to glad would be glaad. it came down to money. leland: they came down to a lot of money. in addition to money, a&e got a bunch of backlash. they have to weigh the decision of how many people they wanted to offend. heather: i think they will get high ratings. leland: if history repeats itself. it is called the affordable care act bu that could end up costing many americans a whole lot more money. heather: russia preparing for the shadow of two terror attacks plan to keep athletes and spectators safe, but what let me put in is bombing. leland: and teenager declared brain-dead, why the hospital is refusing to allow any other medical procedures.
which is good news for this today, for this moment. leland: you will remember last sunday schumacher fell while skiing in the french alps and hit his head on a rock. since then doctors say he had two brain surgeries and is remaining in a medically induced coma. security stop ad man posing to a priest trying to get close to him but would not comment further. heather: new safety concerns being raised after that train derailment and explosion in north dakota. monday s fire burning so hot that emergency crews could not even attempt to put out the flames for more than a day. casselton, north dakota, that is where it happened, the town was evacuated as oil inside those tankers spilled out. now the mayor wants federal officials to do more to guaranty the safety of the transportation routes across the country. leland: new terror attacks are
the last thing they need is 40 or 50 yemeni terrorists showing up. the u.s. has put enormous pressure to take these guys off of our hands. what we would suggest at the end of this administration, gitmo will still be opened. 100 or so hard-core terrorist they cannot get rid of and it will be a long time before we see gitmo finally closing its doors. leland: you being in these meetings before, looking forward from this, at one point gitmo was a place of last resort, the worst of the worst, we send them there. what options does administration have now when they catch the worst of the worst and have to put them someplace? isn t the only option is to bring them to the united statesf access to the united states court. what are they to do?
thank you for joining us, happy new year. happy new year to our men and women in uniform. leland: may the new year bring a bit more piece for them as well. thanks. heather: bring them home. a breakthrough for alzheimer s research. what a promising new study says can slow the progression of the disease in certain cases. plus one lawmaker lashing out at washington over the problems of the past year. the message he has for voters in 2014.
from hospitals out into the real world? we heard about locker rooms and those kinds of things. is that becoming a new concern? i think so. so the hospital is a place you would worry about it most but people leave the hospital, right? so they go home. usually sick people are the ones who will get these bacteria. when they go home and spread it within the community that can be a concern. that is why over the past decade or so it spread from one state to about 46 different states, basically from people moving and being hospitalized in different areas. leland: scary stuff to deal with. dr. devi, from the nyu school of medicine. thank you. happy new year. heather? heather: he toss ad great game in the world series. he helped the red sox go from worst to first. but john lester is not only a lace pitcher he is also a cancer survivor. he shares with us how he is giving back. plus he talks about a little boy who made a real impact on them. that is up next.