. >> and the victim of this crime and malpractice has a legitimate cause of action against the doctor and against hopkins as well. >> the attorney deals with medical malpractice laws says his office has dealt with similar cases over the years where physicians have crossed the line and taken inappropriate pictures and videos of their patients. cases is that it is difficult to prove the doctor, in this case was acting in the scope or definition of his employment. >> the question is, when he set up a device to record a patient without their knowledge and by breaking the law, is he still within the scope of his employment? that becomes a factual issue for a judge to decide. >> at this point, hopkins officials say a number of his patients have been notified but no there are hundreds more he has treated. the medical board has also set up its own investigation. yesterday, we told you johns hopkins hospital set up a phone number for victims in this case. police have set up a couple of different numbers. anyone who feels they may have been a patient of his is asked to call the baltimore city p

strictry just to give us malpractice -- strictly just to give us malpractice insurance liability that i keep until this day. in the entire time that that company has been in existence, over half the malpractice premium dollars have not gone to injured people. they've gone to lawyers, both plaintiff and defense lawyers. what a terrible system that is to try to compensate someone who's actually been injured, we have no way to do it. less than 40 cents on the dollar that we pay in for 35 years has actually gone to people that have been hurt. that's a terrible system. . we need a better system. my malpractice premiums were $3,000 a year. last year, it was $74,000 and the patients didn't get better quality and better access, they just got higher costs. that's why we need to address that issue, i think and you are spot-on, dr. harris. mr. harris: to follow up on his point, i don't know if americans realize, the gentleman is absolutely right. if you have a case litigated, a birth injury claim, and it goes to a jury and there is an award, $6 million, not an unusual award, 40% of that award, $

>> of all the countries in the world, we -r9 ones that have a big problem with malpractice.at is it here that isn't everywhere else? the trial lawyers association. special interest groups. anything in our society that comes out of washington that doesn't make sense is attached to a special interest group. they become, as i alluded to in the speech, the fourth branch of government. until we deal with that we will keep doing things that don't make sense. >> dr. carson, i want to thank you for your leadership. do know the black liberal establishment is not going to be happy but. and i'm talking about the community activists, some of the pass stores, some of the politicians and the black media because it's your story of success that they don't want communicated to the black community because they thrive on talking about blacks are victims and need special treatment. so i want to thank you for all you are doing for your leadership because we need more leaders such as yourself to communicate this story that america really is an exceptional country. >> absolutely. thank you. and i

. >> medical malpractice experts weigh in as local law firms prepare their cases against johns hopkins. >> a county councilman arrested in the morning. charges facing todd huff. >> now the governors of the nation calling on their counter parts. >> good evening everybody. our big story is the case of a shocked and concerned women across the area. a former johns hopkins ginecolings accused of photographing women during their exam. >> yesterday several attorneys filed lawsuits that claimed johns hopkins could have done more to monitor. today the cochran firm hosted a meeting for former parktes. earlier this week the doctor committed suicide. investigators say they've herd from hundreds of patients and potential victims. tonight we talk to an attorney who specializes in medical maling practice. this is a case where there will likely be litigation. he added a case of this nature with so many potential victims over so many years is rare. >> there are a large number of claimants in these cases. so out of necessity the claimants are going to be going to different law firms. >> now as we've alr

. >> she is among the first former patients to file a medical malpractice and negligence lawsuit against dr. nikita levy's former employer, a johns hopkins. authorities say he committed suicide this week after they began investigating him for secretly photographeding and video taping patience during exams. >> i would like for all his patients to receive some sort of compensation. >> the attorneys representing patients are currently able to gather more informational about what happened because of subpoena power. >> we look forward to finding out what happened. >> police say there were at least 1100 patients addendum is scarce in 1988. most of them do not know a thing where photographs are videotaped and if so, what's levy did with the images. he represents 685 of his patients and filed for one of them in the hopes of making it a class action lawsuit. >> believe johns hopkins has failed in its duty to be sure they are safe. >> they claim john's hopkins knew or should have known of dr. nikita levy's alleged conduct and that the hospital bridged their duties and standards by negligently fail

there's a cloud of malpractice over every doctor. a lot of them in their heart know this patient may or may not need an mri or cat scan. if you change the system where doctors are more comfort alec the tests will go out the door. >> if the dr. -- doctor said you need this, we do it. >> when we started this, i was negative because guidelines don't appeal to me. now 17 more associates are added to this and i like what the american board of internal medicine is doing. reaching out and saying which tests do we need to worry about. doctors practice in a culture of fear. not just that they may get sued for a particular thing. who knows if the one in a thousand persons has it. what this is about is furthering a conversation between the doctor and patient. the patient comes in and says do i need that test. i just read 5% of children who go to the emergency room who hit their head get a cat scan. only if you black out do you need one. the american college of cardiology says maybe too many stress tests are order leading to too many angiograms.

