What the outcome will be. And as i said earlier, and i probably shouldnt repeat it, but i find this more embarrassing for the country than debilitating for my ability to get started. President trump is out of sight again today, the second straight workday without any Public Events on his schedule, as the president elect is getting a National Security briefing, not from intelligence officials but from outside Foreign Policy experts. Joining me now, nbc White House Correspondents Kristen Welker and peter alexander, cohosts of weekend today, of course. Kristen in wilmington, peter at the white house. Kristen, first of all, the president elect, his team, are looking forward to this transition planning, not waiting for the white house, going ahead with a National Security briefing, not based on intelligence or official intelligence. Reporter andrea, thats right, and part of what youre going to see today, we expect to see biden in a spray, is really aimed at underscoring that point that you
Prices. Whatever his comment is, its getting sidelined from comments from a chief of staff and white house aide. Joe biden just slammed the comments about senator john mccain saying its a new low. Mccain is battling brain cancer. While the president did not utter the offense, his lack of condemnation so far speaks volumes. Mccains daughter megan speaking out today. Whatever you want to say in this kind of environment, the thing that surprises me most is i was talking about this with you, joy, that i dont understand what kind of environment youre working in when that would be acceptable and then can you come to work the next day and still have a job. My fathers legacy is going to be talked about for hundreds and hundreds of years. I agree. These people, nothing burgers. Megan mccain was reacting to a comment made by white house aid kelly sadler. A white house official says that sadler was dismissing senator mccains opposition to trumps pick to the cia director when she said as a joke ab
History of the United States. Dozen of initiatives. Smart, targeted, but ensuring that patients have access to the best therapies. Dana that was alex azar. Now we turn to chief White House Correspondent john roberts at the white house. John . John good afternoon. Welcome to the rose garden where the sun is shining today. Ivanka trump is wearing black and that might not have been the best choice that it is always ten degrees hotter here with the sun beating down and the air doesnt move. I digress. The president promised in the campaign he would try to do something about drug prices. Its emerging as one of the big issues in the 2018 Midterm Elections. The president this afternoon will announce a number of different measures, not just one thing to bring down the price of drugs including encouraging innovation , promoting price competition and addressing foreign freeloading. The white house complains that the u. S. Consumer bear unfair burden of the Drug Development because of other countr
Culprit. We have to get our drug industry coming back, our drug industry has been disastrous. Theyre leaving left and right. The other thing we have to do is create new bidding procedures for the drug industry because theyre getting away with murder. Pharma, pharma has a lot of lobbies, a lot of lobbyists, a lot of power. The thing is, the rest of washington is only talking about one drug company, novartis. A company that paid the president s personal attorney 1. 2 million. A senior official at novartis telling nbc that cohen promised access to the administration. Also today, news that the million plus amount is almost four times what the company paid any outside lobbyist at the time. Well, a novartis spokesperson telling the Health Care News site stat, quote, mr. Cohen was hired as a consultant and not as a lobbyist, the consulting fees were in line with market terms for consultancy and advisory. Quick math, thats 100 grand a month he was being paid. Were also hearing from another com
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