they are ready to deal with that on the insurance. they know oba care is an abstract concept. it is split 50/50 in the public. if you look at the provisions, they have a lot of ammo to go after romney. does he fight this thingรง o cool his jets? my bet is he trails off. they will have a repeal vote in the house. they have a different agenda. joe, thanks for joining us. will, let s ask this. we all watched that performance by the president and opponent. the president was out there saying move on and other things to fight about. this guy sounds like he wants to fight this bill. do you think that is right or not? with david, he hasn t decided. i think it is a tough choice for him. i think it is a trap. if he decides to continue the discussion, the part you were for in massachusetts that we took from you, the individual mandate, is the least popular part of the bill. what david was talking about is right. every other provision of the bill enjoys anywhere between 62 to 80
i d love to. we ll go fishing. that s off topic, but you re like, while i ve got you on the phone, do you want to go fishing? anyway, the show starts right now. a lovely spring friday afternoon to you here in new york, and really across most of our country. i am dylan ratigan. nice to see you. a bizarre lead for our show today, but heck, it s the only thing people are talking about this afternoon, the mega millions jackpot, an all-time lottery high in the history of american lottery. the pot already at a whopping $640 million. that is a $246 million lump sum payout to the lucky winner. the jackpot will only grow until the numbers are picked at 11:00 eastern time tonight, but before you think, wow, who could spend that money? well, thanks to our friends over at usa today, the federal government spends pretty much that money every 90 minutes or so, so they could spend it. and the top paid hedge fund managers in new york pay more than that in taxes every year. even so, eve
fishing? anyway, the show starts right now. a lovely spring friday afternoon to you here in new york, and really across most of our country. i am dylan ratigan. nice to see you. a bizarre lead for our show today, but heck, it s the only thing people are talking about this afternoon, the mega millions jackpot, an all-time lottery high in the history of american lottery. the pot already at a whopping $640 million. that is a $246 million lump sum payout to the lucky winner. the jackpot will only grow until the numbers are picked at 11:00 eastern time tonight, but before you think, wow, who could spend that money? well, thanks to our friends over at usa today, the federal government spends pretty much that money every 90 minutes or so, so they could spend it. and the top paid hedge fund managers in new york pay more than that in taxes every year. even so, everyone seems to have lotto fever, including our favorite, steven colbert. i ve got to tell you, i ve got the winner righ
in the deaths of at least two of three family members from calvert county. the symptoms seemed like a cold at first and then suddenly turned deadly, melanie alnwick is live at washington hospital center where a fourth family member is being treated now. reporter: good morning allison maryland health officials say they do hope to have an update later this morning on exactly which strain of influenza we are talking about, they have not specified so far, again, surviving family member of the blake family is recovering here at washington hospital center she and her brother were both taken here after they fell sick with the same sickness that killed theirle 1-year-old mother 81- year-old mother, investigators in bio hazard suits combed through the blake house in maryland, looking for samples, 81-year-old ruth blake became ill on february 23rd, two daughters had been caring for her in the home and became severely ill a 56-year-old daughter died at calvert memorial hospital an
counties to be disaster area. the governor of kentucky well copped federal workers in the state. kasich said no thanks. as one ohio resident put it, a normal governor with a minimal sl shred of competence or compassion would coordinate with fema and other agencies on the recovery. but here in ohio, kasich responded to the disaster with the type of leadership we ve come to expect from him. joining me now is ohio congressman time rtim ryan. what is going on here and you re somewhat and other federal representatives are somewhat at the mercy of kasich s decision, are you not? the governor needs to ask for help it s not just me it s conservative republicans like jean schmitt in southwest ohio one of the most conservative people in the house of