Of the nursing home residents who are being exploited, neglected, and abused. It is epidemic. This week fault lines investigates the business of elderly care. This facility in Oklahoma City provides the type of care most people would hope for in their golden years. It has very high standards, and above average staffing levels. But for the majority in the us who rely on government reimbursements for elderly care, like medicaid, the reality can be quite different. He pulled the light and nobody would come for an hour. So pretty early we were suspicious of the place. My dad would call frantic, every single morning, because feces and urine were running off the bed. Continuing down the hallway, i see no staff helping people. I hear people crying out for help. Nobody responding to them. Abuses are hidden, sometimes coming to light only when suspicious family members plant hidden cameras. We just couldnt believe it. You didnt even want to look at it again, it was so terrible. What was going t
This discussion is an hour and a half. The Vice President for Economic Policy here, and thank you all for coming. Its an interesting time for the Housing Market. We could have said that anytime in the last five years but things are changing a bit, after more than five years of decline, markets around the country seem to be doing somewhat better. Home prices are going up. And foreclosures are at a fiveyear low. On the other hand, were still suffering from a serious overhang from the crisis. More than four million households have lost their homes through foreclosure. This is, of course, been very bat for families and communities and bad for state and local budgets. On top of that. Home price declines wiped out roughly 7 trillion in household wealth. And left more than 10 million families underwater on their mortgages. In particularly hearterrity communities lice leaves more than half the home owners are underwater and many by half of their homes value. This is creating significant proble
There are Certain Committee hearings that are very informative to the public. I like the way that cspan covers and in the way that they present themselves. In his commentary, but not edited out. It gives a real sense to the american people. Cspan is created by americas Cable Company in 1979. Yesterday, president obama nominated john brennan had the cia. And a discussion took place with chuck hagel and jane harman. We are with jane harman, who is now with us. She served on the Intelligence Committee from 2006 to 2007. Lets begin with the pick of john brennan. What does this entail . Guest he has been the center of obamas Intelligence Committee for four years now. He has managed the Terrorism Program quite well. And he is the gentleman that obama trust the most. I think it is an extremely good appointment. Host what does the job entail . Guest it is a different job than what it was in 2004. In 2004, four of us in congress but the fight for intelligence reform and we restructured our Inte
Colorado has killed at least three people. Rising water have toppled buildings and stranded motorists. A string of other towns along the socalled front range are especially vulnerable to mud slides tonight. Twitter tweeted that is it going to public. Some analysts say twitter could be worth as much as 11 billion. Thats the news at this hour. America tonight is coming up next. On america tonight from the fbis most wanted list, the man known as the american jihadi reportedly killed. And what lies beneath as this massive sinkhole continues to grow. Were about to send military capacity into syria because of dangerous gas, and we have dangerous gas right here in louisiana. And the latest attempt to hit the high road. Good evening and welcome. [ technical difficulties ] a new disaster in a place that certainly did not need another challenge. There is heart break again tonight along the new jersey shore. The boardwalk had just been rebuilt a year ago, and it is again in ruins. This time by fi
Critical member of his team. Summers was the front runner to replace ben bern angie. Traffic is crossing the bridge in Washington State again. A section of the bridge collapsed in may after an oversized truck hit it, sending two vehicles into the water. Luckily no one was killed. Those are the headlines. Fault lines is coming up next. You can get the latest new online. Thanks for joining us. Over the coming decades, the number of people 85 and over in the us is expected to more than triple. The hope is theyll get good care, and lead an active, secure and engaged life. O sixty nine. N thirty one. The odds are that nearly half of the people in this room will spend some time in a nursing home. And as the business of elderly care grows, making the right choice has never been harder. Theyre putting profits ahead of people and theyre increasing those profits on the backs of the nursing home residents who are being exploited, neglected, and abused. It is epidemic. This week fault lines invest