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Dont want to. its been impossible for me to get back to folks. i will do it, over time, i will. its just been -- i just feel love, connectedness, the human family, holding hands on this one. death is out there for all of us. theres other ways to handle it than just sit on the couch and accept or, you know, having health care is a huge part of that. we have to push for it and get it. >> valerie, finally, how would you like to be remembered? >> oh, thats great. she was up and off the couch. she wa...

Once a day. versus the generation prior to them that said only 3% of parents stay in touch with their own parents daily. whats going on with this new generation? people wanted to look at this positively say listen we have come to a place where there is more connectedness between generations. i dont think whats has he happening. i think whats happening is dependency on parents because these kids havent been taught autonomy. they are leaning on their parents. its one thing to want to go on a walk ...

To cocoon myself. i just didnt want to deal with anything. >> in the cases of somebody, a spouse passing away, you have kind of two complicated issues because now youre more alone, youre more isolated and you fill things up with stuff. a lot of times people with compulsive hoarding dont trust their memory. theyre afraid theyre going to lose whatever association or connectedness to the individual who they lost. >> early efforts to seek help from psychiatrists are unsuccessful. >> i never had the ...

The real-time events, we have a more dramatic and serious example of it from this campaign, and that was paul ryans acceptance speech at the republican convention, which was filled with some whoppers. but there was real-time fact-checking playing out on twitter as this was happening. you look at past elections, there might are been a stagger, a delay of a few days for a backlash to build against that speech or never a backlash at all. but because theres so much -- theres an inner connectedness b...

You know, have you seen -- oh, my god. >> jessicas mother says her hoarding tendencies can be tracked back to her college years but it isnt until the sudden death of her husband in 2001 that a tendency become a compulsion. >> went way over the edge. you do the grief counseling, you do all the things you think you should. sometimes it doesnt happen. help. and what i found was i would go to work and come home and just want to cocoon myself. i just didnt want to deal with anything. >> in the cases ...

polls. economic conditions vary greatly from state to state. lets take a look at a few. vermonts unemployment rate is at 5.1%. that is much lower than the 8.3% national average. in january, only one in about 21,000 homes in vermont were in the foreclosure process. a very different picture in ohio. unemployment much higher there, 8.1%, though lower than the national average. 1 in 616 homes is in foreclosure in ohio. in georgia, its seen some of the worst numbers. unemployment there, 9.7...

Sudden death of her husband in 2001 that a tendency become a compulsion. >> went way over the edge. you do the grief counseling, you do all the things you think you should. sometimes it doesnt happen. what i found was i would go to work and come home and just want to cocoon myself. i just didnt want to deal with anything. >> in the cases of somebody, a spouse passing away, you have kind of two complicated issues because now youre more alone, youre more isolated and you fill things up with stuff....

Sudden death of her husband in 2001 that a tendency become a compulsion. >> went way over the edge. you do the grief counseling, you do all the things you think you should. sometimes it doesnt happen. what i found was i would go to work and come home and just want to cocoon myself. i just didnt want to deal with anything. >> in the cases of somebody, a spouse passing away, you have kind of two complicated issues because now youre more alone, youre more isolated and you fill things up with stuff....

Possibly complain about being asked about something like that. jon: if character matters, i suppose mitt romney wins, right? nobody has suggested that he has ever had an affair or had any family issues like that, judy? >> there is still the dog issue. gail collins of "new york times" doesnt without mentioning seamus and the car. if i were mitt romney, i would be out there with a dog commercial, son of seamus, grandson of seamus. having seamus lick me all over. that is an issue. his lack of conne...

Because the greatest determinant of you not recovering not having love and connectedness in your life. >> reporter: after finishing the interview, i asked patrick to go with me to the jfk library. >> well, right here at the front of the presidential library dedicated to my uncle and his presidency. >> i get goosebumps when i come in front of the john f. kennedy presidential library. do you still? >> every time i go in this place. i dont think theres a person who cant be inspired by something tha...