matters, the low volatility, and dr. yellen is always there. >> willis report is next, a growing trend of expensive and bizarre food. gerri: tomorrow's favorite foods tonight like avocado ice cream and salmon jerky. also, a consumer's phone call with his cable provider that turned into a nightmare, we will play the tape. and some of the most difficult decisions any family can make, why decisions about carrying for the -- caring for the elderly are becoming more conflex and dangers of falling asleep behind the wheel, the willis report, starts right now. gerri: breaking news out of

washington the house is voting to mas pass a bill to save the failing highway trust fund for the time, it will run dry by august if congress does not act. but the next guest said that the fund is ripe for abuse, as we said, dan, house is voting right now on this bill, written by dave camp, who runs house, ways and means committee. is this temporary fix idea? >> if you think that washington continued to be dominant blazer in state and -- player in the state and local transportation decisions. i do not, i would rather shift these back to the states to local government. gerri: all right. pardon me, they just passed bill. breaking news right now, house just passing the bill. an50-21, this is a temporary fi.

for highway trust fund, funding with 11 billion. but you know, you make a points, who should be paying for this and how to pay for it. what about, the way they want to do this in this bill? there is a tricky pension gimmick that i want to use, tell us about that. they have a. >> they have a few gimmicks to finance the additional spending which is probably a less worse option than increases goldman s gas tax or further increases tax burden on american companies which is what white house wants. but what is frustrateing for lib traeuria-- libertarian is, why e doing this. not to mention this 25% of the gas tax moneys issue siphoned off, and boondoggle mass transit

project, sending money to washington in a leaky bucket is not a good idea. gerri: let's talk about the flowers and bike paths and everything else we're paying for. we're essentially spending 50 billion a year but we only take in 35 billion a year okay looking at money for gas tax taken in. we're over spending our budget. something needs to be done to bring the numbers in line. >> i think, get washington out of the business. we've seen they mismanage things in washington. if we got these programs back to the state and local level, we would have innovation, and diversity, and experimenttation, we would learn what works better, copy when bill clinton about with welfare reform, get

better results, i don't' politicians making the decisions in washington on pork barrel. gerri: that is the way it works about 99.9% of the time. we even have the g.o.p. onboard, some members, a interesting group of people who want to raise the gas tax, what is wrong with raising the gas tax to fix roads and bridges. >> if would not be anything wrong if it, if the state or local government is the one that wants to make that decision. we probably do need more infrastructure, but the question is whether we'll get the best bang for buck by having washington do it. washington is where we get bridges to no where, the corruption. not that state and local governments are immune but at least people are closer to the

problem, they were what bridges and roads need work, you are less likely to get the waste you get with washington doing it. gerri: tom republicans in congr, saying they would like to do different things end the fund, and have states pay for it. but this has been put on pause, wire kicking the -- clear kicking the can down the road right now until the election, is this anyway to run a country? >> probably not a good way, but they can always make things worse usometimes kicking the can down the road is better than an alternative, also senator mike lee has a project on federalism get them back to state and local level, where you get better decisions, not this one size fits all crony capitalism pork barrel spending out of

washington. gerri: thank you, dan. >> thank you. gerri: another growing danger on america's roads, that is driver fatigue, it happens to the best of us, you blast the music, maybe a jolt of coffee, a new study said, most of what we try does not work, this is costing american lives, manager of triple a in aowe work work robert since -- triple a in new york urobert sinclair is joining me now. >> we see 100,000 crashes a year, 1500 deaths and $12 billion monetary loss, roughly 16.5% of all crashes involve driver fatigue. gerri: i think our interest was focused by the tracy morgan story. the comic who was tragically hurt, he is just out of rehab right now, he was hit by a truck driver, should truck drivers

have to rest more? what is th the missing equation. >> the rules are in place, they cannot operate a truck for more than 10 hours in a row with 8 hours rift, but this is -- rest, this is self regulating. a lot of overseas country use a electriconic tracking system. in trucking it is a tight time, tough to make money. drivers make money when they are driving. gerri: and we know that companies are really shorthandd. they can't find enough people to drive. >> sure, there is a lot of turnover in the industry, something like 80% of personnel turnover in average year in trucking industry. gerri: looking rat how people -- at how people try to fight this, drinking coffee, about 53%, open

