dr. death. the controversial legacy of jack kevorkian. >>> and later, we look a some of the other stories in the news this week a little more closely. >>> dr. jack kevorkian died today. in life, he became known for one thing, dying. getting attention for doing it himself and for the cause. he was a cottage industry, a media machine, he was an employer for reporters and lawyers, and al tuspaenyy pacin played him in a movie. we thought we would have dr. nancy snadyderman here toda to talk about the life and legacy. i made a point that the controlled death isn't talked about publicly, but it's talked about all the time between physicians and members of the family. what kevorkian of adding the equipment, the machinery, some would say made it a comical exercise. >> some would say he became a caricature of himself, and some would say downright vulgar. but sometimes doctors think patients shouldn't suffer. doctors, of course, quietly protect patients, and it's done on a very, very deep patients. and as a cancer surgeon, many times i'm just amazed we treat our animals better than our human beings. he mi

dr. jack kevorkian claimed to have helped 130 people take their own lives. dr. kevorkian had been in the hospital with pneumonia and kidney problems. he served eight years in prison for second subbed murder. dr. jack kevorkian was 84 years old. >> in china a teen sold one of his kidney to buy a ipad two. he told a local tv station offering money to organ donors. he got $3400 and he bought a ipad and laptop and tried to hide what he had done from his shocked mother. >> i asked him where it came from. he finally told us. he said mum, i sold my kidney. i felt like the sky was crushing down on our family. >> china banned organ trafficking but a flourishing black market exist there. >>> and the british spies have a new message for terrorist. make cup cakes and not war. spies have run in the website. they put the respiece for making cup cakes. the cyber attack removed arcticles by osama bin laden and his deputy and what to expect in jihad. >> i am looking outside every five minutes and the rain is not there yet. >> it is almost here spencer? >> it is somewhere out ther

dr. jack kevorkian died of later failure. he was 83. was known around the world as a crusader in the emotional battle of assistant suicide, nicknamed dr. death. he was convicted in 1999 of second-degree-murder and isn't eight years in prison. last year he was the subject of a televised movie called "you don't know jack." it starreddal pacino. >>> it was worst than expected from the federal labor department. only 54,000 new jobs were created during may, the lowest number in eight months. many economists expected fewer than 100,000 but this is much lower than forecast. the jobless rate is 9.1% which is up 1/10ths% from last month and the highest since december. >>> stocks are still down after that weak jobs report. this is on top of lower consumer spending and manufacturing growth due to higher gas prices and home prices are in a slump. this week's jobs report lowered the price of oil down 2%. >>> we've got developing news from yemen. an attack on the presidential palace slightly injured president abdullah saleh. seven top officials were

dr. jack kevorkian passed away at age of 83. >> detractors called him dr. death. qualified physician who helped in the lives using a homemade contraption. >> then the patient reaches over and just touches that switch. >> he said of the drugs, the patient activated the lethal injection, and those who saw him were videotaped to make clear they were acting under their own free will. [unintelligible] >> there is no turning back. i want to die. >> i will continue to assist humans to alleviate their agony and interminable suffering. if that means they have to kill themselves to do it, yes. >> the medical establishment was aghast, and as kevorkian assisted dozens of the suicides, they tried in vain to have him convicted. a nationally televised video in which he himself administered a lethal injection. >> i am talking for my patients. you call this a civilized society? >> he would serve eight years for second-degree murder. released in 2007, kevorkian would run for congress, provoking an influencing the euthanasia debate. today, doctor assisted suicide is legal in three u

dr. jack kevorkian was 83.e insisted suicide with the help after medical professional was a civil right. eventual hi his assisted suicide landed him in jail ending his crusade. >>> president obama spoke about the economy during a visit to a chrisler plant in ohio. he told the crowd the economy face the head winds including high gas prices, disruptions following the earthquake in japan and instability in the mideast. today stocks had a fifth straight week of losses. back after the break. Ñwkó@ Ñ3ñ [ banker ] mike and brenda found a house that they really wanted. it was in my sister's neighborhood. i told you it was perfect for you guys. literally across the street from her sister. [ banker ] but someone else bought it before they could get their offer together. we really missed a great opportunity -- dodged a bullet there. [ banker ] so we talked to them about the wells fargo priority buyer preapproval. it lets people know that you are a serious buyer because you've been credit-approved. we got everything in ord

