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studies that involved the university of colorado? >> reporter: and it's noted in these court documents that she sees students for both reasons, but it did say that he was seeing her as a patient. >> all right, jim spell man, thanks so much for that update. meantime three of the 12 colorado shooting victims are being remembered in special services today. in texas, powerful words during a service for jessica ghawi from her brother. >> if this coward would have done this with this much hate, imagine what we can do with this much love. and the other thing is if you're putting your dreams on hold, you stop that right now. you chase those dreams. you don't know how long you have here. is. >> nick, three victims. three very different pointian memorial services.s. >> nick, three victims. three very different pointian memorial services.. >> nick, three victims. three very different pointian memorial services. >> nick, three victims. three very different pointian memorial services.
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>> an overwhelming day for all of us that have covered this shooting particularly and especially for the families and victims of this horrendous attack. three people honored today, their lives remembered. jessica ghawi being sort of the quintessential face of this shooting that happened just one week ago yesterday. jessica, an aspiring sports broadcaster, chased her dreams, known to her friends as gentlemjesse red, a huge fan of hockey. we listened to her service in san antonio, texas. and heard one of her colleagues and broadcasts telling an embarrassing story, one of the first time she gab to recobegan she forgot to turn on the microphone. just one of the three being honored today. john larimer also, 27 years old, followed in the footsteps of his grandfather and father, enlisted in the u.s. navy, described as a very charming man from crystal lake, i willlinois. had a visitation yesterday, but
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larim larimer's family paying their respects. we spoke to his appear who was as you can imagine devastated by the news. and matt mcquinn is the last of the three being honored today and mcquinn of course one of those heros that dove in front of his girlfriend to stop the bowl let bullets shielding her. bittersweet end for his family. his uncle describeded this as a heroic act, but bittersweet for the people. >> a moment like that you can't think. all you can do is react. and for matt to immediately react to protect the one that he loved showed us what great character he had and made us proud that he was a part of our family. >> and there are lot of little funny stories coming out about the three that are remembered tod today. and one of the funniest, if you can have your tragedy high, this video of jessica ghawi falling and slipping on the ice.
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i think we have some of that tape. but on the ice trying to interview -- conduct an interview with a hockey player and couldn't keep her ball, wearing the wrong shoes. so some of the more uplifting moments of the funeral services. but as i mentioned, just an emotional day about for everybody and our thoughts and prayers are definitely with the victims. >> thanks so much, nick. appreciate that. there's more. tonight 8:00 eastern time, cnn's don lemon will be posting a special report you can madness at midnight, the search for answers in aurora. now to syria. at least 100 have been killed and allepo is a city under assume. >> reporter: after six days of fighting urks opposition activists said helicopter gun shirps were flying over the city which is syria's commercial hub. there were also reports that
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syrian military reinforcements had arrived there and that tanks, security forces and armored vehicles were roaming the streets. by later in the day, anti-government demonstrations were also being reported in the a when poe s allepo suburbs. opposition activisted reported explosions have rocked several neighborhoods and rebel forces had also battled there. one amateur video reports to show a helicopter as it fires on a residential neighborhood. you can see the smoke rising from the she willllshelling. shelling also reporteded in homs province. you can matter what sounds like incoming missiles and the strikes after which you see smoke rising up. local coordination committees says more than 16,000 people have been killed in the conflict in serial. also this week, the u.n. secretary general said that almost 17,000 people have died since the beginning of the
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uprising in syria. i also spoke with an activist in allepo, she talked about how people had been fleeing to areas that are safer from shelling. >> yesterday and the day before yesterday, because the bombs starting from three to four days before and there are some maybe hoods in the city and some neighborhoods still more safe that be the other neighborhoods. these people, they have no place to go. because some of them know that the situation is not safe. they came to allepo from one to two months before because they didn't go back to their homes. and now again to more safe
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neighborhoods. >> are the wiwe'll keep you upd syria. no surprise in a michael phelps would qualify for a final event, but it's how narrowly he was able to do that that just might surprise you. a live report from london next. [ male announcer ] research suggests the health of our cells plays a key role throughout our entire lives. ♪ one a day men's 50+ is a complete multi-vitamin designed for men's health concerns as we age.
