taking a hit. reports of israel launching a ground offensive against hamas forces in gaza only added to the uncertainty. on thursday, s&p saw its biggest one-day drop since april 10. the nasdaq saw the biggest one-day point decline since may 15. the euro dipped below $1.35 for the first time since february. different story today. today as u.s. stocks saw a rebound, president obama did his best to reassure the public the economic impact would be minimal. the world economy is integrated. russia is a large economy. there is a lot of financial flow between russia and the rest of the world. we feel confident the sanctions we put in place are imposing a cost on russia that their overall impact on the global economy is minimal. it is something we have to
law. medicare part d. as a key deadline approach ed te president decided low income seniors should have more time to sign up. so he waived the deadline. as we head for a may 15 deadline, if you are eligible for extra help, if you are a low income senior the deadline doesn t apply to you. you can apply after may 15 without penalty. a republican president delaying part of a health care law. democrats didn t sue or threaten to impeach. it would have been are ridiculous and harmful to the country. yet that s exactly what republicans are doing now. joining me now a former pennsylvania governor ed rendell and political strategist angela
they ll be allotted and what insurer or plan they re covered under, all that back end is not working. so there is a ton of confusion and uncertainty in the insurance industry right now, leading many to think there could be a aetna s ceo is one. he had this to say as to why. he said are they going to be double digit increases? they re going to figure it out may 15 of this year, or are we going to get beat up because they re double digit or have to pull out of the program? those questions can t be answered until we see the population we have today. we really don t have a good view on that because so few people have signed up. now they re going to have to jack up the prices and that means they don t want to do that and they might get out of the program. so basically what you re saying is since only 11% of the people who didn t have insurance have signed up for it, what he s concluded is that these people have shifted we ve shifted the insured from the individual
talk about the greatness of america. the spirit of liberty foundation s mission is to share liberty with the united states. their newest endeavor is to show support for those who have served in the armed forces and everybody else across the country can join them by ringing this grand bell. here to explain, we ve got our friend richard rossnick from the spirit of liberty foundation. good morning. this is a new bell that was cast this year; right? we drew this on a napkin on may 15 and just a few weeks later on june 6, the 69th anniversary of d day this was cast. and in this bell is steel from the world trade center from 9/11. it s symbolic. what do you mean you drew it on a napkin? i literally was at dinner. we were saying what can we do to honor the men and women in the armed forces and i said let s put the official seals of each
hezbollah operating out of lebanon. so we are going to watch this thing, too. our next guest just got back from the region. kt macfarland. she ll give us more on what she is picking up on the ground. if it s too little too late, what then. martha: did the president drop the ball in terms of earlier action on syria? top republican senator marco rubio says we are facing the possible scenario in that country. bill: dick cheney was sounding off on the nsa leak and whether he sees a hero or traitor. martha: attorney general eric holder agreeing to come back and answer questions on whether he perjured himself on may 15 before congress. he is not the head of fish