dr. jack kevorkian was 83 years old. >>> he was home on leave but not away from the violence. an army staff sergeant saved the day at a florida bank. a robbery suspect walked into the bank tuesday waving a gun. iraq vet eddie peoples shielded his two sons in the background with chairs. when the thief took off, peoples sprang into action and jumped into his own car and rammed the robber's vehicle. then the two went toe to toe. >> when he put that gun in my face after i got out of the car, i did a wrist lock on him, took the weapon away from him, got him in kind of like a half type clinch around the back of the neck, brought him down to the ground. by that time, one of the deputies had already pulled up which was bad for me because i'm holding the weapon in one hand and a bag of money in the other! [ laughter ] >> peoples getting a standing ovation when he returned to the bank and he also received a citation for bravery from the local sheriff. good for him. >>> well, conditions for today cloudy indeed. we are expecting those showers to work their way into the region, folks. as w

dr. jack kevorkian died in michigan this morning. der. he claims he helped at least 130 people kill themselves. his lawyer says kevorkian died peacefully this morning in a michigan hospital he died in a michigan hospital. he had been sick for a number of weeks, he was 83 years old. new jersey governor has written a check to the state to pay for his use of a police helicopter. he was widely criticized for using the helicopter to fly to his son's sports game. >> he is going to leave for college in a few years and then those things are going to be gone. it is not a good excuse for me to say well, i was governor. >> he is reimbursing the state for the helicopter trip. he said it has become too much of a distraction. back over to m aarysol with a check of the weather. good morning, everyone. interesting news to report. yesterday was the first day since may 16th that >> thanks so much. that's your latest weather. now over to erica with some special guests. >> special guests indeed. a remarkable act of bravery. while everyone else ducked for

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dr. jack kevorkian died around 2:30 this morning. his niece and long-time lawyer, also a friend of his, were with him. kevorkian was hospitalized last month with pneumonia and kidney problems. he became known worldwide for assisting more than 100 terminally-ill patients to commit suicide. he served eight years in prison for second-degree murder. he was freed in 2007. he was 83 years old. >>> not guilty, john edwards denies the allegations he used campaign donations to cover up his secret love affair with reille hunter. a federal grand jury indicted edwards on six counts. the question is whether the former senator used more than $900,000 in campaign donations to cover up his affair with a staffer. edwards admitted he fathered her child. >> there's no question that i've done wrong, and i take full responsibility for having done wrong. and i will regret for the rest of my life the pain and the harm that i've caused others. but i did not break the law, and i never, ever thought i was breaking the law. >> if edwards is convicted he faces

dr. jack kevorkian ignited a national debate in the 1990s over physician-assisted suicide when he helped more than 130 patients kill themselves. >> many doctors agree with me but they're intimidated in silence. i'm lucky to be in a position where i don't have to be silent. >> smith: kevorkian often used his homemade suicide machine where the patients themselves could administer a fatal drug dose at the push of a button. he said his actions were based on a simple belief that the terminally ill have a right to end their own suffering and die if they choose to. >> this is the ultimate self- determination, to determine when and how you're going to die when you're suffering. >> smith: legal authorities did not agree. four times he was put on trial, and never convicted. as the trials wore on he became more defiant, always accompanied by his attorney geoffrey fieger. >> it's a rare human being who can single-handedly take on an entire society and force it to focus on the suffering of other human beings. >> reporter: his final confrontation with the justice system began in 1998 when he recorded

dr. jack kevorkian, the controversial advocate of physician assisted suicide, died on friday.e was 83. kevorkian had assisted in the deaths of more than 100 people. he served eight years in prison for second-degree murder. many in the faith community, especially religious conservatives, condemned kevorkian's actions. >>> a report out this week warns that rising food prices could lead to a permanent global hunger crisis. the international aid group, oxfam, predicts the cost of food staples such as corn will more than double over the ne 20 years. the report lists climate change, population growth and the use of crops for biofuels as some of the reasons for increasing food shortages. according to the u.n., food prices are already the highest they've been in two decades. >>> ere re me severe tornados in parts of the u.s. this week, including a deadly one in western massachusetts. meanwhile, relief efforts continue in joplin, missouri, after one of the worst tornados in recent history. officials have now accounted for all the missing. at least 138 people were killed. at a memorial

