percent of americans approve of unions that is the second lowest approval rating in history since gallup began measuring the trend in one thousand thirty six and it seems like the law makers mostly republicans in a number of states are now going to use that to their advantage faced with growing budget deficits angry and unemployed residents the new strategy seems to be blame the unions from california to new york governors are probably promising to review benefits received by government workers in ohio the new governor wants to ban strikes by teachers but are unions really the money sucking enemy of the working man they're paying the out to be or is this just a g.o.p. strategy to cut down there campaigning power we're discussing with me is christopher brendan ini the executive director print only i'm sorry executive director of the alliance for worker freedom and michaela labor journalist and contributing editor for in these times gentlemen thank you both for being here what do you think is going on here i mean are unions just kind of an easy scapegoat in times of economic turmoil when a

and he had a 50 percent approval rating and the gallup poll between may 29th-june 1st.gard to block any efforts to repeal the health-care overhaul. and that would eliminate a lot of popular benefits like closing the gap in benefits, medicare coverage. and with senate majority leader jerry reed and the overhaul is too important to be treated as collateral damage in the bipartisan mission. >> a blood test for cancer is getting big boost. johnson and johnson. has partnered with massachusetts to eventually bring this new to the market. they claimed the sensitivity can spot one single cancer cell among billions. and they could press, colon, prostate, a lung cancer, could be a good indicator of pre-cancerous conditions. @ live, from the bay area's news station this is kron 4 news of 4:30. >> a 15 year-old was gunned down on new year's day and said the sake.and police are still looking for this killer. >> and this is where the spot with the 15 year-old oscar gonzales was shot dead by a lone gunman outside of his home. and downtown san jose just after 1:00 a.m. and new year's d

these are live pictures from the scene near westboro and gallup boulevard, not far from highway 280. police officers have roped off and surrounded this bank of the west branch in south san francisco. police have not confirmed exactly what is going on inside that bank. we are trying to get more details on exactly what is taking place. again, this is happening at the bank of the west in south san francisco not far from two ladies. as soon as we get more formation, we'll bring it to you >>> latest job report shows some improvements but economists are disappointed. according to the u.s. labor department, unemployment fell to 9.4% from 9.8% the month before. that is the lowest rate in 19 months but employers added just 103,000 jobs, which is lower than the economists predicted. president obama responded from a plant in maryland. >> our mission will be to accelerate hiring and accelerating growth and that will depend on making our economy nor competitive so we are fostering new jobs and new industries and training workers. >> the president also named veteran advisor gene sperling as direct

three quarters of americans say there is more crime in the united states than there was a year ago gallup's annual crime poll shows it's the highest level since the early one nine hundred ninety s. the poll also finds fifty one percent of americans say there is more crime in their local area. year ago when we see reports like this is it any wonder that american seem more intent than ever on protecting themselves speaking of heading home check this out i'm a firearms instructor in nassau county florida last weekend we had eighteen people go through our courses to get concealed weapons carry licenses the number of people getting these licenses is astounding everyone expresses a fear of being attacked when i go to jacksonville's concert hall downtown i go heavily armed because one of the neighborhoods west of there is the fourth deadliest in america imagine listening to mozart carrying a three fifty seven magnum tough tough stuff indeed scary stuff for a check thank you. wealthy british. market. can. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max concert for a no holds barred

