dr. richard s. i think a cut you off, and you were giving us a real perspective on the impact criminal history has on a person's life, and a one to give you back your time. >> i appreciate the legislation and the work that you do any work you are doing, but i think we have kind -- we do not realize how big a problem this has become. united states today, we are this global power. we are fighting wars that do not end. you all know this. and the war has come home. the war is in the streets. we have arrested millions of people for drugs. thank god i'm in california. show me some pot, you know? california is wonderful, but it is not that way in the rest of the country. they are still giving people felony convictions for possession of marijuana. you guys are really progressive. the rest of this country is not. the rest of this country is fighting a war that you cannot even protest. we are so far, even though barack is in the white house, isn't that great? the country is more right wing than you ever reali

dr. richard s. think a cut you off, and you were giving us a real perspective on the impact criminal history has on a person's life, and a one to give you back your time. >> i appreciate the legislation and the work that you do any work you are doing, but i think we have kind -- we do not realize how big a problem this has become. united states today, we are this global power. we are fighting wars that do not end. you all know this. and the war has come home. the war is in the streets. we have arrested millions of people for drugs. thank god i'm in california. s

dr. richards is touching on. in the realm of criminal policy, the more fear there is that the more laws we have that limit what people can do, people with criminal records can do. an example of that this session is there is a bill pending from assemblyman night from palmdale that basically what say that anybody who has ever had a drug conviction cannot volunteer in their child's school. there already are laws on the books that allows school districts to criminal background checks, but this would add this permanent exclusion for any -- and i'm not talking only net labs. i'm talking any possession. that is an example of the ever- expanding range of laws that limit people with criminal records. that is ab 2034. >>? there anyone here who can inject a little hope -- is there anyone here who can inject a little hope? we know that there are barriers. we know the laws are overreaching. we have employers that ignore the laws. so what is the solution, dr. richard s. -- dr. richards? how are we going to turn this around for

dr. richard besser on the breakthrough. >>> hometown girl. what if your high school pal was suddenly becoming your future queen? >>> and, the journey. from giant crickets that lull you to sleep to red wine with coke? some unforgettable moments from our travels through the new china. >>> good evening on our final night from china, from the capital of beijing, home of the historic forbidden city, tiananmen square and tonight, something very modern. corporate executives, countless of them, from all over the world, coming here, hoping to carve out a share of the biggest economic boom on the planet. the emerging middle class in china. look at it this way. there are not just more house holds with tvs here than in america, there are 255 million more. more cars were sold here, 3 million more, last year, than in the united states. and, as we have said, we came here with questions about what this means for america, for american jobs and for the iconic american companies hoping to get their piece of the action in this culture so far away. it's china, so

dr. richards, it is my understanding you have some personal experience in this area.ould ask you to share your experiences with us and tell us about the barriers that exist for people who have a criminal record. >> i'm a convicted felon. i'm an ex-con. and i'm a professor. i'm the leader of the convert criminology

dr. richards, it is my understanding you have some personal experience in this area.ould ask you to share ou

dr. richard besser, abc news, new york. >>> there are few details about the death of former "bacheloretteshow contestant, julien hug. hug's body was found in a remote spot along a california highway. he had last been seen or heard from, i should say, monday, when he traveled from san diego to palm desert, where he managed a family restaurant. hug was a contestant in 2009's season five. and was passed over by bachelorette, jillian harris. >>> well, he survived being trapped underground for two months. but can he survive the streets of new york? rescued chilean miner, edison pena, is in new york, preparing to run in this sunday's marathon. pena says it may take him six hours. but he is determined to finish the race. he also stopped by "the late show," where david letterman compared being trapped in the mine to appearing on his show. >> good stuff. >>> well, three college football games tomorrow, match teams currently ranked in the bcs top 15. for last night's highlights, here's mike yam at espn news. >> good morning. we start with some college football. virginia tech, looking for their seve

dr. richard besser reports from pittsburgh. >> reporter: this thanksgiving weekend, you'll find dr.nd his medical team in their usual places. under bridges, alleyways, on the streets of pittsburgh. >> i'm going to start you back on the insulin. >> reporter: it is a house call to those with no home. >> mind if i listen to your heart and lungs? >> i would appreciate if you did. >> reporter: mark, 43, lives under a bridge. he's been homeless for ten years. >> i have tears in my eyes, but i'm not letting them out. i don't know what to do. >> okay, we'll figure it out together. >> reporter: for nearly 20 years, dr. withers has been making rounds in the darkest of places. he's been held at gunpoint three times. >> i wore a bulletproof vest for over a year. >> reporter: you still came out? >> i don't know, i just felt like this was worth dying for. >> reporter: the homeless in the country rarely get medical care. >> god bless you, dr. withers. >> reporter: the average life expectancy in major cities is just 48 years old. 30 years less than the national average. >> if we could only do thing

