Public health challenge. Well hear simple ways to get a good nights sleep that will make us smarter, healthier and more productive. And a special honor on capitol hill for military dogs who save lives in war zones. But we begin with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Really devastation as far as the eye can see. Not a single home left standing. Massive wildfires devastate california. You can see the awesome size of the fire. There are still hot spots here. This is nowhere near over. It is still very dangerous. The growing number of women claim they were sexually harassed by Harvey Weinstein. The accusations now include rape. The president challenging his secretary of state to take an iq test to compare numbers. He made a joke, nothing more than that. According to this source, the president was not joking. They knew he was pissed. People found out tillerson called him a moron. Did you undercut the secretary of state with the iq comment . No. I dont believe in undercutting peop
Pledge, promise, and vow. Three words freighted with probity and trust. But, after anything but an explosive budget, a firecracker blew up in the chancellors face today over the issue of a promise. The question being, why does the government deny breaking a manifesto pledge on National Insurance when the 2015 Election Manifesto clearly said there would be no increase in National Insurance for the five years of an incoming conservative government . Is it ever right to to promise one thing and do another . The chancellor has raised the hackles of the right wing press, Tory Backbenchers of many stripes, and the opposition alike. Theresa may is in brussels tonight where, at a press conference, probably for the first time in her life, she was hoping for questions about brexit, but was pressed on this instead. Im joined by our political editor, nick watt. What did she had to say about National Insurance . She is standing by the fundamental principle of this Budget Change which is that the Se
Than they ever thought possible. Whats that doing in here . Thats a plate of mashed potato. We are lucky that trump will provide most of the jokes for the foreseeable future. Hello and welcome to the programme. Were live until 11am. If youre a pupil or teacher in a school where subjects are being cut, do get in touch with us. Have you studied or taught one of the less popular subjects like german . Does it matter if the fewer people get to take it in the future . Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Its been announced that British Telecom and its openreach service, which runs the uks Broadband Infrastructure, are to be legally separated. Telecoms regulator, ofcom, says openreach will become a distinct company with its own staff, management and strategy. Ofcom had been pushing for the move following complaints about poor levels of service and had threatened to force bt to l
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On the outofpocket cost for individuals until they now say 2015. Health and Human Services has given insurance providers the goahead to charge whatever they want. This was contained in a february department of labor regulatory report without comment like much of the health care law, it has been dellyed by the president. Listening to Kathleen Sebelius earlier today, you wouldve thought that the obamacare rollout is going smoothly that her department was simply flawless in execution. We are implementing the law. We call it the law. Not a political discussion. It is really the law of the land. I think that it is our job to make sure that people are aware of what is coming. Aware of the benefits. Lou typically these are not altered or changed by the sweeping hand her the full law was supposed to be implemented by next year and instead we have seen a number of delays and waivers and outright broken promises. The president famously promised that if you like your insurance, you can keep it. S