you next week on fox business. in between then and now, i hope to hear you on the "the willis report" is next. ♪ gerri: hello, everybody. i'm gerri willis. tonight on "the willis report" new questions about safety at construction sites all over the countr as the fallout mouse from the deadly buiing collapse in philadelphia. also, it is the biggest dragnet of consumer inrmation and our nation's history. the uproa grows >> you can't have 100 percent security and also then have 100 percent privacy. gerri: the market's jump. the dow higher for the week. how do you lock profits? we are watching out for you tonight on "the willis report".

gerri: all of that and more, but first looking for cheap prices and convenience. consumers are turning to online pharmacies to buy their prescription drugs. most of us are unaware of the hidden dangers. it is stimated that over more than 36,000 web sites selling prescription dgs, only 270 illegitimate. another 1500 may be legitimate, and they're not. with more onhis, the ceo of vital spring's technology. thank you for coming back on the show. good to see you. i want to start by talking about some my ofhese web sites are completely illegitimate, the vast majority. what is the danger, the rest o using one of these web sites? >> wel there is a lot of rest. one is that you may not actually be getting the drug did you think you're buying. because they may be produced in

some other countries. you don't really know what the ingredients are. you could end up buying a prescription or medication that is completely fraudulent, and the side effects, god forbid you take one of those, interacting with another medication could be disastrous. gerri: and we are not talking here, right, but just dru that are n meeting the same standards as u.s. drugs. we're also talking about drugs that are produced by criminals, by gangs who areust trying to make money off of americans w want to buy cheaper drugs online . >> that is exactly right. that is a significant component of that, which is why there are talking about certainharmacies , as you said, that could be outsidef the united states. it is very important when you go to an online pharmacy to make sure that, in fact, it is credible because so few are. in fact, that there is a u.s. postal address on the website because there is the risk that a lot of this isappening outside of the country.

gerri: where did the red flags? a lot of people want to save money on drugs.3 they think on-line shopping is the way. what is that one red flag that will tell you, hey, this website is noood? >> well, a lot of these online pharmaci as you for a lot of personal information. and if they are not asking you for a pscription, that is a red flag. because any credible pharmacy is going to require a prescription from a doctor before they're going toill it. a lf them actually start the suspect once stuck to ask you a lot of personal information. and wh the uproar aboutata privacy and security thate are hearing about tod, that is a huge red flag i terms of putting your personal information out there for people to scam. and so you should b concerned and the other staggering number that i was really quite surprised, the numberf teenagers that actually use some

of these websites to buy illicit drugs. it is a huge number. d so parents that are listing today reay need to pay atttion. gerri: that think that is a good piece of advice. tell me, if you are somebody out there who is desperate to reduce your cost of drugs, what do you do? if oine is not the way to go to save money, how do you get a discount of pharmaceuticals? >> that is a gat question. u know, companies like walmart and safeway have gotten very aggressive in terms of providing prescriptions and a very cost-effective price. there was a couple of years ago, this whole notion of being able to get a lot of the prescriptions at $4. the other obvious option, of course, is going the generic rout there are many medications that are available in generic that are far more cost-effective than the brand name. d a lot of companies today are trying to make it more accessible for the amount of

copayment or co insurance that they have to pay in order to make it more amenable for people to sticko their medications and make sure they take them. gerri: thank you for hping as out. great to see you. have a great weekend. >> thank you very much. gerri: look, if y rember anything about this segment's, it should be this. look for the simple -- syml. a pharmaceutical website. means the vendor has been approved by the national association of boards pharmacies. that is no small thing. more to itater in thehow on how to protect yourself. now it's time for your thoughts. here is our question, do you buy prescription drugs on line? log o to gerriwillis.com, vote on the right-han side of tte screen analysis of the results of the end of the show. and other house news, an fda advisory panel has voted to ease safety limits on the former blockbuster diates bill of india. back in 2010 the fda limited the use after studies linked it to

heart attacks. that caused a number of people using the drug supply from to under 50,000 to under 3,000. the new study says the heart attack link may have been overbln. before you run out your pharmacy, there are still restrictions, including a requirement tt you must sign a waiver stating you are aware of the side effects. while therare over a dozen diabetes medications on the market, this isne of two that increases patients sensitivity to insulin done by major way to break down, under its. this could be a major breakthrough for the nearly 26 million americans who suffer from the disease. remedies pictures, the building collapsed. killg six people, injuring many more. raising questions. new details now emerging about the contractor and the people involved in the philadelphia accident. with us now, former prosecutor. welcome back to the show.

