about 30 million americans fall into that category. >> pre-hypertension predicts later hypertension in your life as you get older, and i'm sure that's still true, but now we know from this analysis that if you have pre-hypertension, you are at risk for stroke right now. it's not a future risk. it's a present risk. >> reporter: it's a risk 53- year-old vilma rosado is taking seriously. her blood pressure today was mildly elevated at 135 over 88, and she's determined to get it down through lifestyle changes. >> to have the perfect number, you know, the correct number blood pressure should be, that's my goal. >> the take-home message for doctors is we need to be much more attuned to this problem of pre-hypertension to more clearly identify it and communicate this more strongly to our patients. >> reporter: high blood pressure one of several risk factors for stroke. others include smoking, high cholesterol, and diabetes. it's important to try to lower all these risks. >> pelley: but, jon, for these people who have a slightly elevated blood pressure, what should they do about this? >> repor

heart failure, hypertension, diabetes, cancer, stroke, those kinds of chronic illnesses. when you get them in your 30's and 40's and you have them into your aging process, you are not going to have a comfortable old age. you are also seeing in terms of epidemics, an increase in alzheimer's and it is going to increase as the population increases. there are quite a few seniors who have mental health problems but they are also, the majority of seniors, who are hard-working, who had minimum wage jobs their whole lives, who paid social security. think about living on $889 a month in the city of san francisco needing to buy medication, one meal a day, hopefully, and health care. if we could provide health care early on we might prevent (inaudible) and people would be less likely to end up in the emergency room with a drastic outcome. we could actually provide prevention and health care to people who had no other way of getting health care, those without insurance, it might be more cost effectiti >> with my artists, eight of them are working in tehran, iran, the capital city, an

. >> prehypertension predicts later hypertension in your life. as you get older. i'm sure that is still drew. from this a advice we know that -- if you have it you are at risk for stroke right now. it's not a future risk. it's a present risk. >> reporter: it's a risk 53- year-old vilma is taking seriously. she is determine determined to get her pressure down. >> to have the perfect number. the correct number, the blood pressure should be. that's any goal. >> the message is we need to be much more focused on this number of prehypertension to more clearly identity it and tell it better to the patients. >> reporter: high blood pressure is one of several risk factors for stroke. others include smoking, and diabetes. it's important to try to lower all of the risks. cbs news new york. >> well if you thought the road to a better back side ran through funny shaped shoes the fty has news for you. rebox is refunding $25 million to people who bought the toning shoes because they believe there was a health benefit. rebox claimed they could firm and strengthen your legs and gl

in hypertension, for instance: blacks worldwide have rates of high blood pressure similar to whites, in the u.s., 41% of blacks have high blood pressure, as compared to 27% of whites. at least some of that might be due to inequality. and as inequality grows, it arguably exacts a price from those higher up the ladder as well, who become more and more stressed about clinging to the top rungs. m.i.t. economist frank levy. >> as the economy looks more and more unequal, then you know upper-middle-class parents are going berserk trying to get their kids into a position to get the brass ring, putting more and more time into kind of pumping up their kids-- extra courses, extra activities, and so on and so forth. and lower-income families just don't have the resources to do that. >> reporter: but is inequality really bad for all of us? or might it perhaps provide some benefits in the long run, even for the have nots? daiquan bradford grew up near the bottom. >> we couldn't pay the gas and light bill so it was in a situation where we had to use candles, and you know it was kind of dark, but it

. >> reporter: elevated blood pressure is so common that one-third of adult americans have hypertension and one-third have prehypertension. doctors emphasize it can be controlled. emily flores with a combination of medications, diet and exercise now has blood pressure way down into the normal range and looks forward to a healthier life. robert bazell, nbc news, new york. >>> now to the latest example of what the fbi tonight is calling a home grown terrorist plot. listen to the details of the story. a massachusetts grad student is in federal custody tonight accused of scheming to fly large scale model aircraft filled with explosives into federal buildings. our justice correspondent pete williams in our washington bureau tonight with more on this. pete, good evening. >> reporter: brian, he's 26, a u.s. citizen, rezwan ferdaus, arrested today in framingham, massachusetts. tonight, fbi agents are searching his house, accusing him of plotting to bomb the u.s. capitol and the pentagon, then to shoot people fleeing from the buildings. they say he planned to use six-foot-long model planes like

health houses are most needed here in mississippi which has the highest levels of childhood obesity hypertension and diabetes in the united states twenty percent of people here don't have health insurance. called health houses the seventeen thousand clinics in iran cover ninety percent of the rural population and have cut child mortality rates by sixty nine percent after visiting iran pediatrician aaron surely has led the movement to bring health houses to mississippi and staff them with welfare recipients. also. proving that you know coming surely in dr mohamed shirazi who came to the delta from iran decades ago tells the savings mississippi spends an average of fifty thousand dollars per patient per year in iran only if out. iran has seen greater health improvements if you notice social justice because of wear you out if you're going to have a human being so suffering in mississippi is the same as people are suffering in villages in iran therefore that social concept and working together in order to redress that but not everyone has embraced their plan we have a girl from the who had declared

