hospitals closing in the last eight years i've decided to do my part to solve this problem in my rural hospital in colorado even though the hospital's only doctor is moving in on our territory but i think she'll come around pretty sure that's dr quinn medicine woman was. exactly as her judgment over yours i mean of your own. no but scott pruitt runs the e.p.a. in the cold. and if not same type of confidence that didn't stop a florida toxicology lab owner named aaron drawl from buying a rural georgia hospital team million dollars and he was to designed to keep these hospitals alive. is a lot like fraud no real fraud is when i told the hospital i thought that i'm beyond say and then. they'd be too white to know the difference on sales. and a side note they were. but what this florida man and others are doing is creating a solid financial investment just like another florida man whose private company took over missouri's putnam county memorial hospital in two thousand and sixteen after he sent bills from other labs to that rural hospital it received more than ninety million dollars in insurance pa

we're fortunate to be within a stone's throw of a local hospital at all times while in rural america a local hospital is about as close as trump is the millennium right now so. but despite the fact rural hospitals are literally the only game in their town they're still in danger of closing their doors and their owners are desperately looking for people to buy them but there's something fishy going on with the sale of these hospitals for more on this we turn to our senior med school dropout now imogen. thank you so much going on here with eighty three world hospitals closing in the last eight years i decided to do my part to solve this problem and by rural hospital in colorado even though the hospitals only doctor is moving in on our territory but i think she'll come around pretty sure that's dr quinn medicine woman but. i understand trust her judgment over yours i mean of your own to hospitable for no but scott pruitt runs the e.p.a. in the coal. area and if that same type of confidence that didn't stop a florida town. the quality lab owner named aaron draw from buying a rural georgia

the same test, billed through rural hospital, more than $1,000. which explains why george perez struck deals with dozens of labs around the country to pass their testing through graceville and their billing along with it. >> i can tell you what was funneled through the facility. and that was, over $120 million in about 14 months. >> what you are describing, sound fraudulent? >> it sound too good to be true. >> the board finally came to the same conclusion and stopped the lab program. but that created new problems. on one side, dozens of labs claim the hospital owed them millions. on the other, the insurance companies said they had been overbilled by millions. squeezed in the middle, the hospital closed its doors after more than half a century. >> i could have saved it if i would have been left. i wasn't, that wasn't my, my hospital it wasn't my contract. i didn't own it. i just went in there to do the billing and to provide technology. >> perez minimized the role and we showed him lab contracts he signed. >> i want to show you the documents that i

you're going to pay for it. >> reporter: in an e-mail durall said all testing at the rural hospitals mentioned is properly billed. last month anthem sent a letter to the hospital durall contracted within california alleging $13 billion had been i am properly billed. the hospital disputes the allegations but has temporarily suspended the lab program. >> kelly smallwood is one vigilant hospital worker. jim, generally are these kinds of lab arrangements legal? >> that, of course, depends on who you ask. the insurance companies say it's fraudulent. the people running 2 the lab program say everything is above board. the amount of disputed claims across the country, $260 million. >> wow. you need to check the paperwork. does mr. durall know how to get in touch with you? >> we certainly made it abundantly cleared. >> he didn't try to run you over, but i thought he might want to talk to you. >> he's got some explaining to do. very interesting. >>> tonight on the "cbs evening news" with jeff glor, jim axel rod continues his original reporting. this man claims to be rural hospital's best hope,

a miami-based health care company that claims to specialize in rescuing rural hospitals. >> currentlyes, and we manage three more. and many of these hospitals were hospitals that were in distress. >> reporter: it seems to me to be a very challenging space, rural hospitals. >> correct. >> reporter: so why mess with it? >> because why not? >> reporter: here's another reason -- to help keep them in business, insurance companies reimburse rural hospitals for lab testing at much higher rates. sometimes ten times more than they would pay if the tests were run at an independent lab. >> it's mind-boggling to think about all of the money that's been made through this. >> reporter: michelle jordan is a lawyer who represents campellton-graceville hospital, a rural hospital in florida that's now closed. she says after perez came in to manage it, he signed contracts with dozens of labs across the country to send at the testing and their billing through campbellton-graceville. the first to sign up was aaron durall who owns verizon labs in florida. >> it can change your life not only today but forev

