: and patient eric taulepa would still be waiting for surgery to fix his hernia if it wasn't for dr. john ngai and his volunteer team at the kaiser permanente redwood city medical center. he helped organized this day of free surgeries for people without health insurance through the nonprofit, operation access. this all-volunteer effort will make a world of difference to eric, who hasn't been able to work at his shipyard job for almost a year. >> it's very painful and it's very hard sometimes. >> he is on disability waiting for an operation for months. so we take care of him, back to society, functional, productive. you can take care of little problems before they become huge problems, you save hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> reporter: today they are working on hernias, cataracts and outpatient knee repairs. he helps and recruit and organize operation access days at his hospital. this saturday 20 colleagues from nurses to anesthesiologists are pitching in. >> i started asking everybody, they are all willing to help. when you ask, they automatically jump in. >> reporter: for 18 years,

the program depends on the generosity and the ongoing enthusiasm of healthcare professionals like dr. johne performed more than 100 of these surgeries four to five times a year and it takes a lot of coordination. but dr. ngai says it's the best feeling in the world. >> we all live in this community. we share the same place and we should help each other. i think that's probably what drives me to do this. >> reporter: for eric, after suffering for months, today means everything to his family. >> they very happy and last night they say a prayer for everybody to do a good job and make everybody happy. >> reporter: so for rallying his colleagues to provide top- notch medical care for patients in need, this weak's jefferson award in the bay area goes to dr. john ngai. kate kelly, cbs 5. >>> on this wednesday, september 28, high temperatures across the bay area today ranged anywhere from 10 to 18 degrees above normal for this time of the year and right now, concord at 92 degrees oakland still in the 80s. livermore low 90s. it's now 83 degrees in san francisco after a high today of 88 when typical

kris kristofferson, dr. john and his darkstar orchestra. and emmylou harris. it should be a good festival. september 29-october 2. and from last week's meeting, we honored era with different comments, and i am introducing along with supervisor campos, a resolution dedicating september 25 eric posada day, calling on his work as one of san francisco's great leaders, and i wanted to give a plug for the september 25 celebration of his life. he was a friend of many of ours, but september 25 is at horris man in valencia. for more information you can contact my office. the oldest non-commercial radio west of the mississippi river. i have to say that kelw has volunteers that work at the radio station. there is a community college district -- i want to thank the colleagues for supporting that effort. and we have several ideas for the future that are being promoted. they are going more mobile with different technologies, and their supporting more in-depth coverage. they are promoting a new generation of voices and they are strengthening their support. i also want to ack

two years went by before we took matters into our own hands and covered the dr. john had received a $1.9 million contract from the comptroller's office and the department of public health, but his wife, high-level department of health manager had written and was intimately involved with. after sending numerous memos to the comptroller's office and ethics commission, the contract was revoked and the city save $400,000. then we reported the gift fund, a charitable trust for patients that was plundered by the book could haunt the administration to pay for staff amenities. -- by the lagunahonda hospital administration to pay for amenities. last week, we complained to ethics about the financial relationship between the health director, and another for-profit consoles that help management. this was a straight forward violation of the city charter. the health director was working for a paid consultant while they were given the sole source no- bid contract by the department of public health. after two years, the ethics commission is still investigating the conflict of interes

the turkish prime minister arrives on a visit to egypt there suck ass alive an hour to cairo where dr john mansel time from the center for political and strategic studies joins us live many thoughts of being with us here on r.t. so why is it only now that we're seeing this growing sense of anger against israel and its policies in the region do you think. well there was a time in particularly in the mid one nine hundred ninety s. we were in the high expectations for peace and reconciliation in the region but since in things are not going to the right direction and now we see a region that is in a turning point a turning point in which the people have a bigger say in politics and the making of foreign policy and we have seen them backed of that in the streets of cairo last friday in the attack on the israeli embassy so what we see now is a kind of a series in an angry feeling sadness to israel because of its continuous. policy of ignoring palestinian. rights under the other hand of course it is also ideological changes that in. certain ideological movements are on the rise and those movement

