End of the month. Conversation with a secretaries. A few weeks ago the was a tounge but with the secretary there are of hearing on capitol hill. Regulations that have within the last two weeks. The state departments head of Diplomatic Security was among the witnesses taking questions about measures congress and the state department could take in with medical groups and insuring safety of Insurance Companies we are its less than an hour and a half. Figuring out the details and interpretations of the regulations. Because these regulations could [inaudible conversations] make or break our budget. Just in the past week and a half come in the new regulations come on board, which allows hospitals to do a screening process of any patient that comes into the hospital we cannot afford the care and we have asked the hospital to do the screening and that the screening shows that they can or cannot get on medicaid. We put it on and there is a two month period. We are trying to figure out if they d
That from the political for tomorrow, were going to be joined by brian wall street is a republican strategist. Issueare the environments heading into the last two weeks before congress is scheduled to take it summer recess. Rs we are looking at race in america. Our guest will be mychal denzel smith. 30. Ill start this at 83 we will see you then. Coming up next, the confirmation hearing for the nomination met nomination for samantha bauer. Then a hearing with state department officials. He had been taken in a plane crash in 1948. Rose has literally seen her children and almost birth order disappear. In 1964, she wrote about what it is like in that summer. She said gone are the president ial helicopters that we will look forward to every week in bringing my son. I would see his children run out to him. Gone are those days. She missed that. She said gone are the days that we are said to be the most powerful family in the world. Barbara perry uses information from diaries and letters as sh
Um, others will be joining us. They had different time commitments, so well just let everyone speak when they arrive. But i want to thank all the senators who have fought on this issue so hard. I want to thank senator boxer for her tremendous work on this issue and for being a tireless partner and leader in this effort on behalf of our brave members of the services. I also want to thank senator collins for standing firmly with us since day one when we introduced the bill as well as senator grassley for being a true champion on this issue. Oh, i just thanked you. So ill say that again. I want to thank senator boxer for her tremendous work on this issue and for being an amazing advocate, an unbelievable champion for victims and someone who has worked so tirelessly from the very beginning. I also want to thank senator blumenthal, senator jeanne shaheen, kay hagan and Lisa Murkowski who have been working with us steadily on the committee from the very beginning as well. Today i want to tha
Utilization. At the medicaid you leave a message no one calls you back. There are no appointment available. Thats before the expansion. Its going get even worse as time goes forward. Its mapping out the claims on a map five years of data mapping out the home address of every resident and this is only nine square miles a small community. 6 of the city blocks are 10 of the line mass, 18 of the patients, 27 of the visits and 37 of the cost. Its just theroom room and hospital care. All over america they are living collected in buildings. Many of which you are funding through state funds and federal funds. These are the two most expensive in the city. These are beautiful buildings with great management. 600 parents who are mostly dual eligible. These are disabled seniorsed at 12 million in payment for the care to go bark over and over to the hospital. The building at the bottom. 300 patients a nursing home 300 patients had 15 million in payment to got hospital. We have mapped out data all o
Is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. We begin here tonight with a developing story. The federal Agency Responsible for securing everything from the planes we fly on to our borders and ports is in limbo tonight and on the verge of losing its funding just hours from now. A short time ago the house of representatives voted against extending funding to the department of Homeland Security, which has been a pawn in a high stakes partisan chess game. Well get into the politics of how we got here in a moment, but first what it means to the American Public and the hard choices Homeland Security officials are facing tonight. Lets turn to senior White House Correspondent chris jansing. Hi, chris. Reporter good evening, lester. This is a stunning turn of events. Speaker john boehner didnt have enough support for the republicans own proposal. So now with a shutdown of Homeland Security just hours away, the next steps arent clear. A chaotic outcome for thousands of fede