marlene wants to begin dating.ysander has a bikini and a deadline. >> in a month's time i'll be going to hawaii, and i'll be wearing this bikini, and i'll -- hopefully i'll be looking great. >> this is our patch and there it is. and we put it right on the anterior portion of her tongue. >> reporter: it's called the tongue patch. cosmetic surgeon dr. nikolas chugay introduced the procedure in the u.s. four years ago, after first seeing it done in latin america. >> i thought, you know, this is a good way to help people lose weight quickly. our first stitch is already in. i am just going to put four knots on it. make sure it stays in there. >> he said the way it works was, if you eat solid food, your tongue rolls back and it would cause pain. >> reporter: chugay says lysander is his 81st patient as he pioneers the process here, in what is arguably the plastic surgery capital of the country, southern california. but, that's nothing compared to body-conscious venezuela. one clinic in caracas has stitched patches on more

. >> reporter: and marlene -- >> i'm willing to do anything at this point.o desperate to lose weight. >> reporter: each hope to drop 20 pounds in 30 days. two overweight women who can't control their eating going to extremes to lose weight fast. a stiff plastic patch, stitched right to their tongues will inflict sharp pain if they try to eat any solid food. it's called the tongue patch. cosmetic surgeon introduced the procedure in the u.s. four years ago, after first seeing it done in latin america. you are sewing a foreign object into somebody's mouth. is that healthy? >> well, it's not unhealthy. >> i can't move my tongue. >> i can't talk. >> i can't say you're guaranteed, but an average weight loss is anywhere from 18 to 20 pounds in that one month's time. >> reporter: have you ever received any flak from colleagues in the medical community for this? >> no, i haven't. >> there is not one scintilla of hope or evidence, that putting a patch on your tongue, and not being able to eat for a month, is going to have any effects on you at one year or two years or

but perhaps marlene was in the right place to survive the shaking.emember the name of the school st. emitius. st.emitius is the patron saint against earthquakes. >>> we'll be right back. >>> when a magnitude 7.1 earthquake violently shook california's north coast in 1992 people there had no idea that in the next 24 hours they would have two aftershocks nearly as strong. the first quake had done enough damage to put it in the history books among california's most destructive. here is diane dweyers report from that first day before there was even more destruction. >> standing in the doorway did not work. i went around the corner and hugged it like i would hug a baby to try not to get moved. it was throwing me around violently. >> reporter: it probably suffered some of the most serious damage. these stairs used to lead up to the front door. and the house used to have a basement. not anymore. >> when i drove up the first thing that occurred to me is that the stairs were not where they were supposed to be. but what occurred to me is that the stairs were w

and marlene -- >> i'm willing to do anything at this point.o desperate to lose weight. >> each hope to drop 20 pounds in 30 days. two overweight women who can't control their eating, going to extremes to lose weight fast. a stiff plastic patch stitched right to their tongues will inflict a sharp pain if they try to eat any solid food. it's called the tongue patch. a cosmetic surgeon introduced the procedure in the u.s. four years ago after first seeing it done in latin america. >> you are sewing a foreign object into somebody's mouth. is that healthy? >> well, it's not unhealthy. >> i can't move my tongue. >> i can't talk. >> you aren't guaranteed, but an average weight loss is anywhere from 18 to 20 pounds in one month's time. >> have you ever received any flak from colleagues in the medical community for this? >> no, i haven't. >> there's not one scintilla of hope or evidence that putting a patch on your tongue and not being able to eat for a month is going to have any affect on you at one year, two years or three years. >> the weight loss e

and marlene -- >> i'm willing to do anything at this point.m so desperate to lose weight. >> each hope to drop 20 pounds in 30 days. two overweight women who can't control their eating, going to extremes to lose weight fast. a stiff plastic patch stitched right to their tongues will inflict a sharp pain if they try to eat any solid food. it's called the tongue patch. a cosmetic surgeon introduced the procedure in the u.s. four years ago after first seeing it done in latin america. >> you are sewing a foreign object into somebody's mouth. is that healthy? >> well, it's not unhealthy. >> i can't move my tongue. >> i can't talk. >> you aren't guaranteed, but an average weight loss is anywhere from 18 to 20 pounds in one month's time. >> have you ever received any flak from colleagues in the medical community for this? >> no, i haven't. >> there's not one scintilla of hope or evidence that putting a patch on your tongue and not being able to eat for a month is going to have any affect on you at one year, two years or three years. >> the weight los

. >> and then i'd like to move for seat 4 kathleen coal for seat 6 mario pause and seat 7 marlene kingsley have her down for seat 7. and for seat 8 felix funning tests and seat 10 mel have a maldonado and for seat 11 tor ray moses and a before i go further director pond are the numbers correct? >> clarify seat number 6 (inaudible). >> i think she said that. is there a second important the motion >> okay without objection the motion pads. thank you very much. and phil thanks for coming (clapping) where am i? okay. before that he we're going to item number 9 before we entertain a motion for a closed session we still have to continue the meeting please leave the room quietly. okay madam clerk, please call items 9 through 11 and those are claims >> before we entertain a motion to convene in closed session any members of the public wish to speak or those items. seeing none, public comment is closed colleagues is there a motion to convene in closed session >> okaypasses. >> i'm city deputy attorney the committee and make any decisions during the brief closed session and, in fact, the member of t

bee colonies in the united states than there were back in 2007, before this colony collapse that marlene refers to hit. now, when you say, as jennifer did, that we have lost 40% of the bee colonies, the intelligent listener and observer will say, we had 100 before, and we have 60 now, since we lost 40%. but what we're saying is that beekeepers normally lose a fraction of their bees each winter. the bees only live about six weeks, and the colony persists, and it's a living biological entity, and if a beekeeper puts them out over the winter, he's going to come back and find maybe a 15% loss, or 30% loss. if they have 30%, and they have seven colonies of bees, they can split the remaining healthy hives, and buildup to 100 colonies in a matter of weeks. so the beekeepers are doing this, and that's why we have more bee colonies than we did. it's not saying that everything is rosie in the beekeeping world, but beekeepers are savvy. >> after the break, we're going to face this idea of high-rises and condos in urban areas. we want to know if it's all buzz or if it turns what some considers a cri

marlene doesn't need a study to convince her. getting all the data she needs from her bathroom scales as the pounds fall away. >> not as bad as it used to be. my arms are a lot 13. >> sheets also watching the pounds melt away. >> so far probably lost 15 or 16 pounds. >>reporter: final tally, marlene loses 18 pounds. sandra loses 23 pounds. >> really i don't want to go through that again. it was really hard for me. >> it wasn't bad. >> look you are smichlingt i would do it again. >>reporter: still to co-you pay the credit card bill on time right? but is that really enough? michael helps a woman was sent to collection even though she paid on time every month. what's the deal. i'll be b avo: the volkswagen "sign then drive sales event is back. which means it's never been easier to get a new passat, awarded j.d. power's most appealing midsize car, two years in a row. and right now you can drive one home for practically just your signature. get zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first month's payment on any new 201

and marlene -- >> i'm willing to do anything at this point. so desperate to lose weight. >> each hope to drop 20 pounds in 30 days. two overweight women who can't control their eating, going to extremes to lose weight fast. a stiff mrs. tick patch stitched right to their tongues will inflict a sharp pain if they try to eat any solid food. it's called the tongue patch. cosmetic surgeon introduced the procedure in the u.s. four years ago after first seeing it done in latin america. >> you are sewing a foreign object into somebody's mouth. is that healthy? >> well, it's not unhealthy. >> i can't move my tongue. >> i can't talk. >> you aren't guaranteed but an average weight loss is anywhere from 18 to 20 pounds in one month's time. >> have you ever received any flak from colleagues in the medical community for this? >> no, i haven't. >> there's not one scintilla of hope or evidence that putting a patch on your tongue and not being able to eat for a month is going to have any affect on you at one year, two years or three years. >> the weight loss

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marlene says i wouldn't want to get hit in the head.aid i thought we were crying to create jobs. >> amazon, tell low, did you receive your package? yes, it killed my thoughts. thank you for you thoughts. we'll keep reading them. >> happy monday. thes who now claims that the healthcare.gov web site is working better than ever and tens of thousands of people are logging on. how well is it really working? >> ever get migraine headaches? anybody who does know how excruciating they can be. now a new study indicates an object that many people use every day could be to blame. and your man, the crack smoke-sg mayor. he ate and wings and stole somebody's seat. let's get to it. >> happy december.

roster of prospective celebrities, people like uphold, walt disney, marlene dietrich. howard hughes. some of the most famous people in the world but those are the kinds of people that they sought to use as each man for their new religion. celebrities become to the church. they built a celebrity center so celebrities would feel at home there. and in some of the early people that came into the church, rock hudson passed through. apparently, he got very upset when he was in the middle of an auditing session and they need to go put more money in the parking meter and they wouldn't let him out of the room. so he stormed out and never came back here gloria swanson, who was the sort of faded movie star of silent movies. you know, later people like leonard cohen and even elvis presley made a stop. he didn't stay in the church, but his widow and daughter are still prominent members. so the idea was that celebrities are useful. they become megaphones for advertising the church and its benefits. and as you look at the people who have been their spokespeople, like john travolta an

so when i had the accident i had to go through all the things you just mentioned and marlene mention said to me "you are a much better guy now. you are open." >> rose: she was right. >> she was right. so it improved 30% of my egocentric approach. if. >> rose: didn't you come back the next year and win the world championship? >> i won again, retired for two years, came back again for another four years and won the third championship. >> rose: that was in the '80s? >> yes. >> rose: why did you stop? >> i was interested to start an airline. i was a commercial pilot. i learned to fly while racing and then i wanted to see a comeback which was nice to try. after two years not running i won long beach won another championship and then i went to my business life running airlines. >> rose: and were successful. and snowed >> today i'm charge in a whole group of modern sports for the engines of the formula 1 cars. >> rose: you're in charge of the mercedes car? >> i'm the chairman of the board and i was part of getting everything away from mc claire ren and i go to all the races to see them movi

founding of the church with a roster of prospective celebrities, people like uphold, walt disney, marlenedietrich. howard hughes. some of the most famous people in the world but those are the kinds of people that they sought to use as each man for their new religion. celebrities become to the church. they built a celebrity center so celebrities would feel at home there. and in some of the early people that came into the church, rock hudson passed through. apparently, he got very upset when he was in the middle of an auditing session and they need to go put more money in the parking meter and they wouldn't let him out of the room. so he stormed out and never came back here gloria swanson, who was the sort of faded movie star of silent movies. you know, later people like leonard cohen and even

and they sought out celebrities, early on they had a list of like marlene dietrich, walt disney, bob hope, some of the most famous people in the world, and they did get some movie stars and people like that into the church, and they use them as pitch men for their religion in same way as wheaties on a cereal box. >> host: did you ever fear for your safety working on this book? >> guest: no, i don't like to think about those things. hi last book was about al-qaeda. but i think if al-qaeda ever got lawyers in it, it would be a really dangerous organization. >> host: lawrence wright, another staff writer for the new yorker. three of the finalists. >> guest: three of the five in our category is a testament to the fact that that magazine still has the resources and the courage to give writers a chance. >> host: congratulations. >> guest: thanks again. [inaudible conversations] >> >> host: and joining us now on booktv is a very familiar face, and that's maya angelou. >> guest: yes, sir. >> host: what do you think about getting this lifetime achievement award? >> guest: it's a wonderful, it