since 1975 it has set fixed cap on certain medical malpractice awards.john fowler is investigating if that law needs to be changed. >> reporter: doctors and clinics say keeping that malpractice cap reduces their costs, allows them to treat more patients better. some activists and families say it's unfair. >> i can't believe she's not here. >> reporter: jessica can of san francisco teared up over photos of her mom. >> it makes me want to fight harder. >> reporter: 59-year-old michelle wu died from what a jury found to be medical malpractice. jessica said several attorneys declined to take her case. >> it's unjust for everybody who goes through any sort of medical malpractice case. >> last -- >> reporter: steven pratt says upping that cap could cost billions. >> take it out of the healthcare system and put it into the pockets of the trial lawyers. couldn't come at a worse possible time. >> reporter: patient advocates want voters to decide whether to overhaul the law. raise that cap on noneconomic damages such as pain and suffering from $250,000 to over $1

. >>> a new effort to change california 's malpractice law from the community. . >>> good evening, it is friday, july 26, i am gasia mikaelian, this is bay area news at 7:00. a suspicious device prompted the chp to close the bay bridge in both directions on a busy night in the bay area with tens of thousands of people heading out to shows. you can see here that it is stacked up on either sides of the cash payers, the fast track lanes appeared to be clear. it was moving now but a few hours ago there was gridlocks. on the eastbound exit to treasure island just before 1:00 this afternoon. the high patrol close td bridge in both directions. >> any time we have suspicious debris or something that looks suspicious, we want to make sure that it is perfectly safe to the public so we want to do that safely. >> the bridge reopens about 15 minutes and tr started moving again. it was determined not an explosive. >>> busy night of san francisco it is now getting under away. where a concert with justin timberlake and jay z is about to get under way in less than 30 minutes. noel. >> reporter: tens o

it's a fight about malpractice. >> yeah, malpractice awards. we don't think about this unless you get hurt. when you get hurt and someone is at fault, you hope there's some kind of compensation. fine, the current law signed by then-governor jerry brown, are you waiting for this, 1975, governor jerry brown then, yes, back in 1975, amazing, right? limits a medical malpractice award for pain and sufferi ing more than $2 sdwift,050,000. that's regardless of what the injury is. $250,000. with inflation, $250,000 in 1975 equals $57,600 today. while we pay more for gasoline, groceries, clothing, just about everything else, medical malpractice limits have not changed. >> now, you know, those of us who just go to the doctor and hope to never have any sort of malpractice issue are stuck in the middle between these two sides, and they're very powerful. >> oh, my, are they. this is a boxing match between two political heavyweights. that's the only way to look at it. in one corner, the consumer activists, the trial lawyers, they contebd the old law should b

we can take a medical malpractice, we can take up obamacare. the more attractive it becomes. that is what we will happen. instead of a on student loans and immigration, all the things mentioned, it will turn this into a national debate about who controls the new majority institution in our country. voters want to do whatever we can think of. >> thank you. >> "washington journal" begins in a moment. this morning, a discussion on recent security concerns in africa. live coverage. and potential changes to the senate filibuster rules at 1230 eastern. -- 12:30 p.m. eastern. in 45 minutes, we will talk about the obama administration's one-year delay of the employer mandate portion of the health care law. and a discussion on immigration legislation and other items on the congressional agenda. later, a conversation about the national center for education statistics and the education of young children. of nuclear options. we'd like your opinion on this story. here are the numbers to call.

