thanks so much for watching. make it a great day, everybody. hello, everyone, welcome to "america's news headquarters." >> and topping the news at this hour, there is new outrage today over a string of shootings in chicago. we will take an in-depth look at that explosion of gun violence in president obama's hometown. what's being done to try and finally get it under control. plus, the terror attack blocking the heart of a major capital city. the chaotic scene after a group of gunmen storm a busy shopping center. they tell all the muslims to leave and then fire into the remaining crowd. >> and they apparently kill

140,000 americans a year. could a popular vitamin be the answer to reduce the risk of having a stroke? we'll talk about vitamins and strokes with our fox news medical team on the case next. and we begin with president obama saying the affordable care act obama care will not be held hostage in exchange for averting a government shutdown. even some republicans actually say it's a bad idea. the gop dominated house approved a stopgap plan to keep the government running. but it slashes obama care. the president also sounded the warning of national default if the congress doesn't raise the debt limit. more now from washington. hi, molly. >> hi, julie, this battle over funding obama care will move to the senate on monday when the senate takes up the house bill you were talking about that funds the government, except for obama care. president obama blamed the, quote, far right for risking a government shutdown over the health care law.

>> they'd actually plunge this country back into recession all to deny the basic security of health care to millions of americans. that's not happening. and they know it's not happening. >> republicans aren't convinced that it's not happening. house republican leaders say they did their part to stop the law from, quote, causing any more damage to american families and american businesses. >> got businesses all over the country who are not hiring because of the impact of this law. you've got other businesses that are reducing the hours for their employees because of this law. and so our message to the united states senate is real simple. the american people don't want the government shutdown and they don't want obama care. >> top senate democrat harry reid says he has the votes to change the house bill, to insert money for obama care into it and

send it back to the house. but some senate republicans say they're ready to fight that, possibly even via a filibuster. a spokesman for texas republican senator ted cruz says, quote, we'll use any procedural means necessary to protect the house bill. and keep debate open. standing guard against any attempt to reduce this opportunity to another show vote. senator reid must not be allowed to add obama care funding back into the house-passed bill. and there's another fight brewing on capitol hill over raising the nation's debt ceiling. its borrowing limit. republicans say the country cannot afford another increase, but president obama says congress must raise it to pay for past spending. julie? >> molly hanenberg, thanks so much. in investigation of the security firm that did the background checks of navy yard shooter aaron alexis and nsa leaker edward snowden. that firm suspected of misleading officials about the

quality of its work. and this comes as former employees are coming forward now with personal stories that they say of intense deadline pressure and heavy work loads. elizabeth live in washington. >> well, the private company which has grown to become the biggest private contractor handling background checks for the government is called u.s. investigation services or usis. officials from the justice department and lawmakers alike are investigating the thoroughness of its work. reports are surfacing that contractors are overwhelmed with requests. critics are saying there are too many to sort through. >> we have 4 million people with security clearances, who's doing the vetting? we're no longer doing it like in my day when the fbi vetted people. now contractors are doing it. we have 500,000 contractors with secret service clearance. it's called the cac common access card. there are several million of

those around the world. i just think when we've gotten so big, we're not sure what we're doing and of course stuff will fall through the cracks. >> chuck hagel issued a sweeping review. the government agency which receives and reviews these background checks to investigate how a clearance was given to navy yard shooter aaron alexis. in a statement, the usis stated it did, in fact, do a background check years ago writing in part, we are contractually prohibited from retaining case information gathered as part of the background checks we conduct for opm and therefore are unable to comment further on the nature or scope of this or any other background check. the check was granted despite two incidents where authorities did involve alexis -- he was issued a card used by military and contract employees. and there are millions in circulation. eric? >> yeah, certainly not over yet.