a window, switch drivers if you can. pull over, stretch, turn up the the ac, how are these as ways to combat sleepiness. >> switching driver is good, if the other person is well rested. what is recommended to have a front-seat passenger with you. who is is a all right. but none of other work, you would be surprised how refreshing just a 20 minute nap would be, drink a caffeine beverage and take a nap. gerri: fall asleep then get up and drive. >> it takes about that long for the caffeine to take hold. you wake up, caffeine is surging, do you some exercise and hit the road. gerri: i don't think in a lot f people understand they are tired, they are so focused on i have to get there. >> this is a very insidious

phenomenon if you notice your mind is drifting, you are drifting out of lane, you don't remember past few miles. gerri: that is telltale. >> yes, you start yawning, you're head gets heavy, perhaps drive past your exit. there is no substitute for pulling over and gets rest. gerri: if you miss yoursic that the is not good, thank you rob stkpwhrert thank you. robert. >> thank you. gerri: have you ever fallen asleep behind the wheel, i am share the ruts -- the results at the end of tonight's show. >> a lot more to come, we want you to face become me or tweet me. of what you think of the topics. you want to pay a gas tax, let us know. at the bottom of the hour i'll read your comments, uncovering more problem at the v.a., a whistle blow are's new claims how the government's agency is

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times for health care, congress is hearing new information from a whistle-blower. listen to this. >> they were up trucking to us -- instructing us to change the dates on claims any claims if they were older than a certain date. gerri: joining me now, military adviser for concerned veterans for america. we are glad you are here, this information is disturbing, not only were they trying to make old claims look newer but some were untouched for years. >> this is appalling. i am not surprised, i hate to keep saying i am not surprised. two years ago i was noticing we have 600,000 claims in the backlog that were decreasing. they were grands what they call

provisional claims they removal most rate thousand from the -- remove the almost 8 thousand of those from the backlog, those claims never got resolved, they were falsifying the numbers that appear they were settling claims. this is the v.a., this is an illegitimate racket. the leaders within the v.a. issue krupgt. gerri: stronissue -- are corrup. gerri: strong words but look at numbers, here is the backlog. today, magically 275,000. that is a big decrease, but are you satisfyed wited with 275,00. >> absolutely not in 2009 it was 89,000. you know when president, patted shinseki on the back for reducing the backlog, yeah, the backlog he created. we have out of the claims in backlog, they have been waiting

125 days or longer, average wait time is 340 days on some cases, they now going into appeals they have not been settled correctly, we have 280,000 veterans in the apraoels line that is not reported, you add those two numbers, you have over 500 thousand claims that have not been resolved. gerri: the v.a. is running around with these numbers in their hot little hands saying this is progress, you say this is not enough. other news, coming out of hearings, velts are being -- vets are being paid who should not be getting money, millions of dollars out the door, does this speak to a disfunctional v.a.? >> it tells me they don't know how to give accurate claim rating. however i do not want this to become a period of pouring

thousands of millions of dollars down the drain, 350 million over next 5 years paid out to people who should not get 100% disability rating. that is an incredible amount, they are trying to rush through. they are not granting accurate claims, this is another thing it give a blank it 100% rate -- blanket 100% rating. so this is taxpayer dollars, we need to be accountable for uand we also need to be fair, and accurate and expedite this. 30 something thousand records found in milwaukee, claims records that have been shoved away in hidden, i do not just these managers. gerri: well, i think you make a good points if the v.a. were a personal computer, i would restart it, reboot it.

how do you do that with the government agency? >> well, you then is the largest healthcare provider government, in the nation. i don't think that government in my opinion should be in the healthcare, the veterans should have an opportunity to go to private practice, my solution is too simplistic, once have you a government agent, good luck in getting rid of it like irs, it is with us, i am demand that they run effectively, because i'm not going away. we're going to ride them, and keep riding them hard until they fix this these men and women serve with honor, you cannot have people waiting over 125 days to receive benefits in a backlog, i can get to food stamps in 30 days, this is appalling not right, then to lie to american people about results. we don't do that on active duty, what are we doing with these

v.a. officials. gerri: well said, i think that irs is in the constitution. we're not getting rid of it. >> i'll give that you one. gerri: but not the others either, they are with us. >> we have to make home fudgeal. gerri: thank you. spill to come, get this, irk talk to -- i talk to women's british open winner mo martin. >> breaking up with hard to do with your cable service provider, how to end things with your cable company.

