when you look at who is funding medical schools, who is funding all the continuing medical education meetings, who is funding the market direct market allatients, it is pharmaceutical-based. what you are saying is true if we had a different solution. the problem is, the reason why it is not happening is because we are in a conventional medical system that is basically controlled by a money system so unless we have a completely shift in our medical system, whether it is socialized medicine or other types of medical systems, this problem is not going to go away. put this in perspective, it takes about $700 million to $1 billion to get a drug to market. and these are for-profit companies. if a company spends that kind of money getting a drug to market, they are going to sell that at a high price. and medicare part d has us in a situation where they can name their own price. so when you look at this politically -- we talk about the films -- basically, obama, when he was running, said that what bush did was almost worthy of treason, but when he got into office, to get obamacare through he

we are heavily medicated society. as a filmmaker, it is one thing to do a documentary about an issue that is important. i look at several factors. we as american -- it is a cultural phenomenon. we live a very fast-paced lifestyle. a first world technologically advanced nation that things that we can have some type of either technological or medical fix. that really true me to the subject. hatlled on my investigatory . it is different when you write a narrative or you are directing a screenplay. eight sort of goes in certain .irections when you are filming a documentary, you can go in any direction. you are trying to find some subjects and you are investigating at the same time. like,t of -- my job was let's make this hyper political. i am sort of, especially when i make my films, i am very apolitical. i do not try to bring any partisanship to the film. can't blame anyone political party for this. was it in 2011? we started with the bush administration and we followed medicare part d which was written by bush and it wa

degree in medical manage. dr. van gore. >> just as a pray lewd to this, doctor, two of the individuals who raised these questions as we were looking at a comparative chart of criteria what was medical necessity are not here today. that was commissioner follansbee and commissioner sass. i think i can reflect what their concern was. there is variation among the provisions of the plan but also the question is, if you use something like medical necessity what are some of the factors that play into making a determination and i think that was the core of the question that was previously raised. >> thank you, mr. scott. i'll leave a copy of the medical necessity criteria for you. >> what i will ask you to do, you have to look like you are eat thg micro phone so you have to lean into it or point it up to where you are speaking. >> i am short challenge d. >> thank you. >> i first of all i like to compliment the board. i watched the video of the meeting last months and the concept of medical necessity isn't a easy one b

pot -- medical practice. the other, i would say, is blood transfusion. the transfusion first gained popularity in the united date in the early 20th century. world war i, there was a very few number of blood transfusions performed, even though it was obviously a very bloody war. in world war ii, the u.s. military really geared up -- world war ii, the u.s. military really geared up. they have the drive for written and the red cross conducted drives to send american men overseas and in various theaters of war. bill: when were the blood drives in the united states? when did that start to be accepted by the general public? professor lederer: i would say during world war ii. before that, you had individuals -- sometimes there would be a radio announcement that there was a train wreck and they would need a lot of transfusions, and people would come to the hospital. there were innovations that allow blood to be stored for a longer time, and also for god to - also for blood to be separated into plasma and -- for blood

we are heavily medicated society. as a filmmaker, it is one thing to want to do a documentary about an issue that is -- itant, particularly to look it several factors. when i found most interesting about this film is the cultural application to the. -- to this. we have the mentality and live a very fast-paced lifestyle. we are a first world technologically advanced civilization that things we go have some type of technological or medical fix. that is just the way we are. that drew me to the subject and i sort of, put on my investigatory hat, and it is different when you're directing a screenplay. you have the story there and it sort of goes in certain directions. when you are filming a documentary, it's could go in any direction. you're trying to find some subjects for your film and you are investigating at the same time. job greg's background, my was to say, let's make this hyper political. with my background, especially when i make my films, i am very apolitical. i don't try to take a political platform or try to br

pot -- medical practice. the other, i would say, is blood transfusion. the transfusion first gained popularity in the united date in the early 20th century. a veryar i, there was few number of blood transfusions wasormed, even though it obviously a very bloody war. but in world war two, the u.s. military really geared up -- world war ii, the u.s. military really geared up. they have the drive for written and the red drives to send american men overseas and in various theaters of war. driveshen were the blood in the united states? when did that start to be accepted by the general public? professor lederer: i would say during world war ii. , you had individuals -- sometimes there would be a radio announcement that there was a train wreck and they would need a lot of transfusions, and people would come to the hospital. innovations that allow blood to be stored for a longer time, and also for god to be separated into plasma and -- for blood to be separated into plasma and red blood cells. drives,mass of blood the

