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 country. as the fallout mouse from the deadly building collapse in philadelphia. al, it is the biggest dragnet of consumer information and our nation's history. the uproar 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 in profits? we a watching out foror you tonight on "the willis report".

gerri: all of that and more, but first looking for cheaper prices and convenience. consumers are turning to online pharmacies to buy their prescription drugs. mostf us are unaware of the hidden dangers. it is stimated that over more than 36,000 web sites selling prescription drugs, only 270 illegitimate. another 1500 may be legitimate, and they're not. with more on this, the ceof vital spring's tecology. thank you for coming back on the show. good to see you. i want to start by talking about some many of these web sitesre completely illegitimate, the vast majority. what is the danger, the rest of using one of these web sites? >> well, there is a lot of rest. one is that you may not actually be getting the drug didou 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 completely fraudulent, and the side effects, god ford you take one of those, interacting with another medication could be disastrous. gerri: and we are not talking here, right, but just drugs that are not meeting the same standards as u.s. drugs. we're also talking about drugs th are produced by criminals, by gangs who are just trying to make money off of americans who want to buy cheaper drugs online . >> that is exactly right. that is a significant component of that, which is why there are talking about certain pharmacies , as you said, that could be outside of 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 is happening outside of theount.

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 no good? >> well, a lot of these online pharmacies as you for a lot of personal information. and if they are not asking you for a prescription, 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 lot of them actually start the suspect once stuck to ask you a lot of personal information. and with the uproar about data privacy and security that we are hearing about today, that is a huge red flag in terms of putting your personal information out the for people to scam. and so you shoud be concerned. and the other staggering number that i was really quite surprised, the number of teenagers that actually use some

of these websites to buy illicit drugs. it is a huge nber. and so parents that are listening today really need to pay attention. gerri: that think that is a good piece of advice. tell me, if you are somebody out there who is desperate to reduc your cos of drugs, what do you do? if online is not the way to go to save money, how do youet a discnt of pharmaceuticals? >> that is a great question. you know, companies like walmart and safeway have gotten very aggressive in terms of providing prescriptions and a very cost-ective price. there was a couple of yearsgo, this whole notion of being able to get a lot of the prescriptions at $4. e other obvious option, of course,s going the generic route. there are many medications that e availablin generic that are far m more coseffective than the brand name. and 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 stick to their medications and make sure they take them. gerri: thank you for helping as out. great toee you. have a great weekend. >> thank you very much. gerri: look, if you remember anythingbout this segment's, it should be this. look for the simple -- symbol. a pharmaceutical website. means e vendor has been approved by the national association of boards pharmacies. that is no small thing. more to it later in thehow on how to protectourself. now it's time for your thoughts. here is our question, do you buy prescription drugs on line? log on to gerriwillis.com, vote on the right-hand side of tte screen analysis of the results of the end of the show. and other house news, an fda advisoryanel has voted to ease safety limits onhe former blockbuster diabetes 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 overblown. before you run out your pharmacy, there are still restrictions, including a requirement that you must sign a waiver stating you are awaref the side effects. while there are over a dozen diabetes medications on the market, this is one of two that increases patients sensitivity to insulin done by major way to break down, under its. this could be a major breakthrou for the nearly 26 million americans who suffer fromom the disease. remedies pictures, the building collapsed. killing 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, forme prosecutor. welcome back to the show.

you know, very curious facts seeming to emerge from this story. i have been following it closely you have to think, the federal government itself has ruled against some of the things we are hearing happened on the site. for example, no -- no la section should be permanent andtand alone without lateral braccng, and that was one of the criticisms of ts demolition that we have been talking about and then you can see here. there was no bracing. in fact, many of the tactics, many of the ploys to bring this building down maybe not above board. what do you think of that? >> well, you know, it is being inveigated criminally as well as a civil suit already filed. you know, there are two things going on. complaints about this building made to the city. we may n want the government to be in our backs all the time, but when it comes to safety in our cities we expect when they out and inspect and they did

inspect this upon a complaint three weeks before and said it was fine, 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 findina that the contractor has a rap sheet. he has been in troubleith the law, insurance fraudnarcotics charges. goes on a on. assault. sure, you may have had a legitimate license, but you kno how it is with local government. i mean, let's facet. there are aot of things that go on under the table in the city's. you have to tnk maybehis was one of them. >> take look. what he put on his application. on job that i understand would normally cost $250,000, he put down that he was getting paid $10,000. he hires workers a is not even give them hard hats. they are not secured on a line

