. >> built to do, serve those underserved and represent those underrepresented. >> and good evening. thank you for joining us, i'm joie chen. a desperate plea from the united nations urging the world to step up. as the syrian crisis reaches catastrophic levels. $6.5 billion. an epic exodus is underway, millions more forced from their ohomes within the country. officials say one year from today more syrians are likely to be in need of humanitarian aid and those who are not. america tonight's sheila macvicar reports. >> it's not just winter, and the middle east has already seen its share of white. wind storm alexisa dropped snow and ice from turkey far south to the sinai peninsula. for some that meant snow balls and snow angels. for syrians caught up in that civil war and refugees right shoes or clothing living under canvas or more makeshift shelters a harsh reality became more harsh. >> my husband is sick and the cold weather is hurting us, we are getting sick from the smell of the stove. >> in this informal refugee camp. marian had to put shoes on the fire to keep her stove burning.

one of the things we are concerned about is the underserved population. as the chairwoman said this morning, i personally have testified for veterans affairs on rural and highly rural, you know, activity for veterans. if you are a veteran or any person, any u.s. citizen living in a u.s. area and it's a rural area and it's 3-5 hours away from your physician, you're going to tend to exacerbate the disease, make it worse. the next time you present is probably maybe going to be in the hospital, and it's going to be a higher health care cost. so we want to try to put this technology into place to be able to monitor people that are indigent population, elderly population, a rural population. the population that is consuming 15% of the health care costs that consumes 80%, that's what we want to target the keep them out of the hospital. >> host: kent dicks, the president and chief executive office of alere connect, thank you. >> guest: thanks so much, appreciate it. >> host: "the communicators" at the site of the mhealth conference joined by director mccarty, wha

one of the less likely neighborhoods get a donation but we thought it prudent that there is an underserved at risk older population maybe indeed immediate response and a lot of them are pedestrian about the tenderloin so with that we thought it was a good idea and ask your prescription to go to the board to approve the duo nation. chief and commissioner, i want to say on december leveling at 1129 in the a.m. american people elderly person went down with a cardiac incident and we had two members of our muni task force a member of 20ir7b9d station and a saw the man guarantee go down they performed crp and the man came in and out with a pulse they put an a u d on the victim and transported him to the hospital he did expire but this let's say the want that the san francisco police officers are first on scene and left with the assistance and i know the a u ds will approve important >> first of all, i want to thank the grill for their commitment in the city and county. the commissioner jan and i were wondering we should know this but i'll leave to chief. assuming we have this type of equipment i

we want the digital inclusion program to make sure we address the needs of underserved vulnerable communitiesunities that are already very tech savvy. we are here to provide a, b and c to the seniors. a stands for access. b stands for basic skills and c stands for content. and unless

we are concerned about the underserved reputation. activities for veterans. if you are a veteran, or any citizen living in the u.s., and you are three to five hours away timea physician, the first you present is going to be in the hospital. and it is going to be a higher health care costs. we want to get the technology in place to monitor people in the health care population, the rural population, the population that is consuming 80% of health- care costs. that is we want to target. >> the chief executive officer of alere connect. thank you. this is the director of the office of consumer e-health. >> i am within the opposite of the national coordinator for health i.t.. help the health care system use information technology. it is focused on bringing caregivers,nd actual people, into the process wherever possible. we believe in empowering people through technology. we believe that consumers are really underutilizing resources. this impacts their own health. when you think about it, your health is dependent on what is happening every day when you're miles away

they're obviously the underserved community. they need to be able to get on the website. this isn't rock set science. >> america has some of the best tech experts in the world. how can we not have somebody in maryland to fix these problems quickly? why are people getting stuck on this? >> they didn't plan for it. i was talking to someone from minnesota, for example, that uses the same technology outsource company. somehow we're using somebody in north dakota to do this as if we don't have people here in maryland. they did eight verges to get prepared -- versions to get prepared because they knew this and maryland only did four versions. we weren't prepared. we didn't have updates. we didn't have plans. >> what's the solution? where do you find somebody to put the fix on it? >> the governor has taken it back from the lieutenant and will hopefully get it fixed and get the right people involved. the question is when and how long it will take and then we'll have access to health care. the reality is it's going to take twists and turns and make sure it's successful for everybo

you'll find these huge numbers of people that either don't have access to care because it's an underserved the dentition. they can't afford to go to the eye doctor. and so they're going to be relying on the kind of services that we provide. >> reporter: for "nightline" i'm bob woodruff, in wise, virginia. >> the remeet area medical team continues its work this season and recently traveled to the philippines to help victims of the of the devastating typhoon. our thanks to bob for that report. to find out more visit our website at abcnews.com/nightline. >>> when we come back, a stunning never before seen look at the fight to survive in the animal kingdom. o get a new 2014. it gets an impressive 34 highway mpg and comes with no charge scheduled maintenance. and right now you can drive one home for practically just your signature. sign. then drive. get zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first month's payment on any new 2014 volkswagen. hurry, this offer ends january 2nd. visit vwdealer.com today so here's to the bride and... [ coughs ] [ all gasp ] [ male announcer ] robitu

