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. -- dr. richards. >> [inaudible] >> we love the excitement.his is all intentional. >> i'm happy to be in san francisco, and that kind of brings me to the point i want to say. this morning, we were in the courtroom, and we have lawyers, public defenders talking about legal cases, talking about the roles they play. what i think has been lost here, and maybe even this gentleman kind of raised it, is what happens to these defendants? what happens when they go back into the court, into the lock up after they have pled guilty? about 95% of them plead guilty. you know that they are being forced to plead guilty. you all know it. it is like there is a gun to their head. i call it the terror of arithmetic. they are being threatened with 100 years, 50 years, 20 years -- you know what that does to them. they go back to their jail cells. those numbers bounce around in there had. after a week or a month or six months or a year, a year-and-a- half, they plead guilty. and you know as public defenders, one of your main jobs is to make them plead guilty. and i

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dr. richard s. -- dr. richards? how are we going to turn this around for california and the nation? >> i am actually giving this paper in two weeks in finland at a conference, but just some of our ideas that come out of the convict criminology group. the first is and the war on drugs. just and it. -- just end it. it started in 1960 with richard nixon. it has been going on 50 years. nobody has even kept count of how many people have been arrested -- 10 million, 20 million, 30 million? it sounds like something out of stalin's russia. turn in your neighbors, turn in your friends. if you turn in 10 people, you get less time in prison. that is what it is, you know? this war on drugs is something out of stalin's russia. and let's stop this war on sex offenders before this gets way out of hand. it is already way out of hand. [applause] i know we are concerned about sexual assault and rape and people assaulting women and children -- i know that. most of the people in prison as sex offenders are not those people. i call them romeo and juliet's. he is 19 and she is 16 or she is 19 and he is 1

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 group. if you just go to google and google convict criminology, you will find our

dr. richard besser now. because you've been tracking the pesticide issue for some time, rich. what do you make of this? >> reporter: well, you know, diane, the 12three studies are concerning. there's a lot more work coming on this. but i think pregnant women really do need to do what they can do limit their exposure to pesticides. and, you know, there are concrete things they can do, as jim was showing. washing, scrubbing fruits and vegetables will help. you can peel them. that's very helpful. discard the outer leaves of leafy vegetables. that's where the pesticides are going to cling. and for those things that you can't wash, that you can't peel, like berries, think about buying organic, because those won't have the pesticides. >> and you were saying with meat and fish? >> reporter: that's right. meat, poultry, fish, take off the skin and trim the fat, because that's where the pesticides will really concentrate. >> in the fat, right under the skin. >> reporter: if you take the fat off, that will help. >> all right, i know online we'll have a lot more about this for anybody wh

dr. richard besser now. so, rich, talk to us as a doctor tonight. is it safe, would you say to us, it is safe? >> reporter: diane, the milk is safe. as a doctor, as your friend, i can tell you, these levels of radiation are not harmful. i drank milk this morning as did my boys and there's no reason to stop based on this. >> nonetheless, we think if any, even a speck of radiation in anything and we can avoid it, we should? >> reporter: well, you know, these are great tests. i get some comfort out of the fact that they can detect such a small level of radiation, because it tells me, if the levels start to rise, they're going to pick it up before it causes any harm, any health side effects. >> and how long before we can stand down on this whole issue? >> reporter: well, you know, until they get the reactor under control, you need to monitor. you're going to see an increase in radiation in the air before you would see a further increase in milk or water. >> all right, dr. richard besser, thank you. good to have you here tonight. >>> and we turn now to f

dr. richard harris was widely recognized as an authoritative researcher. there was a lot of original research that we try to communicate to professionals. my experience and exposure to the research has served me well over the years. as i mentioned earlier, i taught at the high-school level for about six years. i taught in a vocational program working with both high school and adults. a transition to working with adults solely at the city college where i have been for about 20 years. the courses that i teach their, plant identification, landscape construction, and care. those of the courses that relate most directly. there are some other courses that teach as well. i would like to mention that i have local experience working as an employee for local three companies. that is where i got a lot of light on the ground experience working out in the trees. with that kind of professional activity that the arborists are engaged in. we don't do much business these days, i am busy with my family in teaching responsibilities. i hold my contract license active. i still