the same test billed through a rural hospital, more than $1,000. which explains why george perez struck deals with dozens of labs around the country to pass their testing through campbellton graceville and their billing along with it. >> i can tell you what was actually funneled through this facility, and that was over $120 million in about 14 months. >> reporter: what you're describing sounds fraudulent. >> it sounds too good to be true. >> reporter: the board finally came to the same conclusion and stopped the lab program, but that created new problems. we one side, dozens of labs claimed the hospital owed them millions. on the other, the insurance company said they'd been billed squeezed in the middle, the hospital closed its doors after more than half a century. >> i could have saved it, but that wasn't my hospital. it wasn't my contract. i didn't own it. i just went in there to do the billing and to provide technology. >> reporter: perez minimized his role at campbellton graceville when he spoke to us, so we showed him some of the lab contract

america, these rural hospitals are not only the health care hub, they're the employment hub. and people have lost their jobs. that is morally bankrupt, my friends. i had the privilege of being in indiana recently with the remarkable share and others. doing great work in indiana. where we will re-elect donnelly to the united states senate. indiana. home of the carrier plant that this president promised, i will save your jobs. talk to the workers. the exact opposite has happened. lies, lies, lies. we need a president who's honest. and we've gotten just the opposite. you go to wisconsin where i had the privilege of being recently with the remarkable chair martha laning and her team. you know what, folks, we talk about this tax cut bill and there's a koch brothers-funded campaign to tell people that this tax cut bill is wonderful for america. trickle down economics is a great thing. well, talk to the kimberly clark employees in wisconsin. because kimberly clark got something like $700 million in tax breaks. from the recent tax bill. and you know what they did with

eight, count them, eight rural hospitals in tennessee have been shut down in the last two years. because of the idiological leadership and people like marcia blackburn, nominee, in all likelihood for the senate, who is going to lose to phil bredson, their idiological aversion to obamacare. so the family suffering with opioid addiction, they've got nowhere to go. and as you know, in rural america, these rural hospitals are not only the health care hub, they're withe employment h. and people have lost their jobs. that is morally bankrupt, my friends. i had the privilege of being in indiana recently with the remarkable chair and others doing great work in indian where we will re-elect joe donnelly to the united states senate. indiana, home of the carrier plant that this president promised. i will save your jobs. talk to the workers. the exact opposite has happened. lies, lies, lies. we need a president who's honest. and we've gotten just the opposite. you good to wisconsin where i had the privilege of being recently with rhett markable chair martha landing and her team. and you know

hospitals close. --se family surfing suffering without opioid addiction have nowhere to go. americanow, in rural these were all hospitals are not only the health, they are the employment of four people who lost their job. bankrupt mylly friends. i had the privilege of being in indiana with the remarkable chair doing great work. that is where we will reelect joe donnelly. , home of the carrier president'ss this promise, i will save your jobs. talk to the workers. the exact opposite has happened. lies, lies, lies. we need a president to his honest and we have gotten the opposite. you go to wisconsin, i got to meet martha and her team. you know what? we talk about this tax cut bill and there is a coke brothers people this isl wonderful for america. trickle down economics is a great thing. talk to the employees in wisconsin. got $700 million in tax breaks from the recent tax bill. you know what they did with it? the majority went to stock buyback so they could artificially inflate the value of their stock. with that they do after that? workers, off 5000 including 600 workers in wisconsin alone. that

chances are, by the way, they'll be born in a rural hospital. our actions direct leaffecly af whether that mother can get to that hospital safely. our also firmly believe that every person whether they work in state government or private industry should be able to go to work each day without fear of sexual harassment or discrimination.

