tonight. there's so much more to talk about, i want to thank you for watching, good night from new york, god bless you, we'll see you next week. [applause] >> good morning everyone, it's sunday, march 21st and this is it, a historic vote set to begin hours from now on the health care bill. the president says it's still far from perfect. >> is this bill perfect? of course not. will this solve every single problem in our health care system right away? no. >> at this early hour, the democrats are still crunching the numbers. do they have the votes? we have the details for you ahead. >> in home owners sandbagging to protect their homes and holding their breath as the

bloated red river nears its crest. we're live along its banks, rick reichmuth is there with the latest. >> how about march madness, bracket busting with a stunning upset. >> .4, they do on the first day of spring, number one has fallen. >> who is ali manash? another big favorite goes home early and our slogan this morning, comes from donna in texas. my brackets are busted my jayhawks couldn't rally. at least i can tolerate it thanks to david, clayton and aly. >> nicely done. >> nice work. >> it's "fox & friends." >> hi everybody, thanks for joining us an extra hour early this morning, obviously, it's a very big day in washington d.c. for health care.

we know that you're all on the edge of your seat to see what's going to happen today with the vote. dave and i off late last night texting back and forth feverishly during march madness. >> an epic day. >> how long. >> ten. but getting up at 2:30 hurts. what a huge day on capitol hill. that's where we'll find caroline she havely live in washington d.c. boy shall the two sides, there is an enormous divide between the two. where does the bill stand right now? >> well, it's about even. if anybody's guess as to who is go going to win this thing. it does appear the democrats have the upper hand. i want to give you a rundown what is spupposed to happen. the rules committee was actually in session until almost midnight putting the rules together. that's the nitty-gritty details about debating, motions, amendments stuff like that and most important they decided they tossed out the

deem and pass, the controversial maneuver they would have skipped the vote on the senate bill and only the reconciliation bill, but with two hours of debate on the actual bill, 2000 pages long, the house gets in at one and a bed check bill, make sure everybody is in there. and then they'll vote on the senate bill and reconciliation, wrapping up could be early evening, could go after midnight. anybody's guess. >> the question this morning, everyone wants it know do they have the votes? democrats seem pretty confident. >> by our own official count they have just barely enough. 216 they need. and our estimate is 216 or leaning for or 215 leaning against. and last night they lost a member of the rules committee.

that's incredibly tight the future of 1/6 of our economy could hinge on a single vote in the house. >> the democratic leadership is putting pressure on members that could be on the fence still at the late hour. who are they going after, do we know? >> basically any democrat they can find. of course the republicans are firmly against it, house speaker nancy pelosi can only lose 37 of her members and get it through the house. as we've seen in the past she could be whipping members on the floor during the vote. she's got a list of members she needs to go after. retirees, they've got nothing to lose. people in swing districts might support in theory, but constituents don't like it. so a huge day over on capitol hill. all through the day we'll be watching. >> boy, we sure will, caroline. what an enormous day and a big divide. you talk about social security, you talk about

medicare and some people throw it in there with civil rights legislation. only this time around the two sides are enormously divided unlike those in the past with those pills. they are feverish, angry and again nasty on capitol hill. you bring up history and this is a momentous vacation and even senator lamar alexander, a republican senator pointing out a historic occasion for the president and if the president passes it, it could go down in history with the likes of social security and medicare. >> here is what i think is interesting, the that is the people who switched their votes yesterday, the democrats mind you who switched votes yesterday from yes originally to no. now, this of course is after the president has gone for a pep rally yesterday afternoon. here is interesting case in point. congressman michael arcuri, democrat from new york, changed his vote to no. the president had personally lobbied him and rahm emanuel, but at the end of the day the

public doesn't understand what's in the bill or how it's going to be helpful and doesn't think it keeps health care costs in check though he says he supports health care reform and i find him interesting because part of the argument if you support health care reform then lets get this passed and fix it later, finesse it later down the line and he isn't buying that and he's saying no this morning. >> you saw that some of the other members who flipped and some going back and forth from no to yes and yes to no and we're trying to track that. the magic number is 216 and the democrats have 253 seats in the house and as caroline pointed out they cannot lose more than 37 members. it more than 37 members vote no, it's done. >> and you wonder at what point nancy pelosi will begin the other legal, in the wrangling, but who they can let off the hook once she gets above the number. all of the people on the fence

have contentious matters coming up in november to protect their seats. will she allow them to be off the hook and go back to the district and say i did not vote for this bill. reelect me. that's an interesting battle. >> and lay brought up a good point with michael arcuri and the president spent 20 minutes with him on the phone and finally said i cannot do it, i can't vote for this and now labor has jumped off of his boat and saying they're pulling all of his support for november up in 2010 and labor says we want a new candidate so he's voting no and getting it from the left. >> and it takes bravery if you're going to stand on your principles and vote for what you really believe. president obama went interestingly on the offensive not trying to win be in over with the charm offensive, but calling actual people out. let's hear what he had to say. >> i notice that there's been a lot of friendly advice offered, all across town

