now dozens of large insurance companies such as anthem blue cross, united health care, health met, blue shield of california, cigna and aetna provide coverage for acupuncture and chiropractic treatments. i believe that the medical cannabis movement is now where acupuncture was 15 years ago. the shambala healing center is poised to provide a high quality, holistic alternative and complimentary health care in the art of the mission. its organizers are people who are deeply committed to the well being the neighborhood and its residents and who understand the area's culture and needs. for this reason, i fully support the shambala healing center's application and urge you to approve this highly worthwhile project. please feel free to contact me with any questions. sincerely, sharon, licensed acupuncturist. thank you. >> commissioners, good evening. philip lesser, mission merchants association. this is the first time i have spoken on behalf of a medical cannabis dispensary and the way i got roped into this one is i got a telephone call from al shawa in august. al and i have known one another

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units. >>> health news. bay area researchers are hoping to some day use light as a pacemaker for your heart. technology is years away from being used on people but as health financial reporter miss johnson explains it is now being used on fish. >> this is our fish room. >>reporter: room stacked with fish tank might not be the first place you would expect to discover the pacemaker of the future. but researchers at uc sf believe these zebra fish help train the human heart. >> they are in the embryo stage tran parent so we can watch organ develop. >>reporter: the doctor says his team was in tryinged by their ability to shine light into the bodies of the translucent fish so in a recent trial genetically altered specific cardiac cell that control heart rhythm making them sensitive to light. then using a source similar to the fiber optic laser they hit the heart with light. >> tons of light on. broad laser light illuminated ina fish. heart stopped beating. >>reporter: the effect was captured by a high powered micro

a recent story said that the united health group indicates they average 75,000 new customers who are employees of businesses that employ 58 people or less, and also coventry health care out of maryland reports 115,000 new workers have been extended the possibility of coverage from small businesses, and bluecross blueshield of kansas city, the largest insurer in the kansas city area, -- small businesses buy insurance for the first -- since legislation was signed into law with the tax credits becoming available. this is a real opportunity for those employees working every day but had the opportunity for coverage. i would like to recognize mr. andrews, a member of the education and labor committee. >> thank you, chairman. i would like to thank the leadership for this opportunity and think the ladies and gentlemen and young ladies who came here to speak. it takes a lot of character and integrity to come to a public forum and tell your story and bury your soul in such a compelling way. we think each one of you. mr. lataille, you said you were step -- u.s. set to step into a job involving a

a >> today's weather has been brought to you by united health care. to you. >> thanks, jackie. >>> as you know, all week we've been hearing from all sorts of people about their reactions to the shootings out in tucson and mostly of course we've been talking to grown-ups but children all over the country are trying to process this, as well. so i sat down with some kids in tucson to get their views. how did you hear about what happened on saturday? >> i've been watching the tv and like all the channels showed her and all the ambulance and everybody that got shot. >> what did you think about when you saw it? >> i was scared, and i was like a bit sad that like why would he do that, and why would he shoot? >> did it make you scared at all? can you tell me about that? >> well, because he was here in tucson, so it made me a little scared. >> yeah, i got very scared because for the past few days i've been keep thinking about what if -- what if he came over here. >> to your school? >> yeah. >> what if he knows where our class is? >> well, i can tell you that t

health care. they pay off everybody. when a company brings 10,000 jobs back to the united states, the cost of health care will break them. there has to be an industrial policy. we cannot continue with our eyes closed. guest: he raises the cost of health care as something that kills jobs. there is a little bit of truth to that. in many other countries, health care is paid for by the government. private employers don't have to bear the burden. in this country, the way we have structured health care, it creates some burden but remember, it is a little bit of a false claim because most studies show that in the end, workers are paying for that health care. health benefits are coming in that case, they are the ones bearing the cost, not the employer. that is not really a huge contributor of jobs going overseas. the other point about the need for industrial policy depends on what you mean by that. we had this debate back in the 1980's and some economists were concerned about if the government can pick winners and losers. if that is general set of policies on how we can improve our export base and how we can make our manufacturi

what concerns me most is that everybody is saying we need tasers to deal with the mental health unit but we can actually get training to our officers that can assist them in dealing with difficult issues on the street. i do not think that because you are mentally ill that you should be taste -- tased. i just do not. is there really a commitment to train our officers, or not? and if they do not, just tell us that. tell us that you would rather tase people. 120 officers with 2000 on the force is not acceptable. [applause] >> , you know, commissioner, i understand. i respect your passion on this issue. i can say this. this has been the focus in the trenni decision -- division to find a way to accelerate this