elizabeth prann, thanks so much. >> thanks. fox news alert now on a bloody terror attack rocking the city of nairobi, kenya. targeting nonmuslims in a shopping mall. it happened earlier this morning. several gunmen stormed an upscale shopping center firing ak-47s and throwing grenades into the crowd. the attack dikilling 22 people d injuring dozens more. carter powell has more from the mideast bureau. >> reporter: well, just until a few minutes ago, this battle had been raging for somewhere between seven and nine hours or so. we're getting news that the battle seems to be over. the police have killed or arrested all the gunmen. we don't know how many there were originally or how many are still alive. witnesses say the gunmen were carrying ak-47s, throwing

grenades, they targeted non-muslims and westerners in this shopping mall. the shopping mall where the attack took place was an upscale sort of western part of nairobi, kenya's capital. there were reports there was a children's sort of event taking place at the mall when this attack happened. now, we understand the mall is owned by a wealthy israeli businessman, but we don't know what the motive behind the attack was today or if anyone in kenya knew who the owner of this mall was. looked like it may have been a robbery gone bad. but it looks like a terror attack now. now, no one has claimed responsibility, but east africa is home to several al qaeda-linked groups that operate in the region. the somali militant group has vowed to attack nairobi after kenya sent troops to somalia m . and there have been a lot of terror attacks between '98 and now. but looks like this event, this terror attack has left at least

22 people dead. julie, it could be much higher as authorities there are starting to get a grip of what has happened. we'll bring you more information as we get it. >> conner powell, thank you so much. deadly violence again raging today in iraq. that's where dozens of people have been killed and 100 injured in three separate bombings in baghdad. attackers targeting mourners gathering for funerals. comes weeks after that reported massacre at an exile camp that left dozens of iranian exiles dead. this amateur video recorded on september 1st shows iraqi backed forces committing those killings. those members of an opposition group called the mek. mek was once considered a terrorist organization by our government. but many experts now view the mek as they say in a positive light and it was taken off the list. here's former new york city mayor rudolph giuliani.

>> in favor of the democratic iran, iran with a gender equality and an iran that is non-nuclear. they are on our side on all key issues. and most importantly, over the last ten years, they've been the best source of information that we get out of iran. >> some in congress are demanding an investigation. they also want the united nations to step in on tuesday, there'll be a massive demonstration in front of the united nations supporting the camp. meanwhile, eric, syria has submitted an inventory of its chemical weapons. and this is the very first test in a deal to monitor the regime's arsenal and destroy weapons if necessary. there is no word, though, yet. but the u.s. officials say they are encouraged by the steps. the list is being reviewed by a watchdog group that policies the global treaty on chemical weapons. and back here at home,

there's some new outrage today over that string of continued senseless shootings in chicago. a 3-year-old boy and 12 others among the victims of mass shootings just this week. the violence happening in a section of the city that police have flooded with police officers. but neighbors are growing more frustrated and angry over the apparent inability to stop the carnage in chicago. live in our new york city newsroom with what they could be doing about it. hi, brian. >> residents are shocked and upset about thursday night's mass shooting at a local park in chicago. they're rallying together, just last night, rahm emanuel and religious loereaders gathering a peace rally. deonto was shot in the face while at the park with his mother. miraculously all the victims are recovering. the mayor and superintendent calling for stricter gun laws. that ban of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. >> we cannot allow children in

the city of chicago -- and we will not allow children in the city of chicago to have their youthfulness, their optimism, their hope taken from them. that's what gun violence does. >> residents, families in chicago back of the yards neighborhood gathered thursday night to watch a local pick-up basketball game at cornell square park when police say at least one gunman opened fire with an assault rifle spraying bullets aimlessly striking 13 victims ages 3 to 41. miraculously all are expected to survive and are recovering in local hospitals. the scene described as chaotic. at least ten ambulances responded as 12 wounded victims laid on the basketball court. police are still investigating. police cameras mounted nearby. no one is in custody. >> to come in, shoot a playground up. i mean, that's like against humanity. >> i know my grandson wasn't the

target, got the wrong place at the wrong time. but if you have any type of sympathy or heart, you'll turn yourself in. >> chicago is the murder capital of the u.s. with 500 murders reported in 2012. and, eric, just last night, there were ten more shootings reported. back to you. >> bryan, thanks so much. julie? well, a newly declassified document shedding some very scary light on what could have been, describing how close the ugs came u.s. came to a nuclear disaster in the 1960s. a live hydrogen bomb nearly detonated over goldsboro, north carolina, in january of 1961 when a b-52 bomber broke it up in midair. a single switch was all it took to avert the catastrophe. that blast, by the way, would have been 260 times more powerful than the device that flattened hiroshima. the document is published in a new book. >> wow, that is absolutely

