california health officials a patient there had been put in boat and media jeopardy patient department medical center to get ready for fewer services and a new way we cannot assure that patients would be saved or that fundamental hospital standards can be met a proposed closure of the trauma center will have an impact the l.a. county fire department i'm begging of you don't ignore this. don't marginalize this . warrant i've been. taking my. psychiatrist. at least me a very simple system the rehab took every patient to the closest facility but you close ten hospitals with eight beds of them each has eighty patients out of our system in the city she didn't look well secured sat scores we close our doors for you you are close to saturation when our waiting room is four went on all right you are beds are four and religious lines and waiting in the hallway and you were. basically calls into saturation for safety purposes you know the sort of suppress right so diversion is a huge thing for some of our hospitals down here they're on diversion about ninety percent of the time so ninety percent of the time we

california health officials say patients there had been put in quote and media jeopardy patient department her medical center to get ready for fewer services and a new way we cannot be sure that patients would be safe or that fundamental hospital standards can be met the proposed closure of the trauma center will have an impact the l.a. county fire department i'm begging of you don't ignore this. don't marginalize this . warrant i promise. you anything i. suggest. you. use to be a very simple system the three of them took that every patients the closest facility but you close ten hospitals with eight beds and each has eighty patients out of our system in the city she didn't look well she came in sat scores we close our doors here we are close to saturation and our waiting room is for when our all of our yard beds are for handling these lines waiting in the hallway and we're. basically closing to saturation for safety purposes you know the sort of suppressed right so diversion is a huge thing for some of our hospitals down here they're on diversion about ninety percent of the time so ninety percent of time we

patrick liden, the chair of the department of neurology at cedar sinai medical center. has these -- i have them. you have them. is it a result of aging or something else at play? >> i hope not. i spent a half hour today frantically searching for jewelry that i don't remember where i put. no, it happens to all of us. we are busy, we don't concentrate. we are multi-tasking and doing a lot of things. certainly, in a situation where you are maybe campaigning, running all over the place and stressed out because you are in a debate. you know, it could happen to anybody. patrick, let's look at this neurologically. is there some pathway that somehow becomes blocked or you can see a pattern in how this occurs in so many people? everybody knows we have had these moments. and rick perry, unfortunately had a very embarrassing, very public moment. but it's so human to me? >> absolutely. what have you to understand is that we store our language in one part of the brain and we use a different part of our brain to produce speech. so those two parts of the brain have to communicate to e

center. we provide medical care, dental care, family child guidance, and we also have hiv testing and a medical department. one thing about our organization, we have promoted healthy living among the native population here in the bay area. we also have the community center in richmond. a large population of native americans has allowed us to extend our services. we will be building a brand new clinic in san francisco. the clinic will be located near the friendship house association of american indians. it will be one-stop shopping for the clinic. one of the things i would like to talk about, we talk about the clinic and the services they provide. we have been reforming health care to native americans. we will continue to do that and we appreciate your support as we build our new clinic for the native american population. it is my pleasure to introduce the third honoree. they are enrolled member of the great nation of montana. she is a great wife, sister, mother. the teacher and practitioner of cultural traditional wellness and spirituality. she has worked in various roles at the native american health cen

. >>> the department of defense is taking steps to improve congestion around two newly expanded medical centersays the dod has given $180 million to widen route one to fort belvoir. between telegraph road and mt. vernon memorial highway will be widened. four lanes will expand to six lanes. >> dod gave $40 million to help montgomery county build an underground tunnel to connect the new walter reed medical center in bethesda with the medical center metro station. another $48.9 million was given to the maryland state highway administration to improve four sections near the medical campus.

