we talked to doctor john garrett, chief of cardiac surgery. >> doctor john garrett, chairman

we talked to doctor john garrett, chief of cardiac surgery. >> doctor john garrett, chairman of the board of directors of the virginia hospital center, can you remember the first moment you thought you might want be a doctor? >> i think so. my stepfather was a surgeon. and for lots of reasons, i wanted to be like my stepfather. so from about age 7 when he came into my life, i kind of wanted to copy him. i think it got a little more serious than that when i was in high school i injured my hip, dislocated my hip in a skiing accident. i had to be a hospital for about seven weeks where they pinned my knee and contraction and had a lot of time to just play and observe people in the hospital. i think in my mind that i decided then that i was going to do it. >> where did you grow up? >> montgomery, alabama. >> where did you go to college? >> emory university in atlanta for undergraduate and then i went to medical school at the university of alabama in birmingham. >> where did the hard part get into your life? >> medical school in alabama had a strong cardiac surgery program led by a man named jo

john garrett, featured on q&a will be our guest on washington journal.will take your phone calls and questions starting at 8:30 a.m. eastern. we will look at the hospitals perspectives and its doctors. the top administrators will join us in the emergency room to take your phone calls and provide context to the health- care debate that is currently before congress. >> we will continue on the team of health care next weekend on "q&a." that is next sunday on "q&a." >> next, the scottish parliament debate on the lockerbie bomb release. after that, the biography of senator mitch mcconnell and then on "you and dave," a health-care discussion with dr. john ger arret. c-span is health care hub is a key resource on the health-care debate. follow the links. what's the latest events -- watch the latest events. including any town hall meetings. >> the british house of commons is in summer recess until october. prime minister's questions will return on wednesday, october 14. tonight, we will show you a debate from the scottish parliament. the scottish government rele

john garrett and if you didn't see "q & a" last night, you don't met him. we want to reintroduce him. dr. garrett, you talked last night about the importance of having the latest and greatest medical technology. why is that so important if it ups the cost? >> well, it's better. it's there for patient care. as i said last night, in the interview, i mean, every year things improve. yet, companies that make devices and drugs that are better than what's currently available. lots of things in the pipeline. and if you don't embrace those new technologies, then it doesn't take very long before you're practicing medicine that is five years outdated. and that's not good for patients. >> we want to get our callers involved here. we have a chance to talk with a chairman of the board and the president of a hospital system. 202 is the area code for all numbers. we've divided them a little differently than we usually do. you can see there on the screen, if you are an insured person, we want to hear from you at 202-737-0001. if you're ininsured, 202-737-000 and we want to

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john garrett of the va hospital center. >> this is c-span's "america and the courts." veterans for common sense is asking the courts to order the department of veterans affairs to reform the way it deals with disability claims for foot -- for post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury. >> good morning, i represent the appellate nonprofit corporations dedicated to veterans' issues. i would like to reserve three minutes for rebuttal. what does it mean to be a veteran in america today? the essence of this appeal relates to the va's multiple failures to fulfill the statutory commands established by congress to provide veterans with timely medical care and disability compensation which have resulted in suicide and other tragic consequences for many of our veterans. we are struck at the outset by a fundamental disconnect between the district court's findings of fact and it's legal analysis. >> let me ask you this general question. if we were to rule in your favor, how will it keep the federal courts from taking over every federal agency in the federal governme

john garrett. tuesday, we will speak with robin norman, senior vice president and chief financial officer and david crutchfield. on wednesday, we will speak with dr. j.j. chevera, of emergency medicine. will also dispute with the head of the ico and respiratory care department and the chief nursing officer. tomorrow, three doctors from britannia hospital center in arlington va. tell personal stories about treating patients. the lovers -- there will offer their views on health care legislation. >> the charges anywhere from $1,800 to $2,000. the payment is usually a medicare reimbursement for a mastectomy and is usually between $650.700 $50. >> we also hit -- is usually between usually650.700 $50. -- is usually between $650 and $750. >> is there anything i would say, patients should not be trying to make their diagnoses on the internet. >> join us tomorrow and see all three doctors. they will share their personal stories and their views on health care legislation. that is at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-sp

