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Primary politics and a closer look at two Democratic presidential candidates. We go one-on-one with John Edwards AND Chris Dodd. Where they stand on the key issues coming up. |
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Senator John Edwards on why HE should be president. A closer look in our candidate profiles series. |
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Plus, Senator Chris Dodd on his bid for the presidency. And later: |
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The shortage of mental health care workers to treat children in New Hampshire and some proposed solutions. |
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Hello, Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook, I'm Beth Carroll. In this program we profile two Democratic presidential candidates. We begin with John Edwards. The former senator from North Carolina is making his second bid for the White House. While polls continue to show Hillary Clinton leading -- the race is still wide open. And, Edwards continues to remind voters that , in the words of Yogi Berra, it ain't over 'til it's over. |
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EDWARDS SCRIPT **** Bite: Edwards Hudson Tape / 49:00 Have I missed something? Can you tell me, have we already had the New Hampshire primary? I mean have we decided who was going to win the New Hampshire primary yet? I think we are actually going to have an election. TRK1: Polls and fundraising tallies may have him in 3rd place but Senator John Edwards has been a longshot before …and surprised the pundits. Bite: Hudson Tape: 49:00 I think this thing is a long way from being decided and instead of moving from primary mode to general election mode, why don't we have tell the truth mode? TRK2: In his 2nd run for the presidency Edwards has learned how important it is to differentiate himself from his rivals -- as he did on the recent Senate vote to declare the Iranian revolutionary national guard as a terrorist organization. Bite: Hudson/ Senator Clinton voted yes and she's entitled to her vote but I can't tell you how strongly I disagree with that. What makes me worry is what if Bush invades Iran 6 months from now? So are we going to hear again if only I had known then what I know now? You know how long does it take to learn the lessons in the past. We can not give this president an inch, not an inch. TRK3: Contrasting his positions without going negative is a delicate balancing act. Bite: Utube debate/ 4:03: 40 Sen Edwards…wife said.you'd be better advocate for woman… Is she right? 4:04:17 what eliz was saying.important question affecting woman… minimum wage.democrats.to raise min wage… 2nd more women in poverty.central cause in life and camping, more women health care.first to come out with univ health care. Sen Clinton commended.I have strongest boldest idea and can bring about the change that needs to be brought 4:05:14 TRK4: Edwards says there are differences as well on the War in Iraq. Bite: Edwards/ Huddleson tape/ 4:30. I believe we need to end the war.and end the war no combat missions in Iraq. Sen Clinton says on going combat missions.on going missions means ongoing war. BETH Edwards Interview tape/ 1:00:28 Experts warn of dire consequences if troops withdrawn, they talk about increased sectarian violence, an international terror hub and a broader conflict in the region….why are they wrong? 1:00:45 because the fundamental problems with Iraq and the foundation for the violence is the conflict between Sunni & Shiite. Unless and until that conflict is resolved and there's some political solution there cannot be stability in Iraq. Bite: We have to ratchet up the pressure on them. You keep talking about the war in Iraq and anxieties about Iran, frustrations about Korea, North Korea. I don't hear candidates talking about their agenda for world peace. Bite: Hudson Tape: 50:47 I'll be happy to answer that. 51:00 I want to be the president who leads and international effort to rid the planet of nuclear weapons. Because I think that's the answer. The idea that we can control nuclear weapons is a fantasy. TRK5: Edwards is described as a moderate. As for the retail politics so critical in NH….he's good at it. Bite: 1:26:54 -1:27:17 Hudson: I don't believe a child learns anything by filling out a bubble on a cheap standardized test. Don't think they learn anything by that…a friend down south describes it.you don't make a hog fatter by weighing it. waits for laughter.I knew you'd get it in a second. TRK6: With his easy speaking manner and populist style -Edwards easily draws crowds even when he's up against a Patriots game. Nats: CNN 549 / 48:25 walks down aisle.clapping at graduation at NE College CNN 549 more broll wide shot applause 49:20/ getting honorary degree 49:28/ TRK6: The son of a millworker ….Edwards was the first in his family to go to college. Bite: CNN 549 / 51:36-:48 I know for me and I suspect for you…this is a gateway of opportunity.never able to do what I've done without graduating from college and law school. TRK7: A successful trial lawyer and self made millionaire….Edwards sees himself as a living breathing example of the American dream and wants to give others that same opportunity. MTV LIVE tape: 8:42 How would you make higher education affordable. 8:44 It's called college for everyone…American pay for tuition in books 9:01 TRK8: How would he fund an education program as sweeping as this one: Bite: MTV live tape; 12:02 getting rid of intermediary in student loans:12 12:28 there is some additional money generated, collecting taxes not being paid in capital gains taxes:39 17:27 do we have to change tax system…yes. Political don't want to say it but answer is yes… to create revenue. TRK9: Edwards believes he is a much stronger candidate this time out. There is a toughness he says that comes from being in the spotlight of a national campaign and everything he's gone through. TRK10: On Nov 3rd 2004 - the day he and John Kerry conceded the presidential race -Edwards wife Elizabeth revealed she had breast cancer. In March of 2006 - the headlines were back. |
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Edwards is the first top tier democrat to say he would accept public financing for his presidential campaign. He's challenged his chief rivals to do the same. |
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One-on-one with Senator Chris Dodd. |
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After 26 years in the Senate, Democrat Chris Dodd is running for President. Some of his accomplishments include the Family and Medical Leave Act. Still, he has yet to gain significant support in the polls. Outlook's Richard Ager has this look at the senior senator from Connecticut. |
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In the weeks to come, NH Outlook will profile other primary candidates, both Democrat and Republican. |
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The lack of doctors to treat mental illness among New Hampshire kids. |
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The numbers are startling -- too few doctors and increasingly more cases of mental illness among children in the state. A new study finds one out of every five children in NH has been diagnosed with mental illness and in many parts of the state, there are no child pyschiatrists. When there are, most do not accept public or private insurance. Outlook's Phil Vaughn has been covering the story for some time and updates us on the study and how it may impact families who need mental health care. |
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N1 - This is Carl, he lived in Ossippee. You're looking at one of the last photographs taken of him before his suicide, seven years ago. Jeanette 5920 - "He was 16 years old. Four months away from his 17th birthday." N2 - Leading up to his death, Carl was taking medications for attention deficit disorder. A family doctor also prescribed an anti-depressant. His parents closely monitored Carl's behaviors, but it was his peers who would later say what he hinted of. Jeanette 5945 "They related to me that the day before he died, he gave someone his hackysack ball and said bring it to my funeral." Donna 4110 "I met her at the service. It was tough." N3 - Donna San Antonio got to know Carl's family following his suicide. She's co-founder of the Appalachian Mountain Teen Project, an outreach program serving southern Carroll County. Part of the project's mission is to raise awareness about mental health issues for youth. In his memory, Carl's family asked that donations be made to the project. Donna 4450 - "She said there was nothing that could be done about Carl now but we can prevent it from happening to other kids." N4- It's not known why Carl ended his life, he left few clues. What is apparent is the lack of care for young people like him. Steve 1236 - "The further north you go, the less likely it is that you'll have access to the type of clinicians you want providing services to children - psychiatrists and psychologists." N5 - Steve Norton works for the NH Center for Public Policy Studies. Kim Firth is with the Endowment for Health. In 2007 or 2006, They teamed up to study the prevalence of childhood mental illness in NH. And, they want to know what care those children receive. Steve 1130ish - "One in every five kids. If you think about it - a school classroom with 25 students - five of them will have a mental illness." Kim 940 - "We knew from our listening sessions that this was a population of folks who were not getting services." Steve 1315 - "In this state we have one child psychiatrists per 10,000 children. That is less than any other of the other northern New England states." N6- From their study Norton and Firth report in detail about the shortage of doctors in the state. In Carroll County, where Carl lived, there are no child psychiatrists. The same is true for Coos County. They also report that the services that are available can be better utilized. Steve 1140 - "There is a pretty comprehensive system of services out there that provide care for children but it's not integrated. There are community mental health centers that provide services to Medicaid patients, there are private physicians for privately insured individuals and then there's the schools." N7- Without child psychiatrists, the Endowment for Health believes communities should build on what is available - school psychologists and councilors. The other important players, they say, are pediatricians. Kim 1433 - "These are the default mental health providers in the state, so how can the foundation invest in helping them do what they already do, which is serving kids with mental health issues." N8- That's exactly what's been happening in Wolfeboro. Several years ago the Endowment for Health helped fund Donna San Antonia's Mt. Teen Project. Since then she's had a child psychiatrist meet with school staff and area pediatricians. Ext of school dissolve to shots/sound of meeting Dr Wingate 4244 - "These are consultations. I don't see the families nor do I make diagnosises. I'm giving ideas and hopefully educating the folks that I meet with." N9 - Dr. Ted Wingate is a child psychiatrist from the seacoast area. Once a month, he spends a full day consulting with school councilors and doctors from around southern Carroll County. Dr Wingate 4322 - "They are the frontline, but they don't have the training formally so the expectation is that I can provide them with the expertise on how to manage the some of the issues that they face." Shots/sound of meeting of Wingate and two other doctors Dr Heath 2755 - "So here as elsewhere, the primary care providers are absorbing a lot of the mental health care." N10 - Dr. Heath is a pediatrician from Wolfboro. Dr. practices family medicine in nearby Ossippee. Dr. Heath 3112 - "The next best thing to having a psychiatrist down the street is to have one that we can pick his brain. We get guidance, we can e-mail him or call him. He's a resource for people like myself to help better manage health care issues." Dr. Bonamona 1902 - " It's helping a lot in terms of my confidence to be able to prescribe medicines for children. And just having that camaraderie with a psychiatrist is invaluable." Kim 1820 - "If children are receiving mental health services earlier in systems like schools and primary care providers and if they're getting quality mental health treatment in places like community mental health centers perhaps we can improve the lives of kids and reduce the level of burden as they advance into adulthood." Dr. Wingate 4700 "As a child psychiatrist there's a lot I can bring to the provider in a cross spectrum which they can use with families they work with. So the net result is an extension of services in terms of interventions that might be useful." O/C And that's exactly what the Endowment for Health is planning to build on. Based on the results of their the Community Mental Health Access study, they created a five year, multi-million dollar fund to support community services. Kim 2245 - "That could be school, primary care practices, third party payers, gov't agencies to apply to us for grants and we reply with investment or not." Steve 2555 - "It's unlikely you'll increase the number of child psychiatrists over the next 5 yrs significantly. So if you're going to build on a system that already exists and it seems like the schools are a place where there's a capacity. They are not mental healthcare providers but if we're going to deal with the situation in the short term they're the ones we want to direct some attention on." Kim 2722 - "Mental health is critical to overall health for far too long we've treated mental illness which is just as common as obesity and asthma differently than we've treated other childhood illnesses and its time we treat mental healthcare like other medical conditions." Photo of Carl Jeanette 850 - "It is creating an awareness. With the doctor going around meeting with people and public speakers in the community, there is more awareness that this can happen to you." Donna 4315 - "We can do something in communities to prevent this from happening. We can't prevent everything, but what she said today is, you never know. Educators and doctors need to be talking with each other about what we do know." N11 - For NH Outlook, I'm Phil Vaughn. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 10/28/2007 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 8:45 Senator John Edwards on why HE should be president.A closer look in our candidate profiles series. Plus, Senator Chris Dodd on his bid for the presidency. And later: The shortage of mental health care workers to treat children in New Hampshire and some proposed solutions. Hello, Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook, I'm Beth Carroll. In this program we profile two Democratic presidential candidates. We begin with John Edwards. The former senator from North Carolina is making his second bid for the White House. While polls continue to show Hillary Clinton leading -- the race is still wide open. And, Edwards continues to remind voters that , in the words of Yogi Berra, it ain't over 'til it's over. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Beth Carroll NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Sen. John Edwards \ Presidential Primary Candidate |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 10/28/2007 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 8:45 Senator John Edwards on why HE should be president.A closer look in our candidate profiles series. Plus, Senator Chris Dodd on his bid for the presidency. And later: The shortage of mental health care workers to treat children in New Hampshire and some proposed solutions. Hello, Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook, I'm Beth Carroll. After 26 years in the Senate, Democrat Chris Dodd is running for President. Some of his accomplishments include the Family and Medical Leave Act. Still, he has yet to gain significant support in the polls. Outlook's Richard Ager has this look at the senior senator from Connecticut. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Richard Ager NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Sen. Chris Dodd\ Presidential Primary Candidate |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 10/28/2007 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 7:45 Senator John Edwards on why HE should be president.A closer look in our candidate profiles series. Plus, Senator Chris Dodd on his bid for the presidency. And later: The shortage of mental health care workers to treat children in New Hampshire and some proposed solutions. Hello, Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook, I'm Beth Carroll. The numbers are startling -- too few doctors and increasingly more cases of mental illness among children in the state. A new study finds one out of every five children in NH has been diagnosed with mental illness and in many parts of the state, there are no child pyschiatrists. When there are, most do not accept public or private insurance. Outlook's Phil Vaughn has been covering the story for some time and updates us on the study and how it may impact families who need mental health care. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Phil Vaughn NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Jeanette\Carl's Mother, Donna San Antonio\Appalachian Mt. Teen Project, Steve Norton\Exec. Director, NH Center for Public Policy Studies, Kim Firth\Program Dir., Endowment for Health, Ted Wingate M.D.\Child Psychiatrist, Harley Heath M.D.\Pediatrician |
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Ethanol could fuel price hikes Posted Saturday, March 31st 2007, 4:00 AM An ethanol-fueled boom in prices will prompt American farmers to plant the most corn since the year the Allies invaded Normandy, but surging demand could mean consumers still might pay more for everything from chicken to cough syrup. Corn is a key ingredient in many foods, from corn syrup found in candies to feed used in meat production. With more corn being used for ethanol production, that could raise prices in other areas where corn is used. Farmers are expected to plant 90.5 million acres of corn, according to the Department of Agriculture's annual prospective plantings report released yesterday. That would be a 15% increase over 2006 and the most corn planted since 1944. The move to plant corn is in large part due to a rush to produce corn-based ethanol, which is blended with gasoline. The corn rush was sparked by President Bush's initiative for support of flexible-fuel vehicles and his administration's plan to cut gas consumption by 20% in 10 years. The Associated Press -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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n New West Energy Grok ‘Ethanol Binge’ Hikes Corn Prices By Richard Martin, 3-23-07 Last week US BioEnergy had a ground-breaking ceremony at a new ethanol plant in Dyersville, Iowa, bringing to 78 the number of ethanol plants under construction, with 113 already operating. And that’s not good news for the ranchers and poultry farmers of the Rocky Mountain West. Amid the “ethaphoria” currently gripping agribusiness and certain parts of the nation’s capital, a growing chorus of voices is pointing out an unintended consequence on the reliance on corn and grains as the raw material for ethanol production: prices for feed fo livestock are rising, sending prices at grocery stores up as well. “This ethanol binge is insane,” Paul Hitch, president-elect of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Assn., told BusinessWeek. Corn prices have doubled over the last year, reports the Earth Policy Institute, while wheat futures are trading at their highest level in 10 years. The diversion of corn to fuel ethanol uses “is creating unintended consequences throughout the global food chain,” a Bloomberg analysis finds – not to mention increased use of pesticides and fossil fuels to grow all that corn. Meanwhile, the U.S. Congress has slapped a 54-cents-per-gallon tarrif on ethanol from Brazil – which is grown from sugarcane. Wonder what’s going to happen to rum prices. In other energy news: -- In a man-bites-dog story, Xcel Energy has applied to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission for an electricity rate decrease of $13.6 million thanks to lower costs of fuel, such as natural gas, and purchased