Changes that i asked senator gillibrand to make, and i think it would be worthwhile to outline all the changes that have been made to the bill since they were first introduced. I think they demonstrate good faith of the chairman and senator gillibrand. For instance, senator gillibrands bill originally would have made it a federal crime to transfer two or more guns if that person knew that the result would be a violation of state or local law. That would have given states and localities a oneway incentive to address new gun control measures and force the cost of prosecution and incarceration on the federal government. It also would have created for the first time a situation in which violation of state criminal law was an element of federal offense. She took that provision out at my request. I raised similar concerns about the language in the chairmans bill and you also removed that language. Senator gillibrand also accepted major and minor drafting suggestions, including clarifying wha
Untenable. We should not be basing our Economic Growth strategy on fueling higher cross cost growth in the healthcare specter. I think we would be in trouble if we were doing anything other than to try to slow the growth of our Health Care Costs rather than trying to feel additional healthcare consumption. Host . And from new york is next on the independent line. Preston, you are on the air. Caller i think you are missing a huge part of the picture. We are talking so much about how to pay for medicare and medicaid, the old healthcare thing, what percentage will states pick up, no one is talking about why it is so expensive. We spend a larger part of our gdp than any other country in the world on healthcare. Im reminded of this conference of article recently in Time Magazine called bitter pill. You can get it online. It is about the cost of health. Can you address that . Guest i agree with the caller thats an incredibly important question is what do we do with the overall increase in he
This is a look inside perhaps one of the strongest storms in recorded history. Oh my god. Super typhoon haiyan made a direct hit. It slammed at 4 30 in the morning with winds at 195 Miles Per Hour and guests at 235 an hour. Thats higher than the winds of Hurricane Sandy and katrina combined. The powerful storm plowed through the island leaving homes and buildings destroyed. Government Officials Say many devastated areas will be uninhabitable for months. The countrys president says they are facing a problem. Reporter this was in the direct path of the storm. This reporter was forced inside as the storm barrelled in and watched the street below him become a flood zone. Water from the storm as high as 10 feet in some areas, two barges near the city of bahol were left stranded. Crew members abandoned ship by jumping into the turning water trying to scramble back to land. As of now, one of the crew remains missing. The typhoon came with warning. 125,000 people seeked shelters and in some pl