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patrick kennedy talked about his own struggles with addiction. this is one hour and 10 minutes -- this is one hour 10 minutes. >> please welcome to the stage, emergency room physician dr. travis stork and the mental health and prescription abuse prevention panel members. [applause] >> i am dr. travis stork for those of you who do not know me. a lot of people know me as the host of the television show "the doctors." what a lot of people don't realize is that in my real life i am an er doctor. this is important because i truly believe that what we can do today is help save lives. consider this -- in the next 19 minutes while we sit before you, someone will die from a drug overdose that is preventable. all of these deaths are preventable. we call them accidental but in many ways they are not accidental at all. that is what we will be discussing today. i want to encourage anyone who is watching at home and streaming this, we would love you to become a part of this situation. you can tweet a question to us at #healthmatter2014 and i would like to get

please welcome patrick kennedy. (cheers and applause) mr.thanks for coming on. >> all right, let's get the old-- obviously everybody knows the family name but you served 16 years in the house in rhode island's first district. you were co-author and lead sponsor of the mental health parity and a gixs equality act. now leading project sam what is sam. >> i came to this because i was a sponsor of this mental health bill that said the brain was part of the body. that was a big piece of legislation you just cited that i sponsored. >> stephen: the brain is part of the body then why do women want to know if we want them for their body or their brain? (laughter) can't have both, can't have it both ways. anyway-- go ahead, go ahead. >> so just like women are discriminated against because if they have a baby they are higher costs, you know, we were trying to make sure that you couldn't discriminate against the brain and mental illness which insurance companies traditionally do. they impose higher costs on you as a consumer if you have a brain illness.

representative patrick kennedy of rhode island who spoke about his own struggles with addiction.he events moderated by doctor tao this stark an emergency room physician and host of the tv program the doctors. >> please welcome to the stage m physician and cohost of "the doctors," doctor travis stork and panel members. also >> i'm doctor travis stork on a lot of you know me as the host of the television showed "the doctors" and what a lot of folks don't realize is in my real life i'm in er doctor and this panel today is important because i truly believe that what we can do today is to help save lives. consider this. in the next 19 minutes while we sit before you someone will die from a drug overdose that is preventable. all of these deaths are preventable. we call them accidental but in many ways they are not accidental at all and that is what we are going to be discussing today. i want to encourage anyone watching at home we would love for you to become a part of this conversation. what you can do is send a question to us at @healthcarematters2014. i want to get you involved in a

. >> last month former congressman patrick kennedy discussed society's role in fostering addiction andhow the health care law could help. here's more. >> ultimately reneed to reorient our culture. our culture needs to be reoriented to stop keeping silent about this because the biggest enemy is the silence. it's the pathology of not being able to talk about the elephant in the room. and my mom had suffered from severe and persistent mental illness and alcoholism. we never talked about it. my family's pretty progressive, liberal-minded. never breathed a word about it. and then she disappeared to go to treatment. i mean, david writes about it in his books. the biggest challenge here is we need a conversation. i love the fact mtv is trying to break these barriers down, but it's the stigma, as director can say that it's our most insidious enemy here. it's not just about prescription drug abuse. as david pointed out, i could have been addicted to anything. i was a genetically predisposed, had an environment that encouraged it and then, you know, it was oxy cotin for me for a while. was hospi

clinton under secretary patrick kennedy who is blamed to blocking additional requests. they were not interviewed. while legally permissible. this compromised the report's independence and impartiality. a new document documenting her time secretary of state. there was an endorsement from general petrasus. and law makers taking up this issue on the sunday talk shoes. >> it was on her watch, she should have known security was not taken care of. she calls it her greatest regret as secretary of state. >> the only thing, the republicans are obsessed with obama care more is benghazi. hillary clinton, and joe biden are great candidates and far greater than what our friends will put up. >> some law makers accuse general petraeus of providing false information to congress. and later he, too, believed he thought it was terrorism. >> more on this now. >> for more, we'll go to someone who is written in the book, john bolton. and ambassador to the united nations and you are laughing in anticipation of the passage. i know you haven't had a chance to read the book. but we'll go through

