cherry blossoms. they're absolutely fabulous, folks. take a look at the tidal basin there. just beautiful. have a great day. . . hello, i'm kelly wright. whelm to a brand-new hour of "america's news headquarters." >> i'm jamie colby. fear on the roads. police in kansas city waging an intense manhunt for a serial shooter taking aim at drivers. >> how obamacare could have a dramatic impact on the midterm elections. and a race against time. new developments in the massive search for that missing malaysian airlines flight 370.

the country's biggest conservative names in new hampshire today for the inaugural freedom summit. the gathering might perhaps give an early preview of the 2016 primary season. and send speculation over the presidential race into high gear. chief political correspondent, carl cameron, is live at the summit in manchester, new hampshire. hi, carl. >> reporter: hi, patty. new hampshire is the home of the first presidential primary. it is one place where presidential candidates come and are expected by voters to spend extra time getting to know them, hearing their issues, and perhaps forging their policies based upon what they hear in this state. the freedom summit put on by americans for prosperity. it is an organization strongly aligned with the tea party. and citizens united, the organization involved with the supreme court case a number of years ago that ultimately changed the way campaigns are financed now and brought about the modern-day super pac. there are three presidential candidates coming here to talk

today. rand paul, the kentucky senator, tea party favorite with a libertarian streak to his conservatism. mike huckabee of arkansas, fox news host who won the 2008 iowa caucuses that come before new hampshire by about a week. and ted cruz, the texas senator and tea party darling who has lit things up in washington with his brand of feisty conservatism, all speaking here. this is the first time in the history of american presidential politics that a cattle call has been held before the mid terms more than a two-year window ahead of the presidential primaries. and yet this place it filled with candidates. and with very enthusiastic republican voters. one candidate who is not here is former florida governor, jeb bush. son of one president, brother to another, who in the last couple weeks has really raised his profile a lot, and last week talked about his support for immigration, comprehensive immigration reform, and said a lot of people who come here illegally aren't really doing it to break laws and being criminals, they're doing it out of love. well, donald trump who has been saying he's going to run for years and told me he's serious

about it again this time took jeb bush to task. listen. >> i heard jeb bush the other day and he was talking about people that come into this country illegally, they do it for love. and i said, say it again. i didn't get -- that's one i've never heard of before. i've heard money, i've heard this, i've heard sex, i've heard everything. the one thing i never heard of was love. i understand what he's saying. but, you know -- it's out there. >> donald trump says he's serious about running for president again in 2016. taking a shot at jeb bush who said he'll make a decision sometime by the end of this year. there's a lot of positioning already under way between these republican potential contenders for the nomination for the white house. rand paul yesterday said he does not support paul ryan's budget, the house republican budget committee chairman, paul ryan, it passed the house, going to

the senate where it's probably not coming up because democrats are against it. rand paul says he opposes it because it doesn't balance in rand paul's view. in addition, paul and ted cruz and mike huckabee have something of an argument about agreeing to disagree over social issues. paul has said that the republican party should perhaps deemphasize those in order to appeal to a broader base of voters. patty ann? >> carl cameron live in new hampshire, thanks. >> you bet. a fox news alert right now. ukraine's acting president calling an emergency meeting of his national security council. this after dozens of gunmen in camouflage seized a police station overnight. and just one week after a group of armed men took over a government building at another ukrainian city 55 miles away. ukraine's prime minister blaming the unrest on russia, accusing moscow of trying to orchestrate a takeover in this part of the country after already annexing

crimea. >>. the u.s. is denying a visa request for iran's pick to be its next u.n. ambassador. the white house says it opposes the appointment of abu at that lebby because of the 1979 takeover in iran. elizabeth prann is live in washington with this story. elizabeth? >> reporter: hi, patty ann. tehran refuse to say back down on its nomination for ambassador to the united nations. the white house is saying no, they will not issue a visa, congress taking it one step further, both the house and the senate passing a bill unanimously, prohibiting the ambassador from entering the united states. senator ted cruz, a sponsor, is encouraging president obama to send a strong message of intolerance towards terrorism. >> i think that's a real moment of clarity and i appreciate the republicans and the democrats who worked with me to pass this legislation and i appreciate the president doing the right thing and barring this acknowledged