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let the games and the drama begin. today is the first full day of the 2012 olympic games in london and u.s. swimming legend michael phelps has already had a pretty close call. so phelps just barely qualifying for the 400 meter individual medley. but then you have to wonder, you know, is that a sign of what's to come or might he have been reserving his energy since he's competing in so many things? what do you think? >> i think michael phelps fans are hoping that it's the latter, that he was keeping some energy in the tank so to speak for all the races coming up over the next few days. whatever the reason why, it was
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surprise to go see him struggle to qualify for the final. he qualified the last possible time he could have to make it in, just made it in by .007. lochte caught the third fastest time and a japanese teenager the past e. o fastest one in the heat. so i'm looking for the duel in the pool. a lot of people in the states there will be stopping whatever they're doing to see who will be the fastest man in the water. at least today. >> oh, my goodness. and one has to wonder, you knyo, the opening ceremonies went pretty late into the evening for particularly the athletes who had to start the first full day of competition. he was being paraded around in the stadium. one has towonder if that makes an impact on the athlete. >> they have so many
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distractions here that it is very tough to stay focused. this is a plan who has won 14 olympic gold, so you'd think he knows what needs to be done. but when everybody wants your picture and autograph, maybe you lose a little bit of hunger. maybe he'll storm out of the blocks and beat a world record in the final. you can never count phelps out of anything. >> you're right about that. thanks so much. keep us posted with that race taking place very shortly. will you make to the and you can aquatic stadium hint ybehind? >> no, i'll be doing lives for all our networks. >> almost like being there. thanks so much. >> michelle obama had a front row seat for serena williams victory today.
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she sat nat peopin the family b was seen chatting with her sister. the wall street the journal reports that williams gave the bi first lady to say hello from the court and then met with mrs. obama after the victory. it has been 40 years since 11 israeli olympians were killed by terrorists. the victim's families and including president obama urged the committee for a moment of silence at the opening ceremony, but that didn't happen during last night's pageantry. the ioc did hold a moment of silence on monday, a low key event held at the olympic village. but not enough for the widow of the israeli fencing coach murdered in that 1972 attack. she spoke with cnn this morning. >> we are of course very, very disappointed that again the ioc gave in to terror. because they told us that all
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the arab delegations, 46 of them, they had threaten a boycott if the 11 murdered israelis would be remembered. we spoke to the president of the ioc just two days ago and explained to him, gave him all kinds of options. we said you cannot stand in front of thousands of young athlete, you cannot just disregard it. and if you want to inspire a generation, which is the motto of your olympics, tell them let us not forget what happened to munich so that this will never ever happen again. >> last night bob costas who is anchoring the olympic coverage called out ioc for refusing the moment of silence and also paused for 12 seconds during the entrance of the israeli athletes. mitt romney spent several days there and was criticized for several missteps including comments about security issues at the games. now on to israel. romney wants his overseas stops to boost his foreign policy
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credential, raise campaign cash and in the case of israel court the jewish vote back in the u.s. romney is scheduled to meet with netanyahu and then he goes back to europe for a stop in poland. a new medical study shows a simple way that you may be able to reduce your chances of developing pancreatic canner. we'll have details. fwrs ♪ [ female announcer ] pop in a whole new kind of clean. with new tide pods. just one removes more stains than the 6 next leading pacs combined pop in. stand out.
