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. >> that's a lot of work for the layperson. >> a layperson can't do this.orities. >> somebody needs an app. i don't even know what that means ssments -- what that means. >> i have an ip address, but it is a fetish site and 18 and over, 18 and over. >> a disgusting website. greg, let me keep going back to you. seinfield heckling analogy. true, but that is not illegal. there is no legality there. the clubs can uh -- adjudicate things and kick them out. >> there is a face-to-face thing and you can answer people by responding to you. anonymousy callers are people heckling you from outside the club. people like to face their tormenters. freedom of speech is for people who want to say what they want to say. we are looking at people tormenting other people cowardly, and that is different. you can't legislate it. all i'm saying is there has to be someway where i can say i know you are you little -- >> yes, you are on tell -- television. i was going to say, it did sound -- >> is this a new experiment they are doing? did one of our cameramen have a heart attack and l
. >> that's a lot of work for the layperson. >> a layperson can't do this.orities. >> somebody needs an app. i don't even know what that means ssments -- what that means. >> i have an ip address, but it is a fetish site and 18 and over, 18 and over. >> a disgusting website. greg, let me keep going back to you. seinfield heckling analogy. true, but that is not illegal. there is no legality there. the clubs can uh -- adjudicate things and kick them out. >>...
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speaking as a layperson, could we not have anticipated that analysis would be old and we would have to make amendments to the contract? >> not by the -- typically, the process is an outside agency or private agency has an encroachment permit and the analysis is part of the caltrans process. there has been more scrutiny and we have assumed a one-step review with an encroachment. we have a more detailed analysis and partnership with caltrans than anticipated. director kim: just one more question. i was wondering what the impetus for the additional change was, too? >> there was a request from the san francisco planning departments to further safer streets in terms of slowing down traffic at intersections. this is from the sfmta. this is the west corner of 30 and -- of third and stillman. the west approach added an ankle corner, -- an angled corner, so we are making it safer. director kim: so, you are doing this for pedestrian safety and traffic calming measures? >> yes. director kim: i am happy to see that. >> there is no further public comment. [roll call vote] 4 ayes, and item 9 is appr
speaking as a layperson, could we not have anticipated that analysis would be old and we would have to make amendments to the contract? >> not by the -- typically, the process is an outside agency or private agency has an encroachment permit and the analysis is part of the caltrans process. there has been more scrutiny and we have assumed a one-step review with an encroachment. we have a more detailed analysis and partnership with caltrans than anticipated. director kim: just one more...
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i'm a layperson. i'll defer to you experts. but it sounds to me they fired a missile from 2,400 miles away. and the missile defense system mount odd a ship knocked the -- >> re claiming my time, there's no one that has a higher opinion of the egis system than i do. but everything that i have learned about the egis sm3 block 1a is in order for it to be successful against icbm, there has to be a very ideal situation in order for it to be effective. the gmd, it's a much more robust, much faster miss skpeul able to catch as it were icbms. with the later sm3s we have added advantages. in this situation the overall point i'm trying to make sure is that not to have some redundancy or to make a critical mistakes has complications. with that i yield back. >> the chair now yields to the gentleman from virginia, mr. forbes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i would like to yield to chairman turner from ohio. >> thank you. and i want to thank everybody forred yielding back and forth that has occurred for this discussion. everyone has been incred
i'm a layperson. i'll defer to you experts. but it sounds to me they fired a missile from 2,400 miles away. and the missile defense system mount odd a ship knocked the -- >> re claiming my time, there's no one that has a higher opinion of the egis system than i do. but everything that i have learned about the egis sm3 block 1a is in order for it to be successful against icbm, there has to be a very ideal situation in order for it to be effective. the gmd, it's a much more robust, much...
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the average layperson looks at the newspaper, cares about the gallup poll, is that really something tocan look at the same question from six different polling agencies and come up with completely different answers. and you just have to answer. people are different. that must be the answer. >> one of the things you guys must have loved over at the comedy central blog is sort of the comedy of the punditry because i remember during the last election cycle, and the primary cycles they are like those bobble heads. no, working class whites will never vote -- and then it is just one thing after the other. >> sure. >> i remember when he picked palin after the first speech, oh my god it's over now, she a super star. >> yeah picks a story line and runs with it until they find something shiny in the corner and then they run there. it is great for us. >> this just in shiny just picked jingle as his running mate. [ laughter ] >> all of the pundits were all the etrade babies. well-spoken but easily distracted by shiny objects. i hope you'll check back in with us. it looks terrific. he hope to be tal
the average layperson looks at the newspaper, cares about the gallup poll, is that really something tocan look at the same question from six different polling agencies and come up with completely different answers. and you just have to answer. people are different. that must be the answer. >> one of the things you guys must have loved over at the comedy central blog is sort of the comedy of the punditry because i remember during the last election cycle, and the primary cycles they are...