terrorist from coming into the country. >> reporter: on friday, press secretary jay carney didn't say when or if it will happen but did make it clear the u.s. is rejecting the appointment, pointing to his ties to the muslim student group that held 52 americans hostage for 444 days during the 1979 takeover of the u.s. embassy in tehran. abutelabi is accused of organizing a 1993 political assassination of an iranian d dissident in rome, but he was never charged. >> we have informed the united nations and iran that we will not issue a visa to mr. abutelebi. we certainly share the intent of the bill passed by congress, as we have already told the u.n. and iran that we will not issue a visa. we'll review the legislation. we're doing that now. and we will work to address any issues related to its utility

and constitutionality. but we share the intent of the bill. >> reporter: iranian officials reacting to the news, saying in part that the decision is regrettable. patty ann, back to you. >> elizabeth prann live in washington, thanks. >> thanks. kansas city could be dealing with a possible serial shooter situation. police announcing they're officially linking 12 highway shootings that began in early march. three people were wounded. investigators are also reviewing other cases that may be related. brian yennis is live in our new york city newsroom with more details. what can you tell us? >> reporter: kansas city police say the 12 highway shootings are from the same shooter or shooters, but there are no known suspect or suspects or motive. most of the shootings are reported in the southern part of kansas city, missouri, known as the ground view triangle or three trails crossing where three interstate highways and u.s. 50 intersect. police believe the shots are coming from inside a car. in all 12 cases, someone fired

shots just before reaching a highway exit ramp or road split. the suspect is then veering off in a different direction from the victims' vehicle. one victim reported seeing a gunman drive next to their car and open fire wearing a ski mask and hood. jenny bauer says she had just picked up her daughter's friend just last friday night when she heard a noise. >> so it was just barely starting to get dark and we were driving on 71 south. and heard a big noise. and we both assumed it was a rock, because that was the only frame of reference that i have. of having something hit my car. we just continued talking like whoa, what was that. and then went on about our time until my husband saw the hole in my car. and we realized that it was a bullet. >> reporter: most of the shootings occur at night, from 5:30 p.m. on. police say the shooter or shooters could be hiding in some cases along stretches of interstate 435 and 470. the news has some likening the

situation to the 2002 sniper shootings in washington, d.c. that killed ten. but kansas city police have said, they do not believe a sniper is targeting the area, and the mayor is downplaying the shooting spree. >> this is urban usa reality these days. and having crime of any sort is bad for anybody, especially those that are victimized by it. but i do not believe that you can say that what's going on in kansas city is of such a weird nature. >> reporter: no one has been killed yet. and police are reviewing cases dating back to last year. kelly? >> brian, good thing, no one has been killed yet. but gee, you've got to find some relief out there by finding whoever is perpetrating this kind of crime. >> exactly right. >> from our new york city newsroom, we thank you, sir. patty ann. the search for flight 370 is gaining new urgency. the batteries on the plane's black boxes are due to run out. but a day after expressing

optimism about the hunt for the missing jet, australia's prime minister now says the search will likely go on for a long time. david piper is streaming live now from bangkok, thailand, with the latest. hi, david. >> reporter: hi, patty ann. five weeks now since that malaysian airlines jet went missing, and now it's become a race against time to find the black boxes, because the batteries are believed to be running out very soon. ships and planes have today been searching two smaller areas around 18,000 square miles in the indian ocean, perth, australia. the search area has narrowed after the signals from the black boxes were detected. but no signals were found today. the last confirmed signals were detected back on tuesday. australian prime minister tony abbott, speaking in china, said it wouldn't be easy to retrieve the black boxes. >> while we do have a high degree of confidence that the

transmissions that they've been picking up are from flight mh-370's black box recorder, no one should underestimate the difficulties of the task still ahead of us. >> reporter: and he also warned the black boxes' transmissions were now failing because the batteries are running out. the australian authorities say they will continue to use the pinger locater to try to get a good fix until they are sure the batteries on the black boxes have run out, which is likely, of course, to be very soon. then they will send down a sub messable drone to search for wreckage on the sea floor. they're also warning, when they get down there, there is a lot of silt, so it could be a long process trying to find them. back to you, patty ann. >> david piper, live in bangkok, thailand, thank you. the search for clues into the deadly bus crash in northern california. federal investigators now at the scene. the latest on what they're focusing on. plus, president obama nominating his budget director to lead the

