if you are a clinic, cvs pharmacy. if you walk into a normal doctor's office, they don't know what the cost of anything as. >> host: how do you get to a priceless and how does that benefit the consumer? >> guest: first we have to empower the patient, let them control of our dollars and you get an immediate response from the supply-side adopters start competing on price and policy dispute that and cosmetic surgery in the walk-in clinic. and when you have that, then all of a sudden you find the real price of k. or is going down over time instead of going up. >> host: so is there a government role? had easy to government and health care? do you see the government? >> guest: the government solves most of our problems. we take all the way up to government-subsidized private health insurance come and take all that money, give each of us the same amount of money to purchase health insurance at $2500 for adults, $8000 per family. that is your tax subsidy. you spend additional money after taxes and treat everybody the same. >>

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minute clinic -- the walk-in clinic at cvs/pharmacy, where you'll get $10 off sports physicals. only for a limited time. find a clinic near you at minuteclinic.com. this bipartisan reform successfully reduced welfare rolls. on july 12th president obama quietly ended the work requirement... gutting welfare reform. one of the most respected newspapers in america called it, "nuts!" saying, "if you want to get more people to work, "you don't loosen the requirements -- you tighten them." mitt romney's plan for a stronger middle class will put work back iwelfare. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> taking a live look at the washington monument and it doesn't feel too bad out there. nice start to your day. tucker will have more on what you can expect today and for your weekend coming up in just a bit. first, city leaders are trying to fix a problem that has caused a lot of headaches for people would live in the district. this was the scene after the june derecho ripped through our area. >> like so many other places in the region, d.c. residents often face massive

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minute clinic -- the walk-in clinic at cvs/pharmacy, where you'll get $10 off sports physicals. only for a limited time. find a clinic near you at minuteclinic.com. >>> the cool jeer began with a bang. all 300 students received backpacks full of school supplies. it's part of news4 and comcast's back packs 4 kids initiatives. if you'd like to help out students in need, go to nbcwashington.com and search backpacks 4 kids. lots of smiles out there. those things are chock-full of. >> we're still getting supplies from our viewers. thanks to everybody out there. >>> everybody wants to know what the weather will be lying. >> the big one. veronica is outdoors in it. >> i'm the biggest kid in terms of being sad when the summer ends. i want to pan up to the sky just to show you how clear it is. today mid 90s, but in the shade with a bit of a breeze, it isn't that bad. up to the sky we go. it was clear this morning, and we're talking about that because of the moon. did you see the moon this morning. it was a full moon. take a look at the video. it was our second full moon of the month of a

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minute clinic -- the walk-in clinic at cvs/pharmacy, where you'll get $10 off sports physicals. only for a limited time. find a clinic near you at minuteclinic.com. >>> a lot of people in the metropolitan area today are remembering that rare earthquake that hit our area one year ago today. two of our landmarks are still showing the force of that quake. tremors measured 4.8. they rattled the monument. tom sherwood joins us live from the cathedral, where there's a building push to raise money for those repairs that are ongoing. tom? >> reporter: that's right, efficiency say it could dale ten more years to make the reairs here. ten years and millions more tomorrow. this stone, sign of the new work of restoration begun. >> reporter: at the top of one damaged tower, they blessed the ongoods repair work, one year after the quake. at 1:51 cathedral bells marked the precise anniversary of the destruction. >> this day is a day a lot like it was a year ago. it took just under a century to get the pinnacles on top of this cathedral. it took just under a minute to bring some of them down. >

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minute clinic -- the walk-in clinic at cvs/pharmacy, where you'll get $10 off sports physicals. only for a limited time. find a clinic near you at minuteclinic.com. this bipartisan reform successfully reduced welfare rolls. on july 12th president obama quietly ended the work requirement... gutting welfare reform. one of the most respected newspapers in america called it, "nuts!" saying, "if you want to get more people to work, "you don't loosen the requirements -- you tighten them." mitt romney's plan for a stronger middle class will put work back iwelfare. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> maryland is marking the 200th anniversary of the war of 1812. not exactly a shining point in our american history. the british won that battle. marched into d.c., burned public buildings, burned the capital and the white house. it was a humiliating defeat that forced the american force toss regroup and find a new strategy. that battle was 200iers. >> did you know that bethis is today is home to three athletes who competed at the london olympics. >> keith russell is at