a law firm plans to file the first law firm against hopkins, claiming malpractice. >>> and breaking news tonight from one of baltimore's most iconic companies. burger cakes and cookies is closed down. the company responsible for the delicious frosted treats were shut down at the end of january, that they were operating without a license. the company said they are closed due to a family illness. >>> if you follow -- brian kuebler on twitter, you were the first to know about the police trainee who was shot. >> reporter: this last week has been a steady stroll of bad news -- stream of but we learned that the trainee was discharged. it was early last week that the trainee was shot in the head during a training drill that went horribly wrong. we now know the department didn't have the permission. we also know the officer who fired the live round, william kern broke protocol by having the firearm on his hip. investigator sources tell us it's near complete and the findings will be take ton a baltimore county grand jury. again, that trainee has been released from shock trauma today. as batt -- a

. >> an attorney who deals with medical ethics and malpractice says his office has dealt with similar situations over the years where positions have crossed the line and taken inappropriate pictures of their patients. bringing in the fed's for a case like this shows the seriousness and could expose a much grander scheme. >> secretly photographed in our video taping people is not only a state law violation but a federal law violation and if any patients were minors which is certainly possible and probable if not certain, that can be a violation of federal law with very stiff penalties. >> yesterday, we told you that hopkins hospital had set up a hot line for victims. today, baltimore city police have set up to hot lines. first four victims to think they may have been a patient and what to report that and if you are a victim and would like to seek counseling, baltimore city police s provided counseling through a turnaround inc.. we will have all of the information on our web site, wbaltv.com. >> earlier today, 18 admitted his guilt in court. >> 15-year old robert gladden jr. to keep the

>> of all the countries in the world, we -r9 ones that have a big problem with malpractice.ere that isn't everywhere else? the trial lawyers association. special interest groups. anything in our society that comes out of washington that doesn't make sense is attached to a special interest group. they become, as i alluded to in the speech, the fourth branch of government. until we deal with that we will keep doing things that don't make sense. >> dr. carson, i want to thank you for your leadership. do know the black liberal establishment is not going to be happy but. and i'm talking about the community activists, some of the pass stores, some of the politicians and the black media because it's your story of success that they don't want communicated to the black community because they thrive on talking about blacks are victims and need special treatment. so i want to thank you for all you are doing for your leadership because we need more leaders such as yourself to communicate this story that america really is an exceptional country. >> absolutely. thank you. and i have heard

instead we have a system where all of this feeds together with physicians afraid of malpractice, afraid. so many tests are ordered unnecessarily. on the patient side they don't know what they are getting and on the doctor side they are afraid of not ordering it. what do you have to say to that? >> you look at all of the countries in the world we are the ones that have the big problem with malpractice. what is it that is here that isn't everywhere else? the trial lawyers association. special interest groups. anything in our society almost that comes out of washington that doesn't make sense is attached to a special interest group. they have become as i alluded to in the speech the fourth branch of government. until we deal with that, we going to keep doing things that don't make sense. >> sean: jeanine? >> i want to thank you for your leadership. but you do know that the black liberal establishment is not going to be happy with you and i'm talking about the community activists, some of the pastors, some of the politicians and the black media because it is your story of success that they

. >> and they resist all medical malpractice reform. this is an article that neither political party is going to love too much. >> rose: democrats won't like it because you raise the issue of medical malpractice lawsuits and let i believe us nature of society. >> and i say obama care does nothing to attack the core problem which is pricing, which is why obama care was able to pass. >> and the republicans won't like it because i say the only efficient player in this marketplace is medicare. >> rose: it's the only efficient player yet a lot of people look at medicare and say it is the cost element of entitlements that will bankrupt the country. >> well, what's going to bankrupt the country is the continuation of what we have today. medicare, the situation i describe where you know someone pays-- well if you look at the-- the md anderson cancer centre is charging 1.5 for generic aspirin tylenol pill am you can buy them on amazon for 1.5 cents. >> rose: exactly. you can buy it on amazon for 1.5 cents and your hospital marks it up you say he

