think there is anyone in the democrats or just on the left generally handling this right who is speaking up for working people? i think in general d.c. always had a problem walk and chewing gum at the same time. democrats did it because they had to take attention way from the election. now it s literally just really a problematic with d.c. in general. the american people should be hearing about what s happening to the healthcare debate, and the fact so many people are about to lose necessary and critical healthcare services and here we are going on and on. i think it s us. i think it the the show, those of us who continue to be try
on tuesday or wednesday, there will be one of the most important votes in the modern history of this country. and that vote will be whether or not in the wealthiest country in the history of the world, we throw 22 million americans off of the health insurance they currently have. he has vowed to introduce a medicare for all single payer type bill after the current healthcare debate finishes up. new developments in the battle over president trump s revised travel ban. the justice department asking the supreme court for an immediate intervention after a hawaiian judge expanded family exemptions for travelers from six muslim majority countries. the supreme court has now responded to that giving the opposing parties until noon on tuesday to file their response. ellison barber has more.
on tuesday or wednesday, there will be one of the most important votes in the modern history of this country. and that vote will be whether or not in the wealthiest country in the history of the world, we throw 22 million americans off of the health insurance they currently have. he has vowed to introduce a medicare for all single payer type bill after the current healthcare debate finishes up. new developments in the battle over president trump s revised travel ban. the justice department asking the supreme court for an immediate intervention after a hawaiian judge expanded family exemptions for travelers from six muslim majority countries. the supreme court has now responded to that giving the opposing parties until noon on tuesday to file their response. ellison barber has more.
proposed medicaid cuts which could cause millions of people to lose their healthcare coverage. steve patterson joins me now from that rally. what are you hearing? reporter: hey, katy, there is a palpable sense of fear here in this crowd of hundreds. we re talking protesters with planned parenthood, on all sized of this healthcare debate, doctors, nurses, nurse-practitioners and people who have employee-backed healthcare and who don t and have taken advantage of the aca and now worried about a lot of benefits and protections taken back. we were just speaking to a nurse practitioner. she tells me she s scared about people dying because of this gop backed healthcare bill. she s scared of people coming to her office with stage 3 and stage 4 cancer instead of stage-1 and stage 2 because they re not able to catch it as early as they d like to be.
let s begin tonight with president trump and he s preparing to mark the july 4th holiday weekend with a special and meaningful tribute to those who have served. the president is scheduled to speak later tonight at what s being called the celebrate freedom rally. it s being held back in washington, d.c. he will honor our military members there. meanwhile, the president also been weighing in again on the efforts to try and repeal and replace obama care. he s offering a new suggestion, as lawmakers are deciding whether or not they will cancel their traditional august recess and actually work through august. former arkansas governor republican mike huckabee offered his take on the healthcare debate earlier today. you can t make this better. it won t get better. it is only going to get worse. i think it is time to start over. the best way to start over, pass this whole issue to the 50 states with medicaid block