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setting a government building on fire. police are firing tear gas into the crowd. news reporter tells us many of the peaceful protesters left once the violence began. we are reaching out by phone. noda will be joining us in a few minutes. a much calmer gathering in washington, d.c. it is a march for jobs and justice being led by civil rights activist, the reverend al sharpton, heading for the new martin luther king memorial which will be officially dedicated tomorrow. a catholic bishop has been charged with failing to report suspected child abuse. bishop robert finn knew about foreign graphic pictures of children on a priest's laptop last december. if convicted, bishop finn could face a year in jail. actor larry hagman says he has been diagnosed with cancer. the 80-year-old, best known fr
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his role as j.r. ewing on the tv series, dallas, didn't disclose the type but says it is a very common and treatable form of cancer. he will undergo treatment this month while working on a remake of the show, dallas. let's get right to those occupy italy roe protests that have turned violent. barbie nado is in italy. she is joining us by phone. earlier, mentioned these an a anarchists that clash with the peaceful protests. are you there? >> i am here. i can't hear the show, though. i can hear you. >> tell me about how this protest has been taken over by the anarcists. >> what we have right now is a
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situation that has definitely returned to a more calm environment. it is not normal yet. he have pockets of these anar chists that are causing problems. she are showing a train station which looks like it is getting a little bit violent. there is still a dozen they are saying right now of these more violent anarchists where they are holding out where the bulk of the violence was earlier. they are still battling with the police. the police using tear gas and water cans to get around them to cart them off. dozens of protesters have been taken into custody. dozens of injuries reported. a lot of police officers injured and a lot of the peaceful protesters are injured. >> are you hearing, barbie, whether there is a plan to
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resume the demonstrations, kind of this "occupy italy" after what is taking place this evening is brought under control. >> at the height a couple of hours ago, i saw a lot of the peaceful protesters just packing up and going somewhere else. they were upset, complaining, saying this isn't about why we are here, then, about an hour ago, there was sort of a new protest that was brewing in another part of rome on the far side of this piatt za son giovanni. then they are talking about what they are talking about in the first place job cuts and students complaining about the cuts in education in italy. the peaceful protesters are still undetained. it is after 8:00 at night. it is dark here in rome. there is still violence in certain parts of the city centers. so whether they stage another protest, we are still waiting to hear. there has been some talk they are going to try to get their
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point across yet. their voices have been heard. the only voices today were those of the violent anarchists. we will check back with you throughout the afternoon or evening. >>. >> protesters are also on the march today in one of the world's most important financial capitals, that of london. thousands of demonstrators gathered near the heart of the city's financial district. no reports of any violence there in the british capital. back to this country and the "occupy wall street" protest. a showdown was avoided yesterday when demonstrators were allowed to stay in a park that they have been occupying. the park owner at first wanted to clear out the park to sanitize it and clean it but then changed his mind. back to washington, d.c. where people are marching on the
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national mall. they want congress and the government to stop bickering and start working together to create jobs. >> it is time for us to occupy wall street, occupy washington, occupy alabama. we come to take our country back to the people. cnn's athena jones is at the march in washington. athena, it is coinciding with the sentiment of the occupy wall street protest. this is a separate march from that, right? >> reporter: it is. this was planned some time ago. it was supposed to coincide with august 28th, the original date of the dedication of the martin luther king memorial. that would have been the 48th anniversary of the march on washington and his famous "i have a dream" speech. in march had been planned to take place the day before that. so it shifted along with the
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shifting back of the dedication of the memorial. so the idea today was to honor dr. king's legacy, because we know he was not just about civil rights but also the fight for economic justice. you heard a lot of the speakers today. martin luther king, iii, his son spoke to the crowd along with reverend al sharpton and many union representatives, all talking about the need to bring down the unemployment rate and push for congress to act on jobs. let's listen to what the reverend al sharpton had to say. >> we come today because this country has ignored the plight of unemployed and people that are chronically unemployed on monday in this the capital. they had the audacity to turn down a jobs bill.