so today, the commission is recognized for a vicinities for the city's underserved community. this is due in large part because of the partnership with my office. the commissioners that come to meeting they listen to the community, they do all even though heavy lifting on behalf of their fellow commissioners they're a diverse co- he was group they demonstrate respect for each other's difference. we need knowledge of commissioners and who want to serve and are there for all the people. in short i needed exempted individual. i hope you'll reappoint the 6 commissioners because we have a lot of work to do i need their work and expertise. there are some applicants here that are expressive. there are 5 vacancy due in early june 2014 which is a better time to make the changes. please advance the animates of 6 culminate for the considerations. if you have any questions, we'll be happy to answer them >> ms. wong you said there are 5 vacancy and that's in june or july? >> yes. >> how do you know that. >> there are 11 board appointed seats and for you mayoral arrest there's one commissio

we want the digital inclusion program to make sure we address the needs of underserved vulnerable communitiesunities that are already very tech savvy. we are here to provide a, b and c to the seniors. a stands for access. b stands for basic skills and c stands for content. and unless we have all three, the monolingual chinese seniors are never going to be able to use the computer or the internet. >> a lot of the barrier is knowledge. people don't know that these computers are available to them, plus they don't know what is useful. >> there are so many businesses in the bay area that are constantly retiring their computer equipment that's perfectly good for home use. computers and internet access are helping everybody in the community and people who don't have it can come to us to help with that. one of the biggest problems we see isn't whether people can get computers through programs like ours, but whether they can understand why they need a computer. really the biggest issue we are facing today is helping people understand the value of having a computer. >> immediately they would say can i

people who live there say they're used to being overlooked and underserve pd but with the help of a teenage group and their inspirational leader, all that changed to the tune of a brand-new $25 million community youth center soaped earlier this year. nine years ago. hillary bass met a group of kids who said there's nothing to do in town. together they lobbied as loudly as they could until nate miley listened, eventually corralling millions of regomt money to make their dream come true. >> he's been an egg. >>le scout in his heart for as long as he can remember. now that honor is in a place for all to see. why it took 60 years for his achievement to be recognized. >> our very first story of 2013 is about george maher owho for decades have volunteered for the boy scouts, helping 5,000 men reach eagle scout. completed all the requirements to be an eagle scout 60 years ago, which is why what happened in january is still so special. >> spend enough time around the boy scouts like they do at the pacific skyline headquarters in foster city, and they say you can always spot the eagles. it's not the

and some criticism of the fact that they are underserving parts of the population. i am not saying that, just curious about that. the other part, i know that most of your surgery occurs in san francisco and maternity also. but if i am not wrong, your neurology service are in redwood city, and i think you have radiology services in santa clara and members in san francisco have to go there for treatments. >> yes, that's part of our approach. there are services that considering the number of hospitals we have around the san francisco bay. it wouldn't be efficient and would be costly and would raise our premiums if we provided every service at every medical center. and it wouldn't provide the volume that would be good for the physicians. so at kaiser we have a center of excellence. and san francisco is a center of excellence for cardiovascular, and redwood city is a center of excellence for radiology and santa clara jgenetics and we hae in vitro service. and that makes our services efficient and more affordable to the members. and provides the volume that the practition

castro valley in the east bay, people who live there say they're used to being overlooked and also underservedbut with the help of a teenage group and their inspirational leader, all that changed to the tune of a brand new $25 million community youth center opened earlier this year. nine years ago, hilly bass met a group of kids who said there was nothing to do in town. together they lobbied as loudly as they could until amaed me da county supervisor listened corraling money to make their dream come true. >>> he's been an eagle scout in his heart for as long as he can remember. and now that honor is in a place for all to see. coming up, why it took 60 years for his achievement to be recognized. [ laughter ] he loves me. he loves me not. he loves me. he loves me not. ♪ he loves me! that's right. [ mom ] warm and flaky in 15, everyone loves pillsbury grands! [ girl ] make dinner pop! so i should probably get the last roll... yeah but i practiced my bassoon. [ mom ] and i listened. [ brother ] i can do this. [ imitates robot ] everyone deserves ooey, gooey, pillsbury cinnamon rolls. make the week

one is a doctor who settled in southeast specifically to serve an underserved community. >> he is a wonderful man. he helped my family tremendously. he got us through, got me through two children. >> but the other image is of a doctor who would sit in his bedroom at his home office and down load images of child pornography. 132 images of child pornography. some of them involving sato massickism. >> he helped so many people. he did so much for thousands of people. so i really feel we do need to help him now. >> despite an intense investigation, police were never able to uncover any evidence that dr. dickey actually physically abused any children. the doctor insists that he is not sexually interested in children. that this was just an educational exercise. but the judge said these are very, very sick images. he told them, i hope you get some help. and dr. dickey replied, i look forward to it. at u.s. district court, bruce leshan, wusa9. >> dickey has voluntarily surrendered his license to practice medicine and he will be on the sex offender registry for the rest of his life. >> grim discovery t