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this, and do you see this leading to greater awareness of how wall street malfeasance works for the layperson>> i'm an attorney, and i'm up against these corporations every day. we handle tons of cases just like this. at the end of all this jp morgan is going to make $100 million. the u.s. government is not going to ask them to discourage those profits. the u.s. government might slap a few people on the hand, but at the end of it jp morgan will still continue to manage 2 trillion-dollar worth of america's assets. morgan stanley goldman sachs will continue to manage another 8 trillion-dollar. and the american public will be put in a place where they can't even trust their broker with their money. when that happens capitalism fails. that's the worse problem. >> john, i have to agree with you. facebook is us. we helped build facebook. that's our information, our time our eyeballs. >> and it went public like all your private information. >> facebook could not figure out the privacy settings. >> that's why i'm asking these questions. this is complicated as my privacy settings on facebook. i can't
this, and do you see this leading to greater awareness of how wall street malfeasance works for the layperson>> i'm an attorney, and i'm up against these corporations every day. we handle tons of cases just like this. at the end of all this jp morgan is going to make $100 million. the u.s. government is not going to ask them to discourage those profits. the u.s. government might slap a few people on the hand, but at the end of it jp morgan will still continue to manage 2 trillion-dollar...
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you have to be very careful as a pastor or a layperson when you think you're hearing from god you better be awfully sure that is god speaking. because otherwise you do tremendous damage. you do the kind of damage that's going on in communities all over this country with this kind of hateful rhetoric coming out of an institution that is supposed to care about people, that's supposed to be involved in the love of all, not the hatred of some. >> reverend lynn, we appreciate your time. >> thank you. let us know what you think on facebook, follow me on twitter @andersoncooper. >>> up ahead, mitt romney's record at bain capital. ari fleischer and james carville square off next. "ñfÑ >>> raw politics now. the continuing battle over mitt romney's record at bain capital. they're trying to use each other as surrogates. democrats showing up in republican ads, republicans showing up in democratic ads. cats and dogs living together. that's actually a line from ghost busters. the rest is pure raw politics. today a day after republican supporters use barack obama in an ad. now opponents show rick perry
you have to be very careful as a pastor or a layperson when you think you're hearing from god you better be awfully sure that is god speaking. because otherwise you do tremendous damage. you do the kind of damage that's going on in communities all over this country with this kind of hateful rhetoric coming out of an institution that is supposed to care about people, that's supposed to be involved in the love of all, not the hatred of some. >> reverend lynn, we appreciate your time....
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they may let in the layperson's testimony, but there's going to be some kind of cautionary instruction or there should be a cautionary instruction, so that is significant. >> but there is eyewitness testimony that it was zimmerman who was yelling help. that's part of the package that was released today. so that is actually part of the totality of evidence we have to analy analyze. >> and that's different. >> but the difference is they believe it. they didn't actually see who was yelling. those witnesses. >> they heard it. earwitnesses. >> appreciate it it. thank you for your expertise. let us know what you think. we're talking about this now on twitter. >>> ahead, how does trayvon martin's family feel about the release of this material? we'll talk to one of their attorneys next. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone likes a bit of order in their life. virtual wallet helps you get it. keep track of spending, move money with a slide, and use the calendar. all to see your money how you want. ♪ >>> breaking news coverage. the release of evidence in the shooting death of trayvon martin. the fam
they may let in the layperson's testimony, but there's going to be some kind of cautionary instruction or there should be a cautionary instruction, so that is significant. >> but there is eyewitness testimony that it was zimmerman who was yelling help. that's part of the package that was released today. so that is actually part of the totality of evidence we have to analy analyze. >> and that's different. >> but the difference is they believe it. they didn't actually see who...
