that is not the case here at all. the foundation that you stand on today was built yesterday to reach for tomorrow. it is the same thing with weather and climate, folks. what happens is you have to go back and look at the big pictu picture. in our business of what i do at whether bell is we need the supply of accurate forecast for energy companies which includes wind and solar, retail companied knowing what happened yesterdayn perspective to say, guys, this can happen again is something that we do. tucker: so i want to be clear. i m not denying and i m not a meteorologist, unlike you are a claimant expert, climate does change. joe: absolutely. tucker: why since more people killed by illegal aliens than climate change, why do you think they are so focused on scaring us and telling us we are all going to die? why did they need to tell us that? joe: i think hl mencken and
effect which itself could be quite valuable. one thing we see any time these disasters happen is that after the first couple days, the focus in washington tends to move on to the next shiny object. the fact pence is going and particularly to the u.s. virgin islands is really important. a lot of the focus has been on puerto rico. but the u.s. virgin island damage is also acute and horrible. we re going to have to keep attention on this. and msnbc news has opened a puerto rico bureau for our continuing coverage here on this network and our nbc news today show and broadcasts as well. really important. betsy, nick, thank you for sticking around this full hour. we want to go to today s big pictu picture. we re going back to bangladesh. we do not want you to forget because this is a humanitarian crisis that is far from over. take a look at the big picture. it s a bangladeshi man carrying a rohingya refugee from a boat after crossing the border from
premiums are expected to rise 3 to 7%. tom kos costello in washington. and now, let s bring in our panel. perry, let s start with the big pictu picture. if you are rich or have a good job, this doesn t affect you sh, and you are probably okay with health care. and if you are really poor, this is a program that gave you effecti effectively a bunch of money through the government, and it is probably helping you even if you have a rough time. if you were in the middle, this is not going so well, and that is the big take away, and talk about while it is a small portion of the country, the people stuck in the proverbial middle. we are talking about the estimates of 8 to 9 million who get the insurance through the private insurance and they don t get it through their employer and they don t have tincome from medicaid and not old enough for medicare, and 8 to the 9 million people who are affected by the