dr. richards probably will not authorize this, but i am going to make a plug for the book he has written.ant to say he has written the book "convict criminology." another book called "behind bars." and "beyond bars." so check it out on

dr. richard jacobs, an infecttious diseaseexpertt. >> if you have been treated appropriately for six weeks that further therapy is not indicated any longer. >> this prolonged therapy is generally not covered by insurance. does that surprise you? >> not at all. >> reporter: cindy enes says mona has the right to appeal. >> a patient who has been denied a treatment recommendation has the right to receive an independent medical review. >> reporter: and so far her agency's initial investigation suggests blue shield should pay. >> at some point it becomes the responsibility of the plan to provide that critical intervention. >> reporter: giving mona new hope she can afford the treatment and get back to her calling. >> i don't like to give up. even if i'm tired i'll keep pushing. >> reporter: dr. kim mulvihill, health watch. >> we were told that they are still investigating mona case. last week for the first time mona reports to us that her insurer picked up the $1200 tab for that i.v. infusion drug and as we mentioned this therapy is very controversial. tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. we will hear from bot

dr. richard jacobs an infectious disease specialist. >> the recommendation is that even after you have an episode of lime disease, if you have been treated appropriately for six weeks with intravenous antibiotics, that further therapy for these non-specific symptoms is not indicated any longer. >> this prolonged therapy is generally not covered by insurance. does that surprise you? >> not at all. >> reporter: but cindy enis who heads up the state's insurance watchdog agency says she has the right to appeal. >> a patient who has been denied a treatment recommendation has the right to receive an independent medical review. >> reporter: and so far her agency's investigation indicates blue shield should play. >> at some point it becomes the responsibility of the plan to provide that critical intervention. >> reporter: giving mona new hope she can get treatment and get back to her calling. >> i'll keep pushing. >> reporter: dr. kim mulvihill. >> blue shield declined our request for an on-camera interview but told cbs5 they are still investigating mona's case however just last week for the firs

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dr. richard besser. >> reporter: cardiovascular disease kills one out of every three americans. some doctors are calling this a make breakthrough. >> we studied a new medication that is four to ten times stronger than any prior therapy. >> reporter: until now, the focus has been on decreasing the bad ldl cholesterol with stattens. but that doesn't eliminate the risk of heart disease. some doctors will tell you that raising the good hdl cholesterol may be even more important. in today's study a. new drug was given to patients on statins. and it works by lowering bad cholesterol. and increasing levels of hdl, good cholesterol. which may actually help remove plaque from arteries. the results, bad cholesterol went down by 40%. and good cholesterol went up by 138%. >> it really has remarkable lowering of the bad cholesterol and raising of the good cholesterol thrs this is leaps and bounds of anything they have been able to achieve. the best drug raises hdl by 25% and poorly tolerated. this drug is at least three years away from market. more testing is underway. >> it's still to be to

dr. richard besser, who is here with it all tonight. tell me about this, rich. >> reporter: diane, this is the forgotten epidemic in the united states. i'd like viewers to think about how many new cases of hiv occur in this country every year. it's quite astounding. more than 50,000 new hiv infections. >> still? still in this country? >> reporter: still occurring. and today's study hopes to change that. this is the first time a study has been done that shows that taking a drug before exposure to hiv can prevent infection. among the mostly gay men in this study who took the drug truvada every day, regularly, it reduced their infection by 70%. that's absolutely incredible. it's been too long since we've had a new prevention tool for hiv. >> so are you envisioning a day when this could replace condom use, when this could be the thing that would prevent the contraction of hiv? >> reporter: well, this can reduce infection but it should not prevent condom use. condoms not only prevent hiv, they prevent those infections that can increase the l

dr. richard besser explains this new hope. >> reporter: it is a holy grail of modern medicine. the largest study ever of lung cancer screening out today provides a way to save lives. >> it showed there was decrease in deaths from lung cancer if you undergo ct screening. >> reporter: until now, early detection of lung cancer has been almost impossible. by the time a patient is symptomatic, it is usually too late to cure them. today's announcement was enough to bring tears to the eyes of dr. claudia henschke who has championed screening for more than 20 years. over the course of your career, you've taken a lot of hits, a lot of shots for your statements about the use of ct. >> but the feeling really is that i'm thrilled because of all the work we have put in was to save lives. >> reporter: by giving older, heavy smokers an annual low-dose ct scan, the smallest of tumors can be detected and surgically removed, providing a cure. the scan, which has the same exposure as a mammogram, provides detailed pictures of the lung. >> the person came back a year later and you see that there i