you will jeopardize the financial status of many of the rural hospitals in particular, and you will just precipitate significant ripples of crisis. personally, and i know our leadership feels the same way, we hope republicans are serious about trying to do some things, particularly cost-sharing reductions that would help shore up those markets. ms. peterson: it seems that has been a lot of debate on the hill recently about if abortion restrictions should be included in those subsidies. where do things stand on that front? rep. yarmuth: there is a law that prohibits taxpayer dollars from being spent for abortions, and i am really kind of exasperated with republican attempts to do something that will have no impact. i am primarily concerned about defunding planned parenthood because the vast majority of what planned parenthood does is to prevent unwanted pregnancies, and the potential need for an abortion, so i don't know what the thinking of republicans is. i know this is pretty much a messaging device, but it's frustrating they keep bringing this back up. i am a former board member of pl

chances are, by the way, they'll be born in a rural hospital. our actions directly affect whether that mother can get to that hospital in time for a safe, healthy delivery. and we owe it to mothers to make louisiana a safe and sound place to give birth and to build a family. i also firmly believe that every person, whether they work in state government or private industry, should be able to go to work each day without fear of sexual harassment or discrimination. i have said repeatedly that sexual harassment will not be tolerated in the state of louisiana, nor will we allow victims to feel bullied or silenced. [ applause ] i created a task force to address these very issues. i have received the recommendations and reviewed best practices from around the country. we are now ready to begin implementing these changes here in louisiana. they include lifting the veil of secrecy by prohibiting employers from mandating enforced arbitration, protecting the identity of individuals reporting instances of sexual harassment or discrimination from public disc

. >> small rural hospitals are failing all over america but a cbs news investigation finds some are earningoney f

the other issue is oklahoma have a lot of rural hospitals as does many of the poison control center's and my ability to reach out to a physician in a very rural hospital who has never seen this before , and i have is very helpful. plus, with a critical care doctor, the vast majority of the doctors that are medical toxicologist are trained in emergency medicine or critical care and we are reaching out to rural areas with high levels, intensive care emergency medicine and toxicology all at the same time and providing that and educating them at the same time. >> in our bill, we are directing hhs to implement call routing based on the caller's actual location because that's not necessarily how you receive that information now, is that correct? >> that is correct. when this was initially funded back in 2000, it was reasonable to have where your area code. and since then, area codes now, people are taking their funds, their moving all over the country and one of the benefits of a regional poison control center is i'm speaking to a doctor that i know in that area and if i'm suddenly faced wi

by the way, dana, with regard to people who live in rural areas from va hospital, ethis already give out vouchers. what you have now is a situation according to shulkin, where president trump is of a mind that there needs to be privatization. he doesn't want to hear about the argument or the debate. shulkin writes in his op ed this is about pursuing a political agenda. he notes by the way, high levels of right now approval from veterans for the v.a., i think he said 70% >> kimberly my point to that, it was so bad when he took it over, any improvement will be taken as welcome relief. >> it was just abysmal in terms of the abuses happening. it's a still very serious problem that they have with the v.a. and admiral taking it over now is really going to have a tough time. there's so many abuses there and corruption. it's difficult to terminate anybody more lack of competence. he's going to be stuck with time to rebuild and rehabilitate the culture at the v.a. he should be able to do that. if he wins the confidence of the people there, hopefully they will be embolden and the passionate ab

have been listed to help people who have been stuck back to safety, and also getting people to hospital in ruralncerns are now turning to black ice, with less snowfall, although it hasjust started snowing again. there are also flood warnings in place in the north—east and the south—east, and also the south—west in parts of devon and cornwall in dorset. there has been some good news today, which is that the m62 has reopened across the pennines. the message from the emergency services is still that you should not travel unless it is absolutely necessary. now let's find out what the situation is in cardiff. thomas morgan joins us. good morning. what is the picture in wales this morning? well, it was supposed to start raining this morning but i can tell you from walking in this morning that it was actually snowing again here in the centre of cardiff. this road behind me, probably one of the better looking roads that i passed on the way here. the majority of the side streets and the central suburban areas are still covered in snow, not to be passable by most cars. transport was badly affected yesterd

and in addition to that we are moving patients from those rural areas back to hospitals.pleased to support local community. getting people to and from shifts, moving patients around, and your team is arctic trained, so they are used to these conditions. well used to them. 0ther these conditions. well used to them. other public are not necessarily used to seeing you having a presence on the streets. what has the reaction been? the reaction has been excellent. it is certainly great for us excellent. it is certainly great for us to be able to write support back to the local communities. royal marine commandos and colleagues in the army commando filled routinely operate, we have teams out there at the moment in temperatures much colder than this, between — 18 and — 25 routinely, and we have equipment to operate in those conditions. people are very well trained in snow and ice training, and we routinely train in those conditions in northern norway, and on the roads of norway, and therefore this is good royal marine conditions and we're used to it. but i understand it is not fo

