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Little babies to senior citizens. on an average day, youre going to have mostly professional staff, some of which have disabilities themselves, because regional centers do high some of their -- you will small children getting diagnosed. youll see adults going in with their case workers, so its a very busy place that provides a lot of support to families. >> this must just be heartbreaking for you and the community there. i cant imagine hearing that something is happening at the location you know...

See. but im hearing all kinds of stories. i took my secretary of health with me down there to make sure the children were first safe, because they are children. we want them to be fed and have appropriate medical care and certainly be safe within the facilities themselves. and theyre segregated. but one of the things ive heard since they have been there and it was reported when i was there, actually, that they were not only el salvador children but honduras and guatemala, but 90 children reporte...

Told officials she was no longer using drugs. three months later tariji was dead, apparently killed by a blow to the head. her body was found stuffed into a pink suitcase about 50 miles from her home. of the 477 children who died, the majority, 2/3, came from families where a parent had substance abuse problems, and nearly 85% of the victims were children 5 and younger. torey vinson diamond was 1 year old. >> torey diamond was killed by his mothers paramour clifton frazier, a criminal with a len...

Children from families with either substance abuse or mental health history. and we lack the services right now to intervene meaningfully. governor rick scotts investment would cover about 400 new child protective investigators, the folks that you send out to look into the welfare of these kids, what governor scott calls boots on the ground. but what theyre not talking about right now are committing resources to hire more case workers for the kids who you provide services and supervision for, an...

See if the insuror can clarify whether they have coverage or not, especially if they dont have a card. if that doesnt work, weve set up an 800 number. its 1-800-318-2596. if you dont mind, im going to repeat it one more time because its important. 1-800-318-2596. we will have operators there 24 hours a day. if you think you have coverage and are at a physicians office and they say you dont, if you call that number, we will be able to clarify promptly. if theres a complicated problem, we have cas...

Encountered. >> thank you. >> and congresswoman lee is one of the most important members of the progressive caucus in our u.s. house of representatives. what would you like to say to the congresswoman? you are at the table together at this moment. >> i would just like to say first its an honor to be sitting here and thank you for having me. and you know, have more people who are going through these programs at the table, at the conversations. not after the fact. not after both aisles have alread...

Match your retirement account. what we need is that diversity of resources available to people that are low income based on their initiative and hard work. that means you have to measure, account for the fact that people are working hard. once you get that data, thats what weve been tracking for the last ten years. not their need. when we track their initiative, we find our greatest asset in the country is low income working people. >> we have worked with low income women and we have found in or...

York. this is a personal sacrifice on his part. it is not. he didnt say he is giving up his government health care. a lot of what local offices do they have case workers. getting government benefits. to help the people in this district i was saying he was exporting this. >> lets look at this. you want to end all foreign aid as well is that right? >> end all foreign aid to israel as well is that right? >> yes. >> that about wraps up this political future. no question and here they are

He didnt say he is giving up his government health care. a lot of what local offices do they have case workers. getting government benefits. to help the people in this district i was saying he was exporting this. >> lets look at this. you want to end all foreign aid as well is that right? >> end all foreign aid to israel as well is that right? >> yes. >> that about wraps up this political future. no question and here they are going after chuck haegle for

You count the adults in the -- in the home for childrens food stamps. and i just think that you ought to be able to count and you should count everybodys income in that household whether youre here legally or illegally and thats on the qualifications for children for food stamps that are here in the united states legally. this is about children legally here in the united states and qualifications for food stamps. >> ok, so who has been -- who has been pushing back against this? >> well, you know...