human services, rockville, maryland; ron tannenbaum, president and co-founder, intherooms.com, fort lauderdale, florida; dr. w. douglas evans, professor and director, public health communication and marketing program, george washington university, washington, dc; sandra de castro buffington, director, hollywood health & society, usc annenberg norman lear center, beverly hills, california. the media obviously influences how people create their opinions, particularly about addiction and treatment issues in behavior health. and doug, why don't we review what we mean about media today. some time ago, marshall mcluhan said that the medium is the message and that is more true today than ever. media have proliferated and they now permeate our society. we're surrounded by it constantly 24/7 and users increasingly are defining what the media are and what those media mean to the rest of us. and mark, why is it important for the media to really understand addiction, treatment, and behavioral health? i think as doug just said, it's 24/7, people rely on the media to get their information and, as the media

. >> reporter: but foreclosures in his fort lauderdale, florida, neighborhood have driven down the value of his home. >> houses that were in the 400 to $500 range are barely above the $200 range. >> reporter: with his house now worth less than his mortgage, banks won't let him refinance a lo . >> i'm being told the same thing. i just... i cannot qualify based on the value of the property in its current location. >> reporter: so many of the people who need the relief the most can't get it, which is one reason why even with w these record low rates, applications for home loans are declining again. katie? >> couric: all right. anthony mason for the second time, thank you very much. and forget loans, microsoft co- founder paul allen is in the giving mood. today he said most of his $13 billion fortune will go to charity after he dies. he is the latest billionaire to take bill gates and warren buffett up on their challenge to give half their wealth to good causes. and we'll be right back. mike rowe: today's story from the ford model year end sales event... roger's workday. 9 to 5? try 5 to 9..

host: floor -- fort lauderdale, florida. independent line. caller: this is a broader question. talking about fraud within the syem right now. i am looking at the big picture -- the fraud taking place on the balance sheets of large banks and timothy got near's program programto giehner's recapitalize the banks, and this could be very encompassing what is happening in the labor market right now. we are all scrambling right now but the big fraud is going on and i would hope that you would support somebody like elizabeth warren to help out people who feel it is necessary to go out and commit fraud because there are no jobs in thenemployment field. guest: elizabeth warren is such a leader. my time as a staff person on the senate, i got to see her work and she is just a terrific advocate for working people and doing the right thing. in terms of secretary dieter -- geithner, to be honest my only interaction with him is when we have to sign the checks for those borrowing out of treasury. i know the department of labor undersecretary solis is working on fraud to make sure we get every o

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community for the great job that she's doing managing this rule and i even recognize my friend from fort lauderdale's doing a reasonable decent job managing the rule from his side. you know, the focus of this institution is right now on what it is that the american people want us to focus on. jobs. everybody here, democrat and republican alike, is talking about getting our economy back on track, creating job opportunities. the problem is that the policies that are emanating from this institution are tried and failed policies of the past. i listen to my friend from tennessee just a moment ago talk about the great depression. well, mr. speaker, it's very obvious that the policies of tax and spend that were pursued during the great depression exacerbated the great depression. in fact, very famously in testimony delivered by the house ways and means committee in the fall of 1939 the treasury secretary, henry morgenthau, had these words to say, he said, we've tried spending money, we've spent more money than we've ever spent before. now after eight years of this roosevelt administration we have an unemplo

. -- fort lauderdale, florida. caller: i have a little cold, so forgive me. grandfather had a 15-acre cotton field. he lost it because the bank would not give him alone -- a loan. he lost everything. my mother tried to help them out. they lost everything. a farmer or any average person -- how do you expect a farmer or any average person to make it when the banks or so tight that they will not help you -- they will watch you lose it, keep the land, and try to resell it. the market value is down so much they cannot do anything with it and they are responsible for the taxes. host: mr. hagstrom. guest: i cannot speak to the individual case. i do not know when that took place. a lot of these problems arise in a period of low prices, bad weather conditions. the farmer who does not have capital cannot handle the problem. that is why these programs were set up. this program at the agriculture department is supposed to be the lender of last resort. that is why there are so many problems. they're supposed to help the farmers who have the most problems. by lender of las

host: fort lauderdale, kirk, republican, good morning. caller: thank you for having me on.sebastian, respectfully i disagree with you i feel many americans feel we are an invading and occupying force and i have a business in dubai and travel back and forth and frustrated at the wore and the expense both in iraq and afghanistan the way we're posturing ourselves against iran makes many of us fearful. what are the metrics of victory. we hear republicans talk about victory. winning the war. many of us don't even know what that would look like. guest: you might be right about the american population. i think the really important issue is how the afghans feel. the afghans if they felt we had invaded them that we were occupying their country, we would have a much higher casualty count. there would be many more dead american soldiers. that's not happening. we're losing every year the number we lost every week in vietnam and every day in world war ii. so to me the important metric is what the afghans feel. on to the next part of your question, what is success? i'm just speaking as a

host: floor -- fort lauderdale, florida. independent line. caller: this is a broader question. talking about fraud within the system right now. i am looking at the big picture -- the fraud taking place on the balance sheets of large banks and timothy got near's program programs toiehner's recapitalize the banks, and this could be very encompassing what is happening in the labor market right now. we are all scrambling right now but the big fraud is going on and i would hope that you would support somebody like elizabeth warren to help out people who feel it is necessary to go out and commit fraud because there are no jobs in the unemployment field. guest: elizabeth warren is such a leader. my time as a staff person on the senate, i got to see her work and she is just a terrific advocate for working people and doing the right thing. in terms of secretary dieter -- geithner, to be honest my only interaction with him is when we have to sign the checks for those borrowing out of treasury. i know the department of labor undersecretary solis is working on fraud to make sure we get eve

. -- fort lauderdale, florida. caller: i have a little cold, so forgive me. my grandfather had a 15-acre cotton field. he lost it because the bank would not give him alone -- a loan. he lost evething. my mother tried to help them out. they lost everything. a farmer or any average person -- how do you expect a farmer or any average person to make it when the banks or so tight that they will not help you --hey will watch you lose it, keep the land, and try to resell it. the market value is down so much they cannot do anything with it and they are responsible for the taxes. host: mr. hagstrom. guest: i cannot speak to the individual case. i do not know when that took place. a lot o these problems arise in a period of low prices, bad weather conditions. the farmer who does not have capital cannot handle the problem. that is why these programs were set up. this program at the agriculture department is supposed to be the lender of last resort. that is why there are so many problems. they're supposed to help the farmers who have the most problems. by lender of last