department of aging. and terry lynch, director of arlington agency on aging. so secretary lawler, why us with this so special and unique. >> this was great. it was the first of its kind. we brought everybody together if three states to talk about living longer and access information to help us live a good life, a quality life. >> that's true. why was it so special for the residents of virginia? >> for the district of columbia. >> i'm sorry. >> it gave our residents which is our consumers, our family caregivers as well as our professionals a chance to be empowered, just the best practices that are centered around aging and aging in place because we know that aging is in a new stage at this time. it's awesome. >> it is a new stage gl. and terry lynch from virginia. >> we were really pleased because the older residents and their families are really looking for services and they don't know where to look. this gave them a real opportunity and professionals had a chance to meet with colleagues and learn more. >> so it was unique. it was special. it provided a servic

on that the aging said, mr. walker serves as the deputy assistant secretary for aging, advocating on behalf of older americans. now this new federal agency will seek to enhance and improve a broad range of support that individuals may need to live with respect and dignity as full members of our community. this needs to go well beyond health care. it includes the availability of private housing, employment, education, meaningful relationships, as well as social participation. in addition, we will be working with the centers for medicare and medicaid services to develop, refine, and strengthen policies that promote independent living among all populations, especially those served by medicaid. we would also look with cms to promote home and community-based services and support. last but not least, i will be remiss if i forget to mention that may is also the time of the year when communities across nations come together to celebrate the older americans month. the proud tradition that shows our nation's commitment to

we also have a loss starting at age 65. when people retire, that often move to more affordable to be spent when we talk about the tsunami, it is important to remember there are undercurrents there. this is likely to be the population that will be public services. >> and i just ask one question, it seems to strike me and we are getting to it. one of the things that they have to resolve, talking about the san franciscans to have been able to stay here but the children are not. "if they have had to leave, that puts a greater strain on the social that work -- safety net we're trying to provide. >> absolutely. i will show a sign that will reinforce that. this is where seniors in san francisco live base in the 2010 census. they are really spread all over the city. particularly the chinatown area. one of the things i want to point out is this issue of isolation which is not confined to one demographic or one in income growth. off -- if this was to show the proportion of seniors, then west portal. it is not these issues of isolatio

on that the aging said, mr.ker serves as the deputy assistant secretary for aging, advocating on behalf of older americans. now this new federal agency will seek to enhance and improve a broad range of support that individuals may need to live with respect and dignity as full members of our community. this needs to go well beyond health care. it includes the availability of private housing, employment,

at the age of 80. host: that is lorraine in pennsylvania. florida up on the line now, mary, independent. good morning, mary. mary, include? we lost mary. we'll try roger in malibu, california, republican. hey, roger. caller: great. thank you for c-span. host: you bet. caller: well, you know, the fact of the matter is that i felt all the viewers, that folks in congress and the senate, the president, everybody is entitled to their golden clears. how are you going to spend your golden years after 80 years old? i mean, what a joke. it's really silly, 80 years old. the fact of the matter is, if the government doesn't spend our money and the unions don't gamble it on the stock market, then you're going get -- you're going to end up getting just a few hundred dollars a month. my father went through it. my grandmother deals with it. it's not much money. you have to be conservative with your money. you have to save, and you have to save for retirement, because you can't live off -- and expect to live off your r

the new age the governmentt wants people to retire.3 3 since the recession hit, families across he country away ffommpoverty.it turns ut family wealth has actually hassdeclined. as liia sylvester reports many middle class families are also finding that they have no ffnaacial safety net. 3 --reeorter pkg-as follows -- i'm paying more for my mortgage now for this house than i ever paid. whattyou see here is what it is, is what i have. for 23 years deborah parris worked as a washington dc paramedic. noo retired she - no nest egg, little income, and lots of bills. i'm thiikinn i get my educatiin and get a good job and i'll have some kind of security. ttey don't have that now. now, that ecurity? no, i - hhrris wassinjured on the job. she had somm health insurance, but medical bills wiped out verge of lossng her home. the 3 sse's s finding that romised peality. and in the last five years she has sliiped deeeer into poverty. yes, i was better off than i am now. better off than i am noww so, that's it. her story could be town in america. the a

