Today from the Nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says millions who gained coverage under obamacare will lose it next year under the republican plan the president supports. G. O. P. Leaders immediately fired back. Heres nancy cordes. This entire report, im encouraged by it and it exceeded my expectations. Reporter but the nonpartisan number curvers in the Congressional Budget Office determined that 14 Million People would join the ranks of the uninsured next year alone with the number growing to 21 million in 2020 and 24 million in 2026. Democratic leaders called it unacceptable. This is a remarkable figure. It speaks so eloquently to the cruelty of the bill that the speaker called an act of mercy. Reporter the cbo identified three main reasons for the drop in coverage under the g. O. P. Plan. First, some americans would simply choose not to buy insurance because the bill repeals obamacares individual mandate and associated penalties. That would drive premiums up in the short term
The cold spell is threatening the Cherry Blossoms in washington, d. C. The trees are on the verge of peak bloom. Bitter cold and wet, heavy snow sitting on the flower buds could kill them. And with a little bit more than a week before spring, anthony, this is not even the latest blizzard the hit ohio. Last year nearly a foot of snow fell in the second week of april. Michelle miller in cleveland, thanks, michelle. The storm is already causing trouble for travelers. Transportation correspondent kris van cleave is at Laguardia Airport in new york. Its my fathers birthday, and its a pain in the neck. You know, its making me so upset. Reporter this woman is like thousands trying to beat winters brutal last gasp. She has to get out today to be with her family to celebrate in time. I will have to wait maybe until thursday, or if not maybe i dont know when. Reporter shes far from alone. Airlines are pulling their planes out of the storms path tonight, and flights are expected to be scarce up a
Stretching all the way up into maine. Thats where a combination of strong winds and heavy snow will create some poor travel conditions as we head through tuesday. Heres a look at the timeline. Moving its way up the coast, tricky part of the forecast is the rain snow line arrives right on the 95 corridor, right through the big cities, d. C. , philly, and boston. That means the trickiest forecast where the most people live. Big snow off to the north and west moving quickly and departing by wednesday morning. Heres a look at the snow totals. Again, the bigger snow up to two feet just north and west of most of those major cities. Heres a look at a few of them. Boston at 6 to 12. In the new york area at 12 to 18. Philadelphia at 8 to 12, and d. C. , a few inches of snow but much bigger totals just west of all these cities. And the wind is part of the story. As this deepens and undergoes bombogenesis, well see gusts top 60 miles per hour. So Power Outages will be coming along with this, as w
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2,094. We got to get to dominick chu. He has a market flash. Global retail now. Earlier in the past hour we told you the news about walmart taking a 5 stake in jd. Com. Theyre going to swapt businesses a little bit. Walmart giving over the china operations to jd. Com and getting a 5 share. They were up about 8 pat going into that trading halt. They are now up about 8 . So trading just a little bit below where they were when that news first came out. Just call to your attention what is happening. There again, michelle, all of this on that bit of news that walmart is turning over its walmart china operations. It now be operated by jd. Com. And i guess in compensation for that, walmart will get a 5 stake, approximately in, jd. Com. Back to you. Operating in china has been tough for a lot of u. S. Retailers. Home depot got out of there a long time ago. They were so frustrated. Absolutely. One more thing, of course, youre talking about dealing with this whole on line marketplace phenomenon