edmonds jr. is about to leave the jail to start a 30-year sentence. edmonds jr.ould get the death penalty if found guilty. when told of his father's apology, he was surprised. >> it is just something hard for me to believe. i will be nineteen this year, that is the most mature part i ever heard my daddy said. i ain't never heard him take responsibility. that is unbelievable, that is a major move in his life. making me feel like he do kind of give a darn right now. i would just love to hear him say, man, i blame myself for what you're going through. i don't know, i guess it would change how i look at things. i would really make me get rid of a bunch of hatred that i have in my heart. >> and coming up, a different sort of parental relationship . hits a nerve. >> i wouldn't expect someone to come out and say that, but i should have known. you sleep. ultra-breathable support layers channel heat away from your body. purecool technology delivers cooling comfort you can feel. and the performance cover is cool to the touch. so you sleep cool and wake up feeling powerful.

edmonds says the average loan is 70 months. and you say travel is another area where wre much. is that? >> spending in some areas and saving in others, spending not so much on going to europe and going to just about anywhere. there's all these disrupter airways, wow airways, norwegian, it's very cheap to fly portugal, london, france. but because everybody wants to have that experiential vacation they want to get in the trechncs with the locals, dance with a "dancing with the stars" person, whatever they want to do, that's expensive. even going to the theme parks now has gotten really, really expensive because the demand is there, the popularity is there and also they have all these enhancements at the park. they pass those on to consumers. >> if you create your own experience. >> people used to go to the eiffel tower and get a souvenir and go home. now it's like they want to go all out. >> they want to climb the eiffel tower. >> yes, yes, yes. >> what about eating? that's the other big one. >> here's other thing. when we go on vacation we want to eat out and do all this type th

mason edmond getting a chance to play against him. >> he got pretty far. he grew up in the same area. i think i can ash chief the same goals -- achieve the same goals he has. >> i remember doing things like that and events like this in the city of oakland back home all the time. it was really nice to see the kids happy to play and really >> get down to the smith center. it's possible head night for him. it will be a collect tore's item one day -- it will be a collector's item one day. >> heading out to dinner okay. >> yes in terms of rain. heat i don't know if you can eat outside. the dew points are generating heat index over 100. now, tomorrow, mid-90s. yellow alert for heat and storms both days. on monday it goes back to a comfortable 90. average. >> cbs is next. >> mason: the white house shake-up and a lovefest. averell spicer is out. >> and i love the guy. >> mason: anthony scaramucci joins the communications team. >> i love these guys. >> mason: and the message of the day: >> i love the president. i love the president. >> i love the president. >> maso

philipp michael and kenneth edmoe edmonds were arguing with each other and started with words and ended with gunshots. police say it's the latest in petty disputes guns. >> walk away from it. >> it's incomprehensible that people in our communities are used to someone being killed. >> tonight there have been 42 homicides in the county so far this year compared to 48 this time last year. >> difficult end to the school year at the university of maryland. now the campus has a chief diversity officer. education professor roger worthington is taking the job on. he said he plans to be in close dialogue with students, staff, and faculty on issues of diversity and inclusion. he said they are still mourning the loss of richard collins iii who was murdered in may. a noose was found hanging in a frat house before his death. >> want to be in touch with students and in touch with faculty and staff. everybody who is part of the university community here. i want to listen to hear the concerns that they have. >> the chief diversity officer position has been around for years, but the administration said

prince george's police say philip michael and kenneth edmonds were part of two groups arguing with one another that started with woods and ended with gunshots in the parking lot of an apartment building in district heights. 42 homicides in the county this year, compared to 48 at this time last year. >>> they may not know their names or faces but last night neighbors in charles county prayed together for the ten boys who were reportedly abused by a teacher's aide. >> allow us to be servants, lord, to those young children whoever they may be and to their families. >> local ministers and the women of action? charles county held a prayer service last night outside benjamin stoddard middle school in waldorf. the sheriff's department said it was inside that school carlos bell recorded himself some of the abuse happened at his house. bell is hiv positive. people gathered last night say everything about the case is heartbreaking. >> and we want the families to know that we're here, we're all mothers. we're here to support because as you know, when women get together, we change things. >> we're

