Harm instead turned more than 500 of his patients into victims in a shocking case of medical fraud. Today in detroit the doctor listened as some of these patients and their families told in court how he ruined their lives with unnecessary cancer treatments. Heres dean reynolds. Reporter courtroom sketches could not adequately capture the anguish of the victims today as one by one they confronted the cancer doctor who prescribed aggressive chemotherapy for patients he knew were not ill and for those who were, ordering treatments that were excessive while billing medicare 34 million. In court dr. Farid fata showed no emotion for man who prosecutors said would bully and browbeat patients who dared to question his treatment. Fata has already pleaded guilty to fraud and other charges. A memo from prosecutors demanding a life sentence said fata would tell his patients they risked death without him telling one, your life or your money. From Laura Stedtefeld whose father died in fatas care, yo
Went dark for the longest period since 9 11. And united air lanes was forced to ground its fleet when its computers failed. But Homeland Security says theres no evidence of anything criminal. Trading on the big board resumed late in the day and the dow ended with a loss of 2 of 1 points. Anthony mason begins our coverage. Reporter the first glitches in the system began to appear soon after the opening bell when orders for some smaller stocks failed to go through says trader peter tuckman. In the midst of trying to fix those problems they laid out some kind of a new program to prevent this from happening and that may have caused the further technical glitch. Reporter a little after 11 30 the nyse sut down the entire exchange to sort out the problem and cancelled some 700,000 orders in the system. But as the wall street Trading Floor went silent trades could still be executed on other exchanges. The markets didnt panic. Were not seeing overreaction. Were not seeing fear. Were running in
Harm instead turned more than 500 of his patients into victims in a shocking case of medical fraud. Today in detroit the doctor listened as some of these patients and their families told in court how he ruined their lives with unnecessary cancer treatments. Heres dean reynolds. Reporter courtroom sketches could not adequately capture the anguish of the victims today as one by one they confronted the cancer doctor who prescribed aggressive chemotherapy for patients he knew were not ill and for those who were, ordering treatments that were excessive while billing medicare 34 million. In court dr. Farid fata showed no emotion for man who prosecutors said would bully and browbeat patients who dared to question his treatment. Fata has already pleaded guilty to fraud and other charges. A memo from prosecutors demanding a life sentence said fata would tell his patients they risked death without him telling one, your life or your money. From Laura Stedtefeld whose father died in fatas care, yo
The computers died. The New York Stock Exchange went dark for the longest period since 9 11. And united air lanes was forced to ground its fleet when its computers failed. But Homeland Security says theres no evidence of anything criminal. Trading on the big board resumed late in the day and the dow ended with a loss of 2 of 1 points. Anthony mason begins our coverage. Reporter the first glitches in the system began to appear soon after the opening bell when orders for some smaller stocks failed to go through says trader peter tuckman. In the midst of trying to fix those problems they laid out some kind of a new program to prevent this from happening and that may have caused the further technical glitch. Reporter a little after 11 30 the nyse sut down the entire exchange to sort out the problem and cancelled some 700,000 orders in the system. But as the wall street Trading Floor went silent trades could still be executed on other exchanges. The markets didnt panic. Were not seeing over
Will be removed from the South Carolina State Capitol grounds. For the last time a month ago it would have been unthinkable. But then came the massacre at charlestons emmanuel ame church perpetrated by a man who symbolically wrapped himself in those stars and bars. Omar villafranca is in columbia. Reporter with the stroke of a pen South Carolina governor nikki haley made history. Im proud to say that the bill has been signed. Reporter she was surrounded by former South Carolina governors and by the families of the emmanuel 9, crediting those who died and their loved ones with paving the road to forgiveness that brought the state together. The action of nine individuals laid out this long chain of events that forever showed the state of South Carolina what love and forgiveness looks like. Reporter the victory wasnt easy. For weeks outside the state house there were heated demonstrations on both sides. You cant tell me nothing about that flag. Reporter and inside deliberations were at ti