michelle mello. she is a professor at harvard university and is joining us from women's hospital in boston. medical malpractice is a huge topic for our viewers and listeners as we have talked about the health care debate over the past month, really, the past year or two. the numbers are on the screen. dr. mello, this study that you would -- that you let, in the conclusion, you and your team write a that the $55 billion is less than imagined estimates put forward in the health reform debate. could you talk to us about this idea of the psychology of this and political value of dealing with this? guest: one element of the cost of malpractice litigation that we could not and did not measure is the psychological, reputational impact that it could have on the medical industry and what impact it could have for them to remain in practice. when doctors have faced escalating malpractice insurance premiums and pressure, we were not able to measure that in this study. but it does suggest that even though it does

then, colin kahl and michelle mello. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> but, honestly, i am not going to take this from a party, from a party, that has spent all of its time in office backbiting against each other through leaks to the press, a party of the dossier of damion mcbride. a little bit of consistency on this, shall we? >> now, from london, "prime minister's questions" from the british house of commons. ministers return after this summer congress -- summer recess. father had an's stroke, so nick clegg stood in. some of been accused of tapping into celebrity voice mail. also, questions about the aid to pakistan flood victims. >> questions to the prime minister. >> mr. speaker, i have been asked to reply to the house may be aware that my right honorable friend, the prime minister's father, was taken seriously ill last night. quite rightly, he has traveled to be with his father and his family. i'm sure i speak on behalf of everybody in the house when i say we wish him, his father, and their family all the best at this diff

combat mission has ended, and michelle mello talks about malpractice liability costs in the u.s.he u.s.

tomorrow on washington of all -- on "washington journal," david kahl, andgs, colin michelle mello. she will discuss the impact of the new health care law on patients. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. next, the new hampshire senate republican primary debate. you'll hear from four candidates running to replace the retiring senator judd gregg. the state's primary is a timber 14. republican primary winner will face paul hodes. this debate was hosted by the new hampshire institute of politics at st. anselm college and was sponsored by wmur tv. >> this is a commitment 2010 special. wmur news 9 presents the granite state debate. tonight, the republican candidates for senate. >> appearing at tonight's debate was kelly ayotte, a prosecutor and former state attorney general, also jim bender, a career businessman, william binnie, a businessman, adennis lemayor, and ovide lamontagne, former chair of the state board of education. now, the granite state debate. [applause] >> good evening, everyone. welcome to the third night of our debates here at the new hampshire institute of