a hit they have the same thing in common that organizations like the american federation of teachers and the american medical association all have in common still don't know well it has a little something to do with guns i'll explain more in tonight's daily. so the days of junk food vending machines in our schools may be numbered last friday to be department of agriculture unveiled new rules that will prohibit the sale of greasy foods and sugary snacks and drinks in our nation's schools these new rules were acquired by a law passed by congress in two thousand and ten the law was known as the health of the healthy hunger free kids act of two thousand and ten and eight it was aimed at reducing childhood obesity rates according to the rule most snacks sold in school will have to contain less than two hundred calories and drink machines and elam. in middle schools will only be allowed to sell water low fat milk and one hundred percent fruit or vegetable juices and small pied all vending machines it will apply to the alec cart lunch lines then it will also apply to any other foods regularly sold around school they will not a

. >>> a study in the joinal of the american -- journal of the american medical association finds men would take vitamin c supplements are twice as likely to develop kidney stones and calcium supments can increase heart disease in men. >>> and with more and more patients in need of specialized care, doctors are beginning to turn to technology to be in more than one place at a time. >> wusa9's anita brikman has more on one of the best advances ever in telemedicine. >> reporter: dr. paul has an unusual way of making his rounds at ronald reagan ucla medical center. he uses a robot to check in on his patients, a camera mounted on his computer sends a live picture of himself to the patient and he uses a joy stick to control the robot's movement. >> i want you to do a couple of things for me. hold your hands way up in the air for me. >> reporter: 27-year-old kevin was admitted to intensive care for bleeding in his brain. doctors have examined him in person but he also has periodic vehicle sits from the robot. >> i -- visits from the robot. i think it's pretty cool. it's the next best thing

published today in the journal of the american medical association, researchers found the increase inen 25 to 39 years of age. and it's alarming because we don't know exactly why this is happening. it could be rising obesity rates, early menstrual periods, even environmental factors that we don't have pinned down. scientists are still unsure. but it is not a reason to rush out and get a mammogram if you are a young woman. for most women, you should start getting mammograms around the age of 50. and in the meantime, you can keep up with your self-examinations, watch your weight, stop smoking, and of course, if you find anything that strays from the norm, that's when you check in with your doctor. brian? >> nancy snyderman back at home base in new york tonight with today's medical story. nancy, thanks. >>> we're back in a moment with the end of an era in hollywood, coming off a big role in this year's best picture at the oscars. >>> another print publication is going away. this time, it's "daily variety." they've been covering hollywood for 108 years. "weekly variety" will keep going an

a study in the "journal of the american medical association" found that expanding the use of folic acid, a commonly used vitamin, had a big impact. we get more tonight from nbc's chief science correspondent, robert bazell. >> reporter: dr. tamara goldwasser is an ob/gyn who counsels women on how to have a healthy pregnancy. >> you're taking your vitamins -- >> reporter: she is also pregnant and knows a nutritious diet plus folic acid supplements are an important part of giving her baby the best chance for a healthy body and brain. concern starts even before the pregnancy. >> a woman's health before she becomes pregnant definitely will influence the way that her pregnancy is going to progress. >> reporter: while it is well known that folic acid can reduce the chance of certain birth defects, the latest study suggests that women who take folic acid supplements before getting pregnant may also reduce the risk of having a child with autism. the researchers followed the development of more than 85,000 children born in norway between 2002 and 2008 and tracked their progress until last year. t

. >> what does the ama say about this, the american medical association, which is the association representing doctors? >> the ama is actually kind of enlightened about a lot of this stuff. >> you mean they're in favor of the obama programs? >> they certainly supported obamacare. >> but they're just a fraction of the doctors out there. a lot of dock out there don't -- >> obamacare is helpful to them. we're talking money here. >> the obamacare is helpful in controlling healthcare costs. a huge chunk of the deficit reduction that's been achieved is through obamacare. >> when we come back, minimum wage hike. (woman) 3 days of walking to give a breast cancer survivor a lifetime-- that's definitely a fair trade. whoo! you walk with friends, you meet new friends, and you keep those friendships. it was such a beautiful experience. (woman) ♪ and it's beautiful ♪ undeniable (woman) why walk 60 miles in the boldest breast cancer event in history? because everyone deserves a lifetime. visit the3day.org to register or to request more information today. ♪ burning like a fire ♪ building up from deep inside