when they're doing the work. they're seen using crowbaas, ju sitting brakes. there's nothing to protect the sidewalk. it is a very shoddy job. philadelphia does not license these type of demolitions, these lessons as a contractor, maybe there really ought to. he is being inv was the drug ctain 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 philadelphia, the reality is o any given day there are some six and a hal million people 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 thpeople who are doing these are keeping everybody safe. i mean, it is astonishing to me thaa here you have people rking in a salvation army store next door by the demolition was proceeding, and it does people who got killed,

the losses tumbled over on top of them. everybody in the neiborhood, anybody in construction som 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 wer silent. they actually complained. the federal government only has osha regulations which are really aut the safety of workers. it really does not have a place in determining theseocal issues about the safety of t demolition itself. whether they should or shouldn't, i don't kw, but i will tell you, but the contractors 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 the city, two of them have already been found to be in violation when every inspected after the tragic. gerri: i guess w 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

today. next the president obama defending his a administration's secret surillance program. >> nobody is listening to your telephes. ♪ gerri: with some much secrecy surrounding the program what will we believe? is it legal? our panel weighs i next. ♪

gerri: the government's secret spying and millis of americans is 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 records goes well beyond the horon 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 directlinto ctral servers of nine leading interne companies. is this legal? joining me now, attorney bill from can. i will start with you. what happened here. they went to a judge. a judge signed off on this. now we're talking about verizon. it just signed off on all this. lsi higher court says no, you were wrong, what you did was illegal, by definition the judge orders stand. and it is legal. under the very narrow patriot act. you have aight here front of me. they can do it. gerri: i want to show people some numbers because it tru is astonishing. a huge breath of the permission that is being collected. at&t has hundred 30 million, verizon 121, spread 55. where does this end? is this 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 dl with security versus privacy. it is important for everyone realize you're getting minute data which is showing that numbers that have been done by individuals who are suspected of being terrorists to see whether calls e going. gerri: i don't get it. what does that mean? >> the term for going behind the calls to find out exact 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 leng of the call. these numbers are being tracked by nsa and other security ms of the government. make sure that they're tracking. >> on the same page. collectingerses access. collecting is 200 million different phones. access is if we can believe it,

thr only access to mccall's under 1%. to get the actual text of our phone call together, we all have a three-way phone call, they haveo get out wiretap. gerri: so it is a process. i have to interrupt you. ad 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 and never has been part of any program to get the u.s. or any other government direct access to our servers. we haveever seen the budget quest for court order from any government agency askingor affirmation or data and walt like the one 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 databases have it right here. they can actually go in and without -- once they have a court order to get the

intermission, they do not ha to go to the companies, facebook, verizon, never. >> judicial review components of the law. the law has to be riewed every three months. this law was passed and president bush was in office in 2007. gerri: just out of september september 11th. then it madense. two weeks ago the presint told us, he said, you know that war on terrorism, that this done with. it's a they're over or it's not. >> like it or you're getting the authization, aid is about international terrorism. what connection cannot possibly have? >> evidence that it has supported terrorists. it does not help all the time. if you or the familyf a september 11th pern 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 is an easy situation, but the bottom line -- gerri: bill makes a good point here, which is that ion't believe the war on terrorism over. the president says its, but on believe it is. we have to be on guard all the time. is this a compromise we have to make? >> it is right now because it is legal. that is what the law states, but that you worry about the slippe slope and about this overreaching by the court. and what information the court is being given. the court could only sign the signature on this. the dument is only as good as the information that e court gets. for government is giving information, then that really makes me nervous. >> intooesn't well, congress reaffirmed its. gerri: they are not surprised. >> 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 tnsparent

administration. everything is on the table. put everything on the web. no secrets here. you find now we have been looking over your shoulder for the last four years. >> ty want to deal to stake out monetarists. there will be a will to meet the purpose fohaving the llw which is again reviewed by courts, part of the law. it does have checks and balances b perfect. is betr than having buildings blown up and innocent people killed. >> there will never lk to my calls. i'm so boring. gerri: every once in awhile. thank you. thanks so much. great job. our nation's veterans are facing joblessness and even homelessness. yet government workers of the veterans affairs office are working on the taxpayer a dime to do union work full time. fox business and liz macdonald joins me now with a shocking new details.