. >> mitchell: according to a new "usa today" gallup poll, 55% of americans blame the tucson shootingslures in the mental health systems. the sheriff who is fighting the image of jail as a dumping ground for the mentally ill. dennis findle is an inmate in akron, ohio, arrested for public indecency. >> false arrest. i am a male stripper. >> mitchell: diagnosed with mania, he has a hard time controlling his thoughts. >> reporter: he is housed in the jail's mental health pod with one cell reserved for out-of- control inmates. >> this cell is set up for four- point restraint. >> mitchell: chief gary james, who runs the jail, says nearly one in five inmates has mental health issues. >> and most of them are taking psychotropic medication. >> medication is dispensed twice a day. >> i'm on depakote, which is a mood stabilizer. >> mitchell: and one part-time psychologist is available for counseling. dr. james orlando believes mentally ill inmates would be better off in a hospital. >> the medication is the same medication here as in a psychiatric hospital. our counselors here are just as good, b

for the challenger market i just off the hot frustration men for their training here at gallup place while united and i face me one side come to me in the fourth rank i. can easily defeated another club believe one shell since going three without replied you mean the fi with a price on this one. on the wrist times and school b. i did not chelsea help by nature each time i go installed six more against the one i use that. netting twice the pleased you set up the last six days meeting with everton in the light gang last not much decision drew at leicester the underdogs in the store in the first minute see that city them pulled ahead but less than netted in the twice that in the sixty's both minutes. meaning that will be. now it is playoff time in the n.f.l. the wildcard round is already over a couple of unexpected results on saturday with both indianapolis colts and the defending champions new orleans saints crashing at no shocks on sunday however michael vick's amazing year is over as defense paved the way for the green bay packers in philadelphia early in the gang here the eagles off

. >> each year the gallup poll tracks how much we spend week by week, in 2008 the deepening economic crisis caused shoppers to close our wallets right before christmas. the next year the spending was down and stay down. this year after a post thanksgiving that shoppers bounceback and the trend was looking up. >> then came the blizzard of 2010, as the mercury dropped shoppers pass up post christmas still spending was down 24% nationwide. 5 percent in the midwest, 46 and we east and the west and south the drop was much smaller. >> shopper traffic company that monitors the shopping malls, estimated that snowstorm reduce christmas spending by a billion dollars. though early estimates the retailers abroad and those back over the last couple of days. a massive earthquake kids chile, and in one southern state that bad omen for the new year, thousands of birds fell out of the sky. >> and the rain is moving out of the bay area into southern california, and we have really nice weather coming up or let next couple of days. have i will have a forecast coming up. it's really delicious, mom. it's

spending and about what we're going to do to change things while speaking of cutting a recent usa today gallup poll actually revealed that a majority of americans oppose cuts to social security medicare and other entitlement programs so that leaves defense spending a lot to talk about excess or wasteful spending in the military budget and not necessarily defense but if the republican senators and congress members only five percent are actually serious about cutting defense so if there's all this talk about austerity. are they ever going to touch the secret coude i don't think the defense budget can be made you know sacrosanct and it can't be touched but experts don't seem too optimistic no president and no congress has ever cut military spending while the country is in the theater or the tea party favorite michele bachmann is optimistic even giving her own tea party rebuttal to barack obama's state of the union address i believe that we're in the very early days of a history making turn in america they're not going to back down and they're going to continue with this radical thing. radical now

the most successful legislative records in terms of getting things passed but then in the recent gallup poll seventy percent of americans say that obama hasn't brought about enough change and his party took quite the shellacking last november the point is that being the president is a tough job but the people chose obama to do it so that they choose wisely joining me to discuss it is lawrence wilkerson former chief of staff to colin powell jake brewer open government strategist and advocate and anthony rand director of economic research for the reason foundation gentlemen thank you all for being here and you know what we're going to do today is we're going to kind of segment our discussion about obama and his performance so we're going to start off with the economy because this is the number one thing on many americans' minds they want the economy to get back on track but they want to get their jobs back so first i'd like all of you to write down the grade that you believe obama deserves when it comes to how he's handled the economy and you can all just flip him up and show the cameras

