u.s. department of health and human services. >> good morning and welcome to the san francisco fire department division of training. i'm assistant deputy chief raymond williams i'd like to welcome you and thank you to coming to honor the graduates of the one hundred and 16th recruit academy ladies and gentlemen, i'd like to present to you the fire crew cut class (clapping) kruts please be seated. i'd like to have father john come forward and lead us in the notion >> good morning, everyone they made it let's give them another - (clapping) well congratulations not only to our new graduates but you'll see family and friends that helped them through the time i know their protective we shall proud of the class and want to wish them the best has they serve our city and share in so many ways in the protection and safety of all our citizens. we come from many traditions and yet we just gather in our good thoughts and prayers for the new class and ourselves. lord our god we thank you for your new firefighters we say ask them to watch over them and be proud of the job and to also have a sense of how gre

u.s. department of health and human services estimated 168,000 girls and women had been or were at risk ofo fgm. since then that number has risen. currently around 228,000 women and girls affected in the united states according to the women's hospital many boston. john joins us by skype from atlanta. you suffered yourself. just explain when this was carried out on you. >> i was a week old many my home country. it's a part of our culture when a girl is born. we normally go through when we're a week to a month old. >> i think it happened to your half sister as well. she then died as a result of this operation? >> exactly. not only my half sister but all families here of girls that have bled to death. this happens all the time. you hear about it and see it. it's something that has to end. >> when it happened to you, when you were old enough, did you discuss this with your parents? i wonder if the reasons they gave for wanting it to happen to you still applied to lots of parents today? >> when i realize the effects of fgm, my mom had already passed away. it's not something i would discuss with

u.s. department of health and human services and tara, who is a democratic strategist, and dr.hea maybank assistant commissioner in the new york city department of health and human hygiene. as we call her around here, dr. mcstuffens, the real one. let me start with you, tara. is igor onto anything? are republicans going to back off or is that wishful thinking? >> i answer would be no, no and no. i don't think the republicans will back off. i think it would be a mistake for democrats to position a strategy based on an expectation that republicans will surrender on health care reform. they will not. now, will they start to ratchet up their attacks on benghazi and other distractions? absolutely. but it would be a mistake strategically to believe at any point given the amount of resources and the amount of effort that has gone into their attacking this law they're going to back away now. >> i want to follow up one second on that because there was this moment previously after the election when there was a shutdown of the government over the issue of aca and overall we hear people sa

and we looked it up in the patent registry and it's they're the department of health and human services or whatever it is actually the u.s. cover the federal government actually holds the patent for medical marijuana. and so yeah i think and the so that person to put this question to and here's you know the the little hoop that we've got to jump through get this to a member of congress to put this question to the woman who runs the d.n.a. for getting her name off. the lead in art and in any case it ask ask her why is the you that you've classified or get one of the reporters in the why in the in the in the white house reporters asked the president because he has some say in this as well why is it that this administration previous administrations with this ministrations maintaining the classification of pot as a schedule one drug another was having no medical value when they when you the federal government have a at it on marijuana as a drug as a drug would beneficial effects. here's a video question we received from ernest in bethesda maryland. this is. your first. appearance a county california who's all the right stori