. >> what does the ama say about this, the american medical association, which is the association representing doctors? >> the ama is actually kind of enlightened about a lot of this stuff. >> you mean they're in favor of the obama programs? >> they certainly supported obamacare. >> but they're just a fraction of the doctors out there. a lot of dock out there don't -- >> obamacare is helpful to them. we're talking money here. >> the obamacare is helpful in controlling healthcare costs. a huge chunk of the deficit two minimum wage hike. >> today a full-time worker making the minimum wage earns $14,500 a year. even with the tax relief we've put in place, a family with two kids that earns the minimum wage still lives below the poverty line. tonight, let's declare that in the wealthiest nation on earth no one who works full-time should have to live in poverty and raise the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour. >> minimum wage hike. one proposal put forward by the president at last week's state of the union address. the current federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. a rate the president wants boosted

. >>> in medical news, a new study says hip replacements are more likely to fail in women than men. the study in the "journal of the american medical association" says women tend to have smaller joints and bones than men and face a 29% higher risk of implant failure in the first three years. more than 300,000 americans undergo total hip replacement surgery every year. 98% are successful. >>> on the "money watch," a big office supply merger, and burger king's twitter account gets fried. erica ferrari is here in new york with that and more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. concerns about budget talks in washington sent most asian stocks lower. tokyo's nikkei lost half a percent. hong kong's hang seng fell 1%. >>> wall street is back in business today after the long president's day weekend. investors will be looking at new reports on housing and building this week. last week the dow closed down 11 points. the nasdaq also fell almost two points. >>> officemax and office depot may merge. the "wall street journal" says the two companies could announce the merger as early as this week. officemax has stores mostly in the u.s. and canada, and o

a new study in the journal of the american medical association finds men who take vitamin c are twice as likely to develop kidney stones. a second study finds calcium supplements can increase the risk of heart disease in men. researchers in both studies say better to eat foods that are rich in vitamin c and calcium and skip the supplements altogether. >>> watching television may hurt a man's chance of having a child. a new study from the university of rochester shows young men who watch 20 hours of television a week had a much lower sperm count. researchers tracked men between the ages of 18 and 22 for two years. they say men can improve their sperm count significantly if they exercise at least 15 hours a week. >>> how videogames are helping brain surgeons practice before they get to the operating room. i'm ines ferre in new york. i'll have that story coming up. before they practice on patients. ines ferre shows us how it works. may look like a vid >>> welcome back. healthwatch now. a new technology is helping brain surgeons improve their skills before they practice on patients. ines

the study published in the journal of the american medical association finds female patients face a 29% higher risk of implant failure within the first three years as compared to men. doctors say the smaller hip implants typically used in women involve a smaller ball socket joint which can dislocate more easily. 98% of hip replacement surgeries are successful. still experts say the food and drug administration should require more testing on hip implants. they believe the fda should find which ones will last 15 to 20 years in women. >>> there is reassuring news about the risk of cancer in women who undergo invitro fertilization. a national cancer institute study finds ivf treatments do not increase the risk of breast or gynecological cancers. more than 67,000 cases of women were viewed who received the treatments. about 1500 had breast or endometrial cancers but that's about the same number for people who did not receive the treatment. >>> doctors here in america and doctors in norway agree. women should be careful when it comes to caffeine. they found high levels of caffeine often resul

