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>> i think it gets worse. i think that there will be -- i'm not sure but i think it gets more intense. neil: i want to thank you, guys. i will see you on monday. have a good one >> hello, everybody, i am gerri willis. tonit on "the willis report." dennis: how safe are thehese life-saving drugs? also, the ugly fight over a family fortune. and in fashion from the mu-have accessors of summer. >> this is gogeous. we are wating out for you tonight on "the willis repor"3 ♪ ♪ ♪ gerri: we have all of that and
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more coming up. our top story is stories the safety of america's meat in question. >> i have to tell you that hen iheard that this story occurred, this iconic american brands was being bought y a massive chinese food company, i was very concerned. should i be? >> people in hong kog who buy these products, because it is an american company, they stopped buying it a couple of days ago. everyone knows how bad things are in china.
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gerri: okay. 4.1 billion pounds last year were shipped to china. let's talk about the amount of inspection that es on. one to 2% by the fda, the usda, the inspection of chinese foods important to our country. >> that's righ in march and april, they pulled out nearly 20,000 pig carcasses from the ddle of april and some of that and he meet ended up on some of the supermarket shelves. when you think about it, why are they paying $7.1 billion for
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smithfield? because they want to get accss to the customers remapped. gerri: why is it like tat in china? >> we have an untenable political system. corruption iembedded in society. well, i actually thought that china would do something about the milk thatcaused kidney stones and the children. but they didn't. we have all of those scandals and more. it is really because the political system is not able to stop i. we can be sure that when
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smithfield is owned by the chinese and when they start importing chinese prk, we are going to see those problems on our shores. gerri: i bet he don't know that 50% of apple juice comes from china. 80% of to latvia, 0% of frozen spinach from china. all from china. here here's where the real problem comes in. there is labeling on products if it is a pure product. if you are pickgup a piece of corn, you know where it comes from. but if you pick up processed food, you have no idea where this comes from.
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goldman sachs owns a part of this. gerri: well, i mean, you know, that is really looking forward. looking for bad guys everywhere. it is astonishingly low. it is just inexcusable. >> the the biggest items smuggled -- i mean ,-com,-com ma they just don't trust nything their own country. it really comes to the political system. >> we ve to put a good face
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on it looks like the economy is always growing, even it's not. gerri: gordon, it is good to have you here and thk you for lping us with that story. i appreciate it. la mancha gerriwillis.com, but on the right-hand side of the screen. this is her question of the dy. do you care where your food comes from? there is a very unusual and pubc feud going on at the fd. the issue boiled over on the front page of "the wall street journal" today. according to the journal there is disagreement inside the agency over the safety of popular hypertension drugs. some of the drugs may be linked to higher cancer rates. i want toshow folks the drugs that we are talkin about. it is very likely that the who watch the show are actually on these meditions are you can
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see the brand-name sector. let's talk just a oment. how do these dru were? >> they block sensors from binding to your body. it constricts or narrows blood blood vessels and narrows your blood pressure. >> will this help bring down your blood pressure at the end of the day? that is the simple description of what theydo. but what are the dangers that are being reported now? help me understand that remapped. >> this group of job may now be linked to an interest-rate having cancer. in of particular lung cancer. the person involved in this whistleblowing case, as we call it, they believe that this may incrse risk of lung cancer by up to 30%. gerri: this guy is out there by himself. there was a study in the lancet medical journal that shows that there could be problems with these drugs. they also reported that a
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grter chance of cancer. the fda came back an said no, the magazine is wrong. would he make of that? >> that is correct and there are only three reasons why the fda is ignoring us. either political, stupidity, or they don't have the manpower to do that or this is not acceptable for any of these reasons when it comes to health care. >> i just can't imagine why this is going on. but i have to tell you that the fda and drug approval is not where you wanted to see the agreement of this type. it is either a drug that reduces cancer or r it is not a drug tht reduces cancer. why can't they answer the question to everybody's satisfaction? >> that is correct. this should be based upon -- not politics or some other types of reasoning. we need to figure t what exactly is going on. are they safe for taking these kinds of drus? gerri: how would this be a political issue do you think
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it's possible that they are just trying to keep the indury happy? there a lot of big pharmaceutical companies in this. >> that's a very good point. gerri: we have a lot more still to come this hur. a lot more, including some advi as we heainto weddings done. should you get a prenup? should you?
