Kinds of birth control, unsure if it will be included in whatever the replacement looks like. The first question that you start out with, particularly looking at voters in this area, people really care about their healthcare. Was it a good idea to repeal and replace so quickly . Some republicans even saying lets repeal and take our time to get to the replace part. Val, youre the state official. What do you think . Yeah, well, the challenge for republicans are if they dont put in place a plan that gives people some coverage theres gonna be transitional problems with putting a new plan in place, and if they dont put something in place quickly, theyre only risking the 2018 elections of being in charge of a system that they now own thats not working. So, theres a little bit of pressure on the republicans in congress to put something together that works, and its not gonna be easy to do. Whats interesting to me is that weve had months, years to think about this, and theres not a leading plan
England patriots taking on the Atlanta Falcons in this years super bowl, but the real winner of the game could just be the advertisers. According to ad age commercial spending last year was nearly 380 million. This year advertisers will shell out a cool 5 million for just 30 seconds of air time, and the big payoff is big. Nearly onethird of the entire u. S. Population is expected to watch the game. Fox sports pulled an ad by 84 lumber because it showed an image of a border wall. Kind of political there, right . Ad Agency Officials said the spot was changed to make it more acceptable to the network. With me now to talk about all of this is steve mourinho, chief creative officer of butler and clark, ab c, a Marketing Agency with offices in pennsylvania and delaware. Welcome, steve. Thanks for being here. 84 lumber said they had to change the ad to be less political. They tried something here that apparently fell flat. This has happened before. Theres so much buildup to the game that adve
Repealing. They actually tried to do that when the president was president , and they didnt have the veto that they have now didnt have the power they had now. They tried to repeal obamacare 50some times. Right. You know, and naturally it wasnt gonna pass the senate and naturally, the president wasnt gonna sign it, but they kept doing it over and over again. You know, it cost 25,000 to 26,000 an hour to keep that house open . Mm. So theyre fiscal conservatives, but yet they spend millions and millions of dollars on nothing. Is that disheartening to have spent the bulk of your career in washington now and to see so much that youve worked on apparently about to get undone . Yes, it is, and they want to repeal obamacare. Now, there are some issues on obamacare that could use some fixing. Theres no question about that. We passed it, and we knew it wasnt perfect. But to mess with the preexisting condition is wrong, to mess with the 26yearolds on their mother and fathers healthcare is wrong,
Public library. It seems all you need to do these days is turn on the television, and you can quickly hear what Alison Kibler talk about tonight, which is hate speech. Reality television to the nightly news, we see examples in the headlines that show that hate speech is alive and well in our country. Some would argue hate speech has a long and difficult history and our country, but also has a long way to go for improvement. Others say it pits equality and free speech against each other. Alisons book is examining how our society has changed since the early 20th century to verbally reflect the country we live in now, one nation, under all. Hate speech is a complex issue and i am proud to be part of the Kansas City Public Library, a place where, every day, offers a forum and an opportunity to engage and examine complicated issues, and debates, especially about free speech and the desk and equality. It is what a library is designed to do. Alison kiblers book is a great place to start. She
And congressman adam schiff. A pivotal week as the Trump Presidency opens a new chapter. From abc news, this week. Here now, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. Good morning. All through last years campaign, candidate trump promised to stay out of syria. Not our fight, he said. Its time to put america first. This week, that all changed. The spark . These images. Syrian children suffocating, gassed by the assad regime. And with that, the man who pounded president obama for his red line in syria reversed course in the rose garden, drawing lines of his own. When you kill innocent children, innocent babies. Babies, little babies, with a chemical gas that is so lethal that crosses many, many lines. Beyond a red line. The big difference . After prolonged deliberation, president obama refused to retaliate. President trumps response was lightning fast. A targeted Cruise Missile strike and an expansive call to arms. Tonight, i call on all civilized nations to join us in seeking to end the slaug