peter pinto, a urologic oncologist and senior surgeon at the national cancer institute, and dr. jonathan hwang, a urologic oncologist at the washington hospital center. thank you both for coming in. - thank you. - thank you. - no wonder a lot of men are confused, dismayed. let's get your reaction to this story by asking it this way-- is there a lot of dangerous information out there? dr. pinto? - there is a lot of confusion that exists a topic that needs more research. but as we heard just now in the segment, there is ongoing active research to answer these questions. unfortunately, among physicians, we don't know exactly which way to go. so i think the best opportunity to find those correct answers is to speak to your physician at detail about what's best for you, not for everybody. - dr. hwang, what are your concerns, your fear that some people might hear this message about unnecessary surgeries? are you worried that will keep some men from getting the proper screening or getting a biopsy? - i do, because when we look at what's available in the literature, all the studies that

redeem your lids today >>> a new study from the national cancer institute projects the population of over 65 will increase by nearly half over the next decade. breast and prostate cancer are two of the highest survival rates and lung cancer is the deadliest. there will be increasing need for doctors who specialize in oncology and geriatrics. >> coming up at the top of the hour, reaction to the president's surprise announcement of a complete withdrawal of forces from iraq. nearly nine years after the first shots were fired, america's bravest men and women told they will be home for the holidays. back to tamron. >> thank you, martin and more reaction to the president's announcement. let me bring in richard smith, the vice chair of vote vets.org. thanks for making time. you said the statement and reaction to this is this was the president's only choice that he could make. the only move the president could make. why do you say that? >> of course the united states agrees to the forces agreement that designated this line and also there is the militia and what not that continue fighting and

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redeem your lids today >>> a new study from the national cancer institute projects age 65 will increasext decade. breast and prostate cancers have two of the highest survival rates while lung cancer is the deadliest. these results indicate there will be an increasing need for doctors who specialize in both oncology and geriatrics. >>> good morning the i'm veronica de la cruz. next hour coming up, president obama is speaking live from the first stop of his throw-day bus tour to drum up support for his jobs proposal and re-election. we're going to cover his comments for you live. you're looking at live pictures from air force one touching down. >>> tragedy on the trap. safety questions being raised in the death of dan wheldon killed in that 15-car fiery crash in las vegas. >>> occupy wall street goes global with protests spanning the globe but can a leaderless movement sure vice? melissa will standoff on that in the next hour. chris? >>> he's's se to remember his 999 plan has gotten a lot of attention for herman cain but now tough questions as well. on "meet the press" cain acknowledged t

. >>> a new study from the national cancer institute projects that population of cancer survivors overt and prostate cancers have two of the highest survival rates while lung cancer is the deadliest. these results indicate there will be an increasing need for doctors who specialize in both oncology and geriatrics. >>> we have breaking news. we are just learning that u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has arrived in an unannounced visit to kabul, afghanistan. with her at the moment, reporting for us, is mike have a kara. mike, what's the latest? why is she there. >> she had talk with the government here, with hamid karzai. there is high profile attacks, up to an attack on karzai himself. the ongoing situation will be discussed, as well as the withdraw of troops of 2014. that withdraw is under under way. a lot of people have questions now. karzai's chief peace negotiator recently assassinated -- sorry, richard, we are getting ready to get off the plane in a moment. but hillary clinton wheels down in kabul. >> wheels down as you mentioned, mike, thank you for the latest. hillary clin

the national cancer institute says of the 250 harmful chemicals in cigarettes, at least 69 cause cancere, strokes, asthma, cataracts and on and on, 440,000 premature deaths a year attributed to smoking. i can take you to the cemetery, meet my mother and father if you think this is debatable. mr. block is free to make his choice. all of us are. but all of us includes young people like my teenagers who spent parts of their days checking the viral videos, my job to police that, die get it. but anyone who wants a serious leadership position in politics has a responsibility, too. as herman cain's chief of staff, that responsibility extends to mr. block. make your choices, that is your right. but don't tell me i need to get a sense of humor when you use a political platform to encourage smoking. that's the same line your candidate used when he was called on the carpet for this -- >> when i'm in charge of the fence, we're going to have a fence, it's going to be 20 feet high. it's going to have barbed wire on the top. it's going to be electrifying. and there's going to be a sign on the other si