three are in a critical condition in the hospital helicopters on a private charter for a photo shoots. i have no health clinics within easy reach across much of rural south sudan many people resort to that as for treating wins but often infections occur and by the time be able to travel to a hospital it can be too late to treat the injuries. as the only solution ever more reports from i got a little long or has been suffering for more than a year he injured his foot while playing with his friends his mother says she resorted to traditional medicines initially because it was the nearest option but after she saw it getting worse she decided to make the long journey to a clinic to get medical assistance. out of the flesh was getting bad the bone was starting to show so i took him to the clinic they fixed the bone and i don't know if i have already treated him or operate on him and cut his leg doctors are still assessing if longer would need an amputation but that's not the case for a joke a ball who recently had her left leg amputated after an injury became too infected to treat. there's nothing i can do now if i had my other leg i would have been abl

rural damascus from. there were twenty two people in critical condition and they were sent to specialist hospitals . so we classified the passengers women and children in one tent wounded elsewhere and those with nutritional needs in another we have three mobile clinics. was where these people will land next and how they will survive elsewhere remains a mystery. the month long government bombardment of good let the once thriving community a wasteland the daily pauses and fighting are allowing the exodus of thousands. but with an estimated population of around four hundred thousand there's no sign the severity of the humanitarian crisis there will improve. the united nations is warning that the future of an entire generation of children is in doubt unicef says they close to half a million children in yemen have dropped out of schools since twenty fifteen that's when saudi arabia and its allies intervened in the civil war there. it's the weakest who suffer the most these children are in a hospital in yemen's capital saana many of them a male nourished this is just one consequence of yemen's three year

rural damascus from. there were twenty two people in critical condition and they were sent to specialist hospitals. so we classified the passengers women and children in one tent wounded elsewhere and those with nutritional needs in another we have three mobile clinics. where these people will land next and how they will survive elsewhere remains a mystery. the month long government bombardment of kuta left the once thriving community a wasteland the daily pauses and fighting are allowing the exodus of thousands but with an estimated population of around four hundred thousand there is no sign the severity of the humanitarian crisis there will improve. russian media reporting that forty one children were killed in the massive fire at a shopping center in siberia efficient the death toll now stands at sixty four countries president vladimir putin visited the scene and declared wednesday a national day of mourning he blamed the high death toll on what he called criminal negligence the blaze broke out on sunday on the fourth floor of the complex in the coal mining city of a committal. in sport as a flu

kingdom where a former russian spy and his daughter are in the hospital after mysteriously falling ill. the pair passed out in a park in a rural town in the southern part of the country. police say they came into contact with an unknown substance. the man was sentenced by russia in 2006 for treason. he then sought refuge in the united kingdom after being pardoned during a prisoner exchange in 2006. investigators are promising to get to the bottom of this. >> i say to governments around the world, that the knno attemp to take innocent life on uk soil will go either unsanctioned or unpunished. >> there are eerie similar layers to a 2006 case. a former russian spy was killed when his tea was spiked with radioactive mru nome yum. >>> the mayor of nashville resigned after pleading guilty to stealing money from the city while carrying on an affair with her body guard, sentenced to three years procebation and a fine. she engaged on the affair on city-paid trips. when she first adds minuted to the affair in january, she said she planned to stay in office. she denied the claims of using taxpayer money but today pled guilty to felony th

hospital plus. i'm andrew thomas in the rural heartland of australia i'll be explaining why for farmers here the new c p t p p trade deal one without the united states is beyond even that while the strings and in the sports details of the car are charged with helping electric racing catch up with its rivals. from dusky sunsets over disproving savannah. to sunrise atop an asian metropolis. i was being very wet in tropical queens and over the last few days we could see last few weeks but this developing cloud showed some signs of a little tropical cyclone within it more recently and that dropped an awful lot of right now in the last twenty four hours the line of credit she extended from the north down to the south are we talking here some of in sydney in brisbane but the concentration has been up in tropical queens a little place called winton maybe did demonstrates it most clearly this is not the coast this is in landing in queens and it's not supposed to be a lake is just this town has become an island because the amount of rain that has fallen now we are technically in el nino season which means th

