State exchanges being set up under the Affordable Care act. Some quarter of a Million People now get insurance from nine private companies. Ifill plus, ray suarez sits down with entertainment legend rita moreno as she looks back at the challenge of her first days as a performer. I wore too much makeup, and i did all of that Conchita Lolita stuff. You know, i wore very tight dresses and then would be offended when. When men would make remarks about me. Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years b. N. S. F. , the engine that connects us. The william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers lik
Some quarter of a Million People now get insurance from nine private companies. Ifill plus, ray suarez sits down with entertainment legend rita moreno as she looks back at the challenge of her first days as a performer. I wore too much makeup, and i did all of that Conchita Lolita stuff. You know, i wore very tight dresses and then would be offended when. When men would make remarks about me. Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years b. N. S. F. , the engine that connects us. The william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff our lead story tonight much of th
Political ping pong to free food. The shutdowns effects even reached the capitol, where some staffers were furloughed and hearings postponed. But lawmakers remained at loggerheads over how to break the stalemate. Overnight, House Republicans passed yet another funding bill with antiobamacare provisions and called for negotiations with the senate. That, too, went nowhere. On this, the ayes are 54 and the nays are 46. Reporter shortly after gaveling in this morning, the Democraticcontrolled Senate quickly rejected that measure on a straight partyline vote. Majority leader harry reid said blame for the shutdown rests entirely with House Republicans. The government is closed because of the irrationality of whats going on, on the other side of the capitol. Thats unfortunate, but thats the way it is. Reporter on the house floor, Speaker John Boehner pointed the finger at democrats, saying they were unwilling to negotiate. My goodness, they wont even sit down and have a discussion about this.
Business. Pretty. Ot always been but we should take a moment to reflect on what we have accomplished. 7 million residents of our fores have signed up Affordable Health care, millions of people who could not afford Health Insurance and were one accident or illness away from financial ruin, now have Health Insurance. Significant. This is something that we all of. Ld be proud all. Hats not we hear talk about what it thet do, but under aAffordable Care act, Insurance Companies are no longer allowed against people diabetes, or other preexisting conditions. Longer allowed to discriminate against women. Thats happening now. Millions of our residents receive free preventative care, stay well. We all know that its cheaper to keep somebody well than to treat sick. Hen theyre if you want to talk about driving down the cost of health care. Millions of kids can stay on their parents plans until 26. re and billions of dollars in rebate checks have been sent to country. Across the thats happened and
Was that . With regard to tsa because of the responsibilities for the screening and Airport Security has a limited separate line budget with regards to providing Technical Assistance on Airport Security no other component to my knowledge has a separate line item that would permit the kind of Capacity Building. Let me quickly pursue this very briefly. You said that despite the fact they work to incorporate recommendations on response times and the Standard Operating Procedure they do not require member countries to implement them. Do you have recommendations on this . As i said in response to the chairs question requiring other countries to screen the database is an issue we need to debate but populating it has a direct and Immediate Impact on our security so if we go down that route and mandates or Capacity Building efforts i would focus on getting data into the database that we could screen. Whether we could cooperate with interpol and other organizations such as the Civil Aviation or