Dr. Oz is here to weigh in. Harry fights back. Prince harry suing the owners of two british tabloids claiming illegal interception of voice mail messages. This as harry and megans battle with the press heats up this week. The prince warning he sees his wife suffering the same heartbreak his mother did. All that plus longest sentence. Another parent ordered to prison. This time five months in the College Admissions bribery scandal. From juror to jailhouse. The man serving jury duty forced to spend 10 days behind bars after he overslept. Playoff fever. In late night baseball action, the yankees past the twins while nationals used their arms to top the dodgers. The boys of fall are back at it again today saturday october 5th, 2019. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with sheinelle jones, Peter Alexander and dylan dreyer live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning and welcome to today and thank you for joining us on this saturday morning. A busy week certainly but good news
Good afternoon, and thank you, everyone, for joining us today. Im mary greeley, president of the Health Care Leadership council. The hlc is a coalition of leaders there all sectors of health care. We have hospitals, insurers, pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers, Health Product distributers and many more sectors represented as well. But today i am also speaking on behalf of a campaign that we call protect my doctor and me. Over 670 organizations from throughout the country representing patients, health care providers, employers, americans with disabilities, veterans and others have formally urged congress to repeal the independent payment advisory board. Today were going to share some information and perspective on ipab and what it means for the Medicare Program, for beneficiaries and for those that provide health care to those Medicare Beneficiaries. Let me begin by introducing our panel. We have dr. Alex [inaudible] president elect of the American Association of neu
Weekend . We are going the be climbing out of it a lyover the weekend. Today, cloudy fort collins, cleared a bit in the metro area as we had a couple of showers move through. We may see one or two light rain showers from time to time, not going to be a big thing. Temperatures holding in the 60s this morning. We have seen small pockets of rain, coming and going and fizzling. Northern colorado, light showers there, and along the peak to peak highway. Shouldnt affect you at all. If you e morning, with so many breaks in the overcast, rain will pick up through the afternoon today, especially after 3 00 this afternoon, front range mountains and foothills hit the hardest, we could see one or two downpours between 3 30 and 7 30 this afternoon. Flash flood watches expanded. Down through black hawk central city in to Colorado Springs, through then tire southwest if you are out working today, perhaps a sprinkle this morning, not really that big of a deal. Nice cool day, temperatures in the low 70
Last issue that most republicans in the congress can agree on. They are all for tax cuts, thats part of what it is to be a republican i think. Is there anyway that this this doesnt pass . A very narrow majority in the senate, there are benefits in this tax code now that would have to be stricken to make room for the cuts, so you dont have a big blowout in terms of the budget and so they will be fiercely supported and defended by those affected. It wont be easy, not with a narrow majority of the kind that we have now among republicans. Democrats by large do not favor tax cuts, particularly tax cuts they will inevitably say benefit the rich. Its not that easy sl for this reason. For one thing, every time you pass tax cuts and you are the president tonight say theyre going to increase the number of people in the zero bracket, you
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Back home to america where it belongs and believe me, we could use it in this country. We need it so badly for so many things, including infrastructure, which we will be doing. We will eliminate the penaltyinn bringing home and we have to do that, future earnings. My council of economic advisors estimates that this change, along with a lower business tax rate, would likely give the typical American Household around a 4,000 pay raise, and thats money that will be spent in our economy. [applause] our tax plan will ensure that Companies Stay in america, grow in america, and hire in america. Tucker for reaction to the president s addressni and his tax plan were doing tonight by fox chief political analyst brit hume. Thanks for joining us. C it seems like taxes may be the last issue that most republicans in the congress can agree on. They are all for tax cuts, thats part of what it is to be a republican i think. Is there anyway that this this doesnt pass . A very narrow majority in th . Sen