times"," united health group advocates they added 75,000 new customers who are employees of businesses that employ 50 people are less and also could have ven try health care out of maryland reports 15,000 workers have been extended and blue cross/blue shield, the largest insurer in kansas city has a 58% in the number of businesses buying insurance since the time the health insurance was signed into law. so this is a real opportunity for those employees who are working every day, but didn't have the opportunity for coverage. so you are leading the way there. i would like to recognize mr. andrews, a member of the education and labor committee. >> i would like to thank our leadership for this opportunity and really thank the ladies and gentlemen and young ladies who came here today to speak. it takes a lot of character and integrity to come to a public forum and tell your story and buyer your soul in a compelling way. we thank each of you. you said you are all set to step into a job that deals with research and development on aviation issues. if we had a choice tomorrow before voting on r

they know what can happen if the republicans run against them on one issue and are united in opposition. healthcare, we saw what happened in november. i think the president wants to be the guy who's reaching out, compromising, and positioning himself as the fiscal conservative. >> all right. we'll all be together watching this tonight as part of our coverage. one more reminder, live coverage tonight 9:00 eastern, 6:00 pacific it all gets underway here on nbc. >>> we turn overseas now. you may recall during the recent violent uprising in tunisia, we reported high anxiety in the arab world, that these kinds of protests by the people against their leaders, could spread. well, today they did. at least three people are dead after a day of anti-government protests in egypt, inspired by an internet campaign after the tunisia revolt. and it's not over. we get our report tonight from cairo and itn's john ray. >> reporter: they had called for a day of revolt. it ended amid tear gas and the blasts of water cannon. for a while it seemed only to fuel the anger. a protestor climbs on top and ç wrestles with

at this health-care system in the united states is not tenable because it is going toward the for-profit health system. the cost of this system is so huge that it boggles the mind. it is not only the brokers and the advertisements, etc., but the cost of the ceo's and their spokesman. dr. william mcguire was paid $142 million per year running united health, or a lease for one year. he got -- or at least for one year. dr. rick scott, recently elected governor of florida, he was paid off after he got in trouble with the fed. you, i checked your salary on google and a couple of years ago it was $1 million. i think it is heading for $2 million. i wonder -- my question to you is, i wonder if you would be so kind as to lower your salary to that which is the salary of the president of the free world, maybe 400,000 year host: what do you do? caller: it is not only the patience that debt -- i hate to use the word, egypt. the providers take a big hair cut, guaranteed. it is all going to things -- i think it is really hard that they benefit the beneficiaries of these insurance policies. guest: i thi

what concerns me most is that everybody is saying we need tasers to deal with the mental health unit but we can actually get training to our officers that can assist them in dealing with difficult issues on the street. i do not think that because you are mentally ill that you should be taste -- tased. i just do not. is there really a commitment to train our officers, or not? and if they do not, just tell us that. tell us that you would rather tase people. 120 officers with 2000 on the force is not acceptable. [applause] >> , you know, commissioner, i understand. i respect your passion on this issue. i can say this. this has been the focus in the trenni decision -- division to find a way to accelerate this training. we have spent 10 years presenting this trading at one rate, and we needed to find a way to accelerate that, that we could ensure that all of the important elements were in there and that we could do it responsibly and do it regularly at a more accelerated pace, and it takes time to do that. it takes time to develop that, and a lot of work was put into that, and we are very

asking and before you go to tasers, you better talk about the mental health training and the mental health units rather than trying to say we have to tase mentally ill people in the streets. it's an issue for me. >> commissioner chance? >> i wanted to ask and thank you for answering these questions. i heard through some folks who worked in this area the hours were cut down 48 hours to eight hours of training for officers, is that correct? at one point there was 40-hour training we keep discussing, it was cut down, it wasn't like there's no training, right, there's some amount of training, what amount has been given since it's been cut down? >> since the new proposed training, it's a 24-hour curriculum. >> between the time the training was cut, the 40-hour training was cut due to the funding and now, how many hours have the trained officers received? >> i think probably the best answer to that question would be for me to come with a full report next week. >> ok. thank you. >> it would be most helpful to the public and yourselves. >> further questions for the chief regarding this report? >> thanks