you know, very curio fts seeming t emerge from this story. i have been following it closely you have to think, the federal government itself haruled against some of the things we are heang happened on the site. for example, no -- no la section should be permanent and stand alone without lateral braccng and that was one of the criticisms of this demolitio that we have been talking about and then you n see here. there was no bcing. in fact, many of the tactics, many of the ploys to bring this building down maybe not above board. what do you ink of that? >> well, you know, it is being investigated criminally as well as a civil suit already filed. you know, there are two things going on. complaints aut this building made to the city. we may not want the government to be in ouracks all the time, but when it comes to safety in our cities we expecthen they go out and inspect and they did

inspect this upon a complaint three weeks before and said it was fe, you know what they did , they went out and said the placards are in the window. this guy is licensed. that is it. then look at the disaster that happened. gerri: unbelievable, now we're finding a that the contractor has a rap sheet. he has been in trouble with the lansurance fraud, narcotics charges. goes on and on. assault. sureou may have had a legitimate license, b you know howt is with local government. i mean, let's face it. there are a lotf things that go on under the table in the city's. you have to think maybe this was one of them. >> take a look. what he put on his application. on a job that i understand would normally cost $250,000, he put down that he was getting paid 0,000. he hires workers and is notven give them hard hats. they are not secured on a line

when they're doing the work. they're seen using cwbaas, just sitting brakes. there's nothing to protect the sidewalk. it is a very shodd job. philadelphia does not license these type of demolitions, these lessons as a contractor, maybe there really ought t. he iseing investigated like he was the drug captain of a cruise ship. it requires some recklessness, but it was extreme recklessness on the contractor's board. gerri: in case this only affects people in philadehia, the reality is on any given day there are some siand a hal million peoe on 250 to 200,000 construction sites in the country. anything could happen. 300 open demolition permits in philadelphia alone right now. so it seems to me it is incumbent on all of us to make sure that the people who are doing these are keeping everybody safe. i mean, it is astonishing to me thaa here you have people working in a salvation army ore nextoor by the demolition was proceeding, and it does people who got killed,

the losses tumbled over on top of them. everybody in the neighborhoo anybody in construction some other kinds of things are talking about. saw the kinds of shoddy practices, nothing happened. this could have been prevented. >> that's right. and they complained. it was not as if they were sile. they actually complained. the federal government only has osha regulations which are ally about theafety of workers. it really does not have a place in determining these local issues about the safety of the demolition itsel. whether they shoul or shoun't, i don't know, but i will tell you, but the contraors and a bunch of trouble and the town has been scrambling to go and read inspect all the other sites because he has four sites in t city, two of them have already been found to be in violation when every inspected after the tragi. gerri: i guess we will hear a lot more out of philadelphia on the story. thank you for coming on. great to see you. have a great weekend. more to come, including more on the big rally on wall street

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gerri: the gernment's secret spng and millions of americans only deepening today. a former nsa worker in meeting the agency monitors some 3 billion calls a day. also today, we are learning the nsa monetary of phone rords goes well beyond the horizon customers include at&t and sprint users. to make matters worse, your e-mail, web searches, your credit card transactions are being catalogued by the u.s. and british intelligence agencies,

tapping directly into central rvers of nine leading internet companies. is this legal? joining me now, attorney bill from can. i will start with you. what happened he. they went to judge. a judge signed off on this. now we're tki about verizon. it just signed off on all this. lsi higher court says no, you were wrong, what you did was illegal, by definitn the judge orders stand. and it is legal. under the very narrow patriot ac you have a right here front of me. they can do it. gerri: i want to show people some numbers because it truly is astonishing. a huge bath of the permission that is being collected. at&t has hundred 30 million, verizon 121, spread 55. where does this end? iss okay? i am kind of an errant teeseven erica.

>> said of know if it is okay in a sense that it is difficult for people to deal with security versus privacy. it is important for everyone to realize you're gettinminute data which is showing that numbers that have been done by individuals who are suspected of being terrorists to see whether calls are going. gerri: i don't get it. what does that mean? >> the term for going behind the calls to find out exactly just the numbers. in other words -- >> so what you have would be my name, your name, and the phone numbers. >> it would be the numbers and the length othe call. these numbers are being tracked by nsa and other security arms of the government. make sure that they're tracking. >> on the same page. collecting verses access. collecting is 200 million different phones. access is if wean believe it,

their only access to mccall's under 1%. to get the actua tex of our phone call together, we all have a thr-way phone call, they have to get out wiretap. gerri: so it is a process. i have to interrupt you. read to you something that mark wrote this afternoon and is facebook page. this is news that was brought to you. katie said to my facebook is not annever has been part of any program to get the u.s. o any other government direct access to our servers. we have never seen the budget request for court order from any government agency asking for affirmation or data and walt like theone verizon reportedly did receive. if we did we would find it aggressively. we have not heard of prison before. >> the government and did it anyway. the databas have it right here. they can actually go in a without -- once they have a court order to get the

intermission, they do not have to go to the companies, facebook, verizon, never. >> judicial review components of the law. the law has to be reviewed every three months. this law was passed and president bush was in office in 2007. gerri: just out of september ptember 11th. th it made sense. two weeks ago the president told us, he said, you know that war on terrorism, that thing is done with. it's a they're over or it's not. >> like it or you're getting the authoration, aid is about international terrorism. what connection cannot possibly have? >> evidence that it has supported terrosts. it does not help all the time. if you or the family of a september 11th person who lost their lives will of one or child who is growing up without a father, you would want to have had that. this is one of the ways to do it.

i am not saying it is an easy tuation, but the bottom line -- gerri:ill makes a good point here, which is that i don't believe the war on terrorism over. the president says it is, but on believe it is. we have to be on guard all the time. is this a compromise we have to make? >> it isight now because it is legal. that is what the law stes, but at you worry about the slippery slope and about this ovreachi by the court. and what information the court is being given. the court could only sign the signature on this. the document is only as good as the information that the court gets. for government is giving information, then that really makes me nervous. >> into doesn't wl, congress reaffirmed i. gerri: they are noturprised. >> it may be a surprise to the public, but it is not a surprise gerri: the part that gets me is that here we're supposed to have this open and transparent

administration. everything is on the table. put everything on the web. no secrets here. you find now we have been lookinover your shoulder for the last four years. >> they want to deal to sta outonetarists. there will be a will to meet the purpose for having the llw which is again reviewed by courts, part of the law it does have checks and balances mlb perfect. is better than havinguildings blown upnd innocent people killed. >> there will never look to my calls. i'm so boring. gerri: every once in awhile. thank you. thanks so mh. great job. joblessness and evens are facing homelessness. yet government workers of the verans affairs office are working on the taxpayer a dime to do union work full time. fox business and liz macdonald joins me nowith a shocking w details.

>> senators tom coburn and rob portman said the letter to the secretarof the veterans affairs a ministration this week. basically they a essentially saying 180 workers are working ll time for unions, not military veterans. emma w striking i theist of whaa these workers are doing. senators blasting the viejo saying this troubling. the comppomise, and dat from -- i undoubtedly negatively impacts. v8 nurses,edical staffers, psychologists, therapists, security guards o were supposed to be protecting buildings. doing full-time union work. this is based on governmen affirmation and documents. and what t senators want to know is, what exactly arehey doing in terms of union work. we know that this bylaw federal workers are not allowed to strike. by law the pay and benefits are set. what are they doing essentially in terms of grievances and

disciplinary matters? at that time when the viejo is also saying that the unemployment rate for 18 to 24 ar-old militar veterans is high than the national average. we are alsoeeing rapid homelessness ong military veterans. gerr that is a great point. to put it into context of hat is going on with our veterans, with this kind of shenanigans being pulled. what about -- what about the pay raises andonuses? how does that work? they're doing union work full time. >> that is an important question because the senators ask jus that. justifying any step increases in pay, any p raises, bonuses that these workers could be getting in terms of taxpayer paid for pay and benefits. so they're asking also for ten yes of that information. and this is not jt a problem that a specific. abt this is when it was talked breaking.

that is over 3 million federal workers. that is the number of hours they spent on union duties full-time. now the government is putting th information that in 2011 taxpayers p for $156 million in taxpayer paid for benefits. gerri: that is ridiculous. >> and salaries of from 12% the year prior. we don't know what that went to. not working for the federal taxpayer are certainly for veterans. gerri: reporting. great stuff. thank you r bringing tos. appreciatet. wow. weel, later in the show we're pulling back the curtain and the big money behi broadway until you how you can get any action. next, as markets oncegain near record territory, how you protect your retirement? looking after you and your money afr the break. ♪ alec, for this mission i upgraded your smart phone.

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the. up $3 trillion for a high of 70.5 trillion. good news, people, good news. while many look up, it's important to look ahead protect your new wealth joining me, president of the capital management, and, ary, elcome bak to the show. great to have you on. >> thank you. gerri: this is interesting. if you look at reinvasion, it looks mihty good, an people out there now worry there a bubble somewhere else. what do you tell them about protecting the ealth grown over the last couple years? >> first off, it is good. people tie the wath to the houses, which prices are going up, and, of course, the market. what i tell people is learn we go through more bear marke, that usually takes 30% away from your equity, and learn how to manage during thse times. most people don't watch enough, and they just sit there, everything's going to be a-okay, always comes back, and, look e

we just brke out of a 13-year range, took that long to move higher. hopefully, it continues, it's whether or not to watch, and when it goes south, no problem with sellin off and keeping the equity market. erri: like, oh, the target's been down, pull money? is that what you mean? >> n, nota day or two. look, markets have an ebb and flow, fea greed, emotions will be around. you get into moments in time with bear markets, and the last 13 years, two 50% drops in he s&p. that hurts. a lot of people get out in the midst of that, and a lot of people get out at the btto try to recognize when things urn south. don't worry what people tell you, do the go to sleepindex. if you are not seeping well, get out. you can always get back in. gerri: you know, i see everybody talking about dividend stocks over 12 mnths, and i'm wondering shld you be thinking about something else now? think about something else

besides bonds? corporate bonds the pace to be? what do you tnk? when you look at the great b asset classes, wha do you think? >> i'm a huge bear on the bond market. i've been that w for quite a while. i believe the big ubble in bonds as the fed manipulated rigged rates down and pries higher. the's effects over the last three weeks, bond funds gave back two years o income in principle droppings. i'd be careful there. as far as dividend stocks, i'm good wit it,just continue to work, i don't mind you getting 3%, 5 while you hold something, but people are tieded n because it pays in a dividend. if it drops 25% and you get five, it's meaningless and not a good thing. gerri: check tis out, boosting houhold wealth, people got 1.5 trillion from stocks and mutual funds, 1744 # billion, you

know, i can't tell you, gary, how many times housing prices willnever go up, the stock market will neer come back. they were wrong. >> they were completely wrong. market is ear and greed, but there's wind at the back here, there's severe printing of money by the fed that's helped that. what i'm interested to see is what happens when the fed gets done, when weget normalized, when interest rates are normalized. we've seen mortgage related things and housing stocks taking a hit as rate have goe up, but no doubt, you knw, the fact that it's up is nothingbut good news and hope it continues. gerri: gary, thank you f coming on. have a great weekend, good to see you. >> you too. still to come, we answer te question, how do you do that, with stipes on throwing a wedding forless, and how to get in oo the big money of broadway. how the bright lights could mean big ucks for you. stay with us.

gerri: all this week, we lookedd at offbeat investments from art to peer-to-peer lending to water. with the tony awards this weekend, we thought there's another one to the list. how about investing in broadway shows? with some advice on making money off the great white way is charles, a columnist with market watch. all right, charles, start by talking about how big a business isbroadway? > broadway is huge, and it's gotten bigger. it's a one billn a year business, slightly over one billion dollars, up 50% over the last decade, and i mean, you see the crowds in times squares, everybody goes to a show, and that's a lot of money. gerri: it is. the what matters there. how often do tey turn to outside investors?

is it a small group of people who fund the shows, or how does it work? >> it's a fairly large group, hundreds of people involved, each show is its microeconomyy if you will, and producers have to find people to back shows. no proder has millions of dollars in their back pocket. gerri: why do people bank roll these things? it's hard to get aheadd >> right. it's the celebrity factor. you get to rub elbows with the stars. you are guaranteed tickets to @%ening night and to the after show party. that's youchance to feel like you a part of the cen gerri: how much does it cost to get the opening night ticcets? how much do you put down? >> aminimum usually of $25,000 if it's a musical, and $10,000 if it's a play. if you ant moe of asay in th show, you put in more money. gerri: sohow likely am i to have a big hit, hough, if i'm investing 25,000? it seems to me that the hits are few and far between.

>> i was really surprised about this. i keep of thought, though, that, you know, if all the people are doing it, smebody's got to make money. the truth is one out of every four shows turns a profit, so the odds are really stacked against you. if you turn a profit, it could be big. gerri: how big? >> the great example is when andrew lloyd weber was touting a show on backyard cats and ouldn't find anybody,old shares for $1500, but, you know, that sort of it a little investment, and if you invested that, there's a 5,000% return. that's one of the most successful shows of all ime, but, yeah, that money does exist. gerri: tips on picking winners? >> the ing about the thin about picking a wner who -- is what i was toldis what to avoid. don't pick the ame subject matter or targting the same audieece as other shows out there now. be careul about shows with not just huge budgets to begin with,

but ongoing budgets. some shows have weekly budgets of a half million dollars. be careful. that's a lot of tickets to show gerri: spiderman? >> that's an interesting one. 75 million dollars -- gerri: wow. >> the most expensive to produce, andit could make money back. it's still going. gerri: still going, unbelievably with all the problems they had. great to see you. have a great weeknd. >> u too. gerri: broadway the focus of this dy in business, greece opened on broa kay, the 1950s working class known as the greasers. it was the longest running show in broadway istory. it came back twice in 1994 and 200 1978, grease went onto great success when the movie industry avolta.e hit film with john today, it's the highest grossing musical. wow. toda june 7th, that it opened on broadway 41 years ago.

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people in new york city spent $100,000 on a wedding, which, to me, sounds totally crazy, and theosts are going ever higher. right now, they average $28,000. why do the costs go up? >> the costs have gone up and down depending on theeyears and the way people feel. generally, about their money. in 2008, itwas the average cost was 29,000, and in 2010, it's 26,000. it's like a barometer of how people feel aot their money. gerri: smart to just not get married in june? that's brial month. >> june, most prts of the economy is theemost expensive place, the most popular. everyone's got a wedding bookedded. gerri: don't get married in june. >> right. gerri: what else can you do? >> the venue is a biggest cost; right? what you wnt to do isask questions. do they ave the tables and chairs includ in that venu?

is the staff included? you could add a lot of things on that add up a lot. venues need built-in deor, don't cover in thousands of flowers and draping. that adds up. find one thats beautiful on its own you don't have to add a lot. gerri: trim the guest list. people arr now live streaming these weddings so they can cut their costs, what do you think? >> i think in general, you're live streaming weddin for a grandparent who can't make it. a lot of times it's not because we didn't want to pay for you to, like, eat dinner with us. gerri: killthe openbar, have a signatu cocktail. >> great tip. the bar adds up. the tabs are expensive. beer, wine, a signature cocktail or just beer and wine. gerri: not 15 courses, what do you cut out? >> if it's fall, cut out a salad, and if it's summer, don't have soup. gerri: double du lowers, i don't get that? >> that means the flowers can

work for both the ceremony and your reception. you know, anything goin on, even the bouquet that the bridesmaids hold could go on the table at the reception to make for extra decor or put them in the bathroom. you didn't spend an extra dollar. gerri: shop sample sales. >> shop that for yur own wedding dress, lok at bridal salons, they have trunk shows with associated sales and things like that, a really great way to go. gerri: i wore pansuit. >> tthat's chic. gerri: that or silly. great to meet you, great information, good tips, people just spend too much money on this. >> look for ways to save. gerri: i'm cheap though, thank you. paying for a wedding may be too much for the 55% of 2013 college grads heading into the real world without a job, but certain cities can provide more opportunities thanthers. i'm not just talking about employment. in order to rank the cities,

nerd wall let looks at iportant factors like, well, theprice of pizza. th is tonight's top five, number five, philadelphia, cost of livng, moderate, and in the health care business? business i booming in philadelpa. number four, baltimore, a low cost of living, average rent is $13100 a month for a one bedroom. that's cheap, people. they have the cheapest movie tkets, number three, denver, the mile high city with the most bars per capita. the modern unemployment rate a good thing. seattle, walkable city, expensive and rainy, and there's a booming tech business. the number one city is boston. this city has the most 18-24-year-olds of any ccty and the second lowe unemployment rate, and the man universities in the area offer post graduation options. the city with the lowest unemployment rate for grads? austin texas. love austin. next in fashion looks at a

factory right near in new york cityproducing top luxury handbags with a made in the usa label. stay with us. >> what's going on here? this is acually a company called rk new york making trending and fun acessori and hand bags. >> if you're in a bar, you meet somebody you don't like, you could just do t

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here to new york city, joined by nicole, the vice psident at the factoryry. how do you go from a designer sketch to an ctual product? >> well, a designer first meets with us in the showroom, passing us something that is a sketch. we then make a full set of patterns, and then a finisd sample. we work with the client to kind of get the materials they want, thehardware they want, the lining they want, and then we rk with them to make sure that the baton looks lik what they had in mind. gerri: you know, the room is chalk fullof people whodo this every day for a living, nd i was urprised to find out how big a business this is in new york city. somee$22 billion, 7,000 people working in the industry. is there big demand from designers to produce here in the u.s. of a? >> absolutely. i've been getting calls, 10-15 times a day, e-mails saying, you know, i want the bags made in -merica. they want to mak sure the factory is legitimate and make sure the labor rates a

appropriate, and they want to touch and feel their products. they want to come in and work directly with the workers. a lot of people justalso want that brand awarend. they want customers to be able tolook at the bags and see "made in america." gerri: talk about this manufactuuing site, though. you started with your dad's designs. how did it grow from there? >> well, 20-30 years ago, you know, every building in manhattan was a factory, very floor, and what happened was when the china became so huge in manufacturing, we just couldn't feet. they were making, you know, $1-$20 bags the business changed dramatically. what we do now is more of a luxury product. we work with over 40 brands and constantly growing. we had a designer who came in here back when we wer not making the high end bags, and she st wanted a bag, make a product, and her business grew into a $60 million brand, so once we agree her to nothing to

60 million, everyone knockedn our door. we can handle anything from a small designer to a big designer with 2,000 piece order. gerri: ho important is it these are made by hands? there's sewing machines, but so much is done individually. >> well, the cstomers like that. the work overseas is automated with automatic machines end cutting, you know and they don't need the peple. when they do, the labor is low. i think people really like to see that things are made by hand, that the bags are cut with a knife or ith a cutting machine, that there's a lot of care. people like that, and they pay a premium for it. gerri: a friend of he show, now, she produces here as well and uses pretty xotic material. >> yes, she does, the most beautiful snakes in the world. people import from italy, spain, even in from the u.s. from florida, california, and we take it and make it here right in new york city. it is a family business.

i work with my brother, my parents retired, but we're continuing, doing everything we can to stay made in manbecause s want. r gerri: not just handbags, but other things as well. >> yes, unique requests allhe time. i mean, the other day, there was a bag for the southern woman who has her gun and, you know, wants to conceal it in her bag, so we made a velcro pocket, holes steers, unique tech products, and, you know, small other goods, ewelry, made out of leather, fabrics, bells, cosmetic cases, and pouches. those are popur. the turn around time is quick. that's a reason why people prefer to ork hereother thaan overseas. our turn around for a sample can be a cople days to a couple weeks. you can come in here with an idea and have a full collection ready for a trade show or showroom within, you know, a month or two, unheard of overseas.

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