dr. thomas with us live now from chicago. good to see you, dr. thomas. >> thank you very much.t is good to be here. >> okay, so it sounds like in soledad's piece, the operative word is free. you are able to encourage a lot of these men to get some health care, preventive health care, because you are offering it for free, right? >> well, you know, honestly, the taxpayers of illinois pay for the services, but for the most part, we will not turn down anybody who comes in our door. >> but sometimes, it is not an issue of money that keeps men from getting some medical care, getting preventative care, but there are the stigmas and perhaps it's really just being a little too proud. so how do you get past that? >> well, i mean, again, part of what we use is we use innovative methods, so we are going to barber shops, going to softball leagues, going every place where traditional medicine decided to ignore. so we are using these innovative projects, going into these various activities where men are typically comfortable and we use men of the community to help draw men into it. >> so tell

dr. george thomas. he has an incredible learning academy in bethesda that is really making a difference in a lot of youngsters ' lives. i have heard so much about you. i want to congratulate you and thank you. how did you get the idea to start this academy? >> well, the idea really came in a group of noted leaders in montgomery county who wanted to make a difference and in the academic achievement of students. >> you were a teacher first. you have gone through a lot of areas of education. >> yes. i was a teacher, a curriculum writer, i was a principal, i was a director of instruction, a district superintendent and ultimately a college president. >> reporter: and you have 12 sites throughout montgomery county where youngsters can go and get help. >> yes, indeed. every saturday morning from 8:30 until 11:30. >> that is wonderful and you have seen the difference, haven't you? >> we have absolutely seen a great difference. >> reporter: what do parents tell you? >> they say thank you for starting this progra

dr. thomas. what's going on? >> how are you doing? >> good, good. for me. >> reporter: dr. pete thomas is a black pie near. >> what sort of medical problems did you have before you got shot? >> reporter: he's committed to the health and well being of black men whose life expectancy is eight years less than the national average. >> we're going work with your diet. what's going on with your leg. stop smoking. >> reporter: dr. thomas has found an innovative way to get health care to black men and get black men to the doctor, it's called project brotherhood. >> we know how to get men to the health center. and it's not by advertising free colonoscopies. >> try to get everybody come down there. >> reporter: project brotherhood begins here in this chicago basher shop and many other basher shops. >> great hinge to share with people. >> reporter: why basher shops? why are they critical to you? >> this is a staple in our community. men feel comfortable coming into the shop and they feel comfortable talking about whatever health issues that they may have. >> re

dr. thomas sowell. thanks.hen i was 18, i hadn't really read any books except what the teacher told me i needed to read, and then i read sherlock holmes and i think i read it because i thought it was the only good book out there. i think i read it three times. now i read about three books a week. it is rare to come across a book that is just right in the pocket. this, if you're looking for a summer book, great summer read, look no further. a new thriller hitting the book stores that will keep you on the edge of your seat. it is james rollins, by the way. thank you for being here. >> thank you. glenn: i read a a review that you don't write books as much as you build rollercoasters. >> that's right. glenn: you serialized the indiana jones books. i started reading this and it almost feels like a a combination of the da vinci code and national treasurer and indiana jones. >> i'm always looking for a bit of history that ends in a question mark or a what if and try to smash those two together. sometimes a good story

dr. thomas schoonover and i think he has achieved something very great here. i think it is a massive flow achievement and that he has in his work recreated a world that really none of us remember and that is the world of world war ii. what he has done is used the story of a spy, a spy who is not untypical, a reluctance by who turned out to be quite inapt, is by a very mixed motives and who was exploited by all him ratan. those who employed him, the germans sent him to cuba and those who eventually capture him and all the intelligence services that road about success when he was tried and executed. at that time the only one executed in all of what america for espionage. it is a terrific story, well told, and if you want to understand the world of intelligence this is a microcosm. there is nothing in this story that would not happen today. dr. thomas schoonover creates a world and gives you a context to understand what was going on in that world, where the politics in the international rivalries, what was cuba like, what sort of intelligence did some of the peop

dr. thomas found a way to get black men to the doctor. it is called project brotherhood. >> got those that come in and see the doctor, i appreciate you. we know how to get men to the health center and it is not by advertising free colonoscopies. >> you know what i'm saying? try to get everybody to come down there. >> reporter: project brotherhood begins there, in this and many other chicago barber shops. >> just a great thing to be able to share with people. >> reporter: why barber shops? why are she so critical to you? >> a staple in our community. men feel comfortable coming into the shop and more importantly, they feel comfortable talking about whatever health issues that they may have. >> reporter: whether it's fear of being exploited, going back to the tuskegee experiment, the economics of it all, including a lack of health insurance, or the fact that most doctors don't look like them, black men are notoriously reluctant to go to the doctor. so with clippers in one hand and an hiv testing kit in the other, the barber is project broth