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gerri: with the introduction of on-line streaming services more and more americans are cutting cable cord. number of homes not subscribeing has risen, what do you do if you want to call it quits with your cable provide ir. i think people out there think iit is super easy to cut the cord. >> it is not, it can be an ordeal, millions of people threaten to leave, when they see how complicated it and how many calls they make, they say forget it. gerri: we found a video. actually just audio of a couple folks. come cost, and it wasa comcast,

it was 20 minutes, here is part of it. >> can you cancel,. >> yes. >> it sounds like you don't' to go over the information with me. then that is easiest way to get it disconnected. >> i am declines to state why we're leaving i do not owe you, if you have to fill out your form that is fine, proceed to next question, we'll attempt to answer that if possible. >> so, being that we're number one provider of internet andty of service in the country -- -- >> something said this like is breaking up with a boyfriend. >> awful. gerri: the guy keeps saying, we're number one provider. >> 5 or 10 years, we -- when you moved we stuck with you. it is ridiculous, if you top leave your -- if you want to leave your cable company, you do not have to explain.

you have to track your consumption. see how much tv you are watching, if you watch series or movies, and you don't need 600 plus channels, you don't care about live programs like sports or live news, and you want a cheaper alternative. gerri: we all care about live news. >> you know everyone is looking to cut cost, if you can get netflix for $8 a month versus 65 on average for cable. gerri: service provideer has to honor your intentions? >> they should. but here is the thing, a lot more expenseive to go after and acquire a new customer than keep an existing one, 6 to 7 times more, service rep is probably under pressure to keep him there. gerri: he gets a bonus? >> i would assume there is a deal or a financial penalty if

he does not keep this guy. that is why he is saying i don't understand why you are leaving. he does not owe the rep any reason why he is leaving. >> i think you can find this situation with almost any service provide ir, whether you talk well electricity service or -- >> cable companies have worse customer satisfaction ratings of all. gerri: before we go, i want to get comcast reaction in here. the way in which our representative communicateed with him is unacceptable, not howry train our -- how we train your representatives, we're investigating. >> it did seem aggressive. many have had a similar

experience. gerri: golf is big business. one of my favorite pastimes, it was amazing to watch sunday, a golfer rides to the top for her first career win at a sterling fields like the british open, with me now is the winner mo martin. i have to pass along because i tweeted annika soa soar an stame would have out show, she said congratulations. >> i got an e-mail from arnold palmer, he said what a tournament to pick to win our first that was special too. gerri: that is cool. wow amazing. let's talk about a couple of days to digest the win, how do you feel today? >> i have not had that much time, we got done late, sitting

on the range expecting a play-off. then, it ended up winning out rate right, and had interviews, and traveled to the states, i am ohio right now. >> you are playing -- competitively, talk about what this win means for you. >> i am still processing what it means and what will change. it is going to be fantastic. but right now i'm back at an lpga event. focusing on the job at hand. gerri: we're watching the shot on 18, this fantastic shot. what were you thinking whether you hit up -- and this ball hits stick on 18, tell us what happened? >> well i got to the shot. it was howling sunday, tough conditions, up to 25 mill per

hour gusts, that is a very challengeing government course as it is. -- golf course as it is, windy left to right, it was a perfect 3-wood set up for a left to right. and i hit it how i wanted to, and you know it landed i thought it would be too long, i said sit, then go, and i said, i have nothing more to say to that ba ball. i heard is from about like 250 out, i heard it hit the stick, i said oh, my god it hit the flagstick. gerri: you know, you looked as surprised as anyone when this happened. >> i was. all we can do, as athletes is execute what we try to do, in golf, sometimes you get a good game sometimes you don't. there are so many breaks that can go either way, i was

shocked. i probably of the most shocked. gerri: you should take credit, you did a great job. and in this tournament. conditions were super tough, wind was blowing, howling. really difficult to play. and you are not like somebody of great stature, a tiny thing, what is it like to compete --ure you 5-2? >> in my spikes i am 5-3. you know, i think golf is a beautiful game, because, i was just. michelle wie just congratulateed me and she is over 6 feet, a different build from me, we don't have to be the same build to play there game. i maximize what i can, make of most of what i have. i capitalize my accuracy. gerri: you are inspiring women

to play, we're excited about that mo thank you. great to have you. >> thank you, appreciate it. gerri: cool. well, later in the show, a new medical breakthrough, eye test may detect your risk for alzheimer's. and so fancy it is wacky. the best and worse gourmet items features the new york summer fanss food show. -- fancy food show.

