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>> it was after dark by the time the jury of four men and four women reached their unanimous decision. dr. mark weinberger had committed malpractice in the case of phyllis barnes. >> were pleased that the jury has held mark weinberger accountable for his misdeeds. >> the jury determined that phyllis estate should be awarded a total of $13 million in compensatory and punitive damages. >> having this verdict at least puts her to rest in the most positive way, knowing that, you know, in her passing...

On the wrist in club fed, i guarantee you he will be out somewhere, whether its in the united states or somewhere else, practicing medicine doing the same kind of thing in some way, shape or form. >> regardless of the punishment he had ultimately received from the criminal justice system, it seemed certain the malpractice suits would keep him tied up in civil courts for years. there are more than 350 medical each with the potential to put mark weinberger in a financial prison from which there is...

He shipped one back to cohn and another to athens. >> a meticulous plan perfectly executed even though in hindsight michelle now remembered how nervous he had been to greece. he was yelling at everybody, i have to make this flight. were not late. he was completely uncontrollable in this airport. >> oddly enough, even knowing her husband had deliberately deceived, humiliated and abandoned her, michelle continued to defend him. >> she was an excellent doctor. thats why it infuriated me to see his ...

There was too much, a trail of devastation. >> within a week, news of mark weinbergers arrest was everywhere. in merrillville, indiana, former patients woke to find their nose doctor on the front page. in alabama, michelle kramer, the wife he had abandoned, was just wrapping up another long day as a psychology intern when she heard the news. >> tears started coming out of my eyes and i didnt know if they were tears of joy or tears of sadness. i couldnt even identify what my emotions were. >> out...

She will have democrats put that on the floor, the bill that would reopen the government, refund the government for an indeterminant amount of time. it might be a stopgap measure for a few weeks, take us to the end of the fiscal year, that hasnt been decided. whatever they pass, can it pass the senate and would mitch mcconnell put something on the floor that the president has promised to veto? we are still in the talking point stage of this as kelly was talking about, positioning. there is nothi...

Immediately call the senate into session, take up the bill thats already passed the house, and vote on it, and then have a debate in public. if $5 billion is too much, he can remind the democrats they spent $8 billion for a fence a few years ago under president obama. but more importantly, they should just start negotiating in front of the american people, not another behind the scenes, behind closed doors solution that theyre trying to get to. this can be done, but to me this is malpractice for...

Inclosingly desperate and erratic white house spin. thats how democratics are looking at it. nancy pelosi wants to protect her position. thats one of the things that could be verified by both sides but it would be political malpractice for democrats to give in to the president at this point when they know six days from now theyll have the votes to do whatever they want to do. heres more of a reaction from drew hamill, speaker pelosis press person. he says house democrats have repeatedly gone to ...

Discharged from the hospital when he had 103 degree fever. they diagnosed him with a cold. we know the medical decisions will be part of this inspector general investigation. i asked at one point this week could it be medical malpractice. they wouldnt go there. theres certain legal meanings. now weve got a congress coming in. not just in the case of this boy and of the child who died earlier this month but also in the ways dhs is set up to deal with this vulnerable population. >> were seeing a n...

Its because of congress, the laws that they have made that are attracting these people here. theyre not talking about the desperation and economic drivers that would make them want to make that journey. its obvious theyre still coming, even with all these practice measures. >> so the death sort of shocked a lot of people, and to have another child die, do we have a defintive cause of death? >> they have not given that. there will be an autopsy. we know that he initially was diagnosed with a comm...

Laws that they have made that are attracting these people here. theyre not talking about the desperation and economic drivers that would make them want to make that journey. its obvious theyre still coming, even with all these practice measures. >> so the death sort of shocked a lot of people, and to have another child die, do we have a defintive cause of death? >> they have not given that. there will be an autopsy. we know that he initially was diagnosed with a common cold at the hospital, and ...