. >>> a johns hopkins university graduate dies after the car plunges into a frozen creek near washington, d.c. a jogger called police after spotting a tire sticking out of rock creek. police say 22-year-old joshua coleman was trapped inside the car. he graduated from johns hopkins last year and investigators are now trying to piece together what happened. >> anything that we find on the scene as far as skid marks or broken tees and that type of thing is going to be part of the investigation. right now we have not determined where the vehicle came. >> it took several hours and three different tow trucks to pull the badly damaged car out of the ice. >>> maryland transit authority police are seek witnesses to the death of a pedestrian who was found dead along the northbound lanes of the harbor tunnel throughway. police have identified him as 23-year-old christian of baltimore city. they ask anyone with information on the death to give them a call. >>> as maryland's unemployment rate climbs, state leaders are set to begin debating salary increases. governor o'malley and general assembly will

the john hopkins school for evidence international studies in washington, d.c. hosts this 90 minute event. >> my name is bruce, the director of the russian studies program, and i am very pleased to welcome you to this lecture by dr. r. g. brown. the even is co-sponsored by sais and st. ns college was this part of oxford university where dr. brown spent most of his professional career. archie brown is emeritus professor of politics at the university of oxford emeritus fellow of st. antony's college. he began his academic career with doctoral studies of the london school of economics and political science where he worked with leonard shapiro was the giants in the development of russian soviet studies in the west. from lsd, he moved to a lectureship in the department of politics and [applause] university and then on to oxford. the following decades he was a visiting professor of yale, columbia university and university of texas austin. in 1998 he was distinguished visiting fellow at the kellogg institute of international studies at the university of notre dame. i a

found in a car that plunged into a creek in washington dc. 22-year-old joshua coleman a recent john hopkins graduate. a jogger called police after seeing the car in rock creek. >>> a sol el start to a new year on the eastern shore because of the death of an 11- year-old girl. nearly a thousand friend and family gathered in salisbury to say a final good-bye to sarah foxwell found dead on christmas day after being abducted from her home. murder charges are pending against the man police say is responsible. >> we will cover every single piece of evidence that is needed to successfully put this man behind bars. >> sarah's sister say she saw 30-year-old thomas snatch her from her bed. he is a convicted child molester and is already in jail on kidnapping and burgulary charges. >>> a two alarm fire leaves several people without a home this morning president it happened late last night. baltimore county fire crews arrived on the scene to find the house engulfed in flames. the cause of the fire is still under investigation at this hour. >>> a new year, new titles from baltimore area priests receive

johns hopkins students are now all said to be ok and there is a survival story from the director of missions who happens to be from haiti. dr. rod martel just left his family there 10 days ago. and a baltimore county wife is relieved after getting a text message from her nuds haiti last night. -- husband in haiti last night. scot foos. >> i'm worried because my husband would put his life at risk. if he saw a baby or somebody needed him he would never walk away. >> as for the u.s.s. comfort it takes five days to get this ship ready for sail. >> new this morning, an education winner for the second year in a row. maryland is the top public school system in the entire nation receiving a b-plus. according to "education week" which ranks schools in 11 key areas. >> this is not a glitch that this is real. it is sustained. and it is a tribute to the kind of consolidation and collaboration we have in the state of maryland. >> is this like win ags -- winning a super bowl the second year in a row. >> it is like winning the super bowl two years in a row because your competition is 49 other states and th

not far away, neighboring johns hopkins, it was the neighboring annual blue jay annual.ot a lot of inside points like that single role move there from eric rolander. on the other end, though, watch hopkins' sean wild on the shot. that's good. thanks to the kind bounce. no final report. yeah, there it is. we finally got it. 77-69. hopkins over mary washington. that game went to overtime. hey, we have got a lot more to talk about at 11:00. the eve of the big game. >> also at 11:00, on wjz. more emotional reaction for the family of sarah foxwell, that young foxbury girl who was abducted and killed and laid to rest. >>> and 2005 characters of the prophet muhammad outraged many muslims. >>> be sure to watch 48 hours mystery, immediately followed by eyewitness news at 11:00. it's a bit of an unusual story here. a colorado man has found a way to set his kennel business apart from the rest. and in colorado springs, your man will pick up your furry friends in that vehicle right there. yes, it is a hearst that he has turned into a pet limo. of course, he gets a lot of attention as

she's a professor at john hopkins university. and rudi bakhtiar works for the international campaign for human rights in iran. both are in washington tonight. and bobak kahior is is a host of a talk show on iran radio l.a. and comedian and actor maz jobrani, also in los angeles tonight. good to see all of you. hey, rudi, i'm going to start with you. when you see that video, what is it like for you as an iranian-american watching that video coming in from home? >> it's breaking my heart. every day, in fact, since june we have been watching videos of our family members and friends out in the streets of tehran being brutalized by this government. literally since last sunday dozens have been killed. over 1,500 arrested and serving jail time now in iran's prisons. and what is important to note is that everything that we are watching right now, running over protesters by iranian security forces, the beating up indiscriminately of protesters, shooting on protesters and murdering protesters, this is all being done with the hedna of the s

