it prompted to her to become an expert on detecting and eliminating the creepy crawleys. volunteered to do the lice screening at the school. word got around about her particular exper tease. >> there were more people contacting me they had a problem and what did they do and the money-making hobby exploded. >> reporter: two house holds a day turned in to such a vibrant business she opened her advice on lice office in kensington, maryland with her husband allen. >> people will come and say i can feel the bugs crawling on my head. i am like you can't feel it, you know. >> to confirm you have a problem they look under a microscope they are so small. snipping out the eggs strand by strand is a pain staking process and if the family is infebruary the treatment isn't cheap, the minimum one hour $85. several hour heads and hours later. >> could be a couple hundred dollars. >> she checks her own kids regularly including her daughter. that's the number one tip to avoid an infestation, a head check once a week. >> looking all right? >> looking good. >> clean bill of health. >> absol

they are creepy and crawley but the removal of head lice can be profitable.ch so a local woman has turned it in to a full-time career by doing a job others just don't want to do. >> might look like a small freckle on the scalp but if you realize the freckle has legs you know it is something else. >> head lice, summer camp, schools, every parents nightmare. >> she was in the tub and i saw a bug on her head and i pulled it off. >> reporter: her first encouldn'ter with lice on her 5- year-old daughter a decade ago. the experience prompted her to become an expert on eliminating the creepy crawleys. then a part-time teach cher volunteered to do lice screening at the school. >> six to eight kids had lice. >> word got around who had lice. more people were contacting me they had a problem, what did they do, than money make hobby exploded. >> it turned in to a vibrant business and she opened an office in kensington, maryland in more. >> people will say i can feel the bugs crawling on my head and i'm like you can't feel that, you know. >> people say to confirm you have

. >>> they are creepy and crawley but the removal of head lice can be profitable. a local woman turned a money making hobby into a full time career by doing a job that others don't want to do.  jessica has her story. >> it looks like a small freckle on the scalp. but if you realize it has legs you know it's something else. >> reporter: head lice, the scourge of child care, summer camp, schools, a parent's nightmare. >> she was in the tub and i saw a bug on her head and pulled it off. >> reporter: karen's first encounter with lice on her 5- year-old daughter over a decade ago. the experience prompted her to become an expert on detecting and eliminating the creepy- crawlies. then a part time teacher she volunteered to do lice screening at schools. >> 6 to 8 kids per classroom had lice. >> reporter: word got around about her particular expertise. >> there were more people who were contacting me that they needed help. they had a problem. what do they do? the money making hobby exploded. >> reporter: two house calls a day turned into such a vibrant business, she opene

just as the temperature of this grates/crawley thing was cooling down, that nasty e-mail from a boston police officer surfaces.

i do not think sergeant crawley new kreuz he was. it may not have made a difference. sometimes african americans who have status are often more profile than those who do not. there is such things. there is resentment on the part of people. you look at me like you were surprised. resentment against the fact that you are and it's cheaper. there could be a combination of both. there can be, and these are pockets we're talking about. i also heard people and officers have called me up and i heard a talk-show hosts say this, that he said had been arrested for something called, content of cop. i said, what is that? it is not a law, but if a police officer feels that a person is being contentious, we will arrest you and then we will deal with that later on when we get you down at the station. that often happens. unfortunately, not only to black people but sometimes to white. guest: i think a huge disservice has been done to officers of the law. in terms of making people believe they cannot trust police officers they may get a wrong sometimes, but there is never a police offic

i do not think sergeant crawley new kreuz he was. it may not have made a difference. sometimes african americans who have status are often more profile than those who do not. there is such things. there is resentment on the part of people. you look at me like you were surprised. resentment against the fact that you are and it's cheaper. there could be a combination of both. there can be, and these are pockets we're talking about. i also heard people and officers have called me up and i heard a talk-show hosts say this, that he said had been arrested for something called, content of cop. i said, what is that? it is not a law, but if a police officer feels that a person is being contentious, we will arrest you and then we will deal with that later on when we get you down at the station. that often happens. unfortunately, not only to black people but sometimes to white. guest: i think a huge disservice has been done to officers of the law. in terms of making people believe they cannot trust police officers they may get a wrong sometimes, but there is never a police offic

head lice, the creepy crawley nightmare of every parent and school system. enough to give anyone the heebie-jeebies. everyone except carol who runs advice on lice and it is her job to help the bug laden get rid of the hitchhikers. >> there shouldn't be a staig ma it is a communicable disease. >> reporter: anyone can get them. lice are not a sign of uncleanliness. it doesn't matter if you wash your hair every day or twice a week. >> reporter: instead they spread the rest of the -- instead they spread by head to head contact by sharing a hat or hair brush. >> in our experience the most often first zone of infestation. >> she recommends a head check looking for bugs but more importantly the niche, the unhatched eggs and if there is a sighting frankel recommends over the couldn'ter medicated shampoos and a fine tooth comb to remove any eggs. >> if you find the lice infestation in the earliest stages and in the first head you will have so much less work to do. >> she looks really good and i'm not worried. >> it is important to know they don't cause diseases. they

joining me tomorrow is michael crawley, and mark tabscott from the washington examiner. >>> health careecklers putting democrats on the defensive. >> kill the bill! >> one of the questions before us -- do we know what anyone in this country wants at this point? one health care leader joins us and tells us not to let the details get in the way. some of the best political analysts join me to assess that. and will tell us exactly what that means, next. >>> encouraging economic news today. consumer spending rose in june for the second straight month. spending up .4% for the month following a .1% increase in may. and another positive sign for the housing market. pending home sales up for a fifth, that's right, a fifth straight month. the number of people signing contracts to buy homes rose by 3.6% in june. but not this weekend, democratic legislators who support the president's health care plan are facing considerable protests and demonstrations. here's one example now from a town hall event with wisconsin's congressman. >> kill the bill. [ inaudible ] >> joining me to talk about this and ot

he will be interviewed by the radio commentator, monica crawley.washington journal" host: continues let's introduce you to our first guest from detroit. it is the line director from general motors for the chevy volt. please tell us about the volt. guest: good morning, susan, everyone. general motors is very proud of the progress made with the volt, general motors electric car which is destined to hit the marketplace in a little more than a year. we have handled all the challenges previously associated with electric cars -- ranging, charging. it will give you for the emission-free miles, then if you want to go longer we have an on- board engine generator that allows you to go hundreds of miles more. it is a car that we believe as a chevrolet americans can follow- up with to be a primary car. host: my producer and i have been having a discussion because of that conversion long distance to the gas engine -- whether to call this an electric car or a hybrid. what is the correct terminology? guest: when you look at the department of transportation data a

he will be interviewed by the commentator monica crawley. >> sunday, the contributing editor and columnistewsweek magazine on his public radio series. it profiles people who have overcome significant obstacles and luck. that is sunday night at 8:00 p.m. "washington journal" continues. host: joining us now is christopher whatley from the council of state behrman's. can you explain what your agency is and what you do there? guest: it is the oldest and largest of state elected officials. we have been around for 75 years. we help states learn from each other through national and regional offices so that states can implement best practices, but we also spent time tracking what is going on on capitol hill and communicating major changes. host: how much of the state budget's been dependent on stimulus money recently? guest: the recovery act has been a godsend for state budgets. most estimates say that the state budget crisis which still is a crisis and has not gone away would be at least 40% worse if you were not for the recovery act dollars which are now flowing through the veins of state budget