cheryl: we're friends and you went to three e.r., aroun and ey e.r.re fine. >> eventually, august, everything came to a head. the shortness of breath and chest pain and back pain -- it was a weird back pain. so many americans watching right now have back pain. it's hard to differentiate whether or not it's just back pain, it's take an advil, go to yoga. it can be a heart problem, heart disease, heart failure. what i was diagnosed with was pericard eye iitis. i had multi-organ failure. i was diagnosed by accident because i was diagnosed with a gallbladder that was failing. the terthe plan was to take it n the hospital. my surgeon was great. he felt something wasn't right. he did an extensive pre-op workup and that led to detecting the heart which had 500ccs plus of fluid around my heart. that was subsequently leading to the other organs that were failing. cheryl: i want to talk about devices real quick. i want to say real quick is that you also were your own best advocate and you got yourself transferred to a different hospital for better care. you end

the real shock: the bill for medications and testing in a three-hour e.r. visit.uch did that visit cost you? >> $6,720. >> reporter: stacey pogue is a consumer health advocate. >> one in every five patients that goes to an e.r. is going to get a surprise medical bill and in texas it is even higher, it is one in three. >> reporter: nine months after paying her deductible and copayi hot line, it's a program unique to texas. the texas department of insurance sets up mediations between insurance companies and out of network hospitals to resolve surprise medical bills. within weeks schapiro's bill was surprisingly settled. >> there had been a contractual adjustment making my bill go from $5,469 to 0. >> reporter: that quickly? >> that quickly. >> reporter: last year the program negotiated 9.7 million dollars worth of bills, saving patients $8.4 million in medical expenses. 8,000 texans are expected to use the program this year. >> 8,000 is a tiny share of the number of texans who get surprise medical bills. >> reporter: how many are we talking? >> a quarter million tex

not until the e.r. doctor said if you were my daughter, i would send you there right now, do you understand, would i get onto the ambulance. i was worried i would get a huge bill for the care, which i did, for $28,000. that was after united health care covered $10,000 of it and i spent five months arguing it. i understand sf general serving the underserved, and i appreciate the kari got there. yet, it's the only level one trauma center in san francisco, and it should treat everyone who comes there regardless of their insurance coverage. no one should have to choose between life and death based on insurance billing, and no one should be penalized for choosing life. [inaudible] >> thank you. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, miss lin. next speaker, please. >> good morning. michael kaczmarski. i'm an american resident since 2014, and san francisco resident since 2016. like many immigrants here, i came here to work. i work very hard, and i frankly feel very embarrassed that i have to be here today talking ab

>> "big bang" becomes the first show to get a stage named after it, follow "friends," "e.r.," and "two. >> i don't want to leave. i said it. >> kaley's already anticipating a lot more >> i was laughing and i was, like, how are we going to shoot the last episode? i was hoping we would preshoot a lot of it because i think there will be a lot of tears. >> plenty of tears today in hollywood as "the young and the restless" pay tribute to kristoff st. john who passed away on sunday. now one of the man by his loss former on-screen wife. earlier, i spoke to an emotional victoria in her first interview since losing her dear friend. >> what was the last conversation you had with kristoff? >> can we just take a minute? he sent me all these pictures of us together, and i reached out to him because this is a red flag. why is he sending me these r retroprotective pictures of our relationship? i said, are you okay? he was, like, i'm fine. back of my brain as i struggling. >> unconscious. >> the 52-year-old was found dead last sunday after the lapd said they got a call about a possib. investigators st

ruiz is a former e.r. doctor is now pushing legislation that'll guarantee medicare for veterans exposed to burn pits. watch our full investigation just log on our website, nbcbayarea.com/investigations. >>> well, you know the saying is no place like home. >> the warriors, stephen curry, home will always be charlotte. you can see his mom and sister right there. last night as the warriors took out the hornets. new warriors upcoming star, demarcus cousins stepped up and scored a season high of 24 points, stephen curry scored 16. the warriors beat the nbc bay aa resp. ambulance r vestigator, nbcresponds, next. >> cardinal gorge pell is convict convicted of sex abuse. the verdict was made public in a lifting suppression on that case. he pleaded not guilty in all five charges. sentencing is expected next week. more news ahead, it is 4:53. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ the things that matter most happen one morning and one cup at a time. ♪ ♪ happen one morning and one cup at a time. was a success for lastchoicehotels.comign badda

