SHREVEPORT, La. — Rick Brinkley was at the top of his career. He had been a pastor, an Emmy nominated television producer for the “Sally Jessy Raphael” show, a successful
six days because of a water main break. listen, we re on this story on air and online at abc2news.com. the man who shot his former girlfriend in an ellicott city salon is still on the run. he is 35-year-old tuan minh pham wanted for firsthand second-degree attempted murder while the two victims are improving. business is getting back to normal. reporter: at the nail and hair care spa they re back open but the thoughts of a gunman is still a very vivid sight. absolutely. i would be lying if i said i wasn t shaken. to be exexpected expected, but i think business can get back to normal. reporter: that is the hope. this violent crime. it doesn t hurt this young and fragile business. the customers feel the same way. the spa was busy yesterday and had a steady flow all by patrons who said though wanted to support the business in the wake of a violent crime. it s always a shocking crime. people hear about shootings. they get scared. i ll still be coming out. reporter:
talked today about what to do about it and we asked our medical correspondent, dr. jon lapook, to bring us up to date. reporter: today an f.d.a. panel heard just how frustrated doctors are about the shortage of drugs. pharmaceutical representatives spend bazillions of dollars trying to influence me to buy their drugs. on most of these drugs, i m sold. i ll buy them, you know? i ll use them, okay? just make them! reporter: drugs used by hospitals make up the bulk of the more than 200 medications in critical short supply. 87% are generic, not brand name. according to the f.d.a., in the past five years, drug shortages have tripled. valery jenson has been studying the problem for the f.d.a. many of them have involved cancer drugs, oncology drugs as well as anesthesia drugs and other drugs for critical care. so this has had a large impact on patients. reporter: that s what happened to 56-year-old marcia goodman. we visited her last month just as she was getting ready to
this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. pelley: good evening. we like to think that when we re seriously ill and there s a drug to treat that illness that that drug will be available. but today we learned that we can t always depend on that. a new report tells us that there is a shortage of more than 200 prescription drugs in the country. some of them critical for cancer and heart patients. 82% of hospitals say they have delayed treatment because of short supplies. the food and drug administration talked today about what to do about it and we asked our medical correspondent, dr. jon lapook, to bring us up to date. reporter: today an f.d.a. panel heard just how frustrated doctors are about the shortage of drugs. pharmaceutical representatives spend bazillions of dollars trying to influence know buy their drugs. on most of these drugs, i m sold. i ll buy them, you know? i ll use them, okay? just make them! reporter: drugs used by hospitals make up the bulk of