astounding if that, indeed, could've happened. don't look now, it's september 21st, only 94 days, ten hours, 47 minutes until christmas. but, you know, the big retailer's plans could give us signs about the health of the american economy. going to have a happy holiday, what does the shopping mean and what are we going to go out and spend? could it help? >> i haven't shopped for halloween costumes yet. don't get me started. iran might have the new president, but it's the same old story about nuclear weapons. he's on his way to new york for the u.n. general assembly. a simple question, can we trust him? and the president insists he won't let the congress hold obama care hostage. coming up, the republican party's next move. when you have diabetes like i do, you want a way to help minimize blood sugar spikes. support heart health. and your immune system. now there's new glucerna advance with three benefits in one.

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turning now to the battle over obama care. it is quite a battle. the republican-controlled house has approved a plan to fund the government into december. but it also strips money from the affordable care act. the plan now goes to the democratic control senate where it's unlikely to pass. republican senator ted cruz acknowledging the uphill battle in the following statement. quote, if senator reid insists

on using a 50-vote threshold to fund obama care with a partisan vote of only democrats, then i hope every senate republican will stand together and oppose cloture on the bill in order to keep the house bill intact. strong words. let's bring in our political panel fox news political analyst and steven sigmund senior vp. angela -- >> yeah. >> cruz is actually unnerving a lot of republicans. we have to say. his bold move is angering a lot of his own party. is he making a wise one? >> he's making a wise one. the bottom line, i don't know if all the republicans in the senate, julie, will stand with him. and he knows that he doesn't have the tools to actually stop the bill. harry reid can maneuver things where he would have to filibuster the entire bill and that would not be good. but when you look at 2014, you have 20 democrats up for

reelection, 50 republicans up for reelections. whoever votes against it or for it could change who controls the democratic senate. i think these republicans are going to fight for self-preservation, then the republican party. >> steven, a fox news poll asked americans, quote, how concerned are you about your health care under the new health care law? 43% answered very. 25% somewhat. now the plan now, of course, goes to the democratic controlled senate which is unlikely to vote against the president's signature legislation. will the senate vote against what the american people want? >> the senate will vote again to try to keep the federal government going. what's incredible here is that the republicans -- that the republicans continue to try to hold the entire federal budget hostage to their obsession with obama care. and it's not just democrats saying this, republicans like carl rove, the "wall street journal" editorial board, the u.s. chamber of commerce. president reagan's own budget director are all saying this is

not only political lunacy but incredibly irresponsible from a policy perspective. and those aren't exactly lefties. but, look, republicans in congress right now, all they care about is saving their own political skins from the ideologues in their own party. so they'll do whatever it takes. they've thrown out all pretense of getting results in favor of the politics. >> cruz isn't really an example for what all republicans are trying to do here. and the filibuster doesn't necessarily speak well for the republican party. >> no, you're not kidding. i mean, cruz' comment that there may be 50 votes. 50 votes is what's called a majority. and in america, we rule by a majority. >> the bottom line is obama care has been inactive for three years now. it's been law for three years now, and julie stated a poll that the majority of american people don't want this. and here you go again. excuse me, let me finish. you gave a monologue, let me finish. if we really care about what the american people want, the

president and also his own unions have gone against him. the president and congress will work together to actually do true health care reform and not obama's legacy of obama care. >> right. fine. so have a conversation about obama care, not about the federal budget. >> we've been trying. >> what you've been trying to do is throw out obama care. republicans claim a to the constitution. the legislative branch passed obama care, the executive branch signed it, the judicial branch affirmed it. and the people have spoken -- the people have spoken by rejecting the presidential candidate who vowed to repeal it. >> in 2010, republicans took over the house -- >> ideological right voting, which is exactly what they're trying to do again here. >> the republicans took over the house by voting against obama care. >> that's great. that's 2010. i have three words for

