and the government inspectors, for whatever reason, didn't catch it in time. >> all right, bill marler, publisher of food safety news, thank you for joining us today. and meantime, flu deaths are rising louisiana where state health officials said they received reports this month of two children dying from the flu. there are deaths in the current season, including four children. hundreds of people have already died of the flu louisiana since october, and the flu season continues on to april fetch. >> and a major milestone for gay rights. the american justice department plans to recognize same-sex marriage. >> on monday, i will issue a policy memorandum, and for the first time in history, it will give same-sex marriage full and equal recognition to the greatest extent possible under the law. [ cheers ] >> reporter: attorney general, eric holder, received two standing ovations during his speech with a fundraiser for a human rights campaign. they called it a victory, calling holder a crusader for human rights, and comparing him to robert f. kennedy. >> this means that in every courthouse,

. >> for more on this, let's bring in marlise munoz, the publisher of -- marlise munoz -- bill marlerthank you for being with us. this is the second recall from this company. how does this happen, when we are talking about 9 million pounds of beef. >> it's the third. they had two in 2014. i think what happened, and why we are seeing this massive recall dating to 2013 is what investigators found caused them grave recalls during the first recall. it appears that there was a lot of cows slaughtered without inspection. there's probably records of animals that were deceased, unable to ambulate or walk. so the fear is for bacterial contamination and the risk of mad cow disease. >> how could so many cows, for a long period of time, be slaughtered without somewheres noticing? -- inspectors noticing. >> it's likely that this is a fairly big plant. it could be that inspectors were in other places at other times. it could be that inspectors were not doing the job they should have been doing. it may be that the company was, you know, hiding information that should have been shared with inspectors