with less than six weeks until the iowa caucus, the four republican hopefuls, trying to set themselves apart from him, and each other. good evening from new york. and anderson, hello from the room here at the university of alabama tuscaloosa, site of the fourth primary debate of the election season 2024. it is just wrapping up. chris christie, ron desantis, nikki haley, and vivek ramaswamy once again the former president did not take part. nikki haley who has of course been rising lately as a contender in some polls, and in the eyes of some campaign watchers, and certainly in the eyes of some big donors, she came in she had a lot of criticism heading towards or tonight from desantis, and ramaswamy. no doubt about, that know you will be speaking looking for to that. cnn s panel is checking the facts on what they said. cnn s gary tuchman is back with a group of voters who watched an hour tonight, also our political panel, here and from the debate, stage a clash of chr
Lets bring in michael ye and another health care analyst. Michael, first you to. Given the deals that we have seen, not just today but in the past, why do you believe a biomarine or vertex may be takeout targets down the line . Two reasons. One is if you looked at biotech valuations, theyre down 35 off the top in the last 6 to 8 months on political rhetoric that we talked about. So asset prices have come down and become a lot more attractive. The second point is that theres no change to the fact that Big Companies need commercial products and they need pipeline. Thats exactly what youre seeing. And what will those companies have that make them attractive you to or to potentially bottom . Les, we can hear you. Well get to you in a second. What makes them potential buyout candidates . Both vertex and biomerine have real revenue. Theyre out there right now plus pipelines. You get both of those with that. And so both of these companies have asset value to acquirers. You know, les, when you
Is that entire issue being determined in those proceedings . Not determined because the proceedings have been stayed. But three states have challenged that issue is what is at issue there . Will you finish describing the issue . I really didnt hear it. K 466 says a correction must be made in the same manner, end quote, as decision being corrected. Epas approval went through notice and comment and because of that k6 requires they go through notice and comment and corrections here did not go through notice and comment. Heres no disagreement between commissioners and respondants on that point. The United States tries to get out of that by saying they can use the good cause exception in rule making that sounded the administrator procedure act. That doesnt help epa at all because the requirement comes not from the administrative procedure act. The requirement from notice to use comments is from k6. It doesnt help epa rely on an exception to a statute when the statute does not impose the req
Its something to help people who are in desperate shape. So, mr. President , i repeat, theyre looking for a distraction, a process argument to steal attention away from their unconscionable stand on the issues that matter most to the middle class. You have to give them credit, theyre doing their best to divert attention away from this issue. This is opposition and its coldhearted, to extending unemployment benefits. Its a very tough position to defend, especially when republicans around america support what heller and reed from rhode island are trying to do. Democrats support it, independents, but republicans in congress dont and theyve said so. Republicans complained that the majority never allows the minority to offer amendments is, mr. President , false. Its not true. Its another diversion. During my tenure as majority leader, its there have been volumes of stuff written about the obstruction weve had with my republican colleagues during the last five years with the obama administra
Are going to say this is relevant to me, i signed up for this. Guest whether obamacare is going to be a plus or a minus for either side, i am willing to bet. Host longtime democratic supporter, and supporter of Hillary Clinton. Do you think she will run . Guest this is a very critical decision for her, and a tough one. She left Public Office on a high note. Her numbers are very good right now, and Everyone Wants to hear from her. She is right out chiming in and focusing on the issues that she cares about. I do think that she will probably have to decide next year. We will see the way things go. You already see people that are giddy about a campaign, a Hillary Clinton campaign, and you see both sides gearing up at preparing for the possibility of her running. I think from the standpoint of somebody who has to quickly decide to put together a campaign, that is not her. She has the luxury of really waiting and weighing whether this is something that is good for her personally, whether it