dr. david agus is in los angeles. david, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. >> so explain what they mean by a three-parent baby. had mitochondrial chromosome. in her case they took out her chromosomes and put it into a donor's egg with a nucleus had been removed. the baby has dna in the mitochondrial from the mother and chromosomes from the mother and the father. in the sense three parents. when you look at the amount of dna it looks like 2.001 parents rather than three but it's dna from three different people. >> i think what is exciting about it, it could help a lot of infertile couples, right? >> no question about it. thousands of kids born every year with mitochondrial defects and many succumb to this horrible disease and many women can't give birth because they know they have this particular defect. it opens up the door for them to have children of their own. >> how do they monitor this procedure? >> this procedure was started in the '90s and they were doing it and it stopped because bad things happened and

dr. david agus is in los angeles. good to see you. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. >> so what are these commonly used ingredients in these soaps and why is the fda taking this action now? >> so the two most common but 17 others. 9 total ingredients that were removed that represent about 40 of the soaps out there. the bottom line whenever a soap says anti-bacterial or a claim it's one of them. it's been shown they may affect the endocrine at the same time, there hasn't been shown to be any benefit. so potential risk, i emphasize the word potential, and no benefits so the fda took a stand. >> and so, doctor, one of the leading trade groups here has pushed back, perhaps not unexpectedly, again the claim. the american cleaning institute released a statement that said n anti-bacterial soaps are critical to public health because of the importance hand hygiene plays in the prevention of infection. you mentioned risks with no benefits but what benefits are believed to be present in these soaps? >> washing your hands in soap an

dr. david agus is in los angeles. good morning. >> good morning, norah. >> explain what they mean by a three-parent baby. >> well, this was a woman who had a mitochondrial defect. are your mitochondria. they took out her chromosomes, so her nucleus, and they put it into a donor's egg with a nucleus removed. so that baby has dna in the m mitochondria of the donor, chromosome from the mother and chromosome from the father. so in a sense, three parents. if you look at the amount of dna, it is like it is 2.001 parents rather than 3, but dna from three different people. >> what is exciting about it, it could help a lot of infertile >> no question about it. there are thousands of kids born every year with mitochondrial defects and many succumb to this horrible disease and many women can't give birth because they know they have this defect. it does open the door of hope for them to have children of their own. >> how do we monitor this kind of procedure? >> this procedure was started in the '90s. they were doing it and it sto

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dr. david agus who joins us from los angeles. continuing battle against the zika virus. for now the zika hot zone remains in two popular miami neighborhoods but the fear florida and this week, the cdc said it is almost out of funds to fight zika, having spent roughly 194 million of the $222 million allocated. congress gets back to session next week. if they don't allocate more funds, what happens? >> the implications of this are frightening. the organization that is meant to protect our country against disease and epidemic is saying that the cupboard is bare and no more money. lack of funds meansha cannot work on diagnostics, vaccines, can't study the virus itself and its effect on pregnant women and newborns and can't control the mosquitoes. what other states besides florida that may be affected in the future like texas and louisiana? the cdc say they may not have resources or supplies to send to those states. the bigger picture this is not about an issue right now. the decisions that congress makes or doesn't make now are going to have ramifications for see more infant

dr. david agus on the controversial technique that led to babies having three genetic parents.and charlie will be here, too. see you at 7:00. >> we love seeing the gang back together. >> and norah's jokes. >> all right! >> she got jokes. [ laughter ] >> hi, norah. >> see you guys at 7:00. >> hi, guys. i just always like to sit here and listen to gayle. >> bye. >> see you. have fun. >> got the whole crew and morgan freeman. >> love his voice. >>> some u.s. senators are now getting involved in the wake of a major security breach at sunnyvale-based yahoo. >> joining us now is kcbs radio's financial reporter jason brooks. >> reporter: good morning. six democratic u.s. senators have written a letter to yahoo demanding answers to that massive data breach that compromised up to 500 million accounts. the senators have a problem with the fact that yahoo just disclosed this breach recently. yet knew about it a lot earlier. "wall street journal" has reported the company first reported breaches to several dozen accounts to the fbi two years ago. but they didn't understand the magnitude of

dr. david agus about the chemicals being banned and what consumers should watch out for. time to show you some of the morning's headlines from around the globe. >>> former stanford swimmer ohio after being released jail for sexual assault. turner was spotted out of his parents' home yesterday. you see him there. he hadeft a califoia jail on friday after serving three months of a six-month sentence for sexually assaulting a woman la year. turner must register as a sex fender. >>> "the seattle times" reports a top soccer star's solidarity with 49ers quaba kaepernick. megan rapinoe kneeled before her kaepernick's stand. she says i know what it means to look at a flag and not have it protect all of your liberty. >>> ubwe told out friday, samsu will replace 2 million galaxy note 7. >> the omaha report on a little boy killed by an alligator in june remembering their child. saturday would have been his third birthday. >> happy birthday, you are in our hearts today and every other day, lane. you will always be mommy's loving sweet baby boy. >> just heart breaking. melissa and mat

dr. david agus on on the fda's o the soap used by millions of americans is actually safe. >>> the news is back in the meantime here on "cbs this morning." i use what's already inside me to reach my goals. so i liked when my doctor told me i may reach my blood sugar and a1c goals with once-weekly trulicity. trulicity is not insulin. it helps activate my body to do what it's supposed to do... release its own insulin. trulicity responds when my blood sugar rises. i take it once a week, and it works 24/7. it comes in an easy-to-use pen and i may even lose a little weight. trulicity is a once-weekly injectable prescription medicine to improve blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. it should be used along with diet and exercise. trulicity is not recommended as the first medicine to treat diabetes and should not be used by people with severe stomach or intestinal problems or people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. trulicity is not insulin and has not been studied with long-acting insulin. do not take trulicity if you or anyone in your family has had medullary thyroid cancer or