minute clinic -- the walk-in clinic at cvs/pharmacy, where you'll get $10 off sports physicals. only for a limited time. find a clinic near you at minuteclinic.com. >>> parents worried about safety after a student opens fire with a shotgun. one student was hit, a 15-year-old was taken into custody, tackled by a guidance counselor. >>> two mothers are now in jail on child neglect charges. deputies arrested crystal craig and amy lamb at their home on sunday. the children were taken away and are now living with their grandmothers. >>> today, family, friends and was killed last monday. >> there was a viewing this afternoon at a funeral home, and a second views at 7:00. the funeral is tomorrow. >>> let's fast-forward to the weather. >> hey, we had some rain this past weekend, and in fact some heavy storms that produced more than a foot of rain. take a look at what's been happening in florida, close to 13 inches of rain, and palm city, all from the outer bands of isaac. hey, reynolds? >> you know what's interesting is that if you has been tore one of those people and stepped out today

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minute clinic -- the walk-in clinic at cvs/pharmacy, where you'll get $10 off sports physicals. only for a limited time. find a clinic near you at minuteclinic.com. >>> welcome back to fox 5 morning news. job security can be hard to come by these days but there is one field where that is not the case and it is seeing a huge rise in recruits. lauren simonetti with fox business network is live in new york with this morning's business beat. >> happy monday, wisdom. >> let's start off talking about our stock market. stocks rose friday and all of last week. what can we expect for this week. >> bring the winning weeks to number six. a great rally for stocks this week. it pick up midweek with the release of the federal reserve's latest minutes. will we see another round of stimulus? that is what investors want to know. this monday morning, we are flat to slightly higher so it could be worse. >> we are reading about military enrollment going up? what is that all about? >> up and then some. i mean to the point where many of the military recruiters have to turn down some applicants lookin

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minute clinic -- the walk-in clinic at cvs/pharmacy, where you'll get $10 off sports physicals. only for a limited time. find a clinic near you at minuteclinic.com. i'm barack now mitt romney's attacking the president on medicare? the nonpartisan a-a-r-p says obamacare "cracks down on medicare fraud, waste, and abuse and strengthens guaranteed benefits." and the ryan plan? a-a-r-p says it would undermine medicare and could lead to higher costs for seniors... and experts say ryan's voucher plan could raise future retirees costs more than six thousand dollars. get the facts. . >>> it witness in the drew peterson murder trial told the jury that peterson offered him $25,000 to find someone to kill his third wife. he used to work with peterson at a cable company and it happened months before cathleen savio was found dead in 2004. hened up killing her him. >> a professional tennis river see under arrest charged with murdering her husband. she was arrested on the way to the u.s. open in new york. she said she was not there when have fallen down the stairs and the l.a. county coroner's

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minute clinic -- the walk-in clinic at cvs/pharmacy, where you'll get $10 off sports physicals. only for a limited time. find a clinic near you at minuteclinic.com. . >>> have you seen this video yet? a massachusetts woman walked off a train platform while carrying her four-year-old son. it happened at a stop in cambridge on monday evening. the mom and child landed on the tracks and two other passengers jumped down to help out. no one was hit by a train or chock shocked by the third rail. >> were you concerned about the third rail? >> i i was scared. i would still do it if it was a baby, yeah. >> if i fell, i hope someone would help me out. >> she said she could not see where she was going and thought the train stopped on the other side of the tracks was at her platform. >>> caught on camera, a high- speed chase crossing two states. the driver was not running from police. her gas pedal got stuck and called the cops for help. when they caught up with her, she was going 110 miles an hour and made it to iowa before the suv finally stopped. she hopped out of the car and the officer

minute clinic -- the walk-in clinic at cvs/pharmacy, where you'll get $10 off sports physicals.time. find a clinic near you at minuteclinic.com. >>> olympic gold medalist gabby douglas said she almost quit gymnastics because she was bullied. the 16-year-old virginia beach native told oprah her teammates bullied her when she was training in virginia. it got so bad, she would come home crying, she said. so, at the age of 14, she ended up moving away to train. douglas won the gold medal in the all-around gymnastics at the london olympics. >>> veterinarians at the national zoo finally got to examine a panda this morning to see if she's pregnant. the zoo tweeted out these pictures, let's have a picture of them. we don't have the ultrasound pictures, we just have them doing the tests. zookeepers fed her fruit to keep her still while vets examined her. vets are hopeful she's pregnant, but, still, too early to tell. after the examination she went back into the exhibit and took a nap. the zoo says she's displaying higher hormone levels, but it could be another false pregnancy. she has on