gray's anatomy dethrones e.r.e drama. >>> then, we're with avril lavigne. inside her emotional comeback. >> that was a hard one to sing. >> tomorrow on "e.t.." >>> look at this and congratulations to robin thicke and his fiancee. they welcomed their daughter yesterday. lola elaine, and that's in tribute to robin's late father, alan thicke. >> very adorable. >> congratulations. >> that's right. well, things get emotional tonight on the finale of robin's hit show "the masked singer." the monsters tell the story in that funny altered voice, but his message brings tears. >> i am in dire need of a second chance and i think you guys gave it to me with "the masked singer." >> when you fin person did the show to overcome something, you get it and you just -- you cheer them on and you're so happy for them. so literally can't help but just cry. >> bye. >> bye, y'all. you'd rather dog-sit cupcake than clean the toilet? (clap of thunder) oh come on! with scrubbing bubbles cleaning doesn't have to stink. the foaming bubbles ma

charles nozika at advocate children's hospital says he's seen an increase in trampoline-related e.r. visits. >> 60 to 70% of them are orthopedic injuries. most of them in the lower extremities. the older kids tend to have more upper extremity injuries. >> reporter: the american academy of pediatrics advises against recreational trampoline use and says pediatricians need to actively discourage it. >> just getting on is dangerous. >> reporter: the international association of trampoline parks says safety is top priority and plans to implement its oensz more stringent standards in 2020. including third-party inspections, adding that government data shows that trampoline park injury rates are lower or about the same when compared to other youth sports activities. and that other contact sports like lacrosse and foot ball are more risky. >> that was jason noels reporting. southwest airlines is saying aloha to hawaii. today the faa a prochlpproved t airline to fly to hawaii from california. the flights will begin from oakland, sacramento, san francisco and san diego. it will be in the comin

surgeon at connecticut children's medical center analyzed the accidents and found a 1,100% spike of e.r. visits and there's a sharp rise in injuries but the international association of trampoline parks says injury rates are actually lower or on par with youth sports like football and soccer. the full story is online at nbc bay area.come/investigations. you will see the video of a south bay trampoline park failing to enforce the rules and some parents say that lack o enforcement is what makes these facilities so dangerous. back to you. >> thanks a lot, liz to get a hold of our investigative unit, call 888-996-tips or if it's easier log on to nbc bay area.com/investigations. >>> southwest airlines and faa are scrambling to finish work that would allow the airline to start offering service between california and hawaii. possibly as soon as april. southwest will make its first flight today from oakland to honolulu but there will be no passengers on board. the faa must certify southwest to operate long over water flights before it starts to sell tickets and hoping to complete this validatio

charles nozika at advocate children's hospital says he's seen an increase in trampoline-related e.r.% of them are orthopedic injuries. most of them in the lower extremities. the older kids tend to have more upper extremity injuries. >> reporter: the american academy of pediatrics advises against recreational trampoline use and says pediatricians need to actively discourage it. >> just getting on is dangerous. >> reporter: the international association of trampoline parks says safety is top priority and plans to implement its oensz more stringent standards in 2020. including third-party inspections, adding that government data shows that trampoline park injury rates are lower or about the same when compared to other youth sports activities. and that other contact sports like lacrosse and foot ball are more risky. >> that was jason noels reporting. southwest airlines is saying aloha to hawaii. today the faa a prochlpproved t airline to fly to hawaii from california. the flights will begin from oakland, sacramento, san francisco and san diego. it will be in the coming days. >> enough al