dr. richard besser. >> reporter: cardiovascular disease kills one out of every three americans which is whyew breakthroughbreakthro >> we studied a new medication that's four to ten times stronger than any prior therapy. >> reporter: until now the focus has been on decreasing the bad ldl cholesterol with statins. that doesn't eliminate the risk of heart disease. some doctors will tell you raising the good hdl cholesterol may be even more important. a new drug anacetrapib was given to patients already on statins. it work busy lowering bad cholterol and increasing levels of hdl, good cholesterol, which may actually help remove plaque from arteries. the results, bad cholesterol went down by 40%. and good cholesterol went up by a whopping 138%. >> it really has remarkable lowering of the bad cholesterol and raising of the good cholesterol. >> reporter: this is leaps and bounds above anything other drugs have been able to achieve. the best drug currently on the market only raises hdl by 25%. and is poorly tolerated. anacetrapib is at least three years away from market and more testing is under w

dr. richard vats a professor of rhetoric at towson university. >> that's why they use the union, if the news not cover what we door, we can do what we want. if 91 is there to criticize we can do what we want. he is correct that the fewer people there to criticize the more they can do without anybody overseeing what they are doing. but that's not about democracy, >> during the criticism of the commercial media senator rockefellee failed to tell the whole story. his wife is the president of washington's public broadcasting station, affiliate of npr. the same organization that fired conservative coordinator ron william for an opinion he gave on fox news in october. >> i hunger for quality news. >> why should anybody care how jay rockeffller is discomforted. the fact that he is discomforted has nothing to do with freedom of speech and freedom of the press. >> jeff abell, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> meantime a measure on capitol hill to cut funding to national public radio after juan williams was canned failed. hear all of jay rockefeller's diatribe at foxbaltimore.com/law news. >> earlier tonight w

dr. richard besser is a part of our dream team of experts.u talked about it a lot and the things you had to change. let's start with exercise. what do you do? >> it's never too late to start exercise. people get overwhelmed by the thought of beginning. talk to your doctor about how fast and if there's any restrictions. your goal is to do 2 1/2 hours in a week. but you can break that down into ten-minute blocks and build up to that. as mehmet was saying, resistance training becomes important in terms of building strong bones. >> you talked about, there's certain tests and medical procedures you should go through when you hit that magic age. >> at 50, there's numbers and tests you should pay attention to. the first is your bmi, your body/mass index. pay attention to belly fat. belly fat is a big risk factor. cholesterol, blood sugar, blood pressure, those will put you at risk for diabetes and stroke. you should know those. in addition, there's tests you should be having done. if you haven't done them yet, start now. colon cancer screening for e

dr. richard besser is back with more on that. >> it's great to come with good news.creening test for lung cancer has long been a holy grail in medicine. now, researchers may have found it. this is major news because currently most patients with lung cancer don't show symptoms until it's too late to save their lives. the study found that a simple c.t. scan can reduce the risk of death from lung cancer by 20%. >> we've been looking for over 40 years to try to find a way to reduce deaths from lung cancer with screening. >> reporter: dr. claudia henschke, a long advocate of screening, was brought to tears. >> i'm thrilled because of all the work we put in was to save lives. >> reporter: and 79-year-old barbara hillary is one of the many lives doctors saved. nine years ago, barbara was diagnosed with lung cancer, after it was picked up on a screening c.t. scan. if you hadn't been told then, you would just be going on while the tumor was growing in your chest? >> no. i wouldn't be sitting here now. >> reporter: you wouldn't be sitting here? >> i wouldn't. i'd be dead. >> r

dr. richard jacobs an infectious disease specialist. >> the recommendation is even after you have an episode of lime disease if you have been treated appropriately for six weeks with intravenous anti biotics, further therapy for these nonspecific symptoms is not indicated longer. >> the prolonged therapy is generally not covered by insurance does that surprise you? >> not at all. >> cindy who heads up the states watchdog agency said mona has a right to appeal. >> a patient denied a treatment recommendation has the right to receive an independent medical review. >> so far her agencies initial investigation suggests blue shield should pay. >> at some point it is the responsibility of the plan to provide that critical intervention. >> giving mona new hope she can afford her treatment and get back to her calling. >> i don't like to give up if i am exhausted and tiredly still keep pushing. >> cbs 5 health watch. >> blue shield declined our request for an on camera interview but told cbs 5 they are still investigating mona's case. just last week for the first time her insurer picked up the $1,200