dr. thomas friedan who became directors for the centers for disease and prevention and administrator for ency for toxic substances and disease registry in june, 2009. while dr. friedan is especially well-known for his expertise in tuberculosis control, he has worked domestically and internationally on a broad array of critical health issues. his list of accomplishments include serving as the commissioner of the new york city department of health and mental hygiene. one of the country's oldest and largest public health agencies. under his leadership, the number of adult smokers in new york city declined by 350,000 and teen smoking rates were cut in half. under his leadership, new york city became the first location in the united states to eliminate trans fats from restaurants, to rigorously monitor the diabetes epidemic and to require selected restaurants to post prominently their caloric information. now as the director of the cdc, dr. friedan is focused on bringing his considerable expertise and his passion to achieving cdc's vision, healthy people in a healthy world through prevention.

dr. thomas larusso, director of the diagnostic center says curtis is not unusual.f people think snoring is part of a busy lifestyle. in some cases it is but when it starts to affect your daily habits you may have sleep apnea. >> the bed partner may notice the patient stops breathing and snores loudly. the daytime symptoms typically are sleepiness, problems with concentration, patients may have trouble waking up in the morning. >> reporter: because sleep apnea periodically deprives your brain of oxygen many patients can suffer from heart disease, high blood pressure, memory problems, weight gain and depression. curtis had high blood pressure. since the treatment he's gotten it under control. >>> in texas the state's health department says they are not ready to blow the pandemic whistle just yet. in the last month more than 25 people have been diagnosed with salmonella poisoning. health officials say they are working to find the source and they are warning residents to be really careful when they are handling raw foods. officials say the city only sees about 12 cases

dr. thomas scallia. >> he was supposed to kick this off. but accidents happen. to a 23-year-old. >> i just left the operating room, after taking care of a kid, who failed to negotiate a curve, driving too fast last night and has a horrific set of injuries. and his life is irrevocably exchange changed. >> reporter: scala says drivers must realize that it is a matter of life and death. >> nobody wakes up and says, today is my day to be in a vehicular crash, today is my day to die. but it happens. and it happens way, way, way more frequently than we would like it to. >> reporter: as roads heat up with increased traffic this summer, law enforcement will be working to drive the message home to motorists motorists to slow down. >> it sure would be better if we hadn't had as busy a week as we just had. i'm going to go back to work. thanks a lot for coming. [ applause ] >> police expect to issue thousands more citations across the region in the coming months. speeding, tailgating, running red lights and improper passing will all be on their radar screen. >>> still a fan

dr. thomas talked about using the exercise bike and looking out the window down at earth. >>> two amazing fiery escapes to tell you about this morning, including one where police came to thes re-- rescue of a trapped disabled woman just in time. more on that coming up. >>> it is 8 after the hour, 75 degrees. and you are watching 9 news now. fa >>> welcome back. traveling southbound on the beltway past 8123 to -- 123 to arlington the lanes are wide open. it is angie with traffic coming up. >>> flames shot hundreds of feet in the air when a gasoline tanker truck exploded near detroit, michigan, collapsing part of an interstate overpass. a truck driver and two other drivers suffered minor injuries. an investigation in to the accident is underway. >>> a patrol car camera captures a family's harrowing ordeal near atlanta, georgia. a tire blew on their minivan and they pulled off and the mother was disabled but officers got there in time. she suffered burns but will recover. >>> the government of honduras reinstated a curfew over night after supporters of the ousted president launched a nationw

dr. thomas sowell. thanks.hen i was 18, i hadn't really read any books except what the teacher told me i needed to read, and then i read sherlock holmes and i think i read it because i thought it was the only good book out there. i think i read it three times. now i read about three books a week. it is rare to come across a book that is just right in the pocket. this, if you're looking for a summer book, great summer read, look no further. a new thriller hitting the book stores that will keep you on the edge of your seat. it is james rollins, by the way. thank you for being here. >> thank you. glenn: i read a a review that you don't write books as much as you build rollercoasters. >> that's right. glenn: you serialized the indiana jones books. i started reading this and it almost feels like a a combination of the da vinci code and national treasurer and indiana jones. >> i'm always looking for a bit of history that ends in a question mark or a what if and try to smash those two together. sometimes a good story