. >> in a recent gallup poll people were asked to assess the last nine presidents. john f.proval rating. the only one close to him was ronald reagan, with 74%. i think a lot of it has to do with the sense that he was so young, so attractive, so witty, so charming. and, of course, we have kennedy on tape. we can evoke his memory. >> the torch has been passed to a new generation of americans. >> this was a picture that he gave us after we -- after the inauguration. >> reporter: for jean kennedy smith, that memory of her brother's call to service lives on. your father was ambassador? >> my father was ambassador. >> reporter: and then decades later you became ambassador. >> that's true. and we are the first father-daughter ambassadors. my father was a very powerful influence always through our lives. and he taught us very much that we were very lucky, and that we should make a contribution to our country. that we were very fortunate to live in america. and that was instilled in us at a very early age, all of us. >> reporter: how was it instilled in you? >> their whole life was

gallup did a huge pool. 40-20%. academia is 90-10. they preach diversity. it has been 40-20. the national journal called him the most liberal member of the senate. to the left the barbara boxer, ted kennedy, you name it. okay. and finally going to see a change. it has got to be. 4020 again. you had this incredible situation. a self identify and professing a conservative electorate goes in and decisively votes for president event that the national journal's break the most liberal member of the senate and. it is quite unprecedented. how did that happen? you have to go into the reasons why the bush lost, people did like him. a lot of people were taken by this concept of change. what this change means to back the progressives, they were thrilled. the american public finally voted the way that tom hayden and jane fonda and a wanted. the same people who, by the way, in 1968communist debug that can send out the handles. i don't like them. one more. they think stalin is worse than mccarthy. in their lectures the complained about mccarthy and not soviets. nobody has any communist sent

there is a stunning poll that gallup had out showing that more americans consider china to be the world's leading economic power than consider the united states to be the world's leading economic power which is amazing both when you think about the history of americans being a fairly self-confident lot but it's also amazing just objectively. the per capita in the united states is sick times as high as in china. nunist leaders in the communist party talk with incredible admiration about the united states record of innovation. there are no global innovative chinese companies the way the u.s.... we could make a list of 20 companies. from the u.s. side there's a lot of insecurity toward china. from the chinese side one thing that is really important to remember is that china is not a monolith. there are very much competing factions in the communist party over questions like whether to revalue the currency. many people in china want to revalue the currency. there are competing factions over things like tariffs and how to deal with intellectual property. those are two things worth keeping in mi

a gallup poll released found 53% of people think that politicians are actually using the tragedy to make conservatives look bad. 35% do think what happened shows how dangerous language can be. the poll also asked people if skrikter gun control measures are needed and 20% said yes, they would want those things and could have prevented the shooting. 72% said in this situation, tighter controls would not have made a difference >> a teen girl is in the hospital and a suspect is on the loose. the 15-year-old was walking home near the intersection after 1:00 saturday morning when she was hit by a car. we have video that was rolling at the time of the accident. it's hard to make out, but you can just make out people nearby running to help the girl who was rushed to the hospital. she in critical condition. police need help identifying the car and the driver. if you have information, call the police department. >> mixed news on the housing front. foreclosures fell in 2010, but the new numbers may not tell the complete story. marla tellez joins us to make sense of it all >> the number of homes tha

gallup said we're the third best state in the creating jobs, we're the most improved state in the country, first time we've been in the top ten according to site selection. our unemployment rate has been below the southern and national average every single month, the best job performance in the south. southern business development says we've been the best state in the house economic development the last two years. we've announced tens of thousands of new jobs, billions of dollars of private capital investment. i hate to say it, we've seen companies move their headquarters into louisiana from california, new companies, new forcommunity 500 companies -- fortune 500 companies, and i can tell you a lot more statistics, but here's the most important: after 5 years of losing our -- after 25 years of losing our people for three years in a row we've had more people move in than are leaving. now, why do i start with that? because i think this election two weeks ago was about one very simple, profound message. it was people across america telling our president, telling our congress we don't want to