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♪ time now for a quick check of the headlines. federal investigators are reviewing a tragic bus accident in california that killed ten people. the bus was struck by a truck that crossed a freeway. officials are looking into whether there should have been a barrier across the median. the bus was carrying 44 teenagers on a field trip to visit a college when the fiery crash happened thursday night. a computer outage at the international space station may require a space walk to fix. the glitch is threatening to delay next week's launch of a supply chip for nasa. and a judge in pakistan is dismissing charges of attempted murder against a 9-month-old

baby. yes, i said that right. the incident occurred after the baby's f police, trying to collect overdue bills. an attorney says police made a mistake in naming the baby. health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius stepping down after overseeing the troubled rollout of obamacare. and president obama nominating budget director sylvia berwell to lead the department now. what could this mean for the affordable care act ahead of the midterm elections? that is a big question being asked. mr. fowler is a democratic strategist joining me to bring a perspective or answer. angela, start with you. political insiders are thinking this is the white house timing, the timing is perfect, because they felt this was the perfect time for kathleen sebelius to go, because they accomplished a task or the goal of 7.5 million

people to sign up for obamacare. however, let's get back to that turbulent rollout. what will this new phase of obamacare mean for sylvia berwell? >> it will mean nothing. having a new secretary of hhs does not change law of legislation. kathleen sebelius did not write the affordable care act. she didn't lobby solely for the affordable care act. and the bottom line is, she was only the facilitator. so the only way, kelly, we're going to see a change in this debacle is if republicans work with democrats and the president to make positive changes. but what we have seen is partisan politics on both sides. so just because you have a different head of hhs, a cabinet member, it's the actual culture of this administration that has been a failure. and look, the affordable care act is the holy grail of the president's legacy, which is a failure. >> well, richard, angela minces no words there. she says it's a failure.

a lot of people, including the president, now saying it's going to be a success. they have bumped and bruised and battered, but now they can move forward. what do you say? listen, the road to heaven was not paved with gold. it was paved with some pebbles and stones. and i think, yes, the rollout has been not as good as he wanted it to be. >> wait a minute, richard, if we're going to go to heaven, we can talk about is obamacare the sin of omission or co mission? >> woo! woo! >> i think obamacare is a very, very good deed. 9.5 million folks are now getting health care coverage. where i do agree with angela is, i think we need bipartisanship to come up with a fix. because no law is perfect. and when you form the whole entire health care system, you're not going to create perfection. >> i don't mean to interrupt, but that goes right to the point angela was talking about earlier, everyone has to drop the partisan politics. and you look at the fact that sylvia berwell, who extremely talented, senator john mccain

tweeting out it's an excellent choice. and then you have mitch mcconnell hinting that republicans will use the confirmation hearing to pounce on obamacare, rather than get right to the point of confirming sylvia burrwell so she can mitigate some of the difficult circumstances with the affordable care act. >> well, if that -- if i may, rich -- >> there it goes. >> the president has the bully pulpit. because the mainstream media is supporting the liberal general at that. usually i'm not for hearings or nominations, the nomination process, to actually push forward a political agenda. but there's been so much misinformation out there, regarding the affordable care act, and the president made several promises, rich, on what would happen. that the affordable care act would be affordable. if not, it would cut the deficit. it hasn't. people have lost jobs. >> hold on a second, angela. >> and you can keep your insurance plan. >> i don't want you to get away with that. i'm not going to let you get away with that. >> go ahead. >> the misinformation we have

