women who signed them? facing charges. a mother s date in court arrested after the disappearance of her two children not seen for months. can you tell us if j.j. is safe? are we now closer to learning what happened to them? breaking overnight. pilot s past. what we re learning about the man at the controls of the helicopter crash that killed kobe bryant, his daughter and seven others. the faa s report as los angeles readies its tribute to a legend. and royal revision. the changes for harry and meghan, the word they won t be using when they stop representing the queen. hey, good morning, and we begin here with ominous new signs in the coronavirus story. the world health organization now warning that the window to contain the outbreak is quickly closing and that we could soon be looking at a global pandemic. the virus now spreading to new countries in the middle east and in northern italy, officials are suspending public gatherings and closing schools after 19 new
of the storm. also this morning, suspicious deaths. families demanding answers after as many as 11 veterans died at this hospital in west virginia under suspicious circumstances. we need answers and the family needs answers. the investigation this morning. pitcher s death. new details about how l.a. angels star tyler skaggs died. this morning his family shocked. as we observe a moment of silence. what they and the team are saying about the findings. and celebrating the life of valerie harper. i m very pleased you got a big part in a play. the longtime tv star best known as rhoda on the mary tyler moore show. tributes from fans and co-stars pouring in this morning. hey, good morning, everyone. let s get right to our top story. hurricane dorian barreling toward the east coast right now. take a look at the satellite imagery. this storm is a beast, strengthening overnight. it is now a category 4 with winds up to 140 miles an hour. the big development this
this incredibly important issue. we have a great panel for you. we have a cspan audience and of course a live web cast. any one who would with like to tweet, there s the u.s. immigration and we hope to have a good discussion both here and online. this is way back when when i was a graduate student at the university of california berkeley, where secretary napolitano runs these days, we learned about wedge issues. wedge issues were those things that really divided the electorate, they got everybody excited and everyone had an opinion about. well, immigration has become a wedge issue. wedge issues kind of come and go and depending upon the year and clearly since 2015, when president trump started to run for office, immigration has been at the forefront in terms of one of the wedge issues. it divides not just democrats and republicans, it divides republicans. in fact, there s an nbc the wall street journal poll out today that has some fascinating divides within the republican
services without any copays, nsn coinsurance or deductibles. say needless to say, that s huge.y d very good news. up to 36,000 children in my district with pre-existing cond conditions canit no longer be nd denied coverage by health insurers. it s just aan lotsd and lots ofs good news including the new co medicaid enrollees that are being covered. i did have a question. we werute talking about the stas that have expanded medicaid and have not, 26 district of columbia have expanded medicaid coverage under the affordable care act. t and in those states, medicaid ie seeing great success. enrollment has increased substantially. and the percentage of population without insurance has declined dramatically. slavin, sking you, mr. if you have seen studies that compare the decline in the number of uninsured in states id that did and did not expand , i medicaid? yes, i have seen those stud. studies. can you tell me what you yout found? the states that have expanded medicaid,
more raisely wrote to recently wrote to the deputy or acting secretary of the have. a asking for explanation in apparent tripling in wait times in connecticut and in fact elsewhere around the country. the increase in wait times and, those wait times delayed longer than 30 days that seem to have tripled in connecticut, quadrupled elsewhere. will you commit to me that you will provide a response to that letter? if confirmed i will provide a response but knowing sloan gibson the way i do, you will get a response. i m hoping that response will being imminent, not sometime in the indefinite future. that s my hope as well. thank you. the other area of gave concern to me specifically of connecticut was care for womens veterans. i hope that will be a priority for you that women s care for veterans in the va facility in new haven, whether result of trauma connected to sexual assault or battlefield pts will be a priority for you? it s a priority and a growing priority. the