john garrett, president of the board of doctors. dr. rrett, you talked last night in the interview about the importance of having the latest medical technology. why is that so important, if it increases the cost? guest: well, it is better for patient care. as i said last night in the interview, every year things improve. you have companies that make devices, drugs that are better than what is currently available. there is lots in the pipeline. if you do not embrace those technologies, it does not take long before your are practicing medicine that is five years outdated. that is not good for patients. host: we want to get the callers involved. we have divided them differently than we usually do you can see them on the screen. if you are in short, 202-737- 0001. if you are not injured, 202-737- 002. and if you are in medical practitioner, 202-628-0205. how closely are you following the health-care debate in washington, and what concerns you the most? guest: i will speak to that first, if i may. from the hospital perspective, one of the pri

john garrett about the health care system and provide some context. this segment is the first part in a three day series that will air live from the hospital's emergency room. also paul rainwater. washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. coming up next, an fcc workshop on the expansion of high-speed internet. after that, a forum on the government's use of new technology and communications. and then, on "q&a," a discussion with dr. john garrett. >> as the debate over health care continues, c-span is health care of is a key resource. go on line and watched the latest events, including town hall meetings and share your thoughts on the issue. including video from any town halls to have gone too. there is more. that is that c- span.org/healthcare. now, a federal communications commission form on broadband. at the economic stimulus package calls on the fcc to develop a plan. as part of the process, the sec is holding a series of workshops on national broadband. -- the fcc is holding a series of workshops on national broadband. >> thank

john garrett. also a discussion on recoovery efforts in louisiana four years after hurricane katrina with paul rainwater. washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. here on c-span. go inside the supreme court to see the public places and those rarely seen spaces. hear directly from the justices as they provide their insight about the court and the building. the supreme court, home to america's highest court. the first sunday in october on c-span. >> congressman john fleming and senator john brasso of wyoming, boats physicians, join john vitter. this lasts about an hour, 25 minutes. [applause] >> thank you all for being here. well, good afternoon and welcome to our health care reform forum. you know, nancy pelosi may consider you an un-american mob, but i'm delighted to see you here, each and every one of you. the more, the better. i'm also delighted to be joined by four other members of congress. one of my colleagues from the senate and three of our u.s. house members representing different parts of loui

john garrett of the va hospital center. earlier today, the u.s.l business administration held a discussion on how minority small-business this can take advantage of opportunities available in the economic stimulus package. here to talk about is a special white house adviser responsible for its implementation. this is half an hour. [applause] >> the morning. how was breakfast? very good. we are at day 2. i want to thank you for coming to our 27 annual conference. i hope over the last day that everyone was able to meet somebody new and share business ideas, and hopefully get some good input on how you will grow your business. as i said yesterday, to reach economic parity we need to grow minority businesses larger and faster. to do this, we must think globally. we must develop strategic alliances, and we must think about mergers and acquisitions. today's opening session from the white house to main street will focus on the administration's commitment to ensuring the inclusion of minority businesses in the american recovery and reinvestment act. now t

john garrett. the federal communications commission voted unanimously to launch three separate inquiries into the wireless industry. this portion of the hearing examiner's truth in billing rules, which require communications companies to clearly identify and describe charges on consumers' bills. we will hear first from the chairman of the fcc. this is about 20 minutes. >> madame secretary, if you could announce the next item on the agenda please. >> thank you for working on this important notice. but today the consumer and government affairs bureau presents to you a notice of inquiry on consumer information and disclosure in an effort to ensure that american consumers have access to information they need with our communication services. i want to thank step as well as all the bureau's and ochses to have collaborated with us on this item, including the wireline competition bureau, wireless telecommunications bureau, and others. with me are the chief of our policy division and an attorney and our pol

john garrett. as the debate over health care continues, cspan's healthcare had is the key resource. watch the latest events, including town hall meetings and share your thoughts on the issue with your own citizen video, including video from any town halls you have gone too. there is more. >> year is one of the town hall meetings with virginia democrat, gerry connolly. this is just outside of washington, d.c. this runs about two hours. >> good afternoon, everyone. i cannot figure out how to get this many people to my meetings. [laughter] i do want to welcome everyone here today. certainly congressman, nearly -- certainly congressman connelly. we find ourselves as a community very often right in the middle of some of these discussions and debates and part of the political process. it is a very exciting place to be. i have no doubt that today will be a model for how to do one of these comet to have one of these discussions and a town hall meeting that others will try to duplicate. thank you for your stability in courtesy to each other as we do this today. we are going to have some real