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appointment necessary, so you can feel better in no time. minute clinic -- the walk-in clinic at cvs/pharmacy, where you'll get $10 off sports physicals. only for a limited time. find a clinic near you at minuteclinic.com. >>> following breaking news at this hour from new york waiting for a press conference to begin. police say one of the two people that died is the gunman. police say the gunman was a recently fired store worker from inside that building. they shot and killed a former, that person shot and killed a former co-worker and then started firing indiscriminately at people outside. eight aothers injured in the shooting and they're all expected to be okay. federal officials say this was not a terrorist attack. we will continue to follow this story and bring you more information as it comes into us this morning. >>> legendary cyclist lance armstrong is in danger of losing his seven tour de france titles. armstrong announced he will drop his appeal against the u.s. anti-doping agency. accuse the now retired cyclist of using performance enhancing drugs. they recommended armstrong be perm

appointment necessary, so you can feel better in no time. minute clinic -- the walk-in clinic at cvs/pharmacy, where you'll get $10 off sports physicals. only for a limited time. find a clinic near you at minuteclinic.com. find a clinic near you at minuteclinic.com. i'm barack now mitt romney's attacking the president on medicare? the nonpartisan a-a-r-p says obamacare "cracks down on medicare fraud, waste, and abuse and strengthens guaranteed benefits." and the ryan plan? a-a-r-p says it would undermine medicare and could lead to higher costs for seniors... and experts say ryan's voucher plan could raise future retirees costs more than six thousand dollars. get the facts. >>> this morning, we continue to track tropical storm isaac. it is expected to make landfall somewhere the on the gulf coast late tonight or early wednesday possibly as a category two hurricane packing wind of around 100 miles per hour. >> new orleans is in its path right now and isaac could strike sent years to the day the city was hit by hurricane katrina. this may be the the first major test of the city's levees since th

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minute clinic -- the walk-in clinic at cvs/pharmacy, where you'll get $10 off sports physicals. only for a limited time. find a clinic near you at minuteclinic.com. >>> well, if you are planning an end of summer party this weekend, a refreshing cocktail may be in order. brendan adam of avenue sweets joins us with a few ideas. i understand, you've won a very big competition here in d.c. and this is the bombay sapphire search for the most inspired barteneder and you're headed to vegas. >> i am. i am headed to vegas, actually, next weekend. september 8th. and there i'll compete against 49 other bartenders, mixologists and hopefully bring back the national prize for d.c. >> what did you have to do to win this? >> basically "g.q." and they do a nationwide search and i guess they team with the distributors in each of the markets and they celebrity bartenders, mixologists to join and to compete and, basically, you make a cocktail interview and hopefully wow some people. >> that's what we're going to do today. you're going to wow us. this is perfect for the holiday weekend. what do we h

appointment necessary, so you can feel better in no time. minute clinic -- the walk-in clinic at cvs/pharmacy, where you'll get $10 off sports physicals. only for a limited time. find a clinic near you at minuteclinic.com. >>> she had a setback overnight. but diane nyad is said to be swimming strong today. she's trying to be the first person to swim from cuba to florida without a shark cage. she left havana saturday. she's now in the straits of florida. her team says a storm blew her off course last night and she was stung severatimes by jellyfish. but she's back on course. conditions have improved and if she makes it to key west by wednesday, she would be the first -- she'd be there in time for her 63rd birthday. >>> for the first time ever, two women have been accepted as members at the augusta national golf club in georgia. former secretary of state condoleeza rice and a financier named darla moore from south carolina have each accepted invitations to join that club in the fall. their invites and years and years of controversy at the club where the membership has steadfastly refused member