seen about the affordable care act is all coming from are your side and the far extreme. death panels, you're not going to be able to go to the doctor. your premiums are going to sky rocket through the roof. all those things are not true. >> it has happened, my friend. >> millions have gotten health care, 3 million on their parents' health care insurance and 7 million folks with now affordable health care coverage and they can finally see a doctor and that is something all americans should celebrate, whether you're democrat or republican, going to the doctor is a big deal. >> both of you have a lot of points, and very passionate. sylvia burrwell, a great deal of management experience. in addition to being the budget director, also managed the bill of the melinda gates foundation, walmart foundation, worked with the clinton administration of the treasury department. she is well-known for getting the job done. so is the president, as john mccain said, making an excellent choice, signalling that he knows more needs to be done to not just salvage obamacare, but to

successfully manage the next phases of it. >> look, his nominee has a great resume. and i respect this young lady. having said that, though, one person cannot change a culture. until republicans and democrats and this president work together, nothing will change. and it's sad that my opponent here is saying that it's republicans that have been fretting this misinformation. the president said that you could keep your doctor. clearly, people have it. i've heard so many horrible stories, kelly, from people from the lower middle class, even your millionaires, that have lost their health care. that are paying more in premiums, up to $6,000 more a month. so having said that, there's misinformation out there. and i applaud the tea party. i applaud republicans to utilize this venue to put the truth out there and hold the administration -- >> richard, last word. and we'll end it there. >> listen, angela can applaud the tea party all she wants. that's the reason why the health

care rollout hasn't gone as well as it should have. republican governors should have expanded democrat. >> blame republicans. >> louisiana wants to get this fixed. a vulnerable democrat putting her neck on the line. voted for it. >> she understand -- she voted for it because she understands that people need to go to the doctor. that's what it boils down to. we need to make it work for everybody. republicans need to come to the table. >> angela mcallowan, we thank you both. >> thank you. bye. a nevada cattle rancher is butting heads with the feds over grazing rights. the rancher claims rights to graze his cattle on lands his family settled in the 19th century. but the governor says he owes up to $1 million in unpaid grazing fees. william lodginess is live. >> reporter: the blm has told us they are going to pull out. and the people here clearly see

that as a victory. they're not going anywhere. they're celebrating. not just a win. they believe for bundy, but for rural america who see their lifestyle, livelihood slipping away and many blame an intrusive federal government and restrictive environmental laws. so after several days, the bureau of land management has decided to end their operations here prematurely and pull out. here is the announcement moments ago from the sheriff. >> i believe a press release has already been put forth. the blm is going to cease this operation. >> reporter: so according to the blm director, i'm quoting, based on information about the conditions on the ground and in consultation with law enforcement, we have made the decision to conclude the cattle

gather, because of serious concerns about safety of our employees and members of the public. so here's the status. about 400 of 900 head of cattle have been gathered. many of those were down near the river, kind of easy. they have eight helicopters, a lot of contract cowboys. it's expensive. a figure that's been put on it already is $1 million. and it was going to go way up from there, because other cattle were deep in an area of about 1500 square miles. many of those were not going to come down very easy. we knew this came really out of the blue, uma. because as of last night, in a conversation with the regional director, she was saying they had pulled down bundy's fences, his corrals, water tanks, those type of infrastructure. so it really has to be based on a threat or at least belief that there was going to be an armed confrontation. nobody wanted that. so the blm is pulling out. they're asking for people to allow that to happen in a safe

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of jetline.com. thank you for being with us. >> you're welcome. >> so this australian ship is in the indian ocean, towing a device from the u.s. navy that detects pings from the flight data recorders, and this flight has picked up signals and australia's prime minister says he has a high level of confidence the pings are from the black box. but the batteries are said to last around 30 days. the plane went missing march 8th, that's 35 days ago. there have been no new pings since tuesday, four days ago. how optimistic are you we can find this recorder before those batteries run out? >> i don't know that we'll find the recorders before the bat trees run out. i mean, the chances of that are drawing slimmer each day. but if we can pin the area down to a fairly small area and what they're trying to do is triangulate the area so they can get a very, very precise location. that may happen or may not. but of course at least they're still going to have the right area. however, these things are in 15,000 feet of water.

