e-mails >> this is al jazeera america.live from new york city, i'm tony harris. a new black eye for the president's health care program. nearly a million people sent the wrong tax information. >> we're talking about a very small fraction of people who are affected. >> but these people rely on tax subsidies to help pay for their health insurance.

so the obama administration says those affected by the error should hold on on tiling their taxes. the revelation comes after, mike viqueria, joins us in the white house. how do we know how this error came about and what is the administration going to do about it? >> tony, just when the administration thinks its turned around the corner, it finds out about this. healthcare.gov was plagued since its launch. touting this corner that it's turned some 11.4 million people as you report signing up for health care this year. but these forms sent to some 800,000 individuals have the wrong information that's used to

calculate the potential l attach credit you will get up if you sign up for health care through the marketplace. the administration tried to down play this glitch over the benefit of obamacare. >> less than 1% of people who file taxes and each of these individuals are people who are eligible for tax credits or likely to be eligible for tax credits from the government. so we're talking about the question that has to be resolved is how substantial a tax credit are they going to be receiving from the government to make their hearlt health insurance more affordable. >> over 50% of these individuals have already filed their taxes. they will have to refile and the others will wait until they get corrected forms in the mail tony. >> will this help reinforce there are problems with the law?

>> perception is one thing. every time the law was passed two and a half years ago a bare majority ask if they approved or disapproved. to chip away or completely abolish the law it survived one supreme court case but the more severe challenge the administration is taking up more seriously comes up in about three weeks, a case before the supreme court that could undermine the underpinnings of american health care coverage through healthcare.gov. through the affordable care act. tony. >> mike viqueria at the white house. mike, thank you. the administration will try to lift an order blocking the executive action. the white house will attempt to lift the stay on monday.

could defer deportations for up to 5 million undocumented entrants. in libya at least 50 people were killed in the eastern part of the country. fighters loyal to i.s.i.l. are claiming responsibility for bombings in the town of koba. >> it was early morning when a triple car bomb ripped through the town of koba. >> third explosion half an hour later targeted ins sistles being since close to the police station. >> reporter: the largest number of was at the filling

station. bombing was likely in retaliation of egypt's recent air strikes in nearby der nah. derderna.actions, recognized by the u.s. government in tobruk. friday's bombing underlines how much the air strikes have further destabilized the country. >> i am so happy that i'm safe. the issue is much bigger than us but all of a sudden we were targeted. we lost our jobs, many things hatched. >> reporter: but the vast majority of people here would not tell us their story on camera. they say ever since egypt

carried out the air strikes in libya the situation of egyptian workers has become more vulnerable. the international community is also concerned about the impact of egypt's increasing role in libya. it all comes at a time when the u.n. western powers favor the political track rather than lifting an arms embargo as requested by the government in tobruk. >> those who choose not to participate are secluding themselves from discussions which are critical to combating terrorism as well as to the overall peace stability and peace of libya. consensus to fight these groups not each other. >> a meeting among all factions is scheduled next week in morocco. the hope is that it will bring about a government of national unity, essential to counter the spread of i.s.i.l. and its affiliates in libya.

hoda al hamit. al jazeera. (f) mosul i.s.i.l. captured this town last year and gave away a lot of details about the operation yesterday and that is raising a lt of questions. jamie mcintire is with us from washington. jamie, did the pentagon give away any big secrets? how much do we know about this operation? >> tony, dozens of reporters crammed into the small office, while the u.s. central command briefed them on the battle against i.s.i.l. in iraq and syria. the pentagon believes no tactical information was given away but the conops, concept of operations how five iraqi brigades would be mounting an

assault in april to may time frame, although that could slip and that three kurdish peshmerga brigades would also pin in the fighters by block in supply routes and routes of escape in the east. it was much more information than we were given and the things they talked about were obvious to anyone who was paying attention. >> i think we're getting all too fixated on mosul. yes, it's important terrain yes, it's going to have to be retain. everybody recognizes that. >> so there have been a lot of statements from the pentagon and other officials in recent months about the coming offensive in mosul. so the pentagon doesn't consider that it really gave away anything of any particular value, tony. >> wait a minute, jamie how has washington reacted to the release of this information? >> well, it might not seem like a big deal to the pentagon, but

