dr. smith for the summary of your open statement. >> thank you chairman stearns and make a member to get and members of the committee. thank you very much for having me here today. my name is dr. lawrence smith and i'm the interim commissioner of the massachusetts department of public health. i have to also begin by saying that my -- victims and families affected by this tragic outbreak and to mrs. loveless is moving testimony strengthens my resolve to ensure that no other family has to suffer what she aptly described as the heartbreak. as a mother, pediatrician and the public health leader i've devoted my life and career to protecting health of others. these events have evoked in me the same sense of outrage they do for you and the rest of the public for. for many of you i know this hits close to home. for the past two months our department along with the fda have conducted a joint investigation of new england compounding center, the source of this devastating fungal meningitis outbreak that h

dr. smith, pediatricians both, we appreciate you being here, and some of the questioning, line of questioning from both sides of the dies, both republicans and democrats have been pretty tough, but they have to be because if we are going to change the law, if we're going to rewrite the federal food drug cosmetic act, particularly regard to section 503 a, the conflicting court decisions, then we have to get this right. and i have some great concerns we might not get it right in regard to overreacting in regulating compounding pharmacies. every member of the house of representatives have drugstores, chain drug stores, a lot of corner druggists that due compounding were a certain product is needed by a patient but maybe the manufactured product is in the base or something they are allergic to. so, therefore, the local pharmacist has to reconstitute of that drug, not manufactured the drug. the drug is manufactured, and just put it in a different way of getting it to the nation. it might even be in

dr. smith for a summary of your opening statement. >> thank you ranking member stearns and ranking member degette. thank you for having me here today. i'm the interim commissioner of the massachusetts department of health. my thoughts are with the victims and families affected by this tragic outbreak and mrs. lovelace whose testimony strengths thens my resolve and described the heartbreak. as a mother, doctor and public health leader, i have devoted my career to protecting the health of others. these events invokes in me the same sense of outrage for me and the rest of the public. this hits very close to home. for the past two months, our department, along with the f.d.a. has conducted a joint investigation of new england compounding center, the source of this devastating outbreak that has sickened hundreds and killed 31 people across the country. we have investigated and shut down necc's sister companies. necc knowingly disregarded sterile whyy tests and violated their pharmacy license. they b

dr. smith, for your summary of your opening statement. >> thank you chairman sterns ranking member de get and members of the committee, thank you very much for having me here today. my name is dr. lauren smith and i'm the interim commissioner of the massachusetts department of public health. i have to also begin by saying that my thoughts are with the victims and families affected by this tragic outbreak and with pls love lass whose moving testimony only strengthens my resolve to ensure that no other family has to suffer as she described the heartbreak that she has. as a mother, pediatrician and public health leader i have devoted my life and career to protecting the health of others. these invoke in me the same sense of outrage as they do for you and the rest of the public. for many of you i know this hits very close to home. for the past two months our department along with the f.d.a. has conducted a joint investigation of new england compounding center. the source of this devastating fungal

dr. smith's agency should have stopped its? if you don't doubt, just say you don't know. >> i think that clearly massachusetts is working very hard. >> do you think they could have stopped at? >> they were unsuccessful and you know it was tragic. we worked hard with them to limit -- >> okay, okay. i have two more questions for you then. is your position today that the necc was not a manufacturing pharmacy and that you had no jurisdiction over its business activities quit is that your position today? yes or no? >> necc is registered as a compounding pharmacy. >> in your opinion, your opinion, this is at the request of the hearing now, is it your position as necc was not a manufacturing pharmacy and you had no jurisdiction over its activities? yes or no? >> that is in subject of an ongoing investigation. >> you have been telling us all day today -- >> i cannot characterize that while this criminal investigation is underway. >> is your position day that the fda could not have prevented this traged

>> bill struck me as a dr. smith type. >> that's a great analogy. absolutely. >> goes back to my running and screaming. >> lauren and paul were both talking about -- they seemed to think that women were not as good as controlling robots and space ships and things like that. what about kailey frye ladies and gentlemen? >> the ship's mechanic on "saw wren gnaw tee." she was pretty handy with a wrench in outerspace. >> tough crowd. >> i am too busy ignoring my son and not loving him. look up kailey frye. she is quite a woman. >> is she firm? >> she is firmer than you, paul. two and a half men, ambassador bolten, have you ever seen "woo and a half men." >> no and i have no intention of watching it either. >> maybe i can give you -- now that i am here i am good at recommending tv shows. >> i got the story and let's talk about it again. "game of throwns" seems like a show you would be into," the wire" is that your kind of thing? >> i do e-mail on computers. >> paul, something tells me you were cynical about this. you call him a religious nut. what about t

