the subcommittee will come to order. when percy founded in 1988 medicare did not exist. he understood seniors need access to health insurance and found a solution. what began as an organization that field the need not yet met by society has grown and evolved over the last 50 years into aarp eink and the affiliated entities. with the astana showman of medicare in 1965, health insurance became widely accessible however as we would discuss today the former congresswoman ginny brown-waite and i took a closer look into aarp over the last 18 months, reviewing every publicly document and the facts suggest that aarp has strayed from the core mission. the facts show that aarp no longer operates a seniors advocacy organization. instead, it is more closely resembles a for-profit insurance company. in 2009, aarp raised 46% of its revenue from royalty payments versus just 17% from the membership dues. while the questions have indeed been rais
terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city this is nightline, october 27th, 2010. good evening, i m cynthia mcfadden. we begin tonight with a question of justice. 35 years ago, bill macumber went to prison for the double murder of two young adults in arizona. all the evidence in the crime even fingerprints pointed to him. but then shocking new evidence emerged indicating that macumber may have been framed by his own wife while they were locked in an ugly divorce. now, the couple s son wants his ailing father freed. dan harris followed the case all the way to the governor s office. nightline investigates. i want her to know who i am. i want her to know i m bill macumber s son. reporter: ron kempfert is a son engaged in a desperate battle with two forceful women. the governor of arizona and his own mother. this is a fight over the fate of ron s father bill macumber imprisoned for 35 years. this is the house i grew up in. first seven years of my lif