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Paying medical bills. abcs paula faris tells us there is some help available. ♪ at last >> reporter: joyce ann houston has been a musician her entire life even has her own wall of fame. ♪ just last night she was on stage. today she is paying for it. like millions of americans, joyce has a chronic medical condition, hers is lupus. she preps her body for days before performing. her music her only escape and it is how she pays the bills. she still owes $25,000 for her original diagnosis and new...

It could be just a drop in the bucket. if shes convicted and gets the death penalty, that number soars into the millions. christine romans joins us and jean casarez correspondence for "in session" on trutv. jean to you, almost spent your entire lifetime in a courtroom, is it fair to make a statement that putting someone to death costs a lot more than putting someone in prison for life, correct? >> it costs much, much more. no question about it. and, you know, this case right here is one thats mo...

The wrong hands. you can imagine what kind of trouble across the middle east, southern europe, across northern africa. this has huge consequences. >> it does have huge consequences. >> doing nothing isnt going to work. >> doing nothing may not work, but it is important, i want to clarify on this point, this red line, the use of chemical weapons. the president has said that that is his red line if they do use chemical weapons. youve said you think its clear theyve already crossed the red line. ar...

Provides the opposition. kate? >> jill dougherty, thanks so much, jill. you heard in jills piece, mike rogers. the michigan republican is joining me live from lansing, michigan, for more on this. mr. chairman, thanks so much for taking the time. >> thanks, kate, great to hear you. >> this is such an important issue, specifically on the issue of chemical weapons. theres been a lot of back and forth over the last week. u.s. officials, they say that their intelligence is telling them at the momen...

>> an angel on her shoulder. as the supreme court is hearing arguments on same-sex marriage, this week a church in north carolina is making a pretty bold move. listen to this. it is refusing to marry straight couples. coming up at 10:00 well talk to the senior pastor who says its about supporting gay and lesbian couples in the church. thanks for watching, it was great to be with you. "your bottom line" starts right now. thank you, victor. see you at the top of the hour. one america but two e...

Defense team has spent thus far in trying to spare her from a guilty verdict and a death penalty. its upwards of $800,000, as our team has found out. when that kind of money is spent on a defense, you would think that the prosecutors would match that or best that, because the burden is on the prosecutors to get a conviction. do they? do they have those budgets? whats the stat there when it comes to how much they have in their arsenal? >> you know, ashleigh, this is one prosecutor who is trying t...

Couple and a gay man who donated his sperm to the biological mother. the settlement comes after a two-year dispute. talk about being caught red handed here. one little boy tells his mom he didnt sneak any snacks but the evidence is all over his face. >> you didnt eat anything? >> yeah. >> lack at mommy. >> anything. >> you didnt have any snacks? >> nope. >> okay. >> 3-year-old shawn insists he didnt eat the cakes sprinkles. but the evidence against him keeps mounting and mounting. >> son can y...

When i could no longer watch tom brady under threat of violence, whether he got hit or not, when i could no longer take enjoyment from that? why was i trying to manage that? >> this gets to the final point. theres this amazing disjuncture that the league is more and more successful in terms of the dollars it produces, amount of people that watch it, tv deals they strike, the amount of people that play it and this growing threat to that success in the growing body of knowledge about what it has d...

Believes if his proposal were put to a vote in the senate and house it could get through. of course it would be a much bigger challenge in the house. hed have to get almost all democrats to vote for it and about 30 republicans. the calculation right now, though, is that whatever proposal is put through the senate that essentially the house will be left holding the ball. so it would be up to them to decide what to do with it. thats something that president obama talked about in his weekly address...

Can get a deal very quickly. that sounds like the president is ready to move. the only person who has shown any movement on taxes is john boehner. the speaker angered conservatives this week when he said that the republican offer of new revenue would come from the wealthiest americans. conservatives dont even want boehner to say the word "revenue." republican congressman justin aceh amish is one of the committee members booted from his committee seat by boehner. amish was asked if he would vote ...