dr. richard gibbs. with my wife dr. krishna gibbs, we founded and still administrate the san francisco free clinic. when we opened 16 years ago, we put out the call to the medical community for a project that would only serve people with no health insurance of any kind. we got an overwhelming response. over 155 positions, doctors, and their staff offered to help providing care to the uninsured. 95% of those responses came from california pacific medical center. in the 17 years the clinic has been open, we have treated thousands and thousands of people with no health insurance. cpmc has donated x-rays, mammograms, colonoscopy is, exercise tolerance tests, encouragement, help us to apply for grants, and literally hundreds of specialty visits that have been donated to our patience when needed. the have been a huge part of our ability to deliver care. they are good people. they knocked on our door. i tell a similar story to the gentleman that just spoke. they knocked on our door and offered to help. it has been tremendous,

dr. richard vesser fascinating research and work being done there obviously.mportant for parents not to try this diet on their own. you need a trained neurologist to help. showing great promise for so many people. >> overseas. american involvement in the war over libya is stepping up once agai again. president obama has given approval for 2 armed predator drone to operate ther there. the pentagon says the fight in libya changed. conflict now taking place in cities putting civilian population at risk. and military says that drones are better equipped to root out gadhafi forces in your ban areas. >>> now the president has said that where we have some unique capabilities he is willing to use those and in fact he has approved the use of armed predator and i think that today may in fact have been the first mission. >> drone have been used all along in libya but now they have permission to fire. this marks the first use of u.s. force since the pentagon handed authority of the mission over to nato last month. >>> president obama is in los angeles tonight. earlier tod

dr. richard chartres who has reportedly been counseling william and kate on their impending nuptials.ly saying to us, we've got to support them. it was saying to each of them, marriage is very difficult. give yourself, no coercion, pray for help and guidance, and there's a sort of sense, isn't there, that we must demand too much. we expect too much of royal marriages. i think it was gentle. it was almost as though he was speaking to them privately. and he ended with a prayer that they had written themselves. to their marriage, for what they could do to each other, and to those much less fortunate. and how they could benefit. >> and perhaps a message to all of us, as well. >> i think that's really what it was. don't ask too much. don't pry. remember we're all imperfect. >> this, by the way, is music composed by paul mealor of angelsey, wales, where the couple lives. they wanted to include some contemporary music, and he's 36 years old. >> this hits all the points of which the congregation gets a bit fidgety. look at the uniforms. ♪ >> and the bridal bouquet which we notice is very smal

dr. richard besser, abc news, boston. >>> and there's a recall tonight involving the best-selling vehicle in america, ford's f-series pickup trucks. under pressure from the government, ford is recalling nearly 1.2 million of its f-150 models because of a dangerous defect. hundreds of air bags have deployed without warning. lisa stark joins us with more on this. hey, lisa. >> reporter: hey, good evening, george. the recall involves the model years 2004 through 2006. and the problem is the driver's side air bag. now, here's what's happening in some cases. the driver is getting into the vehicle. they're simply turning on the car. and then the air bag is suddenly popping out unexpectedly. ford says the issue is a wire right inside the steering column that can chafe and cause that air bag to deploy. there have been more than 300 complaints, 122 injuries. everything from burns and sprains, eye injuries, loss of consciousness. ford has been resisting this massive recall. it has argued that the air bag warning light comes on very, very early. weeks before the air bag would actually deploy. giving

