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p and dr. jeff is right. we need to get to a point where we have given people a different option, a different outlet. but unfortunately you can't legislate against future dangerousness, you can't say i suspect you might do something wrong, therefore i'm going to charge you with a crime. in our american judicial system, there is just no way to do that. so there's no law you can enact that is going to get inside of somebody's head and say if you're thinking about doing something, we can charge you with a crime. but there are public policy laws where if someone is thinking about doing it and expressing it, perhaps we can get public health people involved and stop this act from becoming a reality. >> dr. gardere, the publicness of these things, the media doesn't typically cover murder/suicides but when it happens in a mall that's a different dynamic. why do we seem to see these things publicly more often? >> certainly we have cameras every where now but i believe there is a statement, i don't know whether lou wou
p and dr. jeff is right. we need to get to a point where we have given people a different option, a different outlet. but unfortunately you can't legislate against future dangerousness, you can't say i suspect you might do something wrong, therefore i'm going to charge you with a crime. in our american judicial system, there is just no way to do that. so there's no law you can enact that is going to get inside of somebody's head and say if you're thinking about doing something, we can charge...
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we'll have to see. >> mm-hmm. >> dr. jeff gardere, thank you, nice to see you.o. >>> coming up, actor, author, activist, and social media sensation, george takei, and his husband, brad, they'll join us right after the break and talk about their newest project. so please stick around. if yand you're talking toevere rheuyour rheumatologistike me, about trying or adding a biologic. this is humira, adalimumab. this is humira working to help relieve my pain. this is humira helping me through the twists and turns. this is humira helping to protect my joints from further damage. doctors have been prescribing humira for over ten years. humira works by targeting and helping to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. for many adults, humira is proven to help relieve pain and stop further joint damage. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal events, such as infections, lymphoma, or other types of cancer, have happened. blood, liver and nervous system problems, serious allergic reac
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dr. jeff gardere. e e ethicists say it's not the same thing as cardiac death. dr. gardere, do you agree with that? >> i think when we look at the issue of being brain dead, at this point accommodation of the patient's or the family member's moral or religious wishes. that's kind of interesting. california doesn't have that but it does become a question of does society pay for this, does the hospital or the family in this case. >> right. and it's a very interesting point. dr. gardere, who do you think should be ultimately responsible for making the decision to cut off life support? >> well, again, holly's correct. when we look at the dnr, do not resuscitate, that's one of the ways that the patient actually gives the executive decision to someone who they trust. but at the end of the day all the ethicists have said if the patient is brain dead, the physician does have the right to say that the patient is dead and we don't have to give any more help. but if the patient is not going to get better
dr. jeff gardere. e e ethicists say it's not the same thing as cardiac death. dr. gardere, do you agree with that? >> i think when we look at the issue of being brain dead, at this point accommodation of the patient's or the family member's moral or religious wishes. that's kind of interesting. california doesn't have that but it does become a question of does society pay for this, does the hospital or the family in this case. >> right. and it's a very interesting point. dr....
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welcome back to the show, dr. jeff.of possible costs for a normal birth, no complications. you can pay $32 00. c section $33 00 to $71 ,000. how is it possible that the same procedure, the exact same thing costs so -- has such different price tags. it's not like people haven't been delivering babies for awhile. >> yeah, that's right. unfortunately hospitals can charge anything they want, and we've had insurance system in place for a long time that really insulated patients from asking about costs. so hospitals charges have continued to escalade and get higher and higher. we see the enormous price variations. now with consumer-districted health plans patients are starting to taste notice and they are outraged. >> melissa: it's shocking. it's shocking when you look at %-variations for what isthe huge essentially the same thing. so many people have been doing hundreds of thousand of years, really. so, tell me about this. i had a girlfriend recently who had a baby. she tried to price out at the couple of constitutions. she
welcome back to the show, dr. jeff.of possible costs for a normal birth, no complications. you can pay $32 00. c section $33 00 to $71 ,000. how is it possible that the same procedure, the exact same thing costs so -- has such different price tags. it's not like people haven't been delivering babies for awhile. >> yeah, that's right. unfortunately hospitals can charge anything they want, and we've had insurance system in place for a long time that really insulated patients from asking...