head they have the same thing in common that organizations like the american federation of teachers and the american medical association all have in common still don't know well it has a little something to do with guns i'll explain more in tonight's daily. so the days of junk food vending machines in our schools may be numbered last friday. the department of agriculture unveiled new rules that will prohibit the sale of greasy foods and sugary snacks and drinks in our nation's schools these new rules were acquired by a law passed in by congress in two thousand and ten the law was known as the health of the healthy hunger free kids act of two thousand and ten and eight it was aimed at reducing childhood obesity rates according to the rule most snacks sold in school will have to contain less than two hundred calories and drink machines in elementary and middle schools will only be allowed to sell water low fat milk and one hundred percent fruit or vegetable juices and small plied all vending machines it will apply to the alec card lunch lines and it will also apply to any other foods regularly sold around school they wil

the study is in the journal of the american medical association. >>> and video inside this tennesseechool bus shows 18-year-old jonathan cull collins on a bit of a joy ride. where was he going? he was headed to his grandmother's house. police say collins was walking there when he noticed a school bus parked on the road with the keys inside. that's when i decided to go for that joy ride. the bus was not damaged, but that 1-year-old faces a felony theft charge now. not a good idea. and lady gaga is forced to postpone several shows of her born this way tour due to a painful injury. in a series of tweets, she explains she suffers from a severe inflammation of the joints, it has gotten much worse, especially after the show in montreal monday night left her unable to walk. concerts have thousand been postponed in chicago, detroit, and hamilton, ontario. we wish her well. >>> and some places are still digging out from the history making blizzard. thousand we understand there is more snow on the way. so let's check in with andrea pe indra peterson. >> exactly what we don't want to see. bring

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i once told that to a member of the american medical association. he said, it shows. i am not sure what he meant. i divided my written statement into three parts. is our medical capability efficiently used? the answer is no. the second is, what public policy levers does congress have, given that we want more primary-care physicians, to move them into that field, and also to practice where they are needed? the third is, to what extent can financial incentives be used, which you have already answered him and talked about. the traditional model of workforce forecasting has been to focus on physician population ratios, as if all the other people who work in the primary care team did not matter. my whole career has been to say we should use non-physician workers far more imaginatively, he and let them practice independently, in full competition with physicians. that was very controversial many years ago. less so now. many states actually already allow that. the congress has made a very large role in innovating in this field, by funding the training of nurse practitioners an

but i do have to say that the american medical association does not recognize me. who do come to the heart attack grill view what we do as a medicine in and of itself, much as you would recognize a chinese doctor of medicine. here is -- >> hang on, let me just jump in. we'll get to this medicine here in a minute. i want to get to mr. alleman. my frank question to you is heart attack grill, do you at all feel responsible for his death? >> i feel the same responsibility that any fast food chain should feel for anybody's death. the fact that you've graciously had me on your show speaks volumes for your particular show, because john alleman's story is a story that needs to be told. he was a person living out on the edge of society, and a person who had no other outlet. to give you a very graphic illustration, these are his last belongings that the nurse gave me at the hospital. because she had no one else to give them to. he was a night watchman in a tower and he would come every day to the heart attack grill because he loved the pageantry of it. he would stand outside

the national association of children's hospitals. if you have anything to do with the health care of children you are on the nra's enemy list. as is of of course, the american medical a single person who has been tricked into paying dues to the nra who could tell us why the american academy of pediatrics is on the nra's enemy's list. or why the nra hates brain surgeons. because the due's money of the nra is constantly being used for things that the majority of members of the nra do not support. it is being used now to lobby against background checks for gun sales, something that most nra members actually support. the ama theater chain is on the nra's list, which only makes me want to see movies at amac's now. and ben and jerry's names are on the list, which makes me want to get even fatter. the kansas city chiefs and royals are on the nra's list, so if you're a baseball fan in kansas city and an nra member, you had better find a chicago team to follow. because don't think the nearby st. louis rams are the answer. because they, too, are on the nra's enemy's list. stoney field farm's yogurt has just become my yogurt of choice by getting itself on the enemy list. how