republicans -- >> the american people don't want -- >> get over it. >> let's get -- >> get over it. >> okay. all right. republicans are not going to get over it, i don't think angela is, she's a bit feisty. you know to stage a filibuster, it's not easy. cruz would need a 60-vote majority rather than an up and down simple majority. is this really where we're headed in the senate? >> no, it's not going to happen. what's going to happen is the senate will reject this incredibly irresponsible move by the house republicans and we'll get nowhere. and we may end up, as a result, at a government shutdown and then two weeks later, the -- for the first time in history, defaulting on american debt. i mean, it's incredibly irresponsible. it's a form of -- it's a form of lunacy politically. and it's putting their politics overresolved. >> i've got to ask you, at what point do republicans or should

they in your opinion accept obama care and stop relitigating a law that's been passed? >> four years ago. >> they're not going to accept obama care. but the bottom line is this strategy that the house republicans are using right now, it will actually play against republicans in 2014. steve, if you interrupt me one more time, i'm going to be quiet and let you speak. we're supposed to be fair and balanced here and julie asked a question to me. so as i was saying in essence, republicans are going to think about in the senate self-preservation and i don't believe they'll support cruz on it. i wish we'd stop delaying obama care, stop delaying the provisions, stop giving waivers for obama care and fix the health care system. >> you guys remind me of the senate. i mean -- >> i agree. but wait -- >> you guys can't agree on anything. >> no, i agree with her last -- with angela's last point. we should stop delaying obama care. >> yeah.

>> yes, they need to make a decision one way or the other. we can't obviously can't afford to -- >> yeah, stop trying to destroy a 4-year-old law and let the federal budget process go through. >> thank you, both. fair and balanced debate. >> thanks. well, julie, they've served on the front lines in iraq and afghanistan, now dozens of our brave men and women in uniform are banning together for a new mission right here at home. helping colorado after one of the worst flooding crises in that state's history. live in our los angeles bureau with this inspiring story. hi, will. >> hi, eric. well the rain has stopped in colorado, but the area needs as much help as they can get right now. there were actually four new oil spills because some of these flood waters were hitting oil spills in the area and causing thousands of gallons of oil to spill out throughout the region. now, so far with this flood, seven people have died, there were 60 people unaccounted for, that number's actually dropped

within the last hour. and a group of former members of the military have showed up to help. now since 2010, hundreds of veterans, members of the team, they go into disasters, identify areas that need the most help and then go to work. and it really makes sense if you stop and think about it because the conditions you find in natural disasters can be similar to those in a war zone in afghanistan or ooerk. iraq. there's limited resources and death and destruction. and the members of the team take the tools they've learned on the battlefield and using those to save lives and build communities. and for these veterans who served overseas, it can be hard to see so much devastation here at home. >> i think it gets to everyone. and there's always a moment where i think it's very common for someone to break down and cry and then you kind of regain your composure and go back to work. >> the members of team rubicon have responded to earthquakes,

tornadoes, floods, both internationally and here at home. in all, they've conducted 14 missions. and while they're helping the communities, it also helps give the veterans a sense of purpose because they're putting their unique skill sets to work. if you think about it, it's a win/win. >> it's a wonderful american spirit at work. well, thanks so much. >> we've heard this tune before, eric. iran, no, we don't want a nuclear bomb. now that iran's new president will be here in 24 hours for u.n. week, what will he say? what will he do? could this finally be a real opening? >> president and the secretary both firmly believe there's an opportunity for diplomacy here. that we hope the iranian government takes advantage of this opportunity. um... where's mrs. davis?

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it's the bottom of the hour. time for the top of the news now. at least 22 people killed in a rampage in kenya. witnesses say gunmen stormed a

shopping mall, told muslims to leave and opened fire on the remaining crowd. president obama speaking out against the house-approved plan to fund the government while stripping funds from obama care. the president says the affordable care act will not be held hostage for exchange of avoiding a government shutdown even though some republicans say that's a bad idea. major league baseball has a new grand slam champion, yankee alex rodriguez surpassing lou gehrig's record during last night's win over the giants. >> is there a law that tells me that i must swear to convince others? i have said on numerous occasions that we do not want an atomic bomb. >> why should we believe you? you're violating four u.n. resolutions, kicked out u.n. inspecto inspectors, why should the world believe anything that you say on this subject?