dr. smith took leadership. she went in and cleaned house and identified problems. this smoke and mirrors that you don't have authority. go look in the eyes of the victim and try and comfort them with that. ma'am, that doesn't work. >> is anyone getting any comfort here? >> well, it's hard to hear clearly. and he's sort of really stepped on the particular issue which is these families. they wanted somebody to be in charge, some oversight. with these compounding pharmacies, they take existing medications and they change them to some degree. those typically it's what the fda says it's under the jurisdiction of the state. fda steps in when it's actually manufacturing these compounds. what you hear in the questioning is i don't care about that, the fda knew about these problems, they've known about them for over ten years, nothing was done about it. you can say it's the state's responsibility, but in fact somebody should have done something and nothing happened. >> big problems. >> there's also a lot of people who sit on the board of the pharmacy board involved with the

dr. gary smith, just out with this landmark study in the journal of pediatrics, for the first time looking house injuries nationwide over the last two decades. >> between 2008 and 2010, there was a doubling of injuries. the curve looks like this. >> it happened to little cassie stapleton. did you think your daughter could be hurt in a bouncy house? >> never, never. >> she was coming down the slide, when she fell, breaking her arm in two places. we're all guilty of it, you turn your back, think the kids are safe. >> absolutely. even the floor is soft. you think nothing can happen to them, but that's not the case. >> reporter: according to the study, sprains and fractures, some to the head and neck. 43% caused by falls, most inside the bounce house, with some kids bouncing out of it. 16% of injuries caused by other kids, collisions and rough-housing. what should parents do? >> consider limiting the use of kids 6 years and older. >> make sure the kids playing inside are all around the same age. a 7 1/2 year old shouldn't be in there with 3 1/2 year olds. >> correct. >> safety is a top priorit

dr. mark smith president of ohio christian university.g us today from boston. thank you. thank you. it's going to be a great day as call thomas told me as we were together yesterday he said they always under value the media always under value the evangelical voter. you will see on election day the difference it makes. >> we will know sooner than later. thank you very much. 20 minutes past the hour on this saturday. smoking gun after smoking gun. more secret cables reveal the unraveling situation in benghazi before it happened. was a plan to get americans out of libya shot down? and by whom? more exclusive details straight ahead. americans are hungry for more jobs. but all they are getting is more food stamps. the startling statistics costing taxpayers a boat load of dough when we roll on. ♪ ooh baby, looks like you need a little help there ♪ ♪ ooh baby, can i do for you today? ♪ [ female announcer ] need help keeping your digestive balance? align can help. nly align has bifantis, a patented probiotic that naturally helps maintain your dig

. >> eliot: chris smith, thank you for joining us, and dr. hemmingway, also thank you for your time this evening. >> thank you. >> eliot: a new film highlights the harsh reality of climate change from the brutal [ piano plays ] troy polamalu's going deeper. ♪ ♪ and so is head & shoulders deep clean. [ male announcer ] with 7 benefits it goes deep to remove grease, gunk and flakes. deep. like me. [ male announcer ] head & shoulders deep clean for men. ♪ ♪ >> eliot: he's the best investor in the last half century, and he's telling us to tax the rich. warren buffet's ideas on tax reform are coming up in my view. and former naacp chairan julian bond discusses voter suppression at 10:00 p.m. eastern on "the war room." >> eliot: sometimes who says it is just as important as what they say. so it is with warren buffet's op-ed in today's "new york times" about taxes and the fiscal realities of our budget. here are the straightforward points that he makes central to the debate that is now gripping washington and has mesmerized wall street. recall this

party's laura smith era let's get some expert opinion in terms of what's at stake for your about them at the sun that for that i'm joined by dr michael is the director of the open europe berlin think tank sir thank you so much for taking time to speak with us now let's get straight to the story i want to know if you're optimistic that this whole situation will end quickly and that an agreement could actually be reached. some of. my friends in brussels tell me you know. so tonight perhaps we'll be in agreement on a somewhat modified. plan because all all the member states see that the alternative which would be a rollover of the two thousand and thirteen spending ceiling and certain. areas is not very attractive to all of the other states well well it does seem however that there is divisions within the countries over the budget i mean talk a little bit more about the unity or perhaps lack thereof in this walk. well there's certainly more than one block there's definitely the net contributor is the net recipients and then there are the countries that have only relying on arm and regional funds in both camps. but that in a way