. >> reporter: attorney andrew sletkin handles malpractice cases. >> our clients want to know were theytims, with were the photos disseminate centered they want answers. unfortunately no one is able to give it to them at this point. >> reporter: another baltimore attorney claims his office has gotten more than 70 calls from patients. he says it's too early to determine if he was at fault. >> if he knew or should have known what was going on, then johns hopkins may be responsible. they may be responsible as dr. levy's employer. >> i can't think of a greater betrayal of trust between that of a doctor and his patient. >> reporter: baltimore police say they found an incredible amount of evidence, including computers, hard drives and servers filled with images and videos. they it is recovered recording devices, including a pen with a hidden camera. >> the little things that detectives have already seen is troubling, and already a violation of criminal law. >> reporter: jessica saw dr. levy for 11 years, and found him to be a skilled physician. >> if i could speak with him, i would tell him h

levy to file a medical malpractice and negligence lawsuit against the former employer johns hopkins. levy committed suicide this week after police began investigating the obgyn foresee kretly photographi -- secretly photographing uses ee vices from a small camera on a pen. >> i would like first and foremost for all of his patients to receive some sort of compensation. >> pby filing the suit the patients are able to gather more information about what happened in the case because of subpoena power. >> we look forward to finding out what happened. we look forward to finding out why this went on for so long. >> there are at least 1100 patients in dr. levy's care sinsz 1988. most of them don't know if they were photographed or videotaped and if so what levy was allegedly doing with the images. jonathan secure is representing some of his patients. he has the hopes of making it a class action lawsuit. >> all of them who saw me thus far say they believe john hopkins failed in its duty to make sure they are safe. >> they claim john hopkins should have known of dr. levy's alleged conduct and t

reporter: his maryland board of physicians profile shows no red flags, no disciplinary action, malpracticeor conviction for crimes. dr.leavy also reportedly treated patients here at the outpatient center on caroline street which is also part of the hopkins system. the problems only surfaced three weeks ago. dr.leavy killed himself during the early stages of investigation. what was the motive, was anyone else involved? were the images distributed online? >> some people are wondering whether there were other boundary violations that occurred during the course of these quote examinations. >> reporter: several lawsuits have already been filed as hopkins refuses interview requests. police warn the investigation could take months. >> and john hopkins only issued a statement apologizing to patients about the invasion of privacy and said they acted promptly when they realized what happened here. >> reporter: all right, mike. thank you. police confirmed they are investigating whether the -- any of the recordings taken by the doctor were posted on the internet. >>> changes are coming, rain and lots

a man 40 years he quit because it was education malpractice he said in the schools. >> alisyn: that thatprosperity, a hearing in texas over the controversial school curriculum used by about three quarters of the state and we're hearing more compelling testimony from texas educators who call some of these lessons down right anti-american. let's listen what they told texas lawmakers. >> here is the lesson, to ask our american students to design a communist flag, imagine a new socialist nation is creating a flag and you've been put in charge based on radical ideas aka socialism, marxism, and indoctrinating our children with pro islam lesso lessons. >> i resigned as soon as i could find another job, i felt i was abetting a crime of civil rights and human rights. and teaching was like a surgeon forced to use filthy scalpels, as long as i cooperated i was guilty of malpractice. before i'd been a slave i'd be buried in my grave and go home to my lord and be -- (applause) >> well, republicans from texas state senator dan patrick is chairman of the senate education committee and presided over tha

duffle blog website and actually read the article which would be grotesque congressional staff malpracticestaff did read the article on duffle blog and believed it and that would mean that senator mcconnell employs staff who read this paragraph and believed it. dod spokesman said it was a matter of fairness. it has been doing everything it can to prevent torture by allowing it to use it. we hope to crush their souls. hell, the va does that on a daily basis. the staff person had to believe that the department spokesperson said that they crush the souls of bureaucracy. but they can never say that publicly. and the staff would have to believe that the head of the department of affairs plans to award the tan beret of the army rangers to all gitmo detainees. if he are going to represent the army in the classroom i want them to look sharp doing it. and if the staff read the article on the duffle blog which by now is a humor website for veterans if the staff read that article they would have read this quote from a gitmo prisoner. this is [ bleep ] cried prisoner sa 212. i filled out all of the fo

we have an insane malpractice system that anybody in practice will tell you is devastating.ne study in massachusetts show a quarter of all procedures referrals and tests are put in place not for medical reasons but out of the fear of being sued. it is a huge source of waste. there wasn't a word about it in the bill o'reilly bam ma passed. why? because their trial lawyers were big contributors to the democrats. if you wanted to start to cut that's where you could start. >> is the president going to get more money out of republicans in congress? >> i think if he is going to get it he has to get it now. the dow was up today it wasn't doing so great. the fact is near historical levels right now it has been a tremendous surge. i think the public opinion about the president his approval ratings are now ore 50 percent regularly. so he has political capital suspense to quote george w. bush after he was re-elected. this is the time. i think there's increasing argument that goes and the president put it in these terms in that interview that you have got to have smart cuts. you need to

to have a verifiable system when you have people goofing off and people are involved in massive malpracticeis, you need to identify them and separate them from the organization as soon as you can. >> cenk: professor eugene o'donnell. thank you for joining us on "the young turks"." >> thanks, cenk. >> cenk: we'll talk to you soon. when we come back, we'll go to the case of sally jewel. is she better? it's a really interesting question. we'll have someone from the sierra club analyze her record. >> we will drill here and drill now, and now is when you can drill baby drill. yes. drill baby drill. [ ♪ music ♪ ] [ ♪ music ♪ ] [ male announcer ] to many men, shaving can be a sensitive issue. but take comfort. it may not be you; it may be your razor. upgrade to gillette fusion proglide. our micro-thin blades are thinner than a surgeon's scalpel to put less stress on your skin by gliding through hair. switch to fusion proglide. number one dermatologist recommended on sensitive skin. and now introducing new fusion proglide sensitive shave gel. gillette. the best a man can get. you know who is coming