>> senators tom coburn and rob portman said the letter to the secretary of the veterans affairs a ministration this week. basically they are essentially saying 180 wkers are working full time for unions, not military veterans. emma was striking is the list of whaa these workers are doing. senators blasting the viejo saying this is troubling. the comppomise, and data from -- i undoubtedly negatively impacts. v8 nurs, medical staers, psychologists, therapists, security guards who were supposed to be protecting buildings. doing full-time union work. this is based on government affirmation and documents. and what the senators want to know is, what exactly are they 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 ye-old military veterans is higher than the national average. we are also seeing rapid homelessness among military veterans. gerri:hat is a great point. to put it into conxt of what is going on with our veterans, with this kind of shenanigans being pulled. what about -- what about the pay raises and bonuses? how does that work? they're doing union workk full ti. >> that an important question because the senators asked just that. justifying any step incre in pay,ny pay raises, bonuses thathese workers could be getting in terms of taxpayer paid for pay and benefits. so they're askg also for ten years of thatnformati. and this is not just a problem that a specific. back in february when i talked about this is when it was breaking.

that is over 3 million federal rkers. that is the number ofours they spent on union duties full-time. now the government is putting that information tha in 2011 taxpayers pay 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 for bringing to us. appreciate it. wow. weel, latern the show we're pulling back t curtain and the big money behind broadway until you how you can get any action. next, as markets once again nr record territory, how you protect your retirement? looking after you and your money after the break. ♪

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from the fox business studios in new york, here, again, is gerri willis. gerri: household wealth surging, recovering 60% of the losses in e stock market, but as ong a you don't take inflation intoing

the. up $3 trillion for a hih of 705 triion. good news, people, good news. while many look up, it's important to lok ahead protect your ew wealth. joining me, president of the capital management, and, gary, welcome back to the show. great to have you on. >thank you. gerri: this is nteresing. if you look at preinvasion, it looks mighty good, and people out there now worry there's a bubble somewhere else. what do you tll them about protecting the wealth grown over the last couple years? >> first off, it is good. people tie the wealth to the houses, which prices are going up, and, of course, the market. what i tell people islearn we go through more bear makets, that usally takes 30% away from your equity, and learn how to manage during those times. most people don't watch enough, and they just sit there, everything's going to a-okay, always comes back, and, look e

we just broke 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 selling off and keeping the equity market. gerri: like, oh, the target's been down, pull money? is that what you mean? >> no, not a day or two. look, markets have an ebb and flow, fear, greed, emotions will be around. you get into moments in time with bear markets, and the last 13 years, two 50% drops in the s&p. that hurts. a lot of people get out in the midst of that, and a lot of peop get out at the bottom. ry to recogni when things turn south. don't wory what people tell you, do the go to sleep index. if you are not sleping well, get out. you can always getback in. gerri: yo know, i see everybody talking abou dividend stocks over 12 months, and i'm wondering should you be thinking about somethi else now? think about something else

besides bonds? corporate bonds the place t be? what do you think? when you look at the great big asset classes, what do you think? >> i'm a hue bear on the bond market. i've been that way for quite a while. i believe the big bubble in bonds as the fed manipulated riggeged rates down and prices higher. there's effects over the last three weeks, bond funds gave back two years oof income in principle droppings. i'd be careful there. as far as dividend stocks, i'm good with it, just continue to work, i don't mind you getting 3%, 5% while you hold something, but people are tieded in because it pays in a dividend. if it drops 25% and you get five, it's meaningless and not a good thing. gerri:check this out, boosting household 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 will never go up, the stock market wilnever come bac they were wrong. >> they were completely wrng. market is fear 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 we get normalized, when interest rates are norlized. we've seenmortgage related things and housing stocks taking a hit as rates have gone up, but no doubt, you know, the fact that it's up is nothing but good news and hope it continues. gerri: gary, thank you for coming on. have a great weekend, good to see you. >> you too. still to come, we aner the question, how do you do that, with sties on throwing a weddinfor less, and how to get in oo the big money of broadway. how the bright lights could mean big bucks for you. stay with us. ♪ @a

gerri: all thiweek, we lookedded at offbeat investments from art to peer-to-peer lendi to water. with the tony awards this weekd, 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 rght, charles, startby talking about how biga business is broadway? >> broadway is huge, and t's gotten bigger. it's a one billion a year business, slightly over one billion dollars, up 50%er 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 hits are what matters there. how often do they turn to outside investors?

is it a small group of people who fund the shows,or how does it work? >> it's a farly large group, hundreds of people involved, each show is its microeconomyy if you will, and producer have to find people to back shows. no producer has millions of dollars in their back pocket. gerri: why do peop 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 your chance to feel like you are part of the scene. geri: how much does it cost to get the opening night ticcets? how mu do you put dwn? >> a minimum usually of $25,000 if it's a musical, and $10,000 if it's a play. if you want more of a say in the how, you put in more money. gerri: so how likely am i to have a big hit, though, 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, somebody's got to make money. the tth 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. erri: how big? >> the great example is when andrewloyd weber was touting a shoon backyard cats and couldn't find anybody, sold shares for $1500, bu, you know, that sort f it a little investment, and if you invested that, there's a 5,000% return. tht'sne ofthe most successful shows of all time, but, yeah, that money does exist. gerri: tips on picking winners? >> the thing about the thing about picking a winner who -- is what i was told is what to avoid. don't pick the same subject matter or targeng the same audieece as other shows out there now. be careful about sho with ot just huge budgets to begin with,

but ongoing budgets. some shows have weekly budgs 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 -- ger: wow. >> the mot expensive to produce,and it could mae money back. it's still gong. gerri: stl going, unbelievably with all the problems they had. great to see you. have a great weekend. >> you too. rri: broadway the focus of this day in business, greece opened on broad kay, the 1950s working class known as the greasers. it was helonges running show in broadway history. it came back twice in 1994 and 2007. 1978, grease went on to eat success when the movie industry wi the hit film with john travolta. today, it's the ighest grossing musical. wow. today, june 7th, that it opened

on broadway 41 years ago. when we come back, we go in fashion at one of the top luxury handbag manufacturers here in new york, and next june, brides and grooms on average shell out $28,000 for the big day. how to do it or less. stay with us. ♪

♪ gerri: tieing the knot puts couples in a financial bind, but you can have a wedding that esn't break the bank. how do you do that? the sitedrector for theknot.com.

people in new york city spent $100,000 on a wedding, which, to me, sounds totally crazy, and the costs 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. enerally, about their money. in 2008, it was theaverage cost was 29,000, and in 2010, it's 26,000. it's like a barometer of how people feel about their money. gerri: smart to just not get married in june? thats brial month. >> june, most parts of the economy is thee most 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 want to do is ask questions. do they have the tables and chairs included in that venue?

is the staff included? you could add a lot of thingson that add up a lot. venues need built-in decor, don't cover in thousands of flowers and draping. that dds up. find one that's beautiful on its own so you don't have to add a lot. gerri: trim the guest list. people are now live streaming these weddings so they can cut their costs, what do you hink? >> i think in general, you're live streaming wedding for a grdparent who can't make it. a lot of ties it's not because we didn't want to pay or you to, like, eat dinner with us. gerri: kill the open bar, have a snaturecocktail. >> grt tip. the bar adds up the tabs are expensive. beer, wine, a signature cocktail or jt beer and wine. gerri: not 15 courses, what do you cut out? >> if it's fll, cut out a salad, and if it's sumer, don't have soup. gerri: doble duty flowers, i don't get that? >> that means he flowers can

work for both the ceremony and your reception. you know, anything going on, even th 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 your own weddg dress, look a bridal salons, they have trunk shows with associated sales and things like that, a realy great way to go. gerri: i wore a pantsuit. >> that's chic. gerri: that or silly. great to meet you, great information, good tips, people just sped too much money on this. look for ways to gerri: i'm cheap though, thank you. pang for a wedding may be too much for the 55% of 2013 colege gradsading into the real world without a job, but certain cities can proviide more opportunities than others. i'm not just talking about employment. in order to rank the cities,

nerd wall let looks at important factors lie, well, the price of pizza. that is tonight's top five, number five, phildelphia, cost of living, modere, and in the health care business? business is booming in philadphia. number four, baltimore, a low cost of living, average rent is $13100 a month for a one bedroom. that's cheap, people. they have thecheapest movie tickets, number three, denver, the mile high city with the most rs per capita. the modern unemployment rate a good thing. seattle, a walkable city, expensive and rainy, and there's a booming tech business. the number one city is boton. this city has te most 18-24-year-olds of any ccty and the second lowest unemployment rate, and the many uniersities 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

factory right near in new york city producing top luxury handbags with a made inthe usa label. stay with us. >> what's going on ere? this is actual company called rk new yoork making trending and fun accessories and hand bags. >> if you're in a bar, you meet somebody you don't like, you could just do t@í0x;ñt

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re to new york city, oined by nicole, the vice president at the factory. how do you gofrom a designer sketch toan actual 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 finished sample. we work with the client to kind of get the materials they want, the hardware they want, the lining they want, and then we work with them to make sure that the baton looks like what they had in mind. gerri: you know, the room is chalk full of people who do this every day for a living, nd i was urprised to find out how big a business this is in new york city. somee$2 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 make 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 just also want that brand awarend. they want customers to be able to look at their bags and see "made in america." gerri: talk about this manufactuuing site, though. you started with your dad's designs. hodid it grow from there? >> well, 20-30 years ago, you know, every building in manhattan was a factory, very floor, and what hapened w when the chia became so huge in manufacturing, we jus couldn't feet. they were making, you know, $10-$20 bags. the business changed dramacally. what we do now is more of a luxury product. we work with over 40 brands and constantly growing. we had a desigr who came i here back when we were not making the hih end bags, and she just wanted a bag, make a product, and her business grew into a $60 million brand, so once we agree her to nothing to

60 milon, everyone knocked on our door. we can handle anything from a small designer to a big designer with 2,00000 iee order. gerri: howimportant is it these are madeby hands? there's sewing machines, but so much is done individually. >> well, the customers like that. the work overseas is automated with automatic machis end cutting,you know and they don't need the people. when they do, the labor is low. i think people really like to see that things are made by hand, that the bag are cut with a knife or with a cutting machine, that there's a lot of care. people like that, and they pay a premium for it. gerri: a friend of the show, now, she produces here as well and uses pretty exotic material. >> yes, she does, the most beautiful snaes inthe world. peple 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 afamily business.

i work with my brother, my parents retired, but we're continuing, doing everything we can to stay made in manhaan because that's what designers want. r gerri: not just handbags, but other things as well. >> yes, unique requests all the time. i mean, the other day, there was a bag for the southern womann wo has her gun and, you know, wants to conceal it in her bag, so we made a velcro pocket, holes sers, unique tech products, and, you know, small other goods, jewelry, made out of leather, fabrics, bells, cosmetic cases, and pouches. those are popular. the turn around time is quick. that's a reason why people prefer to wok here other than overseas. our turn around for a smple can be a ouple daysto a couple weeks. you an come in here with an idea andhave a full collection ready for a trade show or showroom within, you know, a month or two, unheard of overseas. gerri:so, nicole, thanks for

that. great stuff, interesting getting the tour. thank you. >> you're welcome. geri: we'll be right back.

♪ gerri: online pharmacies offer convennce and usually lower prices, but as the new study found, the vast ajority are not legitimate and could be angerous. do o buy prescription drugs, that is, online? here's what you are postin on my facebook page. mike says this, "why buy online when you get them at walmart for four bucks?" bill says" saves trips to the drugstore." 19% said yes, and 81% said no. log on to gerriwillis.com for the online question every weekday. finally tonight,while the majority of you don't buy prescription drugs on line, those that do, there's important steps to take to protect yourself. we spoke in the beginning of the show tonight, and i proise to give ou more useful information onthe topic.

they are more common than the ones on the up and up, look for this red flag. if they don't require prescription froa personal physician to fill an order, you're in trouble. look for the symol researching. meaning the endor is approved by the national associatiin of boards of pharmacy, no sall thing. that's what you look for. finally, if you shop online because you're looking for discounts, be better off aking your doctor for a generic version of the drug or if you can supply you with free pills, drugs salesmen giv doctors extra produc and offer discounts. getting a great deal on presiption drugs is good for us, but let's do it safely. that's mywo crepts more. that's the tonighs "willis report," and thank you for oining us. don't forget todvr theshow if you can't catch us live. have a great evening, and well see you right back here monday.

♪ >>. >> tom: weave a lot to cover on this show. obacare is going to cost a lot more than thought but i want to startith the economy. are cities and counties recovering financially are theromises they made going to raise your taxes? i'm going to ask a woman that called the wall street meltdown meredith whitney right here and right now. > tom: thanks for joining us. here at the top of the stack. in october of 2007 meredith itney was if the tiors point out the big banks were in trouble. she was right.