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Resources as well. and, you know, if somebody -- wants to go to rehab, they have to be medically cleared, and then detoxed. it's such an arduous process. and both hospitals here in huntington, west virginia, are in inundated. the e.r.s are clogged. they're overwhelmed. first responders are overwhelmed. you know, what elaine's film has done is shed a light and given people a first -- or a front-row view of what we are dealing with, and what first responders all around the country are dealing with. but, you know, we're trying to provide hope for people who need hope to start the process for reco...

Community handle that today? if everybody came in from the county and said i need help i got to get out of this, would you have the resources to treat those folks? >> absolutely not. we don't have the resources to treat those who want the help. the red tape to get in to long-term recovery is just enormous. you take somebody who is in withdrawals. they need to be detoxed before they can get into treatment. we have not enough treatment beds. we don't have enough out-patient resources as well. and you know, if somebody wants to go to rehab, they have to be medically cleared, and then detoxed. and...

A former employee and that people were shot, they just didn't know how many. >> just one more quickly on the, do we know extent of injuries? >> no. that, i don't know either. i don't know how seriously wounded any of the people are. you know, it's kind of interesting because as i was talking to people, some people are still driving to the scene. some others are there. but so it's sort of the police have to now gear up and come up with a plan and sort of get in the hospital and figure everything out. and so that's sort of -- it sounds like that's what they were in the process of starting to do....

Text and walk? there's a new study that found it leads to more injuries for pedestrians than it does to distracted drivers. can you believe that? dr. siegel has this report. >> texting or talking on your smartphone while walking is at least as dangerous as doing it while driving. if you are texting while walking, not only is your mind somewhere else, but you are blind to what is happening around you. >> i think pedestrian safety has been ignored somewhat and the issue with texting and going across intersections is a serious public health issue that results in large numbers of injuries and deat...

Of the population -- access the emergency room. so really, it's kind of a testament to the doctors and the staff that we don't hear about this that often. but it doesn't diminish this tragedy. and what we found, in the state of new york, the report card grade was a "c." now, that's still above the national grade, the average was a "d." it was 13th in the nation. if it could happen there, it could happen anywhere. and what we found in new york was that they had the lowest -- one of the fourth-lowest number of emergency departments. the hospital beds have gone down since 2009, and what happens i...