they went to the e.r., but there was nothing to worry about.er a vision test, they ended up with the exact same prescription. what's going to happen here is they're going to be given the glasses that they need. up until now, because of the issue, they haven't been able to see up close. mom and dad have no idea. first up is ginny. put the glasses on. >> hey. >> if you get one for one, you got the to get one for the other when you have kids. >> hey, i want that. >> time for elliott to have a go, as well. >> can you see? >> oh, my goodness, you're adorable. >> you've got twins, got them with their glasses on. what do you do? you deploy spongebob. >> kids love spongebob. at this point they've almost forgotten about anybody else in the room. they're into it -- >> i'm glad it was glasses they needed instead of surgery and other stuff. that's cool. >> sometimes that is necessary. but they definitely took advantage of the fact that they have got their vision back. for the rest of the evening and night they were neck deep in books, their noses up lookin

ashley and chris e.r. nurses were residents of feasterville and worked at temple university hospital and st. mary medical center. despite dedicating their careers to caring for others, they both craved more and later decided to move to kenya to establish a nonprofit organization that seeks to break the vicious cycle of poverty in rural communities. together they established akemwa, it works to dig wells, sometimes hundreds of feet deep torques establish a reliable water source to communities and schools in rural kenya. the creation of these wells allows for solar powered irrigation systems, enabling communities to farm year-round, even in the press ns of a drought. mr. speaker, i applaud the work of the family they are truly making a difference in the lives of countless people across the world. i speak on behalf of our entire ducks county community when we tell them how much we appreciate their service and their sacrifice. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize a young sit sten in bucks county, pennsylvani

. >> god put me in a major league dugout where the medical staff was able to get me to the e.r. i just know that it's -- it wasn't his time to go. it's no -- his store i have no over yes. and our story is not over yet. so --. >> farquhar signed with the yankees. he's set to be on the field this morning with the team in tampa. >>> more of our top stories coming up, including a new study in preventing alzheimer's. >>> but first, the big moments and big winners from the grammy awards. and the artist that made history. ♪ carla is living with metastatic breast cancer, which is breast cancer that has spread to other parts of her body. she's also taking prescription ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor, which is for postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive her2- metastatic breast cancer as the first hormonal based therapy. ibrance plus letrozole was significantly more effective at delaying disease progression versus letrozole. patients taking ibrance can develop low white blood cell counts, which may cause serious infections that can lead to death. before taking ibrance, tell

>> actually, no. >> "e.r."y. >> got it. >> a gurney comes in, people are shouting instructions, climbing on the body and doing cpr and racing off to the surgical suite. >> get that gurney out of there! >> someone wanders in. they're tossing around medical jargon. they don't stop to explain what it is. prep for a peritoneal lavage. i think i know what that is now, but only because i watched a lot of "e.r." over the years. >> you try. >> we can bypass him. >> that would be the fastest way. what do you think? >> you're the attending. >> there was so much information coming at you that i think it made the experience feel as if you had to watch it in the same way that you'd watch a film. you had to stay involved in it the whole time. >> come on, ben. hold on, buddy. hold on. >> there was a lot of research that said people didn't want to watch anybody have anything other than a happy outcome. >> it's not flat line, it's defib. another line of epi. >> we argued that wasn't really showing what the world was for physici

with patients and it is working pretty well and analyze 100 sets of medical instructions given in the e.rthey found that translator was 92% accurate for spanish and 91% for chinese. >> better be accurate dealing with people's health. >> i hope so. >>> a last look at the weather out there. >> dealing with wet weather and the bay area really pouring and santa rosa, as well as napa and then marin county. we'll see it in the rest of the bay area and tracking that as this slowly moves into and out of the north bay. >> okay. an indication of how it's going to stick around. >> yeah. keep those umbrellas handy. >> you know what? please join us tomorrow morning going on the air early at 4:00 a.m. to bring you the very latest because some of the rivers might be cresting tomorrow morning. >> tomorrow will be the main time frame to watch for the rising water levels. >> yeah. we'll have reporters in the bay area. >> all right. see you then and thank you so l much. >>> coming up, a key to a whole new life. >> now we've been able to help 120 people trying to transition out. >> how this is getting people

