and this week kennedy's campaign confirmed that rogers and former professional wrestler and former minnesota governor jesse ventura are at the top of his list for vice president. and today, rodgers is responding to the allegations that he told people that he believed that the 2012 sandy hook shooting was not real. so rodgers posted on social media this morning, quote, as i'm on the record saying in the past what happened in sandy hook was an absolute tragedy. i am not and have never been of the opinion that the events did not take place again. i hope that we learn from this and other tragedies, tragedies to identify the signs that will allow us to prevent unnecessary loss of life. my thoughts and prayers continue to remain with the families affected along with the entire sandy hook community. more than 12 million americans receive health care coverage under both medicare and medicaid. the lawmakers right now are saying to federal health programs are not better than one. washington correspondent jessi turnure reports. democrats and republicans are working together to try and find that sweet s