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define read the figures you have for united health and kansas city's blue cross blue shield program at sounds like people are actually getting in because of the small business tax credits. >> i think that is true. i would make three points. the first is if you don't have insurance which the smaller the employer you get the greater the share do not offer insurance now because they would have to pay substantially more for the same policy as large employers do. small business health care credit gives them the opportunity to offer insurance for the first time and you have seen substantial pay cuts. even if you already offered, the small business credit reduces the cost and where that has never existed before and we should not underestimate the importance of the exchanges that will be coming on line which will allow small businesses to get insurance at the kinds of prices and steady levels large employers have had. those three things are critically important to small business and for years before there was affordable care act, they have been wanting to have for some time these types of cred

health insurers are in cahoots to raise the rates as much as possible. >> you think it's scary now? wait two years when federal law requires everybody this the united states to buy health insurance from these private insurance companies. >> the california insurance commissioner says he will try to block the rate hike for 60 days, but he has no power to stop it completely. >>> on the cbs money watch, a laterally by asian stocks this morning. ashley has more on that. >> good morning to you, betty. most recovered from early profit. nikkei gained a fraction but hong kong's hang seng close dound about half a percent. today wall street gets a job. the blue chips lost 25 points while the nasdaq gained seven. >>> fed chief ben bernanke ben bernanke will deliver a more encouraging message than usual when he testifies on capitol hill later this morning. the head of the central bank is saying he's growing more confident about the economic recovery. hoe'll also defend the new plan to buy back government debt and warns lawmakers that now is not the time to pull the plug on the program. >>> facebook looks like it's ready to friend wall street. because the social

health care costs. among developed nation the united states spends twice as much of its shared g.d.p. on health care yet rank near the bottom on health outcomes. insurance premiums more than doubled in the last decade. absent reform, they are on track to double again by 2020. these costs are uh sun stainable for delaware families and for the budget. medicare, medicaid and scommip alone consume one quarter of the federal budget. this will -- the affordable health care act will curb growth but more needs to be done. i came to washington to work on the affordable health care act and not repeal it. i look forward to working with my colleagues to do just that. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut seek recognition? >> by direction of the democratic caucus, i offer a privilegedres. louis and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of theres. collusion. the clerk: house resolution 39, resolved that the following named members be and are hereby elected to the following standing committees of the house

times in the six months after the health reform law was signed in march, a company by the name of united health group up corporated, the country's largest insurer, added 70,000 new customers who work for companies with fewer than 50 employees. another company, cove venn try health care incorporated, and insurer here in the state of maryland, that focuses on small businesses, signed contracts to cover 115,000 new workers in just the first nine months of this year, a 9% jump. blue cross blue shield of kansas city, the largest insurer in the kansas city, missouri area, recorded a 58% jump in the number of small businesses buying insurance since april, the first full month after the legislation was signed into law. a recent small business majority found that a third of surveyed small employers are more likely to offer health insurance because of the new law's tax credits and the establishment of exchanges. mr. chairman, i want to say that it is my hope that this panel will incorporate these two amendments in order to help small businesses and the many families that i mention that still face great e

cover range to more than 30 million and would require for the first time people in the united states carry healthinsurance. the margin of error is plus or minus4.2%. >> word tonight that the growth of facebook is shifting from the united states and europe to developing nations. the mercury news reports tracking services say in december just 5% of facebook growth came from the united states. analysts say that may mean facebook is reaching saturation in america. it has 600 million registered users. >>> a landlord taking legal action against the auction house that sold lennon's suit featured on the cover of the abby road album. it was sold in connecticut in january. it reportedly got about $46,000. now the former landlord of the collector who sold the suit is suing to try get the proceeds of the sale to pay a 21,000- dollar rent debt. >> a massive manhunt for a suspected cop killer in new jersey ended with the capture of a suspect. police in lakewood new jersey say a tip helped them find and arrest a 19-year-old. he is a accused of friday's shooting of christopher matlos as he sat in his squad car.

