[ theme ] stephanie hello representative John Yarmouth coming up right at the top of the hour to tell us about the fiscal cliff clayen. Jacki schechner healthcare geek. I ahead an article on the hill, we should warn the cockles leave medicaid out of the talks. Liberals are pressing to take medicate off the table in deficit reduction talks. You talked about this in our last jackis healthcare corner. The Medicaid Expansion is interesting because part of the way that were going to get everybody covered is expanding medicaid up to 133 of poverty. Thats part of the Affordable Care act. And the president and the administration are being very strong right now about insisting that states have to follow the law to a t and not be able to implement it incrementally or partially. So not only leave it out of the talk but the administration is holding firm right now and insisting that this Medicaid Expansion either take place in its entirety or not at all. Stephanie i wound up the healthcare bot. So
Slutty bob hope. The troops love me. The sweatshirt is nice and all but i could use a golden lasso. Announcer Stephanie Miller. Oh here she comes watch out boy, here she comes shell chew you up shes a maneater thats not what i heard. Stephanie all right. It is the Stephanie Miller show. Welcome to it. 23 minutes after the hour. 1800steph12. Speaking of beaver hey stephanie right there. If youre watching on tv hes going to need his own Facebook Page at some point. Stephanie steph, when you planted bucky beaver staring at jim, the visual tension was hysterically entertaining as though bucky was hypnotizing jim to leave for another voiceover job. [ hypnotic ] thats one ambitious Christmas Beaver. I know youre constantly juggling balls during your show but i know with your theatre degree, you can Pay Attention to buckys blocking. [ applause ] stephanie all right. Were starting to lose it. Okay. All right. We still have more than a week to go. Stephanie i know. Obama the most important thin
[ theme ] yeah, its the Stephanie Miller show. This is chris. That is jim. Chris is sick as a dog and stephanies not here. It will be a wonderful show today. We only had a day off the fiscal cliff. So theres that. Representative john boehner told senator reid to go f himself. Twice. Really . According to the folks at politico. So im shush well be talking about that if stephanie gets here. Hoping and praying she gets here. Happy new year to everyone out there. Yeah, Jacki Schechner happy new year. Happy new year to you too. Some things dont change. You like to step all over my news before i start. Oh, geez, did i do that . Oh god okay. Theres stephanie. Stephanie happy new year. Lets go to Jacki Schechner in the current news year. Whatever, steph. Thanks for joining us good morning everyone. Happy new year to you. Not only did Congress Wait until the very last minute to come to a deal to stave off the fiscal cliff but by all accounts, nobody is generally thrilled with what they came to
[ theme ] stephanie you know, Jacki Schechner, if theres one thing weve learned about life, you never know what gift every day will bring. Including, when economy in and say chris, why is there a monkey inmy seat . [ magic wand ] because someone named julie sent it to you. What kind of monkey . Stephanie i dont really know. An ugly monkey. Stop it [ buzzer ] it is a lovely monkey. Stephanie now it is on talking liberally when we touch the monkey. All right. It was a behr. Now its a monkey. Stephanie speaking of wildlife, how about the turtle on every single sunday show. Well get you another look at him. He was everywhere. Stephanie thats a visual. Eye candy for the gals. Because i move so quickly. Paul ryan. Stephanie no no. All right. No sixpack like paul ryan. Jacki schechner in the current news center. Good morning. Secretary of state Hillary Clinton is back to work this week. Today, in fact, after hospitalization for a blood clot in a vein in her head, she left New York Presbyteria
[ theme ] stephanie hello current tv land. Here we are. Good morning Jacki Schechner. Do we look unprepared in any way . Dont be ridiculous. Representative John Yarmouth coming up on the big show today. Were getting a serious gun control debate in this country. How about that. We are. Were going to have the conversation. The idea is to keep the momentum going. People are outraged after newtown that it is time to do something. We have to keep the momentum going in order to get something done. Stephanie i thought wow Gabby Giffords and her husband a lot of the stuff they said powerful. Stephanie both gun owners, both Second Amendment people but just who more powerfully can make that case . 11 Mass Shootings since tucson. Stephanie i know. Well get into all of it. Here she is, Jacki Schechner in the current news center. Good morning, everybody. Vice President Biden is holding a meeting at the white house today with victims groups and gun safety organizations. This is the next in a series