Potentially, by as much as 40 in iowa, 59 in maryland and even a staggering 80 in new mexico. Doesnt sound like obamacare is working . They said it would increase choice, they said it would increase choice. They said it would increase choice but, of course, it didnt. This year 70 of american counties have had little or no choice of insurers under obamacare. Next year, at least 44 counties are projected to have no choice at all. Meaning, yet again, americans could be thrown off the plans in states like missouri and ohio and wisconsin. Doesnt sound like obamacare is working . E now democrats tell us it be wrong for the senate to actually address these problems in a serious way while the lot they have defended for seven years teeters, literally teeters, on the edge of total collapse. They were wrong before, they are wrong again. Obamacare is not working by nearly any measure, it has failed and no amount of 11th hour reality denying or passing by democrats will change theto fact that more
This point the nikkei ended flat. Hang seng was off just over 1 shanghai composite down as well. And in europe youre going to see at this point it looks like things are also in the red there. The ftse is the biggest decliner down by just over 1 you can see the dax down by 0. 75 if you want to check out crude oil prices, at this point youll see crude oil is up 36 cents 49. 92 facebook it is making a big bet on video. The social media site launching what its calling watch. Redesigned version of its video platform its going to be rolling out to facebook users over the next couple of weeks. It will include a mix of original content as well as live sports recommendations of what to watch will be personalized based on your interests and what your friends are talking about. This is facebooks latest push for tv ad dollars. Mark zuckerberg said video will be the largest driver over the next two to three years. A big push some people wont get it if youre on facebook now and go to look for it tod
Welcome to newsmakers. Returning this week is stephen law, president and ceo of the Senate Leadership fund. Their goal is to support Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell and retain republican majority in the United States senate. Thank you for coming back. It is a timely week. This week on tuesday is the special election to fill Jeff Sessions seat in alabama and we will talk about that and also about the seeming feud between the president of the United States and the Senate Majority leader. Lots on our agenda. Let me introduce the two reporters who will be asking questions. Erica warner is the chief congressional reporter for the associated press. Thank you for coming back this week. Erica my pleasure. Al weaver joins us for the first time. He is a political reporter for the washington examiner. Erica, why dont you start . Erica steve, i think we have to kickoff with asking about the trumpmcconnell feud. What did you think about seeing the president lay into your former boss when you
Welcome to newsmakers. Returning this week is stephen law, president and ceo of the Senate Leadership fund. Their goal is to support Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell and retain republican majority in the United States senate. Thank you for coming back. It is a timely week. This week on tuesday is the special election to fill Jeff Sessions seat in alabama and we will talk about that and also about the seeming feud between the president of the United States and the Senate Majority leader. Lots on our agenda. Let me introduce the two reporters who will be asking questions. Erica warner is the chief congressional reporter for the associated press. Thank you for coming back this week. Erica my pleasure. Al weaver joins us for the first time. He is a political reporter for the washington examiner. Erica, why dont you start . Erica steve, i think we have to kickoff with asking about the trumpmcconnell feud. What did you think about seeing the president lay into your former boss when you
Now, for about the next hour, some of the debate about the senate today. We plan to open up the phone lines to hear from you. The majority leader. Maybe we have order . The senate will be in order. The majority whip. Matter president , the senate has just restored itself into an almost unbroken tradition of never filibustering judges. We have actually restored the stats datas quote before the administration of president george w. Bush, it was during that administration with some of our friends across the aisle, along with some of their liberal law professor allies dreamed up away of blocking president George W Bushs judicial nominees. Those by suggesting that 60 votes was really the threshold for confirming judges rather than the constitutional requirement of the majority vote. It has been a long journey back to the normal functioning of the United States senate. It is amazing that it has taken a nominee like judge gorsuch to bring us back to where we wereos around 2001. We have been d