stema at lincoln hospital. she's the head of the pediatric clinic.he works directly with the patients and their families. amazing there's a 30% decrease in weight of these kids. this is over two years. but the early results look really well. it's not what we usually think of with a prescription. it's what we do on this show, too. we broaden our horizons. what is a prescription? we always think of it as medication. in this case it's a change in diet. half of the poor people in the bronx eat no fruit and vegetables in the day. in this program they've increased the amount they eat up to 90%. >> and supporting the growers supports jobs, too. >> absolutely. i like the fact this program is fun. eating fruits and vegetables for kids is not a fun thing. we used to sell an apple a day keeps the doctor away. now fruits and vegetables may keep the doctor away. it's fun. it involves a nutritionist. it also gives access to low income families. instead of having all the fast food and sew das, it brings them on board to have some of this. cooking classes. a dollar

prescription program a doctor, nutritionist, a patient and here in the new york for the first time hospitals, lincoln harlem hospital where there is farmerrers market outside. you get a prescription and a get a voucher and you go out. we spoke to the medical director of health and hospitals corporation about how this can actually combat childhood obesity. >> it addresses the need not only provides a prescription but it provides things that traditionally beyond traditional health care. food. good nutrition. and it gives people the wherewithal to get that if they can't afford it. melissa: so, i mean of course this tackles one of the biggest problems with healthy food it is more expensive. as a value proposition when you're trying to feed the family and stretch your dollar, nothing works like mcdonald's. is something working with lower income families? >> melissa, this is all about a culture and you're pointing to it. it is a culture of prescribing. people are used to getting sick from being overweight. with obamacare that is number one cost leaders there is obesity. obesity leads to every disease that

lincoln en washington. >>> bueno y los mÉdicos de un hospital, "niÑos de miami" dijo que le dieron una droga experimentaltico de enfermedades desde el 2010 hay solamente porcentajes bajos de personas afectadas con esta ameba. >>> bueno y la casa blanca evalÚa un ataque militar en egipto, el gobierno sirio dice que esto serÍa una bola de fuego que afectarÍa todo medio oriente, aquÍ detalles. >>> con gritos desconsolados este hombre pide a sus hijas que despierten, las hallÓ junto a docenas de cadÁveres de otros niÑos que presuntamente murieron en un ataque con armas quÍmicas. al parecer 355 personas murieron en tabasco y que hay miles de pacientes con esos sÍntomas. activistas opositores insisten que el gobierno de assad es el responsable. >>> dicen que tropas sirias hallaron armas quÍmicas usadas por los rebeldes, dicen que hicieron esto para provocar una intervenvie internacional. >>> el presidente obama expresÓ cautela acerca de una intervenciÓn estadounidense sin antes un consenso de la onu. angela kein llegÓ a la capital siria para pedir que expertos investigen el ataque. terquia y qatar urgieron dri

hospital. no word on his injuries at this hour. >>> here's a look at another crime scene at lincoln and carlos.is started as an armed robbery at the midtown safeway. we are following the latest developments. >>> right now, crews are working around the clock to get the new bay bridge ready for traffic in four days. caltrans tells us it is on schedule. they are preparing new transition routes at both ends of the new span. they are also starting to remove the old cantilever section of the bridge. and they are using new computer models to help do that safely. we have live team coverage to get you around the closure. we have roberta gonzales in mobile5. and anne makovec is watching bart in oakland. anne? >> reporter: yeah, that is right. it has been relatively smooth this morning. crowded but not overly so. the numbers yesterday were pretty stunning. over 61,000 more riders over the same day last year. but cars were crowded but not horribly in most cases. riders tell us it seemed like rush hour for much of the day. now, how crowded it is going to be for actual rush hour today remains to be seen. som

