david kessler, former commissioner of the fda and author of the "end of overeating." good to see you. >> thank you. >> as you know, we are tracking the stimulus money and where your tax dollars are going. next, we are heading to washington state to see why some of the stimulus is being spent underwater. >>> the stimulus package. your money paying for everything from old clunkers to new roads. >> to see another of the programs, we are about to take you to the ocean floor. we get the details from our journalist in washington state. >> killer whales hunt in washington state's puget sound. now they in the unique ecosystem are about to benefit from the federal stimulus money. i am about to find out how. 16 miles from oak harbor, i'm meeting with a local group that has $5 million in stimulus money to recover lost fishing nets. fishing nets? it's a much bigger problem than you would think. the northwest marine conservation initiative struggled for years for funding. it says the stimulus will help recover an estimated 3,000 fishing nets discarded or lost in puget sound. >> we

david kessler is a former fda commissioner, the author of the book, "the end of overeating." >> like the end of baseball or something like that. in america, it is our national pastime it seems. >> what we've done is we've taken fat, sugar and salt, we put it on every corner in the united states. we made it available 24/7. we made it socially acceptable to eat anytime. we've made food into entertainment. go into a mall, watch the people eat at a food court. >> you've done this, for the book, you went and you were diving through dumpsters to look at the ingredients at processed foods at restaurants. and watched how people shoveled food into their mouths. >> we're living in a food carnival. the reason i wrote the book is to understand why that chocolate chip cookie has such power over me. >> because it tastes so good. >> it tastes so good. but it's also activating your brain. and in fact, the millions of americans, their brains are literally being hijacked by fat, sugar and salt. >> you were the former commissioner of the fda. what do you do about this? you know this is a serious proble

. >> david kessler explains how american bodies and minds have been reprogrammed by too much sugar, salt and junk. politics and prose bookstore in to dc hosted this event. it lasts about an hour. >> it is very special to be here at politics and prose, to carla into barber, the owners, the fact is this is without a doubt my favorite bookstore in the whole world. [applause] >> there is another reason why this is so special, and for those of you who are not part of the food and drug administration, who are here, indulge me, if you would. this is very -- a very special week and a very special people here that i have had the privilege over my life to be able to work with. and on a week, as you just heard, where the united states congress voted 79 senators in the affirmative, and 307 members of the house of representatives in favor of fda regulation of tobacco. there are people here. i can't name all of you who spend your, much of your adult lives working on this. and my hat is off to all of you. and thank you for what you have done. [applause] >> let me tell you the journey tobacco took 15 ye

[applauding] >> david kessler has been the dean of the medical schools of yale university and the university of california san francisco. he served as the commissioner of the u.s. food and drug administration under president george h. w. bush and bill clinton. a graduate of amherst college. >> she spoke at an event hosted by the east-west center in washington, d.c. the event is a little over an hour. >> well, good afternoon and welcome to the east-west center in washington. my name is satu limaye. some of us get lucky and get to go there once in awhile. we welcome you to this very interesting program we have on "the china price." a new book by alexandra harney. and we also have kimberly elliot also here as a discussant. we have us that the different format than usual today, and i just want to fly it for you. we have a c-span coverage of this event, and so it is obviously on the record. but we're going to do is proceed until about 215 with the presentation, the comments, and the q&a. and then i'll just check if there is anyone who wants to make any comment or ask any questions off the record,