Dialogue on the current legislative issues. In particular, id really like to thank chairman greg walden for being here today, particularly after the news we all heard this morning. Here at Bloomberg Government our tools, news and analysis are aligned with topics that the house energy and Commerce Committee has been working on. Were looking forward to discussing with him health care, energy, Consumer Protection among other topics. With that id like to introduce my colleague, lauren duggen who leads content at Bloomberg Government and will be chatting with greg walden this morning. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you toerch for joining us today. Obviously were beginning the event under a little bit of a darker circumstance, but i wanted to ask you, chairman walden, what do you know so far and whats the status of your colleagues at the moment . Thank you and good morning. Its not the way we want to start a day any day, and i hope well have a moment of silence and put in our prayers th
Dialogue on the current legislative issues. In particular, id really like to thank chairman greg walden for being here today, particularly after the news we all heard this morning. Here at Bloomberg Government our tools, news and analysis are aligned with topics that the house energy and Commerce Committee has been working on. Were looking forward to discussing with him health care, energy, Consumer Protection among other topics. With that id like to introduce my colleague, lauren duggen who leads content at Bloomberg Government and will be chatting with greg walden this morning. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you toerch for joining us today. Obviously were beginning the event under a little bit of a darker circumstance, but i wanted to ask you, chairman walden, what do you know so far and whats the status of your colleagues at the moment . Thank you and good morning. Its not the way we want to start a day any day, and i hope well have a moment of silence and put in our prayers th
Telecom, technology, all of i would like to start with the biggest issue, which is health care. We know your Senate Colleagues on a bill maybe behind closed doors, circulating language, where do you assess the status of this . Greg in the first few months of the year, when we had this task before us, we got a lot of public suggestions from some of our colleagues across the aisle about what we should or shouldnt do. After we passed the bill and sent it over to the senate thats been kind of radio silence thereafter. They got a tough job. I respect that. I know theyre serious about their work. I know Lamarr Alexander is a terrific legislator. If anyone can help pull this together its him and orrin hatch and the others that are involved. Its hard. Its hard doing major reform of entitlement programs, something involving insurance at any level, especially Health Insurance, its very difficult work. And they have virtually no margin of votes, like we had no margin to work with, theirs is tight
You have Community Support and stable release lans. Simpson told the board he plans to return to florida where he lived before his conviction. Emotions were mixed as locals reacted to the boards decision to release him. Analysts say it all made sense from a legal standpoint. Chris nguyen is live with more. This was simpsons chance to not only make his chance to the board but to the american people. Knowing that this hearing would be broadcast to a national add yens. We spoke to a legal expert today who says he was not surprised by the boards decision. I think he was fortunate to get out after serving only nine years. Reporter in the court of Public Opinion so many people shocked over the final call to set simpson free as early as october. People still hold him responsible for a crime he was i quitted of. I think thats why a lot of people dont want him to get paroled. Reporter simpson who was bompb and raised this San Francisco graduated from Galileo High School before making it big in
We have a collision involving a tanker truck and a smaller vehicle. Doesnt sound too serious at the moment. Theyre both on the shoulder, seeing a little bit of a delay coming from the decision 80 merge. Ill keep an eye on that. Everyone else, pretty quiet today. Heres a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. No metering lights yet. Well take a look at mass transit coming up next. You look good. That cant be true. You make them look good. I can see absolutely nothing. Today is finally the day you can use these or at least share them with your friend who thought enough to get them weeks before now that theyre costing a Million Dollars to buy. This is how i know we cant see anything. Thats not what the prompter says, but its been almost 100 years since a total eclipse crossed the entire country. Matt keller is live at nasa research center. Hey, there, matt. Good morning. A lot of cool things to they have a jet, a giant hangar to the right of me. Of course, the main event will be coming i