. >>> a new study from the national cancer institute projects that cancer survivors over 65 will increase decade. breast and prostate have the best survival rate while lung is the worst. there is a need for doctorses specializes in jer at tricks. >> it stands it reason there ought to be a rush to refinance or buy at bargain prices with low mortgage rates. but that is not happening, at least the way it should. let's bring this melissa francis. when we think of the lower rates, its folks that need to have the lower payments and they might take advantage of it but that's not the case. >> absolutely. the goal is to try and help the housing market along to clean inventory off the books there. but what is really happening is that people in homes that they can afford who are current on their payments are basically refinancing to a better rate. right now you can get a 30-year fixed for something around 4%. can you usually get it for no points if you have really good credit and if your house isn't under water. so it is helping people planning on staying anyway, get a cheaper rate but that is not w

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coleman and the national cancer -- from hhs and the national cancer institute, thank you for talking to these -- about these issues with us. book tv starts at 8:00 a.m. saturday morning on c-span2, live coverage of the texas book festival from austin, texas. we are live both days, saturday and sunday and you can find a full schedule on booktv.org. the latest durian muammar gaddafi, he died of wounds suffered on thursday as 50 -- fighters battling his rule ran his home town sirte. this is a reuters story. it confine this on line -- you confine this online. we will go live to a senate banking committee hearing. it is just getting under way and this is about a 30-year fixed mortgage and whether it should remain the standard. it is starting in just a minute. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> a call is hearing to order -- i call this hearing to order. i would like to think the witnesses better with us today. -- i like to thank the bonuses here today. i released my agenda for the committee which includes seve

coleman and the national cancer -- from hhs and the national cancer institute, thank you for being on the washington -- >> former libyan leader muammar gaddafi was killed in his home town of surt. french defense officials say a french fighter jet fired on the convoy. president obama will make a statement coming up to date to o'clock p.m. eastern. back on capitol hill, the senate education committee has been meeting on the rewrite of the no child left behind law after an agreement was reached to accommodate some of senator rand paul's concerns. they have been marking up the bill. there are a series of votes under way on the senate floor. once that wraps up, we expect the education committee to resume their markup, and we can follow that live c-span.org. in the meantime, we will show you some of that education committee. >> there might be some symbolism to this, but i think it is important that when a lot has 37 states desk for waivers, d.c., and pr, there is something wrong with the law, and i would give the people on the committee the opportunity to retail no child left behind. there

the surgeon general, centers for disease control and prevention and the national cancer institute haveat smokeless tobacco causes cancers of the stomach, larynx, esophagus and oral cancer and can result in disfiguring surgery, pancreat i can cancer and -- pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest forms of cancer. the use of smokeless tobacco is linked to cardiovascular disease, gum disease, tooth decay and mouth lesions. mr. president, this has been a battle i have been engaged in for a long time. i started off battling the tobacco companies over smoking on airplanes over 25 years ago. i won that battle, and i didn't know at the time but that victory, along with my colleague senator lautenberg, was a tipping point in america. from that point forward, people started asking questions. if it's not safe to smoke tobacco in an airplane, why is it savannah train, a bus, an office, a school, a hospital? and one by one, those opportunities to smoke in those places started to close up. people today would find it incredible -- in fact, many young people still can't believe it that we would allow p

cancer. avon foundation for women awarded more than $62 million to local organizations and institutions for breast cancer research and awareness programs. >> today is make a difference day. the nation'svolunteering. launch back in 1992 by our parent company and u.s.a. today weekend team. it helped hundreds of americans. andrea mccarren took part in the event today at the elementary school in southeast washington. >> you can see it in the enthusiasm and the excitement of all the volunteers here how much it means for people to make a difference in their communities every day. so this is a great opportunity for us all to do that. >> on a crisp autumn day at an inner city school scared by the passage of time. a transformation is underway. it's make a difference day and gwinnett's chief executive officer is leading the charge. >> gwinnett's mission is to fire the greater good in the hundred plus communities that we search. in addition to providing news and information, we feel compelled to make a difference in those communities. >> volunteers descended on j.c. elementary school from different backgrounds, but with a shared desire to help. >> our country is having a difficult economic time