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this week america lost a pioneer, astronaut sally ride, the first american woman in space when she blasted off aboard the space shuttle "challenger." she describe wld what that mome was like. >> i thought at that moment, wow, i get to do this. but then after i got back and the enormity of it hit me, i realized that i was making history, that i had made history. and that's made the whole thing very special for me. >> ride was 61 when she died this week of pancreatic cancer. every year, in america about 45,000 people are diagnosed with
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it and about 37,000 people die from it. but this week, a new study has some encoveraging news about something simple that you might be able to do that could help reduce your chances of getting it. joining me now to talk about this is a physician at premiere care for women here in atlanta. good to see you. so this is a fast moving one. it's clear just by seeing those statistics. so what are the things -- how would you know whether you have it? >> some of the symptoms that people have when they do have pancreatic cancer is nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and they may lose weight. and some people will actually develop jaundice where your skin turns a shade of yellow. and that's some of the symptoms. but part of the problem with pancreatic cancer is why the time you have symptom, it's spread to close by organs making it difficult to remove or operate on these patients and often people dye within six months of diagnosis. and there's no simple blood test
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to diagnose pancreatic cancer. also research being con difficulted, but right now you have to have a scan and maybe a biopsy. but often we find it when it's too late. >> so what's the new break through on this? how might it help people whether to prevent it or find early signs? >> there are risk factors. family history, smoker, overweight. that can increase your risk. but this new study looked at 23,000 people and people who ate a diet high in antioxidants were less likely. things like vitamin c, vitamin e, fruit fruits, grains, tuna. obviously here when the people a it te a hire diet of antioxidants, they were less likely to die of pancreatic cancer. >> it's not something i'm just going to indulge on blueberries,
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but you have to work it in your diet on a regular basis. >> correct. this is a lifestyle modification. you can't always change your genes. i had an uncle that passed away of this, but you can change your lifestyle. so a healthy diet full of fruits and vegetables will decrease your risk for things like cancer. we also know antioxidants help with arthritis and even heart disease. so definitely something to incorporate in your duiet on a regular basis. >> withis is just one more application. all right, always good to see you. thanks for helping us stay healthy. every saturday at this time, we bring you information about medical breakthroughs or ways to improve your health and quality of life. the ongoing drought has been called a disaster of epidemic proce proportions and could raise food prices for years to come. we'll explain why and how.
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a warning from the red cross. the supply of blood in the u.s. right now is at it lowest level in 15 years.
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blood donations typically fall off in summer because of vacations, eitht cetera. but red cross officials say this summer's drop is worse than usually and are warning if blood supplies get any lower, doctors may need to cancel elect difference surgeries. today we've learned that jesse jackson jr. is being treated for depression and gastrointestinal issues. earlier this month an unnamed doctor was quoted as saying he is expected to make a full recovery. the international olympic committee has booted an albania weight lifter for doping. he was tested pots for a banned anabolic steroid. several medals won today and that includes this guy taking the gold for men's cycling. you may remember the story of an elderly school bus monitor
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taking shots from a group of middle school bullies. well, the video sparked a lot of outrage after going viral. we're now happy to report that the woman, 68-year-old karen klein, is retiring. she says she isn't quitting because of what happened, but simply it is time to leave. the country is still sweltering under stream heat conditions. according to statistics released by the na, almost 64% of the country is experiencing moderate or worse drought conditions. the effect of the heat whether soon take its toll on your wallets, as well. emily submit o emily submit oig has details. >> reporter: the wrong time to live off the land. >> it's been sunny too much this year. >> reporter: too much sun, too little rain for too long. tommy's crops are the worst he's had in more than 40 years of
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farming. have you seen anything worse than that? >> i heard my father and them talk about 1948 or something like that. >> reporter: his corn is dry, shriveled and hurting about. >> usually it's 42, 44 gains long and this one's eight grains wrong. >> reporter: the damage stretches across the country. the u.s. department of agriculture estimates two-thirds of all crops are now paeaffectey moderate drought. when did it start looking bad? >> started here about the third week of june. >> reporter: he has federal crop insurance, but at best, he'll break even. so he won't hire the six extra workers he usually gets at harvest. and they won't be the only ones paying the price. >> corn prices are fed all the way up to the supermarket. >> reporter: usda economists say the drought shouldn't cause historic levels of food inflation, but shoppers will see a price increase this year. >> we expect to see poultry
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prices go up 3.5%, to 4.5%, beef prices, pork prices probably 2% to 3%. >> reporter: and then in 2013, another $3 to $4 in-tto a $100 grocery bill. he says if there's no rain in two weeks, his beans will be worthless. with the next crop one year away. >> you like what do you and you can't wait to get up every morning and go do it, but it hurts right how. it hurt wills. >> emily joining me from a farmers market in maryland. so what kind of impact are you seeing kind of trickling right there into the farmer's market? >> reporter: the government says it will be probably 10 do 12 months before you'll see the full impact of what's happening months before you'll see the full impact of what's happening
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months before you'll see the full impact of what's happening. but here they're seeing the first ripple effects. they tell me it was hard to find green beans today. they'll have to get their shipment next week from all the way up in new york state because that's where they haven't had as much heat. they also had a problem getting spinach because that usually comes in from the midwest. and people here are also concerned. they think about their prices for food going up 4% this year. another 4% next year. a hit people hadn't factored on. >> thanks so much, emily. meantime how if you have a 401(k) retirement fund, you could be paying thousands of dollars in fees and you may not even know about that. we'll show you how to find out what you're shelling out. the greatest empires. then, some said, we lost our edge. well today, there's a new new york state. one that's working to attract businesses and create jobs. a place where innovation meets determination...
