dr. taylor, i want to start with you. we've seen so many statistics come out. for example, african-americans make up only 12% of the population, yet 25% of all mental health rates. what's going on in our community? >> it's not just our companity. statistics show that over half americans have a diagnoseable mental illness or disorder. most don't seek treatment. we may have issues of depression but we think it's a sign of weakness. we really haven't made the connection between a diagnoseable mental illness that can be treated and actually going to have care, understand we need to lose the stigma so we can function better for ourselves and our families. >> speaking of stigma, we have a cultural thing around church, community, school. trying to avoid mental health issues. michael, what do you see is the principle reason we walk away from mental health issues without addressing them? >> we view it as a personal weakness. we choose to suffer in silence because we believe that's strength. we have had to adopt strength as a defense mechanism and survival technique. >>

dr. james taylor said she must prove her metal to be governor by getting on side fast. >> if she spends another defensive her campaign for all intents and purposes is ship with respect. >> and allred seems to be beck on them to a rocky shore. >> let's see if doctor harsh would like to deany this now that i have presented this evidence. should he choose to deny it then we will meet again. >> with other evidence? >> and we will present you with further evidence. >> meg whitman calls this a democratic conspiracy and now has had an about face saying she will take a lie detector test only if jerry brown and her former maid submit for testing. he remained quiet. he said he has heard rumors about the maid but hat not been in contact with grower ya brown's office. >> what would brown to have take a lie detector. >> he can sit back and wait and watch all of this play out. >> all right. how many weeks until the election. >> just a few. robert liles, thank you. >> we now know more about those men in black. the two command oh-type guards who were hanging out at san jose international airport. officially we

dr. janet taylor. i had a problem with this when i read this.is headline. >> i think the stigma of discrimination, i would say no they did not look at parental attitudes, however it's an opportunity to examine what can happen when you have a child who may be overweight and discounts the resilience and self-control that some kids have whether they're overweight or not. >> but this headline of parents discriminating against their overweight children you're uncomfortable with also? >> i'm uncomfortable with that term discrimination because what i think this points out is that important area of how parents talk to their overweight kids can have long-term repercussions, when they're saying things like maybe you shouldn't be having those french fries. >> parents may be more critical of their overweight children, but in terms of holding things back like cars and education, that would be a stretch in your opinion? >> these are college students, 78% of kids in the study -- the fact that a college student has to pay for their own car, that's not discrimin

dr. janet taylor is a psychiatrist, dan abrams is nbc's chief legal analyst.as a legal matter, if the prosecutors decide they want to prosecute, they have got all the evidence they need right there on the tape. because remember, what is battery, legally? it mean s touching someone in a angry way. >> he sat there and took this for a long period of time, does he have to press charges in order for an action to be brought. >> but when you've got the videotape, in a way you don't need the witness the way you might ordinarily in another case. >> not only could she face battery charges but child services is now involved in this. could she lose custody of her daughter who was in the room for one of these assaults? >> that's a pretty draconian measure to take the child away from a parent is kind of the ultimate punishment when it comes to child services. but when they examine the totality of the circumstances and come to the conclusion she's an unfit mother. >> there was a crew here shooting this, should they not have put the camera down and dragged these two apart? >>

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