social security cut poverty in old age by half the other thing is the social security fully a third of social security is an insurance program for people in their teens their twenty's their thirty's their forty's if they get injured and are incapacitated for the rest of their life they break their neck or their back become a quadriplegic they will be taken care of it's an insurance policy for everybody but it's been so mismanaged the money doesn't even stay in the account it's like the united states i think is invested in treat us treasuries where would you want to tell about you know the money's been pulled out by the government over the years into varying places they constantly been. one of the most popular programs because everybody said it is because of that insurance program the puppet law if you will have you already contest in this country would just fall off a cliff that's called democracy but that's exactly what i know it's that i know that's why it's telling our dextro that it's called a mockery that's why we are a democratic republic and we're going to if you're going to

what's the social implications of rethinking how we envision old age? >> it gets rid of stereotypes, which influence how people behave. there is a famous study that shows if the psychologist is testing somebody sort of takes the attitude well, you're not going to do well because you're old or your memory is going to do poorly, well, the person will do poorly. if they take the attitude, look, you have a lot of life experiences, you're wise, intelligent, nobody will perform better. there is feedback. ageism has a negative effect on performance. >> as we do in a cultural environment in which age is stereotyped, right? >> yes. >> then you will conform willy-nilly to that stereotype, if you're supposed to be fragile at the age 80. >> yes. >> then you become fragile. >> exactly. >> if you think, however, that your's going to be living to the age 100, then you shatter the stereotype and you don't conform to it, and you're healthier? >> you are. >> you actually affect your health? >> you affect your health by your attitude. donald palmer has the oldest thing in

and he has a tail. >> you said we should lower the drinking age to 16, but raise the voting age to 35. >> i think people are a little maury responsible -- more responsible. >> you always use that -- everybody uses that whole thing, you can go to war, but you can't drink until they get to 21. you can go to war at 18. >> i have never heard that. >> my either. i just made it up. do you like that? >> you should tweet it. >> i think there are people mature at 18 and people who are dopes at 18. it is hard to legislate. it is so subjective. scrap everything and make it 16 and everything goes. >> you mean everything? i like it. >> including voting? >> voting too. i don't even care. >> it is true. voting is a sham. >> hi, i am chris hanson. is that zima you have? >> cases of mike's hard lemonade. bill, you are 36 and basically still a child. >> that's not a question. coming up, everybody's brain develops different times and in different i whats. if that's the case why don't we have cognitive tests developed by experts in that field that will determine whether an individual is rational enough t

i tell people -- age is nothing but a number. age is nothing but a number. ok. i am 75 years of age. at age 71, that is when i decided that i was going to start body building. i.m. -- i am considered the oldest female competitive body builder in the world. when i was younger, i was never athletic in any way. at age 56, my sister and i were invited to a picnic. we were told we can wear a bathing suits. we did not like how we looked. we decided we would start exercising. my sister died from a brain aneurysm. i just felt awful. i had panic attacks. she came to me in a dream and said that i was not doing what we said we were going to do. the first show that we did was in washington, d.c. boy, were they skimpiest suits. i had never had anything on like that in my life. but i put them on and we did the show. what i want to do is to inspire others to exercise and to each correctly. and what i do is i practice what i preach. >> 3, yes. 2, push it. >> just before we go, the economic crisis has even hit the nobel peace prize. prize winners are to receive a smaller cash pr

