what it's used for here, larry, is to kill e. coli.s what the ammonia is puffed on to the final product so there's not an e. coli problem with it and that is a serious health issue and this has allowed to product to be safe and consumed safely for -- mcdonald's i guess is not using it, a whole bunch of schools are not using it. if what you say is right, have i no way to doubt and reon? i think we contact and ask them, just please, please, look at the actual facts of this case. this is a kwauld made product. it treated to prevent e. coli, which you don't want in this 20 years. we're trying to get people to actually acknowledge the facts. we hope, the purveyors, sell ger of the product, you say now you're right. >> you're going to -- lean away, driving more people to buy that has higher fat content, which is not a good trend line for us. >> governor, what do the federal government, food safety inspectors say? have they issued a public statement? >> they have said this is a safe product and a safe process. that we toured yesterday. they a

type of slaughterhouse scrap really that bpi itself admits is more likely to carry pathogens like e. colialmonella than other cuts of the cow. this is why they have to treat it with ammonium hydroxide. i have concerns about that. i mean they are -- they do test their products for eye coli for a certain number of strains, but as we know -- for e. coli for a certain number of strains, but as we know from the outbreak in germany last summer, we don't always know what strains are out there until a deadly outbreak. >> let me go on record saying i have two young children in elementary school or in school where they could get lunches and i think it's disgusting, but i have to play devil's advocate. the meat industry claims this is safe. in fact, they're saying we use bit of the cow. it helps america's schoolchildren by improving their nutritional profile and also at a lower cost to the school districts. this is a statement by the american meat institute. they released a statement saying, "the fact is blbt is the brief trimmings and it's absolutely edible. no process can somehow make an inedible

staph infections known as mrsa, e. coli, tuberculosis, even hiv. this is the tip of the iceberg, and the concern is this list is growing day by day. >> absent the invention of a new category of medicines, what are we left to do? >> guess what, the pipeline is dry for new medicines because there's not really money in that. there's more money in alzheimer's and cholesterol. what to do? only take medication when you need it. skip it for the common cold. use it as directed by the doctor, for every day you're supposed to, watch out, and when you can, avoid them in food. they probably don't belong in chicken and meat as much as we have, and watch out for counterfeit medications. it really is physician, industry, and patient all lining up. >> a clear and present danger. as always, thanks. >>> if you watch any tv at all, you have seen patrick cox, the guy with the beard on the commercial that airs all day every day especially on cable. his company, tax master, has just filed for bankruptcy protection in houston after a legal challenge from state prosecutor

while the fda says it's safe, critics say it may pose a greater risk for e. coli. today students here got to sample and rate the healthier options that school officials want to offer for lunch nekt year. they served oven fried chicken, hawaiian pizza, corn and black bean salad and pizza. >> the spanish rice was a little too spicy but i still liked it. >> the chicken because it's so tender, it's so crispy. >> it's like too cold. >> i like the blend flavors. they pop in your mouth like a piece of candy. >> ooh, they're making us hungry. school officials want to serve fools with fewer fillers, artificial colors and less added sugar. some of the items could end in school cafeterias across the country. some ringing and not so ringing endorsement. >> some very articulate and thoughtful reviewers. >> because they're from hernden. >> is that it? it's looking kind of storm out owe there for a while. >> a lot of people worried about some of those dark clouds coming in. i was out today in shirlington in arlington county, told the people out there outside don't worry, this sho

textured beef is safe, but there's concern the beef made mostly of connective tissue often harbors e. coli and salmonella. kroger and stop and shop are also refusing to carry it. no. 4, the new ipads are barely on the market and now the hype over a new iphone is already starting. according to reuters a south korean newspaper is reporting the next version of the iphone will feature a sharper bigger screen and could be out in the next three months. no. 3, feeling lucky? a huge jackpot in the mega millions lottery. $290million, the drawing tomorrow night. match all six numbers and you could get 11 million a year for 26 years or a one time pay jot of 205 million bucks -- payout of 205 million bucks. no. 2, a new area code customers with existing 410 and 443 telephone numbers will not be affected. anyone who requests a new number could get the 667 exchange. no. 1, metro taking a spring break of sorts from track work and construction to accommodate the masses during the cherry blossom season. there will be no weekend work starting this saturday and they'll be operating more eight- car trains tha

deemed it safe for the past 20 years, but recently critics have raised concerns that it could harbor e. coli and salmonella. >> a woman in colorado who bragged about getting out of jury duty is going to find herself on the other side of the courtroom now. she called a radio show to admit that she tricked the judge. >> hello. i just want to make a confession. and i didn't want to do jury duty. i had too much on my platter. >> the woman's name is susan cole. she told a radio program she went to court wearing hair rollers, reindeer socks, and mismatched shoes. then she said she had a mental illