i m carol costello. we begin with chick-fil-a appreciation day. and what s become depending on who you talk to a fight for religious freedom. today, hundreds of thousands say they ll show support for chick-fil-a s coo dan cathy and his stand against same-sex marriage. that includes evangelicals, including the reverend billy graham, who s in poor health. a staffer will deliver chick-fil-a to his home. george, good morning. reporter: carol, good morning. according to chick-fil-a, today will be business as usual. the company does not officially support this idea that was sparked by a once republican presidential candidate mike huckabee. nor will it support the national same-sex kiss day that is expected to happen on friday. but when you look at huckaby s facebook page, the page he created to ask people to sign up and support chick-fil-a today, you find that more than half a million people will be showing up to these different stores to show their support. that s what we expect
provision provided discounts on brand name prescription drugs for seniors. also introduced, medicare payments for primary care. we have new provision this is year. they include reduced medicare payments for hospital readmissions and annual fees on the pharmaceutical industry. next year, the law will increase medicaid payments for primary care and looking ahead to 2014, some new changes will be guaranteed. guaranteed availability of insurance regardless of someone s medical condition. there will also be a requirement for all u.s. citizens and legal residents to have health coverage. there will be a quiz on this later, jon scott. so i hope you got all of that. jon: it is a complicated law. fox news is america s election headquarters. in less than 24 hours the republican voters head to the polls in louisiana s primary. rick santorum hoping to take another southern state after big victories in mississippi
we need to actually talk about it. like we talk about other illnesses and epidemics and threats to our nation s security. i love what this school is doing. they have a walk-a-thon they re planning with the parents. and they re dealing with the fact i mentioned earlier. the highest obesity rate in the city. and they re addressing it on a wholistic level. dr. sachs, it is a threat to our civilization, at least to our society in america. and not just healthwise, but financially. the cost to the united states government in medicare, medicaid payments, diabetes is one of the great drains on our budget. and what s sad is the u.s. just has shot off the charts compared to every other part of the world. this is something that is a trend everywhere, but to other places have gone up gradually, the united states has just had an explosion of this. why is that? you travel all around the globe,
evidence in fact it can be hurtful and harmful. for days now congresswoman bachmann and her husband refused to answer questions about it. but today in minneapolis star tribune he defends the clinicses saying he and others do not deny they have tried to help homosexuals become heteroswals but it s not a specialty service and only at the client as request. will i address it? certainly. we ll talk about it. adding is it a remedy form that i typically would use? it is at the client s distropical depression. five years ago he flat out denied his counselling service engaged in reparative statement. the most he would say about it back then, if someone is interested in talking to us about their homosexuality we re open to talking about that. if someone comes in a homosexual and they want to stay homosexual i don t have a problem with that . he says reparative therapy is not a focus at bachmann and associates . but according to an undercover video by truth wins out, in the lobby of
good evening, everyone. we begin tonight keeping them honest with the husband of presidential candidate michele bachmann speaking out about the counselling business they co-own. breaking his silence after months, mounting attention and allegations that clinic engages in so-called reparative therapy. the bachmanns own two clinics offering christian-based marriage counselling and including reparative therapy based on the theory that gay people can be turned into heterosexual through a combination of prayer and willpower. nearly all mainstream medical and psychological associations say there s no evidence that it works and there s plenty of evidence in fact that it can be hurtful and harmful. for days now, both congresswoman bachmann and her husband have refused to answer questions about it. in today s issue of the bachmann s hometown paper, the minneapolis star tribune, mr. bachmann defends the clinics. the paper reporting he did not deny he and other counselors have attempted