i think it's at about 50% at the last gallup poll, the highest it's been since june. >> because the lastouple of weeks of this past congressional session, things started to click. and things started to get done. and people like to see the leader leading. and they like to see the democrats have a spine and start fighting for some things. and so a number of things that people thought were lost causes, don't ask, don't tell, the 9/11 workers, the responders, health care, suddenly, became the law of the land. and it was just like, wow, that's what can happen when these guys start to fight. and i think coming into this new year and into this new session, people that voted for him, that's the majority of the country, and certainly democrats and liberals, people on the left, really want him and the democrats to come charging through those doors here in the next couple of days and fight for these things that we elected them to do. >> but those things -- those two things that you cite, don't ask, don't tell and the 9/11 bill, that only got done after making a deal extending the bush tax cuts for

a gallup poll taken june after a search kennedy with an approval rating of 72%. his his own poll conducted by lou harris but his approval at an al astronomical 92%. 62% of same time more than 62 percent of the americans nowl electorate was now claiming that they had voted for kennedy in november.s, well, iconsidering this is tha perhaps understandable that hise successes might have paraphrased and expropriated some of theed passages and themes from this inaugural address for their ownl free usually passages that leaf one longing for kennedy. in his 1973 inaugural, for riard example, richard nixon offeredr americans is on version of kennedy's and so my fellowfellow americans ask not what her country can do for you but what you can do for your country.r nixon said in our own lives let each o f us ask not what thent government will do for me but what i can do for myself and the challenges we face together ask bypassed. jut each of us asked not just how government can help but hel ica can help. now, perhaps nixon -- nixon iswa so flummoxed by the task of finding some

host: here is "usa today" with the latest gallup poll. if you look here, the favorable opinion for president obama has climbed to 63%. you write about obama having the advantage. evicting the president will not be easy. what do you make of those latest numbers? guest: is not surprising that his numbers have gone up a bit. he has had a decent couple of months. most people like the extension of the tax cuts and unemployment benefits. there was very strong approval for his speech last week. even many conservatives supported that speech and thought that he did a good job, including this conservative. even if you look away from the day to day polls, i think that the thing that republicans are feeling, confident about their chances in 2012, they need to keep in mind that the obama approval rating even in his worst days have never gone below the 40's. a pretty decent for and that he has got. you have a blindfold with respect to the future. is the economy better? are those numbers higher? the 2012 race is much different from the 2010 races. you h

host: we're looking at numbers from gallup that came out this month. party identification is looking at the trends in the republican and democratic leanings. ari berman, d you think it is significant to look at how people self identified, what the percentage of people is the self identify as democrats? guest: what are the latest numbers? the host: saying 45% r. democrat and 45% are leaning republican, but interesting to note that the democratic idea actually dropped last month. in 2010, 31% of americans identified as democrats. that is down five percentage points from just two years ago and is tied for the lowest measurements in many years. republicans rose to 38%, and that is on the high end of what god has measured in the last two decades. -- the high end of what gallup has measured in the last two decades. guest: there is a major economic crisis in washington that neither party has sufficiently addressed. i think it is significant. i think the parties are evenly divided, which is where we are right now. rising, and keep that has been happening for a

host: we're looking at numbers from gallup that came out this month. party identification is looking at the trends in the republican and democratic leanings. ari berman, d you think it is significant to look at how people self identified, what the percentage of people is the self identify as democrats? guest: what are the latest numbers? the host: saying 45% r. democrat and 45% are leaning republican, but interesting to note that the democratic idea actually dropped last month. in 2010, 31% of americans identified as democrats. that is down five percentage points from just two years ago and is tied for the lowest measurements in many years. republicans rose to 38%, and that is on the high end of what god has measured in the last two decades. -- the high end of what gallup has measured in the last two decades. guest: there is a major economic crisis in washington that neither party has sufficiently addressed. i think it is significant. i think the parties are evenly divided, which is where we are right now. rising, and keep that has been happening for a

