it is hosted by kelly wright. we leave you with a live look at the steps of the lincoln memorial. al sharpton, martin luther king iii, reverend jackson. stay with us. a moan tuesday occasion on beautiful clear day in our nation's capital. right now thousands of people marching from the lincoln memorial to the martin luther king jr. memorial before ending their march at the washington monument. marking 50 years since hundreds of thousands of americans descend order the national mall to hear the reverend dr. martin luther king deliver one of the most famous speeches in american history. some of the thousands in washington were actually there on august 28, 1963. as we take a look at the scenes from 50 years ago and many on hand today who weren't even born

yet. all celebrating the great strides america has made on race since the darkest days of the civil rights era. and also acknowledging their there is much more that can and must be done. we will go live to the washington monument in just a few minutes. we begin with a fox news alert out of our nation's capital where president obama has been holding a meeting that could have phonily major implication as he and his national security team discuss reports of a chemical weapons attack in syria. and at an investigation that could soon lead to some kind of u.s. military response. hello. i'm kelly wright. welcome to a brand new hour of "america's news headquarters." >> i'm heather chillders. u.n. investigators arrive on the ground to try to get access to the scene of that horrific alleged chemical attack. and as we learn that the navy is

actually pre-positioning some of its warships in preparation for the president's decision. it seems the debate over america's role in this crisis could be coming to a dramatic end. >> the navy has sent a fourth warship armed with ballistic missiles into the eastern mediterranean sea according to defense officials. defense secretary chuck hagel says the pentagon has a responsibility to prepare for whatever the president decides to do. he told reporters yesterday, quote, we are always having to prepare as we give the president options, prepare our assets and where they are and the capability of those assets to carry out the contingencies we give the president. as to the timeline, i didn't subject myself to any kind of timeline. other than this will be dealt with. i suspect some decisions within a short amount of time. the president is meeting with the national security team today. a white house official says that

the president and his team will act, quote, very deliberately. once they get the facts about what exactly happened in syria this week. there is a united nations investigative team on the ground in syria. trying to determine if chemical weapons were used. today the u.n.'s disarmament chief arrived in damascus, syria to press syrian president assad's government to allow that investigative team to go to the site of the reported chemical attack. u.s. secretary general moon says it is clear that the situation in syria, quote, continues to worsen. >> the death toll has now risen past 100,000 people. the images of victims from this latest incident, including many children, are heart breaking and sickening. >> he was talking about about the death toll in syria from the whole civil unrest.

not just the chemical attack this week. president obama said reports about a chemical attack are, quote, very troublesome. heather? >> thank you, molly. as u.n. investigators arrive on the ground to investigate this latest attack, we will ask former u.s. ambassador to the u.n., john bolton, what needs to be the next step with syria. what he thinks about the possibility of a military response. celebrating the dream. hen and now. thousands of americans descending on the national mall in washington today. marking 50 years since the historic civil rights march on washington. and reverend dr. martin luther king's speech for the ages. doug mckelway live from the washington monument with more details. what's the atmosphere there? >> just a spectacular crowd here, kelly. a huge, huge crowd. you know, i often wonder what the reverend dr. king would think if he were to step into a time machine and plopped down at

this time and place today. one thing that he would notice, just -- about three, four blocks behind me, is a brand-new monument carved in stone and likeness, memory. standing alongside those in washington, jefferson and lincoln. another thing he would notice is that huge crowd. probably rivals of that of the day he spoke here in 1963. there are no official crowd estimates, national park service doesn't do that after being criticized by overestimates some crowds and underestimating other crowds. he would be saddened by some of the sacrifices so many people made to get to this point in time. people like herbert jackson. elderly man i spoke to today from houston, texas, who described to me as a little boy, he had to eat in the back of restaurants, not in the front where the white people ate. when he went to movies he had to take the fire escape the balcony, not where the white people watched the movie from. i asked him, what if you violated those kinds of rules? here he is. >> heaven knows.