. >> reporter: you but johns hopkins pediatric cardiologist said trying to get a you n heart for an infant is risky. >> many children will be on the heart transplant list and will not get a heart i time. sometimes it is close to % don't get hearts on time and die waiting on the list. >> reporter: the pediatric heart surgeon decided they couldn't afford to wait for a perfect match so they would try something you new. >> we have to basically bite the bullet and do our first. compatible heart transplant. when you're against the wall, you're against the wall and you fight. >> reporter: an abo incompatible transplant means the donor's blood type doesn't match the recipient's. it is relatively new science but they are finding it can work in very young children. that's because babies younger than 14 months have undeveloped immune systems and very few antibodies, so they don't always reject the donor organ. >> what happens is the immune system is immature. and it has not been primed to react to a fornl anti-jen. >> reporter: one study finds survival rates for babies who got incompatible heart tran

. >> according to joshua coolan's facebook page he graduated from johns hopkins university in 2009, ande recently worked in acquisitions for the u.s. navy. >>> the district and virginia plan to ask for federal aid. fema should pick up 75% of the expenses for the first 48 hours of the storm, but as you know, the cleanup lasted much longer. maryland will not seek federal help. even though it has already spent its entire snow budget. >>> four u.s. service members have been killed in a roadside bombing in afghanistan. the explosion ahead happened yesterday in the country's southern region. the deaths are the first combat- related deaths for u.s. service members in the new year. >>> five virginia students detained in pakistan on allegations of terrorism are due in court today. pakistani prosecutors are expected to ask the judge to officially charge all five men with terrorism. the charge would carry a maximum sentence of life in prison. >>> new security measures regarding airline travel went into effect at midnight. the stricter rules stem from the attempted bombing of a flight on christmas

professor of public health and johns hopkins, dr. camccarey. as always, it's an honor to have you with us. dr. mccarey, i'm still tied up on family and child services going to the woods' home following reports of alleged assault in front of the children. is there a doctor involved in that? >> a doctor will often tip off child services to go to a family home. anything suspicious will get reported to them, and these teams will go to the home and try to do individual interviews based on a tip-off. and we've had situations in all directions. >> and dr. mccarey, could you explain to me, could you look at his injuries and tell if they were from a car crash or if he got bashed in the head with a golf club? >> actually, oftentimes you can. car crash impacts are high velocity impacts from directly straight and in the front, where as domestic dispute injuries are often from the side or the back. oftentimes you can tell the difference. >> what about it, eleanor dixon? >> i agree, nancy, it's important to have that kind of physical evidence, especially in

john scarboro, johns hopkins hospital in miami. jimmy john louis will join us next.e's heading for haiti. don't go away. some lunch. wi . (gasp and scream) go! go! go! go! go! go! (phone rings) hello? this is mark with broadview security. is everything okay? no. someone just tried to break in. i'm sending help right now. thank you. (announcer) brink's home security is now broadview security. call now to install the standard system for just $99. the proven technology of a broadview security system delivers rapid response from highly trained profe0=ionals, 24 hours a day. call now to get the $99 installation, plus a second keypad installed free. and, you could save up to 20% on your homeowner's insurance. call now -nd get the system installed for just $99. broadview security for your home or business - the next generation of brink's home security. call now. >> larry: joining us now by phone because we lost power is edwin molet, the attorney general for peacekeeping operations. he previously served as personal representative to haiti and he was dispatched to the scene b

. >> according to his facebook page, he graduated from johns hopkins in 2009 and recently worked in acquisitions for the u.s. navy. >>> our region spent over $41 million dealing with last month's record snowstorm. now a request for uncle sam to pick up some of the tab. the district and virginia plan on asking for federal aid. fema should pick up 75% of expenses the first 48 hoursful storm. but as you know, cleanup lasted much longer. maryland will not seek federal help, even though already spent the entire snow budget. >>> five after the hour. time for living smart. jessica doyle is here, ready for first trading day of 2010. good morning. >> good morning. well, the new year brings a fresh start for folks and the same for wall street. a lot could ride on how stocks perform this month. historically speaking, first few trading days in january the strongest for stock performance. this is time when new money is added into retirement accounts. wall street journal reports whether people follow this pattern can be a sign of market's prospects the coming week, even for the year. if stocks rise in january

one of them is that you have a guest on some months ago either from johns hopkins or the mayo clinic. and he confessed there were no standards of practice for high-risk surgeries and hospitals. that astounded me because i feel that really is a tremendous waste regarding tours reform for about nine believe it is necessary to have standards of practice in hospitals where they perform high-risk surgery is. it is the fault of the position that they should pay out all those who suffered a of the patient who died or if they have long term and negative results. this would reduce tort reform immensely as far as i am concerned. second me talking about primary-care physicians i know president obama is pushing for primary-care physicians to increase the health of rural areas however i go to a private care physician and the like him very much to wherever i had an experience with a drug they put me on while under kilo. that raised my blood pressure. >> host: with all apologies please get your point*. >> caller: after they found out my kidney function test was elevated the primary-care physician di

mahadevappa mahesh, chief physicist at johns hopkins university hospital, showed us how they work.he said the radiation levels, especially with the backscatter machine, are not high. >> the radiation dose levels are quite low. when i say quite low, let's give a comparison with the respiratory medical chest x-ray, let's say. compared to a medical chest x- ray, a typical backscatter, you need to acquire or go through the scanners nearly 1,000 to 2,000 times before the dose reaches to a typical chest x- ray. >> suarez: all in all, mahesh believes the body scanners are safe, but that people in high risk groups-- like pregnant women and children-- should have the option not to use them. >> what i normally suggest is we have a couple of airports in the u.s., which have installed both of these technologies and right now, they are giving public an option to go through these things and not go through these things. >> suarez: even if the federal aviation administration is able to convince travelers that the machines are safe, there is still the privacy concern. the american civil liberties u

. >> lauren lutz currently attending johns hopkins university. >> tell us what your question is for thethe texas advanced direct is act gives the panel the power to discontinue life-giving care if the patient is not able to transfer to another facility within 10 days of being able to notify panel's decision these panels have come to -- able to request care and who are able to pay. so keeping in mind that texas is the only state with such a law, what changes would you support being made to the texas advanced -- act? >> and we will begin with senator hutchison. >> to be honest with you i have not heard that we had an act such as that. i think it is -- i would be very concerned about pulling the plug on a patient that did not have the right and a family and/or some protection against this being done indiscriminately. >> governor perry? >> i always stand by the side of life. and in this case it's no different. you do everything you can to keep those patients alive. and certainly working with the physician that is are there, if they don't have a, you stand by life in this state. >> so would

susan, i don't know if you were the moderator at the time, some months ago he was either from johns hopkins or the mayo clinic. and he confessed that there were no standards of practice for high risk surgeries in hospitals. and that astounded me. because i feel that that really, you know, is a tremendous waste regarding tort reform. i think it's necessary to have standards of practice in hospitals where they perform high risk surgeries. and is it the fault of the physician and the hospital that they should pay out the patient who suffered. even the family of the patient who died or the patient had long-term negative results. and this would reduce tort reform immensely as far as i'm concerned. secondly, i want to talk about primary care physicians. i know that president obama is pushing for primary care physicians. to increase the health in rural areas especially. however, i go to a primary care physician and i like him very much. however, i had an experience with a drug they put me on while i was under chemo. that raised my blood pressure and i was put on a certain drug and i'm sure where t

state for democracy, human rigs and labor; and david lampton, directoof the china studs program at johns hopkins university. welcome to both of you. >> thank you. >> mr. posnewhat exactly was seetary of state clintoaccusing china of when it comes to iernet frh dom? what do yosee? >> well, i seehis broader than china it's saying th a number of countries inhe world are basically restrictinthe right of people to spe freehly through e internet, through their cell phones. and preventing them om reallyngaging within their own soeties and the dialogue about issuethat are important to them. this is rely human rights and democracy issue. and this is one component it. >> reporr: specifically in the case of googleand in these attacks on gooe, e-mail accounts, she asked china to iestigate what haened. now most experts pointed directly at the chinese government or chinese-supported entities. is tt the way the u.s. sees it in. >> well, i think what we see is that there is a broad pattern of restriction of information ina. ceainly the government is volved in that. 're also concerned about persal privacy and pr

policy toward latin america with an expert at the johns hopkins university.t an update from cspan radio. >> it is 8:30 a.m. eastern time. president barack obama announces a series of economic initiatives today aimed at helping middle-class families. this is days before his state of the union address proposals include doubling the child care tax credit, caps on student loan payments, and aid for families caring for elderly relatives. later in the day, the president welcomes the los angeles lakers, the nba champions, to the white house. monitoring of a direct contract is so weak they have no confidence in the accuracy of more than $1 billion in payments. there's a report that suggests that the state's are ill- equipped to keep track of the money flowing into afghanistan. there is a blast in afghanistan. two other blasts followed minutes later. police say a least 11 people were killed more on google and email hacking. china is denying involvement in recent internet attacks. they are defending its online restrictions as lawful. this is after the united states urg

