sect shinseki he and other were not aware of some of these problems.ge has just suggested in employment case that perhaps shinseki and others did know a lot more. we are back with our panel. steve hayes months later. does this matter? >> i think it does. documents don't show that shinseki knew and that he was misrepresenting what he knew there to senator sanders. but you they certainly provide more details about how high up the problems were known. particularly the problems in phoenix. i think what these new reports do is they provide details to something that we all basically knew anyway. >> senior leaders in d.c. knew about it shinseki said, reportedly, that he didn't recall being briefed on this. and when you say you don't recall, these not good. and it also, remember, obama waited too long to get rid of shinseki. >> charles, how many times have we seen this -- let's go beyond the obama administration. documents months later say okay, maybe eric shinseki didn't know everything but he knew more than he was suggesting. there is no recourse now. >> tha

secretary shinseki found that out the hard way. >> jim, what did you think of secretary shinseki's testimony there? >> we have to give him credit at this time that it was truthful. however, they won't make a case a prosecutor, if it is a he said/she said. to prove these higher-ups knew they'll need e-mails, text messages, other witnesses to move forward. that's what they'll try and do is build a case based upon corroborative evidence. not he said/she said. but following up on what was said before, this is a disgrace. there may be more than just perjury and obstruction of justice charges. if people in the va knew that a certain patient may have died or was in a life threatening situation and they delayed their appointment and didn't do anything you may have reckless homicide charges or maybe even manslaughter. people's lives were at stake and people died so this is really serious and they've got to take a careful look at each patient as to whether or not their death was premature around caused by others. >> peter, should there be criminal charges? >> let me just address this first of all. thi

shinseki since denied those briefings. as many as 40 veterans died awaiting treatments.governor jeb bush went for a 2016 presidential run. he stepped down from the board of directors of a dallas based company on december the 21st. he is expecting a white house run. he is traveling to meet with voters. >> the governor a prominent isis leader is dead after a coalition air strikes in iraq. reminding military families in his christmas address in five days we will drastically cut our u.s. presence overseas. peter doocy joins us in washington, d.c. with where we stand on the war on terror. >> the president and first lady made their way to a marine corps base in hawaii with a special christmas message for men and women in uniform about the beginning of the end of the 13 year long and $1 trillion war in afghanistan that costs 2,200 american lives. >> this is an important year. we have been in continuous war over 13 years. next week we will be ending our combat mission in afghanistan. afghanistan has a chance to rebuild its own country. we are safer. it's not going to be a source

is likely to happen overnight as secretary shinseki learned. we're making good progress but there still a long way to go. >> any plans to keep writing? >> absolutely. i run a nonprofit writing program called ephedrine project and we give no cause writing workshops for veterans, for servicemen and for the family members. so i teach as often as i possibly can all around the country.

secretary eric shinseki denied knowledge of falsified waiting. >> people quote, unquote, cooking theks. >> i'm not aware, other than a number of isolated cases where there is evidence of that. >> reporter: that stands in contrast to another sworn statement in the appeal. that of susan bowers. she says he was pressured to report the hospital was in compliance after she reported it was not. she claimed to have frequently briefed secretary shinseki about the patient backlog years before the scandal broke. despite the exoneration they upheld her firing. she accepted airline tickets and eight-day family stay to disney world from a consultant trying to do business at the v.a. they praised the ruling saying their failed to make it. in so doing she said, the v.a. knowingly made her bear the brunt of the political outrage. the v.a. did tell "the new york times" it was pleased with the ruling as it helps put the leadership failures in phoenix behind us. in washington, fox news. >>> and the countdown to the countdown is officially on as we await the start of 2015. it turns out more americans ar

shinseki denies those claims.eatment. >>> next up, childbirth. a special christmas delivery in philadelphia. police help a woman give birth to a healthy baby boy after she went into labor on the train. the two sets of officers heard the call on the radio on comma and rushed onto the train to help. they said there was very little time to act. the little guy got here successfully. >> we delivered a baby for her, so it's like her christmas present. but it's also like a blessing and present for myself. this is the first time i experienced something like this. >> and the best part? mom and baby are doing just fine. >>> the movie "christmas vacation," it is a classic. we're all familiar with this. the griswold family always seems to find plenty of trouble on the road. >> stop it! >> i don't want to spend the holidays dead. >> honey, please. i'll do the driving. >> now fans of the movie are pulling their own prank for the holiday. changing the highway sign in new jersey to the name of chevy chase's nickname. the real nam