and that is no small challenge. >> yeah. like you said, the signals are coming, they know, from 15,000 feet below the surface. they want to send a robotic sub messable down to look. but the under water search zone right now on the sea floor is 500 squire square miles, the size of l.a. they say it would take two months. and your concern is the recording might be blank. >> well, there certainly is the possibility. i mean, if you followed the concept that these were hijackers, some nefarious activities going on in the cockpit, and they pulled the circuit breakers and turned off the transponders, they may have pulled the circuit breakers on the cockpit voice recorders, as well. and so we may find that the cockpit voice recorder has nothing on it when we do get to it. >> yeah. >> again, if you follow that line. and, of course, too, we -- it's much more difficult to get hold

of the breakers for the flight data recorders. i'm not a 777 pilot. i fly other kinds of jets. but you would have to probably be down in that electronics bay to do something like that. but that's one element we haven't even talked about. >> yeah. there's a lot of questions, certainly. not just the black boxes. they're also looking for floating debris. the search area on the surface has been narrowing. do you believe that they could find debris floating on top, given drift over the past 35 days, et cetera? >> well, that is one of the things that's bothered me the most about this, is that iel realize that that's a turbulent part of the world's oceans. but i'm just having a real tough time believing that this airplane hit the water and created no debris, that anyone has seen anywhere in five weeks. that's just -- that's just really strange. i mean, there should be at least seat cushions, suitcases, things

like that, that easily float. even if they're strewn far and wide. but we haven't seen anything. >> yeah. it's a mystery. investigators believe that someone with knowledge of this particular boeing and of navigation systems deliberately switched off the plane's communications before diverting it thousands of miles off the course it was scheduled to go on. you know, it's all speculation at this point. but what is your theory? >> well, you want a theory that hasn't changed much over the last five weeks. i think we have all changed ours. you know, honestly, i don't think i have enough evidence on any one time line to carry us through. and that's what's driving everybody crazy. there are elements that look perhaps like someone gained access to the cockpit, and then there are elements of it that look like the airplane was out flying on its own. of course, one thing we should be considering, maybe it's some combination of both.

maybe someone did get into the cockpit. but something happened later that made, you know, the -- knocking out the crew completely and the airplane was on its own for the rest of the time. >> yeah. and we may never know. and that's why you say going forward in this article you wrote yesterday, we need to how. explain the changes you're encouraging. >> well, certainly, i think it's important that we have transponders, be they emergency transponders or whatever, that are not able to be turned off from the cockpit. so that at least in this incident and others, that data stream never would have ended. i think too that there are new systems coming online, the irrid yum satellite system is going to have a new technology that will allow it to communicate with aircraft that have the proper equipment on board. wherever they are on the face of the earth. because right now most people don't realize that when they fly over the ocean anywhere, they're not in radar contact with

anybody. they're talking to the -- the pilots are talking to an air traffic controller, but there is no radar watching them at all. and this new erid yum based system is going to help change that. and that's going to be a move for the better. that's not coming online for a couple years. of course, the airlines still have to agree to pay for that technology. >> and it's supposedly extremely expensive, so we'll see how that goes. >> well, it's at least $100,000 per aircraft, if not more. >> robert marks, publisher of jetline.com where you can see that article with those recommendations and himself a commercial pilot. thanks for joining us. >> you're most welcome. you have likely heard the saying "you can make it if you try." that is certainly what louis perry of california believes. he is a living example of going against all the odds to live a life beyond the dream. >> as a kid, i lived on the third floor right here in this projects here. and it was a start of my

journey. >> reporter: walking through the public housing projects he grew up in, louis perry recalls how tough life was as a child living in poverty in brooklyn. his daily life was a routine of avoiding violence, drugs and apathy. >> life was very rough. every day walking out of your house, every single day, there was a challenge. coming home late, you never know what was going to happen here. i actually thought at one point that this was it for me. this was all there was in life. >> reporter: louis felt trapped in a world of poverty, a place filled with a vicious cycle of mediocrity. he wanted to break free from the clutches of just getting by. he desired to be extraordinary. >> one of the things my mother said to me is go to church. save money. and go to school. >> reporter: following his mother's advice, louis broke free from the projects, moving from new york to los angeles, california, where he attended college. education and hard work eventually paved the way for louis to build a career.

