joining me tonight, patrice wright who received this charge and dr. james peterson. ms. time tonight. you are brave in stepping up and questioning this hotel. now you're getting quite a bit of response from this. have you heard anything from the carlton ritz people at all? >> they called me last tuesday and they wanted to offer an apology. they said that they were sorry that i was charged this and that it was a mistake and that it was wrong, but they also said that many of their other patrons knew about the charge and understood and didn't make a big deal about it which kind of made me feel like my concerns were petty and not justified. they did offer me lunch, but i didn't need lunch. >> did they give you an explanation for the charge? >> no, they didn't. not at all because we paid -- >> go ahead. >> we paid the ciaa surcharge plus a tip. we were not under the impression it was an added gratuity but they did not give us any explanation for what it is. >> dr. peterson, what are we looking at here? is this economic discrimination? >> it looks that way to me, ed. there's a

. >> patrice gillgen captured this with her father, jerry gillgen. went by ambulance to an assisted living facility south of los angeles. >> how you feeling? >> well, just a little bright. >> jerry gillgen also suffered from dementia and accompanying bouts of confusion. but in the first day in his facility his family said he was alert and lucid. >> daddy? dad? >> just one day later. patrice gillgen found a very different man. >> he's not waking up. i'm like what the heck happened to my father? what happened? why is he not waking up? >> jerry gillgen's wife was shocked. >> we took him into the home, it was the best place because his brother was there. the day later, he was a vegetable. staring in space drugged out. >> reporter: drugged out on medications like haldol and seraquel, approved for patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. not for dementia. strongest warning a black box warning telling physicians not to prescribe antipsychotic drugs for patients with dementia because they can cause heart failure infections and death. >> they were gi

dad. >> reporter: just one day later patrice found a very different man. >> he's not waking up. i'm like "what the heck happened to my father? what happened? why is he not waking up?" >> reporter: jerry's life was shocked at the change. >> we took him into the home thinking it would be a good place, his brother was there. a day or two, he was another person he was a vegetable. there was nothing to him. staring in space, drug the out. >> reporter: drugged out on medications, depsychotic drugs approved for patients with schizophrenia, not approved for patients with dementia. the federal drug appreciation based a strong warning, telling them not to prescribe anti-psychotic drugs. >> they were giving my dad all this stuff. what was the goal to kill him. >> reporter: "america tonight" filed a freedom of information requesting asking for reports. the reports are incomplete and development prove cause and effect. there were dozens of cases of patients with dementia that died after receiving anti-sigh cottics. >> the next day notes from a nurse. haldol three times, morphine one time. >>

patric day. many leaders reminding you not to drink and drive.nal highway traffic safety administration reports 55% of all traffic deaths on st. patrics day are caused by drunk drivers. you can call for a free ride home. the sober ride program begins at 4:00 p.m. tomorrow and runs until 4:00 a.m. wednesday morning. go to nbc washington and search sober ride on your mobile app for the number to call up to $30 fae. >>> good morning, once again. everybody wants to know once the sun is out when is our next chance for rain coming our way? tell you not a lot of rain this week. there's a wide view of storm team 4 radar, unsettled weather across par and the u.p. of michigan down near houston, texas, along the gulf coast. knowledge g much of the eastern seaboard including our view in the washington area. no rain today. perfect day to go ahead and get your yes, indeed. next chance for serious chances for rain sneaking into the area maybe a sprinkle or two tomorrow. sustained rain chances come back in our forecast towards thursday night a especially on into

>> just one day later patrice gilligan found a very different man. >> he's not waking up. what the heck happened to my father? he was a vegetable. there was nothing to him. he was staring in space drugged out. >> drugged out on medications like haldol and saraquil. the fda has placed it's strongest warning a black box warning, telling officials not to prescribe antipsychotic drugs to patients with dementia because they can cause death. the accountability office found one in three nursing home residents with dementia receives antipsychotics. >> they're given to the patient for the benefit of the facility to control them. they're zonked out all the time so you don't have to be bothered with them. >> five days after he arrived at the assisted living typical facility gilgan fell getting out of bed. and a greater risk of falling is one of the signs. the state determined that he had been overmedicated. >> if medicare is saying that the drugs are bad, the research is showing clearly, it can cause death why the hell is medicare paying for it? it makes no sense to me. if they would

