it involved a woman with dementia named merle fall. merle went to live at emeritus at ridgeland pointe at the end of a long, happy life. >> she was a lot of fun to be around. our friends all loved her. she said whatever came to mind and she was always the life of the party. everybody always loved her. >> thompson: in the early stages of her dementia, merle lived with diane's sister, linda. but when linda felt she could no longer keep merle safe, the sisters called emeritus. the company sent a nurse to evaluate merle. >> she came in, she sat down right there on the couch with mother, mother was sitting there too, she reached over and held mother's hand, and she never asked any questions. as a matter of fact, it was only later that i understood she was here to evaluate mother, to find out whether she was suitable for ridgeland pointe, because all she did was talk about what a great experience it was going to be, mother was going to get a lot of one-on-one attention, she says she's going to get so tired of seeing my face, you know, "we're

merle lunch was absorbed by bank of america.or most of the big banks, it's like the financial crisis never happened. j.p. morgan made $6.1 billion profit in the second quarter this year, up 32% from the previous year. wells fargo reported a profit of $5.2 billion in the same period, up 20%. also, posting huge gains was citigroup, receiving 10s of billions of dollars in taxpayer bailout money, up 42%. the economy is undaughtry improving, millions of americans are struggling. >> there are other people who are continuing to rely on debt, consumer debt, credit cards and other debt to pay behaving living expenses, and relying on food stamps and medicaid and other kinds of benefits. this includes workers who were working full time in many cases. >> the key question now, could september, 2008 happen again. >> banks are actually reducing the amount of cash they're holding in order to protect against another cash. that is a recipe for disaster. >> the big apple will always be one of the most important financial cities in the world. the 2

here did you have a not a mentor did you have someone you loved a lot as a country are absolutely merle haggard's he was he was probably my favorite his songwriting and and just his music and sometimes they get to do definitions guy like for example is is is taylor swift country is carrie underwood country. you know i would say no i would say they're pop artists making a living in in the country johndroe but. i also feel like we lost our john or i but i don't feel like i make music for john deere anymore and i did you know ten fifteen years ago but. i think since the since since the clear channels in the in the you know the cumulus is in the big the big companies bought up all the chains now it's about a demographic you know so they've kind of sliced everything up feeding to the public you know i'm out of the exam exactly like if you want to get to the young kids you put it on the on the alternative station you want to get to the to this demographic and we've we've sort of ended up in this with nicknamed the soccer mom like thirty five to forty five year old woman i think is what our de

when merle was pulling his truck the first time.p us be in the same situation that we were. >> well, thank goodness for merle. we appreciate all three of you being with us this morning. stefanie that kenna, i'm glad you are okay. thank you for saving the lives of that adorable little girl and her mom. >> very adorable. thank you very much. >> sure. with all the stories of strategy out of course of colorado this morning. it's a grade story. all right. thanks to them. >> now to some of your headlines this morning. we will start with a fox news alert. just moments ago the u.s. and russia agreed on a framework for securing syrians chemical weapons. here is secretary of state john kerry. >> >> in the interest of accountability, the united states and russia have agreed that the syrians must provide the organization for the prevention of chemical weapons and supporting personnel with an immediate and unfettered right to inspect any and all sites in syria. >> the news comes after throw days of tense negotiations with russian foreign ministe

. >> merle weaver, best speech ever.ne else. >> so when she took questions after the speech, she had a moment to gather her thoughts and remembered what she wanted to say. >> i wanted to thank a lot of people. oh, it is happening again. i wanted to thank everybody at showtime and thank most of all edie falco. it is hard to do those. sorry. yeah. i'm scared. i'm scared because -- it was unexpected. so i don't know how to feel yet. i mean, i have therapy next week. >> i like someone who is not in touch with their emotions, doesn't know how they feel until about a week later. her real speech was better, frankly. i also think we should all use the merit weaver method when somebody gives you an award a, a a quick thank you or each a casual compliment. it's a quick thank you, followed by quickly, "i got to go." i challenge you to find a better approach on the ridiculist. that does it for us now. "early start" begins right now. >>> i got shot here. i had so much blood everywhere. i thought i was holding a dead baby. >> a deadly

. >> merle weaver, best speech ever.ne else. >> so when she took questions after the speech, she had a moment to gather her thoughts and remembered what she wanted to say. >> i wanted to thank a lot of people. oh, it is happening again. i wanted to thank everybody at showtime and thank most of all edie falco. it is hard to do those. sorry. yeah. i'm scared. i'm scared because -- it was unexpected. so i don't know how to feel yet. i mean, i have therapy next week. >> i like someone who is not in touch with their emotions, doesn't know how they feel until about a week later. her real speech was better, frankly. i also think we should all use

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