emergency rooms and violence is a common issue. the same way it s prevident and increasing in society, it spills over in the emergency rooms. because we take care of gun violence, gang violence, domestic violence, all of those issues you take care of. kelly: and it wasn t directed toward you or the hospital personnel or patients inside the hospital? right, it s common. it happened, it happened in, you know, in maryland at hopkins and it s a common issue, it s increasing, and people have to be vigilant. the hospital associations know, they have procedures in place, but unfortunately, it s just one of those issues when you re dealing with these kind of problems in society, that you re taking care of in the er that has to do with gun violence and sometimes it spills over. most hospitals, they have precautions and security and i trained in the inner city hospital in detroit, you had a police lockup right in the emergency room. and e.r. doctors and nurses, i mean, i don t know one that
maryland, where there is a lockdown situation after an attack on a worker there. the statement reads, the morning at approximately 10:30 a.m., suburban hospital employee was assaulted at the hospital. the hospital now on lockdown and there is a sizable police presence there. staff and patients are safe. emergency room closed. visitors and patients should not go to the hospital until further notice. kel: do you hate that reindeer sweat they re your up at mildreed or someone else has given you for christmas? you re in luck. some retailers softened the stance on returns this season to rake in some extra dough, extra cash. heather childers has the details from new york. heather, will this result in savings for me to turn in the sweater i don t like? after years of tightening policies, yes, if you must, if you want to return the reindeer sweater, it will be easier. macy s toys r us, office max some stores that relaxed the return policies this year. but it may end up being
things you remember, you couldn t wear them all the time. half the time i look at my son in the hat and see the ears and constantly have to remind them. give your ears a break. uma: how wide after problem with hearing loss? well, over 15% of kids that are, you know, up to the age of 12 and 19. they think might have some type of hearing loss and that s probably underestimated because the amount of kids that are using this now is increased. and 70% of kids probably have some type of mp3 s that they re listening to. kelly: before you go, i want to talk to something else as well and switch the topic, a serious issue going on not far from here in montgomery county. at the suburban hospital in bethesda area and we ve been alerted to it. the fact that one person has died there in an emergency situation and they believe that they have the hospital in lockdown now and we re waiting to get more details. you used to hospital as the led of the emergency department. well, i ve worked in