. >> narrator: we first met bennie anthony in 2004 on the mental health unit of a prison in orient, ohio. a classic repeat offender, within weeks of his last release, he'd set his girlfriend's house on fire. this was his third time in prison. >> we discussed this, mr. anthony. >> i want protective custody. >> you're in your own cell. >> i want protective custody. >> all right. >> ( laughs ) i want protective custody, because i'm scared. >> okay. and what are you afraid of? >> narrator: even medicated, anthony struggles with paranoia and believes people are trying to kill him. >> they was from texas. they was coming out of texas. and, uh, some of them have syringes of poison, electric battery-powered volts on them, where they can prce your heart or your stach. and some of them have wooden bats, like. and, uh, guns. >> narrator: a year after we first met him, anthony was released. he did well under supervision, but as soon as he went off parole, he moved to pittsburgh, stopped taking his medication, and within a month, became homeless. in e past two years bennie's been arrested ten times.

the behavioral health unit has recruited more staff to deal with returning soldiers.troops now undergo resiliency training before they deploy, but there are concerns that not enough has changed since the study was released. despite the recruitment drive, fort carson's hospital is still understaffed. in 2010, almost a quarter of its psychiatry positions remained unfilled. ( sirens wailing ) >> narrator: most of the men of third platoon are now scattered over the united states, many of them civilians. some of them are still looking for help, after years of suffering from post-traumatic stress. it's four years since david nash was thrown out of the army. he's still unemployed. he smokes marijuana every day. he has no access to va psychiatric treatment because of his misconduct discharge, but his family wants him to get help for depression. nash's aunt is taking him to a drop-in center for combat veterans. any former soldier is eligible to talk to a therapist at a vet center. >> okay, let's start off with the military. you enlisted in the army in october 6. >> yeah, 2003.

most important international body or a dysfunctional global organization the united nations is often criticized. overall health care. early. enough backyard i'm not landed we will not allow a much trust us to crop up and then spread all over the country. virtually all terrorists today are muslim do we have the right to make such provocative statements and do muslim schools have the right to exist. in defiled a new york city on our. top stories this hour naughty russian icebreakers begin freeing some five hundred people trapped in an icy prison off the country's fall raised. the cyber attacks from within the israeli army is struggling to plug leaks a. soldiers post classified contacts and damaging pictures on social networking sites. and. the money desperately needed at home is being wasted. when up next the stories of soldiers and officers who choose conscience over and the price you have to pay for that decision that's in the first part of our special report here on alt. that noyce can you hear it. it's coming from the earth it's the sound of despair despair and. north and south millions of men women and chil

health. in rent-controlled unit is our only hope. this has been guaranteed to us by the current parkmerced management. [inaudible] [applause]

health care reform. these are pure taxes. this bill replicated the mistake that the previous congress avoided and will hurt job growth in the unitedthere are hundreds of billions of dollars in fees when they be on pharmaceutical companies or the health insurers themselves. these can only be perceived as taxes. they will only show up at higher premiums in insurance. they have a dramatic impact because they are not deductible. they are almost two for one more expensive than they appear. these taxes will hurt the economy when we cannot afford it. we have seen this on top of the additional benefits that the act mandates. if you have to cover more benefits, you have to raise premiums. there is no way around them. this is an act that is going to raise premiums. the upshot is we are going to see continuing pressure up work on health care costs, insurance premiums, and taxes. employers are going to drop coverage. that is a bad thing for the labor market at a week time period we have the discussion -- that is a bad thing for the labor market at a weak time. > >> my first jobs were as a busboy and a cook. after five years i got fired. i fou

thing that matters to our future and our future health as an innovation the economy is the health of the united states economy in the next five or 10 years. there is deep concern about the u.s. economy in the next five or 10 years because of the governments's policies. we are concerned about the actions our government is taking. that is why i am out there and i am visible on these issues. i am speaking on behalf of an industry. i am sure they are out there with 2000 members. >> to look at a couple of policy issues, the obama administration and the fcc wants to free up 500 megahertz of spectrum over the next decade. some of that spectrum is being used by business and the department of defense. how hard will it be to meet their goal? >> in this area, they are doing the right. we need this spectrum to have wireless broadband competition. the challenge we are facing today and a lot of people are experiencing is you are having dropped calls and you cannot get access to the internet in cities like new york in san francisco. that is the future that is coming to the rest of the country. the fcc, the ad

health. in rent-controlled unit is our only hope. this has been guaranteed to us by the current parkmerced management. [inaudible] [applause] >> good evening. i have lived here for 31 years. i received a flier from the tenants association and a flier from management. this is the flier from the tenants association. this is management. what -- one comes in the door, one is put on the door. on the one from the tenants association, it says, "under state law, even a promise by a landlord to continue to review a red-controlled