is likely to happen overnight as secretary shinseki learned. we're making good progress but there still a long way to go. >> any plans to keep writing? >> absolutely. i run a nonprofit writing program called ephedrine project and we give no cause writing workshops for veterans, for servicemen and for the family members. so i teach as often as i possibly can all around the country. i'm trying to put together some more writing of my own. >> booktv continues do. david rothkopf discusses the tribes and those of american leadership in the world following 9/11. it's about one hour 10. >> good evening ladies and gentlemen. it is a real pleasure to welcome you here tonight. it's a pleasure for several reasons. i'm david rothkopf and i'm a visiting scholar at the carnegie endowment, and for me it's a pleasure because i'm here with friends but also because it symbolizes finally finishing this book. i was not really sure it was done until we came to the day that we were getting it out, selling it, so that's a step forward. but it is a special pleasure bec

hearings were held and eric shinseki was forced to resign, president obama brought in a new secretaryald who has vowed to clean up the va. 7.1 million more people had health insurance this year under the patient protection and affordable care act. as you probably know obamacare mandates that americans be covered by an insurance plan or pay a penalty. >> last year i had somewhat of an epiphany about weed. this plant can have some real medicinal benefits. marijuana is better than all those pills for you in terms of treating? >> yeah. >> we saw families pack up and move across the country to get access to the only medicine that seemed to work for their children in states where medical marijuana is legal. two states, colorado and washington, also legalized all forms of marijuana including recreational use. >> on september 24th a new jersey 4-year-old died in his sleep. it was the first death health officials could directly link to enterovirus d-68 which can cause severe respiratory symptoms. >>> without a doubt the biggest health headline of the year, ebola. >> ebola. >> ebola. >> ebola.

. >>> over at the va secretary shinseki took the fall as well after his agency was shamed by reportshat 40 veterans at the phoenix va died while waiting for care. almost 100va facilities are now under investigation. >>> and the strange story of army sergeant bowe bergdahl gripped the nation as he was turned over in he can change for five get mow detainees. some some congress were outraged that they were not consulted much he's being re-investigated and is on desk duty. >> call the stupidity of the american voter or whatever. >> there was jonathan gruber unknown to mostly mitt t. economic professor and architect of obama care accuseed americans of being too dumb to understand that obama care would actually cost them more. we caught up with the professor but this time he was done talking for the mommy. >> i have no comment. >> don't brick black people don't come. >> a foul for donald sterling. the former la clippers owners heard making racist remarks to his girlfriend. the nba banned him for life and fined him $2.5 million. microsoft ceo steve ballmer caught the rebound and bought the

. >> over at the va secretary shinseki took a fall as well after his agency was stained by reports that 40 veterans at the phoenix va died while waiting for care. over 100 va facilities are under investigation. >> the strange tory of army sergeant bow berg doll gripped the nation as he was turned in for five detainees. while an earlier report called him a deserter he is being reinvest gated and is on desk duty. >> call it the stupid of the of the american voter or whatever. >> there was jonathan gruber. mit economic professor and obamacare accused americans to being too dumb to know obamacare could cost more. we caught up with the professor but he was done talking for the moment. >> i have no comment. >> don't come to my games don't bring black people and don't come. >> he was heard making racist remarks to his girlfriend. the nba banned him for life and fined him $2.5 million. 2014 is when rayone ray rice and his wife would probably like to forget. he got his own 1-2 punch of devastating videos of him hitting his fiancee and knocking her out in an elevator. they aired the second more a

susan bower is a former executive said in the beginning of 2009 she briefed then-eric shinseki and topls a year about backlog. shinseki resigned in may. >>> "the washington post" says the group calling itself islamic state is failing at governing. the self-controlled caliphate says life is grim under their rule, services are collapsing and prices are soaring. there's no currency. schools barely function. doctors are few. disease is on the rise. >>> "usa today" looks at two medications that appear to have anti-aging benefits. researchers at pharmaceutical giant novaris looked at a drug shown, and ibuprofen expanded life span of yeast, worms and flies. >>> vladimir putin is cancelling new year's holiday for his cabinet. he told officials they cannot take time off in the economic crisis. the russian economy is under siege and expected to tip into recession because of western sanctions and plunge in oil prices. >>> she's an american caught up in a judicial nightmare in a southeast asian country for a crime she did not commit. but this morning dr. stacy addison is no longer in custody. >> h

