a little more on the op-ed in tomorrow s new york times about the park 51 center in lower manhattan near ground zero. one headline that is included about midway through the piece that probably is not getting the attention it deserves. i know he writes there will be interest in our financing and so we will clearly identify all of our financial backers. this is a particular bone of contention in new york city, the prospect of funding from the middle east was said to be a reason not to approve the building of the park 51 project which again he says in a commentary in tomorrow s new york times will go on as planned. the sad conclusion of the insurance industry s inhumanity toward the late kyler van nocker is next. first get out your pitch forks and torches. time for tonight s worst persons in the world. the bronze to debra louise brass arrested in california on a charge that using craigslist she sold fake lady gaga concert tickets to more than 80 people.
reveal something that you might call the aqua buddha strategy? i think the second point is what they re trying to do, keep them talking. we see a lot of democratic campaigns beefing up their tracking staff, sending staffers with cameras to get on camera every single thing these candidates say and then we ll try to use it against them. i think many of these tea party candidates are realizing their off-the-cuff remarks are a liability, which is why we had jan brewer who had that disastrous debate the other day saying i m not doing any more debates now. senior political reporter for the huffington post amanda terkel, great thanks. thank you. in the end the insurance company won. kyler van nocker got the experimental drug he needed but health america didn t pay for it. kyler has died. when you are selling fake lady gaga concert tickets there is one thing you should never, ever, ever tell the victims of the scam. in worsts meet the woman who did not know what that was. when rachel j
call the apple buddha strategy? i think the second point is what they re trying to do, keep them talking. we see a lot of democratic campaigns beefing up their tracking staff, sending staffers with cameras to get on camera every single thing these candidates say and then we ll try to use it against them. i think many of these tea party candidates are realizing their off-the-cuff remarks are a liability, which is why we had jan brewer who had that disastrous debate the other day saying i m not doing any more debates now. senior political reporter for the huffington post amanda terkel, great thanks. thank you. in the end the insurance company won. kyler van nocker got the experimental drug he needed but health america didn t pay for it. kyler has died. when you are selling fake lady gaga concert tickets there is one thing you should never, ever, ever tell the victims of the scam. in worsts meet the woman who did not know what that was. when rachel joins you at the top of the hour
expectations. on sunday, the young patient whose cancer treatment they refused to pay for died in the children s hospital of philadelphia. in june of 2007, kyler van nocker age 2 was diagnosed with stage four neuro blastoma, cancer. he spent the next two years fighting for his life. two times requiring treatment from drugs that had not yet been approved by the fda each treatment paid for by his insurance. in october of last year, kyler s cancer, which had been in remission, returned. his doctor at children s hospital determined a third drug also not approved by the fda was needed. this time health america refused to pay. it called that drug experimental and cited the lack of fda approval even though that drug was considered standard care in europe. still doctors went forward with the treatment and for a time the 5-year-old got better. bankrupt, with no way to pay the bill, the boy s parents filed a lawsuit against health america in february hoping they could shame the insurance company
the columnist for the philadelphia daily news who first brought the story to light and chronicled this family s plight over three years. thanks for your time tonight. thank you for having me. you have spoken to kyler s parents since this happened. how are they doing? well, i think as any parents who have children who are sick as kyler was he had many setbacks along the way and he would always rebound. you know, he always, always came back and each time he got really sick his parents would always say if we could just have one more day. just give us one more day. so for three years he had three years of one more day and when i spoke with paul on sunday he sounded, you know, as you can imagine very tired but i think they re stunned that sunday was the last day. so it s a pretty a very difficult time for them. they are incredibly strong people. they ve got wonderful family and support so i think that they do feel they re being carried through this. they were spectacular in bringi