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dr. nancy snyderman reporting there. one last note on that. martine wilkshire wears the number 7 on her uniform and says it makes that date a positive in her life. that is our broadcast for this monday night labor day. thank you for being with us. i'm kate snow. brian williams will see you tomorrow evening from the democratic national convention in charlotte, north carolina. for all of us at nbc news, good night. >>> late word this afternoon on a new estimate for reopening the dumbarton bridge.

dr. nancy snyderman, nbc news, new york. >>> overseas tonight, a big headline from the war in afghanistan. u.s. forces have halted training of some afghan police for at least a month after a rash of insider attacks. members of afghan security forces have killed dozens of coalition troops this year, at least 12 in august alone. for insight on what this means for the mission there, i'm joined by nbc military analyst jack jacobs. colonel, doesn't this undermine the whole basis, the rationale for the american mission there? >> i think it does. if our mission is to train the afghans so that they can defend themselves then this halt touted by the government as being only a temporary halt and only for some units, really does undermine our mission. if we are to train the afghans then stopping training now makes it appear that we are through with that mission. >> the focus here seems to be on afghan police in particular. why is this trouble so pronounced with police? >> the police are corrupt by and large, very poorly trained and very difficult to train. don't forget this is a country that relies

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dr. nancy snyderman, nbc news, new york. >>> the time right now is 11:51.oming up the end date for a pitching star stephen strasburg. police veronica johnson is back with another check of our forecast. stay with us. >>> you're watching "news 4 midday." >>> well, just because you're a royal doesn't mean you can't live on the edge, right? this is britain's prince andrew. he repelled down london's tallest skyscraper today. he began on the 87th floor of the shard. that's about 1,000 feet high. the 52-year-old was one of 40 people who completed the death-defying feat to raise money for charity. >>> andrew's nephew, prince harry, will make the first public appearance tonight since embarrassing photos of him went viral. harry will attend an awards ceremony recognizing sick children. it comes weeks after pictures surfaced showing the prince naked at a party in las vegas. >>> the u.s. coast guard is taking credit forrest could youing one of hollywood's leading men. they rescued russell crowe on saturday. he was kayaking with a friend on the long island sound when th

dr. nancy snyderman. >> reporter: in supermarkets across the country and at farmers markets from coast to coast, increasingly, americans are buying organic. in 1997, u.s. seals of organic foods topped off at $3.6 billion. fast forward to 2010, sales total more than $26 billion. the reason? >> you want to put something on your table that's healthy. and straight from the farm is the best place to go. >> whether that's healthier or not, i don't know. but it makes even the -- it makes eating more interesting. >> reporter: more interesting maybe, but a new stanford university study concludes that organic foods are no more nutritious than their conventional alternatives. >> we didn't find stronger evidence of higher nutritional content in organic foods. however, we did find differences in the risk of detecting pesticide residues. >> reporter: according to the report, organic produce is 30% less likely to carry pesticide residues than other fruits and vegetables. and organic chicken and pork are 67% less likely to have bacteria resistance to common antibiot antibiotics. it may take years to link

dr. nancy snyderman reports on what could be a contributing factor to all this. >> reporter: new research now underscores that a healthy diet and daily exercise may not be enough to avoid childhood obesity. an important factor that may contribute is also one of the most controversial chemicals found in the american diet, bisphenol-a or bpa is used to prevent corrosion in the lining of cans and bottles. it's found in items like soda cans, canned soups, fruits and vegetables and canned tuna fish. the fda recently banned bpa from sippy cups and baby bottles because of evidence that it disrupts hormonal cycles in children, but decided to await further testing before banning it in other products. >> laboratory studies increasingly suggest that bpa, or bisphenol-a, can produce all the molecular hallmarks of obesity. it appears to make fat cells bigger. and it appears to disrupt the balance of estrogen and testosterone in our bodies, which is really critical for maintaining caloric balance. >> reporter: a balance that seems every day more difficult to attain because of the environment in which w

dr. nancy snyderman. she'll explain the findings. obama campaign senior adviser david axelrod will join us live on set. a lot of folks say that the criticism of romney's campaign is that he lacks specific, that that criticism lacks specifics. that criticism can be applied just as accurately as the the president. so we're going to ask axelrod to make the case for an obama second-term specifically. so we'll get to that straight ahead. of course, i put nancy in the minute i read those headlines. joe's off. we can do what we want here. okay? let's go way left, too, while we're at it. >>> with the election just over a month away, mitt romney is vowing to spend less time raising money and more time reaching out to voters. romney spoke to a crowd of nearly 7,000 people in colorado last night as he and running mate paul ryan launch a three-day bus tour today through the battleground state of ohio where a new poll released on sunday shows romney trailing 51%-46% among likely voters. the survey by the university of cincinnati institute for pol

dr. nancy snyderman. good morning. >> i have my eyes closed. >> so rude. you leave it to her to dispose of it. >> like a man. >> moving on, like a woman, a strong woman, michelle obama's speech last night. i've read some of the reaction not just from democrats, not from liberals, republicans. michael steele said, quote, it was a hell of a speech. what do you say, star. >> i say 100%. my favorite line, women are more than capable of making decisions about their bodies and their health care. >> that's her political response to the speech. it was not supposed to be a partisan speech. it was supposed to be about emotions. >> that is emotional for me especially when it comes to health care. for a woman to be able to make choices about her own health care in every aspect, that's one of the most important things to me. >> what struck me she walked out a very different person four years ago, she was somewhat reluctant, accepted this, talking about her hesitation about the white house. this was a confident woman who strode onto that set podium very aware of who she