hospital alive. that changes that dynamic. in an urban setting and in a rural setting because now in the urban area we can't get of ntc in a fast time to get to. imagine landing or dropping off a defibrillator in a different area that doesn't have it. you're going to see all these types of things that change. my friend justin who's in the audience was telling me in maryland, simply enough they put a drone up quickly with a good report of a structure fire and vacancy out a lot of distances. they can see a column of smoke which two are largely volunteer every means i need more resources. i can keep winning it all the different things on the horizon we're going to see. we've seen a ues can be used to provide lte coverage like it did in puerto rico so we can provide temporary coverage in areas that needed. or areas that don't have. a wildfire that needs major operations and coronation we might have ues loitering in the air to provide that coverage. from a tactical operation come from law enforcement it's nothing but being able to see from above what's happening aro

rural damascus from. there were twenty two people in critical condition and they were sent to specialist hospitals. so we classify the passengers women and children in one tent wounded elsewhere and those with nutritional needs in another we have three mobile clinics. was where these people will land next and how they will survive elsewhere remains a mystery. the month long government bombardment of left the once thriving community a wasteland the daily pauses and fighting are allowing the exodus of thousands. but with an estimated population of around four hundred thousand there's no sign the severity of the humanitarian crisis there will improve. well here in germany there are more troubles at the top of one of the country's banking giants you're talking about to dodge that bank terry and that very bank is looking for a new boss that's according to a report by the british newspaper the times which says that doj as chief executive john cried is about to be ousted due to dodges miserable financial results the fifty seven year old took the helm of the lender in twenty fifteen after a failed co c.e.o

rural damascus from. there were twenty two people in critical condition and they were sent to specialist hospitals. so we classified the passengers women and children in one tent wounded elsewhere and those with nutritional needs in another we have three mobile clinics. where these people will land next and how they will survive elsewhere remains a mystery. the month long government bombardment of left the once thriving community a wasteland the daily pauses and fighting are allowing the exodus of thousands but with an estimated population of around four hundred thousand there is no sign the severity of the humanitarian crisis there will improve. a german court has ordered spain's most wanted fugitive to wait in jail as it decides whether he'll be extradited catalan separatist leader collis pushed him on was detained in northern germany on sunday while on the route to belgium where he's been in self-imposed exile he's wanted by madrid for his role in catalonia as an authorised independence vote and his arrest threatens to deepen spain's political divide. pushed a month detention has sick night it a

for people in rural areas to get people to hospital. people to hospital. possibly people having accidentstem for this, is it something that should be in place? something that should be in place? nationwide alert system, or does it have to be local, do you think? have to be local, do you think? system and i know the nhs went to level three out of four on monday. level three out of four on monday. winter plans to help staff and patients. patients. down to the local hospitals to organise themselves. organise themselves. you make it to wherever you need to be today. local bbc radio station. morning are reiterating the guidance, only essentialjourneys. guidance, only essentialjourneys. suggestion people have been travelling when they don‘t need to. travelling when they don‘t need to. so they are reiterating only essential journeys. for homeless people. available in shelters, hostels and churches. are still on the streets. two nights with some of those who are still outside. it‘s bad enough being homeless, but in this? staying warm, never easy, has been almost impossible. some have turned to al

rural areas. however, in the study that the missouri hospital association did, that showed the 78% increase from 2012 to 2016, the biggest spike was in the rural areas. i do a farm tour every year, an agricultural tour. we tour through our district. i have a lot of rural areas in my district. we were driving along on the bus one day, riding along on the bus and looking out. it was just picturesque. it was gorgeous. it looked like could you have a farmland ad on their in tv with green fields and everything. and the fellow lead the tour said their number one problem in the area was heroin addiction. of the high school kids. nd so my question is this. with that sharp increase in the rural areas, how do we ensure that rural areas are getting the resources they need to combat opioid abuse and what else do you think need to be done to make sure rural areas can adequately address abuse? dr. schuchat: thank you for that question. it's a terrible problem in some of the rural areas. one of the things we've been doing is working with samhsa on evaluating the distribution of naloxone to help wake people up who h

