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our psychologist dr. wendy walsh joins me.s the strongest showing gallup has ever registered for a hypothetical atheist candidate. you know, we saw this study about young people questioning the existence of god but why this now with the atheist candidate? why the shift? >> well, we should say that the big news here is that overall america has become more open, more progressive in every sing category. they're not discriminating against race, culture, and agenda as much as they ever did. the two most discriminated were muslims and atheists but still the majority just over half said they would vote for these. i mean, the point is we now have mobility in our culture. we've talked about this before, don. where you can educate people all you want and say don't discriminate or be prejudiced but if you move around and have these people as your next door neighbor or roommate or college dorm rate it opens your mind. >> yeah. knowing someone changes minds and hearts. you did mention wendy muslims. and muslims face almost as much oppositi

dr. wendy walsh, these are scary numbers. what's happening?'re scary but you have to understand something. what we're doing is training a whole nother generation to divorce and survive divorce. because the statistics are pretty clear that the people divorcing over 50 tend to be people who have been divorced before. so they know they can survive at once. they can get through it again. those long-term marriages you're worried about because suddenly they have an empty nest and what are they going to do? those are more likely to stay together. so the shorter time you've been married the more likely you are to be divorced over the age of oo. it isn't as scary as you think. >> you know, been there done that. i can do it again. basically? >> that is really a lot of it. we lose sight of fact that women are initiating these divorces and placing a lot more demands on their emotional needs in a relationship. a lot of guys who have worked hard their whole life that may have been in somewhat traditional gender roles are often blindsided that in their 50s,

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thank you, dr. wendy, we appreciate it. >>> attorney general eric holder has appointed two need lead investigators to help the fbi get to the bottom of the intelligence leak os the media. leaked information has included classified details of a cyber attack aimed at iran and classified information on the u.s. drone program. >>> today in czasyria, more str fighting, more death. heavy artillery exploding in residential neighborhoods. several people killed including the mayor of this neighborhood. across the country, we are told at least 96 people were killed in street fighting and artillery fire. there was even a street clash in the center of damascus where rebelled reportedly killed 17 troops loyal to assad. >>> 87 french troops have died in afghanistan over the last decade. the new president's plan to bring home combat force by year's end will start next month. >>> big news in europe today. the european union agrees to bail out the banks in spain. it is a drastic measure that economists hope will prevent c

dr. wendy, thank you for coming on again. loneliness can make us feel awful but are you shocked by this study? >> i'm not shocked at all. remember, tachattachment is my e specialty. the interesting thing about the statistics is this is after they factor out for depression, for physical illness, and for age. loneliness was the big factor that caused a higher death rate in people over the age of 60. >> okay. so why is companionship so valuable to us not just for our emotional state but without it seems to make us sick according to these studies? >> we are wired to bond. we are meant to be in a tribe. our hunter gather ancestors would have died if left alone in a forest. remember, don, what is the big punishment in our prisons? solitary confinement. it's a bad thing. on the other hand, the important thing, one interesting thing about this study said that companionship like a lot of these people who reported high levels of loneliness were actually married. so companionship may not be the thing. it's meaningful relationships where