and group retirement products. that s why we re your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. lincoln center in new york,at hari sreenivasan. sreenivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us. the weekend after senate republicans delayed any votes on their bill to repeal and replace president obama s affordable care act, trump administration officials say they re optimistic a compromise is within reach. today, health and human services secretary tom price said after the july 4 recess, he believes senate majority leader mitch mcconnell will get legislation that could lower health insurance costs back on track. what we re trying to do is bring all of those prices down. everybody. premiums in this nation have doubled over the past four years, up an average of $3,000 dollars for the average family. that s a tax on everybody. sreeni
but instead of collecting on it, we will abol an offshoot ofl street has launched a new limit to about the people, not the banks by buying up distressed debt from financial firms and canceling it so that borrowers do not have to repay. then, tasing ice. 1984, the glacier was 11 miles away. today, is back here. the glacier is retreating but it is also thinning at the same time. the new documentary looks at how photographer james balog captured climate change on film by placing two dozen time lapse cameras throughout the arctic and other areas to film melting glaciers. he will join us live. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. israel is threatening to launch a ground invasion of the gaza strip after breaking an informal ceasefire with a series of deadly attacks. on wednesday, an israeli airstrike assassinated the head of hamas military wing. the bombing continued, killing at least 13 solu
rounding up far right extremists we the dozens and following up on allegationses there may have been help by inside law enforcement. this year the pomp and circumstance will most definitely be overshadow fwid widespread measures currently being put in place. plans for sunday had to be postponed due to safety concerns. more than 20,000 national guard troops have been called into d.c. this week that s roughly four times as many troops currently in iraq and afghanistan. additionally, the national mall has been closed, 13 subway stations have been shuttered, and even airbnb has canceled all reservations in the beltway as this city hunkers down. but more threats of violence are not contained to washington, d.c. according to the fbi, all over the country state capitols face threats of their own amid donald trump s two-month campaign to defraud the american people of their fair election results. in michigan, a state narrowly won in 2015 and nearly won in 2020. seven-foot fencing w
and cuts take affect, white house press secretary repeated everything including entitlement programs would be part of the talkings. talks. meanwhile, many are turning their back on the pledge to grover norquist. times changed significantly and i care more about this country than i do about a 20-year-old pledge. i agree, a pledge signed 20 years ago is for that congress. i m willing to generate revenue. it s fair to ask my party to put revenue on the table we re build historic averages. it does appear that speaker boehner is open to talk about revenue entitlement reform. eliot: jay carney said the white house welcomed those comments and grover norquist tried to make light of them. some of them have engaged in impure thoughts. they have not actually voted for a tax increase. eliot: norquist drawing the red line of any revenue even if new funds came from closing loopholes and limiting deductions. if you do that, you ve just killed tax reform for a generation. why
and cuts take affect, white house press secretary repeated everything including entitlement programs would be part of the talkings. talks. meanwhile, many are turning their back on the pledge to grover norquist. times changed significantly and i care more about this country than i do about a 20-year-old pledge. i agree, a pledge signed 20 years ago is for that congress. i m willing to generate revenue. it s fair to ask my party to put revenue on the table we re build historic averages. it does appear that speaker boehner is open to talk about revenue entitlement reform. eliot: jay carney said the white house welcomed those comments and grover norquist tried to make light of them. some of them have engaged in impure thoughts. they have not actually voted for a tax increase. eliot: norquist drawing the red line of any even if new funds came from closing loopholes and limiting deductions. if you do that, you ve just killed tax reform for a generation. why? how do