. >> but jeffrey edmonds who served in the trum% and obama administrations said the tension is what madeersation high risk. when there isn't an expert in the room or he hasn't received a pre-brief there could be danger especially with an operative like putin. >> because he is a former kgb. >> right. and he's very skilled. the white house pointed out he huddled. but mr. obama was covered by his national security adviser susan rice for the 2015 conversation. no u.s. officials with present for mr. trump's chat. margaret brennan, cbs news, the white house. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," we'll hear from the woman who claims to be the daughter of legendary artist salvad salvador dali before his body is exhumed for testing. >>> and we look at a health scare for some unexpected friends. that's the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> bizarre events when a with man steals a cat and then gets weirder, strange things she did next with the stolen cat. >>> today is the d

philip michael and kenneth edmonds were found dead in a parking lot and police have been working 12 hour shifts in the county after a recent spike in violence in the area. >>> president trump's nominee to lead the fbi pledges to be driven by facts and the pursuit of justice. christopher wray telling lawmakers he supports special counsel robert mueller's investigation into possible collusion. >> you can't take a job like this without being prepared to quit or get fired at a moments notice. wray was nominated after james comey was fired two months the 50-year-old has held several high jobs in the justice department. >>> a father's tragic daycare experience is prompting reaction from you. this texas father says his son died after being found unresponsive at a day care. he was strapped in his car seat and the caregiver stepped away to care for another child. when the caregiver determined baby jackson was tangled in the seat straps and not breathing. the family later learned the daycare was not licensed, so now they want all families to know the importance of setting those childcare providers

host: anna in edmond, oklahoma. hi. caller: how are you? host: good morning. what is on your mind this morning. yes, go ahead. caller: i was online before when was on withve meeks you. i wanted to reply to him. statement that clinton, hillary clinton, had of been found guilty anything. the secretary -- i mean, list ofe listed a whole indictments against her that her and she secute as found guilty on all those numbers of items that he brought forth. also guilty e was uranium ing 20% of our being sold to russia. is a very -- i think she was very guilty of crimes, especially her benghazi and with her server. don't see how he can come forth and make that statement she was guilty of nothing. hat is my statement for the day, thank you. host: anna, thank you. sal. an independent, hi, caller: yes. i just want to say that trump is he's still lying. it interview he had, i think was bob somebody that christian he's a military man. volunteered to go to vietnam. military he's not a man, he's a draft dodger, a coward and traitor. comment for today. thank you. host: okay. ma

. >> but jeffrey edmonds who served in the trump and obama administrations said the tension between thes exactly what made the dinner conversation high risk. >> i'm not sure his staff his been allowed to serve him well. when there isn't an expert in the room or he hasn't received the pre-brief before meeting with putin, i think there's a danger he could fall into some kind of trap, especially with an operative like putin. >> because he is a former kgb. >> right. and he's very skilled. >> the white house pointed out president obama also chatted with vladimir putin. but mr. obama was covered by his national security adviser susan rice for the 2015 conversation. no u.s. officials with present for mr. trump's chat. margaret brennan, cbs news, the white house. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," we'll hear from the woman who claims to be the daughter of legendary artist salvador dali before his body is is unearthed for testing. >>> and in our series "a more perfect union," we look at a music whose health scare made him some unexpected friends. that's the "cbs morning news" for this thursday

so we know these were made by a philadelphia silversmith by the name of edmond mill who was working at second and market street down in old city, philadelphia. washington paid for these cups just two days before he and the continental army marched through philadelphia, right down chestnut street, literally past the future front door of the museum of the american revolution. they passed congress which was drawn up on the steps of independence hall. john adams wrote to abigail adams describing the scene. said they looked great. they were very spry as they marched. although not all in step. he thought they needed a little bit of work to look as professional as he thought they should. but he was very beau youed at the sight of seeing this vast army marching through philadelphia. pretty much like the fellows in the painting are doing. of course about a month later almost to the day the british army marches down that same street and occupies philadelphia. so this was one of those many, many dark days of the american revolution. so washington's army then marches in to -- marches into valley f

