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After 2021 which means anyone under 55 would not be affected by this but a vouch er system where seniors would get government money to buy private health insurance. >> >> that is not accurate. with my road map the money goes to the person but that is not what were proposing, this is -- what alice rivlin talked about, a support system, which is different than a voucher, premium support is the system i as a member of congress and all federal employees have and works like the medicare prescription ...

Keep it exactly as it is today. and the problem is, the biggest driver of our debt is medicare. and, it has trillions, tens of trillions of dollars of unpaid promises and we want to keep those prop misses, meaning we want to fulfill the mission of health retirement securities, in -- an offer for future seniors so we will be proposing a premium support system like the rifle ly rivlin-ryan plan which is identical to i and all federal employees have. >> chris: im at a disadvantage because i didnt s...

The apartment became deplorabld. drug dealers who moved in. there was no doubt their son was an addict. they made the tough love decision and cut him off. robby wound up on the streets. he moved around living in miami and new orleans and chattanooga where he broke his back jumping off a bridge after heavy drinking. his parents had to rescue robby after each episode. they were drawn to a group for help. >> i know that support system is there and it is powerful. >> reporter: the group offers a 12-...

House. it is glowing blue to commemorate world autism day. prominent buildings around the world in fact, including the empire state building in this country, turned on the blue lights to raise autism awareness. so this is what might be striking to a lot of people. autism affects one in every 110 children. for boys, that number is even greater, one in 70 boys has some degree of autism. with numbers like these, you are more likely to know someone with autism today than perhaps you might have known...

>> yes. he has an older brother that is 18 who has autism. >> and good looking. >> youre a good-looking young man. >> and youre even thinking about adopting, correct? >> yes, weve got thoughts of adopting. we had plans to do that and luckily for the boy, he was adopted just recently. but our options are out there but bethany christian services. so were looking to possibly bring another child in. we have the resources, we have the teachers, we have all of the background, the fulton county school ...

The scriptures teach that marriage is between a man and a woman. simple. >> reporter: but not so simple for people like laetitia, raising her three biological children with her partner, misty. >> hetero, homo, doesnt matter, either way. it is a great support system. >> today, today. >> reporter: and their pastor believes happy parents start with happy children. the focus is the children. >> yes. absolutely. the children being able to serve god with their families and not being judged. >> reporte...

Doesnt impact them at the moment. what kind of signs should we be looking for? should you try to reach out to everyone in the same way? >> thats a great question. even in the face of the most severe trauma, only about 40% to 50% of the patients will actually develop psychiatric symptoms or syndromes. we have to let those people who will naturally heal and are protected either because theyre lucky, they have great genetics or a fabulous support system, those folks dont need to get treatment. ther...

Here, so we just decided to stay put, and weve just been trying to make the best of it. weve been fortunate enough to have a great support system around us, some local families have been really great at provide blankets and food and drink and just really taking care of us. >> yeah. were going to throw up a map so people get an idea of where you are there in narita and sort of the proximity to everything. i mean, youre there between sendai, which saw the most damage from the tsunami, and tokyo. c...

Thing the rest of his life, it would be this. >> almost a spiritual connection that i have with dogs and all of nature. >> this is the way he felt since 1970 when his love of dog sledding compelled him to start his company krabloonik. a snow mass, colorado, business that takes people on dog sledding rides. opening the business was a dream come true. but even before he hung up his shingle he knew that the sledding would not pay for itself. >> the restaurant came about as a support system, finance...

This economy. >> you know, when it comes to teachers pay and seniority, youre facing a tough opponent. want to you take a look at this op-ed by bill gates. its in "the washington post." he writes the united states spends $50 billion a year on automatic salary increases based on teachers senior. its reasonable to suppose that teachers who have served longer are more effective, but the evidence says thats not true. and theres another part in this article thats interesting. it says over the past de...