dr. jack kevorkian who died last week of natural illness at the age of 83. in his last tv interview ever, he revealed a pretty grim view of life in general. >> shopenauer said it nicely, what crime has this child committed that it should be born? >> that's a profound -- it's a deeply pessimistic thing to hear. >> it's very sensible. >> according to a gallup poll, >> americans are split down the middle, as to whether assisted suicide is morally okay. while the public is evenly divided only two states, organ oregon and washington, have laws alowing doctors or anyone else for that matter to assist in suicide and even then, only under some circumstances. more than 40 states explicitly forbid it and yet it happens more than you might think. jana van vorheese had a long history of menl illness and when she was 58, she took her life. according to the final exit network, she is one of hundreds they have helped along to a peaceful death. vicky doesn't see it that way. >> i think jana would be here if final exit had not been involved. >> reporter: jana submitted her a

dr. jack kevorkian has died at the age of 83, known as dr.ple commit suicide he died at a hospital near detroit. this said he has been hospitalized for kidney problems and pneumonia, he spent eight years in prison for a second-degree murder charge. he went on parole in 2007. he assisted in 130 suicides. protesters of-- disrupted a meeting, the police hauled several of them with a committee members were making changes to gov. scott walker's budget proposal. the demonstrators sat in the room for six hours waiting for them to start. the republican committee decided to reduce the size of the state funding cuts to the communities by about $20 million. casey anthony had to watch herself again in court today, her murder trial pick back up with the jurors watching her video from jail. in a recording, she tells her parents that she just wants to be home with them and her daughter. her daughter was last seen in june of 2008 was not reported missing until a month later. she is accused of killing her. items owned by ted kosinski also known as the unabomb

dr. jack kevorkian, died today at a hospital in michigan. ez has our report. >> suarez: he was an outspoken retired medical pathologist from michigan who became known as "dr. death". jack kevorkian said he helped more than 130 terminally ill people die between 1990 and 1998. he used a device of his own invention, a suicide machine that let the patient press a button delivering a fatal dose of drugs. in 1990, after his first assisted suicide case, kevorkian defended his actions on this program, then called "the macneil-lehrer newshour". >> it's up to a physician, with his medical expertise combined with logic and common sense and a totally free mind, to evaluate whether this person's desire and wish is medically justifiable. and if it is, then i think it's a physician's duty to offer that option to the patient. and i wanted to demonstrate also that there's a great need for it in this country. >> suarez: right from the start, though, there was fierce criticism. on that same program, lawyer and medical ethicist susan wolf was interviewed by robe

dr. jack kevorkian has died because of heart failure. he was 83 years old. he was known around the world as a crew saider over the very emotional battle of assisted suicide. he was named dr. death. he assisted in more than 130 suicides. in 1999 a jury convicted him of second degree murder. he spent eight years in prison. just last year he was a subject of a television movie called you don't know jack. it starred al pa key know. >>> they are hoping to find new leads in this very mysterious case. the 26-year-old student vanished a week ago after leaving kizer hospital in hayward. tonight's rally will be held on pond rosa court. that is where they found her car a half mile away from the hospital. investigators say they have several persons of interest in this case including one former friend. >>> today the man that pleaded guilty to murdering a woman attending yale university will be sentenced. anne lee was strangled, her body was found on the day she was planning to be married. raymond clark worked out a plea deal. >>> a big announcement is expected today about

dr. jack kevorkian rose to fame after becoming assisted suicide advocate. he claimed to have helped at least 130 people take their own lives. he was released from michigan prison in 2007 after serving eight years for second degree murder in connection with an assisted suicide. he said he was helping people who were very, very sick or had a terminal illness. jack kevorkian dead at the age of 84. >>> hackers hit the sony network system again. for the second time since april, hackers broke in a sony data base. this time the one for sonypictures.com accessing unencrypted passwords for a million customers. in april, hackers got in the playstation network accessing 77 million accounts. >>> group of oakland residents is asking everyone to join them for a very unusual funeral tonight. it's being held to protest the possible closure of 14 branchs of the oakland library. organizers say demonstrators will gather at 7:00 at 20 and broadway, wearing black and carrying library books. oakland mayor jean kwon proposing cutting 14 of the 18 branch libraries to help balance