. >> reporter: but jeffrey >> reporter: but jeffrey edmonds, a russia expert who served in trump andbama administrations, says the tension between the to countries is exactly what made the dinner conversation high risk. >> i'm not sure his staff is being allowed to serve him well. when there isn't an expert in the room or he hasn't received a pre-brief before meeting with putin, i think there is a danger he could fall into some kind of trap, especially with an operative like putin. >> reporter: because he's former kgb? us right. he's just very skilled. >> reporter: the white house pointed out that president obama also huddled with vladimir putin and the same kremlin translator, but mr. obama was accompanied by sas national security adviser, susan rice, for this 2015 conversation. anthony, no u.s. official was with president trump for his chat. >> mason: margaret brennan at the white house. thank you, margaret. while congress and the special counsel are investigating russian election hacking, president trump has set up a panel to investigate election fraud with little evidence there i

the victims were philip mike and kenneth edmonds. all of this started with a verbal altercation. police are dealing with spike in deadly shootings. coming up in our next half hour, dorothy spencer has reaction about what may be fuelling. >>> and it was a difficult for them school year at the university of college >> i want to be -- everybody who is part of the university community. and listen to people to concerns that they have. >> the chief diversity officer position around for a year and the maryland's administration says the role is critical right now. >>> haunted by the memory but determined to move on. tonight only on news 4. hear from a survivor from the charleston church shooting about what she did to be alive and why a to be alive is >>> ambitious plan to house the homeless is building ar >>> prince williams county, and will run until about midnight tonight, dry across the area right now they're very heavy rain fall and move on into parts of northern virginia and throw areas of rain, coming up at 6:45. >>> big question tonight, nbc the latest on the investigation in geor

of edmonds nation can we never did and not to hurt her career and china and we never frighten them enough willing to do. that is changing now under this president. cheryl: how do you get china on board here to do more? the president spoke with the chinese minister and they agreed it's not united dates in south korea to put pressure on north korea, but also china. >> a couple things. first of all, we need to start unplugging banks in the global financial system. we started on june 29th, but that's a small institution. the larger chinese banks have also been laundered money from the korea appeared more important, president trump things to say to the chinese, you can support north korea's or do business with the united states, but she can't do both. if the chinese think he is serious, we're a long ways towards a solution. the sanctions has to be severe because we don't have very much time. sanctions can work if we have the political will to impose the severest of them. lauren: the u.s. approves sanctions on that country. do you think putin will try to use this as a bargaining chip, remove or

on the edmond pettis bridge. pretty tough criticism. >> well, you know -- i think that -- the person we have in washington, today, is uncaring. know very, very little about the struggle and the history of the civil rights movement. black and white people died, gave their lives. i think about andy goodman. james shany. i think about a whi housewife who came from detroit who was, shot, murdered, on the highway between selma and montgomery. by the klan. and countless individuals just gave everything they had. george wallace. what about the president and his actions suggest to you that he is in that tradition, tradition of a fame notorious, segregationist. >> well i think, this president, right now, is, asking, for the records. the voter registration records. of people all over america. that is a foufrm intimidation. a form of harassment. >> voter. integrity commission. vice president. >> some of the people that make up this commission. they have a history. a long history. difficult for paem to par t-- p participate

here is sarah edmonds talking about why she did it. she was an immigrant from canada. and for her, this decision was her way of proving herself to be a citizen. it was pgi for her to do it. jenny hodgers. do you want to take a guess which one she is in the picture? who do we think? >> i will go with the person on the right. >> that is a good guess. and you would be right. served in the 95th illinois infantry. like some of these other women's, jenny hoders was not discovered until well after the war. in fact here is a 20th century newspaper article that finally reveals that albert cashier is jennie hodgers. she continued to do it for years after the war until she was discovered. i believe she wanted to get a physical to get her pension, and that is when someone discovered that albert was a little different from some of the other men who were coming in to get their pension. one of the comrades who defended her was in language that seems asular to us at the time, old half and half. we have to think like 19th-century people. does it sound like they maybe knew something was