to have a comfortable old age. you are also seeing in terms of epidemics, an increase in alzheimer's and it is going to increase as the population increases. there are quite a few seniors who have mental health problems but they are also, the majority of seniors, who are hard-working, who had minimum wage jobs their whole lives, who paid social security. think about living on $889 a month in the city of san francisco needing to buy medication, one meal a day, hopefully, and health care. if we could provide health care early on we might prevent (inaudible) and people would be less likely to end up in the emergency room with a drastic outcome. we could actually provide prevention and health care to people who had no other a

the president in france plans to cut the retirement age lowering it from age 62 to age 60 and while jacking up corporate and bank taxes and introducing a new levee and hiring more than a million euros. >> the retirement system at 65 is not affordable. we have to have a retirement age at least 70 if not 75 to make that affordable. >> reporter: and there could be a catch. while raising retirement age might easy some problems -- ease some problems now, particularly with pengs of social security, it might worsen a big problem worldwide, use unemployment and those here in the united states are needed to fund social security. in new york, i'm liz mcdonald, fox business. >>> women who survived childhood cancer might be at hi -- higher risk than once thought of developing breast cancer. the concern is for those who were treated with chest radiation. 24% of them develop breast cancer by age 50. they may need annual mammograms. children treated today get lower doses of radiation to a smaller area of their bodies and their fought our risks are expected to be lower. >> hi, cooper. hi, cooper. >> what a

age 62 to age 60 while jacking up corporate and bank taxes and introducing a new levy on earnings highern euros. >> medicine is better, health is better, longevity is there. the retirement system at 65 is not affordable. we have to have a retirement age at least 70, if not 75 to make that afford pant. >> reporter: there could be a catch. while raising the retirement age might ease problems now particularly when it comes to pension and social security, it might worsen a really big problem worldwide, youth unemployment and those youths are needed in the united states to fund social security. >>> for more speed cameras in d.c. to allowing younger kids on facebook, here's laura evans with your fox 5 top five. >> up first tonight, shawn, a new way to download your favorite music. no. 5, say good-bye to zune and hello to x-box music offering a library of more than 30 million songs. users will be able to access music on all microsoft devices including pcs, window's 8 tablet and phones in addition to the x-box 360. no. 4, women who survive childhood cancer may be at higher risk of developing bre

. >> he's probably one of the top three swimmers in his age group in the country. quite possibly one of the top five swimmers in his age group in the world. >> reporter: the swimmers back home anxiously wait for the results. >> the whole team is going to watch and get all excited, probably yet and scream at the tv. >> reporter: in invite washington, richard jordan, news4. >>> would you beg to be arrested? one d.c. driver did in his effort to seek justice from the dmv. pat collins explains the motive behind this one-man protest. >> i don't want to do it. but what choice does a body have? >> reporter: he clasped one handcuff on his right wrist, stood up, took a sip of coffee, and attached the other cuff to the door of the dmv. with that, he got what he came for. arrested. cuffed for real by the cops. >> too tight? >> no, i just had to turn the wrist. >> reporter: his name is wally seberino, he says he's known as wally duwall. he was at the dmv to protest a $98 fee that he says is ten years old, that he says he didn't know about, that he says he didn't want to pay, th

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tavis: this book, in many respects, is about aging. as you have become more chronologically gifted, whether or not you think you're doing this gracefully? >> highlight to think i am at that we are having a lot more fun getting older than we pretend. it is interesting to me. everybody would amend a grown man to carry on. if i waited long enough and said, what you are saying is that you like your life lot better when you were 30? everybody would get real quiet and it meant that it wasn't the case. they felt like they were grown in the themselves in a way. and one of the things i discovered in talking about your grandmother, i did a search of my uses of the word elderly in my copy over the years, and you will not be surprised to hear that the older i got, the less often i used the word elderly in print. tavis: it does not surprise me, but it is a funny anecdotes. i was anxious to get into your book because i have done this to myself countless times, to ask myself at which age if we can go back, at what age what i want to go back to? the a