to speak with the one supervisor outside who said that that area of the neighborhood is already underserved and certainly needs a park or activity so young people can be there. at moreland avenue which is basically now a -- where neighborhoods have put slides and they've put a christmas tree out there. this is where andy lopez grew up in the neighborhood where she was shot by sheriff's deputy eric gahas in october. he recordly took the replica gun he was carrying as the real assault weapon. he says he told lopez to drop it. the aftermath that sparked a series of marches and rallies and the supervisors are discussing replica weapons control, also possibly creating a community law enforcement task force. law enforcement training. many believe that the park, that may abe good first step. >> many things bubble to the surface after the events took place, and this is just one of many different things that could be looked at that should be looked at, and i think today what you'll see is really a direction for staff to go back and investigate further. what would it take to make that a park? you kno

grad school, studying public health and hopes to some day become a surgeon to serve what he calls underservedis father, normandy's senior finally got his chance after putting his kids through school he graduated with a b.a. from dickinson university where he also made the dean's list. >> that's it for this pbs news hour weekend. i'm john larson. thanks for watching. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> pbs news hour weekend is made possible by louis b. and louise coleman. joyce b. hail, the wallick family in memory of miriam and ira d. wallick, the milstein family, bernard and irene schwartz, rosalynn p. walter and corporate funding is provided by mutual of america, providing customized group retirement products and that's why we are your retirement company, additional support is provided by -- and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by con from tribugzs from your pbs station for viewers like you. thank you. narrator: crime dramas remain one of television's most popular genres, retelling age-old stories of good and evil, crime and punishment. connors: the shows that

in a meaningful way somehow pits the interest of a deserving middle class against those of an underserving poor in search of handouts." while the president spoke, u.s. labor secretary thomas perez toured chicago-based recruiting firm, seaton corporation, echoing the president's support of a senate bill to raise the national minimum wage to 10-10 an hour. "when that bill passes, a family of four will be just above poverty line and uh // that drives growth, people spending money." chicago's mayor released a statement in support. also, perez saw how seaton's susidiary, "peoplescout" and a non-profit called "skills for chicagoland's future" have placed 600-unemployed people who sharpened their job skills. "they bridge a couple of gaps they look at what public money is available and how we can use that." and there are hints that the partnership model here be tried elsewhere, soon. "there are a number of cities that have contacted us and in a few months, we'll have an annoucement of our first replication outside of chicago.and we are working on further replications." the top-three job skills emp

toys are donated throughout the year and handed out in underserved neighbors of the city. >> it is a great program. i have done it for a long-term. i was thanked for the toys by neighbors later on in life and i didn't know the people. it has been amazing. >> merry christmas. >> if you didn't get a chance to help lefty o'doul's is collecting toys for next christmas. the restaurant is located at geary and powell at union square. >> time if a check on the weather forecast. christmas was great. >> very warm. very warm. we almost had dinner outside. we didn't, though. we should have. now at look at what is going on outside, it was weird to have christmas dinner outside on the porch. here is a look at live doppler 7 hd you can see how quiet it is with the clouds on the coast and we have bone dry air so some of the frost is trying to form and it is minor because of the lack of moisture in the air. you can see market street and the financial district and bay bridge to emeryville this morning all looking good. record warmth. again. poor air quality. dry cold front. a dip in temperatures tomor

from being funded for a start up that is for the mainstream market to going into a market that's underserved not a lot of people know about that market here, not a lot of investors or entrepreneurs for that matter. so back tracking, what happened is that yes it opened up the doors because we are, we are being, we're more visible, people are looking at us, people are looking at what the companies are achieving. now, i think that because we're the first cohort, we need that extra help from our fellow entrepreneurs that have been successful in latinos that have done it before, step up, come to us and give us a hand because we want to continue to push forward on this. >> very good. let's show that website one more time. it's the manosaccelerator.com. any final thoughts before we let you go? >> we're excited to have been a part of manos. it's really created an incredible sense of monitoring between the companies and we're looking, to you know, to the future and we're excited about blythe as well. we believe the acceleration came in the form of meeting contacts, and meeting new customers. all in a

. >>> well, right now, several san francisco firefighters are passing through underserved areas to spreadome holiday cheer. mark kelly caught up with them today. mark, they ended up collecting a ton of toys. any idea of how many? >> they did, liz. hundreds of toys. they put all those toys on a fire truck and then drove that truck all around the tenderloin handing him out to kids who would really appreciate that. just like santa's sleigh, it's colored red and crammed with gifts. but santa is not driving this. san francisco firefighters are. and they are eager to spread a little joy. >> you like it? >> yes. >> reporter: and they surely did. >> you like your gift? >> yes. >> thought it was an emergency but then they came out with gifts. they are giving out gifts! so it really touched me. >> reporter: the magical part of this gift-giving is that it wasn't planned at all. the fire truck pulls up and hands out gifts to the kids they see. completely spontaneous giving caught this person and his daughter off guard. >> this has never happened before. >> that's what i like about doing it because th