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To whether a patient has an infection or if an anti-biotic well help. and they are encouraging hospitals to take leadership and cutdown on the hospital acquired infections and they will do something i think comes hard and that is punish hospitals and physician on reimbursement saying your infection rate is far too high. i think this is going to wake up a lot of doctors and rightfully so. >> so there is there figure out how to help people who are infected with the strains. and then there is there...

Retailer as enormous as walmart. so, you know, weve covered this a couple of times, but it may be less clear to folks, how are they supportive? yall arent calling for a boycott of walmart, right? what are the things thconsumers can do, because it feels like walmart might also respond to consumer pressure. >> sure, i think the question about consumers is, i mean, theyre incredibly supportive. whenever were out talking to consumers, we get an incredible amount of support here. i mean, they underst...

Record for this time of the year. and -- 3.93. >> and thomas kincade passing away. he died in his california home of natural causes. his painting are believed to are in ten million homes. >> heather: federal aviation administration may be buckling under consumer pressure. they are trying to determine if those high-tech gadgets should be banned on flights during taxiing. they are only allowed once planes reach altitude. why not on the ground? casey stegall has the answer for us and live in los an...

boom, boom. something like that. three, four times i hear that. if i didnt lock the door, i think i might be dead today. >> and we have a closer look. enhanced video of george zimmerman. youre taking a look at it there. minutes after he shot and killed trayvon martin. showing a possible head wount. something that may support his side of the story. a small plane sputtering and spiraling into a grocery store in florida injuring people and sending frightened shoppers. did you hear, ke...

>>trace: and verizon wireless and we just talked about with, about the $2 fee they would charge you for paying your bill online, well, consumer pressure online and in their face, verizon wireless has dropped, dropped any talk of the $2 fee announcing it will not be in consideration and they were hoping to get that implemented next year but now it looks like it is not going to happen, at all. more on that as it comes in to "studio b" today. and the federal appeals court issuing a major ruling con...

A hospital or doctor or health care provider, what is this going to cost me? where is the best value for my money? if we can bring that consumer pressure to bear in health care, we can enlist the support of millions of americans to help us fix this problem. and thats one of the critical things were trying to achieve here. instead of using opm, other peoples money, to help pay for health care that you dont care what things cost, we want to harness the power of the marketplace. the power of the co...