I would take the commission and say the recommendations you made were great, but there is not a ecstatic world. Even the pass afnlgtd Affordable Care act and the exchange coming in to play has changed the dynamic, and so i would say i want a new set of goals. I want 2020 goals. I Want Health Care Cost Containment to be one of the goals, but i want central to this payment reform. Delivery and payment reform as your consideration. How do we go from a feeforservice and what do we do to make the transition and consider it not as a onetime thing. The commission made the recommendations. Its ongoing work and important to treat it that way. As environment changes to change the set of goals but keep quality of service and payment foremost in your mind. Governor, you get the last word. If i were governor for day i would issue an executive order redefining the length of a day. [laughter] shorter . I think its going to take more than a day. This is a very good report, but as we said this morning,
More raisely wrote to recently wrote to the deputy or acting secretary of the have. A asking for explanation in apparent tripling in wait times in connecticut and in fact elsewhere around the country. The increase in wait times and, those wait times delayed longer than 30 days that seem to have tripled in connecticut, quadrupled elsewhere. Will you commit to me that you will provide a response to that letter . If confirmed i will provide a response but knowing sloan gibson the way i do, you will get a response. Im hoping that response will being imminent, not sometime in the indefinite future. Thats my hope as well. Thank you. The other area of gave concern to me specifically of connecticut was care for womens veterans. I hope that will be a priority for you that womens care for veterans in the va facility in new haven, whether result of trauma connected to Sexual Assault or battlefield pts will be a priority for you . Its a priority and a growing priority. The number of women going in
Critical battleground a state no democratic president ial candidate has won since bill clinton did in 1992. Meanwhile, early ballots are pouring in nationwide. A record 66 million have already been cast with seven days left in the campaign. We are also following breaking pandemic news. More than 226,000 americans have now lost their lives to covid19. The country is facing tonight more than 8. 7 million cases as the daily average of new cases hits yet another record high. Lets begin our coverage this hour over at the white house. Our chief White House Correspondent jim acosta is joining us. A full day of campaigning by the president yet again. Reporter President Trump is claiming he has done, quote, a great job on the coronavirus and he is holding rallies that could be future superspreader events. Mr. Trump is complaining that fox news should not be airing joe bidens speeches in support of joe biden and the president is demanding the lex Election Results be finalized on november 3rd eve
Thankful for new mercies. Were invigorated by your love, patience and grace. We praise you even for the trials that draw us closer to you. Help our lawmakers to remember that without you they will labor in vain. As they seek to serve you today, give them your peace. O god, receive honor, glory, praise, and thanksgiving from our mortal lips, for you are worthy. And, lord, comfort the families of the five american soldiers killed in afghanistan. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Reid mr. President . The president pro tempore the majority leader. Mr. Reid i move to proceed to calendar number 409, s. 2432, which is the warren affordability act. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk motion to proceed to the
Closing of the polls, not only did we project donald trump, we projected a substantial victory for him which has come true. John kasich in second, ted cruz in third place. Thats been the events of the evening. Brian williams, rachel maddow, by the way. And we watched both of the winners tonight. The democrat and the republican speak in terms of you know, well go on to win this thing, and to the vanquished, the difference, the Sanders Campaign in this studio earlier this evening laid out their path to the nomination. This was a remarkable thing that happened on this broadcast. You think about what happened tonight in new york. The Sanders Campaign lapped the Clinton Campaign in terms of spending. They spent over 5. 5 million in new york. For context, nobody on the republican side even spent a half million. They doubled the Clinton Campaign. Sanders campaign is a hard up in this state. It felt like a home state contest for them. They said they would win this and they have lost and lost b