gerri: if you are eating dinner right now listen up, how about salmon jerky? citrix caviar, and avocado ice crime, sampleing some of the

best and worst of the gourmet food industry, charles you are a judge at this, you are important guy. when you came back, talked to your editor what were you most excited about? >> i would say called half-pot, that is a popcorn product, half popped. it is like you know kernell at bottom of bag have you a love-hate relationship with them, someone figured out how to pop the popcorn half way. gerri: you have crazy stuff. we have it, avocado ice cream. it is green. >> naturally green. gerri: i'm going to taste this. >> this is from product line

called magnolia. avocado is a super food, they put it on subway sandwiches, now you can have it for dessert. that. gerri: that's nice. >> one of those things that we're seeing avocados in everything. it is we may now see in the freezer case. gerri: everywhere. it is, cook, chefs tell me, one ingreed kwrepblt they caingredin anything that sells it. have you apple strudel drink? >> yes, apple strudel, not just for dessert, your every-day beverage, from a couple of austrian entrepreneurs, said we love apple strudel, why can't we have it in liquid form. >> it is like apple cider. >> like a cinnamon spicy apple side ircider, saying you can hat

hot and cold. gerri: this is the winner, this is like you will see it. >> a huge concept this is cookie but thbutter. peanut butter but made with cookies from a company called -- gooey on the inside, they come out with different flav orbs of flavors of cookies they mush them up, make it like a peanut butter. >> what would you put it on? >> some people eat is straight out of a jar, that eat it on a sandwich. gerri: maybe on top of vanilla ice cream. >> a wonderful dessert topping. gerri: this? >> the sophy award, oscar of the food world. and i will tell you that products you tried were none won a sophy.

but, the specialty food association, that puts on fancy food show, they give out, about 30 of these statues to the best and the brightest of the thing, i was one of the judges. gerri: what won? >> a lot of different products, a different cookie butter won. a couple different chips. couple different pates. gerri: what was the trend. you said this will be big. >> a couple different 1, anything, coconut was huge. we saw it with coconut water. i stau with everything. i saw coconut chips, coconut ice crime, coconut yogurt, coconut was a dominant play or, people like the provical -- tropical flavors another thing, jerky. you mentioned salmon jerky, everyone is going nuts for

gerby, beef jerky, turkey jerky, with seasoning. gerri: what about football? >> the football bread, eat the ball, you can play with your bread, a catchy concept. it is your basic roll but shaped like a football. gerri: why? why? >> one like a hockey puck. to get kids to eat their bread. which weather it will cash on remains to be seen. gerri: good stuff, charles thank you. thank you. >> okay. gerri: all right, wow, i have my cookie dough. >> facebook dishing out more of your private information teaming up with nielson to watch what you are watchining on your mobie device, should toe you be concerned, julia horowitz, welcome to the show, tell me,

should i be concerned? >> an thank you for having me, i think that you should be caref careful. i think that maybe concerned. gerri: what could go wrong? >> well, this is a use o of a ue of material that is up loaded by users that facebook users i don't think have anticipateed. the things that can go wrong are things that can happen. their personal data is used for things they did not anticipate. gerri: you say personal data not your name, but your age, and i think gender to identify you? to establish trends of viewing habits, right? >> that is what i understand, although, it is not as hard to -- as it might sound, it appears

that nielsen and facebook are trying to amon amonga myself the katea they get -- anonamize the data they get. gerri: thank you, julia. >> thank you. gerri: and here is what? of you are posting on my facebook page about your poll question. have you ever fallen asleep behind the while. scott posted, i almost did, the roads were dark. when i feel drowsy i look for a fast-food restaurant or a coffee shop, park far from the door and walk briskly in, get a coffee, balk back that brings me too. coming up, not an easy conversation, end of life care, technology causing people to