. >> the fight over how much money should go to victims of medical malpractice. >>> bolts aged by decades in just a few weeks, only on 2, the massive lab experiment to see if the new span of the bay bridge can withstand the test of time. these stories and more coming up at 6. >>> the house ethics committee has extended an investigation of republican michele bachmann. she faces allegations of making improper payments to a campaign aide. bachmann denies any wrong doing but has said she will not seek reelection to the house. >>> one of america's most beloved icons came under attack. vandals sprayed paint on the lincoln memorial. >> it's obviously disappointing that someone would disrespect something that's for the public that much that they would degrade it and deface it. >> early this morning a security guard discovered green paint splattered on the bottom statue. preservation crews spent the day using nontoxic cleaning products to remove that paint. tourists were able to climb the stairs. the good news is the damage is not permanent. >> we feel very, very fortunate. this is such a national

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>> if it was a defense lawyer, it would be malpractice, unfortunately. >> not only malpractice, but it was the defense attorneys that had to bring out there were wounds on abrasion on trayvon martin's hand. and that came through this medical examiner. >>> coming up, we heard george zimmerman talk about a rash of break-ins in his neighborhood. we'll be back from sanford, florida. ♪ the middle of this special moment and i need to run off to the bathroom. ♪ i'm fed up with always having to put my bladder's needs ahead of my daughter. ♪ so today, i'm finally talking to my doctor about overactive bladder symptoms. [ female announcer ] know that gotta go feeling? ask your doctor about prescription toviaz. one toviaz pill a day significantly reduces sudden urges and accidents, for 24 hours. if you have certain stomach problems or glaoma, or can not empty your bladd, you should not take toviaz. get emergency medical help right away if your face, lips, throat or tongue swells. toviaz can cause blurred vision, dizziness, drowsiness and decreased sweating. do not drive,perate machinery or do unsa

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i think malpractice is a big issue for obstetricians.hey pay sometimes a couple hundred thousand dollars a year for malpractice. so it is a part of the problem, but the more i spoke to people, the more i thought it was not a huge part of the problem. like i said, the obstetricians work for you hard. they have a very demanding job. they trained for years. and their fees are not the big part of the problem. so, yes, malpractice is there, but it is really not the issue. necessaryf the testing, what you see is we do the necessary tests as other countries do the necessary tests, but we take those tests and do them more and more and more. i think there is a kind of sense with the way insurance in our country works that why not just get two scans a week, we will see how baby is, we will get a sense of how things are going. we have the sense that if you are insured, no one is paying, but of course we are all paying. there is no harm, but there is. host: cornelius, north carolina, jeff is insured. go ahead, jeff. caller: my wife and i, this is re

that is malpractice. >> why don't you do something?john: you got ladies' night banned. >> that has been done in a great majority of states. >> john: bars were offering cheaper drinks to women because mostly guys were in bars and guys were happy and women were happy, you take happiness away. [ applause ] >> all the who are any men and drunk women are clapping but in state after state, they have ruled that ladies' night is illegal. >> history of government is it promises to do good for the people. from the pharaohs, to the czars, to monarchs, every government says, we are here to help you. they usually cause major wars and concentration camps and gulags and so on. so all of this.... >> what is your remedy. >> that is because we abolished the next step from the nanny state is the tyranical state. >> so you want to abolish government. >> i was explaining it just like the founding fathers did. >> john: they went to court and sued companies that made ladders. there weren't enough warnings on ladders. are we safer because of that? >> the stud

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i have to tell you, just -- that is political malpractice. two quick questions. i've gone on very long. the chairman has been very generous. i know you guys will have probably different answers to this. first, do you think this is popular with the american people? i'm not saying this is necessarily how we should judge everything we do. all the polling, the law and this decision suggests to me it's not, and that may be the explanation for why it was announced in the way it was. second, this gets to a point that mr. young made and that i agreed with. sometimes you have to just be fair or at least look like you're being fair. i think it looks incredibly unfair to let business off and individuals on. i just think it's actually going to erode, and i'm not for this law, done want to suggest that my opinion would change. i think it's going to erode the effort to erode faith in. my friend mentioned the prescription drug medicare part "dprogram, and, you know, strangely enough, that's always been pretty popular. it certainly had some challenges, but it's -- actually at th

