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Earth. however, it was the most expensive, theres no doubt about that. but rather than attacking the main cause of the added expense, which is the totally insane malpractice system which only exists in this country and nowhere else. a study in massachusetts found that fully one quarter of all the hospitalizations, procedures and treatments and tests were done for legal reasons, instead of -- >> unnecessary -- >> there is not a line on tort reform in 2500 pages. theyre going to save the money by ...

And theres no telling where that would stop. >> i know it is foley to make predictions on the basis of oral arguments, but youve seen a lot of them. youve argued before the court. having seen what happened today, did you have a sense of which way the balance of the court might be leaning on this issue? >> rachel, i did not. clear, i can tell you how eight of the justices are going to vote. four on each side. justice kennedy at one point indicated he understood that this was a burden on the emplo...

Dont realize is that the most effective means of birth control are often the most expensive. iuds can cost a months salary for a minimum wage full-time worker. if you take that outside of the insurance compensation package which these women have earned, youre really imposing a great burden on these for the benefit of their employers. >> i thought about that today reading justice scalias remarks about how this doesnt really cost anything. this surely cant be anything too expensive. his lack of fa...

And theres no telling where that would stop. >> i know it is foley to make predictions on the basis of oral arguments, but youve seen a lot of them. youve argued before the court. having seen what happened today, did you have a sense of which way the balance of the court might be leaning on this issue? >> rachel, i did not. clear, i can tell you how eight of the justices are going to vote. four on each side. justice kennedy at one point indicated he understood that this was a burden on the emplo...

They want there to be deaths. they want war, a civil war. thats what theyre backing and we know the united states is involved in all of this. >> translator: this country is completely destroyed. weve had 15 years of destruction. >> translator: they want the real problems of the country, especially the economic ones, left under the table. they want nobody to pay attention. they dont want the international media to ask why supermarkets are empty and as the "economist" reports, why in caracas the b...

A lot of times the faces on the guilty culprit say it all. >> who did this mess? >> did you make this mess? somebody made it. who made it? who made this mess? >> dogs may look shameful after they have done something wrong but animal behaviorists are actually saying they lake shame. they say guilty looks are a reaction to how you are reacting at what they did. the reason im laughing is because i know that bob is about to explode. >> he is. >> i understand intellectually what they are saying, bob,...

Expensive in history. not just floridas history. in any state election. scott set the record by spending $73 million of his own money in 2010 and chris warrens, he could spend $100 million, part of the democrats push to get up their financial house in order, as well. they may spend up to $75 million. mark caputo is the political reporter for "the miami herald." he joins me now. mark, its quite a couple of rates you have to cover this year. bellwether races in many ways. lets start with the speci...

Life. heres our correspondent brian roosz. >> reporter: a home at the end of this road, an hours drive from london, is the hiding place for this exiled russian businessman. valerie morazof who now fears he will be killed after making allegations about payoffs to russian officials overseeing construction at the winter olympics. >> that you will be drowned in blood. >> reporter: youll be drowned in blood? >> yes. >> reporter: he told abc news he personally delivered huge payoffs to some of the off...

Officials have indicated there is no sealed indictment against you. ask according to the "new york times," justice department officials are saying if they were to prosecute you, they would have to prosecute many news organizations in the united states and journalists, as well. theyre just not going to do that. if thats off the table, right, and youre not going to have to face -- likely face charges in the united states, you city face the allegations in sweden of sexual misconduct. you have repea...

Now. lets hope they can fix it and fix it quickly. now to one of the most important and colorful races of the year. were talking about the battle for florida governor. this will certainly get a lot of attention this weekend when the republican incumbent rick scott gets some fund-raising help from a controversial republican superstar. were talking about the new jersey governor chris christie. our senior washington correspondent joe johns is here with more on this race. it keeps getting more int...