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dr. jeff volatile mix. i mean, seriously? >> well, i guess it could be, because it is very much a distraction. when i'm sitting with my own son watching television and he's on the computer and the light coming from the computer and i tell him to turn it off and he won't, i become agitated with it too. i think we're dealing with a person in reeves here who i believe may be a very unstable person to begin with anyway. so if it's not the texting, it might be somebody else talking in the theater or doing something that involved bad manners that distract from the movie. >> he's a former police officer, right. so he's used to people listening to what he says. might that have played into it. apparently mr. olson continued to text. >> well, and allegedly mr. olson threw popcorn at him. so perhaps that might have enraged him. i don't think he was in fear of his life as mr. reeves claims that he is. but i think you also have to look at being 71 years old, dealing with a person who's talking back to him.
dr. jeff volatile mix. i mean, seriously? >> well, i guess it could be, because it is very much a distraction. when i'm sitting with my own son watching television and he's on the computer and the light coming from the computer and i tell him to turn it off and he won't, i become agitated with it too. i think we're dealing with a person in reeves here who i believe may be a very unstable person to begin with anyway. so if it's not the texting, it might be somebody else talking in the...
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president, i ask that dr. jeff fine and lawrence that dr. jeff fine and lawrence >> mr. president thank you very much first and ask unanimous consent that fellows of my office of the we granted historical support and i'm pleased that senator heller has joined me, so this is a bipartisan bill also. and it's something that we have to deal with today. it is a huge crisis. aces i said, 1.3 million americans have lost their benefits as of december 28, but we can expect through this next year approximately 3 million more to exhaust their state benefits, typically 26 weeks, and not have this federal long-term benefit available to thevmenvery many. this has awless received federal support on a long term basis. it is something that impacts this entire country. it impacts people who work. you cannot get this program unless you have a job and through no fault of your own you've lost that job. and in this economy people who lose jobs are competing with many, many others from for very few jobs. 1.3 million americans were pushed off an economic cliff just nine days ago. this vital lif
president, i ask that dr. jeff fine and lawrence that dr. jeff fine and lawrence >> mr. president thank you very much first and ask unanimous consent that fellows of my office of the we granted historical support and i'm pleased that senator heller has joined me, so this is a bipartisan bill also. and it's something that we have to deal with today. it is a huge crisis. aces i said, 1.3 million americans have lost their benefits as of december 28, but we can expect through this next year...
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the film maker behind "sole survivors", also joined by m american psychologist dr. jeff jidere. i knew where the movie was going, but then you went a whole different way. i was so amazed. what compelled to you make "sole survivor kwolts. >> well, in high school, i switched places with a good friend of mine before he got into a car. and about two minutes later, he was dead in a car accident. and at the time, i didn't tell anyone that we had switched places. i really withdrew from my friend, my senior year of high school. i was embarrassed. i felt like a fraud because i had lived. i was worried what they would think if they knew. so it was nothing i talked about much. in my late 20s, i was realizing that i talked about this drive to accomplish something great and heal people and make a difference with my life that was a bit more, you know, aggressive than other people in my age group. that's when a i realized i was feeling guilty. like i needed to do something because i felt as though my life had been spared. >> it is like this miracle burden placed upon these survivors. jeff, in
the film maker behind "sole survivors", also joined by m american psychologist dr. jeff jidere. i knew where the movie was going, but then you went a whole different way. i was so amazed. what compelled to you make "sole survivor kwolts. >> well, in high school, i switched places with a good friend of mine before he got into a car. and about two minutes later, he was dead in a car accident. and at the time, i didn't tell anyone that we had switched places. i really withdrew...
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. >>> we'll delve in deeper tonight with dr. jeff garder.r, takes a shower, washes the blood off, calls police and then makes up a story about an intruder. what does this tell you about the mind of the young girl? >> evidently, she was thinking about this. she said she thought about it for 15 minutes before this thing happened. we see premeditation but she was too calm and too cold after this happened to be able to tell these lies to be able to try to cover up the murder scene. >> it's premeditation and then a cover up, right? that doesn't bode well for her. the teen, they said that neighbors said that they seem to be very close. the sister and the teen. so, what is going on here, what is happening here? >> perhaps they were very close. i believe that. but it seems this young woman is emotionally disturbed. this isn't something that happens in a vacuum and they really should have some sort of a mental health evaluation, which i'm sure will happen. but she could have been rageful, not just at her sister, but as you're saying here, probably at
. >>> we'll delve in deeper tonight with dr. jeff garder.r, takes a shower, washes the blood off, calls police and then makes up a story about an intruder. what does this tell you about the mind of the young girl? >> evidently, she was thinking about this. she said she thought about it for 15 minutes before this thing happened. we see premeditation but she was too calm and too cold after this happened to be able to tell these lies to be able to try to cover up the murder scene....