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it is important to share with our love ones and our clinics what type of care we would like. gerri: more complicated, because people are at different levels of co cognizance in those last years, is earlier you can do it the better? >> absolutely, we say always too early until it is too late, we urge people to have a conversation with their loved ones around kitchen table before there is a crisis. begin to start having these conversations, they are not easy ones to have. so when you can do it when you are not critically ill or not in the intensive dare unit, not a lot of family dynamics going on, it is opinion i important to dot

in a calm, quiet, intimate setting with your loved ones. gerri: how do you get started, sitting around the dinner table, pass the meat loaf, then how do you want to die? >> there is no one sid size fit, this is a difficult conversation to have, in my situation, my husband and i were going on a extended vacation, our dull children were -- adult children were visiting us, after dinner we said, this is an important gift to give you, in the unlikely even what would happen to us, we want you don't what kind -- you to know what kind of care we would like at the end of our lives, was it challengeing? yes, were my kids yes, but they

rose to the occasion, it leads to other things about what else is important to you in your lives, we understand it is difficult, that is why we created a starter kit. that people can download free of change, on our web site, conversation project. org, a starter kit to help you start with the conversations, they are ice breakers, and not only for the conversation with a loved one, but also with your doctor. gerri: gives that you web site. >> the conversation project, all one word, dot org. they are in english and spanish, that you down have to register they are free of charge. we would like everyone to have these conversations so their end of life care wishes can be expressed and honor stphaod thank yohon --ed.gerri: thank y.

>> thank you. gerri: still to come, my 2 cents more, and new promising research in the fight against alzheimer's, what you don't want to miss. stay with us. ♪ ♪

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>> they can inneck. and give the patients this pig mepigment that will be be absor. although, the study is yet not cop phraoepl. complete, this is promising to show there is perhaps of a means of a non-invasive study to look at those at risk for complications from alzheimer's. gerri: it looks like we'll be able to detect the disease. it was like 100% accuracy. in telling you, that you have the disease early on. how does that bullpen people manage the disease? >> here is where it is relevant, in addition to this study there is other evidence to suggestion

that by intervening earlier, with aldzal patients in -- alzheimer's patients in modifying exercise or diet or behavioral changes, they can decrease the cognitive decline. there is a big push to look for other areas in terms of suggestions or earlier diagnosis so by intervening they can extend sort of the functional period for some of these patients, that really is where a lot of the focus is. gerri: are you telling me that alzheimer's is associated with lack of activity, isolation. i heard there are connections to depression. it might help if you are healthy to waylay alzheimer's. >> there is a suggestion they can be called compounding

factors in accelerating will development of the disease, there has been a lot of research of late focusing on the impact of physical activity as well as aspects of diet. and so, it is very interesting in this study, we don't often look at the retina or opticner nevenerve as an extension of the brain but they are. if we can identify these patients earlier, perhaps there are some modifications that can happen to improve the quality of life, looking between now and 2050, number of people projected to suffer from alzheimer's is going to be close to 13 million. that is a big number. if there are things we can do to

decrease of number of complications and number of people suffering we'll see a lot of research. gerri: it will help research if you can identify people early, i will mention one positive fact. alzheimer's rate in this country is falling. so that is a good news for folks out there. 44% lower chance of developing dementia then 30 years ago dr. p thank you. >> thank you. gerri: we'll be right back with my two cents more, and answer to the question of the day, have you ever fallen asleep behind the wheel? stay with us. i had no idea i had shingles.

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when i was drumming and moving my rib cage and my arms like this it hurt across here. when i went to the doctor and said what's happening to me his first question was "did you have chickenpox?" i didn't even really know what shingles was. i thought it was something that, you know, old people got. i didn't want to have clothes on. i didn't want to have clothes off. if someone asked me "let's go dancing" that would have been impossible.

the two at the top of the hour robert sinclair gave us vital advice on how to stay

alert and awake while driving. have you ever fallen asleep behind the wheel? we asked the question and 43% of you said yes. 57% said no. log onto gerri willis.com. for our online question. finally tonight, there are times we would all like to turn back the clocks to a simpler world. massachusetts senator had a similar of the three this week. she wants the banks to be smaller and go back to a time when they weren't as big as they are today. first off the banks are as big as they were before the financial crisis and breaking them up as she suggested simply doesn't make sense. that's because you can't turn back the clock.

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