dr. nancy snyderman is nbc's chief medical editor. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> the catalog identified the mutations in common cancers. what is the bottom line and why does this matter? >> four basic kinds of cancers and they dug deeper and found genetic switches that make cancers worse than others, linked one to ovarian cancer and that could change treatment. underscoring all of this, it took thousands of scientists with 800 women volunteering to give up their tissue, and they shared information. it shows you just can't throw money at things, can't hide in your own little laboratory. unless we share information we won't get breakthroughs. so increasingly your breast tumor, my breast tumor may look the same on an x-ray but genetically they may be very, very different. the sooner we can understand, the sooner we can tailor treatment for me, treatment for you. >> one of the breast cancer tumors shared more similarities with ovarian cancer, us a mentioned. >> yeah. >> does this mean it may be the place where you find the tumo

dr. nancy snyderman is nbc's chief medical editor. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> the catalog identified the mutations in common cancers. what is the bottom line and why does this matter? >> four basic kinds of cancers and they dug deeper and found genetic switches that make cancers worse than others, linked one to ovarian cancer and that could change treatment. underscoring all of this, it took thousands of scientists with 800 women volunteering to give up their tissue, and they shared information. it shows you just can't throw money at things, can't hide in your own little laboratory. unless we share information we won't get breakthroughs. so increasingly your breast tumor, my breast tumor may look the same on an x-ray but genetically they may be very, very different. the sooner we can understand, the sooner we can tailor treatment for me, treatment for you. >> one of the breast cancer tumors shared more similarities with ovarian cancer, us a mentioned. >> yeah. >> does this mean it may be the place where you find the tumo

dr. nancy snyderman. >> hey. >> school lunches, did you see this parody. takeoff of the song called "we are young," called "we are hungry." that limit lunches to 850 calories a day, which i don't know, sounds like a lot of food to me. but a lot of them are student athletes and say they're hungry. first of all, 850 calories for lunch, that's enough food, right? >> the whole world is too -- become satisfied with a meal not to be full after a meal. and as an athlete, yes, you get hungry in the afternoon, that's when you grab a protein bar or something else before breakfast. this is a smart mood to start limiting calories. >> these are the guidelines of course supported by the first lady and her let's move campaign, as well. they say in the context of an obesity problem, this is something we need to do. do you think this goes too far the kids aren't getting enough? >> absolutely not. i think this is the road to the right direction. we've reduced so much of athletics and after school activities, our physical education in school. if we can't take control at this

dr. nancy snyderman. >> hey. >> school lunches, did you see this parody. takeoff of the song called "we are young," called "we are hungry." that limit lunches to 850 calories a day, which i don't know, sounds like a lot of food to me. but a lot of them are student athletes and say they're hungry. first of all, 850 calories for lunch, that's enough food, right? >> the whole world is too -- become satisfied with a meal not to be full after a meal. and as an athlete, yes, you get hungry in the afternoon, that's when you grab a protein bar or something else before breakfast. this is a smart mood to start limiting calories. >> these are the guidelines of course supported by the first lady and her let's move campaign, as well. they say in the context of an obesity problem, this is something we need to do. do you think this goes too far the kids aren't getting enough? >> absolutely not. i think this is the road to the right direction. we've reduced so much of athletics and after school activities, our physical education in school. if we can't take control at this

dr. nancy snyderman, nbc news, new york. >> mike is a radio host and columnist for the new york daily news. good to see you. this is a tough study. football players almost four times more likely to die than the general public from als or alzheimer's. what's the impact on the sport sp. >> it's profound. this is me is the single greatest health crisis in sports. it's not going to go away. if you were buying a car and somebody said this is a great car but if you buy it you're four times more likely to die, are you going to buy that car? >> but you listen to the commissioner. he was here announcing a $30 million grant for the studying of brain injuries. first of all, was he trying to get out ahead of bad news with good news? and, secondly, how do you change the game itself to prevent this in the future? >> you can build space age helmets. they talk about all the improvements at the helmet companies, it's still going to be a violent sport. the tipping point is going to be when parents start saying i am not allowing my child to play this game anymore. >> does a study like this in your opinion ta

dr. nancy snyderman, here to tackle the hottest headlines.. >> first two subjects, the privacy block. we start with these comments, secretly recorded from mitt romney at a fundraiser, private fundraiser, private home, several months ago in florida. forget what he said. does mitt romney deserve an expectation of privacy when he takes to an event like that? star? >> well, legally in florida it's a two-party state, which requires both parties to a recording to actually know and consent to the recording. so that's number one. >> violation of his privacy then? >> and going into courtroom, he could say it was a violation of his privacy. >> all right. but he is a declared candidate for the presidency of the united states. should he assume that from the moment he declares, everything he says is on the record? >> everybody should assume that. >> the law is a contradiction. i'm giving you that. >> right now, there's a picture on facebook of a 20-year-old probably smoking a bong who is going to be running for president in the year 2040 and nobody's goin

dr. nancy snyderman, here to tackle the hottest headlines.. >> first two subjects, the privacy block. we start with these comments, secretly recorded from mitt romney at a fundraiser, private fundraiser, private home, several months ago in florida. forget what he said. does mitt romney deserve an expectation of privacy when he takes to an event like that? star? >> well, legally in florida it's a two-party state, which requires both parties to a recording to actually know and consent to the recording. so that's number one. >> violation of his privacy then? >> and going into courtroom, he could say it was a violation of his privacy. >> all right. but he is a declared candidate for the presidency of the united states. should he assume that from the moment he declares, everything he says is on the record? >> everybody should assume that. >> the law is a contradiction. i'm giving you that. >> right now, there's a picture on facebook of a 20-year-old probably smoking a bong who is going to be running for president in the year 2040 and nobody's goin