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First, the rea action to tom harkins announcement that heel not be running for his sixth term in between 14. Its just time to step aside. Senate majority leader harry reid praising his hes been a champion for improving americans access to Affordable Health care. Tom is a passionate progressive whose deeplyheld principles prieded a Guiding Light to democrats for decade. Since a federal axe peels court has invalidated president obamas appointments to that board, some legal experts say the boards previous rulings may all be in trouble. And mitt romney is in washington, d. C. , this week. The Marriott Corporation honored him and his wife ann on friday and he had the board of directors after the election and tonight he will attend the bipartisan Alfalfa Club Din ....
Think about during this program tonight as you watch this. Look at this. In the states where data could be collected, and that covers just over half of them, after cap america africanamericans are dying at three and a half times. Blacks make up nearly half of the death toll in michigan but they are only 14 hrs of t of t population. And at least eight other states, the death rate exceeds the population rate for blacks by more than 20 percentage points. For hispanic americans, the death rate is unusually high in the epicenter, new york city. Latinos are dying here more than any other race. They and africanamericans are the only groups dying at a higher rate than their populations. And this doesnt help. Minorities make up half of the nations 30 million uninsured. And heres one big reason why. Nativeamericans, blacks and hispanics all face a substantially higher percentage of those in poverty. Now look, those are tough numbers, theres also hope here. And were going to tell this story tonig ....
Reserve says well reach in a few days. Reaching it could push our nation in unchartered territory. A lot to work on, capitol hill right now is quiet. So what did they do today . Its important for us to know. We begin our coverage live from capitol hill. What else do we know . Reporter we got some pretty good sense of what happened at the white house meeting. Thchs a meeting attend bipartisan leading Senate Democrats including harry reid. Also attend by senators schumer, durbin and patty murray of washington state. We got a good read out from a senior democratic aide who says in a statement and im quoting, Democratic Leaders had a productive meeting with president obama and remain fully united moving forward. He said democrats are willing to negotiate on anything republicans want to discuss as soon as we reopen the government and pay our bills. Now that statement is repu ....