Day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by guest dominican house of studies, washington, d. C. The chaplain dear god, as we enter a time of expectation and new beginnings, help us to direct our minds towards the things that will last. Let us be attentive to why we act and what we seek and how we want our last days to be spent. Give us the space to rest this season in this cell of selfknowledge. Remove the curtains of ignorance that shield us from the light of faith. Open us to tran sendent wisdom and enlighten the dark corners of our neglected hearts and scatter their your cheerful means. Amen. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to section 3a of House Resolution 775, the journal of the last days proceedings is approved. The chair will lead the house in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indi
What has changed for tunisia three years on . That is all coming up. We begin in moscow where Viktor Gannett co. Which is meeting with Vladimir Putin at the start of the talks which are going on even now. The ukrainian president said he wanted a Strategic Partnership with russia something that will worry and further enrich the protesters who are still camped out in Independence Square this afternoon. They want mr. Gannett co. Which to leave moscows orbit in favor of the eu. Ukrainian president to leave moscows orbit in favor of the eu. For now, the Ukrainian Government said it does not plan to do that. It is looking for cheaper russian natural gas and also a multibilliondollar loan that they need to avoid bankruptcy. For more on the story, we can speak to our correspondent who was in moscow. Thank you very much indeed for joining us, joshua. It is very much cap in hand that is ukrainian Prime Minister headed to moscow. He needs money to keep his country afloat. That is exactly right. H
Or 500 discount on Prescription Drugs for seniors on medicare. 85 of the population, whether they know it or not, over the last three years have benefited from a whole set of the provisions of the law. Either way, if it were to be you prove the old to be repealed, you would be taking away all those benefits from folks who already are enjoying them. Thehave this sub portion of population, 15 , who either do not have Health Insurance or are buying it on the individual market. That is still millions of people. What we are doing is creating a marketplace where they can buy insurance and we can provide them tax credits to help them afford it. The basic structure of that law is working, despite all the problems, despite the website problems, the messaging problems despite all that, it is working. Again, you do not have to take my word for it. We have got a couple Million People who are going to have Health Insurance just in the first three months, the spite the fact that the first month and
From our studios in new york, this is charlie rose. We turn to the ukraine. The fallout of the downing of flight 17 over east ukraine continues. The International Community is heartening in the belief that the plane was shot down by russian backed separatists using a russian antiaircraft weapon. The Russian Military officials continued to deny any involvement. Earlier today rebels allowed experts to search the wreckage after days of destruction. There are reports of intense fighting between the Ukrainian Military and separatist. President obama spoke earlier today. My preference continues to be finding a diplomatic resolution. I believe that can still happen. That is my preference today and will continue to be my preference. If russia continues to violate ukraines sovereignty and back these separatist, and the separatist become more and more dangerous, then russia will only further isolate itself from the International Community and the costs will only continue to increase. Now is the