dr. richard besser is going to be along. how much salt are you really eating? dr. come on back. !ñ!ñ!ñ!ñ!ñ!ñ!ñ!ñ!ñ!ñ!ñ!ñ!ñ!ñ!ñ!ñ!ñ!ñ!ñ!ñ!ñ!ñ!ñ!ñ!ñ!ñeÑ ♪ ta be fast ♪ ♪ and he's gonna need help. that's why walgreens is stocked with reese's peanut butter eggs m&m's chocolate candies, oreo fudge creams, starburst jelly beans and more. add a few extra delights and toys and you've got the perfect basket. now get busy, bunny. simplify your easter shopping with walgreens. there's a way. >>> you should have seen those kids jumping on my feet. the world's biggest fast food chain is leading the charge to cut the amount of sodium in its foods. subway has announced plans to slash the salt content on menus all across the country. this comes amid growing concerns of excess sodium in foods. and look who is here now. dr. richard besser. we know obvious places where we can find salt. but there's hidden ones, too. how much salt should we be taking? >> what you are recommended to get, is two-thirds of a teaspoon in a day. that's this amount. what people are actually getting is 1 1/2.

dr. richard besser reports on the new guidelines issued today and what they mean to millions of us. >> reportery 69 seconds, another person develops alzheimer's. it's a terrifying mystery. >> i guess my liwife and childrn would like to know if i have alzheimer's. >> reporter: it is the only top ten disease in this country that has no cure, no treatment, no known way to slow its progression. >> reporter: so, you could be at risk? >> if there's a genetic predisposition for alzheimer's, i have the gene. >> reporter: doctors are hoping that today's new guidelines will help them intervene faster, earlier, and that will make a difference in this race to keep the brain strong. >> patients who are noticing some forgetfulness either in themselves or perhaps in family members might bring this to the attention of the personal physician. >> reporter: for the first time, using today's new guidelines, doctors can diagnose mild cognitive impairment, which is forgetfulness beyond normal aging. doctors can then get them into treatment trials. without intervention, 80% of these patients will develop alzheimer's

dr. richard aldy is on a mission to complete a research paper on the debilitating nerve disease als. it's a condition where you lose all muscle function and now ucsf dr. aldy has been living it for seven years. >> probably the final diagnosis after three back surgeries was 2004. >> reporter: the disease is catching up with him and he didn't know how much time he has left to live. >> most of us have worked through our intense sadness and live in the present and be thankful for each day and the time that we have left with rick. >> it's a sad day for anyone who has hls. but this is a man who's known around the world as a top clinical specialist for als. and in a tragic twist of fate, he's suffering from the same disease he spent a lifetime studying. >> that's the kind of job he had, that's the kind of patients, he was internationally known for his als research and taking care of patients and starting the als center at ucsf. >> he is determined to complete a research paper on life expectancy for people with the disease. >> i want to write a paper. >> the computer reads out his sentences i

dr. richard besser, abc news, new york. >> and that does sound like a miracle.hat fat on their heart and the cholesterol. >> the alternative. how relieved those parents must be, good for them. >> speaking of diets. >> on your 17-day diet that -- >> i'm on day three. i did have a little cheat. you can see it on wnnfans.com. while you're enjoy your easter what you will get to eat, look at what i get to eat for easter. oh, boy. turkey breast. asparagus, green tea. yogurt with berries. that's the splurge the yogurt with berries. >> that's not too, too bad. i know that it's a big eating holiday. >> you are having your ham and cake. >> i need to eat for easter. during this holiday what i am going to eat, what i'm going to enjoy during the holiday here. >> what do you think? >> i have to figure that out. like a good healthy menu myself. >> oh, yeah. >> maybe, maybe. >> oh, no. here we go. you guys are so mean. >> this is looking like my kind of diet. right here. i got a chocolate bunny. >> the only thing that i will miss. the cadbury. i think it's illegal. >> you gotta

