President trump doing an end run to end the d. C. Swamp to repeal and replace as much of obamacare as he can on his own. Signing a new executive order he says will fix the broken obamacare system. While the president was signing the new executive order, the dow reversed downward course hitting fresh intraday highs. The dow did close down 32 points but drawing closer to the bellwether 23,000 mark. Tonight an allstar panel to weigh in. Ben stein, Kayleigh Mcenany and mike baker as well as nfl great Burgess Owens here to react. Welcome to risk reward, im elizabeth macdonald. Forwarded by congress, President Trump going solo to stop obamacare from continuing to cause household chaos and costs to soar. Signing executive order he says will bring Health Insurance costs down and help millions of people. It directs the department of health and human services, the treasury, and the department of labor to take action to increase competition, increase choice, and increase access to lowerpriced, hi
A bit ofa a bit of a dull day for some others but at least it is not windy. That could all change when it comes to the weekend. More details later. Also coming up getting himself into hot water. The mp who admits spending an hour in the bath every morning so he can clean his body and clear his mind. Hello everyone, this is afternoon live im simon mccoy. The performance of hospitals has slumped across the uk, with targets for cancer, a e and planned operations being widely missed, thats according to bbc research. Nationally england, wales and Northern Ireland have not hit one of their three key targets for 18 months. 0nly scotland has hit one of the targets. The findings are revealed as the bbc launches its online nhs tracker, which will allow you to see how your local service is performing on these three key waiting time targets. Being seen within four hours at accident emergency, cancer care beginning within 62 days of diagnosis, and planned operations taking place within 18 weeks in
The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, pastor Kenneth Codner, great baptist church, bellefonte, pennsylvania. The chaplain please bow with me in prayer. Heavenly father, i am humbled to be able to stand before you on behalf of this assembly here today. Lord, we are sinners, deserving none of your favor. But, father, i come to you in the merit of the lord and savior, jesus christ, who washed me from my sins in his shed blood. Father, we are aware more than any of the bitterness and bitter divisiveness throughout this room and across this nation of ours. I know that this grieves your heart, father. And i pray that we would repent of our sins, that you might forgive them and heal this land of ours. I pray that youll work in the hearts of the members of congress, that they be willing to put aside their political expedience and partisan politics and personal agendas, that they would strive to do what is best for our nation as a
Steve scalise and a lobbyist are in Critical Condition. A house aide and Police Officer brutally shot at baseball field this morning in alexandria, virginia. Republican mo brooks was there at the practice session, he describes how it went down. I heard Steve Scalise screaming and i dont remember what he said. It was clear something bad happened, and at the same time, i hear the bangs, i look in that direction, i hear the scream, i see the rifle behind the third base dugout, probably ten or 15 feet past the third base dugout, on the left field side, obscuring the view of those of us who are batting. The big man continues to fire, Steve Scalise is on the ground and we dont know how bad hes hit. Liz at least 25 gop members of congress were at the field practicing for the annual democrat v. Republican Charity Baseball game thats going to happen tomorrow night. New cell phone video of the shooting just released. And we want to warn you, its disturbing. [ bleep ] is going on. Where is this g
Is that guy okay out there . Is anybody talking to him . The sbar video goes on for six minutes. E we counted 52 shots. It was all over five people were shot including Steve Scalise, a congressional staffer, tyson foods employee and two Capitol Hill Police agents also shot. Scalise remains in Critical Condition. The shooter has been identified as James Hodgkinson of illinois. President trump confirmed he died in a shootout with police. There have been reports the 66yearold was targeting republicans, but an fbi agent leading the investigation says its too early to tell. Nbc news has Team Coverage tonight covering this from all angles. Four reports from washington, d. C. To virginia to philadelphia bringing you angles of the top story. We begin with lauren mayk in washington. She has reaction from local lawmakers. You were at that scene just moments after the shooting this morning. Reporter we were on scene and police were still blocking off the area when we were there. Then we came back