elite military medics. a medical correspondent spent time at a nato training center for those who save lives. >> reporter: a scene straight from the battlefield, but these medics aren't in a war zone. we're in a state-of-the-art training center in belgium. nbc news was granted access to this medical training. >> give me your pit falls now. >> reporter: as an air force colonel, pilot and er doctor i served in iraq. i teach these soldiers to work as a medical team. smoke, gun fire, explosion, this is how with he train medics. >> they know how to react and they've been in that situation with the heart rate up. >> reporter: they know they can do it. >> they know they can do it and they have confidence in their skills. >> reporter: every second matters when you need to save the life of someone fighting at your side who doesn't even speak your language. >> there could be an injury on the little field by a danish soldier that's going to get treated by a german medic and that's the reality of the battlefield. >> re

medically assisted >> therapy. >> i thought you said >> medication. >> it is medication. >> okay.that's what you mean. >> rig >> medication. >> but that's different than -- >> to people addicted. >> that's different than in-house treatment? i'm sorry. that's different than a rehab. >> >> you're talking about a i'm i'm talking about the medication used in the context of a my responsibility my responsibility as fda commissioner would be to approve >> -- >> i know. but i'm talking about the essential health benefits in the that was that was my question. >> right. i appreciate the question. >> just -- you can answer the question without it having to be directly related to your duties of fda, please. >> senator, i appreciate the question. you you know, i'm reluctant -- if i'm confirmed into this job, i'm going to have a lot of people asking me to 0 pine on issues that fall outside of the scope of fda and i think i would do -- >> okay. never mind. i'm just saying that residential treatment for opioid addiction is a really good thing. that's what i want to say. talking about all of the a

medical center received big bonuses and pay raises in recent years. a review by the news4 i-team finds brian hawk inds received $24,000 in executive bonuses since 2011, and multiple pay increases, including one last year that raised his salary to $179,000. the v.a. pulled hawk inds from the job this week after a scathing audit found unsanitary conditions in medical storage areas and shortages of key equipment. you can see all our previous coverage on this case in the nbc washington app, search veterans medical center. >>> christians around the world are observing good friday today. cardinal wuerl led services at noon at the cathedral of st. matthew the apostle. they believe jesus was crucified on this day and rose on easter sunday. >>> easter candy sales are easter weekend than last halloween. 89 f 89% of americans say they'll buy some and spend a whopping 2.6 billion, pat, on it, just this season. how much candy is too much, though? >> that's a lot of candy. consumer reports is helping you control your portions by breaking down what a hundred calorie

off medications.ve identified that there is a mental health issue, we need to work to keep them safe. but our primary goal when someone comes in is to stabilize them and to identify what they need and then to try to medicate and/or offer services that can help them. >> just another day in fairfax. this is all the excitement you'll get. >> two days earlier, caleb bumgardner experienced the wrong kind of excitement. he was assaulted by an inmate he says he didn't even know. >> dude called me out, said i was snitching on him. never even talked to the dude. don't even know who the dude is. >> you don't know his name. what does he look like? >> black dude, dreads. >> now in the report, it said that bumgardner couldn't identify the person who attacked him. just said that he was a black male with dreadlocks and he was on the upper tier. the deputy locked the block in and conducted an investigation. to do that investigation, he determined that it was inmate andre bell that had actually assaulted mr. bumgardne

the mayo clinic does, medical education or graduate medical education visit physicians, nurses et cetera and an extensive community benefit and community service mission. were down to her last 2000 positions associated with cedar sinai, irrelevant to the later discussion about half of those positions are what i would call tightly integrated with cedar sinai the other half are in private practice in the community in one way shape or form. to hospitals, cedar sinai and delray have a joint venture for rehabilitation institute recently opened in los angeles for multiple ambulatory facilities in the area and we happen to be the largest hospital in the western united states and as we try to emphasize is not about being the biggest but the best and that's what we strive to do. the combination of what you might call a community hospital, in our case, the community hospital for two to 3 million people who live in the los angeles area but were also the largest provider of tertiary and quaternary services the most advanced treatment and heart disease, cancer, organ transplant, neurosciences and exp