said in the beginning of 2009, she briefed then va sect shinseki and other top officials several times backlog. shinseki resigned in may. >>> a group calling itself the islamic state is failing at the basic task of governing. it controls wide areas of syria and iraq. residents say life is grim under its rule. services are collapsing. and prices are soaring. there's no currency. schools barely function. doctors are few and disease is on the rise. >>> "usa today" looks at two medications that appear to have anti-aging benefits. researchers at the pharmaceutical giant looked at medications similar to the transplant drug ramamacin. a second study found eye beau preferen extended the life of worms and flies. >>> he told officials they cannot take time off during the economic crisis. the russian economy is under siege. it's expected to tip into recession because of western sanctions and the plunge in oil prices. >>> she's an american who was caught up in a judicial nightmare in a southeast asian country for a crime she did not commit. this morning, dr. stacied y eda is no longer north korea

bowers statement also said she briefed va secretary eric shinseki often about the patient backlog but the problems went unaddressed because she was told to there was no money to lease more space to handle the back locks. the times also reports that an administrative law judge found this week, it was quote, more likely than not at least some senior agency leaders were aware or should have been of nationwide problems getting veterans scheduled for timely appointments. in a partial vindication of hellman, the judge, his name is steven mish found that the va didn't provide enough evidence that hellman should have been fired over conditions at phoenix. the judge upheld her firing anyway on the ground she received favors from a health care industry consultant. leland, back to you. >> stunning as this continues to develop. doug mckelway live in washington. thanks, doug. >> another possible hack attack on christmas morning stopping kid from playing their brand new pray stations and xboxs. we have a report on this. >>> dangers journalists face in war zones. what one new report is revealing. le

secretary of the department of veterans affairs erin shinseki stepped down from his post after severalhistleblowers the recordkeeping practices at va health facilities. >> i apologize as the senior leader of the department of veterans affairs. >> reporter: at least 40 vets are alleged to have died while waiting for a doctor's appointment. >> also, resigning in 2014, secretary of defense hagel. published reports suggest president obama soured on his handling of the terrorist army isis in both syria and iraq. president obama announced long-time pentagon official ashton carter as his choice to replace hagel. >> if confirmed fourth in this job i pledge to you my most can dade strategic advice. >> reporter: in addition to ordering air strikes against isis, the obama administration imposed harsh sanctions on russia's president vladmir putin and members of his government after it became apparent moscow was aiding in the rebel uprising against bordering ukraine. even annexing the crime me yann area in a rig election. >> international law must be upheld. >> reporter: the killing of unarmed blac

. >> reporter: eric shinseki was sacked from his cabinet post and the repairs to the broken system stillto be a long way off. >>> number five, president obama's foreign policy under attack and off the cuff phrase uttered by the president "don't do stupid stuff" was criticized by none other than former secretary of state hillary clinton as an inadequate defining principle. the gaza war, civil war in syria, the russian invasion in ukraine, the prisoner swap for alan gross in cuba. number four, 2014 marked another year of confwregsconfwregsal fwn imfra immigration reform. thousands of unaccompanied chirp from central america flooding across the texas border. president obama opted after the mid terms to go it alone using executive action in an attempt to reform the system. critics call his actions unconstitutional. number three, any notion of america's first black president ushering in a post-racial era of healing got squashed. after white police officers in missouri and new york killed unarmed black men, protesters around the country took to the streets. following the grand jury's decision

. >> reporter: secretary of veterans affairs eric shinseki was sacked after the scandal broke and thes to the broken system still seem to be a long way off. number five, president obama's foreign policy under attack. an off-the-cuff phrase uttered by the president, don't do stupid stuff, was criticized by former secretary of state hillary clinton as don't do something critical. and the russian invasion of ukraine, the prisoner swap for alan gross in cuba. the president's foreign policy was criticized by many democrats. number four, 2014 marked another year of congressional gridlock on immigration reform. there was no greater example of the broken system than the thousands of unaccompanied children from central america flooding across the texas border. president obama opted after the midterms to go it alone using executive action in an attempt to reform the system. critics call his actions unconstitutional. number three, any notion of america's first black president ushering in a post racial era of healing got squashed. after white police officers in missouri and new york killed unarme