the preacher was the reverend dr. john franklin norris, well-known as j. franklin of the texas tornado or too many in fort worth simply as that man. the story of what happened that day 85 years ago, and the following six months or so is likely what i call the most famous story you have never heard. and the story reached all the way here to austin, because of the trial which was one of the most celebrated trials of the decade. it was known for famous trials like the stokes trial -- scopes trial and leopold and sacco and vanzetti and so forth. this trial was one of the most captivating at the time. it has been lost in history. is a footnote in a lot of books and a footnote that is made into some places but never received its full treatment i think. the context of courses the 1920s, which is have always done to be a fascinating time. it was the time just after the world's changed and the soldiers that, here we have just this year in march, the last living soldier of world war i, a man in hundred and 10 years old, was buried at arlington national cemetery. the

there's a dr. john>> reporter: he was connected with your project. >> he was. >> reporter: dr. john is one of several new orleans legends who performed with laurie on the album. >> we recorded this one. he was only there a couple of hours. but i went out into the parking lot. i got into my car. i went. i sat at the wheel of my car and i went. it was such an overwhelming moment. >> reporter: you see muddy waters. you see this whole array of jazz people. what does that represent to you? >> just a great ocean of pleasure. (announcement over the inter-come) >> i'll be there in a second. >> reporter: when an opportunity to be funny arises, hugh laurie can't help himself. >> what i always say is, if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, shoot it. >> reporter: in england he and actor/writer steven fry made their names as a comedy duo. >> are you completely stupid? >> yes. >> reporter: laurie's specialty? silly, foppish or it achris toe karats. >> the sort of clowning that i tended towards was a defense aga

the preacher was the reverend dr. john franklin norris, well known as j. frank norris or the texas tornado or to many in fort worth simply as "that man." and the story of what happened that day 85 years ago and for the following six months or so is likely what i've called the most famous story you've never heard. and can the story reached all the way here to austin because, eventually, the trial -- which was one of the most celebrated trials of the decade, a decade that was known for famous trials like the scopes trial and, of course, leopold and loeb and the sacco and vanzetti and so forth -- this trial was one of the most cap sating at the time -- captivating at the time. but it's been lost to history. it's a story that has made it into some places, but it's never received its full treatment, i think. the context, of course s the 1920s which i've always found to be a fascinating time. the a time just after when the world changed, the soldiers, you know, we have just this year in march the last living soldier of world war i, a man 110 years old, was burie

we watched dr. johnve his report last year, the cdc stated that their medical monitoring program, did not core late cancer to anybody's time at the trade center and everybody came out ahead of that report. everybody said they supported it. the special master said she supported it. with this new report by the new york city fire department all we hear is crickets. we're calling on somebody to come out and support the report of the new york city fire department and we're calling on them to put it together and submit it support the new york city fire department and calling on them to put it together and submit it into the as zdroga bill and hel these new york city firefighters. >> you keep speaking, because you are a great speaker for this cause and what a cause it s. this saturday, we will be at the flight 93 memorial out in shanksville, memorial, because those people were up there and they knew what was happening and the first americans who knew what they were facing and they brought down that plane and sa

i know dr. johnell and know him as a fine educator and i was his executive coach for a period of time here and i understand some of his thinking, but in that regard, i'm concerned about kansas city. i'm concerned about the students and the families here, and our scholars and what their experience will be, and i'm committed to making sure that we provide the best educational experience they can have to be successful not only in this community, but be successful in life. i'm glad to say that, you know, this is is certainly a setback. but, kansas city has a history of being resilient, and this community, this school district and we are going to bounce back from this setback. >> stephen green, interim kansas city school superintendent. sir, thank you for your time this morning. 57 appreciate it. >> thank you. >> and a fortune 500 company hiring 4,000 people, and we will talk to them about where the jobs are and what you need to know about them intoday's "hiring now." and those are some good tasting muffi

it's my pleasure to introduce dr. john nagel. >> thank you very much for all your dedication to the soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and all those who loved them and are now serving and those who have served. this last decade of warfare has been truly a revolution for the united states military. we adapted to a very old kind of warfare for which we were not prepared, developed new tools to defeat terrorists, and most of all, we have seen truely extraordinary determination and courage from a new great generation, i think the new greatest generation of young americans for the first time since the revolution their warp have fought an extended campaign purely as volunteers, true truly an extraordinary accomplishment. as the wars wind down and the country struggles to pay the bills, we must ensure those who born the burden of the wars are not forgotten. we must ensure the nation remembers and cares for the veterans and their families as they have earned and as they deserve. i'm going to go back in time a little bit and talk

