. >> by liberal in this area, we free the local populace from the taliban. shepard: a fox news crew was with the troops as they launched the first wave of attacks. >> troops have been on the ground for four hours and they say they have neutralized some of the taliban but there are others out there and they are ready for the kill. shepard: fighter jets providing cover from the air as marines took aim at the militants below. >> he is to the right of the wall. shepard: at one point, a cameraman got a little bit too close to the action. as fires raged across the area, the militants fired back, guns, mortars, rocket-propelled grenades. they could not stopped the convoy of american marines rolling into town. the marines say the taliban are putting up a fierce resistance. we have a reporter in the afghan capital of kabul. >> both the taliban and the u.s. want to give the appearance of being in control. just weeks ago, they lost major attacks across the country and the u.s. wants to change the perception that somehow the taliban is in control. the attack on this str

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glad to get anybody off the streets who is a danger to the rest of the populace. >> dean faces a long list of serious charges. authorities believe the motive in this case was robbery. jay korff, abc 7 news. >>> a developing story tonight in montgomery county, as the police search for an arsonist in damascus. but they have released a picture of a gas can that was found at one of the site -- at one of the fire scenes. he bails, trash cans, and trees were burned. damage and cleanup costs is estimated at over $100,000. if you have any information, please call the montgomery county arson hotline. >>> 7 on your side with new government guidelines on swine flu and the workplace. businesses are encouraged to develop plans for operating with reduced staff. employees also should consider allowing employees to work shifts from home. it is also recommended that work areas be kept clean and employee sent home at the first sign of any flu symptoms. >>> d.c. schools chancellor michelle rhee has caught by of oprah winfrey, named as "o" magazine's first ever power list of women. she was described as c

>> free the local populace from the influence of the taliban. >> election in afghanistan. and eunice kennedy shriver, founder of the special olympics, it dead at 88. >> president and the use to say that if she had been a man, she would have been president instead of jack. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> it has been a wild week on the health care front. the president has been trying to squelch reports that the democrats' health care reform includes a planned to kill old people. this week in iowa, senator chuck grassley helped to keep the talks going. >> i don't have problems with things like living wills, but they ought to be done within the family. we should not have a government program that determines you are going to pull the plug on grandma. >> let's see if we can play this to rest is the obama administration plan to pull the plug on grandma, jeanne? >> no, they are not planning to do that. this is one of those provisions that because it is poorly written or people see a benefit from it has been totally misinterpreted. clearly, what

so by liberating dahaneh, we free the local populace from the influence of the taliban. >> today's action by u.s. forces also comes in advance of next week's presidential election. nato troops have made a priority of securing towns and villages in rural afghanistan to encourage local citizens to participate in the voting. >> there's a real concern by people here by next week's presidential elections that people aren't going to be able to voter, special flee provinces like helmand because the government just doesn't have control. and can't open up the polling centers so they want to go into towns like the one they did today and open it up and allow polling to take place. it makes a very visible statement. that the elections can take place. >> because the battle is on ongoing operation, the pentagon did not release information about u.s. or afghan casuals. >>> for more on the situation in afghanistan, we are joined once again by anthony cordesman of the center for strategic and international studies. and he is of course in washington. nice to see you again. >> my pleasure. >> what do we kno

. >> bonnie: meanwhile, in 1972, due to a more educated female populace and the availability of the pillhe u.s. total fertility rate fell to below the 2.1 births per woman that marks replacement level. by 1976, fertility had hit an all time low of 1.7 and hovered just above that for years. >> if women had more options, better education, access to professional opportunities, there was a natural fertility drop as they pursued avenues that were more, uh, enlightened, more interesting than having 15 or 20 children. so you see a fertility drop, and people felt that was an easier way to get at it. rather than focus on population, on overpopulation, let's focus on empowering woman and giving them opportunities, and that will reduce fertility rates. >> bonnie: then in 1973, in roe v. wade, the u.s. supreme court legalized abortion. that set off a much more intense church-led campaign by many christian faiths against the population movement. >> the population issue i think really became like the hot stove nobody wanted to touch, right after roe v. wade. everything was bubbling along, and it was p