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so if you won't get the jobs bill done in the suite. then we will ge the jobs bill done in the street. >> reporter: so that's the idea. about half an hour ago, the crowd took off from the stage behind me marching towards the martin luther king memorial chanting things like "pass that bill." the reverend al sharpton says they plan to have similar events all meant to pressure members of congress to do something on the jobs. the jobs bill as a full package got stopped in the senate. it is going to be broken down into its parts and hopefully passed that way. they want to keep the pressure on. interesting to note, though, that some of the occupy washington protesters, people who have been out on freedom plaza for several days protesting, came down and joined this margin. so the crowd numbers swelled to, we are told, over 1,000, headed
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down to the memorial. >> fred? >> athena jones, thanks so much, the mall on washington. >> among the crowd there, martin luther king iii, he was there at the rally. before he took off for washington, i spoke with him as well as his sister, reverend bernice king. they drew parallels between the occupy movement and the civil rights movement. >> certainly, we have to applaud young people. number one, because the modern civil rights movement was basically young folk. >> so you see some real parallels between the civil rights movement that your dad and many others, foot soldiers, were involved in. you see the parallels with the "occupy wall street"? >> i certainly see that a movement could evolve from what they are doing. and my prayer is that it always stays nonviolent. if it reverts to violence, that would be terrible but i don't
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see that happening. >> at the root of both movements, we are talking the frustration of economic disparities, do you think that when you see some of the young people and people of all ages, not just young people but people right in the middle, people who are older, some who have jobs, some who don't, et cetera, when they are out there, did you feel like you could identify right away that this is very similar to how the seeds of the civil rights movement began? >> well, certainly. the roots of the civil rights movement, as we know. when daddy started, there were already things happening. it wasn't -- the movement didn't start december 1st, 1955. it wasn't the first time someone had sat down on a bus and was mistreated. but the seeds of where people get tired of being trampled
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upon, being mistreated. i see those seeds of frustration being expressed. >> tune in tomorrow at 2:00 eastern for more of my interview with bernice and martin luther king iii. they will be discussing the memorial and how it makes them feel when they see that stone etching of their father. on "it's your money" did you know you can negotiate those expensive medical bills. we will tell you how to cut down with those with the dolans, joining us live from west palm. we will see them live in a moment.
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the number one issues in american homes. getting your financial home in order in our weekly financial fix. we are talking about how to negotiate your medical bills. darla and ken dolan join us. it has been way too long. >> how are you doing? >> i am doing great. great to have you all back. i had no idea your medical costs could be negotiable in what way, to what degree? >> to the degree that 40% of the ruffle 15% of americans that have the nerve to stand up to a doctor or a hospital and say, can we do better on this bill?
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40% of them get a reduction in the price of the medical procedure. >> you have to ask. >> yeah. it is high. it is important for our viewers to understand these little tips talk both for people that have no health insurance, people who have high health insurance dedu deductibles or procedures that are not covered or partially covered. this segment should be titled, no guts, no glory. all you can do is ask. >> so once you ask, might you have a little leverage if you say, i'm going to pay cash, what my health care provider is not covering? i am going to pay cash. maybe you get an additional discount or does it matter how you are going to try to resolve that. >> if you talk to any doctor or hospital, what's the biggest problem they have? waiting for the insurance company. >> medicare. >> the medicaid to pay them. the medicare to pay them.
