begin any moment now, here is what we know so far at this hour. police say that they received reports of an active shooter, just at the 30 pm local time, and according to authorities, at least nine people have been hospitalized. the shooter now that, we re being told, there are multiple fatalities, but police have not yet released an exact count. perhaps, we ll get some insight varying this briefing. however, they have confirmed that there is no longer an active threat in the area. let s go to nbc s morgan chesky, he s on the ground for us right outside the premium all there in on texas. morgan, we ve been checking in with you regularly since the tragedy unfolded, what more can you tell us? yeah, amen, there s that remains incredibly large law enforcement presence here surrounding the entire perimeter of the mall with more than 120 stores. as we await to hear the update from the police chief of allen texas, i can tell you that we are hearing more than stories about how it p
Reviewing all of the state situation on an individual basis. And heres why. And i saw this from my and being in congress where my state things in july that the money is going to be sufficient for risk corridor payments. Then they here in october that no, thats not going to happen. And have a real degree of uncertainty without cms is getting that state coop with them how theyre doing their capitalization, how theyre feeling they are viability and they dont know day today whether theyre going to build to offer a product in open Enrollment Period that starts on november 1. So the concern that a lot of us have is we dont have some kind of a bright line rule, the uncertainty in those states is really contributing to instability in all insurance market. I assume you understand those points by making. Absolutely. So im hoping that you and your staff would be willing to continue to meet with our Committee Staff on both sides of the aisle to help us figure out how we can help you get some certa
Familiar faces are enough to win. I will let you follow up on that. , we have very different characteristics. We have gone through a phase last election where republicans had many more seats that they could challenge. And a date addition to the in addition to the number of seats, republicans did very well last election picking up extremely red states that had democratic senators. There were six states that were rock red republican states and they had open seats. Republicans picked up all of them, plus North Carolina and if you swing states as well. Those of the prompt those are the prime targets than a world that is well aligned for the republicans are Holding Republican seats and democrats are Holding Democrat seats. What does this election look like . 24 big numbers are, republicans of four election, while there are only 10 democrats of your seats. And they just looking ahead, if in thek at 2018, and is opposite direction with only eight republicans and 23 or if 25 count the independ
But also to the american people. Secondly, productivity. Productivity is critically important to us. We measure value units, which is a common measurement in the medical industry. It is a measure of productivity. Our productivity is up 8 over the last year, versus a budget increase of 2. 8 . I am asking for ways to improve our productivity every day. There is no question that demand is increasing for our services. I do not feel capable of going to congress and asking for more money, unless i can show them that we are trying to save money. If you look at my testimony over the last year, what you see is i told congress that we had 10 million square feet of unused space. Unfortunately, it is all in somebodys congressional district. If we could close that space, that would save the v. A. And the american taxpayer 25,000 per year. Please look at my testimony. 10 million square feet, 25 million a year. We are eager to work with members of congress to close that space. And we are going to hav
Conserve grain, there are too many of these things out there. The other thing we know about establishment conservatives is they like stability. When Financial Markets are in meltdown, investors flock to the 30year bonds. When political markets are in meltdown, they flock to the conservative candidate who looks like somebody who could govern. I dont think ben carson is going to be able to stand up under that scrutiny. I dont think ted cruz will appeal to the center. That means the winner of the rubiobush contest is going to be the nominee. Thank you very much, henry. One more quick question for you. Are there any lessons in scott walker and rick perrys demised for other candidates . Henry olsen rick perrys sell by date was november 2011. Scott walker i think has a lot of lessons. One is dont run as somebody you are not. Scott walker is not a voluble tea party person. He ran as the tea party candidate. What became clear in the debates and why he has had an unprecedented collapse in suppo