dr. jack kevorkian has died. the controversial legacy of the man known as dr. death. >>> preventing another san bruno explosion. how a law to protect your safety is one step closer to reality. >>> mitt romney is running for president. so how does he think his chances look in 2012? he will tell us on "the early show." ,,,,,,,,,, [ male announcer ] hi lauren and greg, what's up? we're getting the day started with athenos greek yogurt. later we're gonna ride bikes and go to the -- [ male announcer ] wonderful! let's see what yiayia thinks. are you two married? um, no. but you living together, ah? yeah. you are going to hell. [ male announcer ] don't worry, kids. at least yiayia approves of you eating athenos greek yogurt. mmmmmm! because athenos is made the traditional greek way, never using preservatives or artificial flavors. athenos. maybe the only thing approved by yiayia. do something for it. show it some love. chevron with techron. care for your car. a lawyer and friend tells the associated press.. the assisted suicide advocate passed away this morning >>> w

dr. death for helping suffering people commit suicide. and tonight, jack kevorkianas died at the age of 83. we have a look at his life. >> reporter: jack kevorkian was known best for helping others die. early friday morning, the 83- year-old lost his life to illness in a detroit area hospital. his lawyer says he suffered fray number of conditions including liver cancer. >> dr. jack kevorkian was a rare human being. he was the historic man. >> reporter: the man known as dr. death became a household name in the 1990s after developing a suicide machine. the device allowed patients to flip a switch to have the lethal drugs flowing. kevorkian avoided conviction in four trials. but in 1998, he gave this video to "60 minutes." it showed kevorkian injecting a lethal substance into a man with lou gehrig's disease. this time, he was convicted of second-degree murder. when he was released eight years later, kevorkian told mike wallace he would not participate in any more assisted suicides. >> what would you do if a desperate person comes to you, jack kevorkian, and says, i nee

dr. kevorkian. >> this could never be a crime in any society which deems itself enlightened. ,,,,,,,,,,,, >> those who say that jack. death, is a fanatic? zealot. >> sure, you try to take a liberty away and i turn fanatic. i'm fighting for me, mike, me. this is a right i want when... i'll be 71. you don't know what will happen when you get older. i may end up terribly suffering. i want some colleague to be free to come and help me when i say the time has come. >> reporter: that was dr. jack kevorkian speaking in 1998 with mike wallace on 60 minutes. he passed away friday in michigan at the age of 83. we thought we would take a look back now at the famous interview and the infamous dr. death. a warning. what you're about to see is disturbing and includes videotaped mercy killing by the doctor. wallace began the interview by asking kevorkian if that was in fact mercy killing or simply an act of murder. >> it's not necessarily murder. but it doesn't bother me what you call it. i know what it is. this could never be a crime in any society which deems itself enlightened. >> he led an active life. he restored and raced v

dr. jack kevorkian died in a detroit area hospital this morning.wn assisted suicide advocate was being treated for pneumonia and kidney problems. he was 84 years old. >>> keeping our eyes on the skies this morning as the storm is headed our way. christina, you say we've got a few hours here. >> yeah. we have got a few hours -- about six hours to take care of last-minute business. that's especially up in the north bay. and i think that the shower -- the bulk of the moisture today will be north of the golden gate bridge. we're not expecting a whole lot of rain today in the south bay, even along the southern peninsula. let's go ahead and show you what we are expecting. i have been sifting through information, all kinds of data coming in on this system. and a lot of these models don't agree. this is what i think. this is my best stab at it, after hours and hours of analysis. i think we're going to get a pretty good dry break through noon today. heavy rain moves in tonight. by 5:00 a.m. tomorrow, south boy, that's when you're heavy rain is expected to r

