the divide between the white house and the intelligence community. president trump gave them the okay to release it even after fbi officials, democrats and some republicans warned against it. the fbi wrote in a rare public statement that the director and agents have grave concerns that key facts are missing from the document. democrats on the intelligence committee say republicans distorted information to make misleading claims. so americans will be less likely to trust the justice department investigation to protect the president. gop members also blocked democrats from releasing their own memo, which challenges the republican document. so who is behind the memo? well, the republican chairman of the house intelligence committee, devin nunes of california. that s who. the chairman staffers are said to have written the document. the gop lawmaker is a supporter of the president, obviously. served on his transition team, has been critical of the intelligence community. nunes recused himse
the bullet hit another girl in the rest and the boy in the head. doctors say he will survive. january was one of the deadliest months in puerto rican history. that s according to officials there that said there were nearly 80 killings last month. 500,000 americans are still living without power after hurricane maria slammed the u.s. territory in september. robert wagner a person of interest in the 1981 drowning death of his wife natalie wood. that is the word from investigators in southern california. they say they have a new witness that has come forward saying that that witness heard yelling and crashing and saw a man arguing with a woman on a boat. no word yet from number 2. for m
reference in the tv ad, 2.7% of americans are getting a rebate. so one out of every 30 some odd americans are getting a rebate. the average is $9 per family. on the other hand, everyone is seeing premium increases. virtually everyone. the kaiser family foundation says that the average american family of four has seen a $1975 premium increase since the affordable care act was passed. smaller obviously in the years immediately after its passage in 2010. but last year, $1975 higher than it was in 2010. now is this is primarily because of what is called community rating and essential ben its f these are two other provisions in the affordable care act. community rating means younger workers have to pay more than they otherwise would for health insurance in order to subsidize coverage for older, less healthy workers. essential benefits says, you
rules in place, that make it very, an environment where citizens feel as if their communications are private, but, where terrorism is being identified, and prevented. let s keep in mind, since 9/11, the two people who have violated the most privacy are bradley manning and edward snowden. 500,000 americans have security clearances of some kind. they re only two who violated those confidences. jenna: interesting point for us. they get the most tanks. in some cases they re called heroes. we have to consider those 400,000 plus. gordon, thank you for coming here today. we appreciate it. thank you, jenna. jenna: jon? jon: president obama getting bad news when it comes to his approval ratings. new poll numbers show americans are not happy with his workers specially when it comes to the economy. we ll talk about other issues dragging down his average. speaking of the economy
than the federal government and the president is talking about more tax increases. jon: in the meantime, we don t have the number on the screen but the people feeling about the direction the country is moving and only 22% of americans feel that the country is on the right track right now. when that number gets that low, that shows a pretty pessimistic american population, doesn t it? it s a lot of pessimism out there and i want to be optimistic that when congress comes back in september, they have a grand opportunity, boehner, reid and the president, to sit down and follow john mccain s plan of going and speaking to the leaders because, jon, the only way we can get things done in washington, d.c. is when we have our elected officials work together in concert. voting against repealing obama plan or voting to take the funding away from obamacare, that doesn t do anything. that s symbolic.