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they may let in the layperson's testimony, but certainly there's going to be some kind of a cautionary instruction or there should be a cautionary instruction so that is significant. >> but there is eyewitness testimony that it was zimmerman who was yelling help. so that is part of the package that was released today. so that is actually part of the totality of evidence that we've got to look at and analyze. >> right. and that's different. eyewitness testimony -- >> -- voice as well. >> but the difference is they believe it, they didn't actually see who was yelling. those witnesses' accounts. >> they heard it. they're ear witnesses. >> they for your expertise. wee on facebook, google plus, we're talking about it on twitter @andersoncooper. how does trayvon martin's family feel about the release of this material? we'll talk to one of their relatives next. ce. ce. there are a million reasons why. but your erectile dysfunction that could be a question of blood flow. cialis for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. a
they may let in the layperson's testimony, but certainly there's going to be some kind of a cautionary instruction or there should be a cautionary instruction so that is significant. >> but there is eyewitness testimony that it was zimmerman who was yelling help. so that is part of the package that was released today. so that is actually part of the totality of evidence that we've got to look at and analyze. >> right. and that's different. eyewitness testimony -- >> -- voice...
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you have to be very careful as a pastor or a layperson when you think you're hearing from god you better be awfully sure that is god speaking. because otherwise you do tremendous damage. you do the kind of damage that's going on in communities all over this country with this kind of hateful rhetoric coming out of an institution that is supposed to care about people, that's supposed to be involved in the love of all, not the hatred of some. >> reverend lynn, we appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> follow me on twitt twitter @andersoncooper. we'll be tweeting tonight. >>> mitt romney and bain capital. republicans using democratic voices against president obama. ari fleischer and james carville face off next. [ woman on radio, indistinct ] ♪ bum-bum ♪ bum-bum, bum-bum, bum-bum ♪ - ♪ ai, ai, ai - ♪ bum-bum - ♪ bum-bum, bum-bum - ♪ [ ice rattles rhythmically ] ♪ bum-bum, bum-bum, bum-bum ♪ ♪ [ imitates guitar noise ] ♪ [ vocalizing up-tempo heavy metal song ] ♪ [ vocalizing continues ] ♪ [ all singing ] the redesigned, 8-passenger pilot. smarter thinking. from honda. at bank of america, we'
you have to be very careful as a pastor or a layperson when you think you're hearing from god you better be awfully sure that is god speaking. because otherwise you do tremendous damage. you do the kind of damage that's going on in communities all over this country with this kind of hateful rhetoric coming out of an institution that is supposed to care about people, that's supposed to be involved in the love of all, not the hatred of some. >> reverend lynn, we appreciate your time....
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so in layperson's terms, and whether you're talking about europe or the united states facing a debt problemcific things that you would phase in? you mentioned tax increases over a period of years like ten years. what other things can you do to gradually implement austerity in the long run but keep stimulus in the short run? >> that's exactly the right question to ask. so something like think about what perhaps did along these lines a couple of years ago. they legislated an increase in their early retirement age. and that's something that phases in gradually. so it's not something that immediately takes money out of people's pockets, but it is something that for the long run fiscal health of france is a very sensible measure. so that's exactly the kinds of things i'm talking about. so you are going to have to see a change in entitlement programs in europe, you are going to have to see again probably a change in tax revenues. but those are the kinds of things that you absolutely can do gradually. in the united states, we all know that probably what you want to do are get rid of some of the ta
so in layperson's terms, and whether you're talking about europe or the united states facing a debt problemcific things that you would phase in? you mentioned tax increases over a period of years like ten years. what other things can you do to gradually implement austerity in the long run but keep stimulus in the short run? >> that's exactly the right question to ask. so something like think about what perhaps did along these lines a couple of years ago. they legislated an increase in...