. >> patrice captured this moment with her father, following surgery for a malignant brain tumor. from the hospital, the firefighter went by ambulance to an assisted living vassility south of los angeles. bright. >> reporter: jerry suffered dementia and accompanying bouts of confusion. at the first day of the facility he was alert and lucid. >> daddy. dad. >> reporter: just one day later man. >> he's not waking up. i'm like "what the heck happened to my father? what happened? why is he not waking up?" >> reporter: jerry's life was shocked at the change. >> we took him into the home thinking it would be a good place, his brother was there. a day or two, he was another person, he was a vegetable. there was nothing to him. staring in space, drug the out. >> reporter: drugged out on medications, depsychotic drugs approved for patients with schizophrenia, not approved for patients with dementia. the federal drug appreciation based a strong warning, telling them not to prescribe anti-psychotic drugs. >> they were giving my dad all this stuff. what was the goal, to kill him. >> reporter:

patrics day which is tomorrow. the sober ride program will begin at 4:00 p.m. tomorrow and runnen till 4:00 a.m. wednesday morning. you can call 800-200-8294. 55% of all traffic deaths are caused by drunk drivers on st. patricday. >>> frightening moment after scaffoldin suddenly gives way on a high rise out w > plus maryland is in the big dance. but not everyone is happy about where they were seeded. we'll have new location this morning. >> should i mention vcu is also to the dance. just put it out there. and really nice weather on tap later today. which you can tells a look at >>> this is because of the wind in port land, just yanked the scaffold of the building. took off running as it came crashing down. nobody was actually standing right underneath it so there were no injuries there. >>> dangerous situation there. and it's official boston set a new record for the snowiest winter since records were kept. that was back in 1872. snow last night helped the city break the record. in all more than 108 inches of snow fell and that broke the record set in the winter

boy, three pieces of jewelry removed from the body, two rings, and a locket that was inscribed to patrice, love uncle phil. the first discovery would come from the barrel itself. there were several coded numbers on the drum. one was as good as a fingerprint. it led to a chemical company in linden, new jersey. company records indicated that the drum was manufactured in 1965. now, 34 years later, it shows up as someone's makeshift coffin. that's keeping you from the healthcare you deserve.. at humana, we believe the gap will close when healthcare gets simpler. when frustration and paperwork decrease. when grandparents get to live at home instead of in a home. so let's do it. let's simplify healthcare. let's close the gap between people and care. but i've managed.e crohn's disease is tough, except that managing my symptoms was all i was doing. and when i finally told my doctor, he said humira is for adults like me who have tried other medications but still experience the symptoms of moderate to severe crohn's disease. and that in clinical studies, the majority of patients on humira saw signi

. >> patrice simmonds was among 2,000 families that got the hope to call of a lifetime tonight. she learned her daughter mickle was awarded a four year scholarship to the school of her choice. they hope the scholarship will open the doors it a brighter future. has to quite a response. >> priceless response. >> got to love that mother daughter reaction. >> tomorrow, sunshine gives way to clouds and weekend unfortunately rain pushes in the way of changes. and accuweather in time for the weekend. as we look at double scan around the region now a crystal clear sky has high pressure moving in and winds relaxing. is that the allowing temperatures to drop off in fact near freezes in lehigh valley and 28 in poconos and trenton 6 and beach haven 38 and near freezing millville to atlantic city. and wilmington the last hour it was 41. and so we have dropped five degrees in the last hour. so the numbers are dropping off pretty quickly in all areas will be below freezing tomorrow morning. we have one rib open of clouds coming in on the pennsylvania maryland border notice how they're slivrpin

kennedy: patrice, you were born there, you came over. when you were to your soul. immigrated to this country. what got you into criminal justice reform? >> i began working with generational opportunities because i had always been interested in freedom opportunities. as an organization we are working on economic opportunities for our generation. this is one of those opportunities. one of four individuals have had a parent that has been locked up in jail. we think that we have a great opportunity to actually bring change. >> not long ago i was talking from an individual from freedom works, and eating together along with the coke others and there are a lot of republican politicians that have taken up criminal justice reform. what is it that you have about this issue that is attracting conservatives for the first time? >> i think it's a first the first time that we realize that we cannot ignore an issue that is just personally affecting communities of color. when we talk about wanting to provide opportunities and freedom and allowing them to own their own interests, we