. >>> a new study finds among obese people with hypertension, two servings of potatoes reduced bloodas oatmeal. french fries won't do it. they it them eat purple potatoes with skin cooked out oil in the microwave. >> i'm martin bashir, the president and his intelligence team deal another blow to al qaeda. michele bachmann attempts to flash her foreign policy credentials and mitt romney plays to the mob. stay with us. back to tamron. . >> thank you, martin. it was the picture of the day. michelle obama spotted shopping at target. he wore dark sunglasses with a bright shirt in her secret mission wednesday. she strolled the aisles of target in alexandria, virginia. we know what she picked up and how she was spotted. michelle o'donnell has the details. >> mrs. obama said she likes to get out and do normal thing that is not part of in the white house. it turns out this alexandria, virginia shopping center was on the first lady's to do list. check this out. behind the dark glasses, tucked under the nike cap, one of the world's most famous women. yes, that is the first lady of the united st

redeem your lids today >>> a new study finds among obese people with hypertension, two servings of potatoduce their blood pressure as much as oatmeal. french fries won't do it. they have them eat purple potatoes with skins cooked without oil in the microwave. >> i'm martin bashir. coming up at top of the hour, brother can you spare a dime or two or 30,000, as governor chris christie fills his coffins out west. we examine the high cost of the run for the white house and why wall street may hold the deeds to what we refer to as the people's house. stay with us. >> developing now, details that we have never heard before about the day that michael jackson died. michael jackson's personal assistant, as we speak, is on the stand describing the frabtic call that he received from dr. conrad murray and what happened after that. we want you to listen to this testimony that happened moments ago. >> upon your arrival and seeing the ambulance, what did you do? >> well, as soon as i got there the ambulance was there. they were beginning to bring the gurney down. i believe that's the proper term. who is

redeem your lids today >>> a new study finds among obese people with hypertension, two servings of potatoeslood pressure as much as oatmeal without causing weight gain. but french fries won't do it. researchers had the participants eat purple potatoes with skins cooked without oil in the microwave. >>> good day, everyone. i'm alex witt. coming up at the top of the hour, a major blow to al qaeda. the u.s.-born cleric behind the underwear bomber and other terrorist plots has been killed by u.s. drone strike in yemen. will we hear the president's first comments in the next hour? >>> day four in the michael jackson death trial gets under way with expected testimony from the paramedic who is tried to save his life. >>> and the couple in this flash mob proposal joining us live. it's a happy time for them. see you at the top of the hour. now back to you, richard. >> thank you. >>> next election could be a referendum on the economy. and vice president joe biden made that very clear in a radio interview. >> even though 50-some percent of the american people think the economy tanked because of the la

should have a chronic condition, such as -- there are many of them, i won't mention them all, hypertensionabetes, obesity, high blood pressure, if you're a smoker, et cetera, you get free programs to help you manage those situations. >> so in large part this is to try and help offset high health costs, it means people are not able to come to work if you're not feeling well, if they're sick, et cetera. how are you going to be able to monitor whether signing up for the health plan works, if it is encouraging people to lead healthier lives, if it is going to make a big difference in whether people come to work and what the performance is like once they come to work? >> sure. there is, you know, there is not going to be a measurement other than a measurement of participation. this is a glass half full, a glass half full program. the employees will be engaged. they will participate. they will try. the only financial penalty is for not trying. >> okay. and if you don't, that penalty is you're going to pay about $50. >> as you said, it is -- that's exactly right. but that's exactly right, but nob