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as dr. jeff just said, it is almost like anger took over.dren the parents were paying up. >> when i was a kid, i was on the school lunch program. we were having money troubles at the time. i remember the way i felt. everybody knew that i was on the school lunch program. these kids must have felt very similar to that. all of the sudden, i'm so embarrassed. what's happening to me. >> i certainly agree. kelly as a mom has said it very sus succinctly and very correctly. for you, carol shall the same situation applies to you and the kids. they feel embarrassed that they are being told they have an overdrawn balance or they owe something on the lunch. this is not something you discuss with children. school is supposed to be a safe hachb haven. we have seen the situations of kids being abused by teachers, school shootings, this situation of you have a lunch in front of you and it is taken away. the sense of security that kids should have as they are growing up in the safe haven of school, even that in this aspect of food in their mouths has been vi
as dr. jeff just said, it is almost like anger took over.dren the parents were paying up. >> when i was a kid, i was on the school lunch program. we were having money troubles at the time. i remember the way i felt. everybody knew that i was on the school lunch program. these kids must have felt very similar to that. all of the sudden, i'm so embarrassed. what's happening to me. >> i certainly agree. kelly as a mom has said it very sus succinctly and very correctly. for you, carol...
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a debate with dr. jeff gadier and stephanie wise. got to see this one and listen to this song. that's your special hint. ♪ [ male announcer ] this is the story of the little room over the pizza place on chestnut street the modest first floor bedroom in tallinn, estonia and the southbound bus barreli down i-95. ♪ this magic moment it is the story of where every great idea begins. and of those who believed they had thpower to do more. dell is honored to be part of some of the world's great stories. that began much the same way ours did in a little dorm room -- 2713. ♪ this magic moment ♪ . . ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] you don't have to be a golf pro to walk like one. ♪ when you walk 10,000 steps a day, its the same as walking a professional golf course. humana, proud supporter of health and well-being. >>> 44 minutes after the hour on your sunday morning. quick headlines now. did espn consider banning the term redskins in according to espn.com, they decided gep it due to the controversy it would cause. >>> and folks, you know this song,
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president, i ask that dr. jeff fine and lawrence mehan, fell flow fell flows my e granted the privileges of the floor for the dur ravings this congress. the presiding officer: woiks. mr. reed: i stand to speak on the reed-heller bill which would extend unemployment insurance for three months. it is the right thing and the smart thing to do for ow commitment of unemployment insurance has been around since the 1930's. it has received historical support and i'm pleased that senator heller has joined me, so this is a bipartisan bill also. and it's something that we have to deal with today. it is a huge crisis. aces i said, 1.3 million americans have lost their benefits as of december 28, but we can expect through this next year approximately 3 million more to exhaust their state benefits, typically 26 weeks, and not have this federal long-term benefit available to thevmenvery many. this has awless received federal support on a long term basis. it is something that impacts this entire country. it impacts people who work
president, i ask that dr. jeff fine and lawrence mehan, fell flow fell flows my e granted the privileges of the floor for the dur ravings this congress. the presiding officer: woiks. mr. reed: i stand to speak on the reed-heller bill which would extend unemployment insurance for three months. it is the right thing and the smart thing to do for ow commitment of unemployment insurance has been around since the 1930's. it has received historical support and i'm pleased that senator heller has...