. >> by liberating ghana, we free the local populace from the influence of the taliban. they're able to go about their daily lives without being faced with murder. >> reporter: and, the marines are hoping, being able to vote in next week's presidential elections. that's what this operation is real about. the taliban has vowed to disrupt the afghan elections and across the country attack are on the rise. the u.s. knows if the taliban are able to stop large numbers of people from voting in the south of the country, then the credibility of the election could be in doubt. that making operations like today's especially critical, but there's only one week left before afghans go to the polls. lara logan, cbs news, kabul, afghanistan. >> couric: and next right here on the cbs evening news, they're armed and dangerous and they've got a gripe with the government. what's behind the growing militia move have you heard about miralax? miralax relieves constipation with no bloating. no cramping. no sudden urgency. announcer: only miralax is clinically proven to work like that. restore

and it's losing any chnce the gornment has to win the populace to their side. pete: there as been public opion polling n pakistan. what wil it showfor karzai's ances? >> he is ove the second most popular candidate. 26%f 44. so assuming h will win. again, e doesn't get50%. the's going to be this runoff and peoplere worried thatas you have sn in other electis in africa and other aces, there could b violence, some of th ndidates cod say there was a rigged lection. so i think the ssumption ishe will win. the question isill he get at 50%. ete: the election is nxt week? >> thursday. pete: that wl do i forus tonight. i'm pete willis. gwen ifill will be back ext week but before we go, he has a special ssage about next week's program. gwen: we want to hear rom you. congress left townith more questions an answers about the future of health ce reform. what do you want to ow? send us you questions to washgtonweek@pbs.org and we'll tackle the in a special heth care reporters roundtab next week. see yothen. download our weekly podcast and take us wih you. it's the whington w

and it's losing any chance the government has to win the populace to their side. pete: there has been public opinion polling in pakistan. what will it show for karzai's chances? >> he is above the second most popular candidate. 26% of 44%. so assuming he will win. again, he doesn't get 50%. there's going to be this runoff and people are worried that as you have seen in other elections in africa and other places, there could be violence, some of the candidates could say there was a rigged election. so i think the assumption is he will win. the question is will he get that 50%. pete: the election is next week? >> thursday. pete: that will do it for us tonight. i'm pete williams. gwen ifill will be back next week but before we go, she has a special message about next week's program. gwen: we want to hear from you. congress left town with more questions than answers about the future of health care reform. what do you want to know? send us your questions to washingtonweek@pbs.org and we'll tackle them in a special health care reporters roundtable next week. see you the

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we are seeing a really sort of spike in the environmental eco consciousness of the american populace. kids are more aware of these issues than adults are. >> the jeans will be recycled and reprocessed into insulation for rebuilding homes damaged by natural disasters. it will be enough material to insulate more than 60 homes. >>> it's no secret many families are struggling in this rough economy but for the owners of one of the oldest farms in maryland, help comes from some four-legged friends. we are introduced to these heroes. >> reporter: this is one of the oldest farms in all of maryland. the land was bought in 1802 end bes inthe me family ever ncsie. >> this was a very siold tobacc farm. the property here, the home and the out buildings and everything were built by my great great grandparents. i wanted to maintain this place and i didn't want it to be sold to developers. >> reporter: angel simmons is a only child. when her father became sick in 1996 she quit her it job in seattle to save the family farm. >> my transition here was very scary. the main problem i had is that i'm not a