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is my privilege now to introduce our first speaker for the day, dr. john nagl. john is the president of the center for a new american security. easy graduate of united states military academy, and has served in numerous positions and responsibility as detailed in your program, culminating as operations officer for an armor battalion task force during operation iraqi freedom where he earned his combat action badge and brown star. he has earned recognition at numerous schools to include the george c. marshall award as the top graduate at u.s. army command and general staff. he is a doctor from oxford university, a rhodes scholar, and his top national security studies at west point and in georgetown university security program. he is also served as military assistant to deputy secretaries of defense and he still has a full head of hair after that duty. he has published numerous books and articles and has been featured in newspapers, radio, television and news programs. he is giving to other talks today and is on to other tv shows, so if you see them later in the da

dr. marshal or john maynard keynes or beatrice webb who took it up. it is a science and most of us need to come to its zero history and people because that is really what at the end of the day where they've economics? because they are interested in getting some control over the material circumstances. >> during the financial all crisis many people felt very angry with economic economists that they did not see the problems coming in 2008 and could not fix them. but actually a story of great hope can you explain that? >> guest: part of that is looking long term. and it turns out that if you think about it, at the peak for the depth of the 2009 recession, in the united states, per capita income personal and come were higher than any year of the clinton nor bush blew out. >> it doesn't feel that way. >> 30% higher and the 1990's a. >> and for the simple reason that one-tenth of the work force was out of work that makes everybody feel i could be next. it cranks of material wealth actually it is the disparity between the long term trend which is shins for h

it is my pleasure to welcome dr. john nagel.plause] >> thank you to you and dedication to -- your dedication to our soldiers, sailors and marines, those who are now serving and those who have served. this last decade of warfare has truly been a revolution for the united states military. we have adapted to a very old kind of warfare for which we were not prepared. we develop new tools to defeat terrorists. most of all, we have seen truly extraordinary determination and courage from a new great generation, i think the new greatest generation of young americans who, for the first time since the revolutionary war, have fought an extended campaign purely as volunteers. truly an extraordinary accomplishment. as these wars begin to wind down and the country struggles to pay the bill that has accumulated, we must insure those who have borne the burden of these wars are not forgotten. we must ensure the nation remembers and cares for their nations and families as they deserve. time ofg to go back in bed and talk about how we got to where

other names in the top five, producer jerry bruckheimer, steven spielberg, elton john and simon cowell. dr. phil beat out howard stern as well as tiger woods. >> dr. phil's doing well. >> he certainly is. >> how many people would have predicted the number one? >> he has done oit all on his own. >> his mattress is full of money. >>> this comes to us from wcnc news channel 36 in charlotte, north carolina, where the weak economy is accomplishing what neither snow nor rain nor gloom of night could do for one mail carrier. over the past ten years tony has formed family-like ties with one community by going above and beyond, including helping children and stopping burglaries while delivering the mail. budget cuts are forcing him to be reassigned, so residents organized special good-byes to show him just how much he'll be missed. >>> i'm vinita nair and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> two baby giant sea otters are getting ready for their close-up, getting ready to meet the public at los angeles zoo. they still need to be bottle-fed for a few m

dr. barney horner, who is the great grandson of chief john grass from standing rock reservation in south dakota. one of the songs he gave me before he passed on, on indigenous people's day in 1995, was a song that he called the blue horse special. the blue horse special is the song that i have been fortunate enough to be able to play in a lot of different performance contexts. it's a song that was made by a man named matthew too bold, a very well respected elder whose wife, ellie, just recently passed on. both of them were very well respected for their singing skills. when i thought about doing an arrangement for today, the blue horse special came to mind. i thought i wonder if i can bring a cedar flute into an air, i thought, i wonder if i can take a pala song and turn it into a reel. what i will do is sing you the original pala song, so you can hear that, then we will go into an arrangement that also includes a little something at the end for my grandparents. (singing)