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president i ask that dr. jeff fine and lawrence mehan, fell flows fell flows my office, be granted the privileges of the floor for the dur ravings this congress. the presiding officer: woiks. mr. reed: i stand to speak on the reed-heller bill which would extend unemployment insurance for three months. it is the right thing and the smart thing to do for ow commitment of unemployment insurance has been around since the 1930's. it has received historical support and i'm pleased that senator heller has joined me, so this is a bipartisan bill also. and it's something that we have to deal with today. it is a huge crisis. aces i said, 1.3 million americans have lost their benefits as of december 28, but we can expect through this next year approximately 3 million more to exhaust their state benefits typically 26 weeks and not have this federal long-term benefit available to thevmentvery many. this has awless received federal support on a long term basis. it is something that impacts this entire country. it impacts people
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dr. andrew kutchins and jeff minkoff.deputy security advisor in the bush administration, a key arson on counterterrorism and many other issues. -- a key person on counterterrorism and many other issues. we will open it up to your questions. thank you for coming. >> good morning, everybody. as andrew said, you braved the rumor of a snowflake in washington, d.c. later today coming in this morning. it is always wonderful during a press briefing to just check the news. so i checked "the moscow times was good and the title of the story was potential suicide armor in sochi. you globally have already heard this story. there is video that was produced by [indiscernible] which is a part of the caucasus emirates headed by the maybe- alive or maybe-dead [indiscernible] supposedly, this is video of the two suicide bombers who took out who conducted the acts in volgograd. maybe. i don't know. maybe. i don't know. guys,ou look at these they look a little bit like "saturdaygarth in a night live" skit. i wonder if some of this is a hoax
dr. andrew kutchins and jeff minkoff.deputy security advisor in the bush administration, a key arson on counterterrorism and many other issues. -- a key person on counterterrorism and many other issues. we will open it up to your questions. thank you for coming. >> good morning, everybody. as andrew said, you braved the rumor of a snowflake in washington, d.c. later today coming in this morning. it is always wonderful during a press briefing to just check the news. so i checked "the...
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dr. andrew kutchins and jeff minkoff. juan was the deputy security advisor in the bush administration, a key arson on counterterrorism and many other issues. -- a key person on counterterrorism and many other issues. we will open it up to your questions. thank you for coming. >> good morning, everybody. as andrew said, you braved the rumor of a snowflake in washington, d.c. later today coming in this morning. it is always wonderful during a press briefing to just check the news. so i checked "the moscow times was good and the title of the story was potential suicide armor in sochi. you guys have probably already heard about this. there is video that was produced by [indiscernible] which is a part of the caucasus emirates headed by the maybe- alive or maybe-dead person, and supposedly, this is , video of the two suicide bombers who took out -- who conducted the acts in volgograd. maybe. i don't know. when you look at these guys, they look a little bit like wayne and garth in a "saturday night live" skit. i wonder if some o
dr. andrew kutchins and jeff minkoff. juan was the deputy security advisor in the bush administration, a key arson on counterterrorism and many other issues. -- a key person on counterterrorism and many other issues. we will open it up to your questions. thank you for coming. >> good morning, everybody. as andrew said, you braved the rumor of a snowflake in washington, d.c. later today coming in this morning. it is always wonderful during a press briefing to just check the news. so i...
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jeff pegues reports. a virus that strikes young children makes a big comeback. dr. jon lapook on where and why.hat's causing california's historic drought? ben tracy says meteorologists may have found the answer-- and it doesn't look good. >> it breaks your heart. it's really sad. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley.
jeff pegues reports. a virus that strikes young children makes a big comeback. dr. jon lapook on where and why.hat's causing california's historic drought? ben tracy says meteorologists may have found the answer-- and it doesn't look good. >> it breaks your heart. it's really sad. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley.
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jeff pegues reports. a virus that strikes young children makes a big comeback. dr. jon lapook on where and why. and what's causing california's historic drought? ben tracy says meteorologists may have found the answer-- and it doesn't look good. >> it breaks your heart. it's really sad. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. á>>[3gp?rlkñ pelley:Ñ'i league baseball and one of its biggest stars moved to a new arena-- a federal court in new york. alex rodriguez, third baseman for the new york yankees, filed suit asking the court to throw out his season-long suspension for using banned substances. an arbitrator upheld that suspension over the weekend. rodriguez denies doping, but last night on "60 minutes," his chief accuser told a very different story. anthony bosch said rodriguez paid him $12,000 a month to administer a program of banned drugs. jim axelrod begins our coverage. >> reporter: lawyers for alex rodriguez argue fred horowitz, baseball's chief arbitrator who heard the case, was biased, ruling in favor of baseball to keep his job. joe tacopina is a
jeff pegues reports. a virus that strikes young children makes a big comeback. dr. jon lapook on where and why. and what's causing california's historic drought? ben tracy says meteorologists may have found the answer-- and it doesn't look good. >> it breaks your heart. it's really sad. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. á>>[3gp?rlkñ pelley:Ñ'i league baseball and one of its biggest stars moved to a new arena-- a federal court...