. >> we free the local populace from the influence of the taliban. they are able to go about their daily lives without being faced with intimidation or murder. >> reporter: it's in this precarious environment that the candidates are trying to campaign. the leader, incumbent president hamid karzai, and his challengers, appearing in public only under tight security. we joined one challenger today, dr. ashraf ghani. his stump speech, like so many here, all about improving security. do you believe afghanistan can hold a free election and, if not, what will you do? how will you react? >> don't discount the will of the ordinary afghani. afghan men and women are going to rescue this failed process and make it successful. >> reporter: with today's operation, the marines are hoping to do their part to make the vote successful, by making it safe for people to vote. jim sciutto, abc news, kabul. >>> and one more item overseas, in taan, some harrowing moments for a brave rescue worker after the devastating typhoon. he was searching for survivors when his raft fl

now the issue is to engage a shell shocked populace in the town.d around by the fighting. the idea of setting up a polling station does not seem to be on the agenda. megyn: i guess it would seem difficult, to put it mildly. here we are, monday, the election is a few days away. what have you seen? what can we expect for thursday? >> they are doing everything that they can to derail the election. a car bomb went off on saturday near the international military headquarters. seven people dead the, 90 injured. threats from across the country against the populace to not go to the polls. the ugliest threat of all, listen to this, in afghanistan you stick your finger in a pot of ink to protect you from going to the poll again. the taliban says that they will cut your ink stain finger off. megyn: quite a reminder of what our troops are dealing with. thank you, greg. bill: those threats are still very real. alive or dead, what the president calls the critical part of his health care reform package is in intensive care at the moment. watching the monitors and

that is a very interesting tale about getting back to the populace point. at what point do bosses step in and and the right. it is very -- it is a very interesting story. a riley continues to be a huge star -- o'reilly continues to be a huge star. it has only helped him. he has competitors like inbev who are coming out. -- like lin beck. -- glen beck. what a crazy raise it was. clearly he wanted to do this. he is the first saturday night live alumnus to be in the senate. he is playing a good soldier in the junior member of the senate. >> bill riley's show is rated as almost as tight as any cable show. >> i think he has a very committed and loyal audience. >> y? >> i think he gives voice to people as anchors about things and use about things. -- i think he gives voice to people who are angry about things. it is impressive that anyone can have longevity. the left has not been so capable at finding a mass communicators who deliver like these guys do. >> when you are really sharp about someone to get work feedback -- do you get more feedback? >> sometimes i thi

bret: the sheriff in alabama's most populace county says the military may have to be called in if hey off nearly 500 workers. it is the latest development in the county's battle to avoid what would be the largest municipal bankruptcy ever. correspondent jonathan serie has the story. >> mike hale lost a bottle to cut his budget by more than $4 million and now the sheriff says he has to lay off deputies, he will need the guards for reinforcement. >> their presence would have a chilling effect in a lot of ways. before this court ruling, i had two homicides and a burglary in this county. we just need a presence on the street. >> already budget cuts in other jefferson county offices have forced residents to stand in long lines for even routine services such as vehicle tag renewal. >> you have people 60, 70, and 80 and you have to stand up for four or five hours. they ought to be able to accommodate it some other way. >> embroiled in a budget crisis, alabama's largest county has closed satellite offices in outlying communities and laid off unfortunately 1,000 employees, more than a quarter

jefferson, who gave us our declaration of independence, understood that for liberty to exist, the populace needs to be educated enough to understand liberty and be able to defend liberty. they also understood that liberty was not on automatic pilot. it would not exist simply because it was once started. it was delicate, and it had to be protected. the one thing that stood out for me about the bill of rights institute was that it understands that to protect this precious but essential commodity, young people, the next generation, and the generation after that has to understand what they are protecting and why it has to be protected. i have been on the court for quite some time, and i have to admit that when i started this endeavor, or for some, an ordeal, that you have level understanding of our great document, our founding documents. it is workable, functional, but after you work with that document for so many years, your level of understanding and appreciation gross. it becomes, as i say to my law clerks -- through all the opinions and the briefs and the back and forth, i am more of an id