assisted therapy, m.a.t., medically assisted therapy. >> i thought you said medication. >> it is medication, but -- >> that's what you mean? >> right, medication. >> but that's different than -- >> for people who are addicted. >> that's different than in-house treatment? i'm sorry that's different than rehab, right? >> you're talking about a service, i'm talking about the medication that's used in the context of a service. my responsibilities as fda commissioner would be to approve -- >> i know but i'm talking about the essential health benefits in the aca. that was my question. >> right. i appreciate the question. >> you can answer the question without it having to be directly related to your duties as fda, please. >> senator, i appreciate the question. i'm reluctant -- if i'm confirmed into this job, i'm going to have a lot of people asking me to opine on issues that fall outside the residential treatment for opioid addiction is a really good thing. i was talking about all of the above. if you're talking about all of the above, that's really important to people. if you're talking about a

i was trained as a medical oncologist. those are people who give keynote turkey you will see almost all my examples are about the other colleges, and those who do radiation and other things. i was wonder why did i go to medical oncology. they'd do it so well. they come in at 9:00, and they get paid a lot by many. where did i go wrong? but this is about oncology, and this slide to illustrate some of our problems. early-stage breast cancer, small module in the, removed. one of the things that you are not supposed to do is take a pet, ct scan, costs about $5000 in hunt for metastatic disease because it is just so unlikely to be there. slava guidelines from the radiation people talk about ict. this is a study by a colleague, scott ramsey, up in seattle or he went around to local clinicals and practices, but cannot how are the women with very small module breast cancer got that ct scans. the rate goes from something like 80% of the facilities and 80% of the women on some facilities at the very lowest 10% of the women getting pe

i teach these soldiers to work as a medical team.moke, gun fire, explosion, this is how with he train medics. >> they know how to react and they've been in that situation with the heart rate up. >> reporter: they know they can do it. >> they know they can do it and they have confidence in their skills. >> reporter: every second matters when you need to save the life of someone fighting at your side who doesn't enspeak your language. >> there could be an injury on the little field by a danish soldier that's going to get treated by a german medic and that's the reality of the battlefield. >> reporter: these special forces are part of the nato elite team. >> it's language body. we work with the eyes, the hands, so it's like we are one nation. >> reporter: these medics will return to their home countries to pass on that es vital skills to their fellow warriors working together as one to save lives. are these some of the medics that could be sent into syria. >> yes. they are part of the special forces elite teams. they would be the first

he said chronic care medical -- ensuring -- it is medication. that requires time. relationship with people. you go to these places over and over again. you see they all followed the same precepts. they're trying to dissect what they are doing. that you knowm you who have hit paydirt. it is called saturation. you're going to hear the story from the a.c.l.. you're going to go to another the storyave heard over and over again. that is called saturation. --e things everyone does identify high-risk patients. comics them don't like algorithms. ask the doctors and nurses. they know who their high-risk patients are. they don't know all of them, but they know a lot of them. everyone does it the same. medical intuition. then they run a predictive algorithm. who do they run for? those patients who were not coming into the clinic. the 20% who are in visible. he population that simple goes to the emergency room and never makes it to the office. between intuition and some good but not sophisticated productive algorithms, you can identify a lot of your high cost high-risk patient

of the government continues to refuse the authorization of medication and medical kits in humanitarian convoys. this is unacceptable. they've requested access to the zones in the country. the requests have been ignored and this is unacceptable. they would recall the right of the people to the humanitarian assistance as protection and this is in the international humanitarian law and council resolution attacked against hospitals and schools in particular with retention upon stephen o'brien of these attacks near our most firm condemnation as well. the situation that i am describing bears no resemblance to the hostility. the regime has continued to violate the agreement systematically file allegedly combating die. violence is intensifying and particularly in the provinces. air strikes againsairstrikes agy the regime continue in the attacks against civilians have gone and began as the truth concluded on the 29th of december have taken the responsibility to provide its implementation of us we call upon those in the process in particular in russia and iran but most effectively upon the regim

that psychology, medical facilities are not great places, right? they're not like coming to marina del rey and relaxing on the beach or going to pepperdine and relaxing -- no, i didn't say that. right? and then there's expanding the scope of behavioral health care intervention, something that's been hived off and siloed away coming back into regular medical care. home and bail yative -- palliative care. community interventions for lower individuals with stressed social networks and lifestyle interventions; exercise, diet interventions for people. the week goes through all these 12. i don't have time to do that with you. i'm going to talk about chronic care coordination. but let me begin with reminding you of some of the data, right? medicare patients who have five chronic illnesses -- and there are a lot of them -- on average have 14 different it'ses, see -- physicians. see 14 physicians in a year. and ms. harris is a classic example. she has three chronic conditions, she's seeing four different doctors and two visiting nurses and no coordination,