. >> john hopkins university and new america foundation. and i like the image of rand as a kind of religious figure rather than profit. the other thing i was thinking of when i think of rand sometimes i think of the movie semi tough where one of the things of the core is they are going to this project called pyramid power so they go to this pyramid power and people keep asking did you get it? people are like i don't know if i've got it or not. and one of the other metaphors is not that it's a religious figure but a kind of leader of a personal potential kind of cult and i use this in a very neutral cents but this is a phenomena that we see starting in the 50's and going all the way to the president of self-help organizations that involved arguments about people's personal potential that almost always have certain kind of qualities that in common the attribution that there is weak people who are trying to hold you down and you need to be able to stand up against those weak people, you can call them second hampers, whenever you want and i gue

and we met there -- one of those we met patricia mcnair who's a johns hopkins therapist who's in the film. so we really you know we started to just sort of graft ourselves into the subject both in wall street and in baltimore. and in a way -- i believe at that stage which was january '08 -- what really -- the memory i have of that period was how inside, how terrified people were on wall street. people were sort of talking in very apocalyptic terms. i remember a trader at a bank, one of the - some one who traded in derivatives at one of the big banks told me. he said, "i'm sitting here looking at my six screens and it feels like armageddon." oh my god. but this hadn't yet got onto the front pages of the papers that we were really going over a cliff here. >> where do you find money for something like this? >> investors. fortunately documentaries like this aren't that expensive to make. you know, i've been making documentaries for -- making films for 30 years now. so i know how to make something without spending way too much money. it's really about editing as much as possible in the ca

. >> i am steve from johns hopkins university and new america foundation. i like the image of brand, the religious figure. the other thing i was thinking of and i think of rand sometimes i think of the movie semi-tough with is one of the things at the core, they're going to this project called pyramid power, right? they're not doing this long football think at this period permit our thing and people keep asking did you get it. i don't know. i'm not sure i got it or not. one of the other metaphors, as kind of a leader of a personal potential kind of cold, i use cold in a very neutral sense in that. but this is a phenomenon we've seen starting really in the '50s and going all the way to the present, self-help qaeda organization that involved arguments about people's personal potential but almost always have certain kind of qualities that in common right to attribution that there is weak people are trying to hold you down here can any be able to stand up against those weak people, you can call them second hand is, call them what everyone. i'd be interested in

. >> and teaching courses at johns hopkins. i am also a non-resident scholar here. this is the first seminar of the year. the title is "happy new year." the world economy in 2010. there is a question mark behind it. the meaning i think will become clear. the recession we are struggling to get out of this unusual. that is the reason for that? behind the happy new year. -- that is the reason for the question mark behind happen here. these are all heavy hitters in the subject. in order, sitting here -- uri dadush is the director of the international economic programs here. before that he worked for a long time at the world bank or he was responsible for research and trade policies. and for the publication of the influential will economic outlook publication. next to him we have philip suttle who is the global head of economic research at an institute here in washington, responsible for developing their economic work. and for product develop them. he is the author of many articles published. next to me on the left is jorg decressin, the head of the world economic studie

we could not wait to get her to the house as she climbed the steps around the corner from the johns hopkins medical school, she called up for the children to get the paring knives to appeal the apples and pears. she called for the big pots to will flow fodder for the canning jars. plan and the lake pulled on her canvas apron, we knew you have many tasty treats perched on the edge of a not so steady chair or the aluminum tub upside-down aunt lilly would place the empty pots between her legs and have no shame that her nylon's at the knees were exposed. when the children laughed she said i am not here for fashion. with mere lightning speed she began to peel the apples and pears and in no time they were dropping like flies into the pot between her legs. talking fast, aunt lilly told a story of segregation in the south. but then hours later still and her traveling had she had the apples and pears are ready to be preserved. we're coveted by the smell of allspice, a close, sugar and the site of aunt lilly putting the pot on the stove we settled down and aunt lilly was back in town. she was our sec