dr. king s that a historical fact? >> that is a historical fact. bobby kennedy, who was the attorney general at the time, and johndy, were anti-communists. >> on the tapes was some personal stuff that dr. king was talking about as far as miss stresses were concerned, right? >> well, we don't know because we haven't actually heard -- we are hearing what mrs. kennedy said she was told, and we aren't even sure which brother told her. the tapes themselves, the fbi take place, won't be revealed for another ten or fifteen years. >> it was something to do with. >> perhaps arranging a party at a hotel or something. >> perhaps with women. because we know that because of the jackie kennedy take place. something to to with women. >> and we know that's part of the dr. martin luther king legacy know. >> i'm interested in what they know historically, not what goes i have mongers say. he was a great manwe don't want to him. >> hoover wanted to curry favor, even though he didn't like the kennedy favor, wanted to curry favor. they get it and they relate it to jackie kennedy. both bobby kennedy tells jackie kennedy some stuff and

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dr. amy heart from the migrant center. >> good morning. my name is john updike, acting director of real estate. today we see the recommendation to acquire this property that jennings and newhall in the india basin subdivision. i have a general map in the overhead. the property is on a street that leads to the postal service facility and is somewhat disconnected from the basin as a result. it does a for the city to secure an excellent match for the office of the chief medical examiner, subject to design, cheaper review, and authorization of funding over the left -- the next two to 2.5 years. originally leased in 2006, housing the laundry facility, dislocated from a hospital project. primarily as a result of an arbitration between union representative laundry workers and the city. set aside, subsequently, the laundry is now an outsourced function that never moved into this location. however, the property jurisdiction has been used as a warehouse for off site storage during construction. it served a very valuable purpose, housing everything from art works to

dr wash libya. the conflict we hope is entering its final phase. john irvine, libya. >>> a tornado carved a path of destruction through upstate new york, leaving decimated homes, and damaged landscape in its wake. national weather service officials confirmed the touchdown but have not yet determined its classification. ground crews are expected to conduct surveys, which will help estimate the strength of the tornado. >>> two people died in a plane crash that ignited a fast-moving brushfire in the hills of eastern california. according to officials, the fire quickly spread, only moments after the cessna single-engine plane went down, triggering the evacuation of at least 100 homes. the fire has already charred nearly 4,000 acres, and still rages out of control. >>> and finally, in north carolina, a new fitness class is replacing a good sweat with getting a little shut-eye. participants in what is being called air napping climb into a hammock and lie in a suspended position for 30 minutes, where they are able to recharge, and get rejuvenated. i like that.

dr. laurence ball. he is a professor of economics at johns hopkins university. he previously taught at princeton university and new york university. dr. ball has done extensive research and writing on a variety of economic topics, including the foundation of keynesian economic models, in- depth studies of inflation and monetary policy in both the united states and in high inflation countries with a specific focus on how best to reduce inflation and economic cost of inflation. dr. ball is currently a research associate at the national bureau of economic research. he was previously a lecturer at the imf institute, a member of the federal reserve board academy advisory panel, and a consultant on the international monetary fund world economic outlook. dr. paul holds a b.a. from amherst college in economics and a ph.d. in economics from the massachusetts institute of technology. it is an honor to have all of you here today and to benefit from your expertise on this subject. >> chair recognizes dr. meltzer. >> thank you, mr. chairman, members of the committee. it is a

dr. ellen wright clayton on the vaccines. galveston, texas, our first caller is john. >> caller: hello. dr. clayton, my question is have you been able to find any evidence in the literature about adverse reactions? i ilitary, and deploying in '03n two weeks i started having neurologic symptoms that ultimately three years later i was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at the age of 50, which is kind of old for a diagnosis. and i looked into the literature. -all these articles about individual vaccines, but i am curious whether the immediate stimulation from multiple vaccinations might have stimulated an autoimmune reaction. >> guest: thank you for that question. and it's an enormous question, and one that we frankly don't currently have the scientific database really to address. because it's really hard because most people get vaccines in a bunch as opposed to one at a time, although some people are increasingly doing the. and we just don't have the database that is large enough to ask the question, to answer the question that you asked me. i would say also that the particular things that