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blood stem cells, of which i have been privileged to be a leader with steve smith in new jersey, having a press conference with dr. j. because we found that using blood cord stem cells had been applied to some people with success, including, i believe, some in this nation who suffer from sickle cell anemia. forgetting totally about adult stem cell the -- stem cells, the week the nobel prize committee announced the prize to the two sign tiffses who had unlocked the key in the ability to take adult stem cells and reprogram them back to induced pleni potent cells meaning they had the ability to become like embryonic cells. and just weeks before they had cured a disease in dogs using cells from the dog's nasal passages. there can be a legitimate debate about the moral and ethical concerns surrounding stem cell research and embryonic stem cell research but to have an ad that reduces it to the question of whether a 5-year-old can look in the camera and say, why does this congressman want me to die? how does that elevate the debate? how does that in any way enhance our ability to make very difficult decisions? does that

as other guests, judd legum and heather smith and karl frisch and in the next hour, david catanese from politico and senator sherrod brown from ohio and then drty of virginia. and on the president's schedule today -- [ laughter ] >> bill: kick back. rest up his voice. maybe go out to lunch. too cold to play a little golf in chicago. he's in chicago. he's just resting up for the big victory party tonight at maccormac place this evening. together with the first lady and with vice president biden and dr. jill biden. we'll be back and you tell us who you think is going to win tonight. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: here it is. election day 2012. november 6th tuesday, the day you've been waiting for and working toward. this is it. it all comes together today and boy, i don't know about you. but i don't believe there's ever been an election with more at stake in my lifetime. for sure. everything is at stake. everything we believe in. everything we care about. every body we care about. everything we've worked for. and we've won over the years. it's all up for grabs this election day. we either go forward in the s

smith has the details in today's trade. what's going on? >> reporter: well, the news has been pretty good for the housing market, and that's had a big rally in the home builders, particularly dris down big despite reporting profits that beat expectations, the stock tumbling 4%. this is one of the larger home builders by volume. it's up about 57% so far this year, but it's been trying to figure out if they beat profit expectations, revenues were in line with estimates, what the heck is the stock falling for? well, this quote very important coming from the conference call today, the ceo over at dhi saying this, quote: i still don't see a lot of jobs being created, and i also see the fact there are potential layoffs in a number of industries, especially the defense industry. so tomnitz really warning on the lack of jobs and what that's going to do going forward, so leading to a selloff there. home builders down across the board today, beazer homes, bad news there. a lot of red air eau -- arrows, but up big so far in 2012. tracy: everything, right, is being hit by this whole fiscal cliff worry. sandra smith, thank you very much. >>> all right, veterans returning from iraq and afg

dr. christensen, for her leadership in this measure. i also thank the judiciary committee chairman, the gentleman from texas, mr. smith, for his assistance in bringing this legislation to the floor. i urge my colleagues to supreme court the bill and i reserve the balance of my time. does gentleman have additional speakers? mr. coble: i have no additional speakers. and i reserve the balance of my time. mr. scott: i yield such time as she may consume to the gentlelady from the virgin islands, dr. christensen. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from the virgin islands is recognized. mrs. christensen: thank you, congressman scott. mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of h.r. 6116, legislation i sponsored to provide for direct appeals of decisions of the virgin islands supreme court, to the u.s. supreme court. i want to begin by thanking the chairman and ranking member of the committee on the judiciary and their staff for working together in a bipartisan way to simply report h.r. 6116 and bring it to the house floor today. on behalf of the people of the virgin islands i want to say thank you to chairman smith and ran

dr. nancy snyderman will be here to explain that. >> a lot of medications take. like mother, like daughter. anna nicole smith's little girl is modeling for the clothing brand guess just like her mother did. we'll have more on that story. >>> we're also going to tell you about a recent health scare for oprah winfrey. >> we want to begin with cyber monday, big success. diana alvear is live from phoenix at the amazon.com fulfillment center. good morning to you. >> reporter: lots of happy faces on the floor this morning. now that it's clear the consumers were out in full force, shopping with their laptops, their devices, turning amaz amazon.com into their top online destination. whether you were shopping from home or on the go, cyber monday seems to have been a monster success. >> we should see somewhere around $1.5 billion of spending by consumers online. >> reporter: game-changer this year, smartphones, tablets and other devices. ibm's research estimates the number of shoppers using mobile devices on cyber monday grew more than 20% over last year. that very convenience could cost brick and mortar retailers. it's

dr. glen taylor, a teen cancer america's medical advisory board and guest of the speaker. niki schwab, the examiner. tim smither brooks, a cancer survivor and guest of our speaker. thank you for joining us today. it's not often i get to introduce the us here at the -- guests here at the national press club the played at the original woodstock concert in 1969, made an apparent of the summer olympics closing ceremony in london earlier this year, and who played before thousands of fans at every concert. these are not ordinary guests. for more than 40 years, roger daltrey has been entertaining fans. pete townsend has collaborated with him on rock music. today they are here to talk about and discuss their latest collaboration, who cares? teen cancer america. pete townshend is best known as the lead guitarist and primary song writer for the who, named by rolling stone magazine as one of the top-10 greatest tourist -- guitarists of all times. he has written more than 100 songs for the 11 studio albums, including the popular rock. -- popular rock anthems tommy and quadrophenia. the kick off their most recent tour 10