as she climbed the rickety front steps to 1641 part street around the corner from the johns hopkins medicalchool, she called out for the children to get their paring knife to peel the apples and pears. she called for the big pots to boil the water for the old. when aunt lily pulled on her old white canvas apron, we knew we would have many tasty treat for the winter. perched on the edge of a not so steady chair, or an old cooler aluminum cup turned upside down, aunt lily would hoist up her dress a bit and place in antipot between her legs that she had no shame that her heavy nylons nodded at the knees were exposed. when the children laughed about her stockings, she said, i'm not here for a fashion show. with mere lightning speed, transixtetransixteen began peeling apples and pears, and in no time at all they were dropping like flies into the pot between her legs. talking fast while peeling, aunt lily told stories of the the segregation in this epic and i've read that before. but then, hours later and still in her traveling, and lily had the apples and pears ready to be preserved. we were com

government-managed entities, and he is a fellow at the center for the study of american government at johns hopkins can. thank you. >> it's a pleasure to be here and ralph has arranged a program so that everybody can hear various alternatives and really weigh for yourselves the pros and cons. i happen to be the author of a book, "a state of risk: will government-sponsored enterprises be the next financial crisis?" that book was written in 1991, so you can tell my timing was off. but, in fact, you can point out the structural vulnerabilities of an institution. what you don't know is when the stresses will hit that actually bring it down. so what i'd like to do today is, first, talk about why they failed, fannie mae and freddie mac, and then make a couple of points about the future. and then leave time for dialogue which in this kind of forum is really important. there are a number of reasons why fannie and freddie failed. i'd like to highlight two of them today. the first was a center piece of this book which was their high leverage. fannie mae and freddie mac fought to have capital standards that a

recent john hopkins graduate is dead after his car plunges into a froze creek.ounced dead at the scene. a jogger called police after spotting the car many the creek under the ice. >>> nearly a thousand friends and family gathered on saturday to say a final good-bye to sarah foxwell who was found dead after being abducted from her bed. murder charges are pending against thomas leggs and lock down a wild card spot for running back lewis who racked up three touchdowns, the ravens win 32-1 before 13. stay with wjz. up next, gilbert afor all the wrong reasons as he prepares to, >>> you're looking at a live shot of the city and central park. 12 degrees i understand when mr. harry smith walked across the park this morning. >> balmy. >> why do you do it when it's so cold? >>. >> it's not an issue, it's just why wouldn't you. >> okay. because it's cold. >> it's chilly. >> invigorating, i bet. >> hearty mid western. it's not a big deal for us. >> i'd sit in the car. >>> with he will come back. coming up, very important information for parents. et's long been thought that

i went to the johns hopkins center in noshing. >> but the fact that we have an aggressive state departmentprogram is indication we don't have language skills within the america public at large. where do you see that in terms of as we move ahead? >> i agree that we need -- we need more chinese language skills developed within the american public at large. we've seen greater growth in chinese language, teaching in high schools and at the university level. and in this regard, the president has announced a very strong initiative during his trip to increase the number of american students in china to 100,000 over the next four years ago we will be working to implement that in the coming weeks and months. >> thank you all for your service. >> i think the german. mr. bartlett? >> to mr. sasquatch and, i would suggest china has two concerns that largely a limited their very aggressive military buildup. the first is taiwan. tiny island, 20 some million people versus a homeland of 1,000,000,390 people. why the big concert? i think they see that taiwan can declare its independence, so can a lot of ot

. >> and teaching courses at johns hopkins. i am also a non-resident scholar here. this is the first seminar of the year. the title is "happy new year." the world economy in 2010. there is a question mark behind it. the meaning i think will become clear. the recession we are struggling to get out of this unusual. that is the reason for that? behind the happy new year. -- that is the reason for the question mark behind happen here. these are all heavy hitters in the subject. in order, sitting here -- uri dadush is the director of the international economic programs here. before that he worked for a long time at the world bank or he was responsible for research and trade policies. and for the publication of the influential will economic outlook publication. next to him we have philip suttle who is the global head of economic research at an institute here in washington, responsible for developing their economic work. and for product develop them. he is the author of many articles published. next to me on the left is jorg decressin, the head of the world economic studie

i went to the johns hopkins center, but -- >> the fact that we have an aggressive program is an indicationhat we don't have language skills. where do you see that? terms of -- as we move ahead? >> i agree that we need more chinese language skills developed within the american public at large. we have seen great growth in chinese language teaching in high schools and at the university level. in this regard the president announced a very strong initiative during his trip to increase the number of american students in china to 100,000 over four years. we will be working to implement that in the coming weeks and months. >> thank you for your service. >> relative to doctor snyder's question, i would like to suggest that china has two concerns that largely eliminate their very aggressive build up. the first is taiwan. the tiny island the size of maryland and 3/4 is inhabitable. 1,300 million people. taiwan can declare independence like other regions like tibet and see the empire unraveling if taiwan can do that and i hope to resolve this. i think china will do anything necessary militarily to ke