patrice is a generation opportunity leader, a group that fights or opportunity for young people and saysthere's lots of ways that the government for its young people especially minorities and poor people. >> hairdressers or hear braiders. >> they have to get licenses to do basic simple things. >> absolutely. in some states they are going to spend 1500 hours of education trying to learn how to cut hair and on top of that they are going to school but cost you 10 or $20,000 just to get that certification. so if you imagine for a poor person or people from communities of color who are coming out especially with terminal record that is a huge hurdle to overcome especially when you have other opportunities cut away from you. >> sometimes this makes it difficult to get to that point. so many individuals, makeup artists teaching assistants, travel agents. thousands of dollars in fees. >> the private sector we need them to be able to provide those jobs. so they can that they can take their ideas and passion to the marketplace. john: higher education? >> we are spending a lot of debt and we are gr

. >> reporter: one day later, patrice found a different man. he's not waking up. what the heck happened to my rather. >> he was a vegetable. he was starring in space. anti-psychotic drugs. not approved for patience with dementia. the strongest warning, a black box warning telling patients not to prescribe. one in three nursing home residents with dementia receives anti-psychotic. they are given to the patients for the benefit of the facility they are zhonged out. so you don't are to be bothered with them. five days after arriving at the assisted living. state investigators later determined jeffrey gilligan had been overmedicated. >> if medicare is saying the drugs are bad. there's, you know research showing clearly it could cause death, why is medicare paying for it. snakes no sense. if medicare paid for it it wouldn't be administered. >> we are looking at other settings in addition to nursing homes to reduce the use. >> it took away everything from my father his rights dignity >>> kevin corriveau is joining us for the weather at home. it's been rough in several p

kiera patrice richardson was last seen saturday in the 5700 block of cherry wood lane. she contact add family member yesterday by text saying she was in danger. police say she's 5'9" and weighs 180 pounds with red hair and brown eyes. they ask if you do have any information, please pass that along. >>> about four hours from now at 10:30 this morning, d.c. mayor muriel bowser is expected to announce a permanent leader for the city's fire department. >> our own bruce johnson tells us it will not be the interim chief eugene jones. nikki, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're outside the fire station. they're doing some work out here. we are out here where they are getting ready to make that announcement later this morning. we expect to hear mayor bowser and she will be announcing that gregory dean from seattle's fire department will be the new chief here. he was with the department in seattle for 44 years. in the last ten of those years, he was the chief of that fire station. now, this is what else we know about gregory dean. he's known for his work cultivating re

this is the strength and articulation of patrice colors and alicia guises black lives matter which is more than a slogan or commercial. it is deeper than that. the three explain the movement as, and i quoted this from a text on their website " a unique contribution that goes beyond extrajudicial killings of black people by police and vigilantes, beyond the narrow nationalism that can be present within some communities which merely call on black people to love black, live black, and by black while our sisters take up roles in the background or not at all. black lives matter of firms -- affirms the lives of folks it centers those that have been marginalized within black liberation movements, a tactic to build or to rebuild the black liberation movement. black lives matter an ideological and political intervention in a world where black lives are systematically and intentionally targeted for demise." it is more than just a #slogan. i hang my hat on all of that, but i want to focus a bit more on the ideological or ontological aspect of black light smattering, -- black lives mattering, whi

this is the strength and articulation of patrice colors and alicia guises black lives matter which is more than a slogan or commercial. it is deeper than that. v3 -- these three explain the movement, a unique contribution that goes beyond extrajudicial killings of black people by police and vigilantes, beyond the narrow nationalism that can be prevalent within some communities which merely call on black people to love black, live black and buy black while our sisters take up roles in the background or not at all. like lives matter of firms the lives of black -- black lives matter of firms the lives of black queer folks and all lies along the gender spectrum. it centers those that have been -- all lives along the gender spectrum. it centers those that have been marginalized within black liberation movements, a tactic to build or to rebuild the black liberation movement. an ideological and political intervention in a world where black lives are systematically and intentionally targeted. so it is more than just a hash tag slogan. and i hang my hat on all of that, but i want to focus a bi