. >> they are working poor with major health problems, diabetes, 30% are diabetic, 50% have hypertensiony chronic, very ill, sickest population i've ever seen in primary care. if we can invest money in keeping these people healthier not healthy necessarily but healthier better lifestyles, more active, better control of their diabetes, less likely to get diabetes, better control of their blood pressure then they are not going to become more ill. so just on a very pragmatic level, it's you get a return on your investment >> reporter: economist and school board member norman pappous isn't so sure about that. he sees significant obstacles to making people healthier especially in low income areas. >> i think they are barking up the wrong tree, when they basically want to come in and create a utopia on a few square blocks of downtown galveston that is something that they are hoping is going to work and they are using our tax money to do it. i think there is a high probability it's wasted money. >> reporter: and, pappous has even more doubts about current plans to build mixed income housing on

redeem your lids today >>> a new study finds that among obese people with hypertension, two servingsf potatoes a day reduced their blood pressure as much as oatmeal, without causing weight gain. but french fries won't do it, researchers had the study participants eat purple potatoes with skins, cooked without oil in the microwave. >>> well, it's not just mitt romney, rick perry and herman king running for president right now, it's ann romney, anita perry and gloria kaine running for president. joining us to talk about the number one of adviser to any president, kathy. good afternoon to you. between now and february, you and the rest of iowa going to get to know a lot of would-be presidents and that means getting to know the whole family. right now ann romney is in south carolina. i want to play for you what she said about her husband mitt. take a listen. >> knowing how defensive i am about my husband, i am a she-lion when it comes to anyone attacking him. you better look out. i get very, very upset if -- at his being misrepresented. >> the days of presidential spouses as shy wallflow

first, salt is going to give you strokes and hypertension.holesterol, the worst thing in the world. wait a second. maybe there's some kind of fats that are really essential. maybe cholesterol is not the thing. so i think people have so much cynicism now that they think well, well, do i really know for sure this is harming the fetus? we know that for sure. but people look at global warming and they're like, well, look, now there's another side to that debate. we were told that we had to invest billions and billions to stop it. now we're saying wait, maybe it's a phase the earth goes through naturally so i think that's at the back of people's minds, too. >> so if you find yourself in a situation like that, we're showing this video and we're not blurring a lot of people's faces. there are people walking by and we're not accusing people or impugning anybody. but if you find yourself in a situation like that and you're feeling a little hesitant, should you just go? what should you do? what should a person do? >> you should do it. you should do it.

many diabetics are not getting drugs for hypertension and lower their cholesterol. we are not doing that today. >> you are the first if somebody else agrees with you on the panel i have never heard a pharmacist to call up doctors to tell them they prescribe the wrong thing. >> it happens all the time. practically daily. >> that is a daily occurrence, sir. >> let me recognize my friend over here. >> congressman i wanted to answer the question about fraud and abuse. i would suggest that the best thing that will combat the fraud, waste, and abuse would be more vigorous competition. if these companies are forced to fine tune their operations in order to lower their costs to their customers that alone will generate the best cost- saving through saving fraud, waste, and abuse. and congressman watt what will be missing if the companies combine, what will be missing is a national bidder in each of these accounts. what will be missing is a company that is capable of making a bid on those contracts. >> in regard to fraud, waste, and abuse if i could reference waste not, want

this study has found is that the better sleep you get, the less you are at risk for developing hypertensionlood pressure. >> that's very true. and it's actually a very interesting study because right on this network, we always talked about getting at least eight hours of sleep. the quantity obviously is important but now we're talking about the quality. and think about this as the deep part of the sleep sends a trigger to the brain and unless you get that good sleep to restore your energy level, the brain is not going to understand that you're in good shape and as a result, may send some hormones. you may become, as a result of not getting good sleep, insulin resistant, you can get diabetes and o and obesity and obviously, high blood pressure. >> forget about the quantity at this point. try to get the really good sleep because as i understand it, you're the doctor, but when you're asleep, your blood pressure has to drop for you because if it stays up high, you'll wind up in big trouble. >> part of it is when you're in deep sleep, your brain and your system kind of goes to rest and it sends

i'm not sure how much she knew about his history of hypertension.he could be as i said at the beginning of my talk, an intensely romantic man. he was a very, very eloquent writer, and he just showered her with attention. and she was swept off her feet. at that time he was revitalized by her love and i think she thought he was a very vital and vigorous man and so he appeared for quite a while. but i think she thought she would be a good hostess, which is usually the role of a first lady. and she was. she was a very good hostess. she was very popular. much more popular than ellen wilson was. ellen hated big entertainments, and in any case she was already extremely ill when she entered the white house. i think in the beginning i think edith thought she could do the job, she could probably do the job better than ellen in some respects and she didn't expect her husband to have a stroke. i mean, i think very few of us know what's in our future. >> where did ellen and woodrow wilson meet? how long were they married? was it a happy marriage? >> they met in