Health care costs. And much like that partisan lawsuit, President Trumps partisan budget exposes the truth behind that spin. Despite the promise to the contrary, this budget would slash 500 billion from medicare and medicaid. In fact, on seemingly every page of this, it takes huge steps backward on our nations most urgent challenges, proposing a small step forward with hiv pans but takesnsmissions, an enormously backwards with medicaid, which covers more than 2 5 of patients with hiv care, not to mention slashing investments in combating hiv overseas. These medicaid cuts would take us in the wrong direction when it comes to addressing mental and Behavioral Health challenges, like the ongoing Drug Overdose crisis or the increasing suicide rate by making it harder for people to get the care they need. In some states that have expanded medicaid, the Program Covers four out of five people receiving treatment for opioid addictions. To make matters worse for Behavioral Health, the budget eli
Cruise ship is being treated with an experimental drug made by Gilead Sciences. Hes in the Nebraska Medical Center in omaha. Overseas, virus cases linked to italy have spread to five other European Countries, and virus cases linked to iran have spread to iraq, afghanistan, kuwait, oman, lebanon and bahrain. Brazil is testing a man who recently visited italy. If a second test is positive, it would be the first case in latin america. Health secretary azar told congress quote, we cannot hermetically seal off the United States. The cdc says its not if it arrives, but when. Worldwide, economies are slowing, there is a fear of association with anyone who may have been in any way near a Virus Outbreak. Some borders are closing, flights canceled, hotels with any possible carriers, locked down. All right. Now lets show you the markets. Its all over the place. The dow at one point very early this morning was down over, well over 400 points. Now weve got a green arrow showing maybe a gain of 60 p
Hi, everybody. Im Jacob Heil Brun editor of the National Interest and harry has mag nan nussly asked me to chair this session which looks like it will be a corker. It is can sanctions bring about denuclearization or are they, and i will play editorial prerogative, a bloody waste of time. Our panelists today, first panelist to my immediate left is Lieutenant General wallace chip gregson, retired former head of the u. S. Marines in the pacific and a senior fellow here at the center for the National Interest. To my further left geographically but not politically is former Lieutenant Colonel danny davis who is a senior fellow at defense priorities. And danny is im pleased to say a regular contributor to the National Interest website. And finally to my right henri feron a senior fellow at the center for international policy. Now im reckoning that with all of the attention being bestowed upon tehran that pyongyang must be starting to feel a little lonely. And so id like to ask chip, what are
The Public Policy program here at the center. Thank you for joining us today for this Panel Discussion on the 40th anniversary of the iran hostage crisis. On november 4th, 1979, 52 american diplomats and citizens were taken hostage by a crowd of ukrainian studeniranian studentd the u. S. Embassy in the wake of the iranian revolution in february of 1979. Even though the crisis ended with the release of the hostages on january 20th, 1981, after an incredible ordeal that lasted some 440, some 444 days, it has had a lasting influence on the relationship between the two countries. Images of students shoutinging antiamerican slogans and tauntingly burning the American Flag traumatized a nation and presidency. They live on in popular consciousness here with such movies as the 2012 movie, argo and they continue to weigh on the public discourse. So here, today, we want to explore this Lasting Impact on the hostage crisis a bit further and we have convened a panel of distinguished experts which
At least 3 billion. And they have company. Fedex plans to haul more than 33 million packages today on cyber monday. Ups expects to move more than 32 million goods a day between thanksgiving and christmas. We would like to think of ourselves as santas workshop here this time of year. Reporter dave clark, amazons senior vp of worldwide operations says that workshop is cranking out packages faster than ever. We delivered bltz of packages in one day to customers. Reporter why one day . Is two day not fast enough . No customer is did ever going to say deliver it to me slower. Reporter to meet demands amazon is increasing deployment this season with 50,000 delivery vehicles. Its really about how closed can i get the inventory to you. One hour delivery is one hour because its very, very close to you. In a small Forward Deployed fulfillment center. Reporter that demand can lead to overrun mail rooms, packages spilling out onto city streets. Good child, the director of supply Chain Logistics at