we've added 500 new rapid housing slots, opening up additional mental health bezs, expanding the e.r. t. beds so we can help people who are in tents as well as people who are in vehicles. expanded the d. ph capacity. in addition to coordinationing our work, we have done a good job of coordinating our resources. if you go back and look at san francisco between 2005 and 2015, you'll see a 15% increase in homelessness while the rest of the country saw a 28% decrease in homelessness. we also need to work on what's the rest of the region doing? what are we doing to coordinate our resources which hsoc is the answer to that. and then, as sam mentioned earlier, and i just can't mention this enough is the prevention issue. we have a graph that shows -- every week, we're seeing 50 people getting housed or exiting homelessness as a result of our efforts, but we also are seeing about 150 people coming in, becoming homeless, 48 of whom are coming from other counties. this isn't really an 4 soc or a tent discussion, this is about prevention, about coordinated entry, about diversions and other effor

that is run by the federal government here in brazil with the army that is supported by you in each e.r. we've spoken to many migrants are here many of them are applying for asylum the putting in asylum claims many of the children are getting vaccinated they are getting immunized because there have been measles outbreaks in the past several months people are concerned about other diseases also pregnant women that cross over that medical care there is an area in this facility where they stay until they are transported by bus to the capital of the state of rhode island which is called vista it's about two hundred kilometers to the south now i guess the thing that i heard today from a venezuelan migrant that really impacted me the the depth of the crisis a neighbor even israel i came from a twenty three year old venezuelan migron he's a student wants to become a journalist and he said that had he stayed in venezuela that he would have been faced with one of two choices either continue going to school or continue to be able to eat and that's something a sentiment that we heard echoed from m

. >> 300 americans a week are dying from e.r. overdose. itch seen those patient crashing in the emergency department. we have to put a tourniquet on it. that tourniquet is a barrier wall. the president has a solution, the democrats have supported more money than he is asking for in the past. yet now they won't do it because maybe, maybe it helps them in 2020. mat's what they are focused on. they are focused on the politics and not on protecting american people it's unconscionable. >> it's the democratic party's strategy. i think you are right, the president is right. straightforwardly there is only one campaign promise this president has not delivered on, and that's the building of that wall. the democrats boiled it all down to just one thing. no matter the casualties and death and devastation. whether it's human trafficking, sex trafficking or the smuggling of those drugs. >> they don't seem to care about the human suffering. clearly in the president's package. humanitarian relief. 52,000 more apartment units. more law enforcement. this i

and the vet was able to get her temperature back to normal shelf only had to stay one night in the e.r than an outdoor cat from now on. thank you for joining me. i'll see you back here tomorrow night at 5:00 eastern. tonight, a decades marathon right now on cnn. first up, the 80s. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> we'll be doing for tv what f.m. did for radio. >> there are some that have accused your videos of being soft porn. >> we like to call them tastefully smutty. >> a group that's never had any problems saying how they feel, u2. >> what are your dreams? >> to rule the world. >> michael jackson is the man of the '80s. >> music to a beat and talk. it's rap music. ♪ i'll speak my mind >> heavy metal. it glorifies sex and violence. it hates authorities.

and i let her know that her 4-year-old daughter could actually come to e.r. taylor if there was space in the preschool program. and i'm mentioning this family because i want people to know people who live in their houses in the portola and i want you to know, these are real people. these are real people. it's not them and us. and i also want to point out frankly anyone who's homeless is breaking the law every night not just in their vehicle with the laws and tent sweeps it's against the law to be homeless. there is definitely a need to change these laws in for instance. we definitely have a huge population living as if they were in a third-world country. >> commissioner: thank you ms. kelly. >> clerk: melody. martha bridgeham, evan owski. >> thank you. my name is melody. first every time i walk down the street i've seen people i've known formally sheltered in rvs now on the sidewalk in piles stuff now in the rain. a few wednesdays ago a woman told he her vehicle was towed and said i feel like i'm losing my mind. another woman who's rv was taken was attacked w