john, thanks. >>> now we go out to los angeles and the live televised start of the trial today of dr. conrad murray, accused in the death of michael jackson. nbc's lee cowan is outside court tonight. lee, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. probably if you thought this trial would be dry and technical, the first day turned out to be pretty emotional. the prosecution was up first. and they opened up with a never before seen picture and never before heard recording of michael jackson himself. it had all the trappings of a celebrity trial. the circus had been expected. after all, it involves michael jackson and his family. but inside, a very different scene. the accused doctor, conrad murray, sat stoned-face as prosecutors displayed a picture of jackson's lifeless body. alleging it was murray who had killed the king of pop. >> it was dr. murray's repeated incompetent and unskilled acts that led to mr. jackson's death. >> reporter: murray had pleaded not guilty. just how jackson died isn't in question. it was an overdose of propofol, a powerful anesthetic that jackson had been

dr. lawrence, a professor of economics at johns hopkins university and johns hopkins of course is located in baltimore, smack dab in the middle ofn district. and the middle o week, he testified before the new joint select committee on deficit reduction. he reported that if we proceed under current law, allowing the bush tax cuts to expire the end of this year, debt will equal 61% of gdp. it is recorded between 1971 and 2010. under the baseline, debt held by the public is expected to balloon to nearly 190% of gdp by 2035. notwithstanding, the latest long-term projections under the bush control act, interest payments on the act would create a clearly unsustainable scenario. there is no inherent contradiction between using fiscal policy to support the economy today and imposing fiscal restraint several years to now. we want to achieve a short-term economic pain and fiscal sustainability, the combination of policies will be required. draconian spending cuts will not generate the economic growth we now. compete succeed.hem to compete more over, the cuts are a necessary to rein in the debt and

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dr. murray saved his life. >> live outside the courtroom. joining me now is john byrd who was part of the team who won the jury award for rodney king. thank you for your time. you have a paramedic saying the situation did not make sense when he got there. he is asking conrad murray what medication fist any was michael jackson taking or under the influence of. what story is the prosecution paint something. >> they are trying to demonstrate that dr. murray in fact was engaged in a cover up at the outset instead of being candid. he knew that the drugs he given he should not have been given in the setting he was involved in. he was trying to gather up everything and put it aside and not allow them to really see the type of medication that was given. at the same time he was given the impression that he was working hard to revive michael jackson when it looks like it was too late already and he didn't communicate effectively the status of michael jackson. it appeared to be a cover up going on very, very early. >> i want to play an interview that ann curry had this morni

johns hopkins. he had an e-mail relationship going with him and dr.it is giving him tips and counseling getting through medical school and has been supportive and he is just a man of great grace and courage. you know, he has changed everyone he's touched for the better. >> yeah. we talked about the family. this really hit the community hard. this was just a terrible incident that happened in the community. do you think the community will ever be able to move on from this and find some peace? >> don, a lot of people ask me that. i don't think that will ever have closure. but i think when the trials finally come to an end, hopefully there will be a sentence sense that justice has been served for jennifer and the girls. we describe it as mayberry, usa. it is a small town, good people helping their neighbors and never dreamed that anything like this would ever come to our community. the devil walked there that night and it's changed all of our lives. >> are you going to go to the court proceedings? >> yes, yes. >> thank you very much marilyn bartoli. best

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dr. robert statler? a my -- minor, but key character, a mentor to the young john galt. when galt was still a young man, statler left academia to find the state institute to do physics three of the grubby supporters of capitalists and people who pay tuition and things like that, and john galt disowned him, he damned him. now, at the climax when the world finally goes down the drape, the scene is when the government having expropuated the work to create a weapon of mass destruction, and that almost detonates in the presence, and the description of hit death at the hands of this weapon his science created is one of the moving passages. alan greenspan is the most damned because he knew better. it's one thing to make these mistakes out of ignorance or pure power lust like barney frank did, but alan greenspan knew better, he was a close follower of ayn rand. they were best friends forever. he had no excuse. he knew better. when he went to washington in 1976 as president ford's chairman economic advisers, her and her husband were there in the white house as he was sworn in. wh