happily belongs to no age, climb, sex or condition.nces, he said, can be quoted when even from the most despised classes, genius develops itself and towers above all the circle of the human race. powerful words to tell adolescent boys, and despised classes were the key words. for junius had an important reason to leave england and come to america. the threat of scandal. he had come here not with his wife, who he left in london, but with his pregnant mistress, and over the next two decades, the couple had ten children, all of them illegitimate, including edwin and john wilkes. and it was when the boys were in their early teenage years that junius' wife came to baltimore from london to hunt her husband's second family down. she pursued edwin, john wilkes and their mother up through the streets of baltimore shouting insults, harlot, scarlet woman, the boys' mother and saying even worse things to the children. she wanted to establish in a very public way the illegitimacy of the american booth children, because she was bringing a suit for d

the new socialist party president in france has pledged to cut the retirement age, lowering it from agejacking up corporate and bank taxes and introducing a new levy on earnings higher than a million euros. >> medicine is better. health is better. longevity is there. the retirement system at 65 is not affordable. we have to have a retirement age at least 07, if not 75 to make that affordable. >> reporter: but there could be a catch. while raising retirement age might ease some problems now, particularly when it comes to pensions and social security, it might worsen a really big problem worldwide, youth unemployment and those youth here in the united states to fund social security. in new york, i'm liz mcdonald, fox business. >>> the washington nationals continue to build for their future. coming up next, the latest young arm added to the organization. we can tell you who the nats drafted last night next in sports. [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america

this will face increasing challenges as they age in place. the official san francisco policy is to support seniors to age in place, but there is no comprehensive strategy for serving those who by choice or circumstance live in residential hotels. while relatively affordable and close to transit, that former housing provides a ton challenges the tenants. the city, according to our input, needs to develop much more creative strategies across departments to reduce the isolation and make the buildings safer and provide the elderly and disabled greater access to community resources. i wanted to applaud the senior action network. i know the supervisor olague was a former organizer with them. the collaborative and episcopal community services, the income support services consortium and others who have produced this great report that you all have in front of you on your desks has concrete recommendations that i am committing to help implement along with supervisor olague and others. i want to thank the group of grass-roots housing organizations and o

. >>> a stunt territory ageing. nic wallenda dares to do what no one ever has, walk across niagara fal falls. we go on the high wire. megastunt and abc news exclusive. >>> and meeting lebron. he's battling for his first nba choim. out of the spot spotlight, superstar lebron james, how the king of the court is granting one boy's wish. >>> good evening. i'm terry moran. more than 72 hour hs of video are up loaded to youtube every minute. over 3 billion hour hs of video are watched every minute. lot of that seems to be pranks and dangerous stunts performed by teens gleefully avoiding that warning don't try this at home. why do they do all that and why are there so many copy cats. here is abc's john donovan. >> reporter: kids doing stunts has always been with us, but some of it very dangerous stuff indeed. but never has there been so much video of it, showing them actually doing it and making it easier for others to copy it. >> here we go! >> get ready, curtesy of youtube, mouth full of cinnamon, open wide, here it goes

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and also a book a brilliant book called the age of on reason susan in the age of on reason you talk about how f.d.r. educated the american people in preparation for taking on hitler using maps in fact some what lessons for today should we take from that and along that line if you could if you'd like to riff on this how could or should president obama be emulating f.d.r. and how did george w. bush compare with f.d.r. when he uses bullhorn to threaten bin laden told us all to go shopping or bill clinton tried to push through health care without really informing us about. look people aren't used to being informed of the truth is is is partly it's the partly it's the proliferation of media in the soundbite world which is really short and all of our attention spans when f.d.r. had his fireside chats. everybody in america who had a radio tuned in you know which is to say when the president spoke everybody who had the medium of the day which was radio listened nobody that president bush not president obama not anyone can expect that ninety percent of america will tune into anything and by