dr. thomas answered questions about the space program and his personal flight experiences. the kids are reportedly giving space camp wave reviews. >> this is the pipeline for what we hope will become our future engineers. these are students demonstrating huge interest and talent and putting it all together in a real life environment. >> funds for the program are provided by the maryland legislature. >>> all right, looks like a fun camp. >> the kids love to talk to astronauts. i was at a school talk once where there was an astronaut coming up after me. >> you were the meteorologist. >> yes, one of the kids asked, can you hurry up so we can talk to the astronaut? can you hurry up so the astronaut can come on? i went, gladly. i want to hear him too. >> it puts it into perspective. humbles you. >> astronauts, weather people, there you go. >> he has a big responsibility. >> i know. we got a weekend coming up. before we get to our weather, let's take a look at video from the upper midwest. we have been enjoying quiet weather here, but it has been rocky out in the upper midwest. t

dr. thomas larusso, director of the northern virginia sleep dying -- dying nottics center says it's not unusualome cases it's part of a busy lifestyle but when it starts to affect your daily habits you may have sleep apnea. >> the bed partner may notice the patient stops breathing and snores loudly. daytime symptoms are typically sleepiness, problems with concentration, patients may have trouble waking up in the morning. >> reporter: because sleep apnea periodically deprives your brain of oxygen many patients can suffer from heart disease, high blood pressure, memory problems, weight gain and depression. curtis had high blood pressure. since he began treatment he's gotten it under control. for today's "health minute," i'm dr. gupta. >>> you've seen the ads before, celebs sorting a milk mustache. that same tour is rolling right through the baltimore area. here to tell us about it, dawn, from the mid-atlantic dairy association and michael clullum from the campaign. thank you for joining us. we'ring we're going to talk about the benefits of dairy but first, what is the tour >> >> it's traveling fr

dr. thomas. what's going on? all right. good. good. deep breath in and out for me. >> reporter: dr. lers for you. >> reporter: on a mission to save the lives of black men. men whose life expectancy is eight years less than the national average. and he has found an innovative strategy to do it. >> we're going to try to work with your diet. what's going on with your leg? stop smoking. >> reporter: it's called project brotherhood. its goal -- to treat the whole man. >> we know how to get men to the health center. and it's not by advertising free colonoscopies. >> hiv is preventable. >> and you've got to exercise. >> reporter: project brotherhood begins here in this and many other chicago barbershops. so why barbershops? why are they so critical to you? >> this is a staple in our communities. so men feel comfortable coming into the shops and, more importantly, they feel comfortable talking about whatever health issue that they may have. >> this is a great thing to be able to share with people. >> reporter: whether it's a fear of being exploited, going back to the tuskegee experiment, the

dr. thomas young, he's kind of a bit of a huxter body, he's kind of ream sam adams, when we think of adams out on the street raising ruckus. that wasn't sam adams. first of all, there wasn't a sam adams, he was samuel adams and he was an immensely effective politician and he was not out on the streets on a soap box like we think, but thomas young was and he's also in the adams and kind of the inner circle of patriots. he was of the fist one who suggest dumping tea into boston harbor, for instance, but then he flees boston, because when the british take over the town, because literally the soldiers are going to just eat him up and his wife is terrified, so he goes to newport, he comes to philadelphia and he goes head to head with morris in the constructing the state constitution and he actually helps with thomas paine and others, he helps overthrow the pennsylvania assembly in a big mass meeting on may 20, 1776, the pennsylvania assembly was reluctant to vote for independence and so that gave them the kind of the inroad, and at a mass meeting outside the state house, they called it the stat

dr. thomas young. he is really into the body of people, the man of the people. he is the real sam adams when we think of adams on the street raising ruckus. first of all there was not a sam adams, he was samuel adams and he was an immensely effective politician and he was not out on the streets on a soapbox like you think but thomas young was and he was also in the adams and kind of curie, the inner circle of patriots. he was the first one to suggest dumping tea into the boston harbor, but then he flees boston because when the british takeover the town because literally the soldiers are just going to beat him up and his wife is terrified so he goes to newport and then it comes to philadelphia and he goes head-to-head with morris in constructing the new state constitution and he helps with thomas thain and others, helps overthrow the pennsylvania assembly in a big mess meeting on may 20, 1776. the pennsylvania assembly was reluctant to vote for independence so that gave them kind of the in vogue and at a mass meeting outside the state house, they call it the stat

