Today. Be it medicare, tricare, private insurance, fehpb for those federal employees and when they dropped that they would immediately go into the va system for two years. I want to ask you to stop and think about that for just a second. To a veteran on medicare, theyre going to drop their medicare, go into the va for two years . And then pay the penalty to get back into part b medicare . For an employee who has private insurance, theyre going to drop their insurance and leave their spouse uncovered because they see some advantage to being on va . Its estimated that 90 of those veteran who is are eligible but not enrolled in va have less than 50 disability rating. The threshold to where its va care comes without a copay. These are individuals who have already made a determination that the coverage theyre under is the best coverage they could have. If not, they would be enrolled in the va today. So, the fact that cbo now says with just the execution of this minor reform legislation it w
I am sorry. This was the wrong decision. But i think its right that weve had a Public Inquiry in this country that is right that we have proper investigations. Yesterday, once again showed that no one is above the law in our country. Miliband . Mr. Speaker, today we know that for four years, the Prime Ministers handpicked closest adviser was a criminal and brought disgrace to downing street. We anyhow also know that the Prime Minister willfully ignored multiple warnings about him. On the 8th of july 2009, the guardian published evidence of phone hacking on an industrial scale when coulson was editor of the news of the world. At that time coulson was his director of communications. What action did he take . As i said a moment ago, the assurances i sought and received were the same assurances received by the press complaints commission, by select committee of this house and by police investigations. They were also thoroughly gone into by the leff levison inquir. Specifically, he talks ab
Next a british Prime Minister David Cameron takes questions from the members of the house of commons and outgoing president the congressional gold medal and another chance to with a tomorrow on washington journal, the author of 100 victories, special ops in the future of american warfare, discusses u. S. Military options in iraq. John gable examines the impact of the Health Care Law so far on insurance plans, including pricing. Texas congressman henry dont bonilla talks about the attempts to break gridlock in washington. We take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal live on cspan. During this weeks question time, british Prime Minister David Cameron discussed the hiring of former news of the world editor andy colson as his inmunications your back 2010. Mr. Colson was charged with intercepting voice mails, also known as phone hacking. The Prime Minister apologized to members for hiring him, saying it was the wrong decision. Opposition l
For free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q a. Org. Programs are also available as cspan podcasts. Up next, british Prime Minister David Cameron takes questions from members of the house of commons. Outgoing israeli president shimon peres is awarded the congressional gold medal. Then the Supreme Court oral argument on the constitutionality of warrantless cell phone searches. Book tv set down with Hillary Clinton in little rock to discuss her newest book hard choices. Ive learned before, but certainly a secretary of state, to expect the unexpected. Nobody expected the socalled arab spring until it was upon us. We have to learn to be agile and whilefor the unexpected we try to build the world we want, especially for our children, and now for my future grandchild, but weve got to be aware of the fact that all of these other countries, all of these billions of people, they are making hard choices of recycled a. We have to be ready for that. That welut
The south of the country. Storm bella brings gusts of more than a hundred miles an hour, with roads in parts of wales, and devon and cornwall blocked by falling trees. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Prime minister Boris Johnson promises big changes are on the way for the uk following his brexit trade deal with the European Union. In an interview with the sunday telegraph, he says he wants to focus on leveling up the country and spreading opportunity across the uk. Mrjohnson said the brexit trade deal would provide new regulatory freedoms to deliver for people who felt left behind. But some fishing leaders have accused him of caving in to the eu and sacrificing their interests. Mps will vote on the deal in parliament on the 30th of december. The bbcs Business Correspondent Vivienne Nunis has more. Its now 2a hours since the government published its 1,200 page trade deal with brussels. This morning, the chancellor was quick to dispel fears the uk might