. >> greg: did they end up in the e.r. this morning?leaked work schedule. that's next. ♪we gonna do what they say can't be done♪ ♪we've got a long way to go ♪and a short time to get there.♪ ♪i'm eastbound, just watch ole bandit run♪ whatever party you've got going in the back, we've got the business up front. - (phone ringing)a phones offers - big button,ecialized phones... and volume-enhanced phones., get details on this state program. call or visit and accessoriesphones for your mobile phone. like this device to increase volume on your cell phone. - ( phone ringing ) - get details on this state program call or visit ♪ >> emily: critics are pouncing on an anonymous league of president trump's schedule. axios' reporting that during the last three months, 60% of the presidents workday is spent in unstructured so-called executive time. press secretary terry sanders attributes the timetable to trump's different leadership style and says "while he spends much of his average day and scheduled meetings, events and o allow for more creative en

>> well, i had woken up from -- i had gone into the e.r.n my leg and when i woke up, i was waking up from a surgery that i didn't know i was going to have and thoracic surgeon told me i had stage iv lur lung cancer and needed to call my kids home and pretty much say good-bye. >> with every day that went by and you proved them wrong, essentially? >> every day. every day. and then after i outlived that, my husband had put some generators in at the house to run the oxygen that i was on, i was on the most that you could actually deliver to anybody, and the pulmonologist said you need to find a good hospice. she is not going to come home again. so my doctor at kennestone, dr. steve mccune, he sent off for a genetic mutation test and it came back that i had a rare type of lung cancer called ross 1. that is the mutation that was driving my lung cancer. >> you now take just a pill, is that right? >> just a pill. >> is this still a clinical trial? >> it was a clinical trial until november and then the fda proofed it. i do fly out to austin to see my

when we bring someone to their e.r., they love to have business if the person is a paying customer. if they're not, they're in the same boat as we are. it's a larger discussion. it's a very interesting concept. >> i just think it's something we should explore. my bet is that they would rather have us bring people to them because they're in the business of doing this. if we don't bring anybody to them, they're not getting any business and they're not thriving hospital. there's a incentive to us. they want us to bring patients to them. if we can leverage that to get them to do the billing as well, we can save at least on the 3%, and their collection process is better than our collection process. i will bet you that we get back half of that money. it's just a guess. i will bet you there's a lot of money we're leaving on the table by doing this for ourselves. >> for a large population, a percentage of our population it wouldn't change. we have 20 something percent medi-cal and 20% medicare patients for example, and whether we bill it or they bill it, we're not going to get additional re

. >> last year, i took an uber to zuckerberg e.r. where the staff told me they didn't have the right equipment to diagnose nor treat me for the severe stomach pain i was experiencing. so then, i ubered to zuckerberg general hospital. i received a blood test, a c.t. scan, and i left without a diagnosis. i received a bill for $16,089. my insurance paid 5,694, leaving me with a bill of $10,394. i've been contesting that ever since. it didn't make any sense because i was employed, i had insurance, and i just assumed i would pay my co-pay. no one there was told i was out of network. i was also categorized as a level five, and because of that, i really just wanted to understand my bill. this kind of left me in a place where i'm searching for resources, answers, speaking to the press and speaking to people in similar situations and not getting anywhere. i've been fighting this battle for the last nine months, and my invoice remains at the office of delinwent revenue. there needs to be change in patient resources, hospital communication, and

. >> that's a group of e.r. doctors and nurses with the wild hours. there is big news this year.they have a new location. a new tasting room in windsor. they're hoping that keeps the lines shorter. although, we are already seeing a long line here in santa rosa. we are finding that old habits die hard. we're in santa rosa. but do keep in mind there's a windsor location with a big parking lot and a bathroom that's accessible from the outside. not a bad spot to try. don't forget, this is available for two weeks. you don't have to come today. you've got this weekend and next weekend. reporting live. reporting live in santa rosa. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>> very for giving bosses. >>> amy, thank you. >>> russian river brewing has a special web page with everything you need to know about pliny the younger's release, including parking and hotels offering special deals if you want to spend the night. you can find the link on our website. abc7news.com. >> they said at 11:00. we get off at noon. who is driving? >> not me. >> i'm saying who has a car? that would be you. >> there's uber.

