health as a result. it literally feels like you don t matter and you are being priced out of existence. campaigners say capped energy prices for disabled people and substantial benefit increases would make a significant difference. michael buchanan, bbc news. so on the eve of the chancellor s statement, live to westminster and our political correspondent chris mason. how do you read the prospects for tomorrow? we how do you read the prospects for tomorrow? how do you read the prospects for tomorrow? ~ ., ., ., tomorrow? we are told tonight by the chancellor that tomorrow? we are told tonight by the chancellor that there tomorrow? we are told tonight by the chancellor that there will tomorrow? we are told tonight by the chancellor that there will be - tomorrow? we are told tonight by the chancellor that there will be things i chancellor that there will be things in his statement at lunchtime that address the cost of living. and what he acknowledges will be challenging times ahe
those are all things that come about as a result of this. jon: when people have more money in their pockets they tend to spend it, right? it s good for everybody. that s what drives our economy, 2/3 of our gdp is consumer spending. when people are spending it on things that are priorities for them rather than having the government decide how to spend it it s a good thing for american families, our economy and growth and all benefits we expect to see not only in the near term but long term as a result of tax reform. jon: around the country and back in south dakota i m sure you are seeing the same kinds of things. companies are boosting their 401k contributions, that kind of thing. benefit increases, bonuses, pay raises. we re seeing it in companies in south dakota and really frankly jon i think we ve just touched the tip of the iceberg. i think you ll see more of that. some of these decisions have to go through corporate boards and
they separated them into two groups. about half the group went into a group that got mammograms and regular self breast exams and the other group got self breast exams alone. they found there was really no difference between the two groups. they had the same number of cancers and the same number of deaths. they re making the argument based on this study again that it did not offer benefit over doing your own breast exams. there have been other studies that have shown benefits. and that benefit increases as women age. but a lot of people are paying attention to this for the reasons you stated this morning. by it really is a head scratcher. it seems like it flies in the face of conventional wisdom, early detection in the key. this seems to fly in the face of that.
vomiting. but of course that is also a symptom of the flu. but in the meantime, the water alert remains in effect. we re expecting it to last several days. no word officially about when this water crisis will end. but undoubtedly, nerves are very calm, they may become frayed depending on how long this continues. absolutely. that s unstandable. thanks a lot for the update. meanwhile, we re going to get you here. there is growing anger now over a newly signed budget deal in washington that cuts down benefit increases for thousands of veterans. republican senator kelly ayotte says she s come with a plan to fund the program and restore those cuts. but her proposal is being met with serious push backs. byron york is here with us now. i understand you like this idea?
calculate annual benefit increases. if the president willand he d some leadership, no democrat will get to his right. nobody will adjust the age of retirement if the president doesn t embrace it. nobody will adjust cpi if the president doesn t embrace it. so he is showing some signs of leadership that has been lacking. reporter: so far the president rejected the idea of raising the retirement age for social security, gregg. gregg: what about prospects in the house? not so optimistic there? reporter: not so good. house speaker john boehner rejected any new tax revenue unless it is used to lower anyone s tax rates. the tax hike on families making more than $450,000 a year that went into effect this year is the only one republicans will accept. the president s aides say that means the poor and middle class will bear the whole cost of lowering the budget deficit. if you re looking for the answer to the question as to why the approval rating of congressional republicans is at an his