one of the speakers will be congressman patrick kennedy of rhode island who has spoken about his own struggles with addition -- with addiction. here some of what he will have to say tonight. >> we need to reorient our culture. to stopure needs keeping silent about this because the biggest enemy is the silence. beingthe pathology of not able to talk about the elephant in the room. mom suffered from severe and persistent mental illness. is pretty progressive, liberal minded, and never breathed a word about it. then she disappeared to go to treatment. david writes about it in his books. the biggest challenges we need a conversation. i love the fact mtv is trying to break these barriers down, but it is the stigma that is our most insidious enemy here. this isn't just about prescription drug abuse. i could have been addicted to anything. genetically predisposed and had a -- had an environment and it was oxycontin for me for a while and i was hospitalized. then i came out and couldn't sleep and started abusing ambien. you could have given me anything and as an addict, i would have abused i

by the way, cheryl mills was copied on that e-mail and so was patrick kennedy. >> he said there may have been some bad guys and people taking advantage of the moment and so forth and didn't speak to how they knew where to find ambassador stevens, they used military hand signals to communicate with each other. it was mostly these guys who got to the and decided to cause havoc is not exactly dead on. let me ask you about the president's suggestion that this scandal, benghazi, is being kept alive by fox news. the only people think it is a scandal is because we at fox news have decided to make them believe that. >> mi can tell you this, there are four murdered americans and i am asked about benghazi more than any other issue. that is true in south carolina, that is true in texas. >> that's because your viewers may watch fox news. taking the president's logic a step further, he'd say your people must be watching fox. >> it's about who we are as a country that four of our fellow citizens were murdered, that we weren't prepared to provide for their security, we didn't go help during the siege a

next, former congressman patrick kennedy looks at society's role in fostering addition -- addiction andhow the health care laws might help. he spoke in an event moderated by dr. travis stork who is an emergency room doctor and cohost of the tv show "the doctors." it is 45 minutes. ,> please welcome to the stage emergency room physician dr. travis stork and the mental health and prescription abuse prevention panel members. [applause] >> i am dr. travis stork for those of you who do not know me. a lot of people know me as the host of a television show and what a lot of don't -- people don't realize is that in my real life i am an er doctor. this is important because i truly believe that what we can do today is help save lives. consider this -- and the next 19 minutes while we sit before you, someone will die from a drug overdose that is preventable. all of these deaths are mental. we call them accidental but in many ways they are not accidental at all. that is what we will be discussing today. i want to encourage anyone who is watching at home and streaming this, we would love you to beco

. >> there is some precedent with patrick kennedy and the ambien. >> pull that one out, see if that works are on "the five" yesterday, and bob beckel goes nuts. this is a controversial katy video that has been scrubbed, the part that the muslims are protesting. take a look at this clip. ♪ ♪ >> all right, it is called "dark horse" and now we'll just play -- we have a video clip looped in slow motion so we can get a look at it here. what do you think? >> well, look, she gave in to the pressure, i'm not surprised. given the consequences. these are not people to get vocal and loud, they actually take deadly action murdering children and what i'm appalled at is nobody is coming out to decry the radical behaviors of the extremists. by the way, where are the radicals in the music industry to say this is an outrage, you shouldn't edit o-- >> let me just put the screen grab that shows the circle around the controversial pendant, which created it. as you can see right there, what is your reaction? >> okay, this is the way i see it. i'm all for free speech, if you watched katy perry in the grammys,

that's what the patrick kennedy, anti-marijuana group is saying. is worrying. it's additionally worrying when you have very good business people who want to make money in these states. >> to that point, a lot of professional investors are trying to get into this game. they see an opportunity, right? they want to get in on the ground floor, as it were. so how are they navigating these issues? >> they don't have a good way to go forward. you can't buy traditional stock. >> how do you invest in that, right? >> a lot of investors don't like the amount of paperwork involved. it's a real top to bottom. >> but it sounds like it's going to be some patience, working out some of those issues. well, thank you so much for joining me. thank you tony, hillary and betty. ahead, the 1700-mile, $5.4 billion project now on the president's agenda. will he okay the controversial keystone pipeline? that's coming up. >> he laid out his view on this last summer. if it should go forward, it should not significantly exacerbate the climate crisis in this country. hey kevin.