>> big bang becomes the fifth show on the wb lot to get a stage named after it following friends, e.rlf men. >>> his confession of an on stage romance broke the internet. >> i didn't think it was a secret. i thought everyone knew that. there's three girls and three guys on a show for five years. >> his current co-star from the passage didn't know either. >> wait, you guys dated in real life? >> yeah. i guess it was a secret. >> turning to the masked singer. wednesday night, ricky lake was unmasked as the raven. now that the show is coming back to fox for season two, that means more of robin thicke's romance. >> i'm an idiot and they casted my stupidity perfectly. >> now to the stars of a hit show from the 90s. be beverly hills 90210. >> we have great news for you because the cast are getting back together. >> all of them. >> yes. >> but with a new tv twist. >> this is the first time an entire cast will be playing the heng what's fictional? what's not fictional? kind of a blend about doing the behind the scenes of a reboot. so don't worry. all the fans will get to see scenes within sce

stay one night in the e.r. before going home. probably more of an indoor cat than an outdoor cat from now on. thank you for joining me. i'll see you back here tomorrow night at 5:00 eastern. tonight, a decades marathon right now on cnn. first up, the 80s. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> we'll be doing for tv what f.m. did for radio. >> there are some that have accused your videos of being soft porn. >> we like to call them tastefully smutty. >> a group that's never had any problems saying how they feel, u2. >> what are your dreams? >> to rule the world. >> michael jackson is the man of the '80s. >> music to a beat and talk. it's rap music. ♪ i'll speak my mind >> heavy metal. it glorifies sex and violence. it hates authorities. and adolescent boys love it. >> this weird beastly presentation that was birthed in the pit of hell. ♪ ♪ >>> john lennon, as he was entering his premises, was shot by an unknown at this time, white male. >> the world has reacted with immense shock and grief to the first rock 'n' roll assassinatio

for one thing, one of his playing partners with craig bryant, who happens to be an e.r. giving him cpr immediately. others skated for the rink's defibrillator. they grabbed that, and after a few minutes he began a slow recovery. one month later, he thanked the doctor for saving his life. >> the gratitude comes from how fast this guy responded. this is my guardian angel. [laughs] whether he wants it or not! >> in a show of thanks, street gifted the doctor one of his most prized possessions -- a signed jersey from hockey great wayne gretzky. harris, back to you. >> harris: steve harrigan. amazing, thank you. president trump insisting has border wall is going to be built as he said he's not too happy about the tentative bipartisan deal to avoid another partial government shutdown. the power panel will slide in with where the standoff goes from here. ♪ xperience with usaa has been excellent. they really appreciate the military family and it really shows. with all that usaa offers why go with anybody else? we know their rates are good, we know that they're always going to tak

. >>> the family of a former e.r. actress killed by pasadena police have filed a lawsuit. they are asking for $20 million after vanessa marquez was gunned down in august. officers say they shot her when they went to her home and she pulled out a bb gun. the family said they used, quote, poor tactics and didn't have to resort to killing her. family and friends are campaigning for marquez to be included in a memorial segment at this sunday's oscars. >>> this afternoon we're expected to get a closer look at a proposal aimed at protecting you from hackers. attorney general xavier becerra will unveil a proposal that will allow businesses to notify you of compromised passport numbers and biometric information. the news conference planned at 2:00 this afternoon in san francisco. >>> 5:46, happening today legal experts believe there's some chance longtime trump associate roger stone will be headed to jail. the judge ordered stone back to court to consider having his bail revoked. the judge is presiding over stone's criminal case tied to the mueller probe. she wants to discuss an i

