Enjoy the rest of your day. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] on this friday, Senate Democratic leader harry reid i doubt will not be seeking reelection. He will be finishing up his fifth term in the u. S. Senate. He released a statement this morning. Heres a look at his complete statement which he released on video. Senator reid these bruises on my face are in inconvenience, but trust me, they are nothing compared to some of the bruises that ive got. When i was a boy, i dreamed of being an athlete. I envisioned being a man in centerfield at yankee s stadium. The work that i have done for the people of arizona has been just as the filling. My job as minority leader is just as important as majority leader. It gives me so much opportunity. This accident has caused us, for the first time, to have down time to ponder and think. We
And for those of us who have been working on expanding Health Care Access and awareness for year, we know weve reached an incredibly important milestone. Thanks to the exceptional work of the people in this room, more than 14 million americans and counting have received Health Coverage through the marketplace,head cade, and chip. Medicaid, etplace, and chip. Give yourselves a round of applause. Despite an unexpectly rocky start, you all made history by powering through some negative news cycles and keeping your eye on the ball. You stayed focused on educating consumers because they were hungry for the facts about how the law could benefit them and their familiesful you connected consumers with free, inperson help from persons in their communities. You made sure they knew about the opportunities for Financial Assistance, which finally made Health Insurance a reality for millions who couldnt afford it in the past and you stood ready to handle the surge in signups as the deadline approach
Sticking point for the russians. Spent thank you very much, ambassador. I think we want to quickly get to your questions and comments so get ready. Before we do that id like to give ambassador issued your an opportunity to respond to dr. Brzezinskis remarks. First, in the way, and i mean this half cynical, we can say thank you to Vladimir Putin for reminding us that at least a good reason for having nato. Nato was in the process of getting off the radar screen a little bit of the major european and transatlantic debate. Now its back on the radar screen. Thats good. Second, president putin has also, by doing what he did, reminded europeans that there is an overwhelmingly good reason for trying to get our act together in terms of speaking with one voice for the eu to be a political actor that can exercise a significant role, as it should, from dissenting 500 Million People. And third, i think the events are in the process, are already re energizing the debate about how best european coun
We believe it is in the state of new york and state of new jersey, to control access to their borders. We want to establish this process to determine an individuals risk level by considering the geographic origin and exposure to the virus. They could require a mandatory 21 day quarantine. Lou governors policy comes after an american doctor tells to positive for ebola. Doctor craig spencer, treating patients for the last month or so, he did not quarantine himself when he returned last week. He went bowling, he took a cab, he dined out with his fiancee into friends. After developing a fever, he alerted authorities and he was taken to the hospital and is there in isolation tonight. As are his fiancee into friends. These developments taking place just after president obama suggested this crisis was behind us. A number of things make us cautiously optimistic here in the United States and it just gives people a sense of how difficult it is to get this disease. Lou now the president refusing
You are in person assisters, government officials, Health Literacy educators, Insurance Industry leaders, outreach specialists and organizers. Everyone here understands the importance of our work to engage consumers and spread the word about how they can benefit from coverage under the Affordable Care act. And for those of us who have been working on expanding Health Care Access and awareness for year, we know weve reached an incredibly important milestone. Thanks to the exceptional work of the people in this room, more than 14 million americans and counting have received Health Coverage through the marketplace, medicaid, and chip. Give yourselves a round of applause. Despite an unexpectly rocky start, you all made history by powering through some negative news cycles and keeping your eye on the ball. You stayed focused on educating consumers because they were hungry for the facts about how the law could benefit them and their familiesful you connected consumers with free, inperson hel