been tested by revelation of severe abuse of the public trust and funds, resulting partly from malpractices. >> with oil production expected to halt in the coming weeks, for the second time since independence, south sudan will once again lose most of its income. already one of the least developed countries in the world, the political situation makes it to future even more uncertain. al jazeera, south sudan. tuesday, south sudan's interior ministry -- interior minister laid it down. nash played it down. now, the president has the constitutional right to carry out the exercise. he will then form a new cabinet. that cabinet can contain some of the old ministers, as well as some new ones. that is how the reshuffle is all about. it is a democratic process required by our constitution. >> the australian government says it will investigate reports of silence seek is at a detention camp in pop was new guinea are being raped and tortured -- papua new guinea. theralian prime and is kevin rudd announced plans to send asylum-seekers coming in boats to papua new guinea. >> there was nothing that could m

i think malpractice is a big issue for obstetricians.they pay sometimes a couple hundred thousand dollars a year for malpractice. so it is a part of the problem, but the more i spoke to people, the more i thought it was not a huge part of the problem. sike i said, the obstetrician work for you hard. they have a very demanding job. they trained for years. and their fees are not the big part of the problem. so, yes, malpractice is there, but it is really not the issue. in terms of the necessary testing, what you see is we do the necessary tests as other countries do the necessary tests, but we take those tests and do them more and more and more. i think there is a kind of sense with the way insurance in our not justorks that why get to scans a week, we will see how baby baby is, we will get a sense at have -- of how things are going. we have the sense that if you are insured, no one is paying, but of course we are all paying. there is no harm, but there is. ,ost: cornelius, north carolina jeff is insured. go ahead, jeff. caller: my wife an

opponents, including some doctors are strongly against raising the malpractice award cap saying it will drive up health care premiums for all californians, but a supporter says the measure will hold doctors more accountable. >> they need to be punished for things they do wrong. they're not gods. yes, doctors saved my life at a different hospital. but when they miss diagnose, when they kill people, when they mame people, they should be held accountable. >> the initiative needs more than 500,000 signatures from registered voters to qualify for the november 2014 ballot. >>> still ahead at 6:00. boosting safety, the proposed changes to food. >>> how cloud technology is putting crime fighting power into your hands. >>> plus vandalism causing the temporary closure of a national monument. >>> this has been a congress unwilling to make any compromises. is it the worst productive congress in history? tonight's reality check is coming up next. >>> okay. imagine this scenario. it's 3:00 in the morning and you get a text message, not from a person, but from your security camera, telling you that so

. >> reporter: several attorneys denied to take her case because medical malpractice settlements arepped. upping that cap could cost billions. >> take it out of the health care system and put it into the pockets of the trial lawyers. this couldn't come at a worse possible time. >> reporter: advocates want lawyers to decide whether to overhaul the 38 year law. raise that cap on noneconomic damages such as pain and suffering from 200,000 to over $1 million. >> it's very important that the laws change. >> reporter: a jury said medical errors called robin franco's brain damage and she should get $1 million. >> she was only awarded $250,000 out of that 6 million. >> reporter: opponents include doctors, clinics, nurses, unions and local governments. >> a lot of people have a lot to lose if health care costs go up. >> it's not the greedy lawyers and attorneys, it's not the greedy plaintiffs we're the victims. >> reporter: supporters need half a million signatures to qualify this initiative for the november 2014 ballot. if it does expect an expensive and emotional election battle. health and

and then you have malpractice insurance. and much of this is far more costly than it used to be.tors are finding that they have to close their practices or reduce their practices or even retire early from practice because they don't know how they will be able to afford to keep up. lou: some of the estimates rise in this country over the next decade or so. do you think it will be that severe? how soon do you think we will ca? >> the cost is far higher than it needs to be. the reason for that is our institutions, the medical institutions. that is a result of government involvement for years. we need to have common sense prevail. this doesn't have to be democrats versus republicans. we have an opportunity here. lou: doctor nan heyworth. thank you so much. an escalating war of words between potential 2016 candidates. you won't believe it. these two guys squaring off against each other. the governor of new jersey, chris christie and senator rand paul. cue the fireworks. >> so is if senator paul wants to look at where he will cut spending, maybe he should look at cutting the profile sp