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it is political malpractice. >> indeed, it is.ed bernstein and dana milbank, thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> much more ahead, but first a lighter moment with the president as he announces his latest cabinet pick. >> when sally's confirmed, i'm willing to bet that she will be the first secretary of the interior who frequently hikes and once spent a month climbing mountains in antarctica which is not something i'd do. because it seems like it'd be cold. and i was born in hawaii. ♪ [ man ] ring ring... progresso this reduced sodium soup says it may help lower cholesterol, how does it work? you just have to eat it as part of your heart healthy diet. step 1. eat the soup. all those veggies and beans, that's what may help lower your cholesterol and -- well that's easy [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. [ babies crying ] surprise -- your house was built on an ancient burial ground. [ ghosts moaning ] surprise -- your car needs a new transmission. [ coyote howls ] how about no more surprises? now you can get all

. >> any victim of this crime and malpractice has a legitimate cause of action against the doctor and an attorney who deals with medical ethics says his office has dealt with similar cases over the years, where physicians have crossed the line, taking inappropriate pictures and video of their patients. the problems with these types of cases is that it's sometimes difficult to prove that the doctor, in this days dr. levy, was acting within the scope or definition of his employment. >> the question is, when he sets up a device to record a patient without their knowledge and by breaking the law, is he still within the scope of his employment? that becomes a factual issue for a judge to decide eventually in any lawsuit. >> reporter: at this point hopkins official say a number of patients have been notified, but know there are hundreds more he has treated. the hopkins medicine board of trustees has also set up its own investigation. >>> the medical examiner hasn't yet released dr. levy's cause of death. he had worked at johns hopkins since 1988. >>> we begin with some breaking news. one mu

they've got some very excellent forensic dentists out there in california and it would be forensic malpracticeone of them didn't come up to the mountain and look at the charred body. remember, it's only charred on the outside and not on the inside and the teeth don't get charred, the teeth stay in good shape and within minutes make a comparison of the death in that body and prior dental records from the military, if no other place, that i'm sure the sheriff's department has already collected days ago. >> greta: all right in the event that it wasn't collected or that the military hasn't yet for whatever reason gotten dental records to the sheriff's department, what's their plan b in terms of identifying this body? i assume what you're saying is going to happen, but what if it doesn't. >> well, i think because of all the concerns and fears, and the weight that people put on dna, they're also doing dna analysis, they have dna cards from the military on him. they have his mother nearby who has dna and they could do a dna test further confirming that it's dorner within couple of days, you remember,

do you see any signs to the end of the congressional malpractice that brought us here? i wish i could say yes. i mean look, nothing focuses the mind like the prospect of hanging. in this date they kicked the hanging date to march 1st. there's still a pervasive denial. republicans are saying we hate the sequester but maybe we could take the defense cuts off the table. that denies the reality that was supposed to compel them, which was broad-based pain. everyone would have to give a little bit. this is such a dumb, self-inflicted problem. the real resolve to get something done, a grand bargain, doesn't exist. when the president talks about closing loopholes that should be consistent with tax reform. but no it's cast as a tax hike and democrats still seem in denial about the real nature of the problem, which is entitlements, that's driving long-term debt. >> so we're where we were in august of 2011. right where we were with no resolution. want you to listen to new york democrat, gerald nadaler who articulates the fear that politicians have as the deadline looms. >> cbo sai

we have an insane malpractice system that anybody in practice will tell you is devastating. in massachusetts show a quarter of all procedures referrals and tests are put in place not for medical reasons but out of the fear of being sued. it is a huge source of waste. there wasn't a word about it in the bill o'reilly bam ma passed. why? because their trial lawyers were big contributors to the democrats. if you wanted to start to cut that's where you could start. >> is the president going to get more money out of republicans in congress? >> i think if he is going to get it he has to get it now. the dow was up today it wasn't doing so great. the fact is near historical levels right now it has been a tremendous surge. i think the public opinion about the president his approval ratings are now ore 50 percent regularly. so he has political capital suspense to quote george w. bush after he was re-elected. this is the time. i think there's increasing argument that goes and the president put it in these terms in that interview that you have got to have smart cuts. you need to add rev