to make good on his promise . I guess well see. But it wasnt the president elect who created this. It was mayor kenny and mayor nutter and even he realized it was bad and pulled back from it and mayor kenny reinstituted. Were talking about bribery and arson theyre all covered under the sanctuary city policy in philadelphia. I dont think its a good thing. Its not antiimmigrant. Its more pro philadelphia, they pay us us a at the it passed at the state house overwhelmingly. Im sure the senator can speak pore to that. Senator leach . Yeah, remember when you talk about this issue were talking about human beings and sometimes children being sent back to abject poverty and extreme violence. And we have to decide whether we as a country that type of people. And also, you know, were talking about in most cases the overwhelming majority of cases nonviolent interactions with Police Officers and Police Officers will tell you and they have told me that it actually hurts them to be the arms of Immigration Enforcement because it hurts their ability to form relationships within the community, get information they need to be Law Enforcement officers which is what they are, theyre not Border Patrol agents. I think we have to be cautious before we Institute Policies that up end all that. When mr. Trump was in philadelphia back in 2016, late august, he had some harsh words for the mayor. You have tremendous violence on the streets of philadelphia. Your mayor is doing a terrible job here and theres no communication between the police and the communities. Its a very big problem. Mayor kenney did respond after that, after he made those comments. He had some colorful words saying the word that came to mind was nincompoop and he defended the record on crime saying that serious crime had gone down by 2. 2 . That was in september that he was saying this. Senator leach, lets begin on this one. The Nutter Administration certainly enjoyed a positive relationship with washington while mr. Obama was president. It seems like mayor kenney has a long way to go with president elect donald trump. Its not just a personal relationship but policy differences. We are not sure what policies the president elect trump is going to push. There was some things on the campaign trail that were contradictory and sort inconsistent. We have to see which direction hes going. But i do worry that some of the policies are difficult for cities to absorb and i think mayor kenney will be fighting for the city of philadelphia. And theres some tension there. Is the assessment of the mayor is accurate . I think the mayor is doing a terrible. We just got a soda tax and mayor kenney didnt think trump would win. So he tweets him Christmas Eve is a iing can i come up to trump tower . Even labor unions are starting to appeal to trump, talking about the Infrastructure Projects and illegal immigrants. Things like that. I think well see a turn on how he handles these things going forward. Heres another clip from donald trump, from president elect trump on inner city philadelphia and the relationship with city officials. Take a listen. Its disgraceful, frankly, whats happened with respect to the Africanamerican Community, how badly they have been treated by democrats who have run the inner cities for so long and have given them nothing. All they want is their votes. So i met with a Phenomenal Group of people. We had a really great session and theyre with me all the way. Of course this is when president elect was meeting with some africanamerican leaders. Your thoughts . Real quick on soda tax, you cant talk about a tax without talking about what it pays for and when people know its for the better schools, people may be okay with it. This is a person who would you know, repeatedly point out African Americans in his audience and say, oh, look, an africanamerican friend. Hed have people beaten up in his audience when they were. Sometimes they were his supporters when they were africanamerican. His proposals i mean, look at his cabinet so far. Only one africanamerican. Hes put where the place where they a lot. Republican president s put their one African American in their cabinet which is housing and urban development. A person, ben carson, who has expressed no interest in housing his entire life. It is really there is no one else in the administration and i think the idea that hes going to be looking out for the interest of africanamericans im very skeptical about that. Agree, dispute . Can president elect donald trump can he bridge a gap with the Africanamerican Community . Of course. It has been disgraceful. Chaka fattah, prison. Liana washington, prison. We can go down the line. 26 philadelphians who have been indicted, convicted john purcell. Thats one from seven years ago. Brett fees. I can give you a lot of people the entire track in philadelphia was removed due to corruption. It has been a total disservice to the people of the city of philadelphia. Hes right on point. Theyre not serving them. We go from jp miranda with his ghost employee into Leslie Acosta who was serving as a convicted felon. You have watson currently under investigation. We can go down the line. Back to the soda tax, they talked about prek and then well send it to the general fund and then a tax on the distributors. Tell that to my neighbor that are now driving out to your district to buy their soda now. I would say its very easy the conversation has evolved into and lauren you want to chime in . When you