80th birthday/fund-raiser in manhattan. while facing a public ethics trial that could get him expelled from congress he doesn t appear too worried. celebrating with new york s powerful political figures. cnn s mary snow following the story. he seemed to have the look on his face, what, me worry? no jetblue references last night. this party tested political loyalty for the man considered the dean of the new york congressional delegation serving 20 terms. leading up to the bash not all politicians were eager to say they d be there but in the end they did show up. setting the scene outside last night s party, a few protesters did gather, some calling on congressman charlie rangel to resign. at one point our cameras were rolling. a protester heckled mayor dinkins saying he was a crook. he turned how he really felt turning around and raising his middle finger. it was a very different mood inside the plaza hotel.
plane that way myself when trapped on the tarmac for an hour or more with no fresh air, no water to drink, surrounded by stinky passengers, surly flight attendants and screaming babies. i don t blame the guy. there comes a point when you ve just had it. in this hour we ve been getting a lot of support for this guy. mega props to this guy. i m sure he reached his bs threshold dealing with ridiculous passengers. gotta hand it to him, telling off the passengers over the p.a., then cracking a beer before you deploy your emergency slide for your grand exit epic. let us know what you think at cnn.com/amfix. new this morning, a dragnet for an escaped convict and his lover now expanding to canada. police say they fear john mccluskey who s been on the run since late july and his suspected accomplice won t go down without a fight. the two are suspected of killing a couple in new mexico.
welcome back to the most news in the morning. 38 minutes past the hour. patients in the u.s. schedule more than 900 million doctor visits each year. the average amount of time that you actually get to spend with your doctor 13 minutes. the missing personal touch can lead to mistakes, miscommunication and that can be hazardous to your health. how can you be sure that you re getting the best care during each appointment? a new book out today, the empowered patient has some answers and the author just happens to be our very own senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. it is based on a weekly column you ve been doing for cnn.com but the inspiration really was a situation with your mother who was in end stage renal failure, recently got a kidney transplant. in late december. she had kizny problems that went misdiagnosed when she wasn t feeling her well, her blood pressure went up and her doctor
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stay cool on and they know how to defuse a tense situation. dealing with quite a bit of stress for a very ill mother. rye. other interesting thing is a lot of people are cheering him this morning saying he s a folk hero for what many dreamed of doing but would never do. absolutely. go online and have a look at facebook. there is now a free-stephen slater site. there is a t-shirt being promoted online to free mr. slater. i think she s going to be a name we will remember. at least for a few day it is not a few weeks. jeanne moos has her story lined up for today. you have to stay tuned to cnn because jeanne will do this story justice. he removed himself from it in a dramatic way. he defused it by inflating the slide. everyone wondered what they were for if it wasn t for an knowledge, get out of dodge. thanks. you don t want to miss this.