and business in the private security industry. >> i just realized that the more i worked, the more i learned, the more i educated myself, the more i talked to people of all races, all creeds, all religions, all sexual preferences, the better my life became. >> reporter: where he is today, far cry from the life he once knew. he created a security agency, which employs more than 300 people. his company protects high-profile people like lindsey lohan, joan rivers and many more. his work has been so great that he has earned the task of providing security for three former presidents, ronald reagan, bill clinton and george bush senior. >> the one that really stands out the most to me, and my favorite, to be quite honest with you, is bush senior. the interesting thing about him was when you meet a president, generally a president will just, hi, shake hands, and move on. but george bush senior was

interesting, because he actually stopped me and said, "and you are?" he actually cared to know who he was meeting. not to say the others don't necessarily. but he made an effort to say, "and you are." and that was impressive to me. >> reporter: louis has come a long way from the projects of brooklyn. beyond his successful career, he mentors young people, helping them to achieve their goals. >> i never thought as the show is called, "beyond the dream," that this would ever be possible. the people out there who basically are sitting and watching this show saying you know what, i was raised in a poor family, i can't have a piece of the rock, it's not true. if you work hard, if you educate yourself, you can do it. >> you can do it if you try. louis perry, telling us how others can find the dream. >> following some good advice from his mom, as well. >> can't go wrong with that. >> thanks. great story there. well, ahead we have some new warnings about food safety.

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. here's a question for you right now. would you quit your job for $5,000? amazon's ceo, jeff bezos is putting that offer on the table to get rid of unhappy workers. he says the plan which offers from 2 to 5 grand to leave will weed out the slackers. so is pay to quit a brilliant business model or a waste of shareholders' money? here with us now to talk about that is financial adviser, dominic tevella. good to have you with us. >> thank you. >> let's think about this. and bezos offering this. is he crazy or crazy like a fox? >> definitely crazy like a fox. and i think the issue, you have to look at what the real cost of an employee is. most people think, a paycheck on friday, the annual salary. you think about social security the corporation matches, 401(k) match, health benefits. my god, doubled in the last five years.

pension contributions. employee training. when you start adding these embedded costs into an employee salary, it really could be 30, 40, 50% higher. i only make $50,000 a year. when you add in these extra costs, that real cost to the company is 75,000, $80,000. so if you can get an employee that doesn't add value to your company for a couple thousand dollars, it's actually brilliant. >> so what is he after here? we talk about how he's trying to get rid of the slackers, offering them 2,000, $5,000. is he trying to make his company more lean and mean with people who want to work and will be more effective? >> a motivated employer -- employee is worth their weight in gold. there is nothing more valuable to a company than a hard-working, motivated, focused employee. if that employee isn't going to give you that, look what happened with general motors here, right? i mean, this is something that happened, okay, in the last decade. but maybe one or a couple employees made a decision that's costing the company billions of dollars today. one employee can ruin your

reputation and can ruin your brand. getting good, quality, key employees is of utmost importance. >> today. and today's job climate, this economic climate right now, what are we seeing out there in terms of finding good employees and are people who want to work finding the jobs they desire? >> i think your last point is the most valid. because of these issues, the cost and health insurance being a huge part of it, we're seeing a lot of new employees that come on board, coming on a part-time basis. >> yeah. >> the companies don't have that commitment, that huge financial commitment, and allows them to bring them on board and go you know what, if that's the kind of employee we want, great. we'll offer them a full-time position. if it's not, we can weed them out and push them to the side. so you are seeing a lot of part-time work when it really should be full-time work. hopefully that will transition as things get better. >> and we're facing a jobless situation right now that is at a seven-year low. is that good for the economy or does that mean some people are

still staying home and not seeking jobs? >> we have debatesed this a long time. the true unemployment number is much higher than it shows on paper. and the fed knows that by their acknowledgment of what they just did. having said that, there are a lot of people staying home, not looking for jobs anymore. they're done. so the numbers don't look all that bad. but they're kind of covered up in a cloud. having said that, the market is improving. we had pretty good job numbers last week. it is improving. but we still have a very, very long way to go for recovery. >> yeah, getting back to jeff bezos, if someone offered me 2,000 or $5,000 to take the job and shove it, would i say "are you kidding?" going to stay here and work. >> when we see these kinds of offers, historically, they're much larger. this one is really just get that marginal employee out the door. >> yeah, exactly. so the bottom line is, get rid of the marginal people and keep the excellent people. good stuff. dominic tevel, always good to see you. >> thank you. >> thank you. patti ann? >> new warnings, kelly, on the

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two eye-opening new studies

on food poisoning out this week. one shows americans are twice as likely to get sick from restaurant food than from home-prepared food they made at home. the other points out the new dangers of drug resistant germs on cutting boards in kitchens. what steps can you take to make sure your meal is safe? joining us now, doctor nina radcliffe, a private practice physician. thanks for being with us. >> thank you so much. >> so this new study shows americans are twice as likely to get sick from restaurant food than food they prepared themselves. we're talking here about botulism, sal that medicala, e-coli, wisteria. these cases were studied in which the source was identified and found out more than 28,000 were sickened by restaurant food. 13,000 at home. so what can you do to decide what restaurant is safe? >> well, that's a very difficult question. one of the issues is that germs cannot be seen. they are out of sight, out of mind, which makes it difficult to combat. we cannot see where it is, what it is. and the key is hygiene, keeping

everything very hygenic before we eat it. >> but when it comes to being in a restaurant, new york, for example, has a health department rating system where you have to post a grade outside, and there are some fancy restaurants that have gotten low grades. so that's the kind of thing that can really surprise you. it's not always like, well, if it's expensive, it's probably safe. so it's deceptive. >> right. and that's absolutely correct. you have to remember, you can also get sick with foods prepared at home. many of these practice safe hygiene. they are followed by the food and health department. and their employees are required to wash their hands before and after they use the rest rooms, as well as before they touch the food. so we cannot sit there and say that eating out is unsafe, because we still have this issue at home, as well. >> right. and the second study talks about cutting boards, and how they found out that when you cut poultry on these cutting boards, a lot of these boards end up being contaminated with these foot born illnesses from

poultry. beef and fish didn't cause a problem. how do you keep that contamination for drug-resistant bacteria off your cutting board? >> right. and they're specifically talking about e-coli resistant drugs. e-coli mostly resides in our intestines and gets passed with stool and feces, and that makes its way into our food and back into our mouth which makes us sick. the key is to wash the cutting boards before using it and after using it and to wash your hands after touching the cutting board. and i think this brings a point, there is overall kitchen safety. our kitchens are factories for which everything happens. we have people there, we have food preparation there. we need to wash our utensils, countertops, and as well as our cutting boards. >> and the study also addressed the issue of gloves, specifically saying that hospital kitchens use gloves to handle poultry. and then apparently those gloves are contaminated and they're using those to handle other foods. shouldn't you be throwing out

the gloves immediately after you handle chicken? >> that's a good point. at home we use gloves, wash and reuse them. but i think hospitals are in a place, especially in light of this data, this is a good example of why we should use gloves, throw them away, get another pair on before preparing food. >> yeah. and, of course, hand hygiene, always important. >> absolutely, yeah. hand hygiene. >> yeah. wash those hands before, after, all of the time. i had salmonella from lettuce, and that's actually the most common source. >> it absolutely is. one of the reasons is because so much of our food gets imported and then the water that's used to water it is actually the same water that's been mixed with sanitation or sewage. so that's the water that goes in our food. so always wash your food, even those prepackaged, prewashed foods. make sure you wash them. don't take a chance with your health and getting sick. >> very important. even if they say they did. nina radcliffe, thank you for joining us. >> thank you very much. >> that was good.

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in week on "the journal editorial report." new evidence emerges in the irs targeting scandal, and calls for her criminal prosecution. plus six months after the disastrous obamacare rollout, kathleen sebelius calls it quits. is it too late for democrats? jeb bush under fire for his views on immigration. what it means for his prospects in 2016. welcome to "the journal editorial report" i'm stuart varney in for paul gigot. the congressional investigation into irs targeting gained steam this week with one house committee voting