looking at the exemptions but does this narrow exemption for those in rural areas that cannot physically get to the dea registered hospital or clinic or practitioner? >> that is not the issue specifically but we lose 20% of our patients from the time that they call and 72 hours to meet with them we don't require the patient to travel to us. >> i yield back. >> your testimony isn't making it harder with these pieces of equipment is this correct? >> not necessarily that but the testimony is making sure legitimate users with the encapsulating machines are not stuck with the requirements of the csa. there can be ways to be monitored but we don't want thousands of facilities to have controlled substances within their walls. >> there is a company that produces these in the united states. . . . . therapeutic value. in your testimony, the application process proved registration and the other researchers. to what extent are these other hurdles critical regulations taking up projects. >> there is a huge hurdle. the application process entails submitting security requirements and detailing how much you will be using in your protocol

hospital merriam can finally attend to the patient. the baby is poorly position and the eighteen year old girl is in urgent need of a says area set. in rural villages grandmothers act as midwives assisting women with childbirth. was their. first and books help or get out of. the back up that was about shall not get the fuck up but for the. but then my husband tries to comfort her as best he can there's no stretcher and she lies on the telephone of. the book we're going to talk about. but a lot of this is. one of the you know oh my now. i'm . not. i'm not i'm not saying. it's not. about you put out the. book what. the hospital has no running water in the operating room has only one set of surgical clamps but there is and then the statistic a month is soon asleep. this is airy and goes well but the baby isn't breathing. without the aid of respiratory machines the nurses do their best to save the baby but the but. now freddy said you. see if you birth the school. in five if you have a kid give them for. prayer my last. i don't want my system in the month. for days of contractions have paralyzed the mother's legs the hospital has no suitable m

hospital or clinic. does this cause geographic access problems? and you may somewhere answhave in part, particularly for patients in rural areas that nt c can't get to a dea registered hospital? >> asam does not have a position on this issue. we lose 20% of our patients because we can't get a physician to them between the time that they call and the 72 hours that we set up the goal to meet with them. and we send the physicians to the patients. we don't require them to travel to us. >> i yield back. >> chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. green. >> thank you. and mr. comes glosgrove, your ty was basically not make it harder to import the pieces of equipment that make pills? >> i don't think it is necessarily that. i think my testimony really is focused on making sure that legitimate users of tableting and encapsulating machines are not suddenly stuck with the requirements of the controlled substances act. i think there can be ways for importation to be monitored and blocked in appropriate circumstances, but what we don't want is nows of facilities around the country to suddenly have controlled substances within their walls. >> for example

treatments and only make the journey to hospitals when it's often too late many of those who come to are from neighboring counties more than half of the population lives in rural areas where there is limited health care according to the un over fifty percent of health facilities in the country are nonfunctional and while proximity to health centers is the reason doctors see other factors also contribute to delays in getting treatment. from the first. part of the biggest. competition is a problem after the amputation. of. a challenge a joke is already facing and one long mars mother a book fears her son may have to face if he loses his foot he will mark and al-jazeera south sudan germany's grand coalition deal has been signed to form a new government nearly six months after national elections the agreement was given the green light by angela merkel's christian democratic union it's a very insistent policy and the center left social democrats and german parliament . for a fourth term as chancellor on wednesday dominic cain has more from berlin. so nearly six months after the indecisive general election finally germany today sees the political parties signing the

hospitalized. so you had two individuals incapacitated, sitting on a public bench in a rural city in this country. that shocked many countries around the world to take action. they want to draw a line in the sand this is unacceptable behavior. >> we will hear from theresa may coming up in this hour. thanks to both of you. i want to get to that breaking news from washington, d.c., law enforcement officials telling nbc news one person now in custody after a series of suspicious packages, some containing bomb components, were sent to government addresses on the eastern seaboard, most of them in the washington area. the officials say the suspect was arrested in the pacific northwest and is likely to face charges later today. we're now told there were 12 devices in all sent to facility including the national defense university, mail sorting services for the cia and secret service. none exploded. officials are trying to determine if they actually were bombs. federal officials say they do not believe they came from the austin bombing suspect who killed himself last week after a confrontation with police.