he's at 47% job approval rating right now in the latest gallup poll.t this point bill clinton was in his presidency at 40%, ronald reagan was at 43%. so if you're challenging and you're republicans and you're going up against the president, he's certainly weakened and got a shellacking. you do have to be wary, it's that much higher than yours and he has a bully pulpit. >> speaking of tension between boehner and the tea party coming in, i want to read this from an interview he gave to "the new yorker" referring to raising the ceiling on the debt limit which is currently $14.3 trillion. "this is going to be probably the first really big adult moment for the new republican majority. you can underline adult and for people who have never been in politics it's going to be one of those growing moments. it's going to be difficult. i'm certainly well aware of that but we'll have to find a way to help educate members and help people understand the serious problem that would exist if we didn't do it." speaker boehner suggesting if you do not vote to raise the deb

host: we're looking at numbers from gallup that came out this month.ion is looking at the trends in the republican and democratic leanings. ari berman, d you think it is significant to look at how people self identified, what the percentage of people is the self identify as democrats? guest: what are the latest numbers? the host: saying 45% r. democrat and 45% are leaning republican, but interesting to note that the democratic idea actually dropped last month. in 2010, 31% of americans identified as democrats. that is down five percentage points from just two years ago and is tied for the lowest measurements in many years. republicans rose to 38%, and that is on the high end of what god has measured in the last two decades. -- the high end of what gallup has measured in the last two decades. guest: there is a major economic crisis in washington that neither party has sufficiently addressed. i think it is significant. i think the parties are evenly divided, which is where we are right now. rising, and keep that has been happening for a long time. a lot

. >> reporter: the new gallup poll has president obama's job approval rating back up to 50% with 42% disapproving. and that says hotline's reid wilson is good news. >> at this point in his administration, bill clinton was under 40%. ronald reagan was right at 40%. so, you know, he's already ten points ahead of where they were and they skated to re-election. >> reporter: and there are more changes coming in the new year here in the white house. commerce secretary bill daly under consideration to be the chief of staff. plough will be a counselor and the president's expected to name a new head of the economic counsel in the next few days. chris? >> cbs' bill plante in washington for us, thank you very much. people jockeying for new offices. >> you think? just a little movement there. >>> let's find out what else is happening. jeff glor with a check of the headlines. good morning. >> erica, chris, good morning to you. good morning to everyone at home. it is the first major overhaul of this country's food safety system since the 1930s. today the president signs the law to emphasize precon

the most recent gallup poll found 46 percent what the health-care law repealed, 40% stake keep it.eal while most democrats favor the health-care reform law. then there's an age divide the majority of adults under 30 favor the new law while the majority of adults those 50 to 64 want it repealed. >> coming up on kron 4 news weekend at a rocket launcher found in an unusual place, a dumpster in southern california. will have the story. >> first invited to live look at sighted san mateo bridge and look slightly overcast over there will reach a high of 50 degrees and sam until today. honey...? [ mom ] yes. honey, i can't find my internet cord. oh, i'll borrow hailey's. you're downloading movies. fast! from here? where is her cord?! we switched to at&t high speed internet and got wireless access. no more cords. wireless, okay, honestly, can i just get a cord, please? dad, the cord's invisible. [ female announcer ] for a limited time, call to get high speed internet for just $14.95 a month for 12 months with select services and a 1-year price guarantee. it's our fastest internet for the pr

host: here is "usa today" with the latest gallup poll.you look here, the favorable opinion for president obama has climbed to 63%. you write about obama having the advantage. evicting the president will not be easy. what do you make of those latest numbers? guest: is not surprising that his numbers have gone up a bit. he has had a decent couple of months. most people like the extension of the tax cuts and unemployment benefits. there was very strong approval for his speech last week. even many conservatives supported that speech and thought that he did a good job, including this conservative. even if you look away from the day to day polls, i think that the thing that republicans are feeling, confident about their chances in 2012, they need to keep in mind that the obama approval rating even in his worst days have never gone below the 40's. a pretty decent for and that he has got. you have a blindfold with respect to the future. is the economy better? are those numbers higher? the 2012 race is much different from the 2010 races. you have

