Good afternoon a chairman and supervisors im the acting director here on behalf of our director doctor dodd. Shes been engage in the process shes on medical leave and she thanks you in advance of your attention. Im joined with greg and hell be making the presentation. Well both be available for questions. Good afternoon supervisors im am servicing as the interim ceo some of you may remind me when i was with the department of health. I want to say that first, i think the significant achievements of the department in saving the health care costs. The health plan has been impressive and theyve done a lot with the city plan and generating some significant savings to the city and really keeping the cost of the members thank you minimum. The second observation is that really its how significant the staffing constraints have been. That every year the workload increases and as were making changes in the blue shield contracts the increases in workload have been dramatic and the department manag
Administration would tackle the ebola threat in a much more aggressive way, calling up reserve and National Guard troops to assist u. S. Efforts in liberia and medical s. W. A. T. Teams to any hospital reporting a new case here at home. But news of another u. S. Infection along with dire predictions of the viruss continued spread in west africa raise questions about how well domestic and International Agencies are responding. And whether institutions like the cdc and the World Health Organization are failing in their core mission to contain such outbreaks. Joining the panel this week, wall street journal columnist Dan Henninger and joe rago and former fda Deputy Commissioner and wall street journal report, dr. Scott got leeb. Good to have you here. Youve been predicting all along this would be worse than people in washington were saying. Now thats turned out to be true. Is the administration finally getting its arms around the extent of the problem . They are finally recognizing the sc
Brown. Peter doescy live for us today at the white house. So, peter, what else are we learning about todays meeting behind closed doors thats happening right now . Gretchen, we are learning that the whole point of todays series of meetings about ferguson are to get the police and the public on the same page. The administration feels there is just too much tension between the two groups right now so that is why they have invited all concerned parties here for these meetings, from young civil rights leaders to Law Enforcement officials and in the last few minutes, the white house explained that they dont think today is just about ferguson. They view it more about Race Relations in general. The president and his administration are very focused on the underlying issues this have been uncovered in a pretty raw way in ferguson. Reporter and we have been promised a full list of whos actually here for these meetings when they are closer to wrapping up. So far, the white house not giving us man
President trumps new imgrags ban is set to take effect thursday, at least six states are taking legal action against it. Will version two of the immigration ban hold up in court . Documents released by wikileaks are showing your car, your tv and many gag jets can be used to spy on your. President trump creates them, but hes not alone in that. A look at the damage that conspiracy theories may be doing to democracy. So voice your opinion, grab your phone or laptop or other digital device and log on to pulse. Msnbc. Com america. You can vote as many times as you like throughout todays show. First off for you though, to the uncertain fate of the new republican proposal to repeal and replace obamacare. Mike pence made his pitch in ken tucky this ek weend. He is expected to hit the road to sell the legislation soon. This as negotiations continue in washington. Conservative republicans voicing their concerns about key elements in the bill this week. Senator come cotton of arkansas and ron pau
Harrowing moments on camera as mount etna explodes. The tv crew in the blast. Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening to our viewers in the west. For the second day in a row a rare display of bipartisanship at the Nations Capital on a critical matter. The democrat and Republican Leaders joining together in a public rebuke of President Trumps wiretap claim. Like the house counterparts the day before, the senators saying they have seen nothing to substantiate claims that president obama had trump towers surveilled ahead of the 2016 elections, but there is no retreat when the white house tonight which is angrily firing back and offering news articles for the justification for the shocking claims. Hallie jackson has details. Reporter a bombshell statement triggering an explosive response. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Im making a point. Reporter after the Committee President trump wanted to investigat