john garrett. now a health care town hall meeting with don edwards of maryland. she is a member of the congressional progressive caucus. many have said they will not vote for health care without a government-run insurance plan. this took place in germantown, maryland. it is about 1 hour 40 minutes. >> how is everyone this evening? [applause] excellent. well, ok, first of all, an introduction because i know some of you but i do not know all of you. i am congresswoman donna edwards. i represent maryland's fourth district. it is good to be able to read we did welcome you all this evening. i see a special crowd of people who are interested and excited to talk about health care reform. and i am glad to be here with you this evening. i am glad you chose to spend your evenings year as well some of you know that i have been having conversations about health care and health care reform for a couple of years across our congressional district. those have been very invigorating conversations and spirited conversations as well. we have had an opportunity over the course of th

john garrett the chairman of the board of the directors of the chief of cardiac surgery. among the things he talked about, he said he will discuss what he wants people to know as they listen to the debate on health care. >> when you listen to the debate on health care, what's the worst thing you hear on a day-to-day basis? i hear people in these town hall meetings or in congress or where ever? >> i think the thing that scares me the most is just the thought of having the government having a massive medicare or medicaid and having all the inefficiencies that brings, but also ending up with a system that is poor, a hospital system that's poor, and having demo ability to -- having a -- having no ability to offer an alternative to our patients. >> why would that happen with an all-pair or single-pair system? >> right now we lose 20% on medicare admissions. so if we lost 20% on everybody that came in, we'd have to do something different. and as administrator, the first thing i would do is limit our capital budget. so the new stuff that we buy every year, every year we buy $30

you have jordan zimmermann, john lannan, the likes of colin balester coming up, garrett not and i love milwaukee. this is a future. none of the guys are on the opening day roster. >> you can go probably 12 deep with good arms. we just acquired three more. i was talking to phil wood prior. two guys that you don't know much about a guy that projects a number two starter, another guy, tommy john starter, 95% of those guys get healthy and we just stockpiling pitching and you think about getting on straussberg, and we've got so many different people that are ready now in the minor leagues to make that push to triple-a and then on to here day in aday out. man dell got called up, myers got called up. you're looking at mcgeary throwing the ball well. there's just a lot of people down there that have great arms and they're stockpiling. i wonder sometimes when are we going to start getting some real good position players. we did certainly in one with nyjer morgan. >> it is vir gill vazquez getting the call. he has struggled recently with those decisions,ny straight. >> yeah, he's a minor league

john f. kennedy library in boston. major garrettonfirmed to the funeral will be on saturday at the mission hill neighborhood of boston. the senator will be interred at arlington national cemetery. funeral arrangements appeared to be coming together in the death of senator kennedy. we will talk to two very close political veterans who worked with the senator. trace: we have been reporting that senator edward kennedy has died at the age of 77. we are getting a better idea of his funeral or arrangements. tomorrow and friday he will lie in repose at the jfk library in boston. on saturday, the funeral will take place at our lady of perpetual hope basilica. here is new video just in of the scene at the kennedy compound in hyannis port. tributes have been pouring in from around world. longtime friend and colleague in the senate, vice president joe biden. >> today we lost a truly remarkable man. to paraphrase this shakespearsho not think we will see his like again. i think the legacy he left is not just in the landmark legislation he passed

john lannan so far. he makes a good pitch there. unfortunately, garrett jones hits it foul. hill is their coach at first base and an old friend of the nats sopt other side of the diamond. there's perry. a little bit outside. a swings and a foul. -- a swing and a foul. well, there's rich donally and they've had some changes here. tony beasely, former nats coach was the coach. rich donally a-long-time pierd pirate guy. john leeland has the honors over there. a good baseball man he is. >> rob: you talk about the players being traded. the fans are upset. victor martinez traded from the cleveland indians to the red sox today cried at the press conference. he weeped. he did not want to leave. >> bob: where do they play him? i know he's a great catcher, but -- i mean, jason varitek not going away, is he? >> rob: maybe next -- >> bob: maybe next year, but not now. >> rob: maybe next year, but they have a player club option on varitek i think dlartion 6 million, $8 million. whatever it is. victor martinez can play first base not well. he can catch but not that well and he can dh. he

garrett. we'll update the marino fencive -- the marine offensive in afghanistan and we have news about former presidential candidate john edwards, all that and sarah palin responds to the president directly, and "special report" starts right now. welcome to washington. i'm bret baier. president obama is lying low today, taking a day off from his increasingly pitched battle to get healthcare reform on the books, but as the white house searches for a message that will stop the negative moment momentum, new poll numbers numbers indicate tt fewer americans than ever are buying what the president is selling. couldcorrespondent shannon bream takes a look. >> he was adored by crowds on the campaign trail, but the reality of trying to push through a major overhaul of the u.s. healthcare system has crowds of a different kind showing up to voice their opinions on president obama and his healthcare reform plans. >> that's really a big problem for a president who is persuasive, but suddenly half the country says i just don't trust him. >> for decades, the healthcare reform message has been altruistic -- coverage for all, but pollin

