in open seats, to seek to help nominate people who can actually win in november. that s my approach. that s the way you keep a governing majority. [ talking at the same time ] mr. president, sir, sir. earlier today you criticized drug companies and insurance companies saying drug companies s prices are too high. exactly right. what would you like to see? the insurance companies have made a fortune with obamacare, an absolute fortune, as you know what i did with the cuts at the end, which were all going you re talking about hundreds of millions a month going right into the pockets of the insurance companies. i m very happy with what i did. and because of that, people are talking now. democrats are talking to republicans for a short term taking care of what we will call healthcare. so that people can have good
to support our incumbents and in open seats, to seek to help nominate people who can actually win in november. that s my approach. that s the way you keep a governing majority. reporter: mr. president, sir reporter: earlier today you criticized drug companies and also insurance companies, saying drug companies were charging prices that were too high and insurance companies were taking government money. what specifically would you like to see both of those types of companies do? the insurance companies have made a fortune with obamacare. an absolute fortune. as you fo, whatknow, you are ta about hundreds of millions of dollars a month going right into the pockets of the insurance companies. i m very happy with what i did. because of that, people are talking now, democrats are talking to republicans for a short-term taking care of what we will call health care so that
to insurance companies. listen here. insurance companies have made a fortune with obamacare. a absolute fortune. you know what i did with the cuts at the end, which you re talking about hundreds of millions a month going into the pockets of the insurance companies. i m happy with what i did, a priority of mine. you know this is coming up, the cost of prescription drugs. we re going to get the costs way down. something else the president is going to do next week. this is a big piece of news that he announced this afternoon. he was pressed into it because he had alluded to it. went into more specificity upon a further question. that is the next week the president will declare a national drug emergency or national emergency when it comes to the problem of opioid abuse and opioid deaths in the united states. he said it s a big issue they ve been wrestling with. they have to figure out how to do it. they just about got the policy in place. we ll hear about that next week. shepard: t
they are paying me an absolute fortune. i m sure. great scene for you, by the way. you know? when he wants to, he can actually write. well, see you out there on the playing field. break a leg, kid. thank you, sir. hey! ladies and gentlemen, the great alan thicke! and action. and that s a clip from one of alan thicke s last performances, the golden globe nominated drama this is us. he guest starred the pilot episode playing himself. the actor best known for his role on the dad on growing pains died unexpectedly from a heart attack yesterday in los angeles. the actor s son, robin thicke, confirms his father was experiencing chest pains while playing ho with his 19-year-old son carter. last night carter tweeted, today i lost my best friend and idol and the world lost one of its finest. you are a legend and i love you, pops. until next time.