u.s. department of health and human servicings keeps track of bleaches and more than 1,000 are on its website. dozens of hospitals in our area are on the list. >> i think it should be a concern for everyone, really. >> reporter: cbs 2 asked a dozen local hospitals that had breeches to do oncamera interviews, but none would a spokesperson for the greater hospital association says hospitals do an outstanding job of protecting patient information, but viola says hospitals should do more and patients should demand answers, and ask them specifically how are you protecting my information. >> reporter: to see if your hospital has had a breech, check the health and human services breeches on our website, cbsnewyork.com. maurice, back to you. >>> it was judy bloom to the rescue of a brooklyn couple's marriage. it seems katie lagun eels husband mistakenly put a copy of are you there god? in a box. when kenny realized what happened he is put up flyers all over the greenpoint neighborhood, and green heard about it, and she tweeted oh, no tragic! will send signed popty. not the same. i know. let's hope it

of adam shapiro public relations. pat mcgrath, former international correspondent for tv. gtb -- wctg bill loveless. the acting assistant secretary for health in the u.s. department of health and human services and she is a former health commissioner for the city of new orleans and she is a guest of our speaker. the senior business editor for national public radio and a national press club board member. donna brazil, a clinical strategist and syndicated columnist, she is a guest of the speaker. she is a new orleans native and she served on the louisiana recovery authority. reporter for the salt lake tribune and vice president of the national press club. a reporter with energy wire. he also organized the national press club katrina rebuilding trip in 2008. martin, a new orleans native. peter harkness, the founder and publisher of governing magazine. glenn marcus, a freelance documentary filmmaker and a member of the press club's press freedom committee. [applause] i also want to welcome our c-span and public radio audiences. you can follow today's lunch on twitter. #npclive. hurricane katrina was the costliest natural disaster in the history of the united states. it forced the evacuation of n

u.s. department of health and human services, most american women will develop fibroids at some point in their lives. that number is 80% for african-american women, infertility one of the not-so-benign side effects of these tumors. a new book tells the inspiring stories of those who realized their dreams of becoming parents despite the medical complications. >> you know, i was kind of like, "go," until i hit a wall after that fourth ivf cycle failed, you know? >> friends and family around us getting pregnant who weren't really trying to, and we very aggressively were. it was horrific. >> i wanted to have a biological child. >> i have people saying, "oh, my god, thank you for sharing because your story has given me hope." >> we were successful with the in vitro. we were very successful, and we had twins. >> joining us now, the author of "hope beyond fibroids," gessie thompson, whose battle with fibroids and infertility ran for 14 years. along with her is obstetrician and gynecologist dr. alicia knight-debrady. this afternoon. >> thank you for having us. >> your book, gessie, is so inspirational

and finally engaging in various methods of calculated retaliation. as a contrast, the inspector general at the u.s. department of health and human services works with truth tellers with the department of justice to arrest and convict individuals for health care waste, fraud, and abuse. has recovered one $.6 billion in taxpayer funding. to this point, the previously mentioned heinz report substantiated my allegation that patients received unnecessary coronary artery -- and coronary artery bypass surgery but once again, nobody was ever held accountable and patients were never notified. the current department of justice website with numerous cases where cardiologists in the private sector have been indicted for these exact same charges. incentives to federal prison and their employers find as they were made aware of this now duces but failed to act. the press release states quote, the department of justice will not tolerate those who abuse federal health care programs and put the beneficiaries of these programs at risk". in order for anybody to justify this double standard, one must conclude that the men and women that sacrificed their live

and a former national press club oard member. bill lovelace, energy columnist for "usa today." dr. karen desalvo, acting assistant secretary for health in the u.s. department of health and human services and a former health commissioner for the city f new orleans. she is a guest of our speaker. marilyn g. wax, senior business editor for national public radio and a national prep club board member. donna brazyll, a political strategist and syndicated columnist, a guest of the speaker and a new orleans native, and she served on the louisiana recovery authority. tommy burr, a reporter for the salt lake tribune and vice president of the national press club. skipping over our speaker for a moment, rod cuke row, a reporter with energy wire and a member of the club speakers committee who organized today's lunch. we thank you, rod. i also want to mention that rod kukrow organized the national press club's katrina rebuilding trip in 2008. betsy fisher martin, washington editor of "more" magazine and a new orleans native. peter harkness, founder and publisher emeritus of "governing" magazine. glen marcus a freelance documentary film maker and member of the press club's press freedom committee. [

of adam shapiro public relations. pat mcgrath, former international correspondent for wct gtb -- wctg tv. bill loveless. the acting assistant secretary for health in the u.s. department of health and human servicesnd she is a former health commissioner for the city of new orleans and she is a guest of our speaker. the senior business editor for national public radio and a national press club board member. donna brazil, a clinical strategist and syndicated columnist, she is a guest of the speaker. she is a new orleans native and she served on the louisiana recovery authority. a reporter for the salt lake tribune and vice president of the national press club. a reporter with energy wire. he also organized the national press club katrina rebuilding trip in 2008. betsy fischer martin, a new orleans native. peter harkness, the founder and publisher of governing magazine. glenn marcus, a freelance documentary filmmaker and a member of the press club's press freedom committee. [applause] i also want to welcome our c-span and public radio audiences. you can follow today's lunch on twitter. use #npclive. hurricane katrina was the costliest natural disaster in the history of the united states. it forced t

u.s. patent number 6630507. it's held by the united states department of health and human services for the exclusive use of cannabinoids use of certain treatments. >> i was stunned that the federal government is sitting on this wonderful thing, and not letting anybody else do anything with it. >> when we went to the government to ask about it, none of the agents involved would comment. >> we're being handcuffed by the government. >> in fact, a 2013 search through the u.s. national library of medicined revealed 2,000 papers on marijuana. but the majority of them explored the harm, only 6% investigated the benefits. many believe that's the result of a draconian system gone awry, resulting in marijuana becoming one of the country's most controlled substances. and many people believe that has to change. but it was one of the experts calling for that change that surprised me the most. dr. nora volkov. she is the director of the national institute on drug abuse, the very agency that many says that blocked a good deal of cannabis research. >> even the researchers feel this is an impediment to them doing, actually science, sci

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u.s. department of health and human services.clapping). >> when you cast our vote in an election in san francisco you might kaflt your vote at city hall or choose to vote by mail ever wonder what happens after you cast our vote what's the process for tal vote in san francisco and how is your vote counted let's follow our ballot when you tall a certified by the department of elections first, we'll look at what happens to our vote another a polling place when you cast your vote it is set into a system called on in sight it read our ballot and the data is soared on a memory cartridge it is based in denver, colorado provides san francisco with high sail balance scared and software to count the votes when the poll is closed the memory card is removed by the inspector cartridge is sponsored are stored in a anti static bag and a san francisco parking control officer takes official custody to deliver to city hall the custody of the actual completed ballot is transferred to deputy sheriff it verifies delivers them to pier 48 managed i the