serve communities, rural outposts that are far from or even inn centers, inter-cities like here in washington, d.c. where it can be difficult because of the competition. you have hospitals. group practices and others recruiting these physicians and other providers. the way health centers have this -- have successfully recruited and retain quality health care providers is by operating their own training programs, collaborating with the government via programs that provide assistance through scholarships in return for service, not dollars, paid back to pay the loans back or scholarships act in service to underserved communities. those programs are vitally important to help centers. -- two health centers. and these centers also make significant use of nonphysician providers. i love doctors. physiciantioners and assistants are some of the very best because they relate to the individual on a personal level. we make extensive use of nonphysician providers both in the medical, dental, and behavioral health area. host: gabriel is calling from clayton, north carolina. hello. caller: good morning, kimberly. love the show as always. i am actually unique. i am a duke university med

treatments and only make the journey to hospitals when it's often too late many of those who come to are from neighboring counties more than half of the population lives in rural areas where there is limited health care according to the un over fifty percent of health facilities in the country are nonfunctional and while proximity to health centers is the reason doctors see other factors also contribute to delays in getting treatment. programs. for. the first person. is. the biggest. driver after i'm pretty sure it is very nice to. a challenge a joke is already feasting and one long mars mother a book fears her son may have to face if he loses his foot he will morgan al-jazeera south sudan. three separate boat loads of migrants and refugees have been rescued in the mediterranean sea hundreds of people were attempting the dangerous journey from libya to italy on saturday rescuers say one of the boats was on the verge of sinking when they approached it off the coast of tripoli more aid is arriving in papua new guinea as it struggles to recover after last month's earthquake sense eight hundred tons of supplies including food water and medicine aid agencies have b

hospital. police say he was wanted on a felony warrant in contra costa county for domestic violence charges. >>> a person is heard after a small aircraft crashed in rural sonoma county. the highway patrol says it happened after 6:00 this evening near highway 1 and school road, close to the valley ford community. police say the 73-year-old pilot was rescued from the aircraft and taken to the hospital. he had major injuries. he is expected to be okay. at this time we do not know what caused it to crash. >>> we have learned that the death toll has gone up. five people have died after a helicopter made an emergency landing in the east river. the pilot was able to free himself after the chopper turned upside down underwater. two of the passengers died on impact. three other passengers were taken to the hospital. they later died. as the reporter brian yanez tells us, the helicopter was a private charter hired for a photo shoot. >> reporter: a deadly helicopter crash in new york city east river . it crashed just north of roosevelt island, near 89th street in manhattan. the chopper was a helicopter owned by liberty helicopter tours and it had been hired as a p

rural damascus from. there were twenty two people in critical condition and they were sent to specialist hospitals. so we classified the passengers women and children in one tent wounded elsewhere and those with nutritional needs in another we have three mobile clinics. where these people will land next and how they will survive elsewhere remains a mystery. the month long government bombardment of kuta left the once thriving community a wasteland the daily pauses and fighting are allowing the exodus of thousands but with an estimated population of around four hundred thousand there is no sign the severity of the humanitarian crisis there will improve. you're watching the news still to come more protests in catalonia over the detention of the former separatist leader collars bustamante in germany a german judge is deciding whether to extradite him to spain. and the journey of this high security train to beijing chrome speculation that kim jong un has made his first visit to china as north korea's leader find out what could be going on. well here in germany dr banks seems to be looking for a new pot

treatments and only make the journey to hospitals when it's often too late many of those who come to are from neighboring counties more than half of the population lives in rural areas where there is limited health care according to the un over fifty percent of health facilities in the country are nonfunctional and while proximity to health centers is the reason doctors see other factors also contribute to delays in getting treatment. you say a problem. for some. the first person. is the producer and i would participate the biggest challenge for this case of competition is a drug after the amputation it is very nice to. run for the patient associates. a challenge is already facing and one long ours mother a book fears her son may have to face if he loses his foot he will morgan on. south sudan. there's house of representatives votes this week on paying for more security at schools and students are planning more nationwide protests following the florida shootings last month of seventeen high school children and stuff brunell's has more from the. spur to action by the marjorie stoneman douglas high school protesters teenage students around the united states plan

