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Is there real shame in being overweight? for chris, sharon, lewis and david the answer is yes. they are all here at downsize fitness. >> 15 seconds. >> reporter: a chicago gym where membership is reserved for the overweight only. >> theres a need for a place that heavy people need to go and concentrate on losing weight. >> reporter: they are all self-described outcasts from the mainstream gym scene. >> not a culture of acceptance in america for overweight people. you can still discriminate based...

Is there real shame in being overweight? for chris, sharon, lewis and david the answer is yes. they are all here at downsize fitness. >> 15 seconds. >> reporter: a chicago gym where membership is reserved for the overweight only. >> theres a need for a place that heavy people need to go and concentrate on losing weight. >> reporter: they are all self-described outcasts from the mainstream gym scene. >> not a culture of acceptance in america for overweight people. you can still discriminate based...

On a daily basis. i have had a chance to see some of the politics play out in my own job. i think people are just realizing that government involvement and health care isnt the answer. patients on medicaid, 31% of doctors wont see them. it pays 56% of what private insurance -- >> here is what im worried about. our debt is now $17 trillion and going higher. obama will double the debt by the time he leaves office. we have doubled the number of people on food stamps in the time hes been president. ...

Credit card fraud, debt by the card fraud, identity theft are serious problems that occur frequently. it does cost merchants millions every year. obviously most retailers do have a relationship with the nypd. >> macys rather is not commenting and say theyre investigating. both stores maintain that none of their store personnel was involved. heres a statement from barneys. we have zero tolerance for any form of discrimination and stand by our long history in support of all human rights. ginger ad...

Casualty of that. the tea party isnt the answer. >> kristen, its interesting that the last time if you look at 98 to 2000. and you had this tension, nervousness mooning outside d.c. republicans about how republicans were running the house. house republicans didnt lose control of the house, but they somehow didnt win seats, they lost seats and it helped bush unite the establishment and kind of hold off the conservatives. is that scenario possible where the tea party takes the blame for the 2014 d...

Is a conference committee. is there any hope in the wake of a super committee that was never really super this is going to work? >> i doubt it. its an old cliche in washington the answer is another blue ribbon panel and allows him to kick the can and turn the page. thats what its designed to do. >> its unfortunate. one of the conditions for del delaying enforcement of the debt ceiling in the spring supreme republicans was that the senate actually passed the budget for the first time in four year...

So that you can win. >> if you look at the map where you see what republican and democratic judges have said, over the years under the voting rights act, what you see is about 88% of these enforcement actions are in the south. those red dots in the southern parts of the country are where youve had the most discriminatory rules. as you look at the march, you look at the anniversary, shouldnt it be pretty hard for republicans to sell the idea that in response to the supreme court the answer is to ...

Area, theres no question about it. what happens, well have to see. perhaps you do the tax savings, perhaps you do tremendous incentives to businesses going into detroit and you instead of paying a big tax, which of course were one of the most heavily taxed countries in the world, you dont pay tax. you pay very small taxes. you do something to get detroit and other cities like it. detroit is emblematic. you have many, many cities. i could name them but i dont want to embarrass people. you have ma...

The fiber one caramel nut protein bar. in utah the saga of a beauty queen gone bad. 18-year-old miss river ton better known as kendra gill is out of jail after being arrested for throwing homemade bombs out of car. the good news is nobody was hurt. can you be too big to be a cocktail waitress in a casino? in new jersey the answer is yes. a judge has ruled in favor of the borgato casino. all of this was brought by some of the workers there.

Key bank has this to say. our policies and procedures are in the best interest of public safety. money which is insured can be replaced. lives cannot. the fbi agrees. >> in no way to we suggest physical confrontation with the robber. too many things can go on. >> but some say litting this guy get away it isnt the answer. >> i had to apprehend him so he cannot do this again. so he cannot rob another bank, so he cannot come to our branch and try to rob us again. >> the robber will not be robbing t...