during pregnancy or early in liffe, linking t to neueuro-developmental effects inin animals, have now bebeen evaluated in two human studies. so there's one in a population in new york and one in a population i in california. and what they find is actually remarkably similar. these developmental exposures to pbdes are actually linked to detriments in i.q. >> two pbdes, penta and octa, were taken off the u.s. market voluntarily in 2004 because of growing health concerns. production of the pbde deca is in the process of being terminated. >> the problem with all of these pbdes is that t they arere very persistent in the environment. >> the i issue with pbdes is tht ththey've been replalaced withtr types of chemicals ththat may he very sisimilar concerns and perhaps even the same mechanism of action, i in terms of their ability to disrupupt the endocrine s system. >> the flame retardants chlorinated tris and fire master 550, which may be linked to dna damage, cancer, or neurological defects, continue to be widely used in polyurethane foam in a number of common children's' products. >> so i think

intercept has published a statement, saying -- "w"while the fbi's alallegations against winner have bebeen made public through the release of an affidavit and search warrant, which were unsealed at the government's request, it is important to keep in mind that these documents contain unproven assertions and speculation designed to serve the government's agenda and as such warrant skepticism. winner faces allegations that have not been proven. the same is true of the fbi's claims about how it came to arrest winner." president trump has exacerbated tensions in the persian gulf by saying he was behind saudi arabia's recent move to cut diplomatic ties with qatar. on tuesday, president trump tweeted -- "during my recent trip to the middle east i stated that there can no longer be funding of radical ideology. leaders pointed to qatar -- look!" qatar is a major us military ally, home to two major u.s. command posts. pentagon officials, meanwhile, are trying to show their commitment to qatar amid the regional diplomatic crisis. on monday, a pentagon spokesman said -- "the united states and the coa

. >> robert mueller is a special counsel, chris bebeen appointed.di hasan, what he was talking about, this valentine's day meeting in the oval office when he asked everyone to leave, boss,ing james comey's the attorney general jeff sessions, the less you to leave as described by james comey were jeff sessions to leave the r rm because they were clearing out a bunch of people, as well as his son-in-law jared kushner. talk about the significance of then him being alone with the president, something he had asked the attorney general to ensure he never had to the. >> first of all, i love the idea of being afraid to be alone in the room with donald trump. adjust on the specific legal constitutional political issues, i think james comey made it clear in a statement and and the testimony yesterday that this is not a done thing. there was supposed to be a buffer, this independent attorneyey general. the problem, the bigger picture, you just sessions as attorney general who is a deeply compromised attorney general. he recently gave a press conference from th

they're pretending that it's bebeen wonderfully successful bbecause they're the inin president just like the other guys had to claim it was a big didisaster.. first of all, the president politics in this country is a very peculiar institution. let me close with that because it's really important. the united states is unique in the world, i think, for the following. we have been the most successful in convincing the american people of something that's patently absurd, and that is that when they have an economic problem it's the fault of the government. it's stunning. 95% of the people who've lost t ther job in this crisis--and ththere are millions of them--werere fifired by a private capitalist empployer. iff you're gonnaetet angry at somebody because of unemployment, the logigical target is the cocompany ththat fired you. not in ameririca. our people are trained. they leap over the company that fired them to the politician, the senator or the congressperson whom they're very angry at, who had absolutely nothing to do with it. . the overerwhelming majority of people who've been foforeclos