rural simona county -- sonoma county. chp says the 73-year-old pilot out of the basketball -- was rescued and taken to the hospital with majors -- major injuries but is expected to survive. the faa and the sheriff's office are investigating the cause of that accident. >>> the white house is detailing its plans on going to does gun control. the plan includes arming school staff and banning the controversial bump stocks. however, the proposal seems to back off the issue of restricting gun sales to adults over the age of 21. reporter douglas 80 -- has a message on gun control. >> a new commission to get into some of the specifics. we do have a broad outline of what the president would like to see. in terms of gun control. with gun-control activists promising to keep up the pressure, the white house has a new plan to address school shootings. calling for federal funding to get volunteer teachers to use firearms. the fbi tipline will be audited and the administration is establishing a new federal commission to examine what else can be done. headed by education secretary betsy devos, who appeared on cbs's 60 minutes last night. >>

the officers was hit, he was taken to the hospital, he's not in serious condition, but he was injured. apparently the same gunman went to a supermarket in a rural town which is nein southern france, well known for its tourism and tourist areas. and he took hostages, a number of hostages, we don't know how many people are inside the building, but according to the police, he shouted allah akbar as he went in, he identified himself as being a supporter of isis and at least two people were injured and there may have been two people killed as well. we don't know, because doctors have not been able to check out the state of those people because it's still ongoing, the sw s.w.a.t. teams are on their way to the location. >> jim, thank you for the o fol. >>> former playboy model karen mcdougal talking exclusively with cnn about her alleged affair with the president. >> if melania trump was watching this, what would you want her to know? >> that's a tough one. >> that answer next. but it gets pret ntense. -ahh. -the new guy. -whoa, he looks -- -he looks exactly like me. -no. -separated at birth much? we should switch name tags, and no one would know who

between the ages of two and 29 years old - are allout of the hospital...and that the seven adults are reportedly now living together in a home in rurala.. the six minor children are in two different foster homes in riverside county. they're all said to be in contact with each other...and regularly use skype to stay in touch. authorities aren't saying much about their current condition - although there have been reports of nerve and cognitive damage. they were also severely malnourished. the turpins allegedly shackled some of their children to beds, deprived them of water, and fed them tiny portions of food on a strict schedule. the 29-year-old weighed just 82 pounds when she was found. the turpin parents are due back in court march 23rd. if convicted, they face up to 94 years in prison. vicki and grant? (vicki) let's get a check on what we are working on for kron4 news at six. pam moore is standing by in the kron4 newsroom. pam? thanks vicki. we are about 15 minutes away from the start of a memorial.. to honor the three pathway home workers killed in the yountville hostage tragedy. the speakers tonight will include representative mik

there's the hospitals, the schools, the small business, the farmer, the student, high speed internet, which in michigan right now, about a million people don't have access to it, not only in ruralas, but in our inner cities as well, this is about the economy. it's about 21st century infrastructure. and i'm excited because this is about the future and this is something that we should all lean in on and get done for the american people. ms. cantwell: -- mr. schumer: all of our ranking members of our major committees have been here. ms. cantwell: thank you, senator schumer. great to join my colleagues and i want to thank you for your tremendous focus on infrastructure. two years ago you went very far in discussions with then speaker ryan on how to finance an infrastructure bill. and last january the first thinth leader said was we are willing to work with the white house and proposed an outline of an infrastructure proposal and asked the white house to make that the number one priority. both of those ideas were rejected and yet leader schumer still remains very dedicated to infrastructure and we appreciate that. it's unfortunate we don't have a white house partner who wants to mak

patient at great 0rmond street hospital treated his thanks to the staff and made him his very own snowman. and stuck in skegness without an event to go to, the bbc rural. totally unexpected. admit freezing temperatures, the one that human kindness has resonated. how's this for an unforgettable white wedding? guests attending sam and katie bullingham's special day on the lizard peninsula in cornwall found themselves caught up in the atrocious weather and struggling to get to the church. thankfully, some local farmers were on hand to rescue the day. they ferried a number of the congregation to the service in tractors and axlis. even the vicar had to be rescued as he braved the snow to walk the last couple of miles to conduct the service. we can speak now to newly—weds sam and katie bullingham from their home near 0kehampton, in devon. welcome and congratulations. thank you. this sounds extraordinary on any number of levels, did you fear the worst when you saw the weather? not really, ched evans come in until we got down there. —— it didn't really co m e we got down there. —— it didn't really come in until the got down there. we saw the forecast was for