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gerri: banks need to do a better job discsing fees. we say that a lot on the show. the report says that some of the biggest banks in the country made it clear that a lot of confusion over fees is overdraft fees. joining me now is the president of optimum capit management. >> i can tell you from just my personal experience that it is hard to understand what is going on. i couldn't eve figure out is
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this really confusing. why is that? >> the bottom line is that there is not a lot of thought in making things easier on the consumer. the different products and services, how much am i being charged it makes it all that much harder if you are trying to shop around. gerri: if you want to figure it out, well, good luck ecause it will be darn ard
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>> the bottom line is it really is up to us to make sure that we can do the reang. i do want to show who does the best job in warsaw. we have city, we have bank of america. key banks, first tennessee union bank. there a lot of regional and not. one of the collections of these is the overdraft fees s those
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things, those overdrafts are still being collected by aot of things. those things are sll in place. they might have rewarded those transactions i definitely think there should be a lot more clarity and a whole lot more gulation on that. but overl, i have ard people y that i'm tired of getting charged $35 so a hundred dollars
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really mean zero and you're trying to keep a months worth of savings be one honestly people should make sure that they don't overdraft their accounts. it has become easier to do that with the debit card because you are out and about. it is hard to know exactly how much you have in your account. there eqa for the banks make it work for y. reordering yur purchases is corporate number one. brian, thank you fo coming on toda it is always so good to you. next we answer the question, how you do not? that? tips on deciding whether a prenup is right for you. and we tell which celebrity has the shortest marriage ever. i will give you a hint, it is not these guys. with the spark miles card from capital one,
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gerri: more and more couples are saying yes to a prenup before saying i do. but how do y
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gerri: before ading down the aisle, a growing number of couples are heading down to their lawyer to get a prenup agreement. how do you know of a prenup is right for you and your soon-to-be spouse? we have the author of the premarital planner. welcome, vicky. there are more of these things going on leasing should get a prenup? >> almost everybody. >> we know the statistics. one out of two marriages fail.
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gerri:these statistics are bad, but so what. you have to go in with the attitude that you're going to make it work. if you are already planning for the dissolution, how is it going to be a success? enact this is a mindset. everyone that is a non-lawyer says that they are unromantic. gerri: i'm not talking about romance the partnership to this is a business partnership. >> it is not a business partnership. >> we are not companies, we are individuals. gerri: let me as he wiped. >> many people are saying, why then i have a prenup. gerri: let's talk out who you think shou get a prenup. >> is if you own a company, if you own any kind of real estate. if you have a family busines you may ssibly receive inheritance. gerri: so you may not want to share the money with her husband? >> let you decide, not a lot tell you what to do with your
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money. gerri: you said you have children fm a prio relationship. maybe you should not marry a partner with a great deal of that. >> in my book we talk about how you need to get financially naked. some people don't say that they have that that is the beauty of a preup. you can say, listen, you shouldn't be responsible in the event that we get a divorce. so you get sarate warnings. gerri: you square off with separate attorneys? >> this is about i'm getting the best information possible. some prenup say anything you have before the marria is yours. anything you acquire acquired during the marrie is going t be joined. it is not such a big deal. >> here's what i like, full and fair disclosure of assets and liabities. >> that is a lot. if you say, oh, i ve a 10 million-dollar asset. you can't honestly believe that because you didn't know about
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it. so absolutely need to get 100% honest about everything you have. and decide what is going to be divided. what will remain separate. maybe you can get somebody a number of dollars each ear. so after you're married for 10 or 15 years,you say goodbye, you're over the sunset. then the you can say that we are over the hump and prenup is null and void. >> howmany marriages endn divorce? >> about 72%. they're making the same mistakes. gerri: don't get married too young. that is a g part of it. >> thank you f coming on the show. it is always nice to see you. all right, prenups are especially important when it comes to celebrity marriages. with millions of dollars at stake. into tight top five, the shortest celebrity marriages. number five is mario lopez and ali landry.
