Really, throughout europe, as you can imagine, a heightened sense of security. The past few years of attacks have driven more Police Officers and security into the streets. Certainly, in europe, of course here in the u. K. As well. Thousands of Police Officers wherever you go inside the tubes, on the streets. You will see them. This area, in particular, the houses of parliament, especially around the houses of parliament, most Police Officers dont carry guns. That is not the case in the houses of parliament. That area, a focus for security primarily because of the politics that unfold inside but also because to have the draw for tourists. This is an area not only the houses of parliament and big ben, as we mentioned, but across the thames river is the london eye, the ferris wheel, an area traveled by tens of thousands of people every single day, the number one site, in fact, on instagram that people go to in the u. K. To upload photos. So security in thie a concern now as the perimeter
Reporter she is one of the millions happy to hear the Affordable Care act was not repealed. Im so excited. Again, a lot of people were literally biting their nails. Reporter the Affordable Care act allowed medical, the government assistance program, to expand. This way more people were able to qualify. Had the law been repealed, clinics that serve lowincome families could have also lost funding. Dina lan is with the San Francisco Community Clinic continue sho continue sort uprepresenting Nonprofit Community health centers. This expansion was tremendously important for california. Right now about onethird of all californians are covered on medicaid. Reporter like many for her, health care would not have been an option he had not be for the Affordable Care act. They have other responsibilities and bills they have to handle. And to attempt to. Reporter some republicans see it as a major setback for President Trump and believe more could have been done to get it right. I think they should
After republicans pull their plan did replace obamacare. I will not sugarcoat this, this is a disappointing day for us. Doing big things is hard. House Speaker Paul Ryan made the stunning announcement this afternoon. We carried it live here on abc 7. The decision was made when it became clear the bill would not have the 216 votes needed to pass in the house. President trump campaigned heavily on a promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act. A obamacare. And i never said, i guess im here 64 days, i never said repeal and replace obamacare, youve all heard my speeches, i never said repeal it and replace it within 64 days. I have a long time. Democrats were quick to declare a moment of triumph. Today is a great day for our country. Its a victory, what happened on the floor is a victory for the american people. The biggest beneficiary of the Affordable Care act is the state of california. Had it been repealed the state would have lost billions in federal funds that have helped lo
It was because they wanted to give the people moving into these houses the chance to have some ability to make these their houses, to customize them and build them in configuration that is were useful to them. The government provided building assist sfa assistance services. They talk about what it looks like. Half the houses look exactly the same. The other half, some people have built them out. Some people have built porches. It is sort of half stepford wives, half andy warhol. I think that says something about why ownership is important. It allows people to take advantage of the creativity and offer a perspective. A professor i like has done studies on lead user innovation. When people purchase things, sometimes they come up with creative uses that you wouldnt expect. They might turn paper plate noose frisbees. I think that drives people forward on an individual matter. I think this is really important to people in their daily lives but also as a society. We take advantage of the lea
Recognizable around the world and original prints can be yours for a price. Its all happening now. But we begin our second hour with a stroem of people headed in and out of trump tower today as the president elect works to build his cabinet. Welcome to the second hour of happening now. I am jon scott. Visitors have been coming in and going. Among them dr. Ben carson earlier today and congresswoman cynthia lumus. Paul manafort was seen also in the building. Mr. Trump sits down with a top New York Times executive after initially cancelling the meeting. Well try to put all of the baseball cards together for whos who. Reporter it is not an official announcement. We have information about dr. Ben carson. He was here and left trump tower after meeting with the president elect. And we got a tweet from president elect donald trump. I am seriously considering dr. Ben carson as head of hud. I know him well and he is a greatly talented person who loves people. Dr. Carson who had all but removed h