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Jon: next hour were waiting for the start of jury deliberations in the case of a houston woman accused of stabbing her boyfriend to death with her stiletto heel. the testimony the victim could have been saved by first responders might impact this case. also new details on an american contractor jailed in cuba. allen gross now on a hunger strike but his lawyer is saying that the u.s. government put his life in danger. plus uconn taking home the ncaa title. weve got a live report on the wild celeb...

From president obama in the p run up to the passage of the affordable care act. as many americans are about to find out, keeping your doctor may not be as easy as he made it sound. dr. scott gotleib is a practicing physician and withica the food and drug administration and a resident fellow at the american enterprise institute. welcome back. >> thanks for having me. am >> we are now hearing theseome reports about people not being able to get their doctor, keep their doctor even if they keep thei...

>> another now famous promise from president obama in the run-up to the passage of the affordable care act. as many americans are about to fiend out, keeping your doctor may not be as easy as he made it sound. our guest is a practicing physician and former deputy commissioner of food and drug administration. hes a fellow at the american enterprise institute. welcome back. >> thanks for having me. >> were now hearing these reports about people not being able to keep their doctor, even if they kee...

Covered by most insurance plans, including medicare. ask your health care provider about levemir® flexpen today. i want to bring in two house members on opposite sides of this government shutdown fight, and i suspect many other fights as well. phil roe is a tennessee republican, also a member of the tea party caucus and a practicing physician for 30 years plus. and jim mcdermott is a democrat from washington state, a senior member of the ways and means committee and also a former psychiatri p...

As a practicing physician, sir, have you seen people financially destroyed by an illness or an accident and if so, how do you respond to the president? >> well, i havent personally because you know what, my hospital and myself always wrote off 100% of the bills to people that couldnt afford to pay because as a heart surgeon, i felt like it didnt matter what type of insurance people had. i treated everybody the same. you know, there are republican ideas. we had an alternative to obama care which ...

Take a listen to what president obama had to say in his weekly address. >> i dont know how to be more clear about this. no one gets to threaten the full faith and credit of the united states of america just to extract ideological concessions. no one gets to hurt our economy and millions of innocent people just because there are a couple of laws that you dont like. it hasnt been done in the past. and were not going to start doing it now. >> alex, i can also tell you the white house feels as thoug...

Than perfect. as a practicing physician who never has or will perform an abortion, i deal with the real world. in the real world, 15 and 16-year-olds get pregnant, sadly, 12, 13, 14-year-olds do also. in the real world, 62% of women, ages 20 to 24 who give birth are unmarried. and in the real world, i work and live in and unplanned pregnancy can throw up a road block in a womans path to escaping the shackles of poverty. what happened to the republican party that i joined? the party where conserv...

Insight on childrens sleep patterns. a recent study suggests genetics play a key role how long kids sleep at night. while environment, you know the sleeping environment, is a major factor in the kinds of afternoon naps they take. dr. nina radcliffe is a practicing physician and a new mom. so lets start with your baby. is your baby sleeping at night, dr. radcliffe. >> absolutely. it took a lot of effort. i read every single book i could get my hands on and tried every gimmick and every wifes tale...

Jaime: want to know how well your brain will work down the road? there is a brand-new study shedding more light on what may be the cause for memory loss in older folks. the researchers found the structural brain changes that occur natural here over time and interfere with sleep quality, well that lack of sleep could hurt your brains ability to store memories. dr. nina radcliffe is a practicing physician and also an and sthaoes ol skr*eus tha anesthesiologist that puts people to sleep and wakes t...

Congressman brown sits on the house committee of science. we can only hope that he and akin do nothing but sit there, but we know better. they actually have a real hand in the governing outcomes on the committee of science. by his resume you would think that congressman brown would be more valuable than democrat or republican. he likes to refer to himself as a scientist. he has far more science training than most members of congress and than i do. he got his bachelor of science degree majoring i...