fbi files are made public and it reveals a lot about this american icon. jane russell was marilyn monroe s companion at the theater. marilyn knew many times. she gave one of her finest performances.
a new study is revealing a scary trend in this country. the number of americans getting routine cancer screenings has dropped over the past decade. a common test, seeing the drop often include mammograms for breast cancer, pap tests for cervical cancer and colonoscopies for colon and rec call cancer. so why are more americans skipping these life-saving tests? we have a doctor that is the chairman of the department of medicine at newark beth israel medical center and he joins us now with more. thank you for joining us. thank you, heather. great to be here. heather: why are more people skipping these screenings? i think it is a question of economy for one thing. i think the tests are costly. there is also secondarily confusion among physicians what to do, what to scan, what tests and how often they should be performed. for example, let s take breast and mammography. a lot of physicians are confused about that. mammography should be done after age 50 and up to age 74 on a yearly basis
cities and up to a foot and a half in some of the suburbs. some of that snow is likely to mix with freezing rain, so you know what that means. treacherous travel conditions will be tracking the storm. we ll keep you updated. heather: stay home and watch fox, right? gregg: stay in bed. heather: more on the fiscal cliff. president obama and top congressional leaders set to meet at the white house in about 30 minutes in a last-ditch effort to avoid tax increases on nearly all americans and a fiscal crisis, but what we ve heard so far a is lot of fingerpointing. no solutions. no signs of progress for president obama. this left haven t hour scramble represents a test how he would balance the power of his re-election with his commitment to compromise. so who is to blame if both sides can t bridge the divide? tara dowdell, democratic strategist, with former jim
for next year. part of the reason why i don t think we get a deal out of later today. the president is essentially asking for what he has been asking for since the election. the only thing that will have changed is what the republicans are tired of fighting him or not. as of right now, there is no indication that they are tired. they go into next year with a stronger position for the things they want, personal because they have the leverage of the debt ceiling coming up, second of all, they will be able to vote for tax cuts next year. once you you have the tax increases go into effect, at that point, cbo and everybody starts going from higher revenue. the republicans will be voting for a tax cut, even if they don t come down to levels where they are right now. they get the chance to vote for that, which is a lot more palatable. heather: that is what a lot of people at home are wondering. they can t reach an agreement now. we have been talking about this forever. the end of the line, ti