there's a lot of populace anger at these companies.as three quarters of a billion dollars in stock options. a pull option wouldn't be paying these salaries, billions in pr. it would be focused on public health. if democrats campaign on that message, that will be the winning strategy in 2010. >> thank you, both. it's going to be so interesting to see what happens in 2010, but the battle over this issue will continue through the fall. thank you, both. >>> coming up, michael moore takes on wall street. his new movie, naming names and looking for villains. >>> plus, monkey business. how one town the using monkey birth control to get a grip on local wildlife. >> what? >>> from the brink of collapse to billions in bailouts, a nationwide rage over astronomical bonuses, no matter how you slice it, it's been a rough year for wall street and main street. >> a year though that's not over. arriving just in time to rub some salt in the wounds is none other than filmmaker michael moore. check this out. >> the most feared filmmaker in america. >> can

coverage, i think that will help tremendously in our battle to provide coverage and care for the populacen the united states, especially in inner-city areas, in which i work. we treat a large proportion of people who are illegal immigrants. they are here. they made it here. they do not qualify for medical coverage, and they are not going to be covered at all under any of these plans. greta: i do not want to pull a scab off of a woman's, but the president of the other night suggested at least -- pull a scab off of a wound, but the president of the other night suggested at least that they are doing tonsillectomies to make money. >> pediatricians do not take out kids tonsils. ent doctor is due. they get a referral once you have exhausted all of your other medical options. no one rushes to surgery just for the money, and it is rather, frankly, insulting as a position that he would imply such a thing. greta: how about you, doctor? do you do extra procedures just to make some extra dollars? >> of course not. why would we? greta: when did you think when you heard that? >> i respect the president

was trying to adapt our thinking to a new fight, where reaching out, making connections with the populace, you know, the old adage of winning the hearts and minds, was coming into play, but it wasn't in vogue yet. the job that we were doing was a job that normally special forces, you know, green berets, do. and yet here we're a bunch of national guardsmen. i was a finance analyst at the time with the city of seattle. we had a schoolteacher with us. we had a mechanic who worked on high-end hot rod cars. we had a guy who was actually a sheriff's officer. i mean, we were like a motley band of, you know, the citizen soldier. >> reporter: arron's return to civilian life was extremely difficult. >> trying to reintegrate with my family. i mean, my son at the time was 2. i'd been gone for half his life already. my daughter was a little bit older. the friction of trying to reintegrate to a married life was difficult as well. >> reporter: in 2008, aaron received orders to mobilize for afghanistan, to train members of their police force. >> there were ghosts on the payroll. people were being paid of

by liberating dahaneh, we free the local populace from the influence of the taliban.hey are able to go about their daily lives without being faced with intimidation or murder. by nightfall, taliban fighters still held the town, and the fighting intensified. marine officers said the combat could last several days. in the philippines, overnment troops attacked militants tied to al qaeda, and killed at least 20 of them. the assaults on a southern island, hit jungle camps used by leaders of the group abu sayef. it was unclear if any of the top militants were killed, but the military said fierce fighting lasted all day. heavy rain in southern taiwan held up the search today for survivors of a powerful typhoon. hundreds of people may be missing, and hundreds more are still waiting for help, four days after the deadly storm. we have a report narrated by jane deeth of independent television news. >> reporter: reaching people cut off by the typhoon is difficult and dangerous. this rescuer will have to be rescued. off camera, the ropes the rescuer was hanging from snapped. luck

we are the most powerful and the most populace two countries in the world. and if we and the indians -- ifth three of us could find a way to move into the future together, the human race would face a future of safety and prosrity and freedom that would be truly remarkable. >> host: northridge, california, you're on the air. >> caller: yes. thank you very much for taking the call. and god bless for having c-span just having the wherewithal to bring suchonderful guests. mr. begini i was patted on the head as a baby by kennedy. a couple of questions. there were many reserves 100,000 or so where the general could have crushed them there at the creek. what was his mindset in your historical understanding? and general jackson was late coming upon the field. can you give me some insight upon what he was thinking. and the second question, sir, in the iraq war, we have seen probably the greatest militar history campaign with respect to loss of lives with the people coming back to their country to try to civilized country. one the liberal media is not advertising this