could we make a partnership with the department of defense, with brook army medical center and bring partment of defense hospitals can offer? and brook army medical center saved this fellow's life. they are the trauma surgeons. but ucla has some extraordinary expertise in reconstructive surgery in both faces and hands. >> willie, talk about how you and your wife also got inspired by this remarkable work. >> it's funny, same kind of story. my wife was in a nail salon, of all places, flipping through a magazine. she read a story about aaron mankin and about dr. miller, the chief of of operation mend, and she couldn't sleep. so i finally said, well, call him. stop hitting me and pick up the phone. the next morning she called ucla, and we've been proud for about a year or so working with guys like ron and guys like aaron. judd briefly, your story for people who don't know it. >> it's incredible. you told it to me at the event that willie and his wife had for operation mend. i was transfixed. you talk about the injuries you saw in aaron and how far he has come. how did you become their fir

the department of defense awarded nearly $270 million for the two military hospitals, walter reed national medical centeret nearly $90 million and fort belvoir received $180 million to widen route one. bethesda, around the hospital where we are, four intersections will get improvements and an entire metro access tunnel will be built under route 355. lawmakers from our area in both virginia and maryland have been fighting against brac, the base realignment project, from the very start but since they've been overruled, they've been fighting for funding for these improvements and now, they're finally getting what they want. but again, it is going to take awhile before the improvements even start and are completed. andrea? >> thank you, surae chinn reporting live in bethesda. prosecutors in the lululemon murder trial could rest their case today. the lead homicide detective in the case took the stand tuesday. jim drewery detailed his many hours interviewing brittany norwood when she was still considered a victim not a suspect but he says that changed as norwood's story unraveled. she's accused of bludgeoning

the road and that's because the department of defense has awarded nearly $270 million for two top military hospitals. they are walter reed national military medical center where we are. that's now in bethesda here on the naval medical center campus. they moved out of the district all for the base realignment project. the second fort belvoir community hospital. here is the breakdown of improvements. in fairfax county, near fort belvoir, $180 million will go toward widening route one. around walter reed and montgomery county, $89 million worth of improvements here. nearly half of which will go toward building a metro access tunnel. under route 355. there are four additional intersections around the hospital here at jones bridge road and 185, 355 and cedar lane and jones bridge and also west theatre lane. lawmakers in both virginia and maryland including congressman jim moran and chris van holland have been fighting for the improvements and finally, they're getting them but it might take a couple of years if not longer for all of the improvements to be completed, mike. >> thank you, surae chinn live in bethesda this morning with that story. she'll have an

years to complete and the defense department including traffic and ifs will get $88.9 million to pay for plans around the new walter reed national military medical center. >>> and bank of america is back in the headlines for that proposed debit card fees. what they're saying about it. >>> and damage control for herman cain. he changed the story about past claims of sexual harassment. and what it means for campaign. sue. >>> and welcome to november. it was a jetel start. a nice -- gentle start and a nice day around. another night below freezing for the suburbs. we'll talk about that and talk about the forecast next. [ female announcer ] this is steve and lynn, and they have a good question. can the aetna app make you healthier? well, that all depends on what you do with it. and there's an awful lot you can do with it. access your medical history, view claims, get reminders for mammograms, find in-network doctors, track your health goals... run with it. i got my cholesterol down. i lost five pounds. [ female announcer ] see for yourself, aetna.com aetna. know more. get better. ♪ [ male announcer ] combine a pnc cashbuilder visa credit card with a pnc per

. >> the department of defense has awarded $270 million to ease gridlock near the new walter reed medical centerthesda and ft. belvoir in virginia. virginia is receiving $180 million to widen a three-mile stretch of route 1 between telegraph road and mt. vernon highway. route 1 will be expanded to six lanes. the new road is expected to improve access to ft. belvoir and accommodate the increased traffic generated by the base realignment and closure project. construction could begin in 2013 and take up to three years to complete. also, maryland is receiving nearly $90 million for improvements in bethesda near the walter reed national medical center near nih, the former navy medical center. 40 million will be used to continue funding for the underground tunnel at the metro station on wisconsin avenue. the other $49 million will be used to improve four intersections in the area. both of those projects likely won't begin until 2013. maryland has also requested $1 million for a trolley stop on the proposed purple line. that request was denied. >>> maryland's governor says a gas tax hike is needed now

