for the details, we're joined by rob stein covering the issue for the "washington post.", so fill in what's happened here. this is the h.h.s. secretary overruling her own f.d.a. >> right. this was a big surprise. a real shock. nobody knew what the f.d.a. was going to do but nobody expected the secretary of health and human services to overturn the decision by the f.d.a. what happened was the f.d.a. commissioner margaret hamberg reviewed the evidence and said, yeah, it was okay to approve this company's request to sell plan "b" on any stores and grocery stores, drugstores, right next condoms or sperm sides. but secretary sebelius stepped in and said no, i don't agree that decision. >> brown: just remind us the state of play here. plan "b" has been approved for use without prescription by women over 17, right? so what was this about? >> well, any woman who's 17 years old or older can walk into a pharmacy and buy plan "b" without a prescription but they have to prove that... their age to the pharmacist. but anybody younger than that still has to get a prescription and women'

rob stein wrote -- host: we will show you more articles.will show you pro and con from editorial pages. we would like to hear from parents of young teens, and also, if there are young people watching, add to our understanding of your thoughts. before we get to your phone calls and your facebook comments on the plan b decision, there are two high-profile hearings on capitol hill today. first of all, jon corzine, former new jersey governor, is asked to testify before the house agriculture committee on the collapse of mf global. in a bit, we will be talking to congressman henry cuellar, who is a member of that committee, about it. eric holder has been asked to testify about the so-called fast and furious investigation. rob will tee up our understanding of that hearing. good morning. what is the intent of the committee on asking the attorney general to come back today? guest: this wraps up a year's worth of investigation for the committee. attorney general holder appeared before another committee in november. this is really the judiciary commit

rob stein wrote -- host: we will show you more articles. we will show you pro and con from editorial pages. we would like to hear from parents of young teens, and also, if there are young people watching, add to our understanding of your thoughts t available without prescription for girls under the age of 17. here are some of the documents attached to this. kathleen sebelius' memo to the fda. here are the important lines, if we can get in close on the camera. she writes -- host: interestingly, on the fda website, the commissioner writes this -- "i reviewed and thoughtfully consider the data, clinical information, and analysis provided." host: those are statements from the secretary and from the commissioner, showing their disagreement over this. of course, the secretary trumping the decision. let's begin with your phone calls. samuel is an independent in new york. go ahead. caller: good morning. i think that is a good decision to overturn the fda. i cannot imagine a girl, a girl, 11, 12, 13, they can get pregnant. i cannot see them just hav