us. i know you were out there beating the drum for obama care during the campaign, but with this extra provision, we re not going to give it to you. were you surprised? the thing is the law is very clear that the unions would not be entitled to that. in that sense it was an obvious interpretation. i am a little surprised that that typically hasn t stopped the white house from rewarding those who are politically connected to the administration. the president didn t really have legal authority to delay the employer mandate. they didn t have the legal authority to grant congress and our staff subsidies so in that sense i thought that they probably would do something but i don t think we re out of the woods on this yet. i think if the time is more opportune, you might see them give more explanation. i think they realize that this obama care issue is hot. there s favoritism that they see going on in washington in regards to this law.
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question before we let him go? yes. that storm that s brewing down in the gulf. you ve mentioned that it could affect texas. any chance that that rain or that weather pattern affects things in colorado and new mexico? yeah. it will bring increased moisture into the area and that eventually, some of that moisture, could get back into the colorado area. at this point it doesn t look like it would be significant and exacerbate the problem, but it s a very good question. some of that moisture will get into that area maybe within three or four days bring another inch or so of rain. bummer. thanks, rick. from colorado now up to michigan where a father is up in arms over what unfolded at his daughter s elementary school last week. his name is kenneth harmon. he brought an open concealed pistol with him, which he is allowed to do under michigan law, into this elementary school when he was dropping off his daughter. he s legally allowed to do that. he hs a permit to carry the
investigators still looking into what caused the gray hound bus that was carrying 51 people to careen into a cornfield. all of the injured victims are expected to survive. another apparent roadblock in the possible nomination of larry summers. jon tester says he plans to oppose summers if he s nominated. in july 1/3 of the people signed a petition to assign janet yellen. texas now is one of seven states to pass laws cracking down on drones. they re usually made to protect people from too much surveillance by police. this new law allows police to use drones for investigations and they can bypass a search warrant if they suspect illegal
republicans are stepping in and trying to end some of these loophole deals and subsidies get into certain special groups. where do you stand and how to you plan to fight it? well, with the employer mandate, we said, look, we re willing to delay it by law. i ll do it. i ll veto your bill. we thought we made a good faith effort to stay in accordance with the law. we re trying to block this administrative rule that was announced just on the verge of the august recess that basically shields members of congress from the added costs of health insurance on the obama care exchanges. we don t think the law allows for that. the intent of the provision is to put us in the same position as the millions of americans who are going to lose their plan. there s no debate about that. it will be 7 million, 10 million, 20 million depending on who you talk to. so the idea, congress should eat