for rush fans as to why they haven t yet been inducted in the rock n roll hall of time, particularly with the latest slate of nominees announced this week, a glaring omission is what people think about it. 9 band doesn t worry about it too much, they do have the sense if they were an american band from canada, they might be in the rock n roll hall of fame already. to rush fan, we say keep up the lobbying effort. by the way, we talked about 20 minutes. later on today, we re going to post the entire interview on the blog, cnn.com a. daut kaucnn.co. what do we show the video of you rocking with them on the stage, right now? that unique pleasure will be in 90 minutes time. we re drawings the half hour. extreme weather to tell us about this morning. torrential rain, flash flood watching along the east coast this morning. the carolinas already with 15
coming up now at 41 manipulates after the hour. time for an a.m. house call, story as about your health, piece nice and not speaking up can be hazardous to your health especially when you re at the doctor. our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen learned first hand how important that it. she talked about it in the new book empowered patient. she s here. good morning. good morning. you and i both know that doctors sometimes get things wrong. hospitals sometimes get things wrong. it s just the way that it works. and sometimes, you have to take charge which can make people a little bit mad. but if you try to be a nice, good patient, that can hurt you. here s a story of something that happened to my mother. we bring you her story with the help of turner animation studios. a firecracker, mother of four, grandmother of 11, wife, lawyer and social worker, he s been active and healthy her whole life. but around the time she turned 60, something changed.
tea party is pushing out moderates in the republican party and whether she would vote for sarah palin. okay. we mentioned this a second ago. still rocking with rush after all these years. i went one on three with the canadian music legends and had a shot at a rock n roll fantasy. on stage and backstage with rush. just ahead. kiran? we look forward to that. thanks. up first, though, extreme weather. rnado watches, downpours, winds up and down the east coast this morning causing problems in many cities. carolinas getting the worst of it so far. a foot and a half of rain already and more on the way today. there are flood watches and warnings from the carolinas all the way up to new hampshire today. the radar is lit up all the way up the east coast, john.
or are you really sure about this? you know, i think that s a natural human instint. most of us are very nice. your health comes first. your popularity comes second. a little new york attitude at the doctor s? a little bit. a new york attitude with an atlanta edge. that s a good way of putting it. nice mix. elizabeth, great to see you. don t forget elizabeth s special report the empowered patient. right here on cnn. kiran? good stuff. 45 minutes paf s past the h. still to come, we can see the storm blasting on the radar right now, all over the east coast. rob marciano following it for you as well as the tropical outlook because south florida getting hit as well. my name is jeff kinney, and
you never know. coming up on the most news in the morning, by the way, still rock after all these years, the three members of the rock band rush talked to me about the group s remarkable body of work and how they have stayed together for so long. and i also got what you might call the ultimate rock n roll fantasy camp experience to play with them live on stage. i don t know if you want to hear that part, but you ll want to hear what they have to say. it s 25 minutes after the hour. so, ah, your seat good? got the mirrors all adjusted? you can see everything ok? just stay off the freeways, all right? i don t want you going out on those yet. and leave your phone in your purse, i don t want you texting. daddy. ok! ok, here you go.