the fluoride has dramatically cut the number of cavities in the united states, but the hhs, health and human services is saying to the environmental protection agency that we have looked at the science and recommending some changes, perhaps too much fluoride is now initiating a little bit of a problem, a cosmetic problem in some children. the concern is that some young children might be getting too much fluoride. there's been an unexpected rise in the cosmetic condition called dental flourosis. that's when there's too much fluoride consumption during birth to the age of 8 when young teeth are being made. so if you look at the normal teeth on the left, you can see normal coloration. but that streaking and splotching on the moderate side, that's a mild case of flourosis, and that's what has people concerned. we've seen an increase of that since the '60s. now, two out of five have the problem. in 2004, our most recent data, it's up to 41% of teenagers having the problem, up from 23% in the late '80s and that's the concern right now. >> what are the other factors at work here? because it i

health. in rent-controlled unit is our only hope. this has been guaranteed to us by the current parkmerced management. [inaudible] [applause] >> good evening. i have lived here for 31 years. i received a flier from the tenants association and a flier from management. this is the flier from the tenants association. this is management. what -- one comes in the door, one is put on the door. on the one from the tenants association, it says, "under state law, even a promise by a landlord to continue to review a red-controlled apartment is unenforceable, making the bet even riskier. that is what i would like to be discussed tonight -- what guarantees in writing -- not the word of a landlord -- what guarantees, and can these guarantees be enforced? that is what i'm really here for. not to know what is planned for one end of the neighborhood to another end of the neighborhood -- what is to guarantee me a rent-controlled apartment in the future after my apartment is future after my apartment is torn down? thank you. [applause] commissioner mi

i notice in a recent story that united health care indicates they have added new customers that are employees of businesses that employ 50 people or less than that coventry health care out of maryland reports 115,000 new workers have the possibility of coverage with small and businesses, and blue shield in kansas city has a 58% jump in the number of small and businesses buying insurance since the legislation was signed into law with the help -- the tax credit being available, so this is a real opportunity for those employees working every day that did not have the opportunity for coverage. you are leading the way. i would like to introduce mr. andrews. >> i would like to thank our leadership for this opportunity and thanks the young ladies and gentlemen who came here to speak. it takes a lot of character and integrity to come to a public forum and tell your story and share your soul in such a compelling way. we thank each and everyone of you. he said you are all set to step into a job that deals with research and development on aviation issues. if we had a choice tomorrow between voting on ap

at this health-care system in the united states is not tenable because it is going toward the for-profitlth system. the cost of this system is so huge that it boggles the mind. it is not only the brokers and the advertisements, etc., but the cost of the ceo's and their spokesman. dr. william mcguire was paid $142 million per year running united health, or a lease for one year. he got -- or at least for one year. dr. rick scott, recently elected governor of florida, he was paid off after he got in trouble with the fed. you, i checked your salary on google and a couple of years ago it was $1 million. i think it is heading for $2 million. i wonder -- my question to you is, i wonder if you would be so kind as to lower your salary to that which is the salary of the president of the free world, maybe 400,000 year host: what do you do? caller: it is not only the patience that debt -- i hate to use the word, egypt. the providers take a big hair cut, guaranteed. it is all going to things -- i think it is really hard that they benefit the beneficiaries of these insurance policies. guest: i think h

plus our health unit looks at how state budget cuts are affecting care for the mentally ill. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. jeff? >> brown: and that's the newshour for tonight. on tuesday, as china's leader arrives in washington, we'll look at a major bone of contention: currency manipulation. i'm jeffrey brown. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> i mean, where would we be without small businesses? >> we need small businesses. >> they're the ones that help drive growth. >> like electricians, mechanics, carpenters. >> they strengthen our communities. >> every year, chevron spends billions with small businesses. that goes right to the heart of local communities, providing jobs, keeping people at work. they depend on us. >> the economy depends on them. >> and we depend on them. and by united healthcare. bnsf railway. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance

construction and will result in real change in the tenderloin neighborhood. 174 units four chronically homeless people, a health and wellness center, support services for the residents and neighbors. don, are you willing to take any questions? >> governor brown's budget proposes massive cuts for the social safety net. ms. pelosi, what do you think of that? is that a proposal that democrats can get behind? >> democrats and all americans must get behind reducing the deficit. with all that we owe our children in terms of their health, education, economic security of their families, we also owe them not to heat mountains of debt on them and limit their prospects as a community and society. so there has to be a way to reduce the deficit in the state and nationally. how you do that -- how you create a budget -- ashante -- a budget is a statement of our values. what is important for us should be reflected in how we allocate our money, our resources. on the federal and state level, there are big decisions to be made. you have to balance how we invest in the future, create jobs, and reduce the deficit as we strengthen t