dr. thomas frieden made few excuses. >> completely unacceptable. deeply troubling problems. inadequate culture of safety. >> reporter: agreeing this his agency missed a broad pattern of safety lapses. >> we need to improve the culture of safety. >> reporter: specifically, the cdc has temporarily stopped shipping biological specimens like dangerous avian flu, closed the flu and bioterrorism labs, both involved in high profile mistakes, and appointed a senior scientist to oversee safety issues. >> how do you expect to get the trust of america back? >> the scientific work we do is at the highest standards and we'll make sure that the safety work at the cdc is also at the highest standard. >> reporter: the cdc director saying some scientists are too comfortable with dangerous organisms, a lax attitude he vows to change. jim avila, abc news, capitol hill. >> jim, thank you. >>> now to that scare in the sky, that heart stopping moment on board a jumbo jet. tonight we are hearing from the passengers on an international flight, at least 20 of them injured. look at this. a passenger

itself was speaking out about the need to reduce the number of these labs dr thomas frieden recently said one of the things that we want to do is reduce the number of laboratories that work with dangerous agents the absolute minimum necessary reduce the number of people who have access to these laboratories to the absolute minimum necessary reduce the number of dangerous pathogens we work with wow what a lot see freedom is beginning to understand that every time a new lab is given access to the most dangerous materials known to man the chances of a catastrophic outbreak are mistaken release increases but as we've seen with pretty much every other policy that's been employed in the war on terror as long as the mirage of keeping us safe is projected and the government's just doing its job. in less than a week the deadline will expire in vienna talks between iran and six other nations of the country's nuclear plans the talks appear to have stalled after an interim deal was reached last november which decreased international sanctions on the country in exchange for freeze on part parts o

dr. thomas frieden says action is need freezing drizzle te to protect antibiotic resistance. he spoke at the national press club for an hour. >>> good afternoon. welcome. i'm an adjunct professor at george washington university and 107th president of the national press club. the national press club is the world's leading professional organization journalists committed to our profession's future through our programming with events such as this while fostering a free press worldwide. for more information about the national press club please visit our website @press.org. on behalf of our members worldwide i would like to welcome our speaker and those of you attending today's event. our head table includes guests of our speaker as well as working journalists who are club members so if you hear applause in our audience i note that members of the general public are attending so it's not necessarily evidence of a lack of journalistic objectivity. i would also like to welcome our c-span and public radio audiences. can you follow the action on twitter using the #m pclunch. after our l

dr. thomas frieden under the microscope at a house hearing. head of the centers for disease control was called to account after more than 80 c.d.c. lab workers were exposed to live strains of anthrax last month, in atlanta. the agency has also acknowledged that it mistakenly shipped the avian flu virus to outside labs. separately, several 60-year-old vials of small pox, some with still viable strains, were found at the national institutes of health in bethesda, maryland. no one was sickened in the incidents, but, frieden conceded: >> the fact that no one was harmed does not mean it is acceptable. it should never have happened. >> reporter: lawmakers pointed to a pattern of disturbing incidents, and to c.d.c.'s failure to report them before now. the house panel found that federal investigators have documented dozens of other safety violations at c.d.c. facilities in atlanta. among them: storing anthrax in unlocked refrigerators. allowing unauthorized access to labs. failing to document that staff were properly trained. and, even, transferring g

dr. thomas frieden, the director of the centers for disease control who will address the mers virus and other key health issues. august 1, we will have his excellency, the president of the republic of congo who will discuss peace, security and stability of the central africa region and oil investments in his country. on august 4, will have his excellency, jacob zuma, president of south africa. second, i would like to present our guest with the traditional national press club mug. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> it can go in your office right next to the panthers helmet. and finally, one last question. i understand your daughter is quite the constructive critic it comes to transportation. i would like to hear what advice and useful ideas she's given you lately. [laughter] >> very good question. my daughter is 10 and i brought her to work one day. she went off into another part of the office while i went and did meetings. she came back and said, "daddy, do you think you can influence the bill?" she knows this because she's seen the "schoolhouse rock" stuff and i said i don't know. she say

dr. thomas frieden, accompanied by dr. joseph henderson, the deputy director for emergency preparedness at the center of disease control. the doctor works with the plant inspection services, and dr. nancy kingsbury works at the accountability office, and, dr., did you want to introduce somebody else from your district? >> mr. chairman, thank you for the opportunity. i know this witness is on the second panel, and it will be a little while before we hear from the second panel, but it is an honor and a pleasure to introduce off of the second panel sean kaufman, part of a company called behavioral-based improvement solutions. his background is long-term employment with the cdc before forming his own company in my district, the 11th congressional district of georgia, in woodstock, georgia, and i would encourage all members on both sides of the isle, if you have not had the chance -- i know we try to read all of the testimony, but sometimes we skip one or two along the way, but i will guarantee you that the testimony from mr. k

dr. thomas frieden. he's accompanied by mr. puty director of the office of security and emergency preparedness at the center for disease control. dr. jerry from the health inspection services at the u.s. department of agriculture. dr. kingsbury for applied research and methods at the u.s. government accountability office. dr. gingrey did you want to introduce somebody from your district? >> mr. chairman, thank you for giving me the opportunity. i know this witness is on the second panel and it will be a little while before we'll be hearing from the second panel, but it is an honor and a pleasure to introduce off of the second panel shawn kaufman. mr. kaufman is president and founding partner of a company called behavioral based improvement solutions. his background is long-term employment with the cdc before forming his own company in my district, the 11th congressional district of georgia in woodstock, georgia. and i would encourage all of the members on both sides of the aisle if you haven't had a chance, we try to read all of

dr. thomas regional director for the cdc and prevention. dr. frieden his company by mr. joseph henderson, who was deputy director of the office of security and emergency preparedness at cdc. doctor jere dick is associate deputy minister at the animal and plant health inspection services at the u.s. department of agriculture. and nancy kingsbury, applied research and methods. >> mr. chairman, thank you very much for committee opportunity. i know this witnesses on the second panel and it will be a little while before we will be hearing from the second panel, but it is an honor and a pleasure to introduce off of the second panel sean kaufman. mr. coffman is president and founding partner of a company called behavioral-based improvement solutions. his background is long-term employment with the cdc before forming his own company in my district, the 11th congressional district of georgia and woodstock georgia and i would encourage all the moves on both sides of the aisle, if you haven't had chance. i know we tried to read all of the tests were, a sometimes we skip one or two