thank you for coming and thanks to pfizer for sponsoring this event. # you are into hashtags, use axios360 so we can have fun and social networks together. get all of her newsletters, especially vitals which is written by my colleague caitlin no one. caitlin owen. logistical, if you have never been to one of our events before, we try to keep things short and sweet. four segments of interviews. we want you leaving here feeling smarter about what we talked about in this particular is about drug pricing in america, which will continue to be an issue going into 2020. ouruld like to welcome first guest, senator chuck grassley. [applause] bob.od to be with you, think it s a good place to start by talking about your constituents. what are they telling you about their own drug prices and drug costs? sen. grassley: i am hearing there is some prices that are ridiculous, but most often i hear about how drug prices are contributing to the high cost of health care insurance. i think t
similarities, in terms of depth between donald trump and andrew jackson. brian: really? not a mark: really. brian: not a thing. mark: i m not saying there aren t some similarities, they both have great hair of course. but i think a lot of the comparison s try to to push trump into the box with jackson, and it s not it s not a viable comparison in my opinion. brian: that s a picture of i mean a painting in the oval office that he put up. why do you think he did that? mark: steve bannon convinced him to do it i think. i don t think trump had any clue as to who jackson was, probably before he became president, or maybe he had some clue. i was at the hermitage recently when trump was there and someone afterwards said that trump studied jackson and knew all about him before he became president, modeled his campaign after jackson and i just had to shake my head. i just don t think trump really has a good idea of who jackson is. brian: when did you first get interested in
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singapore june 12th. no president has ever put america in a position where they thought it was truly possible, lead to the place where america was no longer held at risk by the north korean regime, americans interest here is preventing the risk that north korea will launch nuclear weapon in la, denver n the very place we are sitting, chris, that s the objective, the end-state that the president layed out and that s the mission he sent me out this past week. meanwhile we are learning that the three americans recently freed from north korea have left walter reed national military medical center, a pentagon spokesperson says they are, quote, grateful, in good spirits and coping well. gillian turner is live in washington with more. gillian. that s right, arthel, the brand-new secretary of state speaking out after trip to north korea where he met with dictator kim jong un and firm plans for forthcoming kim summit, generally been hopeful about the future of washington s rela