cancer? with our jury cell technology we think it can -- tree cell technology. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> now is not my time. i have a commitment to new jersey that i simply will not abandon. >> this week, chris christie says no go and sarah palin is a no show. how will this change the 2012 race for the white house? >> i would like mr. cantor to come down here to dallas and explain what exactly is in this jobs bill he does not believe in. >> the president pushes his jobs plan and takes aim at his opponents by name. >> people are angry but they have nowhere to get the anger out. >> anger over the economy starts demonstrations as we observe another anniversary in the afghanistan war. >> i do not see this war being won or loss in the next several years. i think it will continue. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- "insideme to washington." i'm mark shields. gordon peterson has the week off. new jersey gov. chris christie went from an object of intense republican desire to the big one that got away. >> the people sent me to trenton to get a

cancer exists. >> first, a another check on traffic and weather. >> an unlikely rise to the top. and the weekend captioned by the national captioning institute>>> 6:39 on this friday morning. we have been talking about pictures of fall foliage. thank you to dixie for sending this to us. a beautiful picture from the courtyard from her office. 41 in manassas, 47 at reagan national, 45 in culpeper, 47 in hagerstown. fairly uniform temperatures. you need long sleeves or light jacket this morning. 62 this afternoon, 5 degrees below average. northwest of town, hagerstown, romney, mid to upper 50's later on today. . fall-like later on through the weekend. saturday and sunday, mornings in the 40's, afternoons in the '50s with a fair amount of sunshine. that's good for outdoor activities. near 70 degrees by the middle of next week with the next chance of rain on wednesday. >>> metro rail has unscheduled track maintenance, blue and yellow line customers expecting delays. newschopper 7 shows an accident on new hampshire avenue between 28 norwood road and bonniface e road. in virginia, not data, 66, 95, 395 gorgeous -- not bad. there was a deer accident

national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> you see it everywhere. in store windows, along the side of the road. even at football games. we're talking about pink. october is breast cancer awareness month. around the country and here at home men and women and even nfl players are sporting pink in support of finding a cure. according to the american cancer society in 2011 nearly 40,000 women died from breast cancer. 300,000 were diagnosed with some form of breast cancer. due to treatment and awareness, breast cancer deaths are on the decline. the american cancer society estimates there are more than two million survivors in the u.s. that's why fund raisers are important. early detection is key to survival if you are diagnosed with breast cancer. research continues to be the life blood for thousands of doctors around the world looking to treat and cure breast cancer. this month and every month, we are reminded family, friends, neighbors and co-workers are living with this insidious disease. to find out how to join the fight, log on to www.wbaltv.com and click on health

national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> you see it everywhere. in store windows, along the side of the road, even at football games. we're talking about pink. october is breast cancer awareness month. nfl players are sporting pink to find a cure. in 2011 nearly 40,000 women died from breast cancer. another 300,000 were diagnosed with some form of breast cancer. due to treatment and awareness, breast cancer deaths are on the decline. the american cancer society estimates that there are more than two million survivors in the u.s. that's why awareness campaigns like that in the nfl and fund raisers like race for the cure are important. early detection is key to survival as people are diagnosed with breast cancer. this month and every month we are reminded that our families, friends, neighbors and co-workers are living with this insidious disease. to find out how to join the fight, log on to www.wbaltv.com and click on "health alert."

national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news at 6. >> are big story tonight is sad news. patricia modell, the wife of art modell, has died. >> she lost her battle with cancerafternoon. we have more on patricia modell. >> for decades removed from her high-profile acting career, she still had star quality. that certain something you can not quite define, but you can spot it immediately. patricia modell could make a new acquaintance feel like an old friend. family became her primary focus after she married art modell in 1969. she stepped out of the spotlight and said goodbye to a starring role in "general