. >> let's go to british side and the attitude of george iii and the attitude of somebody liked edmond burke in the british parliament and the brothers howe, richard and william. give us the attitude -- how is george iii thinking about his subjects in america? whom he regards as his children. >> right, yes. george iii, a young king, comes to the throne in his 20s in 1760, a rocky start by 1770 he is an experienced sovereign and political manager. he starts out actually somewhat more moderate than some of his more hawkish advisers, but by the time of the boston tea party and -- we're talking about the continental association, the boycott, he has had enough and moves over to a rather hard line side, and by august 1775, he has the rebels to be declared to be in open and i avowed rebellion and the rebellion against the crown has to be crushed just as rebellions in scotland or ireland, the british isles or elsewhere in the british empire had to be crushed early in the century or the previous century. >> so the rebels are not to be treated like fellow countrymen who happen to be living in am

little german kids coming up to him father's war metals to him and he comes back and decides that edmondcides judge and he campaign nine straight months in his district. transforms it. he doesn't just win reelection on the republican ticket. he wins the democratic nomination. that's the good side. as you said is the night of 1960. when he believes that the kennedies is stolen the election from him and this brings forth this tore rent of resentment, and he decides then, and this started confirmed to me that that was the moment when he decided he was not going to be out spent, not out cheated and not out kennedied again and he would do whatever it take, whatever they did, he would match it >> dickerson: peter did you come to an essential understain character was off, often portrayed as spock. you could make the sense president trump is in a sense answer answer to president obama where he talked about being a man of action, whereas president obama said i like to know something before talking about it. was that his essential character or other people who said he can do the compulsory act. th

he read the lyrics to a song the "wreckage of the edmond fitzgerald". it's a ship that sank. the republicans were on the victory and ended up failing. listen to what republican charlie dent had to say as he came out of the meeting. >> i was not surprised. it's pretty clear to me this process was not a good one. i think one of the issues was the president never laid out core principles and didn't sell them to the american people. that is a big part of it. there's a lot that went wrong. they should never force this on a partisan basis. i think that's why we are where we are. >> reporter: that's as concise a rundown as things that went wrong that you will here. the process was poor. the white house wasn't involved enough. as we watch these dramatic moments play out, culminating with the thumbs down. they couldn't agree on what health care policy should be for the republican party. that's the biggest take away here. the president responded last night, blaming the republicans and democrats for not moving forward. he's up tweeting this morning saying, quote, if republicans are goin

prince george's county police say that phillip michael and kenneth edmonds were part of two groups arguingth one another. it started with words and ended with gunshots in the parking lot of an apartment building an-on atwood street in district heights. it ises the latest in a trend of petty disputes settled with guns. >> walk away from it. it's incomprehensible, i think to many in our community that a dispute between two people leads to someone being killed. >> the chief says there have been 42 homicides in the county so far this year, compared to 48 this time last year. >>> we're getting a look at new at white oaks elementary. take a look. construction crews found this destruction and signs of arson on monday. fairfax county police sent us these pictures. authorities believe the vandals struck overnight. school is out for the summer and the building is under construction. if you have any information about who may have done this, call police. >>> this weekend, you can take the kids to meet a former washington redskins quarterback. jason campbell will be the special guest at first baptist c

prince george's county police say philip michael and kenneth edmonds were part of two groups that argued with one another that ended with gunshots in an apartment building on at wood street in district heights. police say it's the latest in a trend of petty disputes settled with guns. >> walk away from it. it's incomprehensible to many in our community that a dispute between two people leads to someone being killed. >> the chief says there have been 42 homicides in the county this year compared to 48 at this time last year. >>> 5:14 your time. four things to know this morning. police have charged a georgia mother with murder after police found four of her father stabbed to death. a fifth child was also stabbed but survived. all of the kids were under 10 years old. >>> bill cosby will be back in court later this year. a pennsylvania judge has set a new trial date for november 6th. cosby's first sexual assault trial ended in a mistrial last month if you'll remember after jurors failed to reach a verdict. the case stems from allegation those cosby drugged and molested a woman at his home in

and then, state representative edmond jordan looking as long -- as young as i once did. kent james is back here -- ted james is back here. he is usually giving me heck on twitter. i -- i should say giving me have. -- giving me hack. say giving me heaven. [laughter] i also want to thank a woman -- i don't know her name. i was having a townhall and someone submitted a question. she said, as i recall, "we flooded in north baton rouge and there's not been a federal official who has come to north baton rouge." i told my staff, we are going to north baton rouge. this is during work hours. there are some folks working now. if you're getting off of work, you can go to one. if you are at work, you can go to the other. but i mean it. we are here to serve y'all. [applause] thank you. i can promise you, we may disagree on issues, but we probably don't disagree as much as you might think we do. what we can agree upon is that folks in this neighborhood who flooded need to have the assistance that allows them to restore their life in a way which restores the community. as -- as one exa