heaven knows. so i was fort mat to go through that because i was a little boy. i never forgot what i went through. i knew not to violate the rules. colored and white thing, it impacted my mind 37. i will never forget that. >> reporter: those days are long gone, thank goodness. i think the reverend dr. martin luther king would be dismayed that black unemployment rate in america today rivals of the day he spoke here. that black on black crime continues to ravage america's inner cities and the pattern of fatherlessness and single parent families which was just beginning to be understood in 1963 has now spread across the culture and indeed across the western world. on a pile moat i do see, it is heartening and king would be heartened by what he sees, a lot much grandfathers here with their grandsons, lot of fathers with hair sons, and imparting to them the importance and historical significance of what this day means. kelly, back to you. >> doug the legacy continues.

thank you so much. it has been a rough week for obama care. some of america's biggest employers and institutions sounding the alarm on higher health care costs and scaling back for coverage in their health plans. delta airlines, have you heard about had? saying obama care will cost the company a $100 million more in health care costs. ups and university of virginia announcing that they will no longer provide coverage for spouses who can obtain insurance through their own employer. and a survey finding 40% of companies say that they will be changing their insurance plans due to the new taxes and expected higher costs under obama care. debbie zingel, member of the democratic national committee. and also served as chair of vice president al gore's presidential

campaign in michigan back in 2000. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having us. >> good to be here with you. >> before we begin with the latest issues the affordable health care act, i want to ask you both about your thoughts on this day. we just saw doug there live in washington. this is the scene. debbie, what are your thoughts today? >> i was lucky muff to be over there all morning before i came over to do this. i was there and sat next to john conyers who worked for my husband. i am married to someone that's the only member of congress that voted for the civil rights -- still there to sit with john louis and to see -- to be there with members of the black caucus and -- but to look behind you and -- we have more than a thousand people from -- our district alone that came out to be at this walk. people of all walks of life, blacks, whites, hispanics, arabs. we made great progress and you get the chills talking about that progress. but the disparity, economic disparity, and then -- issues that doug just talked about, are

very concerning and frightening, too. >> and, angela, you know, just within the past week, we have heard about a lot of issues and involving, you know, young black youth. as they look at this today, who should the black youth model themselves after today? >> i think it should be the community as a whole, heather. shouldn't just be one person and -- i'm from mississippi. and my parents have worked aggressively in the civil rights movement. my father, reverend james, actually integrated schools in in mississippi. we had the chain gangs before my father got involved in criminal justice system. bottom line is this. it takes a village to raise a child. i'm using a hillary clinton quote. even though we have come a long way from 50 years ago, we have a long way to go. as for role models, parents should be role models. teachers should be role models and schools should be role models for children. not just one person. >> thank you, both for your

thoughts on this historic day as we take a look back and forward. now let's switch gears and let's talk as we mentioned in the intro about -- the affordable care act and the problems that seem to continue to plague obama care. so, debbie, what are your thoughts on the latest announcements made by the university of virginia and made by ups and they won't cover spouses and you can get coverage other places and then -- also, delta comment being the cost that they will approve as a result. >> i think people are trying to understand what people are saying. let's be clear on ups and university of virginia. these thoughts about not including spouses, they are not going to not cover any spouse. i would work to general motors, a deck aago, looking whether because my husband had health care insurance, should they cover both of us. that's an issue that -- employers have been looking at for more than a decade to reduce cost. and -- then nobody even knew what you call was obama care. let's look at what is happening. kaiser this week came out and

said that for the first time in a decade, the insurance increases have slowed down by less than a third. and what -- what do we have. ing the fact of the matter, seniors are playing less for prescriptions. millions of americans are -- paying less for preventative care and have no lifetime cap. millions of young people are kept on their parents' health insurance coverage until they are 26. the good is there. >> so -- angela, does the good outweigh the bad? >> the good is there but if we look at how this bill came to see the light, members of congress voted for a bill that they didn't read. when you put politics over policy, this is what you get. you have congressional members that don't want obama care. have you the head of the irs that said he would rather keep his own insurance instead of obama care. then you have red lobster who is decreasing full-time job hours for part-time job hours because they cannot afford to pay for obama care. so the bottom line is this.

