Host and that was the new g. O. P. Conference secretary voicing her thoughts on the fiscal cliff negotiations yesterday. And we want you to address the issue of what the g. O. P. Is raising, which is address the spending problem. 202 is the area code for our numbers. Thats our question this morning in this first segment of the washington journal. You can also contact us via social media and email. You can make a comment on our facebook page, and finally send us a tweet. Here is the hill newspaper from this morning. G. O. P. Forget tax rates in talks on the deficit, lets look at the spending. The speakers swift rejection of an idea floated by representative tom cole of oklahoma, a respected Party Strategist and former chair of the house g. O. P. Campaign committee came as the republicans voiced increasing concerns over the debate of the socalled fiscal cliff. Boehner said its time for them to get serious about the spending problem that our country has. Republicans complain that for all
Gerri first our top story. Failure to launch. The Pilot Program created for obamacare to reduce costs by moving away from the traditional feeforservice model. One of the major goals of the entire program is lower costs. With me now is a senior fellow from the manhattan institute. Would he make of this . It is a mixed result. There is some kind of hospital that saves money and some that cost more money. At the end of the day i think that the longterm result is higher cost. Gerri Accountable Care organizations. Yes. Gerri im not sure if this is a winwin for the obama administration. The goal was to save some 940 million and heres what we found. They lost three tenths of a percent and the price is actually went up. They rose overawe the institutions in this you would think, treating people early for conditions that could spiral into expensive conditions later would be a good thing. More market power. That is what many are talking about. They have jacked up prices at massachusetts general
Gerri first our top story. Failurtonch. The Pilot Program created for obamacare to reduce costs by moving away from the traditional feeforservice model. One of the major goals of the entire program is lower costs. With me now is a senior fellow from the manhattan institute. Would he make of this . It is a mixed result. There is some kind of hospital that saves money and some that cost more money. At the end of the day i think that the longterm result is higher cost. Gerri Accountable Care organizations. Yes. Gerri im not sure if this is a winwin for the obama administration. The goal was to save some 940 million and heres what we found. They lost three tenthsof a percent and the price is actually wt up. They rose overawethe institutions in this you would think, treating people early for conditions that could spiral into expensive conditions later would be a good thing. More market power. That is what many are talking about. They have jacked up prics at massachusetts general hospital, n
Gregg hello. Glad you you are with us. Ill Gregg Jarrett and welcome. Heather im heather childers. Topping the news, brandnew details of the deadly terrorist siege involving americans and other International Workers in algeria will. We will have a live update. Gregg battle lines are drawn on capitol hill as congressional leaders from both sides of the aisle sound off on the president s gun control agenda. Well have a fair and balanced debate. Heather plus the fallout in two high profile scandals involving Lance Armstrong and mantai teo. Our legal panel weighs. Gregg we begin this hour with president obama officially getting for four more years. His first term is now over, one for the record books and second one is just now beginning. President sworn in for the second term by chief just john roberts. Ed, this time went off without a hitch. Reporter four years a little bit of a hiccup when roberts couldnt quite remember the oath. He had tried to memorize it. This time he brought note car
Unofficially, it is well under way. We begin with nancy cordes on capitol hill. Reporter members of congress from all around the country streamed back to the capitol this Holiday Weekend for a classified briefing from the president S National Security staff. Have you decided how youre going to vote . Im going to go to the briefing. Reporter most of them said theyre Still Deciding how to vote after the president granted them the input they demanded. Connecticut democrat jim heinz theres a great deal of skepticism in the room about about the utility, effectiveness and support that we would have for the kind of strikehat the president has proposed. Reporter Lawmakers Said they trust the administrations evidence that syrias government gassed its own people, but that may not be enough. California democrat janice hundred. I feel terrible about the chemical weapons that have been used. However, we know the chemical weapons have been used in other instances and we did not take military action.