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the tv host married the former miss universe. they were married for 14 days. number four is eddie murphy and he was married for 14 days. and number three is dennis rodman and carmen electra. ninetys. number two is brity spears and child hood sweetheart jason alexander. by the end of the ek they were on the road to divorce. and the number-one shortest celebrity marriages just out of order and fully paid.. lawyer. bere the day was out she realized that she made a mistake.
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>> from a fox business studios in new york, here again is very well at. gerri: welcome back "the willis report." a new study from the pew research center this week finds that mothers are the hole or
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primary providers and a record -0% of all households with children. that is up fro just 11% in the 1960s. it led to a firy debate. both on the "lou dobbs tonight" show and on fox news, and "america live." here is lou dobbs explaining to megyn kelly what he finds so troubling about this study. megyn: what you think about women in the workforce? gerri: lou:et me just finish wt i am sying. there are three times as many in a single-parent household that are likely to end up with great psychological illness. megyn: we cannot put it to the side? yes, we can. that is not what this debate is about. lou: that is exactly what thi debate is about.
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gerri: lou dobbs, i like it when you said the fact that evidence that society itself is crumbling. lou: i don't want to have happen here what happened on megyn kelly show. that is to lose focus on what the deal is. when we talk about breadwinners -- excuse me, i'm yourest, i expect to be treated as such. gerri: i'm happy to have you treated as such. go ahead. lou: we are talking about 62% of us who are single women. who are raising children bear
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them women making an average $20,000 per year. what is happening in terms of the advancement of many those who become primary breadwinners is that we have seen them lose their jobs weave in him walk away from opportunity. they are dropping out of school. these are huge social issues. gerri: but i don't see how it is making society crumble. lou: you would understand if you listen to what i'm about to do it. the pew research people have been an important study. it should rise above the nonsense orthodox reflexes in the media. gerri: this is no knee-jerk reaction. women are very proud of the steps that they have made. even in the single-payer households. they are putting food on the table.
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they are putting gas in their cars. so why is this bad? lou: jerry. lo gerri, get real. my daughters and wife work. my transport, her parents were. my daughters-in-law work. we have republicans and democrats arguing at the margin. 40% maybe breadwinners that 63% of those omen are raising children on their own and they have resources that put them on the veritable edge of poverty. 23,000. you don'think that is a lot more important than arguing about this? gerri: it has nothing to do at the line between republicans and democrats. women working in being breadwinns, look -- many of them are married.
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lou: 63% -- gerri: why is this bad? lou: did you hear a single word that i said? i didn't say it was ou a single word? gerri: well, lou, i think that we must agree to disagree. lou: i don't disagrewith you. the fact is that i celebrate work for everyone. men and women and i hope that every man and woman will look at the pew research study they understand that we have a society at the cusp and we must -- we must start talking and thinng intelligent about these issues. ani think that the pew research study goes a long way towards reintroducing a lot of people in the media as well. to the reality that too many women face in this country, it is not a plasant one. and it has a great impact on futures. gerri: i think asharper issue is the lack of rising income and the decline in income per
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household. i think that that is the problem. but the fact that women are working and earning. lou: did you not hear at i said? lou: $23000 is what 62% of those women made. that is exactly what we are talking about,ood lord, gerri. gerri: i think women are doing a fine job bringing more money home. speak you put your banner up gerri: they are going to schoo and getting a degree whemen are not. let's prote your show tonight. why don't we promote your show tonight. lou: i think that is what we have been doing. [laughter] lou: tonight we are talking with a former department of justice atrney kristin adams. he has inside information into attorney general urkel mismanagement and his possible future. that's coming up at the top of the hour. gerri: thank you, lou. have a greathow. well, whoever is the beadwinner in your family, unfortunately looks like they won't be able to give up the gig anytime soon.