>> translator: we do not insist that you should believe us. we've never said that you should. you are free not to believe us. >> that was mahmoud ahmadinejad a couple of years ago denying iran wants a nuclear bomb. this time, new iranian president repeating iranian denials, arrives in new york tomorrow for the start of the united nations general assembly. there's talk he could potentially meet with president obama. aaron david miller, former adviser for six secretaries of state joins us now. good to see you. when i did that interview, it was for resolutions, now iranians are violating like six resolutions, they have not stopped the enrichment, those centrifuges are still spinning, why should we ever trust what they say? >> you know, eric, i don't -- i worked in this region for too long to believe in the tooth fairy. i don't believe in transformations. what i believe in are

transactions, business deals. you meet my interests and needs and i meet yours. and the real question is whether or not sanctions and this new face have combined to create a degree of pain combined with the use threat of force. and combined to bring the iranians to the point where they are interested in a deal. >> you think they are? is it real? there's a difference between y trying to create the capacity for a weapon and weaponizing. i think they want the capacity to produce a weapon, to remain in essence one screwdriver away. i think they realized that the cost of actually weaponizing and testing may well be too high for them to bear. but, perhaps, they're willing if we're prepared to relieve sanctions to give that up. i just don't know and i'm not going to trivialize the israeli concerns on this one. or ours.

i just realize that you got four powers. north korea, india, pakistan and israel. outside the five permanent members of security council. we have not been able to stop the indians, pakistanis, north koreans or israelis from acquiring a weapon. and in that respect, there's only one country that can stop the iranians and that's eastern if they conclude the cost of acquisition are too high for them to bear. we have to make sure that we keep that pressure on and make those costs high. but at the same time, test to see whether he is prepared to do a deal. i don't know and i'm from ohio but o missouri. you show me that the iranians are prepared to give up enriching uranium over 20%. show me they're prepared to ship out a good portion of their stock of highly enriched uranium. show me they're prepared to close and agree to inspections. in transparency and we'll show

them that we're capable also of removing sanctions. so, again, it's a business deal, no sentimentality, forget charm offensives, if their interests and ours coincide, there'll be a deal. >> what if they don't do the show me state, start delaying saying this and that and it doesn't happen? how do we know it's for real and what does president obama potentially say if, indeed, he's meeting with the iranian counterpart this week? >> look, he can smile and have a handshake. that's not where the serious negotiating is going to be done. what started here if anything is a process. question is whether or not we can create a framework to seriously test iranian intentions here. and i don't know the answer to that. but one thing i do know and we should have no illusions. at the end of the day, we cannot completely eliminate iran's capacity to weaponize or to acquire that nuclear weapons capacity.

once scientific knowledge enters the conscience of a society, it's hard to get rid of it. the iranian public over time might be able and willing to do that is to keep tehran "x" number of years away from developing that capacity. and that's the real challenge that we face. we are not going to turn this regime into some sort of democratic that's going to be prepared once and for all to declare it's not interested in nuclear weapons, the nuclear capacity, the right to enrich uranium. >> i don't mean to interrupt, we're out of time. >> yeah, sure. >> you talk about the process. this process has been going on for years. constant talks, constant talks. constant talks and those centrifuges keep going. >> you watched the middle east movie now, i don't know for how long. rarely do these processes conclude in anything definitive. look at the arab/israeli

conflict. look at the arab spring. obama's successor is going to be dealing with this problem too, i'm afraid and so will my kids. >> wow. aaron david miller, fascinating insight. thank you so much. >> pleasure, eric. take care. >> absolutely. we've got brand new details on a brain surgery patient. the rare disease that killed a person and why doctors are now saying it may have been passed to others. and the holiday shopping season, well, it's approaching, but some are saying it may not be so much of a happy session for consumers. we'll look at the financial aspect of that coming up next. ♪