electricity predicted for upcoming months. If approved by the PUC, the new rates would take effect April 1 and continue through June 30. Meanwhile, the Colo. attorney general has announced his support for HB 1208, which would alter the state’s Unfair Practices Act to allow big chain stores to offer big gas discounts. -- As Colo. Governor Bill Ritter’s legislative package to boost renewable energy, and increase oversight of the oil and gas industry in the state, moves closer to signing, Big Energy is faced with a dilemma: oppose the measures, and be seen as obstructionists and anti-environmentalists, or swallow hard and go along? So far the Colorado Petroleum Association is against House Bill 1341, which would reform the board of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, while oil giant BP—the state’s No. 1 natural gas producer—says it will take a wait-and-see approach. -- Earlier we reported that, despite the Bush Administration’s ambitious goals for technology to produce cellulosic ethanol from organic material other than corn, the research budget for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, which is leading the way on cellulosic science, had flatlined. That’s no longer the case: the Energy Department announced Friday that the NREL will get an additional $99 million in funding this year, a 47-percent jump. Comment By dukeco1, 3-23-07 Big Energy is not accustomed to going along. They are, in Colorado at least, accustomed to getting their way. They just need to sidle over and make room for all their chickens moving back in to the roost. Comment By Hal Herring, 3-23-07 Brazilian ethanol tariff shows the world that all our free market talk is just like all that talk about WMD. How much more credibility can we stand to lose? As we pump out the last aquifers to water the chem-corn.bust the last prairie for the GMO variety, importing as much oil as we can to drive those tractors that make the corn ethanol binge.keep those Wahabbis happy, don't you know, keep the money flowing to them as leaders pretend to "get off the product," wreck the land, keep the annuities for the families of the Islamic suicide bombers healthy, line some US pockets, and witness the end of the greatest nation on earth. Dang. Hal Boy, it ain't a pretty picture is it? Comment By Chris, 3-23-07 Not only that, but the plants that make the stuff are awful-smelling blights too. Last week I was working literally in the shadow of an ADM plant in Cedar Rapids, IA, that processes corn syrup from corn, and is in the process of building an ethanol plant. I don't know what was in the exhaust belching into the sky, but it sure smelled raunchy. I wouldn't wish that in anyone's backyard. Comment By pete geddes, 3-23-07 When we subsidize things that trade in the market, we benefit the well off and well organized at the expense of the most vulnerable members of society. This holds true whether in Bozeman, Boston, or Birmingham. Princeton Ph.D. George Will said it well: “The world is divided between those who do and do not understand that activist, interventionist, regulating, subsidizing government is generally a servant of the strong and entrenched against the weak and aspiring.” Comment By Francesco DeParis, 3-23-07 I think we should start supporting cellulosic ethanol in the same manner we support corn-based ethanol. There will come a point when corn prices are too high to consider this an economic alternative to petroleum. I comment about cellulosic ethanol onEnergy Spin: Alternative Energy Blog For Investors Served Daily Cheers, Francesco DeParis Comment By bearbait, 3-25-07 One result of NAFTA was that corn from USA was so cheap and available that it drove tens of thousands of small Mexican farmers off the land and to town to find work. Now that corn has doubled in price, tortillas have also doubled in price. The poorest in Mexico now have a harder time eating, and more incentive to move north. The end result, of course, is how much energy independence do you gain by having your country supporting another million or more illegal aliens in need of medical, financial, housing and education subsidy, all of which come with energy demands? Corn ethanol comes with costs, many of which are hidden. Again, a hero move supported by liberal midwestern politicians financed by MegaAg companies, comes with unintended consequences. The ones in Mexico have happened, and the ones here are on the conveyor belt to realization. Meat prices will have to rise, and we all will pay that price. Even the vegans will pay a higher price as soy beans are replaced by corn in the farm fields. Comment By cc, 3-26-07 That Xcel Energy news item relates to the monthly ECA which adjusts, up or down, for the commodity cost of natural gas feedstock, primarily. Thus, it is not that unusual to see a downward ECA result in an overall decrease in electrictiy rates for the following month. Incidentally, the same mechanism is found on the natural gas bills but it is called a GCA. Thus, this is not a "man bites dog" story, but something that occurs when natural gas prices decline. 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