dr. snyder's hospital, and you see how phthalates can make their way into our bodies.re in the i.v. bags and the tubing, for instance. when premature babies hooked up like this were studied, researchers found that their phthalate levels soared. who would have thought chemicals embedded in plastic leach out? well, they do in small amounts, but studies are beginning to suggest that even small amounts can have an effect. if it is shown definitively that phthalates are dangerous, it won't be easy to get rid of them. to show us just how pervasive phthalates are in our lives, dr. swan took us through a suburban house, sniffing, squirting, and squeezing our way around, looking for flexible plastic, things that typically contain phthalates, like vinyl rain coats. >> soft and flexible. >> the bathroom shower curtain and... >> duckies are squishy. >> the rubber duckies. the car. turns out, they were also in things that aren't so pliable. >> dashboard. steering wheel. gear shift. >> and things you can't even see. >> and then that new car smell. >> phthalates make fragrances linge

dr. snyder, is do you support these efforts by nlrb and how will they, if they efforts as a job >> one of the challenges much like some of the other issues, i view that as just creating divisiveness. you're going to create environments where people are at conflict. we shouldn't be wasting time on things where we're going to get into conflict. we have too many important issues to solve. we waste way too much time on arguing about things rather than finding common ground and solving problems. >> would you see any reason to change the status quo, then? >> no. my view is let's find areas where we agree on. if you listen to the testimony here, you can hear about infrastructure issues, so many . showing results. let's find, again, relentless positive action is my motto. let's find common ground solutions where we agree, solve our problems, show results and we'll find we're closer together and we've got a lot of things to work on before we get into fights. >> governor malloy? >> i just want to say that i believe the right to unionize is actually guaranteed by our constitution. and taking steps t

dr. nancy snyder man is nbc's health chief. >> mimi alford coming forward after 50 years to reveal she had an 18-month affair with former president john f. kennedy. do you think it's okay she came out and told the story? >> i believe it's okay. i had a wonderful long conversation with her this morning. i did tell her we would be talking about her in the 9:00 hour and from my position, she was raped. and i say this because he was the president. she was an intern. he was 45, she was 19. he took her to a bedroom, put his hands on her shoulders and guided her to a room. i think we remind ourselves you don't have to say no to be in a position where you have no power. however, i believe she wrote this book because she wanted to have her own narrative and to that, i say kudos to her. >> wait a minute, you told her in your opinion you said it was rape and what did she say? >> she understood why i said that and she said she has had other people tell her that. she understands the context of that. but that she never saw it okay and she found the entire atmosphere in which she was pulled up into the w

dr. buschon. >> thank you, mr. chairman. governor snyder, thanks for being here. same to governor malloy. the state legislature in indiana has recently -- this is a state issue -- taken up right to work which is a controversial subject as you know. governor snyder, are there any discussions in your state which is neighbors to mine concerning this type of action at the state level? >> it is under discussion. there are a number of legislators that are promoting th that. and my perspective is, i've made it clear it's not on my agenda. right to work is an issue that's a very devicive issue people feel very strongly about. as mr. walberg mentioned i'm the relentless positive action person. we have many problems in michigan that are much more pressing that i want to find common ground issues we can work together on before we get into divisive issues. and we're showing great success. we're balancing the budget. we showed tax reform. important items this year i would prioritize include the transportation package i mentioned abtd infrastructure. we have a package on public safety. we need to do a

dr. vic snyder, a former member of congress and also medical doctor and very importantly, mrs. root stow's seifert, who is a gold star mother. it was very important ever on the panel as well. want to make sure you understand what we were told to do and what we were told to do, so you can put this in perspective. of course, we were told to look in on a four desolating manner about whether or not we're moving in the proper direction to correct the defense -- deficiencies out at dover that were noted in a number of different reports. and we were told to look at policies, techniques, procedures to make sure that date there were -- those those that were having deficiencies that are being corrected -- that we note that to the secretary of defense that they have been corrected and liggett overall systems to see if they are working right or if they worked right previously. we were not told -- as a matter of fact, we were precluded from looking at any of the disciplinary matters associated with the various investigations that have gone on. i think you'll see later today for the secretar

dr. vic snyder is a former member of congress and also a medical doctor. and very importantly miss ruth stonecipher who is gold star mother. very important to have her on the panel as well. i want to make sure you understand what we were told to do and what we weren't told to do so you can put this in perspective. of course we were told to look in a forward-looking manner about whether or not we're moving in the proper direction to correct deficiencies out at dover that were noted in a number of different reports and we were told to look at processes, techniques, procedures, to make sure they were, those that were having deficiencies at, are being corrected that we note that to the secretary of defense if they have been corrected and look at overall systems to see if they're working right or if they worked right previously. we were not told, as a matter of fact, we were precluded from looking at any of the disciplinary matters associated with the various investigations that have gone on. i think you will hear later today from the secretary of the air force

snyder, you used the word "talent." but both of you trying to make that connection which we consider broken all across the country. we've had hearings in pennsylvania, new york, nevada, as dr. heck said and so often what we hear is that the community colleges, for-profit universities are not connecting with where the jobs are and what businesses need. you both addressed that issue and we're going to continue to look at that. i thank you both very, very much and we'll look forward to talking to you again and we'll ask the second panel to come forward. >>> it's now my pleasure to introduce kellie johnson, president of ace clear water industries, 210 employees that builts complex formed for power generation industries. she serves on the board of the national association of manufacturers and is the chair of the national association of manufacturers, small and medium manufacturers group. she also serves as a member of the manufacturing council. welcome. dr. jared bernstein served as chief economist and economic adviser to vice president biden and a member of president obama's team. before joining the obama administration, he was a senior economi economist. between 1995 and 1996