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if you're one of the 50 million americans participating in a 401(k) plan, you need to listen up. you may be paying out thousands of dollars in fees without knowing it. the average american couple spends about $150,000 over a working life time on 401(k) maintenance fees. a new law going into effect this month requires your fund manager to disclose their fees. personal finance expert daria dolan joining me to tell us what to look for on your next statement. make this easy for us. i think this is really surprising that so much money can be spend on fees and you don't even know it. >> well, exactly. and in an aarp study, it showed 71% of people in 401(k)s didn't think they were charged anything. but this law will help shed light on it. but like most laws, it's not making it a whole lot easier for
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people like us. here's what you have to do. the fund managers are now going to be required only once a year, but at least once a year, to disclose the fees that are charged on and ongoing basis bru you'll be september a list of a sent a list of all the funds. so you have to isolate out the ones that you are invested in and then you'll only see the percentage rate per $1,000 invested. so you have to know how much you've got invested and then do the math to figure out whether you're paying too much or not enough. never not enough. >> and you do the math, but what
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recourse do you have? >> unless you can get a whole group of co-employee to say go to the boss, whoever picked out the fund manager, to lobby for cheaper funds, what you're going to have to do is take a look at the other alternatives that are in there, see what their fee strict structure is. maybe you can find a comparable fund an index fund might have a cheaper fee which will give you the stock exposure. >> how do you calculate the percentage that is reasonable to pay in fees? >> nobody will manage your money for nothing, but you want to limit the liability as much as possible abo
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possible. the difference for a 30-year-old is an enormous amount of money that would be taken away from that would d-be investor.best fd family that i've seen is the van guard family of funds. if you look it at a list of the fees that they charge, nothing is above a half a percent. so the best funds out there will charge under 1%. so you want to try to find plans within your fund that are under 1%. if they're not, then head to the benefits office and have a sit down because your employer is in charge of how successful or not your choices are in your 401(k) perform. >> all right, got to fight for every dollar earned, fight for every dollar to save, as well.
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>> constantly. >> never ending. all right, daria, thanks so much. and you can get personal financial and sign up for their news letter. london has a lot to offer sports enthusiasts even if you're not quite olympic material. we'll jet set across the pond to get a peek at some of the top sporting spots that you might have access to 37 are you serious? [siri] yes i'm not allowed to be frivolous. ah ok, move my 4 o'clock today to tomorrow. change my 11am to 2. [siri] ok marty, i scheduled it for today. is that rick? where's rick? [siri] here's rick. oh, no that's not rick. now, how's the traffic headed downtown? [siri] here's the traffic. ah, it's terrible, terrible! driver, driver! cut across, cut across, we'll never make it downtown this way. i like you siri, you're going places. [siri] i'll try to remember that. to find you a great deal, even if it's not with us.
