This is something that is workable. Reporter the amendment would allow states to opt out of obamacares minimum coverage requirements, which could lead to cheaper premiums for the healthy but would let insurers raise rates on those with with preexisting conditions. States that opt out would have to establish special highrisk pools for people who get priced out of the market. They work. And now that were going to be adding federal funding to it theyll work even better and youll be able to lower prices even more. Reporter so can you reassure people with preexisting conditions that they wont be worse off under your plan . People will be better off with preexisting conditions under our plan. Reporter democratic leader Chuck Schumer. Go look at these highrisk pools. Theyve closed down in state after state. They are usually so, so expensive that no one can afford health care. Its a fig leaf. Reporter Republican Leaders have not given up hope entirely that they might be able to pass this new H
Off a flight. And destructive storms hit several states leaving debris in the heartland with millions still under sthreat of Severe Weather today. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, a temporary aboutface by President Trump on a key campaign promise. The president agreed not to pull out of the north American Free trade agreement at this time. He calls on the leaders of americas nafta partners canada and mexico. Earlier Administration Officials said the president was considering an executive order to withdraw from the agreement. Mr. Trump railed against nafta during the campaign and bashed it again last week. The fact is nafta, whether its mexico or canada, is a disaster for our country. Its a disaster. Its a trading disaster. Earlier this week the president imposed new tariffs on lumber imported from canada. And this morning there are mixed reviews for President Trumps tax overhaul proposal.
Bomb hit is now dead. American officers who inspected the site reported no evidence of civilian casualties. Just a short distance south in the same valley close to afghanistans border with pakistan, several senior isis leaders were hiding out in a compound. When American Special Operations Forces along with afghan command ores conducted a Helicopter Assault on the compound, two u. S. Army rangers were killed and a third soldier wounded in a firefight which lasted about an hour. They were the second and third american servicemen to die in combat in afghanistan this year. The first, special forces Sergeant Mark de alencar, was killed when isis fighters popped out of a cave and ambushed his unit. In this latest raid several isis fighters were also killed. The u. S. Military is still trying to confirm whether they got the Senior Leaders they were after. Scott . David martin at the pentagon. Thanks. The president called his new tax cut plan the biggest in history, so we were curious about w
Off a flight. And destructive storms hit several states leaving debris in the heartland with millions still under sthreat of Severe Weather today. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, a temporary aboutface by President Trump on a key campaign promise. The president agreed not to pull out of the north American Free trade agreement at this time. He calls on the leaders of americas nafta partners canada and mexico. Earlier Administration Officials said the president was considering an executive order to withdraw from the agreement. Mr. Trump railed against nafta during the campaign and bashed it again last week. The fact is nafta, whether its mexico or canada, is a disaster for our its a disaster. Its a trading disaster. Earlier this week the president imposed new tariffs on lumber imported from canada. And this morning there are mixed reviews for President Trumps tax overhaul proposal. Some repu
Today two u. S. Army rangers were killed in eastern afghanistan during a raid on islamic militants linked to isis. Neither has been identified. David martin has more. Reporter the firetight took place just south of this isis cave complex where earlier this month the u. S. Dropped the largest nonnuclear bomb it has ever used in combat. This video, taken by local afghan police, represents the first confirmed pictures of the destruction caused by the 23,000pound Massive Ordnance Air blast bomb. U. S. Officials refused to release any estimate of the number of isis fighters killed, but say anyone above ground or hiding in the caves when the bomb hit is american officers who inspected the site reported no evidence of civilian casualties. Just a short distance south in the same valley close to afghanistans border with pakistan, several senior isis leaders were hiding out in a compound. When American Special Operations Forces along with afghan command ores conducted a Helicopter Assault on the