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things change. now there are new fears that blackberry could be going under. major losses last quarter. to cope with those losses, blackberry now planning to cut more than 1/3 of its global workforce. that announcement sent the company shares into a tail spin. as you may know, blackberry has struggled to compete with apple and samsung smartphones. and just last month, blackberry said they're weighing what to do next which could include an outright sale in the face of their loss of sales. well, speaking of sales, new signs the holiday shopping season could signal the true state of the u.s. economy. first retail giant target is scaling way back and second, a new report out finds retailers getting more aggressive about return policies. what do you need to know as a consumer? let's bring in the managing

partner chapel investments. thank you so much for coming in. it's interesting how this works. the housing market has bounced back in some parts of the country, anyway. new car sales are way up, yet the retail market isn't. why is that? >> well, look, there's a lot less money in people's pockets. if you think about a house purchase or car purchase, you're not going out and writing those big checks, you're financing that at a relatively low rate. that's probably why you're seeing some of that bounce back. but still, they're not bouncing back quite the levels they should be at. having said that, julie, in addition, people don't have as much money. as we get towards the holiday season, even companies aren't making as much money as they used to. there's a lot of expenses to run a company and that return policy, that's a big number for a lot of companies. that's why those return policies are becoming a lot more, you know, arduous. and it's much tougher to return things. >> let's talk about the return policies. i for one love a store that will take anything back. and nordstrom is one of those

companies. their customer service, they used to say i work there many, many years ago selling handbags. true story. that's not the point. so we were -- if somebody came in with a used tire, you would give them cash for it. that was their original customer service. it was incredible. but now return policies, they are becoming a lot harder. i want to talk about some tips to make it easier for those. what if you want to return something without a receipt? >> well, every part of this becomes very difficult and it's because of the economy because companies have to push back too because their goal is to make as much money as they can for their shareholders and because of that, you know, the tips, what i'm going to do as i did a little research for this segment is i'm going to have a negotiation with anybody i'm buying presents for. my kids, we'll say, what do you really want and the surprise aspect of christmas is going to go away. i'm going to get you what i want because the return policies are shortening them, making them tougher. you've got to come back with the labels, the bags.

a lot of things have to change. really look closely at what the return policies are. >> if you don't have a receipt, don't bother asking for cash. and number two, do some research before you go into the store. there's a website consumerworld.org. and it just published its annual return policy survey. you should take a look at that. >> yes. there's no question about it. everybody should take a look at all of that stuff because you're not playing games anymore. i used to be able to go in just like you into nordstrom, easy to return things, now you have to go through a long process. now, another reason that target, by the way is not hiring as many people this year, let's also remember that online shopping isn't just something that's starting. it is something that is part of the mainstream of our economy. so that's one of the reasons they're pulling back and that's another reason why those return policies, you know, are more arduo arduous, because they're making less money across the board. and online shopping is a big deal these days. >> oh, it is. but 70,000 employees are being

hired for target. it sounds good, but that's actually 20% down from last year and online sales are going up and target has a website. what if you have something that you want to return and you wait a really long time? i mean, if you don't have a receipt, number one, you know, they can look it up in the department stores like macy's, for example, they can put up a upc code and find it in their system. but if you put it off, a lot of things can change to the time you go to return it. >> yes, absolutely. and not only that, an interesting point. first of all, you own it. and then you're going to end up turning around and selling on a site like ebay. but something else interesting, they're tracking you. if you're a perpetual returner of merchandise, they can actually ban you from making purchases because it's expensive. as i said at the very beginning, to return something to a company. so i actually started thinking how many things i return. i return a lot of stuff. i wonder if i'm being profiled

right now. you know, maybe i'll walk in and say, oh, there's that guy again butowski, let's not let him buy anything. >> as long as you go in there, don't procrastinate, don't put it off. and finally, go at a good time of day when they're not super busy and mostly, be nice. if you go in there and you're really, really nice. i don't know, i feel like they'll feel bad for you. >> i hope so. >> ed, thank you very much, we appreciate you coming on. >> absolutely, thanks for having me. >> eric? well, julie, there's some developments in the medical world in new hampshire. we know now a surgery patient has died of a rare brain disease. coming up, why the doctors now fear that several other people may be at risk of suffering the same mysterious and tragic fate. could this be the answer to reducing the risk of a stroke? why vitamin "b" is suddenly getting so much attention. [ female announcer ] the best thing about this bar