so i think that we can light a fire again among the very populace that most needs that fire lit.cause when i was growing up, walter, the blackest thing you could be was an educated woman or an educated man. the blackest thing you could be was not a basketball player or an entertainer. there's nothing wrong with playing sports or being an entertainer, of course, but a lawyer or a doctor, they were, like, in my household they sat next to god, you know? my mom wanted two doctors. my brother's chief of oral surgery at bronx hospital, and i'm a fake doctor. [laughter] too many of our people have lost their way. they've lost that, they've lost the capacity to defer gratification or the belief in deferred gratification, and they don't believe in the future. >> why the reverence for education? >> and the loss of reverence for education. >> obama might change that? >> only if -- inspiration only goes so far, man. i mean, he needs structural reform, but he knows that. he picked arne to run -- >> arne duncan. >> yep, and a good man. he has good advisers like linda darling hammond who's on h

stern, who is no darling to the american populace -- everybody knows what he did you and nicole smithlawyer. you have got a major victory from this court, might he prevail? of >> tea should of what the judge said is accurate. substantial evidence of knowledge is what is required, a willful disregard of the truth. he is saying that these were made up lies. book, she made money. i did not read the book, but i am going by the judge's order, saying that this is all false. i am no fan, but he should -- but should he prevail in a lawsuit? now. megyn: the judge should disclose, me, that is, i know rita -- [laughter] in real court i would have to recuse myself. but she said look, i have the sources to back up all of these claims. now they had sex, then he was her camp, etc.. >> one of the things, the notion that this is preposterous that and and nicole smith will watch a pornography tape? inherently improbable? that line will not work. a jury could believe that it is true, that she would watch a tape like that. whether it exists, we do not know. that could be problematic unless she could get

it was 70 degrees in the shade, very warm for the emerald isle but the temperature of limerick's populaceh to salute the brother of the martyred president. the youthful senator has a last word for the friendly crowd and among which you may be sure there are some relatives before heading for shannon airport. but not before he gets a gift of a silver tea service to keep forever green the memory of his visit. >> it's the gift of the tea service that makes it most memorable. senator ted kennedy in 1964 in the western ireland city of limerick. of course, he had very close ties to ireland because of his family roots there and also he became very involved in the northern ireland issue in the early 1970s, something that he maintained close contact with all the way through the signing of the good friday accords. we want to bring in the former prime minister of ireland for his memories and recollections of senator kennedy. first of all, let me ask you, on this occasion of the senator's passing where your thoughts are going today. >> well, obviously it's afternoon here now so the news from the time

criminals, sheriff hail is urging the governor to consider sending the national guard to alabama's most populaces been told he may have to cut his budget by as much as 50% next year, from $60 million to $31 million. >> what i'll have left after furlough is enough to work the jail and a small group to work five or six beats within the county. >> reporter: what led to jefferson county's broken government, part of the pinch can be blamed on the recession. but the big problem, the county instantly lost about $70 million, or 25% of its annual budget, from an occupational tax on income it had collected since the 1980s, even though lawmakers repealed it about a decade ago, courts only mandated that the county stop collecting that money. >> we are at during the darkest hours this county has ever lived through. >> reporter: betty fine collins is the county commission president and says there's no quick fix. the commission has already ordered furloughs for 33% of the county's employees. >> you cannot have more expenditures than you have revenue, so what's the largest area of expense, personnel. which is w

reinforced a area his predecessors reinforced in the valley in the eaern region of afghanista agn, n too populace a ple we have seen some accelerants to violence coming from pakistan, but really, the amount of force that we're using in that area is disproportionate to the importance of that area and we've done a paper on that at understandingmore.org recently. that's the answer to your question. general mcchrystal came in late to change where the troops were going tis summer and what they were doing. as in those operations were prepared and were launched. and so we're only now seeing the reorientation of some of those marines within helmond province and some of the forces to other important areas of the south, such as kandahar which is vitally impoant to the insurgency. that's the answer to your first question. the second question you asked was about the government and governance in afghanistan and i wholeheartedly agree with bruce, with mike, and with tony, tha we must create legitimate government institutions in afghanistan and that they are critical component to the long-term sucss of the stat

