Nearly ten months ago the u. S. Military and president obama celebrating the homecoming of Bowe Bergdahl his freedom secured in a prisoner swap after five years as a hostage of the taliban in afghanistan. But today military officials formally accuse bergdahl of desertion. Jamie . Reporter the bergdahl said has been controversial from the start when he allegedly walked away from his post in afghanistan. He put his fellow solders at risk, and then the white house ended up making this highly criticized prisoner swap sending five taliban captives to live comfortable lives in qatar. After a lengthy investigation any army is charging sergeant bo bergdahl of violation of military law. The u. S. Army forces command has thoroughly reviewed the armys investigation during the 2009 disappearance in afghanistan, and formally charged Sergeant Bergdahl under the Armed Forces Uniform code of military justice. Reporter there are two counts article 85 of the uniform code of military justice, desertion w
Like to mention we have a proposal improve the Small Business provisions of the Affordable Care act to try to both simplify and make the tax credits better for Small Businesses. That is feedback weve received. About that, and that is something that is included in our budget. Now turning to a couple i think, hopefully more substantive questions that i could get to with you, madam secretary, i was pleased to see the democratic chip reauthorization bill included in the president s budget extended medicaid primary care increase. Rate of increase was initially included in the aca is absolutely critical. For the last two years boosted payments to doctors treating most vulnerable populations making access achievable goal not just a tar get. The payment at end of last year will result in medicare provider payments cut on average of 43 . Over 50 in some states. Impact on wait times could be drastic and immediate. I was hoping madam secretary you could comment on importance of parity to medicare
Many fronts have stalled and some say even gotten worse. [music] president Barack Obama Joining tens of thousands of people in selma alabama marching in the foot steps of history. He was there to mark the anniversary of the pivotal today of the americas right for civil rights. 50 years ago many processed the Edmund Pettus bridge, and they were greeted with batons and tear gas. It pushed president Lyndon B Johnson to pass the Voting Rights act. We honor those who walked so we can run. We must run so our children soar and we will not grow weary, for rebelieve in the power of an awesome god and we believe in this countrys sacred promise. Both tony harris and robert ray are in selma. Well begin with tony, history made once again in selma. Del, you said it so correctly. What a momentous day. We werent sure what to expect when we arrived today. I spoke with a number of my colleagues and we thought perhaps would be a somber day because after all were marking 50 years since that march across t
This is to go off on courtneys question on like narratives. So the narrative you talk about having different narratives on use the mike so that people can hear you, sister. Okay. Have been different narratives on television and so scandal is written by a black woman. Right . How much responsibility do we then place on a black woman to have like to put forth the proper narrative . Right . Because i watch scandal. I love the show. But just like you, its grim a little bit when the only male partner that was ever presented to olivia was just not even it was never it never came off as a viable option. No one i dont think any viewer saw it as a viable option for her in terms of like the kind of woman that she was. Right . So for chandra rhymes, someone who is a black woman, well educated, what responsibility does she hold in putting forth such a narrative because i feel like she has a lot of power. I dont know. Right . She does have a lot of influence. Right . And so i think that we could ha
These ruptures clacks. Well when we have a water main break it doesnt always just pop up through the because the ground is soaked frozen so we dont often over the break is and we dont have the tools or equipment to locate the break so we have to either call the Consulting Firm that could be 1500 a day to come with special tools or we call the Water Association and if they are available they will come. Its very difficult and we dont always know where the breaks are located. Its such a serious issue and one that will require more significant financing including that investment in technology not just Technical Assistance. Mr. Gomez the gal studied the range of Government Programs that provide assistance to rural and small Water Systems as well as the systems face. What is the funding gap for Water Infrastructure back sino earlier you gave a combined total for the water into Drinking Water and sewer. What is the funding for the infrastructure and how much money does it entail quick. The ep