elected officials with neuropsychiatric diagnoses without sufficient evidence and appropriate circumstances. to do so undermines the profession s integrity and credibility. by the way, for what it s worth, i agree with that. i think it sets a dangerous precedent, if all of a sudden not only professionals but laypeople become armchair psychiatrists. here s what puzzles me, though. as a thought experiment with seven colleagues, you kind of did exactly that for vice and for tonic, didn t you? you know what i m referring to. the diagnosis that seemed most plausible was incipient dementia. what s the difference between the two positions that i ve just put forth that are both yours. well, look, i m not a political scientist. i m not anybody who is familiar with government policy. i m not a journalist who has expertise in this area. i m a pointy-headed scientist and clinician. but i saw this coming, you know, back in the primaries, and
physical that occurred yesterday, but i would bet dollars to doughnuts that a neuro a thorough neuropsychiatric evaluation is not part of that routine evaluation. maybe it should be at the outset of all campaigns, which would be my preferred manner of doing so, so that everybody gets both a mental and physical clean bill of health. i just don t like doing it mid stream because i think it becomes very arbitrary. dr. lieberman, thank you so much for your time. we appreciate it. my pleasure. let s see what you re thinking on my smerconish twitter and facebook pages. katherine, what do we have? smerconish, why do you think attacking the president s mental health is wrong? anybody defending this man at this point needs a checkup as well, and i like you. see, that s the whole point. we deserve better 18. why not pass judgment on my mental fitness and capacity? by the way, after the opening block of the program, many of you already are. how about a policeman, how about a high school
doesn t sound like it s going to be done. certainly no evidence that a brain scan would be done, no neuropsychiatric valuatievaluat things that would find early i don t know set dementia, we re hearing specifically they won t be done. i know you ve thought a lot about this, where is the line between a person s right to privacy and the american people s right to know or to be assured of the president s fitness to lead? we ve thought about this a lot as you know. we ve been reporting on this for 16 years. if there s a line, it s heavily tilted towards privacy in terms of the president. there s no standard requirement to even have these exams, let alone any requirement to release any of the results. if there is an imminent danger that the doctor, in this case ronny jackson or the team with dr. jackson, finds that there s an imminent danger either to the president or because of the president, then that could actually trigger some sort of release of information.
understand the unpredictable and tragic ending of his life and the life of kasandra perkins. that struggle to understand has turned into a lawsuit from belcher s mother, cheryl shepherd. she just filed it in missouri claims court. the kansas city chiefs caused belcher to get, quote, post concussion syndrome. now, we re aware of his cognitive and neuropsychiatric impairment, end quote, and required him to play through his injuries, riving his, quote, further neurological harm. the chiefs know about the lawsuit, but they re not saying anything about it. danny cevallos is on the case, he s back with us again. let me ask you this. do you think this family has a solid case against the team? typically, suicide in negligence cases is an independent, intervening cause that breaks the chain of
the house of representatives passes paul ryan s 2013 budget plan. i applaud my colleagues for the tough decisions they have made to try to do the right thing for the country. the problem is we already know how this story will end. zero democrats voted for this budget which means it s dead on arrival in the senate. democrats say it ends medicare as we know it. as for the president s budget, it s a no-go too. according to republicans, it s a campaign document that raises taxes and doesn t rein in spending. here s the bottom line. america hasn t had a budget in 1,065 days. both sides say this is a tragedy but instead of compromising or embracing the bipartisan revenue raising and the blueprint of the gang of six or the simpson-bowles commission, both sides put their own budgets out knowing full well they won t pass. the blame, they say, goes to the other side of the aisle. we don t think that the president s led on this issue by virtue he s given us four budgets with liter