and 31-year-old kenneth edmonds of district heights. they were found lying in the parking lot of an apartment building in the 6600 block of atwood street. investigators say two groups& of people got into a verbal fight which escalated to gunfire. >> happening today... excuse me tonight there will be a meeting with parents in charles county as the investigation continues into a former public schools employee. police are investigating this man, allegedly sexually assaulted multiple boys. bell is also hiv positive. tonight's meeting will be held at benjamin stoddard middle school at 7:00 p.m. another meeting will be held for parents later on this month. last night a vigil was held for the victims. >>> all right. >> well, so, it's kind of more of the same for the start of the day, mike. >> but not to the extreme. good morning you two, by the >> good to see you. >> good to see you both. yeah, just a couple of light showers coming through this morning. again, don't panic. >> okay. >> we'll actually have some sunshine by the afternoon. >> did

and 31-year-old kenneth edmonds of district heights lying in the parking lot.into a verbal fight which escalated to gunfire. police are asking anyone who may know what happened to give them a you will today. you can remain >> 5:48 is the time. a judge in pennsylvania set the date for bill cosby's retrial. the judge who presided over the first trial told attorneys to be ready on november 6th. cosby was cried last month on charges of aggravated assault but the jury failed to reach a consensus after several days of deliberations. cosby is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting former temple university staff andrea constand back in 2004. >> a judge granted an emergency protective order for venus williams. it will temporarily keep her car out of the hands of inspectors. williams is the target of a wrongful death lawsuit following a crash which killed a 78-year-old man. attorneys for the man's wife wanted their experts to look at and download information from williams' car. police say the accident is technically williams' fault but they did not charge her. >> un

george wallace who was the governor who presided over those state troopers who attacked you on the edmonds bridge. that's pretty tough criticism. >> well, you know, i think the person we have in washington today is uncaring, knows very, very little about the struggle and the history of the civil rights movement, that black and white people died. they gave their lives. i think about andy goodman, james chainy. i think about this white house wife who came from detroit who was shot, murdered on a highway between selma and montgomery by the klan and countless individuals just gave everything they had. >> but george wallace, i mean, what about the president and his actions suggests to you that he is in that tradition, the tradition of a famed notorious segregationist? >> well, i think this president right now is asking for the records, the voter registration records of people all over america. that is a form of intimidation. that's a form of harassment. >> this is his voter integrity commission, vice-president is leading. >> and some of the people that makeup this commission, they have a histo

and here is sarah edmonds, talking about why she did. she said -- i i did it because -- she was an immigrant from canada and for her this decision , was her way of proving herself to be a citizen. it was patriotic of her to do it. jennie hodgers. cahier. albert can we take a guess as to which when she is in the picture? who do we think? >> i will go with the person on the right. >> that is a good guess. and you would be right. served in the 95th illinois infantry. like some of these other women, jenny hodgers was not discovered until well after the war. in fact, here is a 20th century newspaper article, that finally cahier isthat albert actually jenny heizer's. she disguised herself, and it worked so well for her that she continue to do it, for years after the war until she was discovered. when she went in, i believe she wanted to get her physical to get her pension, and that is when someone discovered that albert was a little bit different from some of the other men who were coming in to get their pension. one of the comrades who defend

kyle edmond did his best to make it five britons in round three but he is out.sets to gael monfils. first—time playing out there. it was a really good experience for me. i am sure a lot of players would say it is the most famous or biggest court in tennis. so, being british, growing up watching tennis and wimbledon, to get the chance to play out there is something you will a lwa ys out there is something you will always remember. the seven—time champion roger federer is still looking very good — he had a bit of a rocky start against dusan lajovic but still came through in straight sets. and another former champion, novak djokovic, only needed an hour and a half to beat adam pavlasek. djokovic said afterwards he was puzzled byjohn mcenroe's comments that he was the "tiger woods of tennis". away from the tennis, there was a remarkable first day in the job for the new england cricket captainjoe root. he hit an unbeaten 184 on the opening day of the first test against south africa at lord's, to rescue his side, who'd been in some trouble after losing early wickets.