medical marijuana dispensaries, three dozen right here in the bay area. >>> a warning to men who take supplements. a new study in the journal of the american medical associationvitamin c are twice as likely to develop kidney stones. a second study finds calcium supplements increase the risk of heart disease in men. researchers in both studies say better to eat foods rich in vitamin c and calcium and skip supplements. >>> watching television may hurt a man's chance of having a child. a new study from the university of rochester shows young men who watch 20 hours of tv a week had a lower sperm count. researchers tracked men between 18 and 22 for two years. they say men can improve their sperm counts significantly if they exercise at least 15 hours a week. so get out there. >>> 5:19. coming up, can the sharks win in southern california? >> plus, what caused this local golfer to bust a move in phoenix? ♪ ♪ the freshenator. the buddy system. the do si go. the two-handed tango. el cleaño. [ female announcer ] nothing leaves you feeling cleaner and fresher than the cottonelle care routine. try it. then name it. >>> low clouds and fog sweeping onshore overnight. temp

. >> reporter: a new study in the journal of the american medical association finds that women who undergo total hip replacement surgery face a 20% higher risk of implant failure in three years than men. smaller implants involve a smaller ball in the socket, which can dislocate more easily. >> females have a propensity to get smaller implants because of their smaller bone and smaller structure. >> reporter: women with metal on metal had nearly twice as many problems as men. >> it may be because they're more sensitive to the metal breaking off and entering the blood stream. >> reporter: the overwhelming majority of those operations, 98%, are successful. >> reporter: still, expert says the food and drug administration should require more festing -- more testing. and will last 15 to 20 years. >> it's not like you can go to a consumer reports magazine and find out which is the best toaster. which is the best hip. >> can you lift that leg up? >> reporter: linda had her surgery -- surgery six weeks ago and already feels a big difference. >> i don't feel any pain. i don't have a limp anymore. >>

. >> a new study in the journal of the american medical association, finds women who undergo total hip replacement surgery face a 29% higher risk of implant failure within the first three years than men. researchers explain, faller implants involve a smaller ball in the socket, which can dislocate more easily. >> females have a propensity to get smaller implants because of the size of their bone and the size of their structure. >> reporter: the study also showed women who had metal on metal implants had almost twice as many problems as men. >> it may be that they're more sensitive to the medal -- metals that are breaking off into the blood stream. >> reporter: more than 300 undergo the hip replacement surgery every year. majority of those operations, 98%, are successful. >> reporter: still, the food and drug administration says more testing should be done to find out which works best on women's bodies and will last 15 to 20 years. >> it's not like you can go to a consumer reports magazine and find out, which is the best toaster, which is the best hip? >> reporter: can you lift that leg

. >> reporter: a new study in the journal of the american medical association finds a small but significant increase in advanced breast cancer among women in their 20s and 30s. researchers found the rate has gone up each year since 1976. >> ideally, you'd like to see that number go down and not up. >> young women tend to have more aggressive forms of the disease than older women and have lower survival rates. >> 2 thowrt,000 women are diagnosed with breast -- 230,000 women in the u.s. are diagnosed with it every year. there are no recommended age screenings for that age group. >> reporter: experts say younger women usually don't know anything is wrong until they can actually feel the lump, a sign that the tumor is advanced. >> women really have to pay attention to their physical exams. they should not ignore it, bring it to a doctor's attention. >> elaine already gets mammograms because of her family's history. >> that's scary. you don't think of it coming into people like that. >> researchers say more studies need to be done to figure out why the numbers are going up. in new york, marley h

when you look at the nra list, the american medical association, national association of police organizations. league of women voters, ywca, united methodist church, these are not enemies of the second amendment. we all don't have to agree with you to not be an enemy. >> i think clarence is exactly right in terms of it's very important for them to stoke this feeling of victim hood and besiegement and paranoia among the membership. and, you know, maybe we can through the smurfs on the list and argue what kind of threat brittany spears poses to america. this is kind of casting this wide, absurd net that has no bearing upon kind of a serious conversation of what needs to be done here. >> now, clarence, the president is pushing a big agenda. and he's dealing with it from newtown to chicago. look at what happened in the super bowl ads. he's really pushing a huge effort here to try and deal with gun reform. >> that's true. and i think -- >> the nra once supported background checks. >> we think it's reasonable to provide mandatory, instant criminal background checks for every sale at every gun show.