really is the folks on staff making things happen whether for the chair and tracy and my good friend patrice and all the folks that work with the chair and the tag group that went all across the united states of america seeing these great cities. we thank you for your work and speaking of those cities, again, phoenix, birmingham, columbus and new york city please recognize them for their interest and their effort and commitment in participation to this process. [ applause ] on a very personal level, my first convention was in 1992 in new york city. i was then a bill clinton delegate. the time i ran folks said why in the world would you become a delegate for a little known governor and at the time the poorest state in the united states of america who has no chance of winning. i said well that's fine. i'm going to be a clinton delegate. i think we know the rest of that story. i've been a clinton delegate every time there was a clinton on the ballot. we'll see how that goes. we are excited and thrilled. we're honored, the city of philadelphia, the city of brotherly love and sisterly affection,

we will go back to philadelphia, pennsylvania, patrice, you're on the air. caller: thank you for taking my call. i wanted to comment on the historical context of today and bring it to where we are now in america. a lot of people talk about how they are surprised that none of the gop is attending and how they are surprised by how some members of congress are behaving. it really shouldn't be much of a surprise, given hostility in america against blacks and given the fact that after obama was elected, all of hostilities started to resurface, similar to what happened in the 1960's. people should not be said that the gop is not there. right now, the gop, they are trying to hold onto the old good old days, according to them, what america was, when black people kind of state in their place. they are playing to that base. the fact that they are not in attendance should not be a surprise to people. i think what we need to focus on is the overall picture and the fact that the world is changing. it's becoming more black and brown. more diverse. and it's maybe scaring s

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we will go back to philadelphia, pennsylvania, patrice, you're on the air. caller: thank you for taking my call. i wanted to comment on the historical context of today and bring it to where we are now in america. a lot of people talk about how they are surprised that none of the gop is attending and how they are surprised by how some members of congress are behaving. it really shouldn't be much of a surprise, given hostility in america against blacks and given the fact that after obama was elected, all of hostilities started to resurface, similar to what happened in the 1960's. people should not be said that the gop is not there. right now, the gop, they are trying to hold onto the old good old days, according to them, what america was, when black people kind of state in their place. they are playing to that base. the fact that they are not in attendance should not be a surprise to people. i think what we need to focus on is the overall picture and the fact that the world is changing. it's becoming more black and brown. more diverse. and it's maybe scaring s

we will go back to philadelphia, pennsylvania, patrice, you're on the air.aking my call. i wanted to comment on the historical context of today and bring it to where we are now in america. a lot of people talk about how they are surprised that none of the gop is attending and how they are surprised by how some members of congress are behaving. it really shouldn't be much of a surprise, given hostility in america against blacks and given the fact that after obama was elected, all of hostilities started to resurface, similar to what happened in the 1960's. people should not be said that the gop is not there. right now, the gop, they are trying to hold onto the old good old days, according to them, what america was, when black people kind of state in their place. they are playing to that base. the fact that they are not in attendance should not be a surprise to people. i think what we need to focus on is the overall picture and the fact that the world is changing. it's becoming more black and brown. more diverse. and it's maybe scaring some white people but ame

. >>> and sergeant joey patrice joins us.ing everybody listening does a great thing. thank you for your family's service and sacrifice. >> thank you very much. >> tell us what the program does. >> pretty much we want to act as an in-between. the worst thing is a phone call or knock on the door. . if we can show up surprise them, give them something whether it's a trip or basketball game or vacation be positive for a lot of people coming photograph. >> and it came out of the tragedy from the officers being executed in new york city. >> yes, it did. >> how have you been able to do this so quickly. >> if it wasn't for the guys behind me and caring as much as i do this hasn't been going on. the support has been overwhelming. we've been in touch with so many people. canada, spain. people are very receptive. this isn't about being political, but helping families struck by tragedy or some cat trophic illness. >> everyone is trying to do the right thing, but sometimes there's holes and voids that need to be filled in. sometimes it's