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>> you okay? >> that was the scene from the show homeland. turns out it may not be complete fiction. we just learned that during his time as vice president, dick cheney had his doctor disable the wireless function of his pacemaker because he was worried about that exact thing. cheney has a history of heart trouble. suffering his first heart attack at the age of 37. he says when he watched that episode of homeland, that scene hit really close to home. and an update now to the story that we have b...

Apartment. i lived in an apartment, slept on a cot. my dad drove a cab, my mom wokked in a factory, came to new york city 60 years ago. its a great american story. i got to sit down with the president of the united states in the oval office and debate comprehensive immigration reform. >> congressman luis gutierrez, always a great time. up next, worry sicked, dick chen cheneys shocking concerns over his pacemaker, the story line straight out of hollywood. copd makes it hard to breathe... but wi...

Study involving patients with type 2 diabetes. why lifestyle changes -- well, i dont want to give it away, but stay tuned to find out if you should change your lifestyle or not. >> and former vice president dick cheney is out with a new book. why he thought his pacemaker could be a target for terrorists. details on a potential plot right out of the show "homeland." [ woman #1 ] why do i cook? ♪ because an empty pan is a blank canvas. ♪ [ woman #2 ] to share a moment. ♪ [ man #1 ] to rememb...

Romance. >> star volleyball player suspended for being designated driver. what police saw the night they raided an underaged drinking party. cops say 17-year-old aaron cox wasnt drinking. she showed up to take a drunk friend home and the school suspended the teenager for five games for being around alcohol because of the zero tolerance policial policy. now a newly released email from police takes the side of hers. the officer says that when he arrived at the party, that cox was, quote, polite, a...

And so, theres a little bit of a political jab here. whats been said among conservatives, if obama care is so great, why dont members of congress take, why doesnt the president and vice president take it? they already have health insurance through the federal government. so theres a little bit of a political jab in there at the president, at the house, at democrats. the question is whether or not that really spoils the deal. my sense is if that is something that were to get out of the house, the...

It through their chamber. ask thats a big -- and thats a big part of this process. so thats why youre seeing the add-on of the two-year delay on the medical device tax, the taking away the sub subsidies fr congress and administration officials and their staff for obamacare, and i think those are the things that are going to be the sticking points. bill: medical devices, youre talking about everything from a pacemaker to a wheelchair, right? >> sure. i mean, youre talking about a lot of things th...

Less staff. were using fi station extenders, such as physician assistance and nurse practitioners. we are not using all our ends in the office. were using metd call assistants of that sort. its a real challenge. patients say doc, can i get done whatever i need to have done before the health care law takes into effect? im afraid mr. obama is not going to let me have a new defibrillator or pacemaker. theres a lot of misunderstanding out there. >> i have a lot of members in my family in medicine. p...

>> well, you assume they wont, but there were 79 senators who voted for to end the pacemaker tax. you have the president 10 times this year every month delaying a portion of obamacare. just last week he did it while he was criticizing us for delay. lets have the debate. lets allow those senators in the states they need to -- >> it is a privileged motion and they dont have to debate it. with 51 votes they can throw it in the trashcan. >> he can throw it back. when you look at the american public ...

>> well, you assume they wont, but there were 79 senators who voted for to end the pacemaker tax. you have the president 10 times this year every month delaying a portion of obamacare. just last week he did it while he was criticizing us for delay. lets have the debate. lets allow those senators in the states they need to -- >> it is a privileged motion and they dont have to debate it. with 51 votes they can throw it in the trashcan. >> he can throw it back. when you look at the american public ...

>> well, you assume they wont, but there were 79 senators who voted for to end the pacemaker tax. you have the president 10 times this year every month delaying a portion of obamacare. just last week he did it while he was criticizing us for delay. lets have the debate. lets allow those senators in the states they need to -- >> it is a privileged motion and they dont have to debate it. with 51 votes they can throw it in the trashcan. >> he can throw it back. when you look at the american public ...