reimbursement fees coming down and they cannot afford malpractice and running the office.nd these accountable care organization is what it is promoting so you have to be a part of it. in order to get reimbursed. chles: what people are concerned about is tre is a big difference between access to quality health care. it sounds like there is already the numbers problem it will be worse if we can imagine. >> that is a good point. just because you have health insurance doesn't mean if you have access to care. what we find in massachusetts once the bet was covered there were not enough primary-care doctors that is the probl the affordable care act does noo address there is a predicted shortage of wood pigeon thousand doctors by 2020 on this we get more primary-care doctors involved it doesn't matter if you have insurance if you cannot find a doctor to take care of p.o. -- -- take care of you. charles: with the beginning of our political ideology there should be pushed back and rethought? >> it is already starting to go in motion with insurance companies are already planning the

. >> reporter: several attorneys denied to take her case because medical malpractice settlements arepped. upping that cap could cost billions. >> take it out of the health care system and put it into the pockets of the trial lawyers. this couldn't come at a worse possible time. >> reporter: advocates want lawyers to decide whether to overhaul the 38 year law. raise that cap on noneconomic damages such as pain and suffering from 200,000 to over $1 million. >> it's very important that the laws change. >> reporter: a jury said medical errors called robin franco's brain damage and she should get $1 million. >> she was only awarded $250,000 out of that 6 million. >> reporter: opponents include doctors, clinics, nurses, unions and local governments. >> a lot of people have a lot to lose if health care costs go up. >> it's not the greedy lawyers and attorneys, it's not the greedy plaintiffs we're the victims. >> reporter: supporters need half a million signatures to qualify this initiative for the november 2014 ballot. if it does expect an expensive and emotional election battle. health and

right behind her when she, my advice to him, i don't know him, but my advice to him, notify your malpracticeirst of all because you let your client testify. bring your client in and do what is in her best interests. it's in her best interests to work this out with congress with the oversight committee. that would be my advice to lois lerner. >> john: there is a slight resemblance between you and keefer sutherland. we'll see if you compel her to come back or similar fashion. thanks for joining us. appreciate your time this morning. >> john: cheers and celebration after high court's ruling in same-sex marriage cases, new battles are already brewing on the state level. our panel is next. alec, for this mission i upgraded your smart phone. ♪ right. but the most important feature of all is... the capital one purchase eraser. i can redeem the double miles i earned with my venture card to erase recent travel purchases. d with a few clicks, this mission never happened. uh, what's this button do? [ electricity zaps ] ♪ you requested backup? yes. yes i did. what's in your wallet? >>. >>> the opportuni

to go forward with that jury is malpractice. >> the judge said that the prosecution could say profilingdon't know what that means. >> the next part of our interview, we'll hear what juror b-37 has to say about whether race was a factor in that jury room. so you don't believe race played a role in this case? >> i don't think it did. i think if there was another person, spanish, white, asian, if they came in the same situation where trayvon was, i think george would have reacted the exact same way. >>> more now on my exclusive every day we're working to be an even better company - and to keep our commitments. and we've made a big commitment to america. bp supports nearly 250,000 jobs here. through all of our energy operations, we invest more in the u.s. than any other place in the world. in fact, we've invested over $55 billion here in the last five years - making bp america's largest energy investor. our commitment has never been stronger. we know it's your videoconference of the day. hi! hi, buddy! that's why the free wifi and hot breakfast are something to smile about. book a great get

incompetence not to and too to keep going forward with the same case with that jury is absolute malpracticege also did something weird here. the judge said the prosecution could say profiling but not racial profiling. i don't even know what that means. >> it is interesting. at 10:00 we have a special on race and justice in this country, both related to this case and our history and angela corey, the sister attorney for california is -- excuse me, for florida will be there. she -- and i ask her about race and she really goes out of her way to try to not say that race was part of this. i mean, she says race was not part of it -- >> watch and it see if you feel if that was a genuine response. >> exactly. we'll be right back. yeah, i'm married. does it matter? you'd do that for me? really? yeah, i'd like that. who are you talking to? uh, it's jake from state farm. sounds like a really good deal. jake from state farm at three in the morning. who is this? it's jake from state farm. what are you wearing, jake from state farm? [ jake ] uh... khakis. she sounds hideous. well she's a guy, so... [ mal

