In a major change of policy medicare will now pay for end of Life Counseling for terminal patients. And our doctor john la puk has more on this. Reporter five years ago when diagnosed with a rare form of Breast Cancer she knew to do her homework. What did you find . Its the worst form of Breast Cancer to get. Nobody survives it. When your Doctors First discussed your treatment plan, did they ask you what do you want . One doctor was perfection. She said we can try to hold back the cancer but not do things that are unnecessary. I went to another dr. And this other doctor wanted to do the complete opposite kind of care wanted to throw everything at the cancer even though it wasnt going to change the outcome. Reporter berman chose only those treatments that ease pain. I really wanted to focus on living the best possible quality of life. Reporter dr. Diane meyer directs the center to address pail yachtive care an emerging field of medicine that addresses a patients quality life. At the out
Early. Morning joe starts right now. This book is 656 pages of shameless name dropping. Jim . Tanz mean Prime Minister ma zin go pin dand i do some planting at a womens cooperative in. She just happened to be hanging out with many zen go in lamb deez zi. Not impressed. There was no way on earth one woman can be in so many places at once. [ cheers and applause ] Hillary Clinton. Now whos a name dropper, stephen. Really . Name dropper, thats not what my
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Saturday that a russian jetliner vanished from radar. David martin at the pentagon reports the infrared satellite recorded the flash, but it is not known whether the flash was caused by Something Like a failure in a fuel tank, or perhaps a bomb. The metrojet wreckage is spread over miles, indicating that it came apart at high altitude. All aboard, more than 200 people were killed. They were mostly vacationing russian families en route from a seaside resort in egypt to st. Petersburg. Today, u. S. Intelligence director James Clapper said its unlikely that terrorism brought down the airbus a321. Investigators hope the flight recorders will tell them what did. Allen pizzey is in egypt. Reporter search teams have finished combing a eightsquare mile area of the sinai desert where the airbus went down and will now widen the search. Most of the bodies have been found along with the planes two flight data recorders. Decoding them to discover what caused the plane to suddenly break apart in mid
Russian interference in the 2016 election. This morning the reaction over that move from the white house to capitol hill. New questions emerging over former National Security adviser Michael Flynn and who in the trump team new what and when and his ties to turkey. Demonstrators take to the streets in tulsa, oklahoma, after a Police Officer is acquitted in the shooting of an unarmed black man. Good morning. Its thursday, may 18th. Im Ayman Mohyeldin in washington, d. C. Jasmine is in new york alongside Louis Burgdorf. A highprofile special counsel will take over the Justice Departments investigation of russian interference in the 2016 campaign. Former fbi director Robert Mueller takes the helm immediately in charge of prosecutors and fbi agents in multiple field offices across the country. He was appointed by Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein, who is overseeing dojs investigation after attorney general Jeff Sessions recused himself. A Justice Department spokesperson told nbc news t
For us. Matt . Reporter dana, the executive producers of empire say they consider Jussie Smollett a Family Member but the past couple of weeks have been extremely emotional and they are removing his character for the final two episodes of the season, writing in part, quote, while these allegations are disturbing, we are placing our trust in the legal system. We are all aware the effects of this process on the cast and crew members who work on our staff and to avoid further disruption on set, we have decided to remove the role of jamal for the final two episodes of the season. Now, 20th century fox confirmed that after Jussie Smollett was bonded out of jail yesterday, he came back to work here on the lot. There is aerial video that appears to show him leaving jail in his black sufrb suv, arriving here. Smollett is facing major legal trouble, but theres also interest in whether this ordeal will cost him his entire career. Latest statement from 20th century fox said the studio understands