dr. richard besser, abc news, boston. >> and some health experts are now calling for a popular diet pille have tried alli. but there are a growing number of reports of side effects. public citizens says the risks of pancreatitis and liver damage are just too high with the drug. alli is the only approved fda-approved weight-loss drug that's sold over the counter. >>> two icons of daytime television will be fading to black after generations on the air. abc announced it's canceling the longtime soaps "all my children" and "one life to live." as diana alvear reports the shows are victims of changing times. >> reporter: "one life to live's" lifetime has run out. abc canceled the soap opera. along with "all my children" replacing these icons of daytime programming? lifestyle and cooking shows. both shows had increasingly older audiences and many of these stay-at-home moms and wives who are glued to erica kane's antics weren't home anymore. they were at work. diana alvear, abc news, los angeles. >>> a baby orangutan is stealing the hearts of visitors at the madrid zoo. >> take a look at boo. he

dr. richard land of the southern baptist convention, eboo patel, founder of the interfaith youth core andr member of president obama's faith advisory council and the reverend al sharpton of the national action network and abc's cokie roberts and her husband steve roberts, journalist and authors, an interfaith couple, catholic and jewish and their new book called "our haggadah." thank you all for joining us. one of the huge issues we're face something this budget, some say war, others say debate, conservatives, dr. land, are painting this almost as a moral issue. why is that? what are the spiritual dimensions. >> we're borrowing between 40 and 41 cents out of every dollar we're spending at the federal level and many, many americans and i would include myself among them see that as generational theft. and theft there is a commandment against that in the bible. we're literally stealing our children and grandchildren's future. >> there's also a commandment about charity and righteousness and a word that means charity and an obligation of righteousness. to take care of your neighbor i understa

dr. richard speer, a former official at the u.s. secretary of defense office, commonly known as the father of missile control technology. i will hand the microphone over to general deptula. >> thank you, michael. i tell you what -- this is a very rich subject area. i am going to do something a little out of character for a retired general officer, i will not use any powerpoint. [laughter] my remarks are designed to stimulate the follow-on discussion that think where people come to these evince find the most benefits. i would give you my bottom line right up front. i believe that the future of remotely piloted and/or automatic aircraft is very promising. it is going to be very complex and subject to a lot of confusion. in part, that is due to the continued use of an accurate terminology -- inaccurate terminology and an absence of definitions. some examples. the title of this segment, for one. i would tell you that air power in the future will not be on manned -- unmanned. they may have aircraft that are not inhabited, but those aircr

dr. richard besser and howard bragman. thanks for coming back.ad not known there were two different kinds of bipolar disorder today. explain the difference between bipolar i and bipolar ii. >> another name for bipolar disorder is manic-depressive illness. both of them have a manic phase and depressive phase. with bipolar ii, depression is the overwhelming characterization of that. they have longer periods of depression. that can be harder to treat. you see less of the self-destructive behavior, that you see in bipolar i, that leads to people losing jobs. >> how is it treated? >> it's great she's talking about this. it can be treated. the mainstays of treatment, are medication and counseling, psychotherapy. >> i had not been aware of going in for a tune-up, a few days. what happens there? >> it's hard to read too much into that. we don't know a lot about her illness. it could be she's looking for help with coping with stress. maybe they're working on techniques. i wouldn't read more than that into it. >> howard, there might have been a time when s

dr. richard besser is here to talk about the growing controversy. we're going to talk about it again. what are the concerns? >> public citizen is concerned. they want fda to remove these drugs because of concerns of liver failure, kidney stones and something called pancreatitis. let me put the numbers into perspective. there's 40 million people who have taken these drugs. for liver failure, they've identified 13 cases. kidney stones, 73 cases. and pancreatitis, 47 cases. it's very, very rare. there's no studies to show that these are actually caused by taking these diet drugs. >> what is your recommendation, if you are taking one of these drugs? >> let me put it this way. the drugs aren't very effective. over the course of a year, you may lose five pounds over people who do diet and exercise. there's side-effects, people know, the cramping, loose stools. those kinds of things. but if it works for you, there's nothing i'm hearing here that says you shouldn't take it. if you develop belly pain, which could be a sign of a more severe side-effect, stop and talk to your doctor. but there's