was begun, a study was published in the early part of this century in the journal of the american medical association, and it found that the background checks had not had any impact on lowering crime. but we're concerned that the background check does give the government the opportunity to keep that information, and that is something that was used to confiscate guns in new york a few decades ago. it was used to confiscate guns after katrina. government's only use registration lists to confiscate guns. they do not find it helpful in fighting crime. host: a tweet from maverick -- guest: having your fire are covered by insurance is one thing. that is a private company. hopefully they are going to respect the privacy of your information, but they would need that information of the gun were stolen or somehow lost to identify the gun as belonging to you if it is recover. but for the government to have that information is another matter. arguably the government is keeping it to fight crime. but as we know from the studies that have been done, it is not useful in fighting crime. host: how many guns do you ow

the children's hospital association, the american hospital association, the academic pediatric association, the american academy of pete yacht ricks, the american pediatric society, association of medical school department chairs, the society for pediatric research, the association of american medical colleges, the american osteopathic association and the american college of surgeons, among others. far too many children in our nation are already lacking access to a pediatrician. or a doctor trained in pediatric subspecialty. without chgme we will once again be discouraging medical residents from choosing pediatrics. on a personal note, nearly two years ago i met anna who was receiving treatment for leukemia at the children's hospital in philadelphia. today, thanks to the excellent care she received, she is happy, energetic and in school full time. she continues to remind me of what is really at stake. i urge my colleagues to vote yes on h.r. 297 and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pallone. mr. pallone: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may

this morning's policy summit wouldn't be possible without a generous supporter of the american medical association. here this morning we have dr. james mjmedicare users as the executive vice president and ceo. prior to joining, dr. madara and accomplished medical center physician, medical scientist and administrator served as professor and chair of pathology and laboratory medicine at the emory university school of medicine. before assuming the thompson distinguished service professor shuck and dean ship in the university of chicago school of medicine, dr. madara. [applause] >> thanks very much. good morning and welcome. in the news gallery here at the newseum you will find a newspaper from july, 1925 and there will be a head line with a photo of president lyndon johnson signing medicare into law. we are now almost half a century leader in that same structure, and there are concerns about the program as needing renovation. so today we come together to ask how congress and the health care community can work together to reach imagine the medicare program to ensure that patients get high-quality care

guest: well, we know from the study that was published in that journal of the american medical association that the background check before and after they were in effect did not contribute to lessening crime. and for "the jurm of the medical association -- "journal of the medical association," to their credit because they have a decidedly anti-second amendment editorial policy. the fact is what deterse crime is people who might be victims being armed. we have locales in this country where people can carry concealed firearms and readily so. those are areas where we tend to have our lower violent crime rates. whereas places like the district of columbia, where it's virtually impossible still to get a gun, there the violent crime rate is quite a bit higher than it is out here in gun-friendly fairfax county. host: dave in tallahassee, please go ahead with your question or comment for larry pratt? caller: thanks for c-span. good morning. i am a retired police officer. i was a police officer for 37 years. worked what people call the hood for like 20 years. i witnessed thousands of times where pe

the nurses association. i have a union called the american bar association. a union is a group that furthers the economic interest through membership. the american medicalssociation does that for physicians. the only group in america that does not have a united representation are lawyers. we have seen a huge decline in the number of people in the middle class today. the top one percent own about all the wealth of this country. the top also on about 65%. there has been a huge change. we had a quality of wealth in the 1960's in 1970 pause. we are one of the most unequal countries in the world now. how much longer workers in this country will be doubtful? i wrote a book in the book -- i wrote a book talking about unions moving into the 21st- century and recognize and they have to be professional be professional associations, not unions. or employers will be so vehement antiunion, workers will rebuild. host: you are listening to professional desperate pressure of george washington university. we are talking about labor boards and the national liberal relations board. a tweet -- guest: they are all recess appointments. when congress is not in session, the pr