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jeff and i had the affair. >> reporter: and then there's this. in his lawsuit, dr.urlston said his wife bore jeffrey barnett a child, who she, at various times, represented to be dr. hurlston's son. told us it wasn't until later he found out this. >> the chief of police's name is jeff blake barnett. my son's name was jeff blake hurlston. >> reporter: in a statement to abc news from the police chief's attorney, he said his arrest occurred over nine months after chief barnett had left the princeton police department. and that this lawsuit presents a case study on what frivolous litigation is all about. a statement to abc news from the city of kyle also named in the lawsuit and where barnett is currently the chief of police says the lawsuit is without merit, substance, or viability. we reached out to the princeton, texas, police department. we were unable to get comment. >> a lot of people want to see what happens with this. >> interesting. >> great to see you. thanks so much. >>> another check of the weather with ginger. when we came out this morning, such fog in the
jeff and i had the affair. >> reporter: and then there's this. in his lawsuit, dr.urlston said his wife bore jeffrey barnett a child, who she, at various times, represented to be dr. hurlston's son. told us it wasn't until later he found out this. >> the chief of police's name is jeff blake barnett. my son's name was jeff blake hurlston. >> reporter: in a statement to abc news from the police chief's attorney, he said his arrest occurred over nine months after chief barnett...
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jeff pegues reports on air travel. and we'll look at where the polar express is headed next. falls to al qaeda in iraq.ops liz palmer reports. can a blood test spot an athlete's concussion? drlapook on new research. and chip reid takes a break from the cold with an artist who freezes time. >> you're out there trying to capture mother nature's art. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley.
jeff pegues reports on air travel. and we'll look at where the polar express is headed next. falls to al qaeda in iraq.ops liz palmer reports. can a blood test spot an athlete's concussion? drlapook on new research. and chip reid takes a break from the cold with an artist who freezes time. >> you're out there trying to capture mother nature's art. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley.
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jeff pegues reports on air travel. and we'll look at where the polar express is headed next. falls to al qaeda in iraq.ops liz palmer reports. can a blood test spot an athlete's concussion? dr. jon lapook on new research. and chip reid takes a break from the cold with an artist who freezes time. >> you're out there trying to capture mother nature's art. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this is our western edition. it is dangerously cold in much of the country. many places it's the coldest that it's been in decades. tonight in chicago it will feel as if it's 50 below zero. it was so cold there today the de-icing liquid used at o'hare airport froze. and chicago is just the tip of the iceberg that is middle america. in indianapolis, where miguel silva was shoveling snow, the windchill is in the minus 30s tonight. for many this will be a night in the cold and the dark. 50,000 power outages are reported in the region. most of them in indiana. in owen, wisconsin, the temperature today, the actual temperature, hit 29 below zero. and as far south as waco, texas, the temperature got as low as 16 degrees, breaking
jeff pegues reports on air travel. and we'll look at where the polar express is headed next. falls to al qaeda in iraq.ops liz palmer reports. can a blood test spot an athlete's concussion? dr. jon lapook on new research. and chip reid takes a break from the cold with an artist who freezes time. >> you're out there trying to capture mother nature's art. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this is our...
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dr. charles vacanti, of brigham and women's hospital in boston, thank you. >> thank you, so much. >> woodruff: finally tonight, capturing the full range of the human experience on the page. jeff is back with our book conversation. >> brown: poets write of many things-- of love, of nature, of their own interior lives. from at least the time of homer to our own, they've also written of war, political upheaval, national tragedies, the dark things that people do to one another. a new anthology looks at this tradition as it's played out in english literature. it's called "poetry of witness," co-edited by carolyn forche and duncan wu. ms. forche joins me now. a professor of english at georgetown university, she is herself an acclaimed poet who's written of strife in central america and elsewhere. welcome to you. >> thank you very much. >> brown: first what, do you mean by "poetry of witness?" what does that mean? >> poetry of witness is written by poets who endured conditions of extremity, who passed through the suffering of warfare, imprisonment, forced exile, censorship, banning orders. they pass through these experiences, their language also pass through it. and they write in th
dr. charles vacanti, of brigham and women's hospital in boston, thank you. >> thank you, so much. >> woodruff: finally tonight, capturing the full range of the human experience on the page. jeff is back with our book conversation. >> brown: poets write of many things-- of love, of nature, of their own interior lives. from at least the time of homer to our own, they've also written of war, political upheaval, national tragedies, the dark things that people do to one another. a...