reflecting are james carville, mary matalin and julia reed. >> so what do you love about being here? >> let us count the ways. >> this is the way that i can explain new orleans. everybody else talks about a quality of life. you live in washington,-- the mondayments, the buildings, the kennedy center, the universities, the great medical centres, very highly rated quality of life. here no one ever speaks of the quality of life, it's a way of life. we have our music, our food, our social structure, our architecture, our body of literature. we even have our own funerals. so we measure quality of life by way of life, if our way of iv is intact and our culture is intact, then that's fine. and we don't really, in a big part of our way of life is to be comfortable with our otherness. we really don't aspire. we love to go to new york. we love to go to las vegas, and we love to go to washington, or anywhere. >> rose: even paris. >> paris who wouldn't, you have have to be-- who wouldn't, we love it but what we like is when we come back home we come back to a way of life. we little a little dich

and matalin, and mary matalin, love new orleans, talk about it with enthusiasm, the challenge, julia reed who loved the city and talks about all that it means for her as a writer. tell me where the city is through the eyes of the man responsible for taking it to the next step. >> well, first of all, you know how spectacular this place is. it has something about it that is just very, very unique. it's hard to explain but it's a very deep, rich, comfortable feeling that people have when they come here. when katrina hit i think it's fair to say that the nation really gasped for a moment at the possibility that we would lose not only a great american city but this particular american city which is so very different from any other place, that really represents the soul of america through culture, art, music, historic preservation. you know our history, we are the only city in the nation that had the flag of france and spain it is just a very rich place. and the nation also got to witness really probably one of the worst days that was seen with so many american citizens left behind it was a tra

. >> 13 month old jordan reed has been suffering with chronic ear infections. her big sister, julia, used to get them too. >> she would spike really high fevers wouldn't eat wouldn't sleep. it was very uncomfortable for her. >> diagnosing and treating ear infections isn't always easy for doctors. now the american academy of peed is up -- pediatrics are updating their guidelines. >> the children who benefit most from starting medicines are those who have severe ear infections, having a high fever more than 102.2 or disrelationship or ruptured eardrum. >> ear infections are the most common reasons medicines are prescribed for children. >> doctors are advised to exam the eardrum. if it's not bulging, children should not get medicine. >> about 2/3 of kids get better without needing it. >> the recommendation for most children is to wait and watch and treat with painkillers. medicine may be needed if the symptoms don't improve after 3 days. in severe cases ear tube surgery is necessary to get the problem under control. julia is doing better since her surgery year ago and jordan hasn't had

reed has been suffering with chronic ear infections. >> tugging at her ear and hand in her mouth. >> reporter: her big sister 2- 1/2-year-old julia used them too. >> she would have spiked really high fevers. she wouldn't eat, she wouldn't sleep. it was very unconfidentable for her. >> diagnosed and treating ear infection isn't always easy for doctors. now the american academy of pediatrics is updating its guidelines for children ages 6 months to 12 years so doctors can make a more accurate diagnosis and decide the best treatment. >> reporter: the children who benefit most from starting antibiotics are those who have severe ear infection. >> reporter: ear infection are the most common reasons doctors prescribe antibiotics for children. that can help doctors make better decisions. if it's not bulging children could not get antibiotics. >> 2/3 of kids get better without needing antibiotic. >> reporter: the best thing to do for children is to wait and see if they get better without anti antibiotics. but if the condition does not improve, prescribe antibiotics. >> the new guidelines also recommend breast-feeding exclusively for four to six

reed has been suffering with chronic ear infections. >> tugging at her ear and hand in her mouth. >> reporter: her big sister 2- 1/2-year-old julia usedo get them too. >> she would have spiked really high fever, she wouldn't eat, she wouldn't sleep. it was very uncomfortable for her. >> reporter: diagnosing ear infections is not always easy for doctors. now the children's pediatrics is updating their guidelines. >> the children who benefit most of starting antibiotics is children with high fever or drainage from their ear. >> reporter: children who would benefit from antibiotics -- >> about 2/3 of kids get better without needing the antibiotic. >> reporter: the best thing for kids is to wait and watch and see if it goes without antibiotics. in severe cases, ear tube surgery is needed. jordan hasn't had any issues since she got her tubes earlier this month. in brooklyn new york. >> the new guidelines recommends breast-feeding exclusively for two to six months because it shows it reduces ear infections. >>> we'll keep you updated on the developing story we told you about the sentence for the teen who shot a classmate on the first day of

joining us julia arekoosh and former minute of mitt romney advisory group, author of the apothecary. tia mitchell, tampa bay time, miami tallahassee bureau. and joy reed broke this story. what change -- flip-flop say term that gets overused in politics. but this is a flip-flop. >> this is. and what happened is governor rick scott took the practical -- the words you used, practical, he said, it doesn't make sense for florida to leave 100% federal match on the table. >> but the weird thing about it, he seemed like he just -- that was in the bill back in june when he said it was terrible. it wasn't like he was just rooting around in his desk and saw, oh, they're going to cover 100%. maybe we should get on this. he knew that. >> well, a couple points i want to make. number one, he is not saying florida will, florida should. he's been very careful to say if the legislature does this, this is what i would sign. >> right. >> and that's an important distinction because he's going to get the best of both worlds. he gets to look pragmatic. he's moderating himself. he's running for re-election in about a hour. however, he's not saying he's going to advocate for