Meeting with nato leaders and open borders and terror, issues bigger than before. And also meeting with Angela Merkel. Theyre going to make a statement in the next hour. Also the meeting takes added importance, of course, as we learn more about the u. K. Terror bombers, three members of his family are now under arrest, including his father and two brothers and the bomber was an isis fighter in libya. Its a very busy day in the world and for your money. Varney company is go about to begin. Lets get right to politics, the montana republican running for congress body slams and punches a guardian reporter in front of a fox news crew. Sick and tired of you guys the last guys that came here did the same thing. Get the hell out of here get the hell out of here the last guy did the same thing. Are you with the guardian . Yes, you broke my glasses. The last guy did the same damn thing. You just body slammed me on broke my glasses. Ashley the reporter ben they say that the gianforte is running f
We dont have enough money to take care of everybody who doesnt need help. Maria joining us is former u. S. Treasury secretary under president clinton, Larry Summers. Good to see you. I read a fair amount of what you have been saying about the president s budget. You simply call this ludicrous. Why . Its the least honest, incompetent budget thats been put out in 40 years. There are value judgments about the poor. I dont agree with those value judgments. They were elected and they have a right to make their value judgments. There are optimistic economic forekations. They are further away from the professional consensus than any administration in a generation. But they are not entitled to violate the laws of arithmetic and logic and thats what this budget does. Let me explain. They have a tax cut. They think their tax cut will spur the economy a great deal and that will generate extra revenue. I dont think they are right. Thats their assumption. Fair enough. Thats why they project a big a
We dont have enough money to take care of everybody who doesnt need help. Maria joining us is former u. S. Treasury secretary under president clinton, Larry Summers. Good to see you. I read a fair amount of what you have been saying about the president s budget. You simply call this ludicrous. Why . Its the least honest, incompetent budget thats been put out in 40 years. There are value judgments about the poor. I dont agree with those value judgments. They were elected and they have a right to make their value judgments. There are optimistic economic forekations. They are further away from the professional consensus than any administration in a generation. But they are not entitled to violate the laws of arithmetic and logic and thats what this budget does. Let me explain. They have a tax cut. They think their tax cut will spur the economy a great deal and that will generate extra revenue. I dont think they are right. Thats their assumption. Fair enough. Thats why they project a big a
Floor proportions from yesterdays debate. The senator from vermont. Thank you, mr. President. Let me just begin by taking a moment to summarize for the American People where we are at in this enormous discussion which is causing a great deal of anxiety all over vermont and all over america. That is, several months ago, the republicanled house passed by three votes. Legislation that would throw 23 million americans off of Health Insurance they currently have. 23million americans, men, women and children, people who are struggling with cancer, with Heart Disease, with diabetes, with other lifethreatening illnesses. They were simply thrown off the Health Insurance that they have. That legislation also cuts medicaid by 800 billion over a ten year period. That means children with disabilities in alaska or vermont who are now on medicaid might no longer be able to get the help they need in order to survive or live a dignified lif life. At a time when medicaid provides two thirds of the fundi
This fall. A decision on whether to renew the Childrens Health program. Remind us what this is and who is eligible. Chip is the Health Insurer just Childrens Health Insurance Program. It was started because there were a lot of uninsured children that were in families that earn too much to qualify for medicaid , but not enough to where private insurance would be affordable or even available in some cases. Maybe the parents work in were employersponsored coverage wasnt an option for the hall family. Congress wanted to make this commitment to covering kids into getting more kids covered. They start of the chip program and since that time we have now reached historic coverage levels for kids in the u. S. This is something we should be very proud of. We have 95 of kids covered in the u. S. And that is thanks in large part to the work of medicaid and chip and the commitment to covering kids in a bipartisan way. Guest what is host what is the price tag and how does it compare under the medica