joining us right now is tom watjen, president and ceo of unum group. tom, you're not affected directly by obama care. you do disability coverage. but what is happening to companies as they try and deal with what obama care means? >> you're right, becky. we're not directly impacted. but i think even with the formation of this bill, we've begun to see employers and others providing benefits distracted. they're trying to help clients through this process. if you're an employer trying to figure out what you want to do with employees. so it's a big distraction. it's affected our sales, especially the small and mid sized employers who are struggle with how to decide it was appropriate plan for their employees. it doesn't directly affect us, but does affect the -- >> they're saying we don't have enough brain power right now to deal with all this and you guys wait. we're going to deal with this first and you can come back to us next year. >> especially the small to mid side department who doesn't have a big hr department. to help work your way through these is

live from the weather center to tell us what to expt help him, that unum it's illegal -- >> taking in a lot. heavy rain across the gulf coast in toward the southeast. you can also see a mixin eric daerous to travel on. best ticket through the next 12 to 24 hours. across the southeastomorrow we could actually see severe weather. large-scale damage and isolated tornadoes and the saudi side of the storm. and as we get up toward tuesday, 4:00 p.m., the big cities starting to get involved. d.c. rain creeping into new york city west of that a snow events, interior sections of the northeast and ohio valley could get six to 12 inches o heavy wet smell. as we head intoednesday, all along the i-95, coastal cities, mainly rain events. however, the worst of the weather for all of these coming tuesday afternoon, overnight tuesday and wednesday and then we will be dealing witwind gusts in excess of 40 miles-per-hour. if you're traveling by air despite the fact we are dealing with rain, lot of flights will be grounded. then we have the snow. we could see a winter wonderland the thanksgiving, but unf

live from the weather center to tell us what to expect help him, that unum it's illegal -- >> taking in a lot. heavy rain across the gulf coast in toward the southeast. you can also see a mixing eric dangerous to travel on. best ticket through the next 12 to 24 hours. across the southeast tomorrow we could actually see severe weather. large-scale damage and isolated tornadoes and the saudi side of the storm. and as we get up toward tuesday, 4:00 p.m., the big cities starting to get involved. d.c. rain creeping into new york city west of that a snow events, interior sections of the northeast and ohio valley could get six to 12 inches of heavy wet smell. as we head into wednesday, all along the i-95, coastal cities, mainly rain events. however, the worst of the weather for all of these coming tuesday afternoon, overnight tuesday and wednesday and then we will be dealing with wind gusts in excess of 40 miles-per-hour. if you're traveling by air despite the fact we are dealing with rain, lot of flights will be grounded. then we have the snow. we could see a winter wonderland the thanksgi

. >> she went to some of the unum. she at -- south vietnam. -- she met with wounded soldiers. that was her choice. >> our next video is about her travels. [video clip] the most widely traveled first lady's in our history. used.plomatic passport of can see here, the photos vice president and mrs. nixon. it is. related to the different nations they visited. -- it is full of stamps. she wanted to go out into the field and see the people. she wanted to work with them at the wishing to do to help. she wanted to go to hospitals and orphanages. when she went to panama -- these tax were used on her second to last trip as first lady. she and the president visited austria, egypt, saudi arabia, israel, and jordan. the first time the president and first lady have been to israel. they were on her personal luggage. the museum and some of the items on display. samples ofa lot of gifts given to mrs. nixon during her for an travels stop this problem on this piece. -- during her travels. -- this is probably the oldest piece. nixon was a fine example -- a tablecloth given to her in 1969. [indisc

this morning, we'll be joined by the ceo of insurance provider unum, waste management's ceo david steiner. we have kimberly clark's tim falk and we'll cap off our ceo summit with fred smith from fedex. the more records from wall street as janet yellen says the central bank's current policies will continue. >> we expect to maintain a highly accommodative monetary policy for some time to come thereafter. and the message that we want to send is

the only when i know is eplur u epluribus unum. that was set for everything that followed. teddy roosevelt, though a wealthy man and a remarkable intellect himself published his first book the year he graduated from harvard, didn't make the mistake of being like quincy adams. he fancied himself an outdoorsman, pugilist literally and figure of lee, a naturalist and explorer, teddy -- tevi troy tells a story about him , a natt and explorer, teddy -- tevi troy tells a story about him when he was out west, gone to montana in a bar and get a. and he talked about it. there's never a shortage of great teddy roosevelt stories. another one from his adventures in the west where he did earn the respect of the cowboys. for learning their ways and enduring their hardships, they tease him a little bit, called him fluoride to because he had glasses but they did accept him as one of their own. this is a story that he couldn't quite take the man hadn't grandy out of the boy completely even when he was in the dakotas and one of them, a biographers' they would nearly double over sometimes whe

. -- there is too muchpluribus unum. ordinaryum folks are contributing things at great variety. stadiums are setting it, the u.s. soccer team, schools from alabama and utah, all over the place. people in their 90s, little kids arising and resetting the gettysburg address, which is quite exciting. host: as a understand it you're heading to ginsburg today? guest: i'm pulling up not to the visitor center where we will be filming citizens recording the address for us and talking about the meeting on this important day, the 150th anniversary -- i do want to respond to a caller from alabama about the president. i had an opportunity to speak with him before he recorded the address for us. his only reason for not being there is modesty. he had spent so much time in august dealing with the 50th anniversary of martin luther king speech that he didn't want to feel that he was appropriating yet another one. this is not through lack of interest. he would love to be -- and he would love know better than to be here. this is about citizens coming here to these hallowed grounds, to the sacred th

shatty unum by his own father. he was stabilized by his other son, also a cardiologist. a whole big family affair. the operation thankfully saved the life of the father who is also a cardiologist. you guys are doing well as a family i would say. all are doctors at bay shore community hospital. they're here this morning to share that remarkable story. first of all, tell me about the moment that you realized your father was having a heart attack. i believe it was you. >> yes. yes. he was basically complaining of crushing chest pain, substernal chest pain which is in this area of the chest. he was nauseous. i immediately brought him some aspirin and plavix, which is another blood thinner. i had my mom call in. >> and head for the hospital? >> yes. i was able to ride the ambulance back to the hospital with my dad and that's when shatty did the catheterizati catheterization. >> dr. shatty, you are his son, all doctors, familiar with the medical world. when you bring a family member into the mix it probably would, i imagine, create a whole other level of anxiety. what was it l

bean, maine medical center, the warren center in bangor, bath ironworks, unum, a large insurance company. there are many, many more, and, madam president, i would ask that the list of maine headquartered companies and businesses that are associated with the state of maine be included in the record at the end of my remarks today. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. collins: in addition, enda is very similar to current law in nearly two dozen states, including, i'm proud to say, the great state of maine. but, madam president, in spite of how far we've advanced the cause of civil rights in this country, it still remains legal in 29 states to fire or to refuse to hire someone simply because he or she is lesbian, gay, or bisexual. now, most businesses don't discriminate. they simply want to hire the best worker for the job regardless of sexual orientation. but in others, high-performing lgbt employees can be and still are legally discriminated against. you know, madam president, when i discuss this issue with many of my constituents, they're shocked to learn that it is legal under f