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>> reporter: the democratically controlled senate is unlikely to take any action on this legislation. the white house said president obama opposes it and likely would veto it if it were to make it to his desk. jenna. jenna: molly, thank you. jon: a recent study on americas medical future gave the usa a grade of f, as in fat. now the american medical association has officially voted to classify obesity as a disease. the group is recommending new measures to fight what it calls an obesity epidemic...

Now its time to start shaming obese as they cost us billions in medical care. where is this headed? government pays for the healthcare, they can decide who lives or dies based on what behavior they dislike. if you cant be penalized to lose weight, to quote the piece why not just let the health sinners die? annual healthcare cost are roughly $96 billion for smokers and $147 billion for the obese, the government says. that is the big point. the government says. when everyone else pays for your car...

Very effective way of dealing with the most severe cases of being overweight. jenna: we were taking a look at some of the medical bills, if you have gastric bypass surgery youre going to be spending 20 to $25,000 just on that surgery, that is apparently the average cost. if someone is living with diabetes over decades it could go into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. do we really have two choices here, pay now, or pay later? >> well, you know, with all due respect to this argument i think t...

room". all eyes on the supreme court expected to issue its ruling on thursday on president obamas signature first-term achievement, health care reform. its a hot topic on the2007 supporting president bushs use of the same authority. >> thats right. and with the supreme court case on health care reform expected to come down on thursday, joe, i think its going to get a lot hotter. >> jim acosta, thanks so much for that. appreciate it. now were just going to get a little more on thi...

every day about 1.5 million americans board airplanes. this morning they have a big question. is it safe to fly? no doubt theres good reason for that concern. this new plot centered around a nonmetallic explosive designed to slip through airport detectors similar to a bomb aboard a flight in 2009. a malfunction may be the only reason those passengers survived. the latest plot also targeted an international flight coming into the united states. that was foiled two weeks ago. the investi...

he visited a l pos precinct near orlando on the eve of the primary. he pledged to stay in the race. >> well beat a big lie campaign with a big truth campaign, beat money power with people power. we are going to go all the way to the convention and we are going to win in tampa, and we are going to be the nominee with your help of the republican party soinchts but if the polls are right mitt romney is likely to be the big winner, his healthy lead hasnt topped him from taking a few final ...

>> weve involved with this family for about 20 months before that action occurred. the medical community brought this situation to our attention. this is a medical neglect case. >> shep: doctors say an average eight-year-old boy, whatever that means, weighs about 60 pounds. thats according to government guidelines. the childs mother told the cleveland newspaper that she did try to control her sons weight. were not showing his picture. hes eight-year-old old. but americas growing size affects eve...

Everything that he tries to move, from his jobs plan, to the rebuilding of american infrastructure, and they are following the lead of speaker boehner who wants to ensure that mr. obama is just a one-term president. fine, we get it. but on monday they broke even their own extraordinary record of obstruction and sheer belligerence. only this time their victim was not the president but the very health of our children. earlier this year the united states department of agriculture tried to change th...

Preventable disease is a staggering $147 billion. i need not remind viewers how badly the floundering economy can use that. governor christie acknowledges having to control his diet and offers the occasional joke at his expense. his weight problem is no laughing matter neither for me or him. we invite you to comment on him and all our reporting at twitter and twitter.com or facebook. facebook.com/martin bashir. now to denver where president obama is moments away from the president speaking. kris...

>> i think we speak enough of corn,imogen. >> it was a disgusting picture. >> look, if you dont like what i showed you about my nephew, dont say anything. >> greg, you know i adore america, however this whole burger king phenomenon is not your finest export. obesity is not your finest export. it costs america $147 billion a year in related healthcare. it kills 100,000 americans a year. it threatens the life expectancy for the first time since the civil war. >> however, it saved millions and mill...