let's look at the gallup weekly survey of consumer weekly spending. have a trend line in daily consumer spending. as you can see that trend line in daily consumer spending. the seven-day rolling average. over here you can see -- that the chart consumer spending before the financial fall of 2008 and the recession. that's right over in this side right in here. it's running near or above $100 a day. then what happens? americans cut back on their extra spending. it's right here in the rest of the chart. just look at how they cut back. is it any wonder americans are telling us to cut our spending? they've cut spending. why can't we in washington do the same? when the president laid out his last two budgets, the loudest bipartisan applause came when he stressed fiscal discipline. that reaction should surprise no one. though conservatives led the way, the american people understood or understand that deficit reduction is not a partisan issue. if the promises of our declaration of independence and constitution, promises of liberty and opportunity are to mean

in the meantime, his job approval has gone up, hitting the 50% water mark in the daily gallup poll thisth. "he defended his signature health care law almost in passing." other front pages this morning. here is "the financial times." it is something that the president talked about last night in his speech. he said we need to do more research and development. we will show you a little bit of that and then we will come back to your phone calls. >> this is our generation's sputnik moment. two years ago, i said we needed to reach a level of research and development of we have not seen since the height of the space race. in a few weeks, i will be spending a budget to congress that helps us meet that goal. we will invest in biomedical research, information technology, and especially clean energy technology. [applause] and investment that will strengthen our security, protect our planet, and create countless new jobs for our people. host: the republican response was given by house budget chairman paul ryan. he talked about spending and how much has been done under this administration. >> there'

. -- the high end of what gallup has measured in the last two decades. guest: there is a major economic crisis in washington that neither party has sufficiently addressed. i think it is significa. i think the parties are evenl divided, which is where we are right now. rising, and keep that has been happening for a long time. a lot of them are probably conservative, but many are also democratic cleaning. at is what the electorate has en so volatile and it has been hard to have some realignment because independents jump from one party to another. host: let's take a comment from florida. caller: i want to say that think president obama did a wonderful job arizona. i think the vitriol that has been going around this country is ludicrous. you have people like sarah palin who has the brains of a toad. she is out there talking and everything is about her. we need to change the vitriol in the country ande need to get along. guest: gained about 10 minutes without talking about -- we made it about 10 minutes without talking about sarah palin. [laughter] that is ou

host: the usa today leaves with a new gallup poll. the poll shows gop has the fuel for rollback. 46% of those surveyed tuesday and wednesday say they want their representative to vote for repeal. 40 percent on what a lot to stand. what do these numbers mean to you? guest: obviously, the nation this split. but think about this, the tens of millions of dollars that have been spent by insurance companies and special interests who represent the insurance companies to try to discredit this bill. i do not think there is any other piece of legislation in the history of our country that has been so maligned by right wing groups then the health care reform bill. but i think what is happening is that as people begin to see what the benefits are, they begin to understand it is not that bad. it is actually pretty good thing. the status quo was unacceptable. right now, we are paying for those who are uninsured. when someone goes into a hospital and does not have insurance and if they have a heart attack or wherever, they get treated. but the hospi

a recent gallup survey found the fear of lawsuits was the driver behind 21% of all tests and treatments ordered by doctors which equates to 26% of all health care dollars, a staggering $650 billion. defensive medicine includes avoidance behaviors where doctors eliminate high risk procedures like head injury, trauma surry, vaginal delivees or procedures prone to complications and they avoid patients with complex problems or patients who seem la tithous. in 2008, half of america's counties had no practicing obstetrician. this shouldn't be happening in america. there are remedies to fix this broken system but it is imperative we act now before defensive medicine practices and costs associated with it becomes the standard of care. before health care costs go high are an unemployment along with it, before doctors shortages change the very nature of our health care system. successful reform efforts in states, especially california and texas have given us a blueprint for federal medical liability reform legislation. hicla outlined several legislative proposals that preserves state laws working