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so as in every other phase of our lives, cash is king. it could result in as much as a 50% discount. not guaranteeing that but that's how important it is. >> you are talking about the stuff that or the bill that you would get after your provider has covered all these things. if you are getting a $50,000 procedure and you have insurance or medicare is going to cover it you are not going to try and cover that first because, "a," you don't have it. >> you could also be having a $50,000 necessary procedure and have no insurance whatsoever. >> you know what you want to do, fred. the first thing to do is go to health care blue book.com. that's what the insurance company is expected to pay for a particular procedure to get a rough idea, getting an idea of what's the invoice of a new car. i talked to our family doctor today. he encourages people paying cash
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and is daria says, as much as a 50% discount. most people don't realize that most providers have programs. they don't tell you. for people to get discounts who are financially unable to pay or can't pay everything. the program is in place. you just have to ask. >> who knew there was a blue book for medical procedures? >> health care blue. >> it gives you an idea of what to ask so you are not way out in left field really trying to get a low ball price on something. >> then, if you get that, fred, it is very important that you get it in writing? >> yes. you want to have proof so that somewhere down the line some office manager doesn't look at this. >> or billing manager. >> yeah, yeah. >> and say, oh, my goodness, this person owes us a whole lot of money and sends it off to collection. >> sometimes you get a bill from your doctor and it is a surprise to you that come to find out, there is still a bill that you are incurring even after your
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insurance may have weighed in and you still need help paying for it. you say you should be able to ask for some sort of payment plan. >> absolutely. you want to talk to the billing manager. most doctors and a lot of providers have billing managers. they don't do it in the office. what you want to do as sort of a last report, fred, is ask for a payment plan that makes sense to you. don't agree to something that you simply can't pay to shut him up for a month or two. if you don't pay, it is going to go to collections and you are going to be worse off if you hadn't done it in the first place. a payment plan that works. no guts, no glory. >> also in writing. everything in writing so you can keep it straight. >> it is always good to see you all. i have missed you. >> thank you, fred. >> you too. >> thank you. we missed you too, fred. >> ken and daria dolan. i know you want to hear more. you can sign up for a free
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militant fighters, the son of anwar al awlaki was killed in a drone attack. american troops are headed to central africa to help hunt down the leader of a notorious rebel group. the u.s. troops will be armed but the pentagon says only to defend themselves. and, does this look right to you? does it look like it is leaning. london's most famous clock tower is no longer standing up straight. it is leaning off about one foot off kill ter. london officials say, there is no reason to think that big ben is going to topple over any time soon. it has been standing for more than 150 years. the economy may be in the tank but one industry, believe it or not, is growing like mad.
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business is booming. >> see, i didn't do that. >> reporter: the owner says she didn't feel the effects of the recession and hasn't seen a drop in her clientele during the slow, economic recovery. >> every year, our business is better and better. so this is the business to be in. it is consistent and it is growing. >> reporter: in fact, she had to move to a larger space two years ago to accommodate the growing number of stylists looking to rent a booth here. >> reporter: despite the sluggish economy, barber shops and salons like this one are growing. >> it is a necessity because i want my hair looking like it is maintained. i don't buy new shoes. i do get the hair done. >> reporter: the number of barber shops in maryland rose nearly 7% in 2007 and 2009. the number of beauty shops jumped more than 18%.
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there were 18.6 more barber shops and 14.4% more beauty shops in 2009 than 2007. one sign of the effect the recession has had even on educated workers, 7 of the 9 stylists here at fabulox had college degrees and spent years working in other fields. >> tarsa sox was a real estate agent and when the housing market tumbled, she decided to trains a stylist to earn extra money. she plans to quit her office job and be here full time. >> reporter: mimic's sister, aishia has a master's in education but lost her job two years ago. >> contracts dried up a lot for many of us and just couldn't sustain myself doing it anymore. now, she helps train people who want to become stylists. it is an industry that can't be outsourced.
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>> it is normally a community-based type industry. in every community, you have a barber shop. >> derrick davis is vice president of the national association barber boards of america. he has a barber shop that's been in his family since 1968. >> beauty has always been something that the public has always wanted. everybody wants to look good and they want to feel good. >> reporter: that's why mimac expects business at her salon to remain strong. athee ya jon athena jones, capital heights, maryland. it was 60 years ago today that "i love lucy" debuted on cbs. lucille o'ball starred in the first program in california. it was not shot live but recorded on film inventing what we now call reruns. it was the first show to be shot with three cameras. a technique still used fod.
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