lincoln administration. you mentioned her unannounced visits to military hospitals. >> that goes to the controversy.here is a significant body of evidence that calls into question some of her conduct. for example, she was surrounded by people that very clearly were there to take advantage of her. she needed money. never forget the fact that from the day she arrived there, she needed money. she needed money because she was $27,000 in debt to her dress makers. the president had to be reelected because if he was, she could keep those bills that day. if he was not, who knew what might happen? she was spending public funds on the white house proper. there were always people around her that were eager to serve their own interests by appearing to serve hers. there was a shady character by the name of henry, a chevalier of the new york herald. he befriended her and the president's annual message to congress in 1861 appeared in the new york herald the same day it went to congress. you get the picture. there was no shortage of people like the chevalier that were eager to line their own pockets or serve their

hospital. police arrested 58 gerald jamai teon. she's also suspected of throwing green paint at the lincoln memorial and on a statue at the national mall. she had been staying at a halfway house since her arrest in july. >>> the obama administration is making good on its promise to act on gun control in the absence of any new gun laws passed by congress. >> the president is going to continue to do everything we can within our executive authority to try to reduce gun violence in america. >> vice president joe biden announced the reforms today. we have a new head of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives. biden said the president would issue two new executive orders. the first closes a loophole enabling cooperations or trusts to buy guns without background checks. the second prohibits military- grade firearms sold to allies from being reimported to united states by private groups. gun-control advocates applauded the actions. >> we think they are steps in the right directions to keep some of the most dangerous guns out of the hands of dangerous people. >> the national rifle association responded to today's announceme

also the hospital served as a hospital for civil war soldiers and abraham lincoln used to go and visithem. it's just an incredible history there. the biggest building was designed by thomas walter who designed the capital dome and to get to your point. the policy for treating the mentally ill changed in the 1960's. the mentally ill were put back in the communities in these big hospitals. lot of the buildings fell under this use. the center building was designed by the architect capital dome. there's holes in the floors and holes in the ceilings. eventually that building will be restored as a center of the department of homeland security. at one point, it's going to be beautiful but it's going to be very expensive too. host: the final price tag at the moment is what? guest: $4.5 billion. that surprised me too. that hasn't been written about before i did the story. i found that out at the end. i knew the price had gone up but that's pretty stunning. host: next is mark joining us from philadelphia. republican line. caller: i'm a university of penn grad. i took a keen interest on federal s

hospital this morning after being shot by a police officer. police say they received a report just before 1:00 this morning of a an armed robbery outside the coconut grove bar on lincoln road east. when officers approached the suspect on spring road, one appeared to pull a gun. an officer opened fire. the suspect was treated for a non-life threaten injuringy. breaking news out of palo alto where a road is blocked right now while police investigate a fatal accident. west middle field road south of san antonio road is closed. officers found a cement truck on its side just after 5:00 this morning. the road is expected to be closed all morning while they investigate. no word yet on the identity of the person who was killed. but we will bring you updates on the story as they become available this morning. >>> now developing news on a wildfire near yosemite. more than 125,000 acres. the map showing how large the rim pyre has gro-- fire. >> reporter: flames continue to own the hillside. the night sky makes it's easier to see the actual fires burning under all of that smoke. some crews are on standby to make sure the flames don't jump over the highway of 120. a few miles away

hospital and a place basicallyd it was destroyed. that explains the importance of tennesseeof east during the civil war. role of governor of occupied tennessee given to lincoln>> it was to restore union government in the state and it challenging job and he was people and he often came generals.t with the he wrote letters to lincoln his concern, hoping for the liberation of east tennessee. with andrewn sided johnsonna a lot of decisions he made. old were their sons and were they involved with the conflict? >> his older son, charles, definitely was. the charles was an assistant surgeon during the civil war and war anded in the civil robert was also, as a matter of fact. i understand he was a lawyer but also signed up and went to war but that's what his drinking took over. there are stories about him leaving his army of men and things of that nature. he had difficulties but two of the boys did fight in the war. theobert was colonel of cavalry unit and he was the only family member who was able to charles' funeral when charles was killed during the war. >> how was he killed? horse and hit his head. >> where did that happen? >> outside of nashville and and eliza