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You look at what legislatures are doing across the country. it has to do with viability and 3d imaging that 1973 appearance. i hate to sound like marijuana. this is something where people in washington can yell at each other all they want but when a parent goes in and they see their unborn child in 3d imagery suddenly -- you repeat that thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands of times every day across america, that has as much of an impact as, you know, a 65-year-old hearing somebody...

Jenna: dont often seeing republicans sporting spending with eric cantor is coming out in support. the focus seems on the technology and not exactly what the technology is looking for. what do you think about that. >> i would tend to disagree. look what is happening to the armed forces where hundreds of thousands soldiers coming home with traumaic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder and we technologies almost to the point, we found out about alzheimers last year it is related to a bad ...

Workforce and earlier in an interview i discussed the compassion i have for these workers. it was called a we dont get it moment at a time when the party need it is least. is this a way to sum up? >> i think so. i would like to see the high higher-ups in the republican party condemn what he said. this gets into a branding and imaging party for the republicans. you have these comments and it reminds people this is kind of in some sense of party of a chif bu -- of archie bunk aer. that is not wher...

Cant go to work. therefore, you cant compete with men for jobs. is there a possibility that this is in part tied to mens sense of economic decline and an attempt to control womens bodies and therefore earning capacity? >> well, its certainly tied to ideology about the role of women in life and economic life and the family. theres a deep ideological divide. we have to realize that. we have to engage it. you have to talk about it. and we have to fight for the vision and these are decisions for wom...

This really interesting and pretty innovative deal between the nfl, and ge. so its a 50 million dollar deal and much of that money, john, is going to go towards trying to find better imaging systems for concussions, and even worse, for encephalopathy where people become aggressive and depressed and even try to commit suicide. its very hard to see these kinds of injuries on imaging. so thats where a big chunk of the money is going to go. now the nfl is doing this after some very bad pr and a big ...

>> shepard: you might consider saying no to the scan the next time you hit your head. a group representing some 350,000 doctors today added to its list of overused and almost always unnecessary tests and treatments. many of those procedures common practice. for instance, these doctors say most people should avoid mris or other types of imaging for lower back pain. they say stress tests basically useless. for folks with no signs of heart disease. and that an annual pap test is not necessary for h...

It is related to the location of the hit than the strength of the hit. for a long time weve known very little about concussions because the definition of a condition discussion is a hit that renders you a little unconscious for even a brief home of time but the imaging studies are totally normal. when you have a normal cat scan but somebody just felt like they lost their consciousness, that is what we call a concussion. so it has been very hard to quantify this. we need to use higher technology,...

The like. they would seem to be a natural partner for the league in trying to come up with more information about concussions and how often they happen. >> thats right, jon. they are a sort of likely partner. they also do a lot of research on plastics. part of this contract from the nfl to ge, which is about $50 million, will develop safer, helmets, better technology, better padding, better equipment. the other part will probably develop better scanners. you know ge makes a lot of the cat scanne...

Holes. >> it appeared that the get away driver may have been hit. and it appears it could have been in the leg. it appears he hit his mark. >> no word tonight on how much money they got. brinks is offering $25,000 for information that leads to an arrest there in florida. passengers worried about their naked bodies showing up in airport security scans can breathe a bit easier tonight. the transportation safety administration confirming it is removing the body scanners that produced x-ray images. ...

If you are raped, you shouldnt end that pregnancy because it was gods will. add to these comments that republican led legislatures tried to pass. arizona house bill 2036 or the mothers health and safety act looks to ban abortions beyond 20 weeks. the only exception is in the case of a medical emergency. that law is being challenged. bob mcdonnell signed a bill into law requiring women to have an ultrasound prior to getting an abortion. she wont have to see the imaging or hear the heart beat. >> ...