do we need health care reform? should americans have access to health care? yes. it hub the right type. members of congress and the president need to come together and do their job and come to some conclusion. but defunding obama care, i want to say this as a republican. defunding obama care is not the right way to go. >> i want to go back to debbie. i wouldn't talk about the, you know, the president. president obama assured americans that they would be able to keep their health care coverage if they liked and wanted to. that appears it won't be true. >> the exchanges are going to start on october 1. you know, another very interesting thing that's happened this year is that health care consumer costs went down for the first time in four decades starting in may because you have a smarter consumer who is looking at what the cost is of health care. the exchanges, we will see them october 1. people will be able to buy

affordable health care. more people will will have access to. >> it that's if there is competition among providers in the exchanges. apparently that isn't happening in a lot of states now. >> new york has reduced its health care cost by an incredible amount of money. we need to see what the reality is. overall, i think that even a mccain economist has said that the health care bill is reducing costs. republicans and -- less than -- i think 36% of the american people want to see obama care defunded. may husband has a great saying. i'm not saying this bill is perfect. he says the last perfect bill that was written came down from the mountain when moses wrote the ten commandments and people probably wouldn't agree with those. it is room for improvement. what the purpose of this and being accomplished, every american should have access to affordable health care. >> have you members of congress, democrats and republicans, that voted down certain parts of obama care. and the bottom line is this. you have the 24 -- 2014 midterm

elections and a lot of democrats that will have to defend their seats regarding obama care. even the president, they -- actually delayed the mandate for certain companies for a year. the bottom line is do we have a good bill? no. and is it going to cost americans more money? yes. it is going to cost americans more jobs? when delta says it will cost them $100 million, to me, that goes to people losing jobs. because how are they going to pay for it? they have to let lay people off. >> a lot remains to be seen. we will see what happens come october 1. thank you for joining us, debbie, angela. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> thank you. fox news alert. there is a state of emergency in san francisco as huge wildfires burn mere one of our nation's crown jewels. yosemite national park. the city is 150 miles away with fire threatening power and water systems. the flames cover nearly 200 square miles now.

and are spreading into yosemite. thousands of homes are threatened and neighbors describe a very frightening scene. >> we are up all night every might wondering if it will come across the line and come towards us. >> it is like backdraft the movie. sucks the air out and all of a sudden you get a wind coming from nowhere. pulling the oxygen. >> dominick joins us live with more details about what is going on with this fire. >> reporter: yes. this is one of the worst pyres on record according to fire officials. the past 24 hours, jumping 20,000 square acres. very difficult for the fighters to contain this. the territory that's inacce inaccessib inaccessible, we have a fire on a ridge. would ridges behind the city itself. and fire crews are putting up a

brave defense of the city. smoke is thickening in the past hour. you can see how close the fire is getting. 4,500 homes now under threat in the area. advisory evacuations in place for seven communities. police were going around yesterday and early this morning and advising people to move on. lot of residents are quite determined to dig in and are reluctant, perhaps aggressively so, some officers are saying, to actually leave their properties. fire officials saying, look, you have to be aware of the dangers of the oncoming flames. >> the fire has been, you know, extreme. when we are talking about homes at risk, we are talking about precautionary measures and so we want people to be aware as far as, you know will are evacuations and that are occurring and p want people to pay attention to the fire and keeping themselves safe. >> reporter: when california governor jerry brown yesterday issued an emergency proclamation people woke up to the fact how

serious the rim fires, they are calling it, actually is. it affected the area northwestern parts of yosemite park. that gives san francisco, the city and county itself, 85% of its water. we don't believe that area has been damaged but power lines in the area have. the governor's proclamation was pointing out there will be more damage to infrastructure, power and water. yes, there could be disruptions in the city in the san francisco county area. that indeed. we haven't seen anything like that in a while. that's a rare proclamation the governor put out will. it just goes show just how uncontrollable prarts. only 5% of it contained. you know, due to the difficult situation taking place, even with the nation's two dc-10s being used to tackle it, is provinging to be a hard fight. 12500 being brought in to deal with it. >> we thank you for that report. hopefully can knock that fire down quickly.