terminology, if we define that as a level five acuity, where if we're having chest pains, we're headed to the e.r., not to urgent care or a retail clinic, whether it's medi-clinic or someone else's clinic. but one of the dynamics that we have today is all too often, that individual who has a sore throat, and a 101 temperature, you know, is headed to a level five acuity level, that emergency room, at an elevated cost of care, when they should be treated at an appropriate, a lower level acuity level where the cost associate wd with that care provision matches what it is that they believe they need to be treated for. and i believe that we can do a better job of matching up the site of care with cost as an important variable. >> i'm going to continue with the big scary company theme. a lot of questions about amazon. the first is how concerned are you about amazon getting state farm suit cal licenses? >> well, you know, we've gotten that question a lot, over the last probably 18 months, and as you think about what it is we're focused on, that, amazon has done a terrific job, and probably everyone in t

. ♪ [ cheersnd applause ] a>> seth: our next guest talented actress you know from such shows as "e.r. a time." the third season begins streaming friday. let's take a look. >> none of those things are legal for you 'cause you're 15. >> it's just a fun thing we do once in a while. anyways, i get straight as. >> well, you won't for long if you're a stoner. >> i'm not a stoner. we laugh at those guys. besides, tons of successful people have smoked weed. barack obama, steve jobs, oprah. >> unemployed, dead, and gayle just said that to get ratings. [ laughter ] >> seth: please welcome show, justina machado, everyone. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> seth: hi, justina. how are you? >> hi, i'm good. i'm good. >> seth: congratulations on season three. you know, for people who don't watch this show, this is both a traditional sitcom but it al -- you know, it tackles issues that are very modern. you play a cuban-american war veteran, single mom, dealing with ptsd. were you -- coul not believe when you first started seeing the scripts exactly how, you know, real the marial was going to be?, >> yeah,

they arrive, paramedics rushing her to a comprehensive stroke center, instead of taking her to the e.r her from having permanent brain damage. >> when a stroke happens, time is everything. >> her doctors performed a new surgery. maureen was able to return home to bella and sadie after only three days. >> mama loves you. >> even more miraculously, her front door locks automatically meaning it must have somehow been left ajar the day of her stroke. so many things had to go right and luckily for maureen, that day they did. >> i had an angel across the street. i had a great rescue in the neighborhood, and the hospital. i'm blessed. very blessed. >> blessed indeed. maureen said she gave bella and sadie, because i know you all were wondering, lots of presents and a prime rib dinner for being such good girls. >> yeah, they deserve it. >> labs, america's favorite breed. >> i believe it. >> they can detect cancer with their noses. >> that is amazing. they were originally used for fishing and apparently they are good lifesavers, too. >> they really are. >> so many things had to go right. i love

s and emergency support staff and e.r.'s wes we as taxpayers are funding because as he said, he said guess who paid for that he -- i said the hospital he said absolutely. no insurance. we can put a price on that. a monetary price. but you can't put a price on the disruption and loss of a family member as your family went through that price of that goes on forever. if we look at just numbers, from a typical number standpoint, we get ,000 inadmissible migrants arrive at our southern border daily that means since january 2, when the democrats took over, 41 days approximately, that means there was 82,000 inadmissible my grants that came into this country or trying to. of the family units, that's a spouse, husband and wife or just a mother or four with their children, in the last 41 days, that equates to 36,395 family units. nand -- if you look at the illegal aliens arrested for homicide charges just in the 228. 1 days, it's other let's take politics out of this argument. let's do what's right by the american people. fund our go