talk about how he is going to be held how the president elect is going to be judged perhaps in his first term, and whether or not he is able to as you say bridge that gap and to reach out to voters, the Republican Party may not have convinced in the past, one of the things that he will be judged on is his success in the economy, and jobs. That will be something that people have told me over and over again that is one thing theyre looking for. From him. So that is one way hell be judged. I would also feel compelled to say, you can pick the 1 or 2 of people who have gotten in trouble. I think it does a disservice to the overwhelming majority of elected officials of both parties who work extremely hard, very sincere people, trying to make their lives better. Look at donald trump, a person who wouldnt disavow White Supremacy when he was first asked about it, endorsed by the klan and david duke and every white supremacist nation in the country. So therefore, donald trump is a good idea for africanamericans its a disconnect. Joe, i wonder back to bringing people in, how inclusive is the president elect trump going to be . I think hes definitely struck a cord. He won 51 more than mitt romney won. We have two up in the northwest and one in south philadelphia, so we began increasing our presence in the Africanamerican Community. Donald trump was in north philly meeting with africanamerican leaders, his daughter, daughter in law came here to philadelphia and mitt romney never stop foot here. John mccain never did. He understands the inner cities. He understands the city of philadelphia, he went to penn, he lived in new york. I think having an interest in urban areas can help us dig ourselves out of the mess we have been in the city in the last 50 odd years. In terms of talking about the president elects connection to philadelphia, he had some negative comments about the city when he was here. Look, i went to school here. I know the city very well and to see how far its gone down, the inner city and the neighborhood, i cant believe it. As you mentioned, joe, obviously the president elect a graduate of the university of pennsylvania. He graduated from penn in the late 60s. I was a few decades behind him. Closer to his daughter ivanka. And since the late 60s the city has improved tremendously. Well, you cant tell that to all of my friends who moved out of the city. Every single one left the city of philadelphia except me. Why . Education and taxes. Bottom line. You want to talk about crime and everything, our office at 16th and lehigh, theres a casket marked in the middle of the street, all lives matter because the kids are dying there every single day. Is this urban america across america im sure it is. It is happening in philadelphia. We cant pretend its not just because we have new nice beer gardens and popup restaurants downtown. I grew up in northeast philadelphia and philadelphia who is not from philadelphia, the city is dramatically better in every single way than it was when i was growing up. Its just not true to say it wasnt and donald trump obviously doesnt know what hes talking about when he talks about the city of philadelphia. He should spend some time with the people here. I want to talk about the inauguration. Lauren and joe, well get to you in a moment. Lauren, you will be leading our coverage as the political reporter on the ground. You have been talking to volunteers with trumps campaign. Obviously folks are going down to washington to protest. Tell us your thoughts. Yeah, people are going for different reasons. There are quite a few people from our area who will be in washington, d. C. , this coming week. Not just for the inauguration but for some of the several protests that are going on. Although some are going because they want to be there or just i spoke with someone who says he wants to be there for history once in a lifetime experience. Joe, you will be there as well . Im excited for personal reasons. I have been around politics for a long time. This will be my First Convention and first inauguration. A once in a lifetime opportunity for me. Im looking forward to it. We have much more to discuss when we come back. Next on nbc10 issue, how the president elect plans to tackle health care and how our region could be affected. Dear fellow citizen, i know what its like to worry about student loan debt. I graduated into it. 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I dont know what the replacement will look like, but i think its better than what we have now. We have the largest majorities across the state here. And in the senate and in the house. We saw the republicans take the senate. We have ridiculous amounts of govern governorships and voters dont want this. I have heard from several Small Business owners how its hurt their business how its hurt their businesses. Just another crippling tax on top of it. I see people that say that obamacare saved their lives. Now they have health care and they were denied earlier because of fre existing conditions. During the campaign he said im going to replace obamacare with something tremendous. It will be terrific. Its going to be classy. Everyone is going to love it, believe me. That was his entire plan. Okay . And since then, hes not gotten any more specific. Frankly, the congress cant come up with anything to replace it with. Because the physics of health care are that either you have single payer or you have a mandatory mandate. People buy health care