mother nature can help out by giving them a dose of rain. thank you. still to come, america weighing her options on syria. president obama leading with his national security team to talk about what to do amid reports syria's dictator use chemical weapons on his own people. reaction inside from former u.s. ambassador to the u.n., john bolton. reflecting on reverend martin luther king's legacy then and now. bernice king, only one of the civil rights leader's children, to follow him into the ministry, talks about her father and that legendary speech. good he was really speaking to us about our humanity and understanding our interconnective must and interrelated must. that's why he talked about not judging by the color of the skin but content of the character. ? first wait till summer. then get the cars ready. now add the dodge part. ♪

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. we want to take a live look what's glowing on in washington. clear skies. that's a beautiful shot at the lincoln memorial where thousands have been gather thing morning in honor of what took place 50 years ago. 50 years ago next wednesday. today they are celebrating the march on washington. let's talk about that. democratic congressman john lewis jaffe gentleman was a

close friend of the reverend martin luther king jr. he stood with dr. king on the steps of the memorial 50 years ago during that historic march in washington. lewis, college student then, was one of the speakers. he says, king's speech and march changed history. some reflections now from congressman lewis p. >> we made some progress. we have come a distance. we still have a distance to go. we still have roles to travel dash roads to travel. a march for jobs and dpreem. hundreds and thousands and millions of our brothers and sisters with our jobs 50 years later. >> a quarter of a million people participated in the march on washington on august 28, 1963. for jobs and freedom. the reverend martin luther king jr. delivered a peach that helped to change race relations in america. king's leadership in the non-violent struggle for civil rights earned him the

distinction of being called a drum major for peace and drum major for justice. but to his children, he was simply known as daddy. today's beyonding a dream interview with reverend king's youngest child, bernice. >> willard intercontinental hotel is where dr. martin luther king jr. put the finishing touches on his famous i have a dream speech. it is where i sat down with king's daughter,ber meese, to discuss her reflections of her father's legacy. >> one of the things that may father was really trying to say to us, not just 50 years ago, but 50 years agoer, 49, 48, 47, all the way, 45, when he was assassinated. he was really speaking to us about humanity and understanding our interconnectiveness and interrelated must. that's what he talked about sitting down at a table of brotherhood and, in other words,

us understanding that we were one huge human family. that's why he talked about and not judging the color of his skin but the character. >> reporter: what can you do in order to spur that kind of thinking, again to keep -- have people refocus on the moral clarity and courageous leadership and the unselfish service that your pear championed? >> the thing about what happened in connecticut, i mean, that should have jolted us like nothing else. 6-year-olds losing their life so senselessly, thinking about chicago, as we talked about, all those little boys and kids, young people, killing each other. what has happened to a society that can turn away from that kind of situation and not realize this speaks to who we are as a nation and a cancer in our society the situation with trayvon martin.

you know. there are several trayvon martins every day. not just in the black community, latino, hispanic community, other communities. >> he also talked about extremism. he said you have a choice of being extremists of hate and he chose being an extremist of love. >> one of the most, i think, important traits in unconditional love is the capacity to forgive. it is very easy to become bitter and easy to become angry. it is very easy to want to take -- take revenge. it is a capacity to have a mentality that says by destroying them a part of me has been destroyed because they are part of my humanity. my dad lost his life. look what the world gained. even though, you know, he didn't make it to see that promise land he talked about. everybody made it to the promise land he talked about. there are people that are benefiting from the life and ultimate sacrifice that he made.