dr. jack kevorkian died today of natural causes. he was 83.ped up two weeks of online bidding for items that belonged to the unabomber ted kaczynski taking in about a quarter million dollars that will be used to compensate some of his victims. no evidence was found that an organized slowdown by sanitation workers was responsible for new york city's poor response to last december's big blizzard. however the report did find at least one instance of workers buying beer instead of doing their jobs. >>> president obama has broken a lot of barriers. up next, something no recent president has done before. has to do with your job and his. [ man ] ♪ trouble ♪ trouble, trouble trouble, trouble ♪ ♪ trouble been doggin' my soul ♪ since the day i was born ♪ worry ♪ oh, worry, worry worry, worry ♪ [ announcer ] when it comes to things you care about, leave nothing to chance. travelers. take the scary out of life. [ male announcer ] the inspiration for its shape was an archer drawing his bow. ♪ could that have also inspired its 556 horsepower supercharged en

dr. death is dead. jack kevorkian dies this morning at the age of 83. >>> and hero dad. he put himself in the line of fire to protect his young children when someone fired shots at a local bank. the proud dad and his kids join us this morning. >>> good morning. we're live for the viewers in the west because so much news is breaking right now. including the news that a grand jury in raleigh, north carolina, has indicted john edwards, very serious crimes. >> we have to keep in mind. this is one of the greatest political downfalls ever. >> he was elected to the senate, ran for president. was brought down by these charges that he misused campaign funds to cover up his affair with rielle hunter, a campaign worker, and hide the fact that she fathered one of his children. he asked a campaign aide to say he was the father of the child. he's now facing federal charges. we'll begin with bob woodruff in north carolina. bob? >> reporter: well, george, we're hearing new news now that it looks like john edwards has been indicted. we've been waiting this morning. we confirmed earlier t

dr. kevorkian, is dead. dr. jack kevorkian died in michigan yesterday at 83.etired pathologist assisted in the suicide in did not feel he did anything wrong to want to prison. >> a pathologist, introduced his suicide machine in 1989. three chemical injections. the last as lethal. he said it was not an instrument of death but the overriding and liberating. >> the want to not suffer any more. >> this offer of alzheimer's was the first at his assistants. the man that became known as dr. death fought off prosecution. and he survived three acquittal trials. he was increasingly becoming impatient with a system that would not support his assisted suicides. he dared the prosecutors to charge him. they did. murder one. in sentencing him to 10-25 years in prison. the judge pronounced tam his over and the most right-to-die activist was led off to prison. silent for eight years behind bars. his parole was 20 07, and he told larry king that he was not going to help and any more lives. >> it is difficult not to honor their request to end her own life. >> he even had a field

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dr. jack kevorkian died today in detroit. n 100 terminally ill people end their lives during the 1990s. earning him the nickname dr. death. he went to prison in 1999 for eight years. kevorkian gave his last tv interview to cnn's dr. sanjay gupta and it happened a year ago this month. >> any regrets about anything? >> no. >> none? >> no. no. the only regrets i have is i could have treated my parents better and my sisters better, you know, it's personal relationships. but anything else i've done, anything i've done publicly, especially since graduation, is all my doing. i take full blame. >>> more now on the indictment of former presidential candidate john edwards. our cnn's joe johns has been reading through the indictment and he joins us by phone. he is on his way to winston-salem, north carolina. joe, give us a sense of the specific counts against edwards. what is he being charged with? >> well, he's being charged with conspiracy to accept illegal campaign contributions, filing misleading campaign reports and furtherance of t

dr. death has died. jack kevorkian passed away at the age of 83 friday. he offered assisted suicide in the 1980's. he helped more than 100 people and their lives and ignited passionate debate in the u.s. over the right to die. kevorkian was convicted on charges of second-degree murder and spent eight years in prison before being released in 2007. >>> the men's final at the french open will be a classic showdown between rockefeer a roughly on a doll. -- between roger federer and rafael nadal. federer won in four sets, ending a streak of his opponent. >>> how much would you pay for it 200-rolled shipwreck champagne? an anonymous bidder paid $80,000 for two bottles of to-centy old champagne. itas found in the wreckage of a ship that sank in 1830 of the finnish island. 145 bottles stored 50 meters below the surface of the baltic sea, and the experts tell us, monica, that it tastes extraordinary. >> we will never know, will we? >> i don't have 80,000. >> maybe we will get invited. that maybe they will share. >> we will come back sober, with no bubbly, with a r