secretary eric shinseki was forced to resign.brought in, who has vowed to clean up the v.a. >>> 7.1 million more people had health insurance this year under the affordable acare act. >> last year, i had somewhat of an epiphany about weed. this plant can have some real medicinal benefits. >> marijuana is better than all those pills. >> we saw families pack up and move across the country to get access to the only medicine that seemed to work for their children in states where medical marijuana is legal. two states, colorado and washington, also legalized all forms of marijuana, including recreational use. >>> on september 24th, the new jersey 4-year-old died in his sleep. it was the first death health officials could link to enterovirus 68. it sickened hundreds of children in nearly all 50 states. >>> without a doubt, the biggest health headline of the year, ebola. one began as a single case in guinea last december has grown into an epidemic of unprecedented proportions. in the first of its kind maneuver, two aid workers, dr. kent

congressional hearings were held and va secretary eric shinseki was forced to resign.resident obama brought in a new secretary bob mcdonald who has vowed to clean up the va. >>> 7.1 million more people had health insurance this year under the patient protection and affordable care act. as you probably know, obamacare mandates that americans be covered by an insurance plan or pay a penalty. >> last year i had somewhat of an epiphany about weed. this plant can have some real medicinal benefits. >> marijuana is better than all those pills for you in terms of treating. >> yeah. >> we saw families pack up and move across the country to get access to the only medicine that seemed to work for their children in states where medical marijuana is legal. two states, colorado and washington also legalized all forms of marijuana including recreational use. >> on september 24th, the new jersey 4-year-old died in his sleep. it was the first death health officials can lead to enterovirus. by the time the scare settled down evd-68 had sickened hundreds of children in nearly all 50 stat

. >> a few minutes ago secretary shinseki offered me his own resignation with considerable regret, i accepted. >> and over the summer crisis at the border. hundreds of thousands of children illegally crossing the border overwhelming dhs processing facilities and forcing the feds to ship the children around the country. >> the american people and my administration have great compassion for these children and want to make sure that they are cared for the way all children should be cared for. >> who could forget the ebola outbreak? american doctors returning with the degrees thomas duncan spreading it to nurses in dallas and one doctor carrying it around new york city and catching the cdc totally off guard. >> there is always the prospect and, in fact likelihood that is it spreads and could end up coming back to the united states. so we have got a lot more work to do. >> and there is more chaos in ferguson, missouri. american troops back to iraq. and a plummeting approval rating. all of these problems culminating in a landslide election victory for republicans. wiping out the democratic

in may, the secretary of veterans affairs ken shinseki resigned. delays at treatment for v.a.edical centers around the nation are under investigation. number seven, can you hear me now? a white house intruder made it all the way over the fence into the east room. a report said one secret service officer with an attack dog on the grounds at the time was talking on his personal cell phone, did not have his earpiece in and left a second police radio in his locker. the last straw, the agency head, julia pierson resigned after 18 months on the job. number six, the president called this the most transparent administration ever, but administration health care wiz jonathan bruber w gruber was ca video saying americans' stupidity helped obamacare pass. >> i apologize. >> number five, the irs targeting scandal where mostly conservative groups got singled out for special attention. the left said progressive groups were targeted, too. this year, republicans looking for more details found a missing e-mail trail from central figures including irs manager lois lerner. number four, the 1939 c

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congressional hearings were held and va secretary eric shinseki was forced to resign. >>> 7.1 million more people had health insurance. as you probably know, obama care mandates americans be covered by an insurance plan or pay a penalty. >> last year i had somewhat of an epiphany about weed. this plant can have real medicinal benefits. >> it's better than all those pills for you. >> yes. >> we saw families pack up and move across the country to get access to medicine that seemed to work for their children. two states, colorado and washington legalized all forms of marijuana, including recreational use. >>> on september 24th, a new jersey 4-year-old died in his sleep, it was the first death health investigators could lead to enterovirus. >> without a doubt, the biggest health headline of the year, ebola. >> ebola. >> ebola. >> ebola. >> he had been exposed while in liberia. >> what began as single case in guinea last december, has grown into an epidemic of unprecedented portions. in a first of its kind, two aid workers were medevacked back to united states from liberia.