>> bernice, reflections of her pear. martin luther king jr., who once said i decided to stick with love. hate is too great a burden to bear. you can see more of my interview in the special beyond the dream how far we have come at 5:00 p.m. eastern right here on the fox news channel. >> certainly look forward to that. >> thank you. still to come, the president holding a major meeting on syria. we will ask ambassador john bolton about the steps that need to be taken will and whether he thinks the president's red line on chemical weapons has been crossed. to keep life balanced. i don't always have time to eat like i should. and the more i focus on everything else, the less time i have to take care of me. that's why i like glucerna shakes. they have slowly digestible carbs to help minimize blood sugar spikes. glucerna products help me keep everything balanced. [ golf clubs clanking ]

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welcome back. bottom of the hour. had a means it is time for the top of the news. thousands of americans desce descending on the national mall

in washington marking 50 years since the civil rights march in washington. reverend martin luther king jr.'s speech i have a dream. a state of emergency in is an plan. some 150 miles away. the pyre threatening the city's power and water systems. california's attorney general opening a criminal investigation into san diego mayor bob fill mother. this as the democrat is resigning after dozens of sexual harassment allegations surfaced. san diego's sheriff's department fielding complaints of sexual misconduct by the mayor and delivering findtion to the attorney general's office. >> a fox news alert now on the crisis in syria. after the president calls for a meeting this morning, with his national security team to discuss the reports of a chemical weapons attack as the navy pre-positions some of the warships in the event of a u.s. military response.

and as u.n. investigators arrive on the ground to push for access to the site of the alleged poison gas attack. it seems the time to decide what the next step needs to be in syria may be drawing closer than ever. ambassador john bolton is a fox news contributor and joins us to talk about this serious issue that's unfolding in syria. ambassador, good of you to join us. we have seen it serious before. but now you bring in the fact that there are -- has been a chemical weapons attack and that people are now being poisoned because of these attacks. the united states is still looking to investigate to determine p it is, in fact, coming from syria or could it be coming from terrorists. what say you, sir? >> this is not the first time that we have had very substantial evidence that the assad regime used chemical weapons five to six months ago. there were a lot of reports and provoked considerable concern then. that's why there are u.n.

weapons inspectors in damascus today. a really incredible concurrence of events they would arrive at the time that assad used the weapons again. but i think it reflects -- maybe a mistake by the assad remember sxwreem certainly very foolish and also reflects their view that they don't fear retaliation for it. and -- that in part is what will be tested here. the president said himself almost exactly a year ago that the use of chemical weapons would cross a red line and when a president of the united states makes a statement like that, he needs to be prepared to do something pretty dramatic if the red line is crossed. otherwise, his credibility is gravely damaged. i think that's where we are at the moment. >> the defense secretary, chug hagel, stated he has month time lining in mind. the president, as you mentioned, has said a red line must be crossed first before some military action is taken --

taking place in terms of responding to that. so -- we haven't responded yet. we haven't responded before. what steps do we immediate to be taking right now to give a clear indication to syria that the united states means business and would like to stop this violence from going on. >> well, i think there there are a lot of things the president could do. where he eventually comes out is hard to say. he gave an interview a few days ago which when you read in its entirety, it shows an amazing confusion in the president's own mind about what he thinks his objectives are. i personally think having issued the red line in the first place was a mistake. now, in terms of what we do now the president fundamentally needs to decide if he is prepared to do what is necessary to remove the assad regime from power. and whether he is prepared to accept the consequences possibly of terrorists in the opposition to the assad regime taking

power. now, i don't think that we have got the knowledge that can really give us any assurance that a replacement for assad is going to be any better. which is why, as i say, i wouldn't have issued the red line statement to begin with. i would be surprised this time that if the president didn't act militarily, even if it means simply lobbing a few missiles in the direction of syria because he looks so weak for not having acted before. >> ambassador if month action is taken, that would deter the actions of assad and his regime and his people who are attacking their own people. what will this do to the region in the future and how would that affect the united states? >> well, i think -- i think the question is whether there is anything we can do short of overthrowing assad that will deter him. you know, if you are talking about a massive military response, that could tip the balance in favor of the opposition.