. >> edmonds police say they're seeing packages on the rise. mail theft usually trends down before creeping back until thanksgiving. this year june is on the upswing. and your front porch may have mistletoe marking you as a target. >> we're seeing. it it's a super easy crime. real easy to get away with. >> rawl says he was shocked this crime could happen while he was just upstairs. >> when you're home that's when the house is the safest. and the fact that we were home when this happened, it's very frustrating. >> whether it's christmas, or prime day, he says it's not going to happen to him again. >> w our habits. in fact i have a package delivered to my office today >> a texas coffee company is voluntarily recalling coffee because it was making men a little too excited. they tested grounds and found ingredient used in viagra inside this coffee. and so, the f dpxt a says this substance may lower to and part of a recall. >> all new this morning a u.s. restaurant with a strict drinking policy. ped alreadys bar and bistro will let children have one

edmonds, a russia expert, says the tension between the to countries is exactly what made the dinner conversationot sure his staff is being allowed to serve him well. i think there is a danger he could fall into some kind of trap, especially with an operative like putin. >> reporter: because he's former kgb? >> right. he's just very >> reporter: the white house pointed out that president obama also huddled with vladimir putin and the same kremlin translator, but mr. obama was accompanied by his national security adviser, susan rice, for this 2015 conversation. no u.s. official was with president trump for his chat. >> mason: margaret brennan at the white house. thank you, margaret. while congress and the special counsel are investigating russian election hacking, president trump has set up a panel to investigate election fraud with little evidence there is any. here's chip reid. >> this issue is very important to me. >> reporter: president trump kicked off the first meeting of his election integrity commission today, but its origin goes back to november when he won the electoral college while los

that is kyle edmonds.in the world. his mother is there, somewhere, enjoying her 60th birthday. former us open championjuan martin del potro is on court two. if he can keep himself together he could go a long way in the championships. the argentinian is seeded 29, but many fancy his chances. he faces thanasi kokkinakis. the australian knocked milos raonic out of queen's a couple of weeks ago. and there's a couple of big names up against each other on court 12. richard gasquet, seeded 22, faces former world number three spain's david ferrer. some big matches already underway at wimbledon. and the forecast, two rain delays yesterday, it is pretty good today. it is supposed to heat up good today. it is supposed to heat upa bit good today. it is supposed to heat up a bit later. pretty as a picture, all the covers off. coverage is under way across every bbc platform. tv radio and online — it's on bbc two right now. and don't forget — wimbledon sportsday will be on every day of the championships at 6.30, with all

and the 31-year-old kenneth edmonds of district heights.y were found in the parking lot of an apartment complex in the 6600 block of atwood street. investigators say two groups of people got into a verbal fight which escalated to gunfire. >> happening tonight there will be a meeting with parents in charles county as the investigation continues into a former public school employee. police are investigating carlos deangelo bell who allegedly sexually assaulted multiple tonight's meeting will be held at benjamin stoddard middle school at 7:00 p.m. another meeting will be held for parents later this month. last night a vigil was held for the victims. >> a lot of folks didn't think this would ever happen to us charles county 'cause people consider this as a bedroom community. unfortunately the folks leave the county to go to work in the mornings, they come back in the afternoons, garage door goes up, garage door goes down so it is -- it has wreaked havoc in our community. >> i speak to her on a regular basis on things that's going on in school i

so she's the only woman in the illinois suburbs to have been named after sir edmond who was an obscurehapter 2. what you don't learn from your mother, you learn from the world. is a saying i once heard from the mass i tried in kenya. and when i read that, i thought wait a minute. you heard it from the masai tribe in kenya? any tribe in particular or did the whole tribe shout it out? ainsley: that's what i was going to say too. >> she's a brilliant writer. i mean, that style is worth paying 24 million or whatever has. brian: thank you very much. >> hey, thanks a lot. ainsley: you should stay for 30 minutes. steve: we're going to step aside. we're going to go down to the white house. kellyanne conway coming up next ♪ ♪ i'm... i'm so in love with you. ♪ ♪ whatever you want to do... ♪ ...is alright with me. ♪ ooo baby let's... ♪ ...let's stay together... . . . afi sure had a lot on my mind. my 30-year marriage... ...my 3-month old business... plus...what if this happened again? i was given warfarin in the hospital, but wondered, was this the best treatment for me? so i made a point to talk