a lot of people are scratching their heads about this level of detail. in an example at the white house briefing, white house press secretary josh earnest was asked. this is a little bit of this exchange. >> i'm wondering why detail this in advance? doesn't that give your play book to the islamic state and make it easier for them to prepare against that attack? >> josh, i saw many of the same news reports that you may have seen on this. >> it seemed like the white house was even taken a little bit surprised by the pentagon statement put up on capitol hill there was some outrage about this. senators john mccain and lindsay graham fired off an angry letter to the president. i'll read a portion. never in our memory can we recall an instance at a has our military knowingly briefed our war plans to our enemies. this could cost the lives of

u.s. iraqi and coalition forces. again, the pentagon insists that no sensitive tactical information was given away. we contacted the pentagon and they had no official comment tony. >> and the plan can always be changed. jamie, thank you. three school girls believed to be on their way to syria to join i.s.i.l. close friends captured these pictures on tuesday. officials hope to stop them in turkey before they cross to syria. the girls families are devastated. greece's deal to extend the european bailout. word a quarter billion dollars. there were signs the plan was near falling apart but the euro

zone has loud them three more mouse. john siropolous has the story. >> athens issued a statement saying this is a new era for grease a new era for its relationship with the rest of europe on a more equal footing. greece has crucially won four more months not only to renegotiate the austerity measures it is laboring under but also the period underwhich it will repay its enormous loan to the european union and the central bank. but greece has had to swallow a bitter pill. there is a statement in these negotiations that the greeks have had to avoid over the last few weeks or so. it will have to complete a successful review, a bureaucratic round about way of saying this government has to pick up the loan arrangement

along with the austerity arrangements that ride on it where the last government left off. what this government had been hoping for was an interruption of the program a bridging loan or a truce period financed by its creditors during which the strings, the austerity measures would have been cut. that isn't going to happen. the germ answer and the other members of the euro group say that even those they are open to renegotiating those austerity measures they still want the dpreekgreek government to agree with them apriori from the get go. left wing government, we haven't seen them before in the euro zone, we haven't seen it in the critical five year austerity period the cries period of the greek -- crisis crisis period of the greek government. a contract if you will that will

be passed on from the previous government to this one in order to continue talking to this administration. >> well the grease bailout in europe's financials crisis will be the topic on the week ahead this sun 8:30 p.m. eastern 5:fully:30 p.m. pacific. 40,000 tons of coal ash has been accused of being dumped into the river by duke energy. duke has agreed to a settlement, negotiators have just a few hours left in the matter of the dock strike melissa chan is with us. any progress in the talks? >> tony, from what we understand

there's only one sticking point left about arbitration. and it's a little bit inside baseball. they have covered ground in terminates of the labor deal in general over the last few weeks. we are close to the finish line. the question is whether it's going to be later tonight late friday night or on to monday. there is a specter of moving the negotiations to washington d.c neither party wants it's quite cold in washington d.c as i understand, and the labor secretary doesn't want to see two parties dragged to washington d.c. we are very near some kind of resolution tony. >> melissa take a moment and explain how businesses are being impacted by all this. >> well, it's been really incredible. nine long months. now, early on it was the national retail federation talking about concerns about moving goods onto shelves in time for the holiday season

months ago. a bigger impact, just an examples, a lot of medium and smaller businesses have been impacted. one coffee importer for example there is what they had to say: >> the economic impact is huge. for every ten bags going out i probably have one coming in. this is as a result of the inability to get these containers from the port of oakland. >> reporter: and here is another example tony. ice cream, believe it or not they do export to south korea they were not able to do that and were really entertaining their goods exporting it via plane. it is a very expensive alternative. the business in the central valley where california oranges very famous oranges are produced. at this time of year this is when they're exporting to the asia pacific china japan.

those buyers are not getting their deliveries, delays of two to three weeks and that's the major delay tony. >> don't mess with the ice cream, melissa thank you. it is down right frigid out there for millions of americans and it is going to be cold again this weekend. nicole mitchell with more. >> there are some of the lowest temperatures on record in new england, new york and philadelphia experiencing some of their coldest temperatures since the mid 1990s but not just the northeast. key west feeling their coldest day on record friday. midwest snow ice and sleet subzero temperatures. georgia, forecasters predict snow and sleet and temperatures expected to plunge even further. and the temperatures are

creating dangerous conditions. not just on the roads where several have been killed but also from hypothermia. in tennessee 17 people died mostly from exposure to the extreme temperatures and a new round of freezing rain has already begun. the cold weather is forcing students to stay home with numerous school districts closing their doors. there have been brutally cold wind chills everywhere east of the mississippi river. feeling like 30 below in syracuse, new york, 14 below in boston and 5 below as far south as raleigh, north carolina. >> so far last year there was a lot of snow, we got a lot of flow but this year it's really cold and the wind is merciless. >> boston is still digging out from its latest snow storm. to date 99 inches have fallen only nine inches away from the

record. more snow is on tap for the weekend. what is all these record snows from siberia into the united states. while many are digging themselves the out the west coast is experiencing temperatures ten to 20° above normal. >> both the dogs and i have absolutely been loving it. flowers in february and the sun is shiek and shining and couldn't ask for better. >> the other side of the warm air in the west coast is it's not helping drought conditions. getting back to the next system, mississippi, missouri, tennessee, kentucky reporting some ice and i would say tennessee is the bull's eye. places could pick up a quarter-inch. those problems in addition to the icy roads winter storm

warnings go almost all the way to the great lakes. on the back side of this, there is a little bit of warmer air so in a lot of places it will swish from snow to rain, eventually. >> i'm sorry, did you say warmer air? >> warmer air. >> nicole thank you. critical iran's secret nuclear activities just as international talks resume. plus a new political crisis in venezuela. a mayor under arrest accused of trying to overthrow the government. also: >> the house is on fire! >> an unexpected and dangerous consequence of legalizing marijuana. details ahead. >> houses are exploding. that's a problem and i know that's putting it kind of simply.

>> in ukraine, blame from both sides today for the latest apparent violation he of a

ceasefire. both the government and pro-russian rebels say the other side fired on them dozens of times in the last 24 hours. meanwhile he be in kiev. hundz gathered tohundreds gathered to mark the one year anniversary of maidan square. discussions are being clouded by new accusations that tehran is hiding parts of its nuclear program. john terret is here, john. >> began the bi-lats. both know that time is not on their side now if a deal is to be reached. delegations from both u.s. and iran are in geneva for another round of talks over iran's nuclear prap. u.s.program.

hoping to strike a final deal with iran before a june deadline they've set for themselves. a framework for that agreement is supposed to come by march 31st. the so-called p-5 plus one are trying to develop a program in exchange of easing of economic sanctions. iran on its part says it's not seeking to enritual enrich uranium. iran has disconnected a machine that could refine uranium more efficiently. the agency remains concerned about the possibilityiveness examine in iran of military activities and military operations including development of a military take load for a missile. benjamin netanyahu blasted the country, saying it can't be

trusted. the u.s. state department sees it differently. >> this has never been about trust. any agreement would have verification measures that would be an important component of what's agreed to. we're not quite there yet. >> reporter: the white house says president obama has exchanged letters with iran's supreme leader, ayatollah khamenei and a u.s. stance is clear. >> that the u.s. will not allow iran to obtain a nuclear weapon and we encourage them to engage with the international community to resolve the international community's concerns did their nuclear program. >> reporter: one footnote. prime minister netanyahu addresses the joint house of congress on march 3rd. the white house says it's limiting information to israel at the moment amid fears that tel aviv is trying to derail the

negotiations. tony. >> executive director of the american rawnan counsel and a researcher at princeton university. ahmad, good to have you back on the program. what exactly did the iaea find? damaging in what way? >> the critical time before the march 24th deadline for a political agreement. so hence of course is not going to be good news for the negotiation. >> and what the iaea is saying is we can't get full transparency from iran correct? we're being stonewalled, not getting the answer he we're looking for? >> correct but there is a caveat and this is a caveat. this is a possible military dimension issues of pmds.

>> pmds mean what? >> possible military dimensions. they predate these negotiation is. these are 2003 and before and they were brought up constantly throughout these years but what it requires for this access to happen for the iaea to happen for access to the iranian program, there needs to be a deal first to provide the mechanisms for the iaea to enter these sites. currently the iaea does have unprecedented access to the nuclear facilities. but what they're asking for is going beyond what is agreeable on any international agreement. >> what you're saying is there's in a sense nothing new here. >> there's nothing new. >> what is the potential impact on negotiations, the heavy hitters arrive as john just mentioned next week. >> definitely will be a damper

on the negotiations. however, there needs to be understanding, there are two parallel tracks, p-5 plus 1 powers and iran, the current status quo and what it will look like in the future. variations transparency and monitoring we can put onto the iranian program and in return, remove the sanctions. the iaea itself has an agreement with the iranians that are separate from the p-5 plus one. these are dual tracks happening at the same time. >> we get the issue report from the iaea just when the sides are coming back together again. where did the suspicions come from that led to this inquiry from the iaea? >> what is interesting is the timing exactly. this is nothing new again. so why did a sort of like -- >> what do you think? >> i believe there are some parties that do not want a

nuclear deal -- >> don't give me some parties. which parties? >> we can guess the israelis and some regional power such as saudi arabia, who see that not adjust a nuclear file but regional stability issues. >> israel is so set against a deal that it does not approve of. i've got to ask the question, it seems silly on its face, does israel have veto power over any agreement? >> of course not. >> through the united states? >> i don't think they have that much access to president obama's office but i believe netanyahu does want to push for derailing of the current negotiations but i do not foresee it happening all these parties have put such political capital to this process that they cannot track back on this. >> do you expect a deal to

happen in the next five or six weeks? >> i'm always optimistic, we've been here before but i think again this deal on march 24th is only the first step towards a comprehensive deal on july 1st. >> imad, a researcher at princeton university, always good to see you. have a good weekend. a new proposal for what you should be eating. why you don't have to worry about that extra cup of coffee or those eggs in the morning. plus: a doctor is refusing to care for a newborn baby because of the girl's parents and apparently it's legal. and the white house hits back at reudy giuliani's claim that the president is antiamerican. power politics.

>> have a look here for a moment motte. you're looking at the individual -- for a moment. you're looking at a massive fire

at dubai. thousands of people were evacuated in the area. at 79 stories tall, the torch is one of the world's tallest residential buildings. more than a year after marijuana became legal in colorado authorities are warning, making oil from pot should be illegal but not everyone thinks so. jim high high hooley with more. >> this man near black hawk, colorado admits he was extracting hash oil from marijuana when his home exploded last september. >> it was an accident, i don't recommend it, no matter how safe you think you're being with it.

>> leland was lucky to 75 after being rescued by a neighbor. we talked to him after he made his first appearance on arson charges. >> i've made it quite a few times. i'm not sure what went wrong. i wouldn't want what happened to me, to lap to somebody else. probably not play the guitar again. >> baker is just one in a growing list of hash oil casualties. 32 in 2014 including 32 people injured, happening in larger areas like denver and smaller communities as well. including one here in ledville, colorado,. >> this is your place right here? >> yes. >> the red one? >> a tenant living in corn's rental property blew up his kitchen when he was extracting hash oil last spring. >> this was ground zero?

>> it was. when the refrigerator blew up, the door was blown across the room into the wall here. >> crime scene photos showed the extent of the damage to corn's property. after making $10,000 in repairs corn now requires new tenants to agree not to process marijuana in his rentals. >> first attempt at making butane hash oil. >> videos are all over the web showing viewers how to make hash oil at home on the cheap. the process creates a honey like jell of super concentrated thc the ingredient that makes you high. what's i missing on the web are the risks involved. zack from aei engineers demonstrated the process for us in a safe environment. >> this is essentially packed full of the marijuana trimmings and when they introduce the

butane through tube, it acts as a solvent and scrubs the essential oils from the marijuana. >> butane is the fuel used in cigarette lighters. when it comes in contact with an ignition source, someone lighting a joint perhaps it does one thing: >> the house is on fire, the house is on fire. >> the government can't stop people from processing marijuana. >> attorney rob corey is defending three people from producing hash oil. this regulationive gives people the right to do this. >> the question is whether the government should try prohibit it. and whether prohibition in and of itself could be more

dangerous than the activity. >> corey says it's no more illegal than frying a thanksgiving turkey. >> god forbid if an explosion happens when you are frying a turkey, nothing happens because you are not doing anything illegal, frying a turkey. >> now grappling with how to tighten the language in the amendment. >> the people of the state of colorado wanted it to be legalized, wanted it to be taxed and wanted it to be done safely. when you are having house he exploding, it's to the done safely. >> leland baker would agree. >> i lost one of my best friends, my dog. i don't recommend it. no matter how safe you think

you're being accidents happen. >> and leland baker was also facing animal abuse charges for the death of his dog. the dog died when the house exploded. but there are ways to make hash oil legally and safely and commercially as well and that's happening right here in this lab in denver. with me is ralph morgan. he's the owner ever organolabs. this is very impressive and literally a laboratory. >> it is, this is very sophisticated equipment that we have assembled here. it pulse out the oil so we can deliver products for the end users and operators alike. >> there's no butane used, you say you use co2? >> correct. there are no hydrocarbons, no volatile, co2 is an organic

product and the pressures we're using is incredibly safe. one of the reasons we're using it is it's safe for the operator. >> we see what the byproduct looks like in the videos. what does your byproduct look like? >> very consistent with honey oil, hence the name. free of carcinogens something that you would be smoking. taking the essential oil of the cannabis and the open vap where people can vap openly. >> is there any way these can be done safely at home do you believe? >> not safely. there's local and state officials that regulate this industry profoundly to make sure we're safe to our makes and to

our employees. >> ralph, thank you very much. tony back to you. >> all right jim hooley for us. good to see you jim. air bag takata still won't answer questions. so the highway traffic safety administration is hitting takata with a $14,000 a day fine. it isn't cooperating with an investigation into faulty air bags linked to at least six deaths. a newborn has two mothers. bisi onile-ere has more. >> before their baby was born, jamie and christa contraras thought they had chosen the perfect pediatrician. they were blind sided when they went to the pediatrician's

office. >> we went to humiliated to shocked to anger. >> the pediatrician they chose dr. vezna roy decided she couldn't treat their newborn because they are lesbians. >> something like this at a pediatrician's office shouldn't happen. we weren't prepared for it because it shouldn't happen. >> roy eventually wrote the contrarases a letter, the doctor apologized for hurting their feelings though the law was on her side. >> i think this happens a lot more than people know and the thing is if no one ever speaks about it, it will just keep happening. >> anyone who provides a service to the public has a moral responsibility to serve the public. all of the public, not just the public that you religiously agree with.

>> the couple waited months to share their story. they are speaking out now against a problem they have very little ways to fight. the michigan law. >> the state law needs to change. and we need to include sexual orientation and gender identity into the state law so that this cannot happen again. >> reporter: doctors in michigan are free turn away gays or their children but the american medical association's code of ethics says, doctors cannot refuse to treat patients based on race, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity. al jazeera reached out to dr. roy. she has yet to return our call. >> i think it's really important that we talk about it and have a conversation because that's the only way we can spark some kind of change. >> the contreraseses says it's not

enough to heel their hurt. bisi onile-ere, al jazeera. the president says antonio ledezma tried to carry out a coup against his government. tom ackerman reports. >> this is the moment when caracas's mayor was led away. aids to the mayor say the men did not identify themselves or give any reason for ledezma's arrest. hours later hundreds had gathered outside the agency's headquarters from the capital demanding the mayor's release. >> i hold president nicholas maduro personally responsible for my husband's safety. >> reporter: after the arrest, maduro took over national tv

networks. he then accused ledezma and others ever plotting to topple the federalist government last week. >> antonio ledezma was captured under the order of the prosecutor's office for crimes committed against the peace of the country and the dirt security of the constitution. >> maduro said the ploarts had the backing of the u.s. government. the u.s. state department called that claim quote baseless and false. without prouding evidence against ledezma in a country there is no judicial independence. the government often cites plots to overthrow it, without producing evidence. socialist government has faced massive food shortages and spiraling inflation. one of the opposition leaders leopoldo lopez has spent a year in prison. tom ackerman, al jazeera

caracas. >> maureen mcdonald, bob mcdonald has been sentenced to two years in prison. in today's power politics president obama is fighting back and using the economy to do it. al jazeera political correspondent michael shure is joining us. the president came out fighting before the dnc didn't he? >> yeah, he really did he was a scrappy president obama. he had a favorable audience in front of him with the winter meetings of the dnc. he went in there talking about the economy and that's kind of what he wants to boast about. he's been talking about middle class economics which is what he rebranded the incoming inequality gap as of the state

of the union. but what he's really trying to do is set up the republicans tell america tell his party they are trying walk the walk. they're trying to walk the walk but they're only talking the talk. >> so michael let's listen to some of what the president had to say here. >> so i'm encouraged that they're speaking about middle class, and speaking about wages. but there is this old saying. that you can't just talk the talk. donna, you got odo what? you got to walk the walk. >> okay, michael so the president is sticking up for his administration's policies. is this an invitation for fellow democrats to do the same? >> well, it's both. it's both an vieks to invitation to fellow democrats to say let's be

proud, messaging has not been a great part of our party over the last four, six years let's be proud and let's do some messaging. but also to say to the republicans we own this issue come challenge us on this issue because we can beat you on this issue. he's trying to architect what the next two years are going to be like. he's right to do that because the democrats need to have guidance into election season of 2016. >> michael let's do this, change gears for a moment and talk about rudy giuliani. he says the president doesn't love america. look some people called his comments racist. giuliani is actually doubling down on that comment and added this when talking to the new york times. here's what he had to say. some people thought that was racist. i thought that was a joke since he was brought up by a white mother white grandfather went

to white schools and most of of they learned from white people. look is the white house responding to the comments? >> well, you know in their own way. today and we'll hear tonight a moment. the white house said that we're not going to respond directly but here is what josh earnest the white house press secretary had to say indirectly. >> more generally i can tell you it's sad to see when somebody has attained a certainly level of public statute stature and admiration tarntarnishes that that stature so hugely. i feel sorry for rudy giuliani today. >> any thoughts about that before we go ? >> the white house is trying to stay above the fray. steve cohen who tweeted there is race involved in this, rank and file can be really upset, rhode

island upriledup about this. but that is what the white house had to say. >> want an extra egg with your breakfast? go ahead and eat them. new dietary guidelines say they're okay. prosecuting revenge pornography. pictures meant for private eyes only.