secretary eric shinseki vowed to resign. as you probably know, on ire mandates americans be covered by ininsurance plan or pay a penalty. >> last year i had an epiphany about weed. this plant can have real medicinal benefits. >> marijuana is bet of all those terms for you? >> yeah. >> we saw families pack up and move across the country to get access to the only med sun that seeped to work for their children. two states, colorado, and washington, legalized all forms of marijuana, including recreational use. >>> on september 24, a new jersey four-year-old died in his sleep. it was the first death health officials could drink to enterovirus d-68 which can cause severe respiratory systmptoms, the time the scare settled down it has sickened 150 children in all 50 states. >>> without a doubt, the biggest health line of the year, ebola. >> ebola. >> ebola. >> ebola. >> you've been exposed to ebola lie liberia. >> two aid workers, two aid workers, kent brantly and nancy writebol were made kated back to the united states from liberia

scandal, eric shinseki having to resign. you think that was the biggest one to hit the obama administration? >> well nobody likes to think about veterans who serve our country not getting the health care that they need. >> and many dying as a result. >> many dying as a result. exactly. exactly. exactly. there's really no excuse. the biggest one was the phoenix hospital. they were having a much worse problem than other v.a. hospitals, not to excuse anything that happened shinseki took the hit and stepped down. it looks like the obama administration has stepped up to fix the problem. as you say, that does not fix the problem for those who died. >> what about the targeted groups? >> there was news that perhaps the irs made mistakes. it doesn't look like the white house was involved. the republicans tried to allege that there's a politically alleged investigation right out of the top political attendants. that was not. that was released under the cloak of night last week. most of these scandals that the republicans are trying to

secretary eric shinseki was forced to step down.was forced out after a series of agency blunders including a white house fence jumper who made it deep in the executive mansion with a knife. the secret service will have a new president to protect in a little american two years, speculation about 2016 field is already the talk of the town, with jeb bush chris christie rand paul and marco rubio among a long list of republicans considering a run while democrats are awaiting an announcement from hillary clinton. craig boswell for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> president obama lost two other cabinet official this is year, attorney general eric holder and defense secretary chuck hagel announced they will resign as soon as the senate confirms their replacements. >>> a reminder to catch face the nation this morning at 10:30 right here on cbs-3. major garrett is in for bob today. he will join news an hour with a look ahead at today's show. >>> 7:41. are you ready to ring in the new year? it is inching closer and closer. preparations underway in

and over at the v.a., secretary shinseki took the fall as well after his agency was shamed by reportsenix v.a. died while waiting for care. almost 100 v.a. facilities are now under investigation. and the strange story of army sergeant bowe bergdahl gripped the nation as he was turned over in exchange for five gitmo detaineesment some in congress were outraged they were not consulted, and while an earlier report called him a deserter he's now being reinvestigated and is on desk duty. and then there was jonathan gruber, unknown to most until the mit economics professor and architect of obamacare serially accused americans of being too dumb to understand that obamacare would actually cost them more. we caught up with the professor but this time he was done talking for the moment. >> i have no comment. don't -- >> and it was a foul for donald sterling the former l.a. clippers' owner. he was heard making racist remarks to his girlfriend. the nba banned him for life and fined him $2.5 million. microsoft's ceo steve ballmer caught the rebound and bought the team. and 2014 is one ray rice and

eric shinseki resigned outright here.ed the same kind of way if we would have learned more about his behavior during his time of overseeing all the waiting lists and those kind of things. a lot clearly that we still don't know about this v.a. scandal. >> that's usually why people do resign in those situations. they know what's been going on. >> fall on the sword. >> i would rather step down now rather than go through all of that what you are talking about. >> can we make sure we don't forget this is what government run healthcare looks like. obamacare here we come. >> exactly, the v.a. is government run healthcare. >> coming up on "fox & friends," a hero in blue will be laid to rest today and set to speak at his funeral, mayor bill gloz, some of new york's finest don't want him there. should he show. governor mike huckabee joins us live to weigh in. >> then watch your words, or fists will fly. it's a brawl. in a parliament. got everyone, including us, talking. i'm angela, and i quit smoking with chantix. people who know m

one is at last march i sent a letter to then secretary shinseki commending him for allowing same-sexs of couples in national cemeteries. we need a policy on that. right now it's rather capricious. it's case-by-case. even if worked for national cemetery, the state senators have different policies, and that doesn't seem fair to me to our veterans and their families. and, finally, something that just recently has come to my attention is that veteran to serve in the armed services are at a disadvantage in another way. if you are the spouse of a pattern and you pass away, you can be buried in a veterans cemetery even if the veteran is still alive so the family members will be able to stay together. unfortunately, current law prohibits the va from bearing a family member of an active duty servicemen who passes away while in service. so i think that's something that we also need to look at him work on legislation to correct. because some of these things only make it fair for veterans and their families. all veterans and their families, and rather than dealing with them in one way in nationa