andy care program at johns hopkins. there are others out there as well. we want to encourage and develop information about caregivers, not just in their psychosocial state and what they do, but how they interact with the health-care system and the social services and how those things could be improved by bringing them together. we believe that working with family caregivers in this current and future environment house to be a core competency for all health care and social service professionals. this is not something that is intuitive and can be caught and -- can be taught and can be learned. we want full integration of family caregivers and medical homes and transitional care programs, and not just by name only, but by explicit attention to what the family caregivers need. we want to encourage creation of payment schemes which includes the support. policymakers are often moved by family caregivers valuable stories. the story is supported by the practitioners must be translated into specific policy actions which are family caregivers. the health-care provi

he holds a degree in history from yale and economics from john hopkins and a master's in history fromharvard. i turn this evening over to him. [applause] >> thank you, david. he has been with us a few months and has made great change and we are pleased to have them at the national archives. it is much warmer here. this is an away game for me and i am awfully cold. first of all, please join me in welcoming eagle but grow -- egil krogh and jerry schilling. gentleman. bud krogh was deputy to the council of the president. he oversight bill -- he oversaw the war on drugs. he is perhaps the man most responsible for getting medical detect -- matt detectors into american airports. >> sorry. [laughter] >> no, it was a good start. jerry schilling was a close friend of elvis presley for 23 years and he worked for him for 10. it is also a veteran of the music industry. you are about to find out -- each man are superb rock into ours, so we're going to start. >> jerry, set this up for us. you are in los angeles and you're not working for office. 1971, what is eldest doing flying by himself with a c

andy care program at johns hopkins. there are others out there as well.ant to encourage and develop information about caregivers, not just in their psychosocial state and what they do, but how they interact with the health-care system and the social services and how those things could be improved by bringing them together. we believe that working with family caregivers in this current and future environment house to be a core competency for all health care and social service professionals. this is not something that is intuitive and can be caught and -- can be taught and can be learned. we want full integration of family caregivers and medical homes and transitional care programs, and not just by name only, but by explicit attention to what the family caregivers need. we want to encourage creation of payment schemes which includes the support. policymakers are often moved by family caregivers valuable stories. the story is supported by the practitioners must be translated into specific policy actions which are family caregivers. the health-care provider a

in fact, a couple of years ago john hopkins university went to the poor neighborhoods in baltimore, marylandd deliberately and without informing the poor people in those areas, the black people, that they were deliberately putting lead in the soil, and that was reported and "the baltimore sun." host: let us move on to ogden, kansas, norman on the republican line. caller: i think any company should be allowed to move out of any country that they want to. yes, there probably is a lot of spying going on. but we people here in the united states should be able to do what we want to. as long as it is legal, that is what the constitution says. host: the off a lead and "the new york times." it quotes -- host: let's take a phone call from ogilvy, illinois. caller: thank you for taking my call. host: what did you have to say? caller: we are talking about google pulling out of china and the comment i have to make, we still have to remember that china is communists, they want to put on a capitalist face but they are communists. we have gotten pet food from them that has been tainted. we have gotten toys

from the johns hopkins school for advanced political policy. currently in latin america and how different is it from the bush administration? >> we really don't have a policy to latin america. that is not a fault of the obama administration. the euna states needs universal bilateral policies in certain regions. there are many long past policies for the night states -- the united states need to direct -- differentiate among different countries in the hemisphere. we have different priorities now. we are slow in washington on the hill and in the white house to come to that understanding. host: what is the political landscape in latin america? how has the landscape changed politically down there? guest: there is a much more guest: there is a much more diverse ide guest: we have countries like venezuela which are not friendly to the united states or to the market economy. then we have a pragmatic president in brazil who is becoming a moral leader, with whom we need to engage much more deeply than we are now. and then we have the perennial problem in

guest on -- susan, i don't know if you are the moderator at the time -- but it was either from johns hopkins the mayo clinic, and he confessed that there were no standards of practice for high-risk surgeries in hospitals. that astounded me. i feel that that really, you know, is a tremendous race towards tort reform. i think it is necessary to have standards of practice in hospitals where they perform high-risk surgeries. it is the fault of the physician and hospital, they should pay out a patient who suffered -- the family of the patient who died, or the patient that has long term negative results. this would reduce tort reform immensely, as far as i'm concerned. secondly, i want to talk about primary-care physicians. i know that president obama is pushing for a primary-care physicians to increase the help in rural areas, especially. however, i go to a primary-care physician, and i like him very much -- however, i had an experience with the drug they put me on when i was under chemo, and that increased my blood pressure. host: patricia, with all apologies, we have a lot of colors. -- callers