that is the alarming headline, just splipublished in "the jour of the american medical association." h the latest. what does the study find? >> these findings came as a real surprise to a lot of people it compared the november cases of metastatic breast cancer, in young women in their 20s and 30s to what it was years ago this spells it out. in 1976, there were approximately 250 cases of metas metastatic breast cancer. today it's more like 850. that is a big difference. this is especially alarming because when young women get breast cancer, it's often a more aggressive type of cancer. it has doctors thinking is the study correct? what's going on? if it is correct, something needs to be done. >> under 40 normally doesn't get a mammogram what is driving the increase? >> some of it may be that we're better at diagnosing breast cancer. we have digital mama grams. they don't know. they that i maybe women are delaying childbirth and that can be linked to increased rates of breast cancer. more women taking oral contraceptives and that might be linked to race of breast cancer. truly they don't

the event took place at the american medical association national advocacy, and that the grand hyatt in washington d.c. card mark [applause] >> well, good morning, everybody. it's really nice to have a chance to be that way if ama and i want to start by thanking dr. lazarus and congratulating him for his leadership this year. say hello to dr. madeira, your ceo whoever chris for a number of years and recognize following knee this morning on a piano, you'll hear from one of your former leaders who we get the opportunity to work with each and every day, that nancy nielsen, a former ama president, who is now part of our centers for an invasion, hoping to promote and drive a lot of the very exciting work going on in the delivery system and also hopefully throughout the course of the day you have a chance to talk to dr. mandy cohen, a great health later at hhs who does a lot of outreach with the physician community. i told dr. lazarus as i was coming in, i think it is a very opportune time to have a psychiatry sleep the ama. the law may need his personal help and support, but also, i think

their work is published in the journal of the american medical association. ave a great guest with us today, dr. matthew fink, neurologist in chief at new york presbyterian medical center. so you're the person to talk to, neurologist in chief, doctor. nice to have you with us today. when you think about anything that has to do with electricity, i hate to admit, i get that scene from one flew over the cuckoo's nest, that's the image when a lot of us think about when we think about electricity and the brain and treatment. how is this different? >> this is very different because these are very, very small stimulations of the brain if a very safe way, and they can either be done by direct stimulation with what's called dc current or magnetic stimulation. so it is an extremely safe treatment. jenna: does it hurt? >> it does not hurt. the patients feel nothing at all. jenna: not even a tingle or something like that? >> barely a tingle. it's very safe, and it's something which has great promise. it cannot hurt anyone. it really is very safe. jenna: why would this be

the study in "the journal of the american medical association." deo in this tennessee school bus shows jonathan cole collins on a joyride. he was walking home from school when he passed a parked school bus. >> he noticed the keys in the bus. and that's when he decided he didn't want to walk. >> the bus not damaged, but collins does face a felony theft charge. he was tired, he to walk 6 1/2 miles, so he hopped on the bus. >>> lady gaga is postponing several concerts. her joints have severe inflammation and it's gotten much worse recently. she says she cannot even walk. she apologized for the cancelations and saying i hope it will heal as soon as possible. i hate this. i hate this so much. i love you and i am sorry. how is that for a heart-felt apology. >> that's terrible for her. how sad. how awful and her fans too will be wildly disappointed. thank you. >>> president obama promising the plans he laid out in the state of the union will not add a dime to the deficit. can he keep that vow? chris van hollen will join us. he chairs the budget committee.