the theft of the medical supplies must be stopped. the syrians in desperate need of humanitarian assistance must receive it. assad is starving hundreds of thousands of people in order to remain in power. and i ask this council that as we talk about everything that is happening here, i heard each and every one of you is somewhat of desperation and defeat, because we talk about this so much and every time we talk about it, more people continue to die. and i listened to my russian lleague and talked about diplomacy. where has that gotten us? and then the times where we could actually do something as the security council, who's the one-member state that continues to protect the regime that is keeping this humanitarian assistance from going through? i will tell you, many of you said we need to put pressure on the syrian regime. that's actually not the case. we need to put pressure on russia, because russia continues to cover for the syrian regime and keep humanitarian aid from the people that need it and russia continues to cover for a lea

device people will show up and say you have to get rid of the medical device tax. others will show up and say why them and not me? you'll have trillions more tax cuts to begin with. makeill need something to it at up and it might get too hard. the idea of doing the health-care bill first is important to get the tax reform bill done. tax reform is very hard. we have not seen in 30 years for a reason. it in 2017 only if the president of the united states commits extensively to a plan and says this is what i want. it will be good for the mac and no class and this is why he goes into get it done. in the absence of that, the historical record says it doesn't happen. host: what you think are good rings to have in those reforms? lower rates,nt to broaden the base, and get the tax system out of dictating what businesses and people do. at this point in time, our al problem as a nation is slow growth. we should support innovationinvd acquisition of skills is the focus. the other thing we know we have a big problem with his international competitors. losing headquarters. our

advances, any medical advances. i can -- debbie probably knows more than i do. i was at the meeting of the cjd foundation which is a foundation like the arthritis foundation or diabetes where they support people who have the disease, and they also sponsor research. and they always need money because there's never enough money for the research. but when i was there, i heard some interesting, really intriguing ideas, but they were very preliminary, not yet something that you would try to give to a patient. but things might have changed. debbie and amanda? >> [inaudible] what i personally find -- [inaudible] they've improved the technology -- testing compound. so instead of -- [inaudible] so i feel like if you're grading them, 20% -- [inaudible] >> yeah. and that was interesting. she said that it's been very incremental, but one of the big advances is that they can test a lot of compounds at once instead of one at a time which is important because this had been at least one situation where they thought they had somethi

this medical system with its profit motive, is very creative. if medicare says, we will only pay $600 for that procedure, you know, the doctors and hospitals will figure out, well, we will add on a scan or send off a few other blood tests and try to make up that income. colink this notion of the mentioned, which is an interesting one because my dad was a physician in that era, and i remember watching them right out bills for patients paying not a-pocket -- that is bad idea. the problem is that everything in medicine costs so much that if we say, we are going to only have insurance for catastrophic care and you will as people to pay for their doctor has to visit out-of-pocket, one of my kids went for a simple office visit with it year, nose, and throat doctor --for a simple office visit in that resulted in a $2500 bill. if we were all on her own, it is hard to argue back against the bill of that size and even ander to whip out a card pay for it. the idea of people paying out of pocket will work once we reined in these costs. but if it paying out-

they wake me up for the first time out of my medicalization. and the first thing out of my mouth is not my shoulders, my brother-in-law is in the room and he said ryan is here, they're okay. and i said and i paralyzed and he said you're not paralyzed and i said don't lie to me, i can't feel my fingers and toes. no, you're not paralyzed, you don't have that anymore. >> i'm angry, upset. they came and got me and i was questioning does god hate me, is this payback, what is going on? i pay my taxes, i can take care of my family, i serve my country. >> wants this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> book tv is on twitter and facebook and we want to hear from you. to us, twitter.com/book tv or post acomment on our facebook page , facebook.com/book tv. >> up next on after words, rhode island senator sheldon whitehouse offers his thoughts on how the government is impacted by corporate money and special interest groups in his book captured: the corporate infiltration of american democracy. >>

family members to get money to pay for this medication. >> more people will die. >> $600.xit is not optional. >> the time is come to say very loudly and clearly that in nothing up. the greed of the from cynical industry is killing americans and making many of them much sicker than they otherwise would of been. >> and will 16, pharmaceutical do attack fore i supposedly price gouging. one of these is the maker of epipen. automatic injector of epinephrine. independence for life-threatening -- epinephrine is for life threatening allergic reactions. they have gone from $200 for two $600 for two of them in a. of about six years. we have been caring epi-pens for decades. we used to spend a couple hundred dollars to outfit the entire department with every pens and all of a sudden we are spending $350 a piece. the county medical control of authority designed a special change all we could of robert -- train all of our basic emts and first responders on how to give epinephrine interim muscular lee as opposed to the epipen. others want to create their own studies in their own time. >>