in fact, a couple of years ago john hopkins university went to the poor neighborhoods in baltimore, maryland lead in the soil, and that was reported and "the baltimore sun." host: let us move on to ogden, kansas, norman on the republican line. caller: i think any company should be allowed to move out of any country that they want to. yes, there probably is a lot of spying going on. but we people here in the united states should be able to do what we want to. as long as it is legal, that is what the constitution says. host: the off a lead and "the new york times." it quotes -- this was not the first time the company had considered withdrawing from china. let's take a phone call from oglesby, illinois. good morning. . let's take a phone call from ogilvy, illinois. caller: thank you for taking my call. host: what did you have to say? caller: we are talking about google pulling out of china and the comment i have to make, we still have to remember that china is communists, they want to put on a capitalist face but they are communists. we have gotten pet food from them that has been tainted. we h

in fact, a couple of years ago john hopkins university went to the poor neighborhoods in baltimore, maryland and east st. louis and deliberately and without informing the poor people in those areas, the black people, that they were deliberately putting lead in the soil, and that was reported and "the baltimore sun." host: let us move on to ogden, kansas, norman on the republican line. caller: i think any company should be allowed to move out of any country that they want to. yes, there probably is a lot of spying going on. but we people here in the united states should be able to do what we want to. as long as it is legal, that is as long as it is legal, that is what the constit >> we're going live now to capitol hill where president obama is to speak to the democratic caucus, which has been meeting on the economy and jobs. this is being held up the capital visitors' center, live on c-span. [applause] >> mr. president, on behalf of the chairman, the leadership of this house under the able direction of nancy pelosi, and the courageous work of each and every member of the house democratic cauc

guest on -- susan, i don't know if you are the moderator at the time -- but it was either from johns hopkins the mayo clinic, and he confessed that there were no standards of practice for high-risk surgeries in hospitals. that astounded me. i feel that that really, you know, is a tremendous race towards tort reform. i think it is necessary to have standards of practice in hospitals where they perform high-risk surgeries. it is the fault of the physician and hospital, they should pay out a patient who suffered -- the family of the patient who died, or the patient that has long term negative results. this would reduce tort reform immensely, as far as i'm concerned. secondly, i want to talk about primary-care physicians. i know that president obama is pushing for a primary-care physicians to increase the help in rural areas, especially. however, i go to a primary-care physician, and i like him very much -- however, i had an experience with the drug they put me on when i was under chemo, and that increased my blood pressure. host: patricia, with all apologies, we have a lot of colors. -- callers

. >> beat 19-year-old lauren lutz and lauren is attending johns hopkins university.tommy witcher question is for the candidates. >> biggest hospital ethics panel for life-giving care of any patients whose causes futile if they are not able to transfer another of ten days of the decision. these panels however have come to consider a speedo patients who are conscious, able to request care and be able to pay. so keeping in mind that texas is the only state with such a law, what changes would you support being made to the texas advance directives act? >> begin with senator hutchison. >> to be very honest with you, i had not heard that we had an act such as that. i would be very concerned about pulling the plug on a patient that did not have the rights and a family or some protection against this being done indiscriminately. >> governor perry? >> ioa stand by the side of life. and in this case, it is no different. you do everything you can to keep those patients alive and certainly working with the physicians that are there. if they don't have -- do you stand by place in

government managed entities, and he is a fellow at the center for the study of american government at johns hopkinsthank you. >> it is a pleasure to be here, and ralph has arranged a program so that everybody can hear various alternatives and really wait for yourselves the pros and cons. i happen to be the author of a book, a state of risk, will government sponsored enterprises be the next financial crisis? that book was written in 1991, so you can tell my timing was off. but, in fact, you can point out the structural and liabilities of an institution, but what you don't know is when the stresses will head that actually bring it down. so what i would like to do today is first talk about why they failed, fannie mae and freddie mac and then make a couple of points about their future. and then leave time for dialogue, which in this kind of form is really important. there are a number of reasons why fannie and freddie failed. i would like to highlight two of them today. the first was a centerpiece of this book, which was their high leverage. fannie mae and freddie mac fought to have capital standards t

guest on -- susan, i don't know if you are the moderator at the time -- but it was either from johns hopkins or the mayo clinic, and he confessed that there were no standards of practice for high-risk surgeries in hospitals. that astounded me. i feel that that really, you know, is a tremendous race towards tort reform. i think it is necessary to have standards of practice in hospitals where they perform high-risk surgeries. it is the fault of the physician and hospital, they should pay out a patient who suffered -- the family of the patient who died, or the patient that has long term negative results. this would reduce tort reform immensely, as far as i'm concerned. secondly, i want to talk about primary-care physicians. i know that president obama is pushing for a primary-care physicians to increase the help in rural areas, especially. however, i go to a primary-care physician, and i like him very much -- however, i had an experience with the drug they put me on when i was under chemo, and that increased my blood pressure. host: patricia, with all apologies, we have a lot of colors. -- call