that's what the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff wrote in a letter last week. the question is, is had a what you want to do? if your military action is not sufficient to change the reality on the ground, one could ask if you don't look even more feckless and weaker than we look now. i think that the real american interest here, forget what the president said or anything else, the real american interest here is in making sure that those chemical weapons of which syria has a lot, don't get out of the country, into the hands of terrorists, where they could be used against americans or our friends or allies worldwide. >> i have to ask you this. i don't mean to run but i have to ask you this before i let you go. how do we get a heck -- handle on those weapons by not having any human intelligence on the ground and not having any boots on the ground? >> well, i think we have some intelligence but i think it is getting old quickly. i think that the one thing that the president might think of doing, although i don't know whether he will, is try to

destroy the chemical weapons stockpiles. that's very dangerous in and of itself. an innocent human life might be lost, civilians nearby. before everybody gets agitated about this, you immediate to think through what objectives we are seeking and how to measure our response according to those objectives. in 2 1/2 years in syria, the obama administration has never done that most basic task. >> out of today's meeting what do you anticipate they will do? >> well, i think secretary hagel has indicated that he's moving as meets the region to giving the president options. we saw exactlying the same pattern six months ago and nothing happened. i think that most likely response from the lawyers in the white house will be to talk about indicting street the had a sawed regime and criminal court. that's their legalistic response to many things. i think that will have zero effect. i expect you will see a lot of rhetoric to that effect. >> follow that pattern,

ambassad ambassador, zero effect and zero impact on saving lives in syria. we thank you so much, sir, for sharing your perspective. ambassador john bolton. still to come, more americans snapping their wallets shut when it comes to buying a new home. our rising mortgage rates to blame and what that could mean for the country's entire economic recovery. some important answers for you up next.

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welcome back. fewer people are buying new homes. it might have something to do with higher mortgage rates. purchases fell more than 13% last month. dropping to a seasonally

adjusted 394,000. that's the lowest pace in mine months. sales were on rise but so are mortgage rates. more than a full percentage point in fact, since may. nicky is the founder and managing with car vel mortgage. thank you for joining us. the lowes pace in nine months. is it due to the higher mortgage rates? >> no doubt. that's the biggest factor. interest rates moving up with the average new buyer has increased mortgage payments $180 per month. these numbers are far too volatile to look at on a month-to-month basis. if you look at the past 12 months the numbers are actually up 7%. and that's a much better gauge of where new home construction is. >> those are new homes. that's a small percentage in housing industry. do you expect that to continue?

>> i expect it to continue but will be at a slow rate. you know, we have had government interference in the housing, meat lou the quantity tative easing program. and that's helped subsidize the entire housing industry. because of that we didn't have true prays discovery. and so houses didn't fall as far as they should have. now we are starting to see some normalization of rates. it is only natural to expect that homeowners will stop buying so much when rates go up. it is a temporary thing and not long term. it is sticker shock. we may delay our purchase thinking that maybe rates will go back down next month. when they don't we will buy anyway. these interest rates are extremely low. >> what about the effect on the overall economy. i found this interesting according to the homebuilders association. each home built creates an average of about three jobs per year and it generates about $90,000 in tax receive knew.

so what's the effect on the overall economy? >> well, overall housing is about 5% of our gdp. those numbers aren't important. it is an important part but not the only part. consume sperpding is 70% of our economy. what we have done by lowering interest rates has taken money out of saver's pockets and put it in those borrower's pockets by buying new homes. it is much more important to let rates return to normal and earn money on the savings so they can go out and spend that money. >> how are sales previously occupied homes doing? >> you know, they are down as well. they have a much smaller impact on the economy than a newly constructed home. they were down and same sticker shock that will be a temporary impact. not a long-term impact. >> how does this reflect on c consumer confidence in the economy as a whole? >> if we step back and look at home builder confidence it is at an all-time high now. these companies that build

houses are still buying lots and still investing in their ability to construct these homes. that's a very good indicator as well. interest rates moving up to 4.6% has slowed down the rate of growth but it is not going to stop it. people were buying homes even when interest rates were 15%. >> definitely still at hess toric lows compared to had a. thank you so much for joining us. new research about the health benefits of omega 3 fatty acids. what one simple dietary change can mean for millions of women and the fight against a devastating illness. hey linda! what are you guys doing? having some fiber! with new phillips' fiber good gummies. they're fruity delicious! just two gummies have 4 grams of fiber! to help support gularity! i want some... [ woman ] hop on over! [ marge ] fiber the fun way, from phillips'.