medical research not unlike what why it describes the mayo clinic conducts. medical education. extensive community benefit and community service mission. we are down to our last 2000 physicians associated with cedars-sinai. relevant to the later discussion, half of those are what i would call tightly integrated with cedars-sinai. the other half are in private practice in the community in one way, shape or form. john -- aals have a joint venture between ourselves, ucla as a rehabilitation institute. multiple and latorre facilities in the area. we happened to be the largest hospital in the western united states. it is not about being the biggest, but the best. that is what we strive to do. combination of what you might call a community hospital. we are the community hospital for two to 3 million people who live in the los angeles area. we are also the largest provider of tertiary and quaternary services. the most advanced in transplantation, neurosciences of any hospital in california. there is a common of the two of those things. mix,rms of our patient about 40% of our patients

medical center was 115 days. the choice program has provided vets with the opportunity of obtaining health care in their community in a timely basis. the v.a., of course, is an excellent institution that takes care of many, many of our veterans. yet, when the v.a. is not available, the choice program can be the best option for our heroes. no one, no one should have to wait three months to see their doctor, especially our vets, our heroes. we must meet our commitment one way or another. i urge my colleagues to support this bill and let all of us keep the promise this country has made to every one of our veterans. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california yields back. the gentleman from tennessee. mr. roe: reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee reserves. the gentleman from minnesota. mr. walz: thank you, mr. speaker. at this time it's a pleasure to yield one minute to the gentleman from nevada who has taken a keen interest

[inaudible] have there been major medical advances or any medical advances? debbie probably knows more than i do but i was at the meeting at the cj foundation with foundation like the arthritis foundation or diabetes where they support people who have the disease and they also fund the research. they always need money because there's never enough money for their research. when i was there i heard some very interesting, really intriguing ideas that they were preliminary, not yet something thatyou would try to get to a patient. things might have changed. debbie and amanda? [inaudible] [inaudible] that was interesting that she said that it's been very incremental but one of the biggest advantage as they can test a lot of compound at once instead of one at a time. this is important because there had been at least one situation where they had something that would work and then you can waste but not waste but spend years which is what they did before they found out that what we thought was working didn't make any difference at all. you don't want to go down a path

i had to finish my medical training. basically it -- i was pretty focused on what i was going to do. a lot of people i knew, guys i went to high school with, i'm glad to see the country step up. i tell you what makes me proud. i can remember getting on an airplane back in the 1970's and they told us not to wear uniforms when we traveled. can you imagine that today? i sit at an airport, and i and that a lot of them. i hear the first thing -- if you are a soldier or military person you can board the plane first. that makes me proud to sit there as an old veteran and see how our country is changing its attitude. i think it's now my opportunity. right butt everything i can assure you our committee's focused on doing the right thing for veterans. steve: let me pick up on connor's question. you indicated a two-week riod.ict work pe speaker ryan says he wants to get health care done this year. you told local reporters in tennessee a third of your counties cannot even get insurance on the exchange. what any reform change that? r

at the medical loss ratios of some of those companies are over 100%. they are paying out more in claims than they are taking in and they will not stay. host: let's go to our democrats line, kevin in new jersey. caller: i have seen both sides of the equation. we spend more than any other nation on health care but we rank among the poorest when you look at the major health indices. problems,s a lot of but it is baffling why they can't fix those things. there are so many things that we need to fix, even just to get the basic health care that the rest of the world has. he makes an excellent point. if you roll the clock back to 2008, there was an agreement on both sides that the u.s. had a health care system to big problems -- two big problems. number one, not enough access to insurance. number two, we spend so much money but we hit poor outcomes -- but we get poor outcomes. the aca provided subsidies to get people into the individual market and it was light on changing the delivery system. you should be the focus and heard mark meadows in your clip say we