john kerry and his wife. they put their hands on the casket. major garrett very difficult emotionally, according to sources close to the senator. the most difficult since the loss of his own father. they had a complicated but close relationship in recent years. geraldine ferraro joins us now. good to have you with us right now. >> thank you. martha: talk to me about your personal relationship with senator kennedy. >> believe it or not, i went to high school with their cousin. at their graduation, there was this gorgeous senator, john f. kennedy. i met ted kennedy when we were representatives at a convention in maybe 1958, 1959. he did not remember me, but i knew exactly who he was. when i got to congress, it was a wonderful experience to work with him on so many policy issues. he was in the senate, i was in the house, but he was a leader. it was fascinating to watch him. i have been watching people in boston, and truly i would be there if i did not have an injury last week to my back and could not make the trip. but i will be in touch with them. he was a lea

garrett jones is is a 28-year- old outfielder from harvey, illinois, originally signed by atlanta 10 years ago. left center. nyjer morgan can't get there and plays it hon a hop. john lannan, pretty hittable last night and stammen, not a great start here tonight. now, here is the defense we talked about with elijah dukes and his 10 assists in right field. josh willingham back to left where he's more comfortable, and with morgan in the middle, very, very good. al weathero gonzales struggling a bit in the field and big-time with the bat. the nats need to get him going, and here is ryan doumit, the catcher, hitting just .245. and he rolls a double play ball. gonzales, guzman, and a made-to- order 4-6-3. that will save some pitches. the lead-off homer by andrew mccutchen, his fourth of the year. 2-1 after one. ♪ ♪ more bars in more places. at&t. the best coverage worldwide. for back to school, get the pantech matrix for $29.99 after mail-in rebate.  >> bob: the lineup, nyjer morgan is in left. brandon moss is still herement and adam laroche, he has gone to boston and now atlanta and ryan doumit. here is the new look pirates. ronny cedeno, a veteran shortstop brou

the statement reads in part -- bill: major garrett is live at the white house to untangle all of this for us. major, what's the latest? >> the latest is this, john. the white house has made a couple of changes overnight to its contact us section of the website. if you go to the white house website and go to the contact us section, you will find two things this morning that you didn't find last night. one is a check box where you can opt out of receiving any emails from the white house even though you're commenting to the white house on any given topic. previously, if you sent a comment in, you would probably receive an email from the white house even if you didn't want one. there is a read-in vare fire. you see it in the lower left-hand corner of the screen. that's the squiggly letters there. frequently if you go on a website to buy tickets for a sporting event or concert, you have to do that read-in vare fire to verify your intention. if you don't want to receive emails or even if you do, you have to type in that vare fire to confirm your own personal interest in either not receiving an email or receiving one. as a matter of principal, john, i

garrett, thank you. brian: something else was gluon yesterday before this sad news. that was the town hall meetings. johnn directing with people. you remember the campaign. were you surprised to see some of the turbulence that nearly hit him in the face and arizona? gretchen: i thought it was interesting. i have not seen mccain back in this role since he was campaigning last year. he was using some of his same catch phrases. i had to chuckle at some of those things. for the most part, the crowd was pretty much in favor of john mccain. eric: i like his politics, but a stark contrast between a mccain moment -- the few moments he is standing there and you're waiting for him to give you something, and the barack obama talking points. he was not doing it for me yesterday. brian: here is senator john mccain in an unscripted moment. >> no compromises, senator. >> to do nothing is not the answer, but to have a government takeover is exactly the wrong way to go. i will tell you right now. if it had not been for these town hall meetings, i believe that health care reform and the government plan would have been ero

john garrett of the virginia hospital center. as the debate over health care continues, c-span's health-care hub is the key resources. go online, follow the latest tweets, video ads and links. watch the latest events including town hall meetings and share your thoughts with your own citizens video including video from any town halls you have gone to. and there's more at c-span.org/healthcare. >> since yesterday evening at the jfk library in boston, folks have in paying their final respects to senator ted knedy who diedate tuesday at his home in hyannis port, mass.. he will lie here in repose until 3:00 p.m. eastern or so today. a memorial service here at 7:00 p.m. eastern will be live on c-span, funeral services and burial saturday at arlington national cemetery. [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence]