this is a unique time we we really want to watch you self exam. yes, i do.o yes.fe i am feeling very safe. it s what makes me special. nl okay, so from that birthmark that only you have seen. so when i look at this like i like it, that s what i believe to be a superfluous, pointless hearing that is used for political theater. and i think is this how the other side looked at the benghazi hearings? is it he like the mirror of benghazi? because when we were on fox like we were wewhen did the benghazi hearings and it would make my blood boill when people would laugh about it like i think we got huge fights on the five over that. could this be the mirror image of that where like it is just a political divide? that is why people just look at this is like we know this is i mean, as kate pointed out, the new york times admitted this was political theater. so i mean, yeah, look, i mean it s like use your adam sandler comparison.
not missing a reporter beat. it s a story of perseverance. diagnosed with stage three khan self, a.p. politics reporter meg kinnard has not let it slow her down. despite surgery and months of intensive chemotherapy, she s still a must-read, filing stories four or five times a week. this story starts with meg deciding to get a second opinion on a lump she first discovered during a self-exam nearly four years ago, a decision that she says saved her life. meg kinnard is with me now. politics reporter for the a.p. by day and breast cancer awareness advocate by night and the rest of the time. how are you feeling? how are you doing, meg. brian, it s good to be with you. i m feeling really well. i m about halfway through my radiation treatments that i m gettingality md anderson cancer center here in houston. so far, so good. a little fatigue, a little pain,
done digitally by your doctor, even before you go to a mammogram. it is oftentimes the self-exam that helps the women identify that they have breast cancer, not necessarily the mammogram. there s a new poll that shows americans support planned parenthood, 47% say they have positive feelings towards the organization. this is according to our own polling with the wall street journal. 31% say they have negative feelings. do we think that planned parenthood is going to be able to weather this storm and that the funding levels will stay the same? i think that planned parenthood has proven itself over and over again, that it s providing comprehensive health care services to women in this country. and to men as well. they are saving lives every single year. 86,000 lives a year is not inconsequential. toot 865,000 breast exams and pap smears is not inconsequential. this is a service that has been
looking at the mole but the history that goes with it. technology may not be able to tell that when you just download an app. how do these work, though? basically by algorithms. they compare the picture to other pictures and some apps that score a little bit better that would have a board certified dermatologist look at the apps. even those apps miss 90% of melanoma. taking a picture and looking at a different picture several months later, if you have a different angle, it may rook like it s growing or changing shape. correct. and it may not be. right. which one do you like? there is an app called um skin check. it s a good app to keep an eye on the mole, take the picture that will send reminders for self exam. anything that s educational is good.