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an autopsy report now confirming that a brain surgery patient in new hampshire did, in fact, die of a rare brain disease that may have been passed on to others. doctors say at least 13 other patients were operated on with the same surgical tools as the deceased patient. they say the tools were sterilized but that the

particular protein that causes the disease survived standard sterilization techniques. officials say no one in the united states has died from this kind of exposure in over 40 years that are still taking the steps to notify patients. every year about 800,000 americans suffer a stroke. research suggests that preventing one from happening could be as simple as taking vitamin "b." dr. david samati a fox news medical a-team member is here with the latest. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> i see you every sunday at 10:30 for sunday house call. tell us first about strokes, how do you know if you're going to have one? how do you look for one? and what are the symptoms?e 800 that suffer from stroke and about 140,000 americans die from this.

this is a third leading cause of death in this country, serious health hazard. some of the risk factors we've spoken about. smoking increases your risk by twofold. and, you know, diabetes, high cholesterol and the biggest ticket here is high blood pressure. high blood pressure can shoot those blood clots to the brain and cause a stroke. those are the ones. the biggest question you ask is how do you know you're having a stroke and how to diagnose it? and we talk about a fast. f. stands for facial drooping. you can see the right side and left side is symmetrical. >> it'll be at an angle. >> right. one side would be lower and there'd be facial drooping. now i want you to hold both hands straight and ask a person to hold them and they're having a stroke -- if they have one, one arm is going to fall and they can't hold it and the other one's going to be up. and usually the part -- if your

left hand is down, then there's a stroke on the right side. probably you can hold both hands without any problem, so you're safe. and finally, s stands for slurred speech and t stands for time. so time lost is brain lost, the sooner you get the patient to the emergency room, call 911, and that's how you know someone has stroke and you can prevent it. now, this particular study talks about vitamin "b," they looked at a study coming from china. published in neurology. if you've been taking vitamin "b" for six months, it can reduce the risk of strong by 7%. you may say big deal, 7% is not much. in the big picture, it's a big study and it's a big result. it can go both ways. but i want -- >> can you take a pill or get enough when you eat? >> you'll get a lot from your indict. especially from cereals, meat, chicken, eggs. if you have a balanced diet, you

don't need these kind of vitamins. i think you should get checked, the doctor should get the level of your vitamin b-12, b-6, b-9, and you can take a complex, it's a whole family of them. in this particular study, b-9, which is a folic acid, about 400 microgram a day is enough. you can see if you're getting enough of it. >> is that folic? >> folic acid, vitamin b-9. surprisingly b-12, though we've spoken in the past about it, did not help in this particular study. didn't find anything. >> and orange juice, does that help? >> it has. well, anything -- any fortified food with vitamin b in it, you're okay. you need to speak to a doctor and find out what your levels are. and overdoing it is not going to help you. >> and quickly baby aspirin. >> certainly if you're at high risk of stroke, you should take it because it dilutes your blood.

>> good advice, strokes are so important, thank you so much. >> you're welcome, see you tomorrow. >> send me a bill for that exam. see you tomorrow, 10:30 tomorrow, "sunday house call" along with dr. mark seagal david samadi tomorrow here on fox news channel at 10:30 in the morning. >> you do have a good smile, by the way. >> thank you. >> that is going to do it for us. great to work with you, eric. >> thank you for joining us. tomorrow back on the air until 10:00 to noon. we'll be covering the u.n., the iranian president, all the latest news. stay tuned now for "the journal" editorial report. that is up next. have a good day. when you have diabetes like i do, you want a way to help minimize blood sugar spikes. support heart health. and your immune system. now there's new glucerna advance with three benefits in one. [ male announcer ] new glucerna advance. from the brand doctors recommend most.

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