dr. richard besser has more on what it could mean to millions who are now suffering. >> reporter: every 69on develops alzheimer's. it's a terrifying mystery. >> i guess my wife and children would like to know whether if i have alzheimer's. >> reporter: it's the only leading disease that has no cure, no treatment, no known way to slow its progression. so you could be at risk? >> if there is genetic predisposition for alzheimer's, i have the gene. >> reporter: doctors are hoping that new guidelines will help them intervene faster, earlier and that will make all the difference in the race to keep the brain strong. >> the patients who are noticing some forgetfulness either in themselves or perhaps in family members might bring this to the attention of the personal physician. >> reporter: for the first time using these new guidelines doctors can diagnose mild cognitive impairment which is forgetfulness beyond normal aging. and then can get those patients into clinical trials. without intervention, 80% of these patients will develop alzheimer's within seven years, as their brains begin to change

dr. richard speier, an independent consultant and former official with the u.s. secretary of defense office and commonly known as the father but the visual technology. without a hand the microphone over to general deptula. thank you. >> thank you, michael. i tell you what, this is a very, very rich subject area and i am going to do something a little bit out of character for a retired general officer and i'm not going to use any powerpoint. [laughter] but my remarks are actually designed to stimulate the following discussions that i think is generally where people come and find the most benefit. i'll give you my bottom line right up front and that is that i certainly believe that the future of remotely piloted and/or automated aircraft is very, very promising. .. those aircraft will be controlled by people and to what degree of autonomy they employed is where lies the significant policy implications. with the give you another example. today there are few if any unmanned aircraft systems. this is one of the top. the colonel black brought up in the last session he

dr. robine, sharonburg, richard kid, dr. sharon guise, they're all here. they will do it. and the industry is ready that he wants come back and help do it. but you've got that he wants get rid of this impedment or it captain be done. we just can't do it. we could power the government just by burning the federal laws regulations and executive orders for at least a year. on energy. so last but not least mr. poddesta if you come down that he wants charleston, senator kerry south carolina you will get that he wants the 12 -- solar 787 plant that will provide most of the power for the plant. >> i will take that as an invitation. >> let me say, a couple of things. if you can solve for me the two issues you mentioned the o.m.b. scoring and i guess the other i think was congressional restrictions on what kind of power or what we're allowed that he wants do in the power industry, that would be terrific. that would certainly ease our lives. what we are trying that he wants do is put in a mix of centralized funding and scommonent level funding so that, for instance, we funded at a ce

installations to allow the military to lead, like the energy leadership here in this room -- richard kid, dr. kevin vice. the industry is ready to do it. but you have to get rid of this impediment, or it can't be done. we just can't do it. we can power the government just by burning the federal laws, regulation, and executive orders for at least a year on energy. [laughter] last but not least, if you come down to south carolina, you get to see the largest solar 787allation on boeing's new plant, that will provide most of the power. >> i will take that as an invitation. >> a couple of things. if you consult for me the issues you mentioned -- omb scoring and congressional restrictions on what you are allowed to do in the power industry, that would be terrific. it would ease our lives. what we are trying to do is put in a mix of centralized funding and component-level funding so that for instance we have funded and centralized the installation energy test bed to test out these various technologies, because no individual component is going to make the multi-tier investment that it takes to devel

dr. malveaux. a really fantastic time that we had. [applause] >> thank you richard for the great job of moderating. we are going to take a break and we will resume at 3:25 p.m.. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> how the minorities are affected by education and economic policy. our guests on washington journal was been jealous the head of the naacp. tos is a half an hour. >> we want to welcome back to the journal president and ceo o, the naacp. and let's begin with the let' unemployment rate for the blackk community. we've seen the number dropped over all in the recent months below 9%. b but itut hasn't dropped that muh for the african community. why? what's happening? we aretuck >> respect in this country right now. we have a whole bunch of folksos who frankly need the great depression to get out of that great recession. we need to be focused on creating jobs. right now the debate in congress has been how to spend less money. you can look over to the u.k. to see what happens. in the midst of a recession coming you try t