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when you look at the front with the broken nose, you know, as a layperson i have to say it doesn't look well, it's going to show that there was mutual combat. i think the fact of the matter is, i had heard through the investigation -- we've been going on behalf of cnn on quite a while now that his nose was in fact broken. i think this now somewhat corroborates it and i think we'll get medical testimony to establish it or not establish it. from what i understand it was broken. i think you see the back of the head which shows obviously he was on the ground and that was consistent with the earlier police reports showing grass stains on the back of his shirt. so i think that clearly there was mutual combat going on. what none of this shows is what happened about getting out of the vehicle and how the altercation occurred, which led to the sad death of trayvon. but the fact of the matter, i'll say one thing about what natalie said who i respect greatly. but i think the marijuana could be very significant. the reality is we've got one thing that says thc 7.5 nano grams per milliliter and anot
when you look at the front with the broken nose, you know, as a layperson i have to say it doesn't look well, it's going to show that there was mutual combat. i think the fact of the matter is, i had heard through the investigation -- we've been going on behalf of cnn on quite a while now that his nose was in fact broken. i think this now somewhat corroborates it and i think we'll get medical testimony to establish it or not establish it. from what i understand it was broken. i think you see...
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enthusiast, even if you're not and you haven't seen this before, it's quite fascinating for the laypersonwatch. many 500 foot climbs, couple 2,000-foot climbs today and ending with a fast descent in santa cruz. now yesterday was stage one in santa rosa. peter sagan won that stage and was a dramatic finish about three miles from the finish line. he developed a flat tire, had to stop, put on a spare. he still won taking out the challengers with less than 100 yards to the finish. quite a finish. again, peter taking first stage yesterday. levi of santa rosa is in 46th place. this is an eight-stage race ending sunday in los angeles. tomorrow will be from san jose to livermore before it keeps heading on south. when it's all said and done, it'll be a 750-mile race with some of the best bicyclists in the world. reporting live here in san francisco, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you, bob. >>> a high-profile member of the cycling world set to rejoin the amgen circuit today amid rumored trouble with the feds. yohan bruneil. a spokesman for the team is not confirming reports that he was su
enthusiast, even if you're not and you haven't seen this before, it's quite fascinating for the laypersonwatch. many 500 foot climbs, couple 2,000-foot climbs today and ending with a fast descent in santa cruz. now yesterday was stage one in santa rosa. peter sagan won that stage and was a dramatic finish about three miles from the finish line. he developed a flat tire, had to stop, put on a spare. he still won taking out the challengers with less than 100 yards to the finish. quite a finish....
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they also know they're capitalizing on laypersons' lack of information to sell it to them, and they also understand that this exerts, um, obscure but very, you know, subtle but very strong pressure on physicians. physicians will prescribe these drugs. partly because they're human, and i understand that if you don't get a drug from them, you're going to get the drug from someone else. so it's an enormous amount of pressure on them, and that's why other countries don't permit it, and we should not permit it either in my opinion. and your question about do drug companies -- are they really interested in curing disease? if a disease could be quelled, would that not dry up their revenue stream? and that's a perennial question, and quite frankly, i don't know the answer, but i do know that for whatever reason to be honest with you, i don't think that's a question we really need to answer because i don't think we're in much danger of these companies devising new drugs that are actually going to cure disease for a much more direct financial reason, and that is these company bees are much more in
they also know they're capitalizing on laypersons' lack of information to sell it to them, and they also understand that this exerts, um, obscure but very, you know, subtle but very strong pressure on physicians. physicians will prescribe these drugs. partly because they're human, and i understand that if you don't get a drug from them, you're going to get the drug from someone else. so it's an enormous amount of pressure on them, and that's why other countries don't permit it, and we should...
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megyn: mark, when you hear, you know, as a layperson when you hear the father making that emotional pleawant to believe him. it sounds real to those of us, you know, without any formal training in this law enforcement. how do you assess something like that? >> to be really truthful, megyn, i'm not affected by the emotion of people that are involved in these cases. i mean, if it's genuine, it's genuine, but i don't know these people. so i completely ignore it and look at the obvious and look what facts are presented. if you're inside of the case, the forensics, it's been enough time where the dna, the trace evidence and some of the more complicated forensic investigations and examinations, the results are back. and now you have to compare that with statements, timelines, polygraph. and let's just remember, a polygraph isn't, isn't the final word. it is a tool. megyn: that's right. mark fuhrman, thank you. >>> coming up in just a bit, breaking news out of iran, and we'll bring that to you. stay with us. wer surge, let it blow your mind. [ male announcer ] for fruits, veggies and natural gr
megyn: mark, when you hear, you know, as a layperson when you hear the father making that emotional pleawant to believe him. it sounds real to those of us, you know, without any formal training in this law enforcement. how do you assess something like that? >> to be really truthful, megyn, i'm not affected by the emotion of people that are involved in these cases. i mean, if it's genuine, it's genuine, but i don't know these people. so i completely ignore it and look at the obvious and...