. >> former rhode island congressman, patrick kennedy, talked recently about his struggles with addiction during a panel on prescription drug abuse hosted by the clinton foundation at their third annual health matters conference. the moderator of the discussion , er doctorvis stork and cohost of the tv program, "the doctors here for they will talk for about 40 minutes. >> please welcome to the stage, emergency room physician dr. travis stork and the mental health and prescription abuse prevention panel members. [applause] >> i am dr. travis stork for those of you who do not know me. a lot of people know me as the host of a television show and what a lot of people don't realize is that in my real life i am an er doctor. this is important because i truly believe that what we can do today is help save lives. consider this -- in the next 19 minutes while we sit before you, someone will die from a drug overdose that is preventable. all of these deaths are mental. we call them accidental but in many ways they are not accidental at all. that is what we will be discussing today. i want to encoura

clinton and state department undersecretary patrick kennedy is blamed for blocking additional securityr benghazi. no senior executives including mrs. clinton and mr. kennedy were interviewed for the arb. a new book, biography of mrs. clinton quoted former cia director david petroleum showed the benghazi attack showed mrs. clinton's strength under pressure adding she would make a splendid president. lawmakers squaring off on sunday shows on the issue. >> she should have known security was not taken care of. she called it her greatest regret in time of secretary of state. that will be an issue. >> the only thing republicans are obsessed with obama care more, is benghazi. this is completely a political game they're playing. hillary clinton, joe biden, all great candidates far better than what our friends will put up. >> reporter: some lawmakers accuse general petraeus providing misleading testimony before congress after the benghazi attempt where he put emphasis on anti-islam video initially and later claimed he believed it was terrorism from day one, jenna. jenna: catherine herridge live

patrick kennedy, former congressman kennedy said the president is wrong on this subject. i just think it's a huge issue. i hope that you will talk with the president, you're close to him, and begin to push back, pull back from this position that i think is going to be adverse to the health of america. thank you, madam chair. >> thank you, senator. senator whitehouse. >> thank you. welcome back to congress, attorney general. thank you for the terrorism work work that you are doing as our attorney general. as a former u.s. attorney and friend of the department, i not only have my own opinion but i have other folks who are observers of the department and i think we're very appreciative of the fine leadership you're providing the department of justice. let me talk with you for a moment about cyber. our effort to address the cyberthreat in the -- on the military side have been quite distinct and have led to the establishment of a cybercommand with two four-star generals -- with two four star generals in charge, one double headed to lead n.s.a. on the law enforcement side, our

. >> the honorable patrick f kennedy and ms. m. elizabeth swope. vic torry ofble new and and dr. robert kagan. and dr.ria nuland robert kagan. mr. raymond mcguire. ms. crystal mccleary. mr. bruce mosler. i will announce you. rummlerrable kathleen and justice elena kagan. mr. and mrs. stephen colbert air -- colbert. the honorable jay carney and ms. claire shipman. the honorable gene sperling. mr. rick sperling. greet french president hollande is her life coverage of the state visit continues. [background sounds] [background sounds] [background sounds] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> and so the guest of honor has arrived. french president francois hollande greeted by the president of first lady from the north entrance of the white house. this is the seventh state dinner or official visit for the obama administration the first of the second term and later we will take you to the south on pavilion. it has turned into a springlike display of french culture and flowers and arts. but first we will take a look inside the state dinner as part of our coverage here on c-span2's. we will tell you what it's like to

patrick kennedy. henry the wax man. george miller. and max baucus.trict of columbia. >> it's like that back to the future photo. >> kind of is. >> something happens and you ruin everything if you go back to the future. let's talk about somebody else. samantha power is somebody who had a very interesting confirmation hearing when she was going to become the next ambassador to the united nations, she is something who said controversial things in the past about our country and our intentions and many people speculating, including marco rubio in his questioning, was she the right person to represent our country in the united nations? there is a tweet that came out that made a lot of people wonder if she was the right selection but she ultimately got confirmed. it revolved around danny pearl. she was asked to speak at a foundation named in danny pearl's honor. >> danny pearl was beheaded in 2002 by cleland -- by khalid sheik mohammed. this is her tweet. >> pearl, who was beheaded could have been prevented by individual accountability and reconciliation. w

john kerry, jay rockefeller, claire mccaskill, ted kennedy, patrick leahy.now that all politicians do this to a certain extent but do the clinton aides do this more than your average politician's aide? john? >> well, you know, they are much more clinical about it. they are keeping microsoft excel spreadsheets because they have come into contact with so many people over so many years that you couldn't keep it all in your head. one of the things we do in the book is go through -- that excerpt doesn't talk about it but we go through the people that bill clinton went after on the campaign trail in 2010, 2012. my favorite part of the book is howard berman who supported assume. bill clinton gave an endorsement statement and then there was a campaign to get bill clinton to stop, not do a fund-raiser for sherman and even went to hillary clinton and said he thinks it's ironic that hillary clinton is asking for his vote while bill clinton is out there campaigning against him and hillary clinton just laughed and told him that she was out of politics and as it turns out

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