it will be clooney's first return to a tv series regular role since "e.r." >> i got chills. >> the showcoming back. eddie murphy will return to the role. it will follow the prince's return to america after learning he has a long lost son. no official word on whether other former cast members will return. a release date has been given. co "coming to america" will debut august 2020. in the meantime, we have this video from halloween. we can play this on repeat. >> you gotta get in that. >> the long lost son. >> wardrobe and makeup. >> your acting job. >> this is my natural -- >> we will play that. finally, we have two announcements from jenna this morning. first involves you and your sister barbara. the two of you have a new book coming out. we will reveal the name and the cover of it. shall we see what it is? >> yes. >> it's called "sisters first." it's a children's book. it's all about sisterhood, whether it's blood sisters like barbara and me or friends or colleagues like you all can make your life better than you thought possible. make you do things that are -- make you feel braver th

the movie star back on tv for the first time since "e.r." with the new hulu drama "catch-22."utive produces the six-parter. he says he doesn't care about the medium anymore. tv is doing great things and he obviously wants to be a part of it. "catch-22" premieres may 17th on hulu. [ applause ] >>> and eddie murphy is coming to america again. yes. the comedy legend who starred in the 1988 movie about a charming african prince who travels to new york to escape an arranged marriage is coming back in this untitled sequel. the script being written by "black-ish" creator kenya barris so that feels pretty darn good to me. >> yep. >> murphy will star and co-produce. the original, as you might remember, also starred arsenio hall and james earl jones. that grossed nearly $300 million worldwide. no word yet on co-stars this time around but this "coming to america" sequel is coming to theaters in summer of 2020. >> a classic. >>> and finally, batter up, garth brooks. the country music legend is back on the field. this time, he's joining his childhood favorites, the pittsburgh pirates, for

that that particular hospital has your insurance because eru've been before, but if you are seen by an e.r. doc who doesn't take your insurance, that doc can now charge you for the balance of that bieo. soe were calling saying in did i get a $30,000 bill a hospital that takes my insurance. so the delegate kathy byr who is a republican in the state is really fighting hard to get rid of this balance b or the surprise balance billing. that is still -- it is a hard ght. you've got insurance companies, you've got physicians, everyone is kind of fighting agains it. there is a lot of lobbying going on right now. interesting t be see what happens. >> and nothing worse thanaving to g through the illness and then getting that. >> exactly. >> in the state of marytynd, univerf maryland president wallace lowe is delaying his retirement for another year. he had announced t plans retire at the end of this yearle following all the backlash and controversy oe death of football player jordan mcnair from heat stroke last year. but lowe says that he will stay to facilitate a smooth transition. tracee wilkins,

>> by the time they got him to the hospital, and i got up there, there was three physicians in the e.rk. >> when his doctor told me that they believed he died of a heart attack, i believed that. there was no reason for me to question that. >> even though he was 38, they do die of heart attacks at that age. >> it would seem like a perfectly obvious thing to autopsy a grown man who's healthy, who lays down on his couch and dies. but doctors told stacey they thought it was a heart attack. she says that's good enough for me. >> stacey castor wanted no part of that. no autopsy. >> how did ashley react to her father's death? >> she blamed herself for a long time. said that it was her fault that her father had died. >> why would she say that? >> i don't know. >> i didn't know that he was having a heart attack or i didn't know what was going on. i was 11. >> stacey castor collected a $50,000 life insurance policy on her first husband. she paid for the funeral expenses, and then she took the girls to disney world. and after that, it was just the three of them. >> we all used to eat dinner toget

did that, because we don't have, for example, medical privilege in the military, they would go to the e.r., say i was just raped, i just want treatment, i'm not looking for an investigation, but they had to be reported. so congress said, we need to do something about that. they gave the option of restricted reporting. restricted reporting allows the survivor to go to mental health, go to medical, go to the victim advocate, go to an attorney, go to the chaplain and get whatever service they believe they need without it starting a corresponding investigation. an unrestricted report is if the military finds out any other way that there's been a sexual assault, by law that must result in an investigation. by law, that investigation must be done by one of the criminal investigative services, ncis, cid, osi. so if a survivor tells her commander, that's unrestricted. survivor tells a friend, that's unrestricted. survivor tells osi, that's unrestricted. >> that victim still gets services as well? >> yes, yes. >> you just kind of said -- can you go through that again? who are mandatory reports? if