in the winter in wyoming, utah, colorado, the ozone concentrations are higher than in los angeles or new york city. and this is undoubtedly a direct relation to hydraulic fracturing. my own research has been on the role of methane released from shale gas and how that affects the green house gas footprint. we published very, very first analysis of that 13 1/2 months ago. our conclusion was that because methane is 105 fold more fou powerful as a green house gas, methane leakage at small rates is a serious green house gas concern. giving shale gas a larger green house gas footprint than fossil fuels. i will come back to that in a minute. i want to briefly mention one other issue, radon in gas supplies. radon its a gas, carcinogenic, major exposure of ionizing radiation to the public in the united states currently. natural gas is a major root of exposure to getting radon into the homes. shale gas from the shale is richer in radon. this is something that deserves attention, scrutiny, a lot more study in my opinion. it poses a significant public health risk that has the gone underappreciated so far. i b

and so that is why you will see the greatest concentration of plans in places like los angeles or miami or new york city, where payment rates tend to be relatively high. >> host: barbour is on the republican line from crockett, texas. good morning barbara. >> caller: good morning. i sure do like your show. my question is, i giving us these bonus or bonus points, i know that my mother and dad, their insurance all combines the whole thing all at one time and it seems like while this may care insurance costs go up? >> host: the bonus payments? >> caller: they came in and they took over their medicare part also so the doctors don't have to file two different things. and they have combined their medicare, and he was talking at the first of a program about the private entities coming in and they get bonus points. >> guest: that raises interesting questions because the 8.35 lien dollars does come from somewhere, and it's coming from the medicare trust fund. which means that for the three out of four individuals who are in traditional medicare, who are not getting any of the benefits of being in one of these pr

plummeting the past four years but in cities like new york, los angeles and miami, mini bubbles are popping up. they are places where perspective buyers grew up in sports car ord metrics don't really apply. the hard-partying gazon took us inside a place mainly populated by brazilians russians, americans and european who say this is much like their crumbling local economies. in fact, the $1 million plus condos are hotter than ever. up nearly 20% over the previous high set in 2006. we road along as we went to see the three-story penthouse perched over the atlantic. $11 million. and yet this, he said, 80% of his deals are in cash. i want to see the checkbook. >> i didn't bring it. >> come on! you didn't bring it. what are you going to buy it if you need to put down money now? >> reporter: just three years ago, he said, he made a killing in the epic bust. now folks like him are gobbling up anything they can get their hands on. >> i want to come in and be a little bit higher. >> reporter: as it turns out, this is not one of them. so you didn't love this place? >> i like it, i like the flow-through. i feel it's a bit narrow. but i like the layout. >> reporter: his

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in other words, they cannot force a city like los angeles or new york to begin enforcing federal law because both local officers cannot report directly to washington. what they can do, however, is stop a state or city from enforcing the -- enforcing a law that interferes with federal agencies. let's say city passes an ordinance that says our police officers will protect illegal immigrants from federal officers, that illegal immigrants can come to the police station and we will concealed them from the u.s. authorities, that kind of organs would probably be in trouble before the supreme court. however, the decision simply to not seek to find out in the crisis that is the people they've run in contact with would probably not be a problem. host: bill tweets in -- let's take a look at how mitt romney, candidate for president, responded to the supreme court said yesterday. he said today's decisions underscore is the need for a president will lead on this critical issue -- pittsburgh, pennsylvania. barbara, democrats' line. caller: good morning. i have a few comments to me. first of all, i c

in other words, they cannot force a city like los angeles or new york to begin enforcing federal law because both local officers cannot report directly to washington. what they can do, however, is stop a state or city from enforcing a law that interferes with federal agencies. an's say city passes ordinance that says our police officers will protect illegal immigrants from federal officers, that illegal immigrants can come to the police station and we will concealed them from the u.s. authorities, that kind of organs would probably be in trouble before the supreme court. however, the decision simply to not seek to find out in the crisis that is the people they've run in contact with would probably not be a problem. host: bill tweets in -- let's take a look at how mitt romney, candidate for president, responded to the supreme court said yesterday. he said today's decisions underscore is the need for a president will lead on this critical issue -- pittsburgh, pennsylvania. barbara, democrats' line. caller: good morning. i have a few comments to me. first of all, i can't understand after

magazine men health did a survey on the top city where people go to great length to look good. you might think los angeles or new yorkd be top honor but lack no further than the south. camp pa florida is no. 1 followed by plano texas and atlanta georgia. magazine says weather has a lot to do with it. hot temperature means can't cover everything up. other factor include the number of cosmetic, plastic surge on tanning salon and hair dye. so the least vain city is lincoln nebraska and south dakota and iowa. and san francisco at no. 9 on the most vain city. list san jose at 47. oakland 73 and la comes in between the 2 at number 60. >> speaking of vanity. if. >> oh, yes. wait a second here. okay. now la is 60 and san francisco is 9? >> yes. >> burn the magazine. that's completely false. i have been to demoney they are right about des moines. sorry. buttive to keep it real. in sports it seems like eternity since tim has won a game. giants say has won a game. giants say find the groove against the a's >> coming up tonight at 11:00. oakland police department desperately shorthanded. why so many officers are out of yawn form

but in cities like new york, los angeles, and miami, mini-bubbles are popping up. they are places where prospective buyers roll up in sports cars oryachts. where the post bust real estate metrics don't apply. the hard partier took us inside the rarified miami bubble, a place populated by brazilians, venezuelans, russians and european whose seep this as a safer bet than their crumbling economies. the million dollar plus condo market is hotter now than ever. in 2011 sales of million dollar condos were up 20% over the previous high set in 2006. we rode along with bazan as he saw the three story penthouse perched over the atlantic, $11 million. >> a flowthrough, both views. >> reporter: get this, bazan says 80% of his deals are in cash. >> i want to see this checkbook. come on! you didn't bring it. what if you were going to buy it and need to put down money right now. >> i make a call. >> reporter: three years ago he says he made a killing in some of the biggest, foreclosure areas in the epic bust. now individuals are gobbling up anything they can get their hands on. >> if ten people want it, and cash, i am going to be a little higher