dr. richard bess. >>> cardiovascular disease kills one out of every three americans why is why some doctors this a major breakthrough. >> we studied a new medication four to ten times stronger than any therapy. >> until now the focus has been on decreasing the bad ldl cholesterol with statins. some doctors will tell you that raising the good hdl cholesterol may be even more important. in today's study a new drug was given to patients already on statins. it works by lowering bad cholesterol and increasing levels of hdl, good cholesterol which may help remove plaque from arteries. bad cholesterol went down by 30% and good went up by a whopping 138%. >> it really has a remarkable lowering of the bad cholesterol and raising of the good cholesterol. >> this is leaps bounds born anything other drugs have been able to achieve. the best drug only raises hdl by 25% and is poorly tolerated. this is at least three years away from market and more testing is underway. >> it is still to be told whether or not the changes can translate into meaningful benefits for patients. >> the next step is to see in t

dr. richard gray an addiction specialist in san ramone treating robert young people don't understand the risk of these medicines. >> legit may the that this is present scaibd drug but if you take something with 80 milligram of oxy-codeine like 16 vicodin pills which is a common pain immediate that's a lot to take at one time. >> this idea about doctor gives it the to you then item okay. then item not as addictive. >> that's not the caseism not at all. >>reporter: at his peak this habit was costing up to 300 dollars a day. >> some desperate situation you end up pawning off your belongings or even prostituting yourself to get your neck physical. >>reporter: he eventually turned to a cheaper physical. >> i started shooting heroin. started shooting black tar. the people were in high school shooting it. >>reporter: that from prescription medicine to heroin is a growing concern. but the federal government says it starts at home. >> source of supply is medicine cabinet. over 60 perfect of the children now days get their pharmaceutical drug from his friends and family. their own home in mow indi

dr. richard jacobs an infectious disease expert strongly disagrees. >> the infectious disease society of america based on in evidence in the literature that lyme disease is a well defined disease. >> reporter: lyme disease comes from the bite of a tick found in wooded areas where there are lots of deer, like here in marin county. and while most cases are treated with just a month of antibiotics, some patients suffer much longer. dr. green says mona's ongoing symptoms are a sign of ongoing infection. >> if the patient remains ill, there is an active infection. there is a bug in there that you have to continue to try to reduce in number. >> reporter: how? with months and in some cases even years of iv antibiotics. >> where's the evidence for that? where does it come from? show me one study that says that therapy for six or seven months is doing the patient any good whatsoever. >> reporter: dr. jacobs says vague symptoms like headaches, fatigue, i, insomnia, muscle aches and pains are not related to the therapy. >> the therapy is not conventional. not indicated. might be harmful. and i can

dr. richard lindzen professor of meteorology for the department of institute of technology. dr. gerald meehl senior scientist for the global dynamic division of the national center for atmospheric research and dr. heidi cullen cullen the chief executive officer and director of the medications for climate central. those introductions took me about five seconds to read each. the rather distinguished biographies of these extraordinary individuals that would take you five years almost to read so forgive me for not going into such detail but i hope you will check them out on their web site. you will see this is indeed a confident and capable group of individuals. as are with witnesses know we are asking you to summarize an entire career of research and fries brief minutes after which we will ask a series of questions and this is the first panel. we have two other panels after this and we will do our level best to make sure each panel gives a proportionate amount of time at a hearing today and with that doctor cicerone please begin. >> thank you chairman bair to members of the subcomm

dr. richard besser, abc news, new york. >>> president obama is inviting leaders of both parties to a whiteation comes as republicans mount a challenge to the president's legislative agenda. mr. obama says he's willing to work across party lines to focus on jobs and the economy. >>> for now, after months of dealing with midterm elections and all the issues here at home, the president is changing focus and heading out of the country later today. sunlen miller reports from the white house on the president's trip to asia. >> reporter: later this morning, president obama will depart for a whirlwind, ten-day, four-country trip. a mixed bag of politics, policy, and a little bit of the past. the city where he lived as a young boy, jakarta. this time, the red carpet will be rolled out. the highlight of his stop will be a big speech on democracy development and outreach to muslim communities across the world. in india, the president will stay at the iconic taj hotel, the site of the 2008 terrorist attack. he'll commemorate that day by visiting with some of the families of those lost in the attacks.

dr. richard alley is a professor for department geosciences and heard anybody to study system institute at pennsylvania state university. and dr. richard seed from my home state of washington is a senior scientist for the pacific marine it environment allowed to with the national what must. administration. as our witnesses after before we will do our best to try to stick to five years that sometimes if you go over all though i will be as patient as i can. but please do your best to give it five minutes and found the presentations will have a series of questions. again, i think our witnesses. doctor michaels, you're welcome to begin. >> thank you, congress and their that israel michael -- it is a nice to be here. the first bell said the very interesting discussion but what we're really looking at here is to whether the sensitivity of temperature of carbon dioxide is a large, as some people think him or whether there are some factors that are responsible for the temperature changes that we have seen. i would like to show the first slide if i could. the important thing about climate change to