and provide for preexisting conditions or there is no preexisting condition coverage. Theres no third way to do it. So what if they just repeal it without replacing it, 25 million americans with the stroke of a pen are going to lose their health care. Many people will die and i think thats a National Tragedy that i am skeptical that the republicans are going to pull the trigger on. Im sure, joe, you want to comment on this. But lauren, you have been speaking to people on both sides of this. People who are watching this play out very carefully, not just patients but also hospitals. Hospitals in this region are watching this very carefully. They have been they have been trying to meet the requirements and there could be different requirements or just a different way of doing things. So theyre watching it very carefully as well. But yeah, i have spoken with people who have insurance through the Affordable Care act on both sides of it. Some say it has gotten too expensive and they want it to go away. Even knowing theyll lose the coverage they have. Some say i dont know what id do without this. I have found both. Joe, in terms of the timing obviously we know this going to be really crucial. We have heard both and were starting to see one version of this. We have heard well repeal it, but well something to replace it. Were already starting to see some of it being replaced. But theres not plan in place yet. I do people want something, but it is not this. When their premium goes up, you know . And some of the stuff coming out from the left, the idea theyll replace the other things, with the medicare and the medicaid and stuff like that, thats not going to happen. And it is just fear mongering thats playing into this. Were getting calls into the office regularly on this. I think well be in good position in the next coupling of weeks. Senator leach, can you talk about how Medicaid Expansion in pennsylvania would be impacted. Well, yeah. It would go away. And ive covered 800,000 additional pennsylvanians. Once in a while i get someone who says to me, well, people can go to the emergency room. The emergency room is required if youre hit by a bus to stabilize you or if you have a heart attack to stabilize you. You cant get a liver transplant, chemotherapy or dialysis or psychological treatment. You cant get that in the emergency room. If youre not insured the overwhelming majority of cases you dont get it. That is something that every other country in the world has figured out how to do. Every other developed country other than us. And its really embarrassing that we have citizens who are going to lose their lives for lack of access which is available and can help them because were if we recklessly Just Premier League this and not replace it with something that provides coverage to these people. Lauren, youll get the last word on this. You have spoken to both sides of this, you have heard from Small Business owners who are split. Absolutely. Some of those people who i had heard from on both sides are as joe as you said, Small Business owners who are buying the coverage for themselves. And theyre watching this very, very carefully with hope for a different outcome. All right. Thank you, everyone, for being here. Joe defe lice, and daylin leach and lauren mayk. Our coverage starts wednesday afternoon at 4 00. Shell be joined by Jim Rosenfield and jacqueline london later on in the day. Dont miss our special reports thursday night at 7 00 and friday at 7 30. Next on nbc10 issue, vaccine controversy. 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Even groups like Autism Speaks which advocates for people with the communication disorder agree. Stating on the website, over the last two decades Extensive Research has asked if theres any link between childhood vaccinations and autism. The result of the research are clear. Vaccines do not cause autism and parents like mary ann have sided with science over the president elects concerns. Im pretty sure he hasnt gone to medical school. She says she has every intention of having her 10 day old son immunized the parents who choose not to vaccinate are putting their children and others at risk. Their child could suffer fatal infection, infections with diseases like whooping cough which are still out there. Measles and mumps are still out. Its not a risk free choice, but a choice to take a different and more serious risk. Whats concerning when people bring this up the false link between vaccines and autism began because children got diagnosed around the same time they were vaccinat vaccinated. But he said newer tools have helped the doctors learn that the condition typically begins before children are immunized. This is nbc10 issue. Thats it for this edition of nbc10 issue. Thanks for watching. Dont forget to stick with nbc10 as we transition to a new president. Inauguration coverage begins wednesday at 4 00 in the afternoon. Have a great sunday. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. That means incredibly fast 150 meg internet. So in the 3. 7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local sled jump record. Fly, gary, fly. His friend can download 13 versions of the perfect song. His sister can live stream it. While his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder. Get 150 meg internet, tv and phone for just 79. 99 per month online for the first year. Hurry offer ends january 21st. Only from fios. 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