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, itn layperson's terms sounds to me that they fired a missile from 2,400 miles away and the missile defense system mounted on a ship knocked the missiles out of the sky to reclaim my time -- there is no one that has a higher opinion a ofegis system when i do but everything i've learned about the aegis sm1, block a there has to be an ideal telemetry for it to be affected. has a faster missile and should be able to catch icbm's. with the later models, we have added that is the right now, want to get our facts right. in this situation, the overall point i would make is that -- not to have some redundancy or makes a critical mistake and that has profound indications. with that, i would yield back. >> the chair now yields to the gentleman from virginia. >> i would like to yield to chairman turner from ohio. >> thank you and i want to thank everybody for the yielding back- and-forth that has occurred for this discussion. everyone has been incredibly polite in ensuring we can get to what is the substance of the systems we have and what works and does not. i want to make sure we don't end t
, itn layperson's terms sounds to me that they fired a missile from 2,400 miles away and the missile defense system mounted on a ship knocked the missiles out of the sky to reclaim my time -- there is no one that has a higher opinion a ofegis system when i do but everything i've learned about the aegis sm1, block a there has to be an ideal telemetry for it to be affected. has a faster missile and should be able to catch icbm's. with the later models, we have added that is the right now, want to...
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but i'm a layperson. but from my perspective, he seemed very, very damaging to the defense because he said he and she believed this money was solely for the campaign. >> it is definitely helpful to the prosecution. but remember, the key question was what was going on in john edwards' mind. even if bunny melon and huffman thought, yeah, this is probably for the campaign, and john edwards thinks, this is great. i'm getting this money so i can create a cover-up so my wife won't find out about it, that's the key question. >> if john edwards tells her, that this is all perfectly legal according to lawyers they checked with. >> john edwards' position may be it's legal for me to engage in a personal cover-up. his position is, i looked into it. and for me to try to hide this from my wife, it's a gift. that's not a campaign donation. he would say perfectly legal. that's the position he would take. >> okay. dan abrams, thanks very much. >>> okay, george. now, to another high-profile trial that's grabbing headlines.
but i'm a layperson. but from my perspective, he seemed very, very damaging to the defense because he said he and she believed this money was solely for the campaign. >> it is definitely helpful to the prosecution. but remember, the key question was what was going on in john edwards' mind. even if bunny melon and huffman thought, yeah, this is probably for the campaign, and john edwards thinks, this is great. i'm getting this money so i can create a cover-up so my wife won't find out...
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he was only on briefly yesterday and i'm just a layperson. but from my perspective, he seemed very, very damaging to the defense because he said he and she believed that this money was solely for the campaign. >> it is definitely helpful to the prosecution. but, remember, the key question is what was going on in john edwards' mind so even if bunny mellon and huffman thought, yeah, this is probably for the campaign, and john edwards thinks, well, this is great, i'm getting this money so i can create this cover-up so my wife won't find out about it, that's the key question, what's happening in john edwards' mind. >> how does it cut when john edwards tells her according to some testimony, that this is all perfectly legal according to lawyers he's checked with? >> because john edwards' position could be it's totally legal for me to engage in a personal cover-up. john edwards' position is yeah i looked it and for me to try to hide this from my wife is a gift. that's not a campaign donation. so he would say perfectly legal. that's the position he w
he was only on briefly yesterday and i'm just a layperson. but from my perspective, he seemed very, very damaging to the defense because he said he and she believed that this money was solely for the campaign. >> it is definitely helpful to the prosecution. but, remember, the key question is what was going on in john edwards' mind so even if bunny mellon and huffman thought, yeah, this is probably for the campaign, and john edwards thinks, well, this is great, i'm getting this money so i...
