But the core is intact and will remain intact. David, do you think this leads to expansion? well, i think that is going to be the next battle. Clearly, there is an appetite among democrats to expand coverage to strengthen the affordable care act. Those of us involved back in the day recognized then this was not the panacea and that there were gaps that needed to be filled. I think there will be future battles over this. Anderson, you know, i think the real battle over the affordable care act ended the day that john mccain came out on the floor of the senate and turned his thumb down and denied donald trump his dream of destroying the affordable care act. In 2018 this was an albatross around the necks of republicans who were seen as wanting to do away with a lot of what protected people with preexisting conditions, protected women, protected older people being discriminated against in the health care system. It really hurt them. It wasn t really an issue in the 2020 campaign. This lawsu
Including our special guest tonight 94yearold opal lee, the grandmother of juneteenth. She ll be first to tell you it was a lot of people not just me. But, boy oh, boy what a journey of pain and purpose she has had to very much help this country get to today. So today when it was signed, standing ovations. Hugs from the president. All kinds of shout outs at the white house. Prepare yourself to be inspired. A rare opportunity to be with a civil rights icon in the midst of their work. People are now getting their arms around what juneteenth means. What it will mean for them when it comes on the 19th and to be honest we re not all on the same page about tomorrow or where we need to be as a country. Now, a little bit of faqs. Juneteenth short for june 19th, 1865. Why then? that is when lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation. No. It was 1863. This was more than two years later. Why? slaves were kept in servitude. That is what the civil war was about. They rejected it even after the pr
Patrick on american flag but grammy awardwinning macy gray wants a new one. The public outcry to change she calls dated advice. First, the fund police to refund police, it appears liberal run cities want their police back because of a surgeon crime. Overnight in new york city s washington square park video shows party goers practically running from a man with a large knife and paver. Taser. One woman trampled by the crowd was hospitalized. Every 24 hours before, two young kids were nearly caught in the crossfire of a shooting, they were miraculously unharmed and it does not end there. Now cities want to refund police, including new york city, baltimore, oakland, los angeles and minneapolis but according to dan fontenot, former nypd police and host of unfiltered, liberal cities are choosing to stop the violence. Here s the problem i have with this decaying of new york city and liberal cities, they know what they are doing. What rudy giuliani payment, broken windows, they pick it up quic
trace: breaking tonight, a mother, matriarch, and beloved monarch. queen elizabeth the second 70 year reign comes to an end as britons gather outside buckingham palace to eulogize her with a rendition of god save the queen. we have extended coverage of how the world is remembering one of the most iconic figures in british history from 1600 pennsylvania avenue to 10 downing street, the life and legacy of the queen looming very large tonight. plus what comes next for the new king, charles the third? we begin tonight s special four our coverage of remembering the queen in london with our senior foreign affairs correspondent amy kellogg. good friday morning to you, it truly is the end of an era. the mood to hear is one of shock. here in london and probably across the united kingdom, queen elizabeth had to become noticeably more frail in the last year since her beloved husband prince philip the duke of edinburgh died to. i think anyone really thought that she was nearing the e
historic reign. queen elizabeth ii was born into the royal family. she was never destined to be queen. so when the duke and duchess of york announced the birth of their first child on april 21st, 1926, no one could have guessed their little daughter, elizabeth alexandria barry would one day rule great britain. all of that was to change however when elizabeth s uncle prince edward add indicated his right to rule to marry american divorce say. took the throne becoming king george sixth in 1936. 10-year-old elizabeth became his i heir. the home school princess began to perform royal duties as well as doing her bit when her country was embroiled in world war ii. 1945 trained as a driver and mechanic in the women s auxiliary service. she and her sister joined other britains to celebrate ve day in the streets of britain. she also had a sweetheart her third cousin superintendence philip of greece. the couple were engaged to be married shortly after the princess 21st birthday. the