dr. death has died. how jack kevorkian passed away. >> he admitted to what he did, but he's adamant about one thing he didn't do. john edwards response to accusation he is broke law. assisted suicide, has died. the 83 year old had been hospitalized for kidney problems and pneumonia. kevorkian claimed to have helped 130 people kill themselves, using his homemade suicide machine. terminally ill patients were able administer a fatal drug dose at the push of a button. kevorkian claimed top help 138 people kill themselves using his suicide machine. terminally i ill patients were able to -- it's a rare human being who can take on an entire society and force it to focus on the suffering of other human beings. >> kevorkian was put on trial four different types, never convicted until he recorded himself assisting in the suicide of a man with lou gehrig's disease. he spent 8 years in prison for second degree hurt. he was paroled in 2007. >> john edwards is fighting charges that he violated federal election law in his 2008 campaign.

kevorkian claimed to have assisted in at least 130 suicides. dr. jackevin johnson was 83 years old. >>> from presidential candidate to criminal defendant, former senator john edwards pleaded not guilty to a six-count indictment by a federal grand jury. prosecutors allege edwards violated campaign finance laws when he accepted more than $900,000 from supporters and used it to cover up an affair during the 2008 presidential campaign. >> there is no question that i have done wrong. and i take full responsibility for having done wrong. and i will regret for the rest of my life the pain and the harm that i have caused to others. but i did not break the law. and i never, ever thought that i was breaking the law. >> edwards first denied the affair but then later admitted fathering a child with his mistress. he is accused of sneaking her money through her decorator sometimes hidden in boxes of chocolate. >>> as if the cost of gas isn't bad enough now drivers might have to pay more to park in one bay area city. the proposed rate increase and why some drivers mig

dr. death has died. jack kevorkiana leading advocate of assisted suicide died this morn nothing michigan hospital. his attorney said he probably would have taken his own life if he was able to return home from the hospital. kevorkian assisted in 130 suicide and served eight year in prison for murder as a result. actor james arness was best remembered for role as matt dillan on gun smoke. he got the role when john wayne turn today down and [ female announcer ] at the jcpenney appreciation sale, get an extra 20% off apparel, shoes and accessories with your jcpenney rewards credit card! save on all regular, sale & clearance items! no exclusions! an extra 20% off brands for him and an extra 20% off clothes for kids! don't have your jcpenney card? you'll still get an extra 15% off! start shopping early at 9am saturday! go to jcp.com to see everything on sale. we make style affordable. you make it yours. jcpenney. >> 30 years ago. the world first began to hear of a terrifying disease. gay men contributing a strage disease wa

dr. jack kevorkian died in michigan where he was being treated for pneumonia and kidney problems.ausing dangerous renal and neurological problems. so far at least 17 people died and 1,500 have been sickened by the strain, mostly in germany. >>> a federal grand jury has indicted former democratic presidential candidate john edwards on campaign finance charges. prosecutors say that the money used to keep edwards' mistress in hiding should have been reported as campaign contributions. edwards' attorneys claim the funds were gifts from friends meant to keep the affair a secret from edwards' wife, elizabe elizabeth, who died of cancer last year. today marks one year since the disappearance of 8-year-old oregon boy kyron horman and his mother is fighting to keep the story alive posting billboards, promising to find her son. signed love mama. i talked to desiree about how she is coping with life without kyron. >> it's been a long, hard year. my husband and i were talking about it just last night. where we have been, where we are now and everything that's happened. i remember the first ni

jack kevorkian was 83. they called him dr. death.ickname he earned after a decade of helping suffering and te termally hill people die. the first in 1990, a woman with alzheimer's who died in what kevorkian dubbed his suicide machine. a rusty old volkswagen van. the last, in 1998, a man with lou gehrig's disease. that happened on national tv and led to his fifth trial. the one that finally sent him to prison. kevorkian insisted he was performing a medical service for an agonized human being. his supporters wore buttons that said "i back jack." but a jury convicted him of second degree murder. and sent him to prison for eight years. after he got out in 2007, he never assisted with another suicide. but kevorkian made his stamp on our culture. barbara walters interviewed dr. kevorkian many times. and barbara, i want to start off by showing a clip of one of those interviews that really gets to the heart of this debate with dr. kevorkian. >> reporter: what do you say to people that say, doctor, you are playing god. >> well, so is a doctor

