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>>greg: thank you, great stuff, a good read. back to the top story, massive protests in businesses with over a controversial budget bill that includes huge changes for state union workers. tens of thousands of workers packing the state capital for a third day of demonstrations and at heart of the issue is a measure that would strengthen a union workers of collective barring appearing rights and a lawmaker saying all 14 democrats in the senate have left the state. they are refusing to vote. they ...

Himself and today we are learning about charges against the kids father and possibly the mother. and now our reporter has more on that. phil, at this point we understand the father is only charged with one count of aggravated child abuse. why is that? >>reporter: well, that is for now. but you can expect that is going to be a long list of criminal charges. right now the west palm police department mulling over the cause of death ruling which they received about five hours ago. so, murder charges...

Friend. how anyone could not have known and, or done nothing about what was going on in this home. >>reporter: more shocking, the case worker who went to the house on friday says she left at 9:00 p.m. planning to return monday but the judge said you dont work weekends and she said "im not allowed to work weekends." >>greg: child services received several tips about abuse in that home. why distant they remove these kids? >>reporter: well, the chief of the department of children and family says th...

Requires a license social worker, a case manager with an emphasis in things that managing chronic unemployment. chronic homelessness, possibly substance abuse. >> reporter: oregon congressman walden calls it too much red tape. >> im angry about the lack of urgency for what it means for veterans sleeping in tents in precarious situations. >> reporter: the portland v.a. hired a case worker to serve central oregon but many are angry it will take several weeks for these vets to get a roof over their...

Requires a license social worker, a case manager with an emphasis in things that managing chronic unemployment. chronic homelessness, possibly substance abuse. >> reporter: oregon congressman walden calls it too much red tape. >> im angry about the lack of urgency for what it means for veterans sleeping in tents in precarious situations. >> reporter: the portland v.a. hired a case worker to serve central oregon but many are angry it will take several weeks for these vets to get a roof over their...

>> we dont want you coming back into the hospital again. with another injury which may kill you a second time. we are up front and very clear. >> chris: and he identified risk factors that had to be addressed. if the patient needed a job they helped him get one. if he had a drug problem, they put him in a program. >> these are folks in difficult situations without support, who have no idea how to dig themselves out of the hole because they live on td in the the entire life. >> and you are there ...

First 24 hours. >> we dont want you coming back into the hospital again. with another injury which may kill you a second time. we are up front and very clear. >> chris: and he identified risk factors that had to be addressed. if the patient needed a job they helped him get one. if he had a drug problem, they put him in a program. >> these are folks in difficult situations without support, who have no idea how to dig themselves out of the hole because they live on td in the the entire life. >> an...

Look on his face was one that he was scared. >> michael, cold, skittish, kept running. jeff caught him, coaxed him back, put him in the boys home where at least hed have a warm bed, hot meals and companionship. >> we assigned him a bedroom and he jumped right up on the top bunk, just like a 13-year-old boy would. jumped right up, this is my bed. >> gradually, michael warmed up to the male staff here, to gene eckels, director of the group home, he spilled bits and pieces of his young life, painfu...

Its irrelevant. how it was done. its irrelevant because now im doing it all over again. you can complain about the way i do it, later. right now im explaining to you how were going to do it. im going to bring you back for cf1 o dont care.! >> whats your policy say? >> i dont care. are you going to listen? >> it says the manager has to be here, a case worker and security representative and psychologist. >> youre right. >> this isnt a committee. this is a meeting. no, its not. im going to set you ...

The thing im saying is no one is supposed to touch it. touching it without my permission is a sacrilege. it defames it. >> i understand that. thats why im telling you to put it down on the paper. put those instructions on that paper in written form. >> it is right there in the property. if they take me over, i can pull it out and let them visually inspect it. >> i understand. you need to write it on paper for him. do you know what i mean? write it out and i will be back in a little while. i will...