>> you know, there is a new warrior tonight in the battle to shut down the so-called revenge porn websites. that's when a scorned lover posts compromising pictures online in an effort to humiliate an ex. it is an internet war we first told you about a year ago. adam may has the story. >> it started with a romantic request. >> he had asked i would love to take some pictures of you you're so beautiful. >> but months later ann maria became the victim of revenge porn. her int intimate photos suddenly posted online for everyone to see. >> in 2010, an ex boyfriend threatened he would post an image on ebay of 88 pictures of me.

my thoughts were, what if my students see this, what if my colleagues see this. how do i stop this? >> revenge porn has explodeon the internet in the last few years. adam is an investigative blogger in los angeles. he hunts down people who solicit and publish nonconsent yulial pornography. he says he has exposed half a dozen revenge porn site operators. 16 states have now criminalized nonconsential pornography. as aas a result many sites have shut down. mary ann has consulted and

advised around the country. >> federal criminal law would make it easier to go after perpetrators and provide a powerful deterrent for anybody thinking about engaging in this behavior. it would be one clear indication that this is reprehensible conduct. >> i think this speech is wrong what these people are doing is wrong. but is it protected by the first amendment, i don't know. >> this woman couldn't afford an attorney and never pursueed charges. >> my ex, his exact words were, i will destroy you and he chose the internet as his weapon and he was far from successful. >> reporter: problem offing itproblem approving it is possible to be a victim and

survive. adam may, al jazeera. >> you can watch his full report on "america tonight." dms is here. >> now one of malcolm x's daughters is helping al jazeera look back at his controversial and influential life. >> my father was one to address a problem and solve it. i think he put a mirror up and said, this is our problem. we must address it, we must seriously address it. we wouldn't have as many challenges 50 years later. >> we'll ask malcolm x's daughter. killer whale in captivity. its keep are said the animal would never survive in the wild despite the public's demands to release it back in the ocean.

>> i think people would be hard to understand why that would be a good reason to release her. she is peb in the same pool for 44 years. they can go and see other things. malita can't. >> lolita is cared for here. that's the bottom line. >> show you what else the care taker tells our jonathan betz. and the activists want to move her. >> the chemical in caramel coloring what the researchers found and which soda has the highest levels. >> we continue our look at this year's oscar nominated documentaries. the reaper, story about life and death. >> david, see you then.

a government panel is out with some new guidelines for american diet and could mean some big changes at the dinner table. the committee says we should be eating an environmentally friendly diet, cutting back on red and processed meats. carrie ganz joins us. what's different about these guidelines particularly the one released in 2010. right? >> they come out every five years. there have been changes in the cholesterol recommendation. basically, the number set for 300 milligrams per day watching the cholesterol. >> what kinds of things get that number pretty high and what can we eliminate to bring it back down into acceptable ranges here? >> well, what was said before was that people thought you had to eliminate certain foods from your diet.

like eggs, lob ter shrimp. but it's okay to eat those foods in moderation like anything we eat and really the encouragement is to eat more fruits and vegetables. >> exactly. what is the big take away for you? >> big take away is, things change and we need to look at and keep up with the times. i find certain things are not that surprising like the cholesterol issue. >> not that surprising? >> not that surprising. >> we fuss and tie ourselves in knots over that. >> not necessary anymore. more fruits and vegetables, not surprising, we have talked about a more plant based diet for years now. sodium levels that they had lowered in 2010 for those at risk to 1500 milligrams, now they're saying perhaps we don't need to go that low. the research is really not supporting it anymore. >> what about sugar? added sugar.

>> a lot of people get that confused. added basically what it's saying should be no more than 10% of your total diet. and that's a little confusing for people to do the math but basically on an average diet of 2,000 calories, you do 10% comes out to about 50 grams of added sugar a day. >> was there a recommendation of the number of cups of coffee you should have a day? this new suggestion is, wow three to five cups a day is okay. >> well, coffee was never in it before. >> was never in it before? >> was never in it before. what i will say i don't think three to five cups is okay for everyone. we're not necessarily saying go have that coffee with whipped cream because now you've used up your added sugar. >> is it more expensive to eat healthy? >> no. many people, that's a misconception. fruits and vegetables you can buy canned, frozen, local in

season, in bulk. eating healthy doesn't have to be expensive, you just have to be smart. >> carrie gantz, thank you. david schuster is at the top of the hour. thanks for watching.

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