a recent gallup survey found the fear of lawsuits was the driver hind 21% of all tests and treatmentsordered by doctors which equates to 26% of all health care dollars, a staggering $650 billion. defensive medicine icludes avoidance behaviors where doctors eliminate high risk procedures like head injury, trauma surgery, vaginal deliveries or procedures prone to complications and they avoid patients with complex problems or patients wh seem la tithous. in 2008, half of america's counties had no practicing obstetrician. this shouldn't be happening in america. there are remedies to fix this broken system but it is imperative we act now before defensive medicine practices and costs associated with it becomes the standard of care. before health care costs go high are an unemployment along with it, before doctors shortages change the very nature of our health care system. successful reform efforts in states, especially califora and texas have given us a blueprint for federal medical liability reform legislation. hicla outlined several legislative proposals that preserves state laws working

a gallup/"usa today" poll shows that only 13% of americans support the law. the american people want this law repealed and so do i, as i promised. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from california. mr. miller: i yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from california, mrs. davis. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. mrs. davis: thank you. thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, my mother always told me if you have your health, you have everything. which is why i've always believed every american should have access to the care they need to be healthy. now, my colleagues want to repeal health care without an alternative. it's easy to say you reject something but it's harder to come up with solutions. americans deserve to know how my colleagues' plan protects patients. women should not be denied care based on gender, nor should they need a permission slip to see an on gin. the 22 million americans without insurance need access to coverage. insurers shouldn't deny children coverage because

a gallup/"usa today" poll shows that only 13% of americans supporthe law.nt this law repealed and so do i, as i promised. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from california. mr. miller: i yield twminutes to the gentlewoman from california, mrs. davis. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. mrs. davis: thank you. thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, my mother always told me if you have your health, you have everything. which is why i've always believed every american should have access to the care they need to be healthy. now, my colleagues want t repeal health care without an alternative. it's easy to say you reject something but it's harder to come up with solutions. americans deserve to know how my colleagues' plan protects patients. women should not be denied care bad on gender, nor should they need a permission slip to see an on gin. the 22 million americans without insurance need access to coverage. insurers shoul't deny children covera because they've been sick. medicare shou

a recent gallup survey found the fear of lawsuits was the driver behind 21% of all tests and treatments ordered by doctors which equates to 26% of all health care dollars, a staggering $650 billion. defensive medicine includes avoidance behaviors where doctors eliminate high risk procedures like head injury, trauma surgery, vaginal deliveries or procedures prone to complications and they avoid patients with complex problems or patients who seem la tithous. in 2008, half of america's counties had no practicing obstetrician. this shouldn't be happening in america. there are remedies to fix this broken system but it is imperative we act now before defensive medicine practices and costs associated with it becomes the standard of care. before health care costs go high are an unemployment along with it, before doctors shortages change the very nature of our health care system. successful reform efforts in states, especially california and texas have given us a blueprint for federal medical liability reform legislation. hicla outlined several legislative proposals that preserves state laws wor

the no. 1 ranking in gallup's job creation index belongs to the great state of north dakota. why? it is thanks to the record- breaking oil production numbers over the past year. last year, oil and natural-gas company's investments in u.s. capital projects over the previous decade now hit the $2 trillion marks. finally, this industry provides to the u.s. treasury on average well over $95 million a day in taxes, rent, loyalties, and bonus payments. on the other hand, without policies that encourage the continued safe and reliable production of our domestic oil and natural gas resources, the story would be much gloomier. our report contains a wealth of facts and figures about the state of american energy. its conclusion is this -- american growth is economic growth. energy security is economic security. when we invest in energy, we invest in america. today, after a year in which we faced as an industry unprecedented challenges, and i am glad to stay that the state of american energy has been strong, but it will remain strong only if policy makers chart a course of opportunity and cer