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with oneness, ric edelman, is with us now. people are having a hard time getting back on track. giving a major push to get back on track. >> is really fascinating that not lo of folks on captol hill are talking about the stock mark. people are in disbelieve. many believe that it is unsustainable. but in fact, it really is. gerri: i think a lot of people out there -- they worry about the stock market. theyre worried that they are abe it. of course, americans have been a lot thisn the past. th saw a.com bubble. they believe they are seeing a
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housing bubble. would he think the right responses? at is the right action for any investor to tak? we have to understand how bubbles ccur. what we see right now is based on corporate profits. the stock market is priced very fairly. that is not the case back n 2000 wh the.com bubble. it certainly wasn't the case in 2008. the market is not going to continue to grow the rest of the year the way to pass the hour. what that really means is you can get back in theater.
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you don't have to have this fear that we are going to have a return of 2008. that is not on the table. gerri: is the biggerrisk rising at this point? inflation atsome point? >> yes, if you take a look at the bond market over the past month. that is good evidence. the bond market came down dramatically. interest rates are now higher, higher than they were a year ago. this is bad news for bondholders. the risk that have talked about how been the fact that rising interest rates mean bad news for bonds. it is ironic. people who are fearful are worried we're going to lose money. so you have to wonder what are people thinking. and do they have a rational basis for the strategy? gerri: thank you for coming on. you are a voice of reason. amona lot of crazy people out there. gerri: when we come back, look at the hottest trends in summer hats. coming up, thanks to a legal
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gerri: well, theegal battle that raged for morthan a decade in the coming to a close grea anna nuckolls meant, famously battled to the bitter end or a piece of her husband's fortune. now a california judge sets her six-year-old daughter is entitled to money. joining me now are two guests on this topic. remind us where we have all been over these may years.
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>> this, as you they say, has been going on for over a decade or a that started when anna nicole filed forbankruptcy. her late husband sued her for defamation. she countersued him and endedp gettin475 llion. back and forth, now wt the judge is saying is that what it is about a sanctions. the lawyers did not perform ethically. they withheld information. gerri: okay, we know that howard marshall's estate was worth $1 billion and now the judge is saying that the sanctions could mean $49 million for the daughter of anna nicole smit >> that's right, it could be. but the real issue is that she hasn't won anything. she has bounced up and down like a yo-yo from the pellet court to the trial court. the judges have been invoking the famous legal doctri as
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enough is enough. they are saying that theway the case was handled, since lawyers are representing the estate, really engaging in outrageous conduct, they send documents out of state to places where they have never been received on the her side. the judges sort of had. they are saying now enough is enough. you're going to get bang for what you did. gerri: it has been filed as part of the tactics that these attorneys use. the whole estate is worth 500 million to a billion dollars. how do you figure out these kinds of numbers? what is the map in the calculation on the iraq. >> even more important than the numbers is what is judge is sending out a message. the system has been made a mockery. this is the legal system and you cannot go there. you cannot withhold information and then say, oh, you know what,
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you have reached a great settlement. some people like during the lawsuits. the daughter should be getting the money. >> it is amazing that it is highly debatable who should get what take away for me is that these kinds of conversations go on around dining room tables every single night. there may not be 49million or 100 million or 500 million at stake. the people debate the kinds of things. what do you tell friends and family? people that you know about these kinds of arguments about who gets the money and when? >> it is very difficult issues. families are fighting with each other, etc. anna nicole mith really has a relationship with the sn of the gentlemen that she married.
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but it is important to get to the practicalities of where it is now in this case. they are upset because theyre flaunting the rules of a particular judge. what happens is they start a big number, the appellate panel is a lot less emotionally involved and usually gets cut down. and then they look at it again, they come up with a lower number and it comes back again. they're going to be bouncing around for a long time. gerri: we don't have much time left, but is there any advice yocould give to a broader audience those who may be having issues with family members? >> yes, make sure everyone knows what they are getting.