andy care program at johns hopkins. there are others out there as well. our article concludes with some recommendations. we want to encourage and develop information about caregivers, not just in their psychosocial state and what they do, but how they interact with the health-care system and the social services and how those things could be improved by bringing them together. we believe that working with family caregivers in this current and future environment house to be a core competency for all health care and social service professionals. this is not something that is intuitive and can be caught and -- can be taught and can be learned. we want full integration of family caregivers and medical homes and transitional care programs, and not just by name only, but by explicit attention to what the family caregivers need. we want to encourage creation of payment schemes which includes the support. policymakers are often moved by family caregivers valuable stories. the story is supported by the practitioners must be translated into specific policy actions w

and the guided care program at johns hopkins, directed by chad bolt and there are others out there as well. our article concludes with some recommendations. we want to encourage and develop information about caregivers, not just in their psychosocial stay and what they do with ad l's and idl's, but how they interact with the health care system and the social service system and how those things could be improved by bringing them together. we believe that working with family caregivers, in this current and future environment has to be a core competency for all health care and social service professionals. this is not something that is intuitive. something that can be taught, can be learned, but it's extremely important. we want to encourage full integration of family caregivers in medical homes, transitional care programs, not just by name only, patient/family, but by explicit attention to what the family caregivers' needs, limitations and strengths are and finally we want to encourage creation of payment schemes that includes family caregivers, needs assessment and support. policy make

andy care program at johns hopkins. there are others out there as well. our article concludes with some recommendations. we want to encourage and develop information about caregivers, not just in their psychosocial state and what they do, but how they interact with the health-care system and the social services and how those things could be improved by bringing them together. we we believe that working with family caregivers in this current and future environment has to be a core competency for all healthcare and social service professionals. this is not something that is intuitive, something that can be caught, can be learned, but it's extreme important. we want to encourage full integration of family caregivers in medical home, transitional care programs, not just by patient-family, but by explicit attention to what the family caregivers' needs and limitations and strengths are. and finally, we want to encourage creation of payment schemes that include caregiver needs assessments and support. policy makers are often moved by family caregivers' powerful

that is according to a new study by johns hopkins university.wo important questions, why would this happen? and what does it mean about tossing out those cigarettes. dr. sanjay gupta takes a look in today's "fit nation" report. >> reporter: first of all, let me say that no one is saying that you shouldn't quit smoking. you obviously should, there's a lot of negative health consequences of smoking. the study looked at what happens to the body in someone who does quit. large study. over ten years i looked at 10,000 people, and they found that people who quit smoking had a 70% increased likelihood of developing diabetes within six years. if you really take that a step further and figure out why it really primarily had to do with weight gain. these people who were quitting smoking also started to gain weight, on the average between 4 and 10 pounds. and they also gained inches around the waist, about an inch and a quarter. that's on dom nal fat, that's met boughtically active fat. it's the worst kind of fat and can increase your likelihood for diabet

he was either from johns-hopkins or the mayo clinic. and he confessed that there were no standards of practice for high risk surgeries in hospitals, and that astounded me because i feel that that really is a tremendous waste regarding toward reform. i think it is necessary to have standards of practice in hospitals where they perform high-risk surgeries. if it is the fault of the physician or the hospital, then they are the ones who should pay to the people. this would reduce tort reform a lot. secondly, i want to talk about primary care physicians. i know that president obama is pushing for primary care physicians and to increase them in rural areas especially. i go to a primary care physician, and i like them very much. however, i had an experience with a drug they put me on while i was under chemo. that raised my been, and i was put on altase. host: patricia, with apologies, to your point, please. caller: after i found out my kidney function tests were elevated, the primary care physician didn't listen to me. host: what is the point

science professor from the johns hopkins school for advanced political policy. what is our policy currently in latin america and how different is it from the bush administration? >> we really don't have a policy to latin america. that is not a fault of the obama administration. the euna states needs universal bilateral policies in certain regions. there are many long past policies for the night states -- the united states need to direct -- differentiate among different countries in the hemisphere. we have different priorities now. we are slow in washington on the hill and in the white house to come to that understanding. host: what is the political landscape in latin america? how has the landscape changed politically down there? guest: there is a much more diverse ideological group of countries such as venezuela and ecuador and bolivia which are not very friendly to the united states or to the market economy. on the other hand, we have a prpragmatic president likelula in central america. we have the problem of cuba and we have a terrible problem with haiti. host