privilege of not having to pay a fortune to have bad health care. they are paying thousands of dollars so they don t have to buy health care. we got rid of that, gone. that was a big one. thanks to our actions, i m pleased to announce that for the first time since obamacare wasn t passed, premiums are not going to go up next year. we have done everything in the book and they will actually go down somewhat. and if we weren t here, if you had another administration, they were going up 122%, 150%, 70% and 80%. look at what you ve done just through management of health care? it s not good stuff but we kept the premiums down to the lowest number they ve been, so we are very happy with that. we are strongly protecting your medicare. we oppose efforts from democrats to raid medicare, and medicare
he talked about the replacement of nafta about his domestic policies on everything from health care to energy took center stage here. he also drew on the interest of small business owners and manufacturers. today, nancy pelosi, for one, taking a shot at the president saying the effects of the g.o.p. tax scam go beyond the obvious. republicans are using the $2 trillion deficit they justified for the attacks on medicare, medicaid and social security that americans counted on to make ends meet. he will touch on some of the issues that he left largely out of today s remarks, issues like immigration and the wall. shepard: jackie heinrich live at the convention center in philadelphia. thanks so much. right after this newscast, you can check up on us on facebook watch on fox news update. it will stream live on the home screen in just a few minutes and you can watch it on demand here afterwards, and should news break out, we will break in
balanced-budget constitutional amendment. the republican plan will prohibit congress spending more than it brings in, 3/5 of both chambers to do so. nancy pelosi attacking this bill. we are here to raise our voices against the republican cynical balanced-budget constitutional amendment and as they do that attacks on medicare, medicaid and social security. heather: others have called the bill hypocritical. the house grilling mark zuckerberg for 5 hours during a second day of testimony, zuckerberg among millions of users affected by the cambridge analytical scandal, moving forward apps developers will be audited to protect user data. committal defense attorney david bruno explains the move. it is found to be used improperly they will ban them, require the information to be
the 100th for mitt romney and first for the republic ticket now just a week away from the convention that will actually officially nominate them. at one point a very conservative state lawmaker up here by the name of jack varnes a president threw a fast ball and they turned it around on afghanistan and made it something of a shot at president obama, watch. what are you going to do about this damn mess in afghanistan? there are people overseas that are fighting for us who are responding to the call of the commander and chief and he ought to be reporting to their parents and their communities and the people of america. that s one thing i will do. what romney essentially said is the president owes it to americans to give more regular updates on what s going on in afghanistan. and he suggested that as romney has for the better part of the last two years on the campaign trail, he will do everything he can to get american troops home and not abandon afghanistan to the taliban or other