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>>bsutely. afterwards it is a free-for-all be one that is interesting. l right, thank you for coming on tonight. i appreciate your time. >> absolutely. gerri: coming up next, my "two cents more" and the must-have accessory for a alec, for this mission i upgraded your smart phone. ♪ right. but the most important feature of all is... the capital one purchase eraser. i can redeem the double miles i earnedith my venture card to erase recent travel purchases. d with a few clicks, this mission never happened. uh, what's this button do? [ electricity zaps ] ♪ you requested backup? yes. yes i did. what's in your wallet?
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gerri: coming up next for
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gerri: in fashion tonight, half. working with accessory into your
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wardrobe. playing after summer look. welcome to the show, it is great have you here. eugeniahether. you have a great story about how you got started designing hats. >> when i'd had a few too many drinks and decided it was a good ideato cut my own hair. gavemyself a bad haircut, had to shave it off, hence my logo, it is me with a shavehead. i staated making half the like haircuts, and then bause it was real cold in the winr. then i was shopping and people starteasking me when i got the hat.
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gerri: you start with the material? well, we start with some materials. we centered around trends, sometimes i love this color or shape. and thenou just kind of like -- you know, play with different shades and there is the great gatsby movie trend that is really based on hats, the mod 60s look has been going on for a little while. there a lot of women who want to ok white noise and have a men's fashion moment. >> it cute, thu. >> invisible ethnic trend, which is kind of global. very chic. gerri: you are also a business person, though. it is no just about esigning things, it is also about giving
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your product out the door. what have you learned over these years? >> i feel that i have, like, learn so much. because at times -- you can't just be creative, you have to make the right moves in terms of ry much what the audience wants on some level. you can design is as much yourself, but you have to think about who is this woman and think outside of wha you wan. gerri: a lot of people that i talk to, especially young women want to know how to break into fashion. it's very competitive. when the someone has success, theyanto know how did you manage to make that happen? makkah honestly when i started i was like 22 years old. it was my first real job. i work atondé nast for several years. i didn't know what i was getting, i found this storefront i could live in the bak of because it was a two bedroom. i just kind of inged it. finally i started developing a business sense. that is what is really important. you have to think about who is your customer, do u have a customer with us, this, are you willing to me the commitment. gerri: it is very demanding. how do you know what hat works for you?
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beeause is it pssible -- i have shopped for hats and it's very confusing. >> a sickli think that, like -- is this your first cat? if it is coming may not want to get the brim hat. pretty fabulous and glamour or more ttmboyish? gerri: which one of these work for me? >> this one is gorgeous. i see a big summer dess. very flirty. we didt cover one point i want to mention. we didn'cover one point i want to mention. these hats areade in america? >> after my love making them in new york and i love new york and being able to work rely closely with the factories. it is very difficult and i love working and being int it. gerri:hank you so much for coming on the show. i think this is a great hat.
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>> onef the biggest pork producers in the u.s. agreed to be bought by a chinese me prospects -- process surrogate than four point* $5 millioneaving speculation it comes from communist china. do you care? 93 percent said yes. a and what are you eating? that food deal should send off alarm bells was specially since we're becoming more and more dependent on china for our food. almost doubling in thelast decade as we reported earlier we import all sorts of stuff from fruits and
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vegetables to see food and dairy products and the usda and the fda inspects less than 2 percent of the food. the dangers are already here in the last few years thousands of dogs and cats weee killed after eating tainted pet fod made in china and it was sold by france like purina. china has a terrible history of food safety enougho turn your stomach rat meat sold as land and deadly chemicals and rice and deadly baby formula. even the chinese don't trust their own food supply 70 percent say food safety was a big concern for them if the chinese don trust their own food rice should we? that is my a $0.2 and revisit an important topic and what have we learned over the course of the investigation and how you keep it safe and that battle
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