Being forced to leave and leave right now. All of this as President Trump tours the devastation beginning in corporate us krity Vice President pence will head to texas later this week Contessa Brewer will get the latest on relief and recovery earnings there lets go to john kern an, pretty dramatic scenes in dickinson, a lot of water between here and houston, turned into a bayou. I wish i could say that was the end but apparently not after opening down triple digits, the dow is positive. And investors brushing aside fears about north koreas latest Missile Launch United Technologies and caterpillar and apple leading gains and financial and material stocks the biggest laggards right now. Lets get you caught up on the latest on harvey the storm setting a rainfall record for tropical cyclones in texas. The National Weather service just over 49 inches of rain has been observed at locations southeast of houston flash flood warnings remain in effect throughout houston, about 300,000 people by
Safety. Also the Petaluma Community center. There is the Analy High School and Solano Community college in fairfield is a place for shel shelter. Lawrence Cook Middle School in santa rosa. And this is probably the newest one that we have not mentioned yet. This is the Burton Recreation Center and that opened up within just the last half hour. One of those areas that have not seen this morning as of yet any mandatory evacuations. They have been a safe spot for a lot of people. We know that east the Sheriffs Department is heading that direction because they are going to be evacuating that area. As soon as we get more information about that we will let you know. We want to share dramatic video from santa rosa. We are going to get to that video in a second. We want to check in with mike now. How are the winds right now . Earlier this morning the winds were so strong and that was what was fuelling the fire in an unpredictable manner which was a concern. Thats why we had so many evacuations.
For this exciting culinary session the next step in Health Reform, 2017 conference. This Year Partnership with the American Society of law, medicine and ethics with support for mark cosponsors we expanded the event to three Day Conference attracting speakers and attendees from multiple disciplines, the academy and practice. Apparently, this conference is timed with the launch of our new health law and policy program. For faculty and students will be partnering with you on important work in the areas of healthcare law and economics. Thank you, and join me in welcoming American University provost who will introduce our American University president , Sylvia Matthews. [applause] thank you dean and can morning to all of you. Its my pleasure to introduce the next keynote speaker, Sylvia Matthews burwell, the 15th president of the university. President burwell is a visionary leader with extensive experience in public and private sectors. For careers a testament to a lifelong commitment to ad
First of all, im an associate pastor at the Public Affairs American University and i am delighted to moderate this panel. Today were talking about private insurance subsidy first ever selection. Im sure everyone in this room knows prior to 2014 the private Insurance Market in the individual market was the wild west. People would buy Health Insurance that was fully inadequate and extremely expensive but on the other hand you had people with employerbased insurance who were very happy with it as the model if you like what you have, you can keep it. The aca was very much focused on changing and improving the private individual market but also preserving the employer supported Insurance Market. Today we will hear from for experts with unique and intricate knowledge about the development, implementation of the future of private insurance and individual market and elsewhere. You have their files and i wont read their list of expertise. First, we had joel michael, partner at mcdermitt, will a
Politician in terms of the consequences that we make here. While there is partisanship and too much back and forth that resolves around health care, what i do know that people who visit with me in so many instances, my friends, neighbors, kids teachers, and people i go to church with, and in many instances as they have a conversation with me as to what we will do with regard to health care, tears stream down their cheeks as they worry about themselves, but more importantly, as they worry about their daughters, wives, inlaws and parents. What we might do is sincere and real. I also know the Affordable Care act, the laws that in existence today, is failing Many Americans as well. And, in fact, just this week, yesterday, we learned that the Company Blue Cross and blueshield of kansas city is exiting the market and will no longer provide the product in kansas city, which means that in most instances individuals will no longer have more options with regard to the Affordable Care act. What w