minute clinic -- the walk-in clinic at cvs/pharmacy, where you'll get $10 off sports physicals. only for a limited time. find a clinic near you at minuteclinic.com. >>> you're watching "news 4 midday." >> no reporter takes a vacation in late summer. every news organization waits for the astonishing, the absurd and it always explodes in august. >> that was part of the production of "red hot patriot" starring kathleen turner. kathleen turner is joining us in the studio this morning. with more on that and what audiences can expect. how great to see you again. >> thank you. >> you got a good texas there. >> i'm working on it. i've had some criticism that it's not quite twangy enough. but the problem is, that just doesn't sound so attractive. so i have to try to make a moderation between too much twang and a little southern. >> i like it. i'm from texas. i can tell you, you sound like a texan to me. >> okay. >> tell us about the show. it celebrates the show of mollie ivans, a texas syndicated newspaper columnist. >> mollie ivans was an extraordinary woman. she died only a few years a

minute clinic -- the walk-in clinic at cvs/pharmacy, where you'll get $10 off sports physicals. only for a limited time. find a clinic near you at minuteclinic.com. i'm barack now mitt romney's attacking the president on medicare? the nonpartisan a-a-r-p says obamacare "cracks down on medicare fraud, waste, and abuse and strengthens guaranteed benefits." and the ryan plan? a-a-r-p says it would undermine medicare and could lead to higher costs for seniors... and experts say ryan's voucher plan could raise future retirees costs more than six thousand dollars. get the facts. >>> the redskins made three big moves yesterday. they signed former ravens kicker billy cundiff and cut graham gano to make room for him. >> chris carpooly was released after eight years with the team. he has been a fan favorite and is the franchise's all-time leader in receptions with 428. injuries have plagued him for several seasons. an emotional cooley acting with class when he said his good- byes yesterday. >> it has been awesome. you've been very, very fortunate to play for a franchise that has embraced

minute clinic -- the walk-in clinic at cvs/pharmacy, where you'll get $10 off sports physicals. only for a limited time. find a clinic near you at minuteclinic.com. >>> the comcast outdoor film festival begins thursday and offers free movies to the public, but also helps raise funds and awareness for charities. kelly and chef craig join us this morning with more. thank you, both, for coming. >> thank you. >> this is an exciting time. it has been going on quite a while now. tell us about it. >> it's been going on for 16 years we have been partnering with comcast and moving to a new location this year in north bethesda and great movies, music and food every night. >> nih, that's terrific. all the food tricks that show up and folks get to eat it while they enjoy the movie and a lot of folks have seen your food truck around the area and some of the best cheesecake around a, i understand. >> i hope so. >> you have said in honor of this big event this week where you're going to be, you're going to share a secret recipe. tell us about it. >> plain vanilla cheesecake and this is the bas

minute clinic -- the walk-in clinic at cvs/pharmacy, where you'll get $10 off sports physicals. only for a limited time. find a clinic near you at minuteclinic.com. >>> a serious crash in loudoun county. now neighbors claim they have seen far too many accidents on this narrow stretch of road and they'd like to see a change. they're asking for help to make the intersection of swoeetwater lane and gum spring road safer. that's where richard jordan joins us live with more on why neighbors say the road is so dangerous. richard? >> reporter: wendy, the posted speed limit out here is 45 miles per hour, but some long-time residents say that's rarely followed. yesterday's crash was just up the street. investigators have not said for certain that speed was the factor. it appears that driver suffered from a medical emergency. but still it has triggered a call for action. >> it's a really narrow street. >> reporter: gum spring road, the narrow street has seen its share of accidents. the latest, tuesday. sheriff's investigators say the driver, operating this truck, suffered a medical condit

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minute clinic -- the walk-in clinic at cvs/pharmacy, where you'll get $10 off sports physicals. only for a limited time. find a clinic near you at minuteclinic.com. >>> crews in north carolina working to repair a pipeline after an explosion today that injured four people and at one time flames shot 50 feet in the air. this was at a construction site about a half hour outside dallas. a back hoe accidentally hit a natural gas line. the flames could be seen from 15 miles away. no nearby neighborhoods were evacuated and the injured workers are expected to recover. >>> the national park service is warning 1,700 visitors they may have been infected with a deadly respitory ill nosness. the park service issued this alert after a second person died from it today. the virus is carried by deer mice. park officials say the people affected stayed in yosemite's signature tent cabins in curry village in mid-june through august. it includes fever, ache as, dizziness and chills. you should seek medical help immediately. >>> traffic is back to normal on the chesapeake bay bridge tonight, that fol