thank you so much, and once again i would like to thank the american medical association and to welcome dr. james madara to offer some closing remarks to us. [applause] >> well, i think this has been fantastic, and i would like to thank the national journal for acting as host, and thank you, connie. the speakers, they were wonderful panels. the audience, great questions. maggie, you served as the bonding agent for the whole thing, so thank you. just a couple of comments. why is health care so, such a special topic? this really brings it home. and i can think of three reasons. first, obviously, it's too expensive for the outcomes we secure. 17, 18% of the gdp. second, it's just -- [inaudible] as i like to say to groups like this, we're all preops, it's just a matter of timing. [laughter] and thirdly, it's very national. our security as a nation actually rests in the quality of our physiological capital of our citizens. so where are we in this discussion as we think of panelists that represented different disciplines and different points of view? well, there seem to be several, and i'll n

new research in the journal of american medical association says hip replacement failures are still very rare but they can't explain why women are 29% more likely to need a repeat surgery. >>> it's blu-ray or the highway for this cat. something about his owner's computer dvd player just gets this kitty fired up. whoa, doesn't like it. maybe prefers a witty conversation? good old movie night? i don't know. doesn't like that dvd player, though. >> the cat wants them to put a dvd in there. >> maybe that's it. >> wow! >> wonder how long he sits there and does that. now nine minutes after the weather. let's get a check of the weather from mr. roker. >> announcer: "today's" weather is brought to you by chico's, your destination for fabulous fashion and accessories. >>> as we look out to the west, we can see we're going to be seeing a big storm coming on shore. that eventually makes its way through the plains, bringing blizzard-like conditions and makes a mess here in the east the latter part of the week. take a look. we've got winter weather advisories. winter storm watches and winter weather

the nurses association. i have a union, the national bar association, they don't think of themselves -- the american bar association, they don't think of thems as a union. the american medical association does it for physicians. the only group in america today that doesn't have a united representation are workers. and that's why professor stieglitz came out with his book in the middle class, we've seen a huge decline in the number of people in the middle class. the top 1% own about 1/3 of all the wealth in the country, the top 5% own about 65%. there's been a huge change. we had tremendous equality of wealth throughout the 1960's and 1970's. now we've become one of the most unequal countries in the world and it's frightening because it reminds me of france before the french revolution and russia before the russian revolution. i wonder how much longer workers in this country will bes do ill. i wrote a book years ago called "can unions survive," i said what will bring unions back, either they'll move into the 21st century and realize they have to be professional associations and not unions or workers will be so vehemently anti-union that workers will rebel and demand unions.

. -- the aarp, the american medical association, the catholic conference, the conference of mayors, bob barker, oprah winfrey, tony bennett, the kansas city chiefs, the sara lee corporation and hundreds of other individuals and organizations all have something in common. they're all targeted on nra -- n.r.a.'s website as being -- as holding anti-gun positions. and what does the n.r.a. consider to be anti-gun? for one, they say that the listed individuals and groups are opposed to repeal of the brady act. it's not that they support expanding background checks to include all gun sales, which would seem to be reasonable, it's that they're opposed to the repeal of the current brady act, which would end all background checks. with over 30,000 americans killed every year by guns, it seems that this is the time for swift and focused action to mitigate our nation's gun violence epidemic. it's not time to be drawing up an enemy's list of those who support reasonable gun safety measures. i'd suggest to some of my colleagues on the house, with enemies like these, perhaps it's time to rethink who y

was begun, a study was published in the early part of this century in the journal of the american medical association, and it found that the background checks had not had any impact on lowering crime. but we're concerned that the background check does give the government the opportunity to keep that information, and that is something that was used to confiscate guns in new york a few decades ago. it was used to confiscate guns after katrina. government's only use registration lists to confiscate guns. they do not find it helpful in fighting crime. host: a tweet from maverick -- guest: having your fire are thing. that is a private company. hopefully they are going to respect the privacy of your information, but they would need that information of the gun were stolen or somehow lost to identify the gun as belonging to you if it is recover. but for the government to have that information is another matter. arguably the government is keeping it to fight crime. but as we know from the studies that have been done, it is not useful in fighting crime. host: how many guns do you own? guest: i do not know. hos

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