Had scotlands first minister, Nicola Sturgeon. For the scottish conservatives, Ruth Davidson. For the Scottish Labour party, Kezia Dugdale. Representing the scottish liberal democrats, Willie Rennie. This Ukip David Coburn and for the scottish greens, Patrick Harvie. Applause we also want all of you to join in at home. You can argue along with the debate using social media. The hashtag is Leaders Debate. We will come back shortly and take opening state m e nts come back shortly and take Opening Statements from all of our panel, but first jackie bird statements from all of our panel, but Firstjackie Bird is statements from all of our panel, but first jackie bird is with the watching press. Thank you. From the majesty of the Debating Hall to be more modest surroundings of the press room or the so called spin room. Its here that the journalists and bloggers and Party Politicians will be scrutinising the performances of their Party Leaders and crafting tamaras headlines. I feel a their Par
Its looking at getting rid of programs that congress no longer authorizes through their authorization process. Many programs are set on autopilot and just keep getting more funding year after year after year even though congress will not vote to reauthorize those programs. Whattimate based on Congressman Ken Buck wrote in his book that that totals 300 billion a year. Host in terms of specific cuts that your supportive here, what are the biggest ones that you are cheering on in this budget . Guest i am cheering on mainly getting rid of things that congress is no longer authorizing. If there is a program that congress cannot even vote on to continue to leave in place, then those programs need to go away. Those the things that we are really the most excited about. Im really also excited about the entire budget because its looking to put the taxpayer first. Thatrd in the briefing Mick Mulvaney gave earlier this week about the budget that he wants to be able to let the taxpayer in the eye a
We started seeing hospitals more and more the latter half of the 20th of the 19th century. A lot of the health care was happening at home before then. Communitybased, familybased medicine. Happened, Public Hospitals came out of military hospitals. Neededveloped what they for the civil war, and then that carried over to civilian life. Was it a difficult transition in terms of some people, you talked about Home Health Care and getting what they needed home to accept being in another place, being in a hospital for health care . A lot of people saw hospitals pest houses. There was a lot of infection, and people lived in neighborhoods with hospitals were quite concerned about what that would bring to their neighborhood. St. Lukes, which opened in denver in 1881, moved from the edge of town to the center of town in the early people had a 1890s. Petition to keep it out of the neighborhoods, they were terrified about loss of property value, illness, and unsavory people. Was that the typical re
The nuclear deal and those who do not to introduce an act you can watch the rest of this program on our website cspan. Org. Leaving it here as health and Human Services dr. Tom price testifies on the president s 2018 budget request. The budget could cut funding by 18 or 15 billion. Good morning, mr. Secretary, its genuinely my pleasure to welcome you to the subcommittee on labor, health and Human Services and education. Were looking forward to hearing your testimony. Mr. Secretary, your responsibilities are many. Your departments responsible for insuring proper payment, overseeing medical search, helping families break the cycle of poverty and protecting our nation against bioterror and pandemic events. The cuts proposed in the budget blueprint are extensive and span the reach of your agency. I believe theres always fat that can be trimmed and priorities that can be reordered. But i will ask you some questions this morning about whether this budget leaves america sufficiently prepared
Good evening and welcome to kqed news room. Im shuy vuy. We look at whether the bay area is ready to handle ebola. For months the outbreak has played outs on a remote stage in countries like liberia and sierra leone. But the first confirmed case in texas and a possible case in washington, d. C. Has made attention come to how our Healthcare Systems are at home. Scott schaefer leads the discussion. The e lobola virus is spread from bodily fluids of those already sick. Im joined by eric talbert, executive director of the non profit emergency u. S. A. And april dem bosky. Your agency recently opened up a facility for 24 patients in sierra leone. What went wrong in africa for this to spiral the way it has. The issue was not contained early on. Something spreads as a virus quickly if it is not contaminated and controlled, isolated early on. March was the first case, from guin guinea, spread to sierra leone and quickly. We sent out another warnings are getting out of control in june. And stil