well, as medical personnel, we have a duty and obligation to keep our patients safe in those situations. and we have a responsibility -- barbara mentioned at the joint commission. we're mandated to provide a safe environment, especially for our most vulnerable patients who are in those crises and are confused and irrational and causing potential harm to themselves and others. we can -- i mean, the doctors and nurses can constrain people. that is not a great situation. we're not trained to do that. a compromise is our relationship with their patients if we're physically restraining them. but we can have hospital staff, or staff for part of our medical team, assist us in restraining patients in those situations. that is where we have a gap right now. the sheriff's cannot do that. security guards could. that is what we're trying to address here. i hope that background of separating out the issues helps you to understand the situation. supervisor chu: thank you. president chiu: thank you, and i appreciate that explanation of the first question i had. i think it helps to clarify things one m

as the officers tried to secure the crime scene and move people back some medical personnel could arrive, some people failed to follow those orders. one officer was assaulted and was transferred to the hospital where he was treated and released. we do have one person in custody for that assault. >> the search continues for the gunman still on the run tonight. if you have an intermission, call metro crime stoppers. live in rosedale, sheldon dutes, wbal-tv 11 news. >> another man is dead after a shooting. the unidentified victim shot in the head around 11:15 p.m. on stonewood road. investigators believe the man was fighting off two other men when someone produced a gun and opened fire. the victim was taken to johns hopkins where he died. tonight, the suspect remains at large. police are investigating a shooting in east baltimore where a man was walking when someone shot him in the head. the victim was taken to the hospital where he is in stable condition. the suspect fled on foot and no word on a possible motive. still no word on the circumstances surrounding a body found floating in the i

as 200 feet below. witnesses immediately came to their aid and climbed down to help. they called 911 and asked people to move their cars out of the way to make room for medical personnel. >> the lady, she was responsive the entire time. she was awake, trying to stand up. but the guy, he was down and he was just moaning when i got down there. he wasn't responding to any of my questions and there was also a language barrier. >> several agents responded with a long line rescue which is where a rescuer dangles from a rope from a helicopter and helps the victim to safety. the man was flown to john muir medical center with life-threatening injuries. the woman was taken to the hospital with non-li non-life-threatening injuries. >>> nursing student michelle le is still missing, but investigators in the east bay say they may soon announce the arrest of a suspect in the case. kimberly tere has the latest. >> reporter: it's been two months since 26-year-old michelle le has last seen at kaiser medical center where she was doing clinical rotations as a nursing student. cc1: >> what a vibrant beautiful lady. this had to happen to her. i can't believe that. >> reporter: the case has

medical personnel to rush shortly to cancel the victims and relatives. so gay should go there well let me bring you up to date on the main points as we know them so far about what's happened here in the volga a cruise boat disaster the number killed has risen dramatically today is divers discovered the bodies of up to forty children in the sunken pleasure cruiser the children gathered in a play room before they became trapped as the boat rapidly went underwater around half of the two hundred seventy who were on board the vessel have died tuesday will be a day of mourning across russia surviving crew members say they couldn't send a distress signal because the electricity supplied failed to transport ministry has identified two boats which passed nearby without helping their captain's face prosecution now an investigation into the tragedy has been ordered by president medvedev early reports point to a critical technical failure and human error as we know more developments as we get more details through we will of course keep you posted. of the news now today israel has passed a law that allows it to take legal action against his own citizens if they oppose

if you suffer one of these traumas, but if you do, there is going to be medical personnel who was in the medical war zone, either as reservists, or who served in active duty and then retired and went into private practice in communities across the country. doctors tell us what they learn from the war zone are new techniques in blood transfusions, and in managing fluids in trauma cases and how to deal with brain injuries. the kinds of things, you know, that tragically you see across america in car accidents and motorcycle mishaps and industrial accidents. now, after ten years of war, a lot of this expertise coming home. randi? >> a lot of the expertise, it sounds like, may actually be used to help the rest of us, not only us in the war zone. how will that work? >> well, again, what medical personnel are telling us, it's the shear volume of the injuries they have seen over the last decade of war that have given them the lessons learned on how to deal with the things. traumatic brain injuries, perhaps is the biggest example, and you see that in sports injuries with young people in high school playing football, perhaps

medical science today. all that and more is on our web site: newshour.pbs.org. >> woodruff: and again to our honor roll of american service personnel killed in the iraq and afghanistan conflicts. we add them as the "newshour" for tonight. on tuesday, congress cuts short its holiday to return to the budget debate. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ç and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ó[ captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org