seaman jimali, the direction of the postgraduate medical center in karachi, this big public hospital. because she directs the emergency department that means that her department receives the wounded and the dead again and again when there are bombings in the city. in february of 2010, there was a follow-up bombing to the attack that's at the center of this book. and the wounded and dead were brought to this hospital. the families as they always do in these situations came rushing in. there were hundreds of people crowding the hospital. and then a second bomb exploded there. what an incredibly horrible situation. and yet they reopened that emergency department without much better security in less than 24 hours. she sat with me. and she quoted when explaining what motivated her life, quoted some words actually of muhammad ali jinna the founder of pakistan who actually wanted a country where people overlooked color, caste or creed and treated each other at equal citizens. she said that was something that she wished more of her countrymen knew and learned. >> warner: do these people trying to do the right thing operate as if they're

medical license suspended or lose it for good. >>> the tension is growing between the occupy dc protesters and the metropolitan police department. now that follows an incident friday night outside the washington convention center in which a driver allegedly plowed into a line of protesters and police didn't charge him with anything. five demonstrators were hurt and had to be treated at two local hospitals. tonight, some new video surfaced at the scene. the demonstrators were trying to prevent people attending a conservative political event from getting out of the building. some demonstrators used their own young children to block the door. >> a thousand people were trapped inside the building for a time, because a lot of these folks were barricading the door shut and people couldn't get out. several elderly women were knocked to the ground. >> the demonstrators were upset that police refused it interview the victims after they claimed that motorists drove into the crowd. police said the case is still an active investigation. >>> tonight, police are investigating another report of an attempted abduction. an eight-year-old girl says four men tried to coax her into a van just a few blocks away from her home frida

department never received any reports of child sex abuse from him. mcqueary is under fire for not doing more. >>> one stolen desktop computer has millions of people on alert. the cent sutter medical center informed millions about the security breach. names and addresses of more than 3 million clients of sutter medical, health records of approximately 1 million patients was also on the computer which was stolen last month at one of the foundation's sacramento offices. sutter says it's speeding up efforts to encrypt data but the information on the stolen computer had not been encrypted. >>> health watch, a fight between parents and their kids. how can you get them to watch less tv and become more active? now there's a new way to get kids to work out. dr. bruce hensel from our sister station in los angeles shows us. >> reporter: like many teens, 13-year-old debbie watches her favorite shows on tv. what's different? she has to pedal a bike in order to keep watching. this is one, two, three go tv. the bike trainer that attaches to any television. she has to spin the wheels on her cycle. the minute she stops the screen goes blank. >> she wants to see the ending she has to keep pedals. >> repo

medical marihuana. >> but is the party over? >> i was told by the justice department this is clearly not legal. >> frontline, the center for investigative reporting and kqed go inside "the pot republic." in our second story tonight, from the pages of the new yorker to frontline... >> better care for sick people is a game changer. >> so what's your ultimate goal here? >> writer atul gawande profiles one doctor's innovative way of reducing health care costs. >> there were hotspots by disease, hotspots by patient, by zip code and by neighborhood. >> and finally, in japan... >> i rented a geiger counter before leaving on this trip. >> marco werman of pri's the world discovers a group of artists and their provocative response to the recent nuclear disaster. >> ( shouting in japanese ) >> these three stories on this special edition of frontline. >> frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major funding is provided by the john d. and catherine t. marthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. and by reva

the department told us a woman wounded in the shooting is still recovering at john muir medical center. deputies have not made any arrests. >>> former penn state coach jersey sandusky breaks his silence about -- jerry sandusky breaks his silence about the sex scandal. pam cook has more. >> jerry sandusky is already charged with molesting eight boys. now "the new york times" report ten more people are telling investigators about their contact with a former coach. in a phone interview with bob kostas, he says he's not a child molester but does seem to admit to inappropriate behavior, dismissing it as "horse play." >> i can say i've done some of those things. i've horsed around with kids. i've showered after workouts. i've hugged them and i have touched their leg without intent of sexual contact. >> find the evidence, find the witnesses, get their confidence. >> now, sandusky is charged with sexually abusing eight boys, some on penn state property over a 15-year period. a state senator is push for stronger legislation regarding reporting child sexual abuse. we've been asking our viewers o

