letter to speaker pelosi asking her to grant me a leave of absence. shepard: this comes after the house s ethics committee found congressman rangel accepted corporate money for trips to the caribbean. he denies he did anything wrong. there is a lot at stake here. congressman rangel is considered the most influential tax-writing lawmaker in all of congress. this is his 20th term in the house. it s also worth noting he actually succeeded adam clayton powell jr., another prominent congressman accused of corruption. today, perhaps it s all come full circle as congressman rangle faces trouble and looks for support. steve centanni in d.c. what reaction so far. well, shep, for many democrats it s probably a big relief as rangel himself said now they won t have to defend him in their election campaigns this year. speaker pelosi accepted rangel s decision and praised his leadership over the decades.
across our nation, nearly two dozen medical schools have either opened recently or about to open. all of this coming at a time when the industry could soon see millions of newly insured patients in the waiting rooms of the our senior correspondent rick leventhal is with us. some estimates nearly a third of all current doctors could retire in the next decade. and you factor in the possibility of millions of newly insured patients with health care reform. you have yourself a shortage. a lot of schools including commonwealth medical college in scranton, pennsylvania nearly one of two dozen medical schools hoping to fill the void of charter class of 65 students by 2013. local doctors are among the biggest supporters. the physicians up here are overworked. they have more business than they can possibly handle. they are really looking forward to having a whole new generation of physicians to come help them. well, 75% of commonwealth students are from pennsylvania. administrators are ho
court devoted just for making medical decisions and medical judgments. another would be to say that physicians who practice medicine according to certain scientific principles performance measures would have presumed to have done it right and they could introduce that evidence in court. now, analysts say only 2% of injured patients actually file suit in part because it s such an onerous and drawn out process. many argue the reforms could make it easier for injured patients to recover damages because they could get compensated in the matter of months instead of the average of three to five years that it takes now. shep? shepard: jim angle live in d.c. thanks. let s get to the nuclear showdown with iran now. the u.s. and europe report they are worried tehran is secretly building nuclear weapons. secretary of state hillary clinton says it s time for action. she says iran s leaders will not negotiate in good faith, unless and until the united nations slaps new sanctions on their nucl
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as for republicans, they were already planning to push for rangel s resignation and now that he is gone, they won t have to do that he will be off the panel for at least the time being. shepard: this caribbean trip issue is really just one of several investigations this congressman rangel is facing. right. the ethics committee still looking into a variety of things. they are investigating allegations that he is accused of failing to pay taxes on a vacation villa he owns in the dominican republic. also, under fire for some rent controlled apartments he uses in harlem. some fundraising that used house stationery. and a broken down mercedes he stored in a house parking garage. shep? shepard: the ways and means committee makes decisions about some of the biggest programs really in all of america. social security, unemployment benefits. there are some ramifications from this move. yeah there are, of course, and the chairmanship of course stays in democratic hands so it doesn t chang