to go forward with that jury is malpractice. >> the judge said that the prosecution could say profiling. i don't know what that means. >> the next part of our interview, we'll hear what juror b-37 has to say about whether race was a factor in that jury room. so you don't believe race played a role in this case? >> i don't think it did. i think if there was another person, spanish, white, asian, if they came in the same situation where trayvon was, i think george would have reacted the exact same way. and a great deal. great outdoo, grrrr ahhh let's leave the deals to hotels.com. perfect! yep, and no angry bears. up to 30% off. only at hotels.com. it's been that way since the day you met. but your erectile dysfunction - it could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms of bph like needing to go frequently or urgently. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medications, and

i think it's a kind of malpractice. this law is going to help businesses, small businesses in particular, but really, it creates more options for middle-sized and large businesses as well. and certainly for ordinary americans, this is really just such a blessing for people to be able to finally get insured. tens of millions of people. and it's like before medicare came in. half of all seniors had no insurance. and now all of them do. all of us do. and so it's really a wonderful program. and now americans i think are starting to ask what does this mean for me, rather than this sort of abstract policy discussion about obama care. and the majority of americans would rather fix it than repeal it all together. so even there, the republicans are on the wrong side. and one more thing. there are members of congress who are saying they are going to refuse to help people who come to their offices and want help to enroll. amazing. >> you know, and when i say that they're doing this, dana, for a law that is helping people, you know

or not read and it would be like some of the bills in the past where i feel it was legislative malpractice where they have said we have to pass it to see what's in it. we don't want to go there again. when we pass it, our children and the children of the future can say you know what? they did a great job and i'm glad they stood up and took their time to make a bill that was good for america that protected that opportunity that we hold so dearly. with that, i yield back at this time. thank you. mrs. bachmann: thank you to mr. yoho from florida and we will continue to have this discussion back and forth. and you raised an excellent point and that is going back to 1986 when president reagan told the country that we would have a one-time deal, this would never be extended only, only one time will we have amnesty and assured the country that there would be amnesty given to one million but ended up being 3.6 million. why? all of a sudden, the people realized the door is open and we can go on and flooded across the border and rather than one million, 3.6 million and chain migration that extended

we would love to have gotten medical malpractice reform passed. that that got 58 votes in the senate or expiration on the north coast of alaska for energy. i think that got 58 votes in the senate. big majorities that less than a supermajority that it takes to get things done here in the senate. that is the beauty of united states senate. it allows representation for minority rights and what they are talking about doing would undermine and wreck that. senator reid said it well back in 2009. he said this would ruin the country and went on to say but it destroyed the senate to have used the nuclear option and change the rules. make no mistake about it. they are talking about executive nominations today but if you do this up close the door wide open. they will establish a precedent that will only be a matter of time before they use that as judicial nominations and legislation as well. there is going to come a time here in the united states senate where they are no longer the majority and is going to be very difficult to turn back the hands of time if

. >> so you would not dispute legal liability for medical malpractice by one of those doctors performingof your trips? >> my understanding is that if a doctor to the point that mr. cahill was making, if we make a if we choose somebody unqualified to provide that service, we are liable for to a lawsuit for failure to do so. >> apart from the credentials, you disclaim any responsibility. of limits of your acceptance liability is if that person has a diploma or a credential, that is where your liability ends. >> the appropriate diploma or credential, yes. >> same with you? >> yes, sir. >> my time is expired. i apologize for running over and i will follow-up in the second round of inquiry. real quicklyntion that this issue of liability was the florida by state supreme court and by the u.s. supreme court. it was the case -- carnival corporation versus darcy car lisle in 2007. the opinion in that case was that they are not liable for the behavior of a physician conducting malpractice on one of their cruise ships. >> i'll absorb that as best i can. senator? do you want me to make a speech welco