"the times" also reports that bowers said she briefed va secretary eric shinseki many times about the patient backlog but her pleas were largely ignored because she was told there was no money to lease more space to handle all the backlogs. >> doug, what is the latest with sharon hellman's effort to get her job back? >> reporter: "the new york time" reports just this week an administrative law judge found it was quote, more likely than not, some senior agency leaders were aware or should have been of nationwide problems getting veterans scheduled for timely appointments. the judge, steven mish, also found the va didn't provide enough evidence that hellman should have been fired over conditions in phoenix but upheld her firing anyway on the ground she took favors from a health care industry consultant. leah? leah: doug mckelway in washington. thank you, doug. eric: seems america's struggling labor unions are getting set to take advantage of president obama's executive action on immigration. labor leaders are launching a new recruiting push, possibly offering work permits to some four m

rch, i that last ma sent a letter to secretary shinseki, commending him for allowing same-sex marriage couples in cemeteries. we need a policy on that. right now it is case-by-case. even if it were for national cemeteries, state cemeteries have their own policies and that does not seem fair to me. something that has recently come to my attention is that veterans who served in the armed services are in a disadvantage in the other way. if you are the spouse of a , youan and you pass away can be buried in a veteran cemetery even if the veteran is still alive. the family members will be able to stay together. unfortunately, current law prohibits the v.a. from burying a family member of an active duty serviceman who passes away while in the service. i think that is something that we also need to look at the work on legislation to correct. some of these things only make it fair for veterans and their families. all veterans and their families and rather than dealing with them in one way that national cemeteries, another in-state, and on a case-by-case basis, let's work together to build a pol

this goes back to my thought months ago when i asked for secretary shinseki's resignation and i was confidentuld be able to prosecute, imprison and fire a whole lot of these middle level and senior level executives. this stuff cannot go on. >> the report says you can only get rid of a very small number of them according to a new director. listen to how some are exiting. susan taylor former deputy chief for the v.a., worked to overturn an agency moratorium on the work by the firm. interfered with the investigation. the i.g. recommended criminal charges but the d.o.j. declined. took early retirement, will get pension. similar with goldman, former director. retired before removal, will likely get his pension. that is hardly punishment. >> not only is it not punishment but these people have to go but i don't want to see them go out either. they should not be exiting by default. they should be fired and somebody need to go to prison. what this report just said is we'll never know how many millions of veterans fell through this gigantic lapse of insanity and that's wrong. we are going to get to the

. >> secretary of veterans affairs shinseki was sacked.esident -- don't do stupid stuff was criticized by none other than former secretary of state hillary clinton. as inadequate defining principle. >>> the israel/gaza war, the civil war in syria the russian invasion of ukraine, the prisoner swal for alan gross in cuba the president's foreign policy was criticized by even many democrats as feckless. >>> number four 2014 marked another year of congressional gridlock on immigration reform. there was no greater example of the broken system than the thousands of unaccompanied children from central america flooding across the texas border. president obama opted after the mid-terms to go it alone. using executive action in an attempt to reform the system. critics call his actions unconstitutional. >>> number three, any notion of america's first black president ushering in a post-racial era of healing -- got squashed. after white police officers in missouri and new york killed unarmed black men, protesters around the country took to the streets.

secretary eric shinseki was forced to resign. up the v.a. 7.1 million more people had health nshts this year under the patient protection and affordable care act. as you probably know, obama care mandates that americans be covered by an insurance plan or pay a penalty. >> last year i had somewhat of an epiphany about weed. this plant can have some real medicinal benefits. >> marijuana is better than all those pills for you? >> yeah. >> we saw families pack up and move across the country to get access to the only medicine that seemed to work for their children in states where medical marijuana is legal. two states also legalized all forms including recreational use. >> on september 24th, the new jersey 4-year-old died in his sleep. tass the first death health officials could link to enterovirus which can cause severe respiratory symptoms. by the time the scare settled down it had sickened hundreds of children in nearly all 50 states. >>> without a doubt, the biggest health headline of the year -- ebola. >> ebola. >> ebola. >> ebol