russian government where snowden will face and free and fair trial. while the president met with congress today to talk about ways to build confidence in the nsa data mining programs that snowden exposed. haste? wedged, thank you. the internal revenue service cannot be trusted to implement obama s healthcare law. the recent scandal over the agency s targeting of political groups, specifically conservative. some of those republicans on capitol hill today told the acting head of the irs dannyer with fell they are concerned the agency might leak private taxpayer information that it would receive under the law. every precaution from implements or enforcing any aspect. 40th attempt by the house republicans to repeal all or part of the president s signature piece of legislation mime immanuel
subsidiaries over ten years which will require several hundred new employees and i.r.s. and h.h.s. you have rules you need to write. you need lawyers. there are a lot of things you need to do when you stand up a new enterprise. bottom line is clear and troubling. the federal government is about to assume massive powers. defining insurance plans, telling people where they can go for coverage. how much insurers are allowed to charge. how doctors and hospitals are supposed to practice medicine. h.h.s. is still writing regulations which can be controversial, itself. one requires insurance to cover contraception and that has been legally challenged in catholic groups in a case that is likely to end up in the supreme court. many more chapters to go in the saga of mr. obama s healthcare law. john: the devil in the details. that is obviously true in this case. you got it. john: jim, thanks. his most famous character epitomized american small town values. actor andy griffith has d
one already written requires insurance plans to cover contraception. that has been legally charged by catholic groups in a case that is likely to end up in the supreme court. many more chapters to go in the saga of mr. obama s healthcare law. john: for the first time there is a way to check for hiv at home using a simple over-the-counter test. fda has approved oriquick that defects the virus that causes aids. previous tests required sending blood samples to a lab. results take 20-40 minutes. the stes not hundred percent accurate but it could help slow the misled of hiv. an estimated 20% of americans who have the virus don t know it. it will be available in stores in october. the syrian government has a network of torture centers where captures tear off people s
a prevention fund in obama s healthcare law. the republicans propose to take it back and pay for the $5.9 billion extension of lower rate for only one year. in doing so, they had to explain some of the money was also used in bipartisan way a few months ago to help with extension of the payroll tax cut and other tax extension measures. this is a long story there is no paperwork left in washington and they keep moving it around. is it an issue that president obama, you know, gave sudden urgency to in the political season, the republicans point out he did not act on when he could have. democrats in previous congresss when they had majority let it lapse so they say it s hypocritical for him to say it s a desperate need now. the ultimate bottom line they will extend a lower interest
next week to vote on repealing mr. obama s healthcare law, it s not clear how long the tone will stay civil. we have real political differences. we will see hopefully that the differences are debated with a little more civility. it s an improvement in our civil discourse and how we debate issues. it will certainly be a theme in the upcoming state of the union address. bret? bret: mike, it seemed that there was a tense moment at the end of the white house meeting. one from the official russia news agency asked if the shooting happen because of too much american freedom. take a listen. is the free dom [ inaudible ] it s also america. we had people whose lives will be changed forever, because of the deranged actions of a mad man. the question seemed to hit a nerve with the press secretary and a largely american press corps. bret? bret: mike, thank you.