state level, which has made medical malpractice insurance more affordable and which has caused many, many doctors to move to texas who otherwise might not have come there, providing greater access to health care. as i said, we also need to allow the interstate -- intrastate sale of health insurance policies. there is no reason i shouldn't be able to buy a health insurance policy in virginia if it seats my needs better than one available in texas. why would we not allow that? and again why would we not want the best of the competition and the benefits to the consumer. we also need to boost support for state high-risk pools to protect americans with preexisting conditions. now, this is one of the reasons why the president and other proponents of obamacare said we have to have obamacare, because we need to deal with preexisting conditions. and we do. but we can do it a lot cheaper and a lot more efficiently by using federal support for existing state preexisting condition high-risk pools. we don't have to take the whole 2,700-page piece of legislation that cost us several trillion dolla

should bethere medical malpractice reform, which, if anything, will take away from hospitals the excuse over testing people with cat scans and everything else at exorbitant rates. but medicare works. prices, pays the right and anyone who thinks that hospitals lose money on medicare needs to just drive on any highway in florida and look at the billboards for all the ads for all hospitals that are advertising how they have expanded, they have new services. who are that advertising for in florida? they are advertising for medicare patients. they make money on medicare. medicare is deficient. it works. most of medicare is the private sector. has 8000 private-sector employees who are contract the maybe 700 other people who supervise it -- who are contract it out. up just a couple of follow- questions before we open it up to the fore. the big point of contention is how efficient is medicare? david, i will let you respond. thingse are a couple of i would love to talk about but i am not sure we will have time. medicare does rely on private several private insurance companies. doesn't it seem st

and important, the environmental cases that case is that are lower wage workers are cases about malpracticemy record as attorney general and as governor was one of pursuing public interest. five years after i resigned i asked the public to give me a second chance to participate in office where i think the public so far seems to be saying my knowledge of capital markets, my knowledge of finance will give me an opportunity to represent them in an independent voice with respect to pension obligations, insuring the dollars we spend our for the purposes for which they should be spent. that is what this job is about and what the public may decide if it wants to give me an opportunity. stuart: i think you're going to win. we will continue the conversation but i think you are going to win and mr. weiner will be mayor of new york but the new york becomes a laughingstock. >> have to address that question. >> i have to address many questions i wish to address. stuart: you will address this? >> i didn't say i wouldn't but there are other questions to address, the question is whether democracy is going

and fifth, we've done in texas, we found ways to curb frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits which don't shut the front door to the courthouse for truly legitimate claims, but which have made health insurance or medical malpractice insurance more affordable because our civil justice system is more predictable. number six, we need to eliminate all the unnecessary government mandates that drive up insurance costs. what happens down in austin, texas, and state capitals across the country is legislatures comes together and they say you can't sell insurance in our state unless you cover x, y, and z. well, the fact is not every consumer, not every patient needs x, y, and z coverage but by those mandates they end up driving up the cost of that health insurance. and what we need to do is eliminate the unnecessary mandates that many people don't use anyway, because those just drive up costs. and we need to make -- by eliminating those mandates, we can help bring down the costs and make health care more affordable. and number seven -- this is an old suggestion but one that i think still is very im

i think at that moment i had to possible answer to one would've been the malpractice and which is i would've said man, which are suffering from is a socially constructed condition and what we do is changes i'd rather than treat the individual or something like that. and i think it would've been the wrong answer. instead what i realized was that racial and gender stereotypes shaped her expectations about the drugs that i made was going to prescribe, maybe not. and they also shape the way i listen to them and knew what she typically think in retrospect the right answer at the moment was not to say yes or no about prozac or some drug. it was instead to say what does normal mean to you? what are your expectations about this? how do you think is going to change your life? and my own lens of try to raise gender and culture and class, you said if you study culture in action i think is you better insight into the complex simple, symbols of power that pharmaceuticals and the medical establishment become. >> i don't have a personal anecdote per se but what i found in my research, think about the polit

did you see any judicious malpractice? you have to say the jury has spoken.are a country of laws, that's a system we have. >> that's a different issue of whether stand your ground is a good law. the jury made the right decision based on the prosecution's ability to present their case. >> let me remind you there are plenty of people who have been prosecuted for self-defense. that's the reason state after state has enacted these laws to protect people from lawfully protecting themselves. these are the ways things have always been done. this is a reaction we get. >> normally conservatives want fewer laws not more laws. andbill: i'm curious to see wher this goes anywhere. i heard that you cannot even bring a civil case against george zimmerman based on what we understand about what transpired that case in february 2012. >> it doesn't mean they won't. bill: then you could question whether they would be successful. >> the threshold is lower and there is potentially a payoff. the family is upset. i understand. i feel for the parents of trayvon martin. he's dead. i u

we can take a medical malpractice, we can take up obamacare. the more attractive it becomes. that is what we will happen. instead of a on student loans and immigration, all the things mentioned, it will turn this into a national debate about who controls the new majority institution in our country. voters want to do whatever we can think of. >> a joint meeting will be held the senate returns on monday. last week, the majority leader motioned the -- to end the debate. follow the senate live. the house returns live on tuesday at 2:00 p.m. eastern for a debate. later, the chamber considers a bill that will delay the healthcare law. watch the house live on c-span. >> before the senate returns for business on monday, harry reid will talk about proposed changes to your filibuster rules at the center for american progress. watch live coverage at 10:30 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> earlier, someone touched upon the idea that women could not really predict their role in entering into the white house. i did find one political maryver who commented that started with mr. lincoln when h

we can take a medical malpractice, we can take up obamacare. the more attractive it becomes. that is what we will happen. instead of a on student loans and immigration, all the things mentioned, it will turn this into a national debate about who controls the new majority institution in our country. voters want to do whatever we haveo don't. been called to a filibuster meeting this evening. they will be meeting in the old senate chamber were no cameras will be allowed to. we will be waiting to see if they have neat thing to say after. in the meantime, senators will be meeting at 2:00 a.m. eastern today. much will be taken up by speeches on any topic here and you can see live senate coverage on our companion network c-span2. you can follow it at twitter at twitter.com/cspan. #cspanchat. quite earlier someone touched upon the idea that women could in really reject their role entering into the white house. i did find one political observer that commented that mary started with mr. lincoln when he was a poor young man and with no idea being called to the presidency. that being a c

we would love to have gotten malpractice reform passed read or expiration on the north coast of alaska for energy. big majorities. sure the necessary super majority that it takes to get things done in the senate. that is the beauty of the united states senate. it allows representation for minority rights. ist they're talking about undermining and wrecking that. senator reid said it would destroy the senate. make no mistake about it, their document executive nominations today. if you do this, it blows the door wide open. they will establish a precedent and it will not -- it will only isa matter of time before it used for legislation as well. there is going to, time where there are no longer any majority. it is going to be difficult to turn back the hands of time if him -- if they move forward with a are talking about doing. i hope cooler heads will prevail. the paneltioned nominees are being contested. the issue of her republicans say is they are unconstitutional. if you confirm them now, they would be constitutional. they did understand the argument there. when addressed your concerns?

we have a lit udgeous society and the costs want just of the malpractice rates for physicians and hospitals is significantly high. but the price of the -- the practice of defensive medicine, which is what your doctor does and every doctor does to make sure if they're every called into court they can honestly say to the judge and the jury, i don't know what you wanted me to do, because i did everything, when, in fact, everything wasn't necessary to either treat or diagnostics patient. if you direct those issues, through the wonderful beauty and awe, the costs will come back. we just haven't addressed the real problem. republican caller, go ahead. caller: this is what i have heard in the last year on the mandate. the republican, the former republican, the senator from wyoming, said that there are 50 million people in america that don't have health, and if you're not getting healthcare, you're fooling yourself. now, i think who went to the emergency room knows that. they have been receiving free healthcare, and it's said that it cost everyone who has it $1,000 extra on their if. now, obamacare

god knows there should be medical malpractice reform.that will take away from hospitals the excuse of over testing people with a cat scans and everything else. works.e medicare pays the right prices and anyone who thinks that hospitals lose money on medicare needs to drive on any highway and look at the billboards for all the ads for all the hospitals that are expanded.g that had who are they advertising to? medicare is efficient, it works. most of medicare is the private sector. sectorre has 8000 private- employees who are contracted out and maybe 700 other people whose supervisors work for the government. questions. of exactly how efficient is medicare? let me let you respond. couple ofstick with a things. i am sure we will have time. private does rely on contractors. it relies on several private insurance companies. does it seem strange that it would cost medicare so much less to contract out to have -- why is that? i have been a contractor. when new contract out something like ad sales, you give yourself a better deal. that blue cros

and every doctor does to make certain that if they are never called in the court of law on the malpractice cases they can honestly say to the judge and the jury i don't know what -- when he wanted me to because i did everything when it wasn't necessary to treat were diagnosed the patient. taxation litigation if you address those issues through the wonderful beauty and the greatness of america and the cost will come down we just haven't addressed the problems. >> host: pennsylvania. john, republican caller. go ahead. >> guest: >> caller: this is what i've heard in the last year's on the mandate. the former republican senator from wyoming said that there are 15 million people in america that don't have health care and if you think that they are not getting health care coming you are fooling yourself. now, i think anybody that went to the emergency room knows that they have been receiving free health care and it's sad that it costs everyone that house health care a thousand dollars extra on their premium. now obamacare will mandate 30 million of the people have to contribute to their health c

the costs not just of malpractice rates is significantly high, but the practice of defensive medicine which is what every doctor does to make certain that if they are ever called into court of law on a malpractice case, they can honestly say to the judge and the jury, i did everything, when everything was not necessary to treat or diagnose the patient. if you address those issues, through the wonderful beauty and greatness of america, the costs will come down. we just have not addressed the real problems. go ahead.host: caller: this is what i heard last year on the mandates. the former republican senator from wyoming -- there are 50 million people in america that do not have health care. if you think they are not getting health care, are fooling yourself. anyone who might to the emergency room knows that. they have been receiving free health care. and it is said that it costs everyone that has healthcare a thousand dollars extra on their premium for that. that 30e would mandate million of them people have to contribute to their health care. the 20 million that will not, the largest pa

that they were dealing with the situation in the best way they could and that if there werer any malpracticeouldn't be something that they would see in the emerging markets as well, and other emerging markets that they were in. one more point that he made is that he believed that china has reached an inflection point in the modernization of the health care system, and it is interesting a bout that is that we are seeing the people in the health care industry on edge. they are nervous about what they are seeing for the first time for example today in the widening investigation, an american was detained, and we do not know the name of the american. but we do know that the person is not working at pfizer or glaxosmithkline or eli lilly and the companies are quick to make those statements. guys? >> wow. okay. we will have to follow that story, eunice, and see if we can find out anymore about that individual. thank you very much. >>> in the meantime, crude oil is trading for a one-year high at $106, and we will get the latest oil inventory numbers in three minutes. >>> and former goldman sachs vp

. >> caps, limiting the amount of money patients can collect for medical malpractice may be be eliminatednderway. voters want to change the law that caps damages for pain and suffering. they want voters to decide whether to restructure you're the law. opponents are saying removing could cost billions. >> taken out of the health care system and into the pockets of the trial lawyers, it count be at a worst time. >> supporters need half a million signatures to qualify for the ballot. if it gets there they say to expect an enxpensive and emotion alley election battle. >> first of it's kind event is set to start in 30 minutes. it'll take place from ten until two in the afternoon at the six flags discovery kingdom in vallejo. it's a day for people to stand up to against marine mammal capt ivity. >>> a sea lion rescued by volunteers has been released back into the wild. volunteers were on a training exercise in monterey when they found an adult male under the wharf with a rubber band around its neck. vets removed the band and after a few days the animal was released. >> san diego mayor is promis