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london is the center of the universe right now for anybody who loves sports. after a pretty interesting opening ceremony, the olympic games are on. but the games aren't the only place in london to get your sports fix. kate hmaxwell is in london. let's talk about london. everybody knows about wimbledon, but apparently even around the
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women bimbledon championship an olympics there's a way in which you can take it on. >> absolutely. ten tennis originated in england. the men wore hats and ties to play.tennis originated in engla. the men wore hats and ties to play. just down the road there are artificial tennis courts that you can play on. there are ten grass tennis courts and you can play on those for about $10. >> so you'll feel like you're at wimbledon. okay. let's talk about swimming now and these open air kind of bathing pools known as lidos? >> exactly. it originated in the '20s and '30s in england which company in-company insighted with the leisure age. vacation were paid. the height -- there were 57 lidos in london which is amazing
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considering the weather is pretty unree dipredictable. there are about 11 of them left. you can swim through three bathing pools, one mixed, one men, one women, and they're open year-round. and the oldest lido in europe. when the sun is shining, a great place to interact with other lon doer donners. >> a night way to cool down. let's talk about horse back riding. most of the equestrian events are old out, but let's start about some of the parts where just ordinary folks can get involved. >> you really can. hyde park in the center of london, you can horse back ride for about $100 for an hour.
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close to buckingham palace and you'll pass the diana memorial, pavilion and lake and there's a horse pack riding tour that takes in a pub. so the best of both worlds. >> that sounds great. maybe we should have worked that into our schedule. we have a schedule tee time. still could. sounds like a date. kate maxwell, thanks so much. and you can find a lot more travel tips about the sporting life in london and lots of other cool destinations at jet setter.com/cnn. . next our you movie critic will be i guess critically viewing a new movie. the watch. it's about four men who believe
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a glitzy opening ceremony put on by an oscar winning filmmaker. we'll review the opening ceremonies coming up. but first let's start with this week's new films. a group of guys form a faux neighborhood watch and discover an i will yen in-alien invasion in their town. we'll tell you about a new dvd that you may want to check out, as well. you watched the opening ceremony, but let's talk about some of the movies out this weekend including this interesting alien invasion. >> absolutely. the watch is about a team of guys led by ben stiller, he has a motley crue searching the
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neighborhood for a criminal, but what they end up finding is their own version of e.t. instead of e.t. riding a bicycle and eating reese's pea put butter cup, he's killing people and it's terrifying. so this should have been the basis for a fantastic r rated comedy, but did you notice i should have said should have been. >> not so funny? let's watch a little clip of it. i think we have it. >> get your finger in there. >> this thing is awesome. a major find. >> no one touches it until we figure out what it is. >> the last thing we want to do is cause a disturbance. >> come on, vaughn and stiller? sure to be funny. entertaining. >> this is your classic $2 bottle of wine movie. it ain't great, but it gets the
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job done. >> okay. >> comparing it to recent r rated movies like ted, that movie had unbelievable create h. creativity behind it. and the watch is tired, girl. i have had molar extractions that are funnier. i had to give this one a d. i think that this movie should definitely not be on people's list to spend the ton of money on. wait until it's on video. >> okay. next on deck, what's it about? >> the deep blue sea is out on dvd this weekend. and that is a movie starring rachel vice as a woman who is torn between her loveless marriage with her will husbahus the guy that plays locky in the aveng
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avengers. >> let's watch. >> i was the one who wanted to wait for the divorce and you didn't. >> i'm not blaming you. >> looks pretty dramatic. very serious. >> very much so. it's a lot of long linger glancing glances and heavy cigarette smoke hanging in the air while love is going terribly wrong. and although this is not the most exciting movie of i've soofr eever seen, there's something that kept me watching. there's nothing like, but it's only for fans of romantic movies where it's a should she or should she not kind of thing. so definitely the polar opposite from vince vaughn blowing up a
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barn. >> what is your grade? >> i gave it a b. it didn't help moo kein keeping awake, but rachel vice is a great actress. >> all right. thanks so much. and of course you can get all of the movie reviews, but we're not done. no, no. can't wait to find out what her grade is on the olympic opening ceremony. reason being, because it was the brainchild of danny boyle. very familiar with his works of art. so did this show measure up? siri, what's my day look like?
