we must strengthen, not cut or voucher or block these essential pillars of america s health and economic security. we re also seeing new attacks on more recent landmark programs, like the affordable care act. in the senate, mitch mcconnell is making a new push to repeal obamacare, using a strategy that would require just 51 votes. conservative groups are hoping a republican president would sign that repeal into law in 2017. and we re coming up on the 50th anniversary of the voting rights act next week. a triumph of the civil rights era, gutted by conservatives on the supreme court. president obama s administration has been committed to restoring the voting rights act. will the next president share that commitment? so as we see the debates start and the beauty contest parts of the next election form, let s
finally tonight, the high stakes in the 2016 election. today house minority leader nancy pelosi and fellow democrats sounded the alarm, warning of new republican attempts to dismantle core social programs. we ve seen those attacks from republican candidates, like jeb bush, who talked about phasing out medicare. it would reverse a half century of progress. tomorrow marks 50 years since president lyndon johnson signed medicare and medicaid into law. landmark programs that have helped millions of americans. we must not allow the promise of medicare and medicaid to be undermined, or be betrayed.
creative that the system can t support? there are a number of landmark programs in arizona that allow parents to choose the best school and the best educational opportunities for their children and that s what the 21st century needs, that s what education is going to look like. before we can move to a system like that, we have to look at these outdated formulas and laws that have been in place for years that don t allow the system to keep track of students, where they are and what they re doing. jonathan butcher, you are the education director from the goldwater institute. thanks so much for bringing this to our attention. my pleasure. thank you. coming up, donald trump not exactly a number two kind of guy. but he says he s the best pick for v.p. and putting his money where his math is. and call them party animals. cows apparently fans of beer. how they broke into the stash and well, what happened next. plus, we re honoring our heroes this morning as fleet week continues in new
schwarzenegger, the former first lady of california. his life s work was poverty and he was associated with many landmark programs, volunteers in service to america, headstart, which do this day aids low-income children and their families, and the job corps. they all benefited from his leadership. with his wife, eunice kennedy shriver, he started the special olympics which became a worldwide movement. in 1994 president clinton presented him with the nation s highest civilian honor, the presidential medal of freedom. in 2003 sargent shriver was diagnosed with alzheimer s disease. even as he became, according to his daughter, a shell of his former self, he served the nation again as a visible reminder of the disease. at age 93 he still goes to mass every day and, believe it or not, he still remembers the hail mary but he doesn t