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i guess the savings there would be fairly significant and prosthesis, me, as a layperson, in the v.a. terminology, we would think of it as a limb. it could be a hearing aid or wheelchair or a crutch -- am i correct on that? >> it was, but this report we issued looked at the limbs. >> ok, just at the limbs. >> yes. >> and you also agree that this was not an apples to apples, when you were looking at it, not sure what the $2,900 -- >> we absolutely agree with it. it was the only cost information available, we put it in the report and clearly said wasn't apples to apples in our footnote there. the fact was, v.a. did not have good information to make decisions on whether it should have labs, whether the labs could provide these items, at a more economical cost and the same quality, they just did not have that type of information. when my audit team went out. >> dr. day, fascinating data you had that you presented, did i hear right that there were 33 that had three amputations, more than two? >> yes, sir. roughly -- i believe the number we had to report was 33 individuals who had three or
i guess the savings there would be fairly significant and prosthesis, me, as a layperson, in the v.a. terminology, we would think of it as a limb. it could be a hearing aid or wheelchair or a crutch -- am i correct on that? >> it was, but this report we issued looked at the limbs. >> ok, just at the limbs. >> yes. >> and you also agree that this was not an apples to apples, when you were looking at it, not sure what the $2,900 -- >> we absolutely agree with it. it...
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individuals and threats from numerous countries overseas that harper will land me they are unwilling laypersonso want to do us harm. look a gift and their najibullah zazi case, which has been described by the chairman that was recently concluded in convictions in new york as the case that benefited dramatically from the benefits of the faa. many of the other part of this would have discussed in a closed session. >> could i have just one short follow-up? a two-part follow-up. is it critical reauthorized faa this either and is there sufficient oversight checks and balances to secure the rights of u.s. citizens? >> yes, it needs to be tendency are coming so we are not in limbo as we have been in the past awaiting legislation and hopefully not having to be carried for a month or so. it's important that we get it all together quickly. with the second part of the question? >> is there sufficient oversight sets of u.s. citizens being protected? >> i do believe there is. the inspector general's offices there. defendants and also, the intelligence committees as low as 50 command in terms of giving overs
individuals and threats from numerous countries overseas that harper will land me they are unwilling laypersonso want to do us harm. look a gift and their najibullah zazi case, which has been described by the chairman that was recently concluded in convictions in new york as the case that benefited dramatically from the benefits of the faa. many of the other part of this would have discussed in a closed session. >> could i have just one short follow-up? a two-part follow-up. is it...
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the savings would be fairly significant and the prosthesis i think that we as i sit myself as a laypersone va terminology we would think of it as a limb. it could be a hearing aid or a wheelchair. am i correct on that? >> this report be issued looked up the limbs. >> and you also agree this wasn't an apples to apples you were not sure what $2,900 -- >> we absolutely agree with that. it is the only cost information available. we put it in the report and clearly said it was apples to apples and or foot node. the fact was they didn't have good information to make decisions on whether it should have, whether they could provide these items and more economical cost and the same quality. they just didn't have that same information when my team who went out. >> as fascinating data that you had that he presented and did i hear right that there were 33 that had three imputations, more than two? >> yes, sir it was roughly i believe the number we had in the report was 33 individuals who had three or four amputations who were alive at the time the we did this report. >> i think the challenge is now an
the savings would be fairly significant and the prosthesis i think that we as i sit myself as a laypersone va terminology we would think of it as a limb. it could be a hearing aid or a wheelchair. am i correct on that? >> this report be issued looked up the limbs. >> and you also agree this wasn't an apples to apples you were not sure what $2,900 -- >> we absolutely agree with that. it is the only cost information available. we put it in the report and clearly said it was...
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capable folks under them tasked with doing difficult -- better when there's a person to oversee, layperson the secretary of defense and secretary of va designated to get these things worked out? man for these -- >> you have the authority over dod also? >> i don't have authority but we have been working remarkably well on partnership. i don't say that loosely. i sit down with vice chief of staff of the army of 68% and we sit down monthly at different levels of va with the army and worked through this. part of the issue to address the problem is we didn't have a very good mechanism prior to when we fully implemented ides september of last year. weakened go to every single facility, 116 senior executives--the army has the same thing and we go by insulation, individual by individual which we couldn't track it for. it sounds like we are not moving but we are able to track every single individual where they are in the system and the rating they got and where they going. [talking over each other] >> in business and general things, you like a person to be accountable. >> thank you for the va porti
capable folks under them tasked with doing difficult -- better when there's a person to oversee, layperson the secretary of defense and secretary of va designated to get these things worked out? man for these -- >> you have the authority over dod also? >> i don't have authority but we have been working remarkably well on partnership. i don't say that loosely. i sit down with vice chief of staff of the army of 68% and we sit down monthly at different levels of va with the army and...