i think age also is something important. i remember, i wanted to do what a collection one time with only old people, and they told me not to do that because we do not like to see ourselves projected as old. and i did not do it. sometimes i did not listen, but at the moment, i knew i had to do some testing, and i had to show the beauty through the edge, so i will do it one time. maybe it will be my last collection. i will be part of the show, and i will walk. >> your final question comes from a twitter question. what advice do you have for young artists and designers to be successful in the world with so much competition and talent? >> i do not like to give advice. i know only my passion. what i can say is if you truly love fashion, you want to do a profession with fashion, you see -- they will find solutions. the things in fashion is to be right of with the moment with the society, with the desire, with what people need, and to understand also economically. of course, now, we have a moment where economically, there are a lot

of 65 than under the age of 15. by 2030, that's where singapore's going to be. that's where spain's going to be. what you have is a system which is almost impossible to support the needs of the elderly. as you can see in this chart, the u.s., although we are ageing, is not aging nearly as rapidly as many of our competitors. but this leads us to one last thing, which is both a great blessing and a great challenge. and this is really what i think this job summit is all about. that is really the question of, the united states is going to have an expanding workforce. we have children. the children one of these days are going to move out of the house. but the fact of the matter is, we have children. that means those children are going to have -- they're innovative and sometimes crazy ideas, sometimes good ideas, but they're going to have new ideas. japan which is rapidly aging, very hard to generate new ideas. where are you going to have a future market? you look at countries like germany and japan. part of their problem

while children age 4 and under and adults over the age of 75 are particularly at risk, brain injury affects soldiers, athletes and even members of congress like our former colleague gabby giffords. the annual cost of tbi is estimated at $48 billion, but dollars alone do not paint a complete picture of the scope of these injuries. it does not take into account the suffering of a person with a brain injury who may be disabled for life or the strain of a loved one's -- loved ones that tbi places on family members who are so often the caregivers. federal efforts to address tbi began with the traumatic brain injury act of 1996. the act aimed to identify and increase awareness of tbi through new research and programs. the tbi amendments of 2001 amended the 1996 law by extending to include for the brain injury education and awareness campaign, it reauthorized the program to conduct a study to examine the information gathered by hhs and assess appropriate interventions and develop practice guidelines. i look forward to the results of this study which will come out in november of this year. the 2008

walking his own age in kilometers every year. >> now, it is age 76. i hope that it is not going to pose a problem to finish. if i get to a much older age, it is another story. >> as a child, he survived the horrors of the holocaust. he remembers every day at burgen-belsen, the shadows of death and starvation. >> i remember the hunger, the cold. standing out for -- being counted for hours in the extreme cold and rain. >> 28 years later, he was on the israeli olympic team, attacked in the athletes village at the munich olympics. 11 israelis were murdered. is he unlucky to be in danger or lucky because he comes through? does it help to ask that question? >> i am not a psychologist. i don't care. it is possible i was born with a corrective. maybe the circumstances created the behavior. this is how i behave. >> that kind of lonely determination, just keep on going. >> what is sure, t obe a long- distance walker, it is the same. you have -- you need to have the determination. >> there are health scares in his recent life. he came through, of course. the man

we asked the parents, themselves children of the internet age what the appropriate age is for a facebook account. >> i would say teens, i mean maybe in high school. >> i think 14, 14 would be a good age. >> probably 13, probably right before teenage years. >> reporter: so what about facebook offering accounts to the very young? >> i think pedophiles and inappropriate photos are the concern. not being monitored. >> i want to know what the kids are doing on there so they aren't using it to give out too much information or getting into danger. >> it worries me that there's a lot of bullying on facebook. it worries me how they're using social media to hurt others. >> the content is not 7-year- old appropriate. >> reporter: coby sentil is with common sense media. >> the question is why, why is it necessary and why do kids that age, seven, eight, nine need to be on a social networking site. >> reporter: since so many of these young parents grew up with the internet themselves you can understand how well placed their concerns are. tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a report out today says twit