dr. thomas frieden. dr. en became director of the cdc and prevention and administrator of the agency for toxic substances and disease registry, in june 2009. no wild he is especially well known for his expertise in tuberculosis control he has for domestically and internationally on a broad array of critical health issues. his extensive list of accomplishments include serving as commissioner of the new york city the permit of health and mental hygiene, one of the country's oldest and largest public health agencies. and his leadership the number of adult smokers in new york city declined by 350,000 and teen smoking rates were cut in half. and his leadership new york city became office location in the u.s. to eliminate trans fats from restaurants, too rigorously monica diabetes epidemic and to require selected restaurants to post prominently their caloric information. now as the director of of the cdc and dr. frieden is focused on bringing his considerable expertise and his passion to achieving cdc vision, healt

dr. thomas. what's going on? >> good, good. >> deep breath in and out for me. >> reporter: dr. thomas is a pioneer. >> i refilled these inhalers for you. >> reporter: on a mission to save if lives of black men. men whose life expectancy is eight years less than the national average. and he's found an innovative strategy to do it. >> we're going to show you how to really work with your diet. what's going on with your leg? stop smoking. >> reporter: it's called project brotherhood. the goal, to treat the whole man. in not by advertising free colonoscopies. hiv is preventible. >> you got to exercise. >> project brotherhood begins here in this and many other chicago barbershops. why barbershops? why are they so critical to you? >> well, this is a staple in our community. sol men feel comfortable coming into the shop and more importantly they feel comfortable talking about whatever health issue they may have. >> this is a great thing to be able to share with people. >> whether it's a fear of being exploited, going back to the experiment, the economics of it all, including a lack of h

dr. thomas, what's going on? >> deep breath in and out for me. >> dr. mas is a pioneer. >> i'll refill these inhalers for you. >> on the mission to save the lives of black men, men whose life expectancy is eight years less than the national average. and he's found an innovative strategy to do it. >> i want you to really watch your diet. stop smoking. >> it's called project brotherhood. its goal, to treat the whole man. >> we know how to give men to the health centers, and it's not by advertising free colonoscopies. hiv is preventable. >> project brotherhood begins here in this and many other chicago barber shops. >> why barber shops? why are they so critical to you? >> this is a staple in our community, so men feel comfortable coming into the shop, and more importantly, they feel comfortable talking about whatever health issues they may have. >> this is a great thing to be able to share with people. >> whether it's a fear of being exploited, going back to the t usc ogee experiment, lack of health insurance, or that most men don't look like them, black me

dr. ira thomas is a first-year at kent county high school on the eastern shore. a job he started to just a few weeks ago. >> i have been out in the community trying to connect with students and faculty. of course, you know, any first-time principal coming into a high school you are going to talk with everybody to get a lay of the land of what has been happening. so, i have been in a listening mode. >> he will have an ear and mentor had help guide him. his name is joe freed a former principal and now top state department of education administrator. >> i'm not an evaluator. i'm a colleague, i'm a coach. we can talk about issues that he has, talk about it honestly that he is not worried that something will show up in a report later on. >> the state school superintendent will be among the first to tell you students to better academically when principals and administrators are on the same team. >> it is a huge responsibility. every principal really determines the success of the school. i often say never seen a great school that didn't have a great principal. >> school

dr. murray, john thomas. you, sir. >> good morning, maggie. >> i know you have known dr. murray since 2004. you were in his office several times a week selling your energy drink. he was such an enigma. tell us about the dr. conrad murray you know. >> dr. murray, basically as i know him, he's a competent doctor. i actually met him through a mutual friend. but i've been to a number of# clinics, his clinic. a number of hospitals he's worked in. he put me together with other doctors with our energy drink. the biggest attraction for him to pit bull -- we're the only drink -- >> let's talk about dr. murray fit. what kind of person he is? >> nice person, really caring. the staff loves him. everybody that works with him, they do love him. he was aays polite with people, gave everybody respect. he was a very commanding personality too as well. >> commanding personality in what sense? >> as far as he was a tell guy. you know, he was very eloquent speaking and very confident. people tend to listen to him. >> okay. there

such people as henry ford, thomas edison and emulate earhart. now, the author warns dr.s warns about other similar health promoters we use phrases such as studies show, research proves, such as the many ads you can see on tv late at night if you're watching tv, you'll see all the commercials, and see them. so dr. davis goes on to explain briefly how to wake findings from the study is based on methodology. he ranks methodology is from least to most credible. he frames eight questions for a reader to evaluate the studies worth and provides a list of trustworthy references. now, the next cartoon introduces chapter three and you see this poor woman in a bookstore looking somewhat bewildered. she is looking at the diet books which are nicely broken into fiction and nonfiction. [laughter] okay, and this introduces chapter rawitch is untitled don't eat that! dr. davis highlights some of the more famous diets in this chapter and how one in particular is the atkins diet which as you know favors' fatty foods that avoids carbohydrates. dr. davis refers to the controversy that surro