censored so maybe it's not going to help them as much would have other things today is that jack kevorkian known as dr death he passed away today and i think that you know this is something that it's really interesting because the whole idea of assisted suicide it still hasn't been addressed we haven't gone anywhere since the days since when jack kevorkian was was convicted of course there was even a movie this year with him and i think that what we've always seen for especially coming from the media is kind of the negative angle of what this man to be can take a clip. kevorkian was arrested several dozen times but for years prosecutors were not able to get a conviction in court not guilty. do you want to go ahead with this then in one thousand nine hundred sixty minutes aired a videotape of kapoor can actually administering a lethal injection to a michigan man. he was arrested again. and how do you feel about assisted suicide i mean i think honestly there are people that should you should be able to choose of course it's really hard to say whether somebody can be taken advantage if you're not in the

jack kevorkian has died. sources say the 84-year-old passed away earlier this morning of pulmonary embolism. he was hospitalized last week with kidney and respiratory problems. jack kevorkian earning the name drwhen he admitted to helping a number of suicides of several sick patients. >>> and just in from washington, the may employment report, the economy adding 54,000 jobs last month. that's a lot fewer than 100,000 that most economists expected. and more discouraging news. the unemployment rate rose to 9.1%. that's also a surprise to economist, who had expected a slight drop. but take heart if you are looking for work in the bay area. san jose tops the list of the best cities for job hunters. the city listed more than 200 job postings for every 1,000 people. that according to a new survey from indeed.com. why? experts say the tech boom has created many jobs ranging from customer support to engineers. washington, d.c. and baltimore round out the top 3. >>> 5:47. mitt romney hopes his next job will be commander-in-chief. >> going to try it again. today the republican kicks off a series of public appearances, first stop new hampshire, the first primary state for a town hall meeting. romney ann

friday, jack kevorkian passed away at the age of 86. >> detractors called him dr. death. a qualified physician who helped to end lives using a homemade contraptions. >> the patient decides which one. >> he set up the drugs, the patient activated the lethal injection. always on videotape to make sure they were acting of their own free will. >> i will continue to assist humans to alleviate their agony and interminable suffering. if it means they have to kill themselves, yes. >> the medical establishment was a guest. prosecutors tried in vain to have him convicted of murder. in 1998, jack kevorkian had condemned the decisive evidence. a nationally televised video in which he himself administered the injection. [unintelligible] >> he would serve eight years for second-degree murder. released in 2007, he ran for congress, provoking and influencing the euthanasia debate. today doctor assisted suicide is legal in u.s. states. after an illness, he died overnight in hospital of natural causes. >> this is "bbc world news." stepping up military action against colonel gaddafi's force

dr. death was asked about how he viewed his own death. now the world is reflecting on the life of jack kevorkian.e was known for helping more than 130 people kill themselves to end their pain. his views on death was controversial. >> what crime has this child committed that

jack kevorkian passed away at the age of 83. we report on his life. >> the detractors called him "dr. death." he was a qualified physician who helped and lives using a homemade contraptions he called the mercy switch. >> the patient leans over and touches that switch once. >> he supplied the drugs. the patient activated billy fell injection. those who -- activated the lethal injection. those who did supplied videotapes to show that they were acting of their own will. >> i want to die. >> i will continue to assist humans to alleviate their agony and interminable suffering. yes, and if that means they have to kill themselves to do it, yes. >> the medical establishment was aghast. kevorkian assisted dozens of suicides. prosecutors tried in vain to have him convicted of murder. >> we are injecting your right arm. >> in 1998, jack kevorkian had decisive evidence, a nationally televised video in which he himself administered a lethal injection. >> what do you say to your patients? >> i am talking for my patients. >> what do you say now that you are going to jail? >> do you want patients to continue

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