i joined the populace caucus and i'm a cofounder of the populist caucus. we can stand to each group there because the populist caucus, we're just out for the issues that are affecting, you know, the people of this country. >> and that's a relatively -- >> as i understand a new or revive populist caucus. >> it's revived. we have the same interest where we support a public option in healthcare where we call for fiscal responsibility. we want to see things on-budget. the bush administration hid their true value from everything from the american people. look around you, do you see a lot of that money that was spent around our state or what do you really see? and what we see those deficits were run up but they were not put on the american people and that's what we're trying to do now. in the populist caucus we share the same values that the other do and, you know, maybe veer slightly different at times. but again, i would tell people that the men that i'm sitting next to and the men and women that i sit next to in congress, first of all, work very hard every si

. >> i think you could easily argue that the majority of the populace of our nation don't even slightly understand the complexity of the economic situations, wall street, what have you and that's the way the media presents it, just ends of scaring more and more people into believing whatever is the scariest myths oh how do you propose going forward we handle the media's effect on the population on the economy and how you propose i guess, educating the majority of the people on a basic level understanding of where the money goes and what happens to it? .. we have becoming argentina. there is 100 events countries in the world and 50 very poor countries of the world and what almost all 50 countries that are poor share in common is that a dictator or somebody military controls their legislatures otis very hard for the people to write reform legislation and he controls the media. i mean to suggest there's some dictator in the united states the controls both of those but there is a broad class of the very wealthy and the most powerful corporations into a very good job in controlling those ent

jefferson, who gave us our declaration of independence, understood that for liberty to exist, the populace needs to be educated enough to understand liberty and be able to defend liberty. they also understood that liberty was not on automatic pilot. it would not exist simply because it was once started. it was delicate, and it had to be protected. the one thing that stood out for me about the bill of rights institute was that it understands that to protect this precious but essential commodity, young people, the next generation, and the generation after that has to understand what they are protecting and why it has to be protected. i have been on the court for quite some time, and i have to admit that when i started this endeavor, or for some, an ordeal, that you have level understanding of our great document, our founding documents. it is workable, functional, but after you work with that document for so many years, your level of understanding and appreciation gross. it becomes, as i say to my law clerks -- through all the opinions and the briefs and the back and forth, i am more of an id

soon 20% of america's populace will be over 65. by 2050 there will be 18 million people over 85. one-half of them will likely have some form of dementia, only 20% will be fully mobile. at the same time that this most vulnerable population is growing, the numbers of physicians and trained nurses caring for the eldly and other professionals is shrinking. the number of primary care doctors being trained is half than a few years ago. our current circumstance a collapse in primary care. only 300 or so geriatricians are trained each year, fewer than those entering retirement. currently the is one geriatrician for every 8,000 people over age 65 in america. why did this happen? how has this happened? doctors didn't create this problem bad public policy created this problem. reverse payment incentives have undermined primary care medicine. have promoted specialization and technology over face-to-face interactions between doctors and patients and families. all insurance systems from medicare to managed care have undervalued doctors like me for decades now, devalued our time, our cognitive

pepsi and coke or you need is other or do feel like it is a real fight for of the fall of the era populace >> absolutely wonderful question. >> to start with, we have adopted the reporting about the middle east, we are a tv station that has made me cover the the dynamics of this society on figures of governments and people who have already been in that tough position. we have never had a friendly relationship with governments, however, we have with people so that was sometimes we are accused we are populists and i say we are not. i argue with politics in the middle east have not been in press conferences and happening in meeting rooms. without understanding that people -- the fabric of this society and without embedding yourself to the public and listening carefully to what everybody has to say, meeting with the people and allowing them to spring from various walks of life, i think we cannot reflect middle east and i did play. some others would prefer to be more on the side of what government say and what governments do because of fortunately it is not actually supporting governments. gove