(laughter) e. >> mitch mcconnell, john boehner, karl rove, they're all warning you of the horrendous impact if you support this legislation. now, it could be that they are suddenly having a change of heart and they are deeply concerned about their democratic friends. (laughter) >> but it may also be possible that they realize after health reform passes, and i sign that legislation into law, that it's going to be a little harder to mischaracterize what this effort has been all about. >> well, so, again, in case you missed that, it calls out the senate and house minority leaders and karl rove. >> karl rove. >> a fox news analyst who he may have just sold a hundred thousand more books for, but interesting to see him put in that same category.

on the flip side of john boehner who he did mention who is needless to say not so happy about this legislation. here is what he called it. >> democrat leaders are challenging their members after this passes, it's going to become much more popular. well, they're dead wrong. this fight is not over. this fight is continuing. they do not have the votes yet. we've got to keep working to make sure that they never ever ever ever get the vote to pass this bill. >> you used the word armageddon, what did you mean by that? >> this health care bill will ruin our country. it's time to stop it. >> not mincing words yesterday and reading john boehner's tweet from the tea party rallies, he showed up there. he was like a beatle coming to america, that's how people were cheering him as he rolled in there and people were applauding like crazy as john boehner rolled in and the people were cheering kill the bill. >> it wasn't all sweetness and light and let's get into some of that later about

unfortunate things that happened with members of congress and the tea parties yesterday. meantime, lots of wild weather. >> yeah, let's get to rick reichmuth. he on the road today the red river set to crest this afternoon. rick, this is the contentious time period for the folks in that red river region. tell us about what's happening this morning. >> yeah, today's probably going to be the worst of it. the waters right now just under 37 feet and yesterday the river forecasters here dropped the prediction just a little bit to just over 37 feet so about another few inches that we're likely to see this crest, already major problems, obviously, 'cause we're around 18 feet above your flood stage. we're well into major flood stage and to set the scene here, i am in moorhead, minnesota just across the river from fargo, north dakota. the cities share the river on either side and the water has completely come up into this neighborhood and this is a park, and this river typically around 15 to 20 foot, very lazy river has completely

overspilled its banks and that's causing the concerns. great news that the river is only cresting around 37 feet. however, it's going to stay above it, major flood stage for much of the coming week and that's a lot of pressure for a very long time on some of the levees, they're not out of the woods. he do want to show awe couple of things and take a look at the weather maps and show you exactly where it's expect today crest today right at about 37 feet and the record was last year where it got to 40 feet and it's not as bad and dealing with major flooding like this two years in a row is certainly very, very wearing on the residents here, a couple other stories going on weather wise in the country. yesterday, the first day of spring and a major snowy day down across areas of the south. take a little bit after look out of oklahoma where roads were disastrous and numerous accidents reported and blizzard-like conditions because it was blowing so strongly 'causing all kinds of problems on the roads. today, beginning to taper off

and rainy days across the southeast and it will make it into the northeast tomorrow and spring-like temperatures will be gone. more from moorhead, minnesota. . >> looks like a scary situation there, thanks, rick. what else is happening in news, a fox news alert. new video into the news room after a deadly bombing in the pakistani city, at least two people are dead there, a dozen hurt. the bomb exploded on a bicycle as a police van drove buy. it's one of the places for militants. the body of one tribesman kidnapped a week ago riddled by bullets, believed to have been killed by the taliban for being u.s. spies. a plane in india, a bag with explosives was find inside the cargo hold after it landed safely in india. no word if the explosives were on board the plane in the air or placed on board after the plane landed. india has been on high alert

since a blast in western india killed 16 people last month. thousands of anti-war demonstrators marched through the nation's capital on the 7th anniversary of the war in iraq with a plea to end it. >> no justice, no-- >> many there expressing their concern that health care and the economy have been overshadowed by the wars overseas and eight people were arrested including activist cindy sheehan. tell us about sports. >> the biggest upset to hit the ncaa tournament in years. number one overall seed kansas ousted by little northern iowa. how about the panthers, a shot he will never forget, a three-pointer to put the game away. and st. mary's taking on number two villa nova, 75-68. omar, the star there, another

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>> as you know, we're just a few hours away from the house vote on the health care reform bill, a decision that will impact every american. >> here to explain exactly how it will affect you is dr. mark segal from our medical a-team. he's read through the bill and broken down key points both pro and con. hi, dr. segal. >> i'm bleary-eyed from reading. >> i don't blame you, it's quite an undertaken.