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access to good medical care is something we take for granted in this county. after all, if we have an accident or illness that requires surgery, no matter where you are in america, there's probably a qualified hospital nearby. but as amelia reports, that's not the case around the world. - when olivia waaben was a high school freshman, she spent two weeks in the hospital. the experience opened her eyes to a scary statistic. two out of three people on this planet don't have access to safe surgical care. that's about five billion people. realizing how lucky she was to live in the united states, olivia became a girl with a mission. and here she is to tell us about it, along with her friend skyler troast. hi. - hi. - hello. - olivia, even before you went into the hospital, you were already involved with an international organization that provides medical care. - yes. that organization is operation smile, and operation smile is an international children's medical charity that repairs cleft lips and cleft palates in developing nations. often, these children with thei

the county medical control of authority designed a special study where we could train all of our basic emt's and first responders on how to give epinephrine the old-fashioned way. we injected as an intramuscular injection. other counties in the state want to model our system and create their own studies in their own counties to save significant costs. >> somebody that does not have the money will use an old one, they will not have the ability to have one if someone needs that products. >> some decide they will not carry it, that the risk is not worth the award. >> if i do not have the epipen, i would have been dead. in 2016, a student experience traverse a severe allergic reaction. her junior year prompt had a life-threatening consequences. >> it was so fast. one of the of ministers was holding my hand and told me i was ok. contacting my parents. >> she indicated that she had been having allergy issues that she had not had before. >> i took and ibuprofen. after, a little pain in my eyes started. cracks we told her we were going to contact 911 and try to get medical assistance. >> i was

is medication. >> that's what you mean. >> right, medication for people who are addicted. yes. >> that's different than inhouse treatment? i mean -- i'm sorry. that's different than a rehab, right? >> you're talking about a service. i'm talking about the medication that's used in the context of a service. my responsible as fda as fda commissi commissioner, would be to approve. >> i'm talking about the essential health benefits and the aca. that was my question. >> i appreciate the question. >> can you answer the question without it having to be directly related to your duties as fda police? >> senator, i appreciate the question. i'm reluctant. if i'm confirmed into this job, i am going to have a lot of people asking me to opine on issues that that outside of the scope of fda. >> okay. never mind. i'm just saying that residential treatment for opieoid addiction is a really good thing. if you are talking about all of the above, that's really important to people. if you are talking about a crisis that is at the scope of ebola and you don't keep residential treatment as part o

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there may be other kinds of therapies and medications that would be effective. insurance should be more generous and covering those and doctors are becoming more aware of that. who is at risks for misusing these drugs. when you look at the history, most people who do get in some trouble with them -- the average person is not a patient, and that's a really a problem with totors being promiscuous with prescribing. unless the patient has a previous history of drug or alcohol problems or mental illness. is the fact they give you a months worth. you put it in the medicine chest and someone comes along and takes it. that is how these drugs -- these medications get into circulation. percocet, oxycontin. things like that. host: john is a medical professional. good morning. caller: yes, i'm 70 years old. i'm a respiratory therapist in the emergency room dealing with overdoses for 40 years. withther worked in chicago jim jones. not the jim jones in california. they called him the program priest.- the hoodlum i've been following draws on my life. i think the consumption co

there may be other kinds of therapies and medications that would be effective. insurance should be more generous and covering those and doctors are becoming more aware of that. who is at risks for misusing these drugs. when you look at the history, most people who do get in some trouble with them -- the average person is not a patient, and that's a really a problem with totors being promiscuous with prescribing. unless the patient has a previous history of drug or alcohol problems or mental illness. is the fact they give you a months worth. you put it in the medicine chest and someone comes along and takes it. that is how these drugs -- these medications get into circulation. percocet, oxycontin. things like that. host: john is a medical professional. good morning. caller: yes, i'm 70 years old. i'm a respiratory therapist in the emergency room dealing with overdoses for 40 years. withther worked in chicago jim jones. not the jim jones in california. they called him the program priest.- the hoodlum i've been following draws on my life. i think the consumption co

. >>> the major medical headline tonight on cholesterol and how to lower your risk of a heart attack. >>> and, the breaking development. former president george h.w. bush is back in the hospital. >>> good evening. it's great to have you with us on a tuesday night. we begin with the deadly scene in fresno, california. shots fired in several locations. a number of people dead. police hunting down the alleged shooter, what they say he was yelling. and it turns out he was known to police. here's kayna whitworth. >> reporter: tonight, chaotic moments in downtown fresno in broad daylight. >> we're getting reports of multiple gunshots incidents in the downtown area. >> reporter: three people shot and killed after this suspect, 39-year-old kori ali muhammad went on a shooting spree. ou authorities saying it unfolded at 10:30 a.m. this morning. 16 shots in multiple locations. walking up to a pg and e truck and allegedly shooting the passenger multiple times. then missing, and then firing at another man, killing him. the carnage only ending after he was apprehended. >> as he was taken into cust

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