medical center to the metro station. the other $49 million will be used for improvements in the area. the work won't begin until 2013. the state department$270 million to local brac projects. >>> the the pastor was actually locked out. >>> our time right now is 6:40. 42 degrees here in the nation's capital. put a pretty picture of the skyline out there. heavy traffic on the roadways. we'll be checking weather and traffic. >>> snow isn't in the forecast but is not that far away. the snow summit kicks off in montgomery county today. that's when the department of transportation will assess the county's snow plans and fleet. mcdot will announce its plans for a storm response system to communicate with drivers. it starts this morning in rockville. we're hoping we won't have to use those snow fleets any time soon. >> but make the plans. let's go to tom kierein. he's looking at the forecast >> they could use some of those plows in denver right now. >>> if you have a flight going into colorado, check with your airline because it's probably cancelled or certainly delayed as they've got a major blizzard under way there now. here it's cold enough f

medical license. >>> the case against a d.c. nightclub owner heads to the supreme court today, and it could change the way police departments use gps surveillance nationwide of the the case centersstrict nightclub owner convicted of dealing cocaine. police used evidence from the gps device attached to the suv without his knowledge. the d.c. circuit court of appeals reversed the conviction and sentence, saying the gps violated his fourth amendment rights because it was a warrantless search. if the supreme court agrees, they could require a warrant in the future before a gps device is placed on a car. >>> today former president bill clinton will release his third book since leaving office, and this time he's addressing the economy. the book entitled "back to work" hits shelves today. clinton says the 200-page book is a guide to the economic slump, how it was caused, and how to recover from it. the former president says he spends about an hour and a half every day studying the economy. >>> start clipping your coupons now. it will likely cost you more to feed the family this thanksgiving. according to the virginia farm bureau, hosting a group of 10 adults will cost about $48 this ye

department will also help fund traffic improvements in bethesda. state and county officials will get nearly $89 million to help pay for planned project around the new walter reed national military medical center>>> coming up next, a couple arrested, their daughter taken into state custody, all over a sandwich. wich. could have gotten me one. i did. try the unmistakable flavor of dunkin's new smokehouse sausage breakfast sandwich with sausage from hillshire farm. >>> we check headlines. prescription painkiller abuse is reaching epidemic levels in the u.s. >> that is according to a new cdc report. john roberts has more from atlanta. >> reporter: it is the number one killer drug in america according to the centers for disease control. more people in the u.s. dry from overdoses of prescription painkillers than from cocaine and heroin combined. the raw number telling the story. almost 15,000 died from prescription narcotic overdoses in 2008. the highest rate among people between the ages of 35 and 54. the cdc says prescription deaths have almost quadrupled in the past decade. the number of drugs in the market has also skyrocketed with enough prescription narcotics doled out in america to medicine

medical center. measure j passed according to unofficial results. the $47 a year parcel tax will bring in about $5 million a year. it's the only full service emergency department between berkeley and vallejo. >> christina loren. >> good morning to you. we have good looking weather for today which makes any outdoor activity a lot more pleasant than it will be as we head through late tomorrow, friday and saturday. cold wet weather arrives in the bay area and will hang around through your monday. a lot of people trying to get out of town next week, thanksgiving week, big travel week. as we head through monday and tuesday. the good news is we'll start to clear out. so just keep that in mind. we're get your seven day in a moment. high pressure will be at its maximum today. for us that means we'll see the warmest day of the week. temperatures in the 60s and a couple 70s. 70 in fairfield, 69 in concord and 65 in san francisco. very comfortable afternoon as we head through late tomorrow. first showers arrive in the north bay area. low pressure moves over us. that's going to bring about a very cold, wet pattern that lasts through the weekend and the first part of monda