Disease and you dont have money to treat them and, frankly, i think its time to talk to the manufacturer of this drug and ask them if they are being very generous in providing these drugs, hepatitis c drugs, for free. Very generous. For whatever reasons they are doing that. But maybe at a time when their profits are soaring, maybe they might want to respect the veterans of this country who might die or become much sicker because they dont have access to this wonderful product. And as senator blumenthal mentioned, if they are not prepared to come to the table you think youve done well by getting the prices down by half, im not impressed. Paying 540 bucks per pill for people who defended our country. You sit down with them and say youre prepared to use 28 usc 1498 to break the patterns on these drugs unless they are prepared to come down significantly lower than they are right now. Its not a question of taking money. I know youve requested to take money out of the Choice Program. Maybe t
Starting kentucky are the only 20 available eligible to run in all three races. This is the cowards way out. Some hard feelings there. Many folks attached to that great back story. California chrome bought for just 10,000. For his part, the official California Chrome twitter says it just wasnt my day. He thinks his chromemies and hinted maybe hell be back to race in the fall. People arent giving up hope some day maybe well see a triple crown winner in our lifetime, lester. All right, kristen. California chromes owner steve coburn is with us this morning. Mr. Coburn, good morning. Good morning. We just heard a little bit of the comments you made after the race, we heard them from kristen. A lot of talk about specifically you calling some of the other owners cowards for only racing their horses in this race. Do you stand by those comments this morning . Sure. Why is it that you feel theyre cowards . Well, because you know what . There was only three horses in this race that had run in al
And several others faces criminal charges today. Honoring a legend. The loss i feel, i cannot describe. Maya. Hundreds turn out to remember and to praise the late maya angelou and the legacy she leaves behind. Band of brothers. This morning hundreds of paratroopers recreating the historic jump that so many brave men made during the invasion of normandy. Today, sunday, june 8th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on this sunday morning. Im erica hill. Im lester holt alongside jenna wolfe and dylan dryer. Youre tonalist, you just win the belmont. Everybody says, wow, what about the losers . Tonalist probably not getting a lot of attention or love because theres so much focus. So much buildup to the triple crown which didnt happen. California chromes loss is our top story today. Kristen dahlgren was at belmont on saturday. Kristen, good morning. Good morning, lester. I watched the rac
Hey, there. Im joshua johnson. Its good to be with you on this sunday for a pact epacked hour. Well answer your questions about coronavirus including on the latest plans to get back to business. We will head across america to explore the many costs of covid19. Nearly 40,000 americans are paid the ultimate cost. The nation is also nearly 750,000 confirmed cases. The pandemics cost is felt in many states on a painful person level at food banks, unemployment hot line, at businesses that are closed or have closed down. Despite that, a new nbc wall street journal poll shows that most people are still putting health and safety over the economy, at least for now. That tension is the main topic at president S White House briefings pushing for the nation to get back to business and railing against those who have in his view made that harder. Lately he haze taken on the World Health Organization including the u. S. Will to paying into the w. H. O. Thats where we begin this hour. The president cl