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an update from london now. it was a highly anticipated race, a nail biter of one. 400 individual medley swim race between and pitting american rivals and good friends ryan lochte and michael phelps. in the end, a gold victory for lochte, but a huge disappointment for phelps coming in fourth. and of course we'll continue to update you on the big race that was to be, just the first of many medals that michael phelps will be trying to reach there in london. the reviews are in on last
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night -- how night's olympic ceremony. some are calling it brilliant, but many who commented were rather disappointed. one viewer writing this, beginni gringe-inducing. really this makes some of you proud to be british? and then, i felt like i was watching a bad halftime show at the super bowl. because the ceremony was produced by an oscar winning director, we're asking our film critic for her critique of all this. danny boyle known for "slumdog millionaire" and so many others. this was to be his big baby, his pride and joy. but what do you think about what actually played out? >> it started off on a high note because much to my surprise, the queen of england has now participated in more extreme sports than i have.
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what a great beginning to have the queen pair shorrachuting in everything that after that was more of a mixed bag. i agree with some of the comments that it starts off great, but then starts to get weird like by the time there were mary pop pins floating out of the sky and chasing away -- >> we did not just lose the significance mal. let's try this again. there you are. yay. >> well, you've got me back. that was an important note because i'll tell you what, mary poppins fighting voldemort broke my brain. i didn't know if i was reading the book but instead i was seeing these women with
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umbrellas floating down and it was confusing. but this is what danny boyle does. he brings to life these fantastic movies that always have like a very definite tone. they're magical or scary or intense. and he did that to some extent. but more on a cinematic level instead of a big scale level. which is how one billion people all over the world were watching it. so just like british sense of humor, it ain't for everybody. >> creepy and scary for some of the kids in particular. i was kencouraging my 7-year-ol to watch and then we got to that part and i was like he should probably leave the room. he hung in there, though and he said he wasn't scared. but there were some kind of imaginary creepy scary under the bed kind of stuff. but, hey, it was theater, right? >> it was theater.
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and i think danny boyle mostly succeeded. as a critic, i feel the responsibility to not only critique what we saw, but sort of what the intention was. and his intention was to seem to be to bring us a very cheeky, very british presentation of the opening ceremonies. and i think he it absolutely achieved that. however, he also presented us with weird huge babies.t absolu achieved that. however, he also presented us with weird huge babies.absolute achieved that. however, he also presented us with weird huge babies. sometimes it didn't make any sense. >> well, everything is big at the olympic games. what was your grade? >> well, much like the movies, i'm more than excited about giving this a grade and i'll tell you what, because it wasn't for everybody but even if it was a screw up, it was a decidedly british screw up, i give it a b. cheerio. >> i like that. spot on. all right, appreciate. always good to see you.
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hello again. a warning to former hospital patients in eight states. you could be infected with hepatitis c. police say a lab technician may have spread hepatitis c to hundreds. now health officials are trying to track down patients he came in contact with. senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen has more. >> federal officials say he took powerful narcotics meant for patients and used them on himself and gave thoseinfected. authorities believe he infected 30 people in new hampshire in 2012. now we've learned that in 2010, he surrendered his license a as a radiologic tech. that's when the licensing board started investigating him will after an incident in a hospital in arizona. they are speak viewed interviewe and he told the licensing board
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i looked in and found dave lying on his back in the bathroom stall. i looked in the toilet and spotted a 5 cc syringe and needle floating in the water. the label was blue and he said i'm going to jail. while this arizona board was investigating him, he voluntarily surrendered his license and he wrote a letter to the board saying, i'm surrend surrendering my arizona license at will because i don't have the resources nor money to fight the accusations. and willing to wait to be eligible for reinstated in through three years. later that very same month, he went on to work in hospitals in philadelphia, kansas, georgia, and then new hampshire. an expert? so-called drug diversion says it's all too common that a health professional will be investigated in one state and then leave to go work in another state. >> it's a very

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