time for a quick check of the headlines for you. a military jury sentencing army staff sergeant robert bales to life in prison for killing 16 afghan civilians. he pleaded guilty in june in a deal to avoid the death penalty for his march 2012 raids mere his outpost in southern afghan station in which he shot 22 people. the south african government says that former president nelson mandela's health becomes unstable at times.

the 95-year-old anti-apartheid leader admitted to a hospital in june because of a recurring lung infection. royal services held for the mother and brother of had nnah anderson today. a family friend killed the pair and kidnapped hannah. investigators shot and killed the suspect in idaho. a new study shows omega 3 fatty acids may lower the risk of rheumatoid arthritis for women. researchers in sweden say they found women with long-time consumption of fatty fish are less likely to develop the disease. joining us now is fox news dr. david samadi. the chair of urology at lenox hill hospital and professor of urology at the hofstra north shore long island school of medicine. good to see you. we get another stud write out

here that talks about the benefits of women making sure they eat plenty of fish to ghetto make a fatty 3 acids to do some sort of prevention for alleviate rheumatoid arthritis. >> it is very interesting because i think omega 3 patty acids is become the celebrity of all these herbs. every week we are getting news about this. for the longest time, omega 3 fatty acid, great for the heart, reduces inflammation and reduce it is risk of heart attacks. that's fairly established. we, in my field of prostate cancer, we thought it will help you to reduce the risk of prostate cancer. we are finding out too much of owe make 3 fatty acid is not great for prostate cancer. will has been a lot of publicity about this in the past month or so. talking about rheumatoid arthritis. the base of arthritis is all infloridamation. what omega 3 fatty acid is supposed to do is reduce infloridamation. in had study they are ever they look at the cohort of 30,000

women, follow it up for seven years, and found out if you take one serving of salmon a week, pay attention to this, because -- the more is not merrier. one serve of salmon a week reduces the risk of rheumatoid arthritis by 30%. that's significant. one of the big messages is if you start piling up these omega 3 fatty acids, take more vitamins because everybody thinks it is a good idea, add other diets that has this, cumulative amount of that acid will hurt you. just the same news about prostate cancer. it may become a problem in this field also. >> you are getting too much of a good thing. >> exactly right. >> turn it into a bad thing. >> it has a threshold. more than anything than that it will backfire. take your right rinse and should take only one serving of fish or salmon a week. that's more than enough. you don't maid to take any more

vitami vitamins. that's the big message over here. >> i'm glad you pointtedded it out. most people that read the study say i will go out and eat lots and lots of fish. i will -- definitely be able to combat rheumatoid arthritis. they could be adding a condition -- >> absolutely right. what we see in our practice, is that patients are coming in and not only they have their -- medications, but they also have a long list of not just, you know, omega 3 fatty acid but coq-10. it is almost like a dose amount. it will back pyre and not so good for you and causes a problem. word of caution for people, omega 3 acid is good for you but a limb. >> it what if you don't eat salmon or fish or can't get it in your diet that way? is it okay to then take the supplement then? >> yes. >> equal benefit? >> my theory -- excellent question. my theory has always been that

the supplements and herbals are for people who don't have a balanced diet. if you get enough you don't need them. you are right. you would take only about half a gram of omega 3 patty acid a day. talk to your doctor. these studies is changing and evolving. find out what the dose is. don't take too much. for more on this and all the stories dr. samadi is covering, watch him and dr. mark seagal every sunday on "house call" at 10:30 eastern time. >> that does it for us. >> join us tonight at 5:00 for that special "beyond the dream how far have we come." ju "journal editorial report" is next. and i knew he'd feel better if heost a little weight. so i switched to purina cat ow healthy weight formula. i just fed the recommended amount... and they both loved the taste.

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