and other terrorist groups, that teach -- twist the words of the koran and give it to the general populacefact. i just wanted to know if you consider it to the political more than religious. >> islam is a political and religious ideology and always has been. it is very telling that the calendar year and in the islamic calendar is not the year that mohammad became a profit, not the year he was born, not the year he died, not anything you might expect, but only, it is when islam became a state, when it became a political polity and mohammad became a military and political leader. that is very telling. the islamic state, up until 1924, was always considered to be an essential element of islam in the world, and islamic polemicist and apologists throughout history have criticized the west for the sacred secular distinction and have said that islam as up comprehensive unity, that unity is manifested in effect it is political as well as religious. taking them at their word, it is both. as far as the peaceful and tolerant verses of the koran, the best way to understand that is to go to the islamic

soon, 20% of america's populace will be over 65. by 2015, there will be 18 million people over 85. one half of them will have some kind of dementia. on the 20% will be fully mobile. at the same time they're growing, the numbers of physicians and train nurses caring is shrinking. the number of primary care doctors being trained is half of what it was a few years ago. the american college of physicians calls our current circumstance a collapse in primary care. only 300 verso geriatricians are trained each year. there is only one for every 8000 people over age 65 and america. why did this happen? how has this happened? policy created this problem. perverse payment incentives have undermined primary-care medicine, have promoted specialization and technology over face-to-face interactions between doctors and patients and families. all insurance systems for medicaid to manage your have undervalued doctors like me for decades now, devalued our time, our cognitive conferencing and consensus building skills, rewarded us only for the wrong things. another trip to the er. another round of an

have seen not only in the states but around the world we have many different types of impact on t populace and medical system from disasters but again we tend to think of large numbers of injuries, a lot patient transport, disruption of people overwhelming the hospital's etc. we've bn spending a lot of money in recent years on terrorism and getting ready for rge chemical biological radiological nuclear explosive defense. so a lot of wt we have been doing and experience with national disasters, floods, hurricanes, fires, earthquakes, tornadoes, etc., they are very much mass casualty even oregon to. there has been great thought and good work and we will talk about that in a second that has gone into bioterrorism community disease outbreaks but i would say in he hospital preparedness program which is one of the government's programs to prepare for disasters and the homeland security programs they have been mass casualty oriented not so much public emergency and that is what is different in this kind. for us in california and i think a lot of our partners around the country will try to simplif

soon, 20% of america's populace will be over 65.f of them will likely have some form of the bench at and only 20% will be fully mobile. at the same time, the numbers of physicians and trained nurses caring for the elderly and other professionals is shrinking. the primary caregivers is half of what was a few years ago. american physicians -- a collapse in primary care. only 300 or so geriatricians are entering retirement. there is one for every 8000 people over age 65. people, over age 65 in america. why did this happen? how has this happened? doctors didn't create this problem. bad public policy created this problem. perverse payment incentives have undermined primary-care medicine, have promoted specialization and technology over face-to-face interactions between doctors and patients and families. all insurance systems for medicaid to manage your have undervalued doctors like me for decades now, devalued our time, our cognitive conferencing and consensus building skills, rewarded us only for the wrong things. another trip to the e

independence -- they understood that for liberty to exist, the populist needed to be educated -- populace needed to be educated enough to understand liberty and be able to defend liberty. they also understood that liberty was not on automatic pilot. that liberty would not exist simply because it was once started, and that having done it, it was very delicate and had to be protected. the one thing that stood out to me about the bill of rights institute was that it understands that. it understands that to protect this purchase but the essential commodity -- precious but essential commodity, young people, the next generation, and the generation after that has to understand what they are protecting, or have to understand what they are protecting and what it has to be protected. -- and why it has to be protected. i have been, as i said, on the court for quite some time. i have to remit that when i started this endeavor -- to admit that when i started this endeavor, or for some, and ordeal, that you have a level of understanding of our great document, our founding documents, that it is workable