>> for people who are nervous today about something so big being passed you say there are many good benefits in this bill for doctors and patients. let's go through those first, what did you like in the bill. >> if i have a patient that has insurance, they lose their job, they're not going to lose their insurance, that's going to kick in right away. i find that to be a positive sign. another thing they're closing the donut hole which means that people that are struggling, seniors that are struggling to get their prescription drugs, they reach a point they have to pay out of pocket. that's no longer going to be the case. >> medicaid rates will also be increased and that's closer to the medicare rates, right? >> that's what they're predicting, i hope that's the case. states will have to struggle with new medicaid patients, 16 million new patients. 50% of physicians take medicaid f they improve the reimbursements rates that will be positive because i rely on networks of physicians to take care of them with me, if they

drop out, they have to improve rates. >> 30 million americans will have neuroamericans will have neurons and don't have to use the emergency rooms and those hospitals will be paid. >> that's one of the reasons why the hospitals thinking it will be good for them of the the down side of that is, will the people that come to the remember's need to be there will they have the insurance card and use it unnecessarily. you know what, a lot of hospitals are unpaid because they have uninsured there, because this could help in terms of financial input for hospitals. >> let's get into some cons the list is hefty here according to you. tremendous shortage of doctors, this is something you've been hitting hard. >> because i don't think they anticipated that, i don't think they looked at that enough. 150,000 doctors short by 2025, according to the american association of medical colleges. that's without considering those who are dropping out of insurance. that's a big, big problem. we don't necessarily have the horse toss pull this cart. we've been talking insurance. >> what should they have done

have incentives to encourage more students to be doctors. >> maybe more loan forgiveness, an rotc program where doctors graduate and take care of the unsured and underserved. underserved 65 million people who have insurance and don't have doctors to go to. we need more emphasis. >> bigger cuts to medicaid and medicare. and attempts to control pums. we say medicare benefits are going to be maintained that's one of the talking point. what about services, if we take 500 billion dollars out of medicare, services maybe cut, further reimbursement to doctors maybe cut and worried what medicare is going to look like five or ten. >> no tort reform that's a big deal. >> because doctors practice defensively and if they practice defensively order too many services and the costs go up. >> thanks for reading it so we don't have to. >> i'll tell you all about it. >> reading to the kids. 2700 pages. thank you, doctor. >> three navy seals accused of mistreating a terrorist now facing court martial.

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of washington state won on a lottery scratch off ticket. days earlier she donated her entire $700 tax refund to earthquake relief efforts in haiti, that's how you spell karma, dave, alisyn. >> thank you, claytonment three navy seals accused of abusing a terror suspect are facing court martial. earlier this month some lawmakers asked for all charges to be dropped. >> and a judge granted immunity for defense witnesses. our own griff jenkins caught up with matt through mccabe, one of the navy seals. >> i've been doing good, especially the show of support early on boosting my morale as well as the other two guys and we've been hangening there waiting for this to come to an end so we can move on with our lives. >> joining us now is a man who stands by the seal, a former navy seal himself, scott taylor running for congress in virginia. mr. taylor, thank you for being here. >> good morning, dave and

alisyn. how are you all. >> you say you're also in constant contact with matthew mccabe, how is he doing this week, his trial on may 3rd. how is it feeling about it? >> first, i'd like to recognize first petty officers adam brown who gave america the ultimate sacrifice, prayers out to his family, teammates and friends. matthew mccabe's morale is high, continuing to work as a team and preparing of course, and is in good spirits. >> what the latest on the trial. i understand an immunity ruling and what would it mean to navy seals like yourself and the ones currently serving if in fact in they are court martialed. >> well, first, fortunately of course the first hearing for the pay officers, the other seals can testify on behalf of the defense and not face prosecution themselves. that's a positive of course and sends a horrible message to us as operators that have to go out of course every single night and take care of

things in the dark. it sends a bad message to have to worry about potentially your actions on the objective and having to face prosecution for whatever you do for doing your job basically. it's an uneasy and horrible message sent to us and also the terrorists out there that we face. >> let's remind everybody of the background of this particular case. these three navy seals who are coming up for trial thought they had come upon the master mind that have hideous massacre back in fallujah in 2004 of the blackwater contractors. one of the master mind, i guess, ended up with a bloody lip as a result of this and this is what has sparked all of this trial. you say that this illustrates that the rules of engagement have somehow changed on the battlefield. how so? >> well, you're having politics infused in the battlefield level. this was certainly an overreaction at the

battlefield level. i believe this man is innocent. he's told me so and i think he'll be found not guilty. i do believe that you know, you can't infuse politics down there at the battlefield level because then you have to, folks have to worry about doing their jobs and puts their lives and friend's lives in danger. >> scott, how has the job and responsibilities changed for navy seals in this hyper mrel climate that we are in today? >> i will tell you that i'm in constant contact with friends that deploy all the time and they are saying that things are tightening up and they are having to worry about taking shots and doing their job and that's exactly what you do not want to happen in war. >> no. >> absolutely. >> we know that you feel like you don't want to have wear kid gloves in combat situations, but, scott taylor, thanks so much for joining us and we obviously will keep our audience apprised what happens with this trial. >> thank you so much. support the field.ogg original

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>> welcome back everyone. thanks for joining us extra early this this morning. we'll get back to politics in a minute. first the headlines, israel insisting it will not stop a controversial settlement project in east jerusalem, an area the palestinians claim as their own, this comes as u.n. secretary-general toward the gaza strip and urged israel to back off the settlement project and says that israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will meet with president on a trip to the u.s. and the u.s. has also been urging israel to cancel that project. transportation secretary ray lahood will head to japan to talk about the safety problems in toyotas. toyota has recalled more that be 8 million vehicles since last fall, many for sudden acceleration problems.

and he'll also take a look at japan's high speed rail system to see if a similar system would work in the u.s. a magnitude 5.6 earthquake rattles cuba near guantanamo bay. no damages or injuries have been reported, but many people have left their homes in fear. former congressman and interior secretary stuart udahl has died, considered one of the first modern environmentalists helping to expand public land in the kennedy administration and the father of democratic senator of tom udahl in new mexico and mark udall of colorado. and he died surrounded by family members in santa fe, 90 years old. it was michigan meet out day yesterday, but didn't stop the meat lovers gathering near the state capitol building. >> eat meat m-e-a-t. >> they are enthusiastic.

>> meat. >> meat cheerleader. >> okay. >> the cheerleaders in the rain. meat lovers chow down on burgers, hotdogs and other meats in defiance of meat out day. >> yeah. >> by governor jennifer granholm urging citizens not to eat meat for the sake of health, but protesters say meat is good for you. >> m-e-a-t! >> meat is nutrition, pork is nutritious, turkey and lamb are all nutritious. >> i like meat. >> after the backlash, governor granholm also declared yesterday michigan agriculture day. >> nobody grilled corn dogs. >> i don't know, you are the champion corner dog. >> i've got props for sports today. because my four-year-old daughter could not for the life of her figure out why the name cinderella kept coming up when daddy was watching basketball last night. cinderella, cinderella in the

fairy tale of march madness is northern iowa who ousted top seed kansas. one cinderella and the other sent-- >> why is that your collection. those of mine, in my office. as for kentucky no cinderella sending them home. the wildcats rolled, destroying wake forest, 90-60, darius miller a career high 20. and wildcats 60% from the floor, they're scary. and the top seed lady vols playing in their record 29th first game cruising by 16th seed austin p. and tennessee scored the first 15 points before austin peay hit a crushing defeat and duke blazes by hampton, 72-37. and the men's tournament is anyone's game the women is over.

u-conn hasn't lost by less than double figures all year long. >> thank you for the cinderella analogy. >> don't let anyone steal those, dave. week long fight against flooding. the red river near to cresting. rick reichmuth in moorhead. >> it's going to be cresting today and perhaps a sigh of relief for many of the residents here, i'm joined by a city council member here in moorhead, not over in fargo. tell me how everybody is holding up dealing with this for a second year. >> doing good. this year was a lot better than last year. this year last year, things were going wrong and this year things are tightened up, buttoned up and ready to go. >> what kind of changes happened to the city council here after last year? there was a bit of unrest and people were unhappy after everything was handed. how it was handled last year. any changes, what you guys are doing differently this year. >> we had significant changes, three council members turn

over out of the eight and we've done everything we can to prepare for this yearment we knew it was wet in the southern basin and we might be facing it one more time. and we've broken the town into zones and that's worked in just the communications between citizens and city hall. okay, fargo is about four feet lower than moorhead, the other side of the river. how well do the two cities work together to make sure that things are okay. one side raises their levees and makes stuff poor into the other side. how well do you work together. >> work as best as we can, two different cities and states and we listen to each other and communicate on a daily basis to make sure we're not hurting each other's flood fights. >> now, five of the largest floods have happened, five of the top eight have happened since 1997. there's a lot of flooding that happens in this area. what kind of plans are there to maybe make a divergent system? >> we're looking at a fairly significant divergent on the west or east side of town that will bring some of the flow out of here.

we won't have to deal with the real high levels year after year. >> mark, best of luck to you guys, we'll send it back to you in the studio. >> we'll check with you throughout the whole show. >> thank you. a new study out there. i threw it out this on twitter and facebook. a new study out this morning says that married people are twice as likely to be overweight and it comes down to things like infrequent exercise, less intimacy. >> i thought people had more-- >> what? >> then you get regular intimacy. >> what are you talking about? >> i thought-- my husband was just using that line on me? >> i don't know. they look at 17,000 couples between 20 years old and 70 years old. >> look,s this the beauty of marriage. the minute you get married you can just let yourself go. you can just chow down, stop going to gym and let yourself go. we know that's the secret of marriage, dave. >> i disagree, i completely

disagree with this, they say twice as likely to become obese, i think this flipped. i think it's turning, yesterday's people. i think today's-- >> you think they're out there. >> no, i think today's younger people getting married are staying in shape together, working out together and women, most importantly, are more independent now working out, they're lawyers, doctors, work out. going to the gym and running their house old it's not the al bundy, sit back and hand down the pants. >> i think that young people are changing this and staying in shape and i think you'll see the number dramatically change. >> i disagree, i blame my husband for making me eat more. every time we go to dinner, he orders the salad, appetizer, dessert and the wine and i don't need all of that, but because he's doing that. >> your husband is in great shape. >> he works out. and i eat with that with him and don't work out. >> let you know on e-mail and twitter. we'll see how the chips fall

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sunday. >> good morning. >> congressman what's your thoughts about this as the trial moves forward for the navy seals? >> well, it's ridiculous, first of all. this terrorist brutalized four american civilians, set them on fire, hung them from a bridge in fallujah. he was the master mind behind this kidnapping and murder of these civilians. he's captured by our navy seals, later when he's turned over to the iraqis, he said he got a hurt mouth. they are court martialed for that and i think they ought to be given medals and sent out to bag another terrorist myself and the charges dismissed against them. >> it appears from the reports that we're hearing it looks as if, and you seem to agree, that they showed restraint. all he got was a bloody mouth? >> i think they showed remarkable restraint because they knew who he was. he bragged about it on the internet to other terrorists, and i think that they showed a remarkable restraint in how they dealt with him. first of all, we don't know if this is true. he only said something about

it after he's turned over to the iraqis and it's ironic, they're going to be tried in a military court. he's going to be tried in a civilian court. >> unbelievable. we'll keep an eye on that story. you're also joining us to talk about health care. momentous morning on capitol hill and we were hearing from democrats who were saying we're not going to do the deem and pass, an up or down straight on health care in the house and the american people deserve this. you believe something else is at work here. it's not straight up or down, there might be dirty tricks still at play here? >> yes, we call them the deem-chats now. and they really didn't have to vote for the health care monstrosity, but they're still making back room deals, promising to give away the country to individuals, it seems like, who will switch their vote, who will trade their vote for some promise back in their congressional district. that's been going on all day yesterday. they now claim they have the

216 votes, we'll find out this afternoon. >> but you know, this is part of the process, right? i mean, both sides, both sides of the aisle do this and of course, critics will say, look, this happens in washington. this is how you make legislation. this is the sausage making process that we've now been a victim of having it watch. this is congress as usual. >> well, that's not true. first of all, special certain states have gotten special deals, promises like the corn husker kickback, the florida gatorade, louisiana purchase, now idaho, a special deal and 30 states including the state of texas are prepared to file a lawsuit against the federal government if this bill passes, saying that's unconstitutional. it's not equal protection because special states or certain states are getting favors that other states are not allowed to have under this. these back room deals one of the reasons why the people in the american populous are

disgruntled and disgusted with congress. they're not voting their conscience, they're voting because they got some favor. it's morally wrong. >> you went on about the states suing the government. texas included. a lot of constitutional experts saying look, this is not going to work, this is not going to fly, the federal government will trump a state's rights. what do you say to that. >> not necessarily so. it's not only the state's rights issues, there are other constitutional problems in the bill. the bill requiring citizens to purchase insurance whether they like it or not. if they don't pay, if they don't buy the insurance they have to pay a fine, if you don't pay the fine you're subject to being prosecuted under the irs code and you could go to prison. that's an unconstitutional mandate. the federal government doesn't have the authority to force you to buy anything, whether it's insurance, a car or a box of donuts. another unconstitutional provision in the bill. >> well, since it's an early morning this morning, maybe we can get the government to buy

us a box of donuts this morning. congressman, nice seeing you on this subject. >> thank you. >> coming up here on the show. developing reports this morning to iran is training taliban fighters. >> thank you. >> paying for them to learn how to kill n.a.t.o. forces. details coming up. and doctors saying skin cancer is reaching epidemic levels despite years of warnings to use sunscreen. what should you start doing receipt now? spring is in the air, an expert it with us next. pzñ so kate you were stressed, a lot of junk food on the go and you were... a little irregular, sluggish.

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>> a stunning new study finds skin cancer is an epidemic right now with skin cancer rates on the rise despite years of warnings about sunscreen. >> what do you need to know to protect yourself. a dermatologist is here with all the latest technology.

thanks for being here. >> it's so nice to be here. >> it's so timely for moi because i'm going on a tropical vacation on thursday and i was going to go out and buy 15 spf because i want a little color. does any color mean bad now days? >> any color means you've had sun rays getting in. >> is that bad? >> well, it's not good and spf is simply a way of protecting against sunburn. but i prefer the higher numbers, particularly if you're going to warmer climate where there's a lot of ultraviolet light, a lot of sun and the reason is because there's a certain amount of sun damage and accumulation in your skin before you get the sunburn. so what number? you've brought some of this stuff. tell us what number is effective and what are we just being silly. >> through the year you want to use a spf of 15. during the winter months and it's really important that you have a uva-uvb. because uva, the long

wavelength light. a is the same all year round. >> and uvb. >> higher in the summertime. late spring early fall you want to use the highest. i'm holding 100. >> yeah. >> when would someone need to wear that and who? >> well, you really want to go above 50. now, i like the 100. i like the higher number. i didn't know they made it. >> well, they are making it and nutra gina made a number and antioxidants in them. there's damage to the skin's immune stem before that takes place before you get a sunburn. what you want to do. wear a higher number, but don't be lulled into a false sense of security. you still need to apply sun block half an hour before you go out in order for it to settle and actually be effective and you also need to reapply it every couple of hours, even if it says water resistent. >> even if it's a hundred and water resistent. as you said some of the new products are adding in things like green tea. is that a gimmick or is that actually-- >> no, it's very helpful.

studies have shown that when you add antioxidants, when you add antioxidants to sun block, it actually enhances the effectiveness of the spf. so it's really good and i think that's a very positive step that some companies are adding them. before we go. what is happening here, 2 million people treated in 2006 and as far as medicare patients go, an increase of 16% in a four year period. is this as simple as people not putting enough skin, sunscreen on, or is there something else happening here? >> a lot of the medicare population was baking in the sun. i used to bake in the sun, obviously a waste of time, but a lot of the people, you know, the most stunning statistics for me, we should all be concerned about is the highest rate of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. >> right. >> are occurring in young women, more so than young men who are under the candidates. >> is that because of the tanning beds and things of that nature?

>> i think that has a lot to do about it. if you look at shows on television, you know, they, you know, glorify tans. sure, hello jersey shore. >> and for their motto. >> it is along with the fist pump (laughter) >> i'm glad you came on and you have changed my perspective about this. >> and just in time. >> i will wear 100 because i have been prone to some dangerous moles. >> and keep reapplying it. >> and you can do a self-- information on a self-examine on skin cancer.org. how to treat this and do a self-examine yourself as well. >> so great to be here, have a wonderful time. >> will do now. so democrats pass the health care bill today. will they vote on it and will it kill the u.s. economy? massachusetts has universal health care as we both know and it's own state treasurer says it's not working. why he says today's bill would bankrupt the u.s. >> and sandra bullock, reese

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