If you want to grab your seats, we will kick off. Theres just a few more people coming in. Get settled. My name is sarah cliff. Im a senior policy correspondent at vox. Com. Ive been covering this Health Care Debate for about seven years and it appears i will be covering it for many more years. And im a journalist with plentiful job security. So we are here today to talk to a few former governors about health care solutions, at a moment when there is a lot of potential for change. What they saw from their perch as governor and how they think about these situations now where the work they do will be quite affected. I will did a brief round of introductions then let them introduce themselves through a few opening remarks they prepared. So right next to me i am jim douglas, former governor of vermont. Next to him jim hodges, former governor of South Carolina. Ben nelson, former governor of nebraska. And all the way on my left is haley barbour, former governor of mississippi. First of all,
If you want to grab your seats, we will kick off. Theres just a few more people coming in. Get settled. My name is sarah cliff. Im a senior policy correspondent at vox. Com. Ive been covering this Health Care Debate for about seven years and it appears i will be covering it for many more years. And im a journalist with plentiful job security. So we are here today to talk to a few former governors about health care solutions, at a moment when there is a lot of potential for change. What they saw from their perch as governor and how they think about these situations now where the work they do will be quite affected. I will did a brief round of introductions then let them introduce themselves through a few opening remarks they prepared. So right next to me i am jim douglas, former governor of vermont. Next to him jim hodges, former governor of South Carolina. Ben nelson, former governor of nebraska. And all the way on my left is haley barbour, former governor of mississippi. First of all,
Corporate tax reform, but before they can get to that Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell said today Congress Needs to resolve health care reform. Listen. I think finishing on tax reform will take longer, but we do have to finish the Health Care Debate, up or down, win or lose, before we go to taxes. Kayla tausche is on capitol hill with whether the gop leaderships plan to repeal and replace obamacare is gaining any traction. I think they got it through committee, didnt they . Yeah, after 28 hours, bill, it got through the energy and commerce committee. That wrapped up a few moments ago. Health care is the First Political test for the administration and for this congress. Speaker ryan has been getting some help from the president and Vice President in making his sales pitch for this bill, but interestingly today i asked him how he plans to win over companies that will either have to accept or offer these plans theyve been so critical of the way obamacare was structured, and he said
Contentions. They double down on the support of the superior syrian leader. Just moments before agreed to meet with secretary of state tillerson with so much developing there. The north korean dictator is looming large over both the east and the west. In just two minutes we have the former u. S. Ambassador live on increasing worry that they dont might not be able to stand strong on 70 fronts and from military to financial microscope. What could be many more storms. Because in the end its your money. The center of some big wall street road rage accusations about ponzi scheme. It is pushing it we are keeping an eye on it also. Start the countdown. Breaking news traders are seen below the radar signals that wall street could kinda be close to a bit of a freak out at this hour if youve only been watching the lower band of stock indices not seen the whole picture and show it to you. Take a look at this. Two traditional gauges the safety play of gold in the fear index you can see both are up
You can see that homeowner standing on the stairway watching a virtual river pass by. Hurricane matthew pounding the florida coast with punishing winds, dangerous surf and the additional threat now, folks, of tornadoes. Youre looking at live pictures of Daytona Beach, florida, where the worst does appear to be over, but folly beach, South Carolina, the waves are now picking up at this hour. The outer bands of the hurricane are beginning to be felt. Matthew, lets give you the exact numbers at least we have. Right now located 60 miles southeast of jacksonville beach, but the hurricane warning has been extended from cocoa beach, florida, stretching all the way north to surf city, North Carolina. The western eye wall brushing portions of the northeast coast of florida as it moves north northwest 12 Miles Per Hour. Thats the speed of this monster. One death reported so far, and thats in florida. Not so in the deadly aftermath in haiti. The death toll there, it is rising by the second. Folks