She said today that mr. Trump is trading National Parks like contestants on a game show. U. S. Insurers want the government to pay billions to stabilize the markets created by the informal care law. They say the government have to keep funding costsharing payments that reduce insurance expenses for low income earners. The demands, as the gop controlled congress wishes to dismantle obamacare. In a letter to congressional leaders, the national cessation of Insurance Commissioners says that 15 million each year through 2019 will help. The Trump Administration announced sanctions on 13 senior venezuelan officials today in an attempt to deter the nations president , maduro, from proceeding with a plan to install a new legislative body that would rewrite the constitution. Has strong inp the swift economic actions if the president goes through the election. Global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Im Mark Crumpton. This is bloo
Risks. He spoke in washington, d. C. , for about an hour. Good morning, everyone. Not much going on in Health Care Policy these days, is there . My name is topher spiro. I have the pleasure today of introducing congressman pallone who has been a leader in protecting the integrity of the medicare guarantee and medicaid program, making the nations food system safer, strengthening laws to keep our air and watter cle clean. Making health care more afwordable and accessible many and supporting initiatives that advance the public health. Mr. Pallone is the Ranking Member of the house energy and commerce committee. Which has jurisdiction over issues pertaining to energy, environment, commerce, telecommunications and health care theres a lot on his plate. From 2006 to 2014 he served as the top democrat on the subcommittee of health and as chairman during the 111th congress. He played a key role in authoring and passing the Affordable Care act. Please welcome congressman pallone. [ applause ] t
You can see kind of a mixed bag. Didnt give me italy or spain, normally i get italy or spain when im on the desk here. Theres germany, france and the ftse of course which is the only one in the green. Tenyear note yield, there it is. 1. 738 is where we stand. Crude of course had the nice move and helped some of those oil related Energy Related companies of late. Lets call it down a little bit as you see but still above 50. Our road map this morning starts with microsoft shares. They are set to hit an alltime high after strong earnings on a quarter that was boosted by what they are doing in the cloud. Were going to dig into a report with jim. Shares of tobacco maker reynolds soaring on news that British American tobacco offering to buy what it doesnt already own in the company for about 47 billion. Ive got a lot of details on this one. Youll want to stay tuned. Well share them with you. And shares of mcdonalds moving higher. Well break down the quarter and talk about what it means for s
A leader in Public Health and safety were the last seven decades. We will take a look at cdc operations and the tophealth related issues the agency is focused on. After that, a discussion on Defense Department personnel. And later todays sitin on capitol hill that was arranged by the protest group democracy spring. Here on the washington journal we are joined by the Principle Deputy director at the cdc and admiral of the Public Health service and led cdc response efforts on Health Responses from anthrax to sars. She is here for a meeting at the white house about the zika virus. What is happening today . It is important for the public stay aware of the zika virus. It is a new infection that is linked to harm for pregnant women or at least harm for the babies. We are seeing increase in puerto rico and met with over 30 states to help them get ready for the mosquito season. Who is at the media today . The president . No. This is an update for the press. The president s budget this year is
Billion to the ayatollah khamenei, who chants death to america in front of mobs burning american and israeli flags. And even though it threatens the security of israel and potentially the lives of millions of americans, i believe that congress has the constitutional power of the purse but i believe congress can still do nothing whatsoever to protect the american citizens. I believe that congress can do nothing to protect religious liberty or free speech, that Congress Must quietly accept an i. R. S. That targets citizens for exercising their Constitutional Rights and a president who ignores federal law. And federal judges who disregard the text of the constitution. I believed Republican Leadership when they promised the American People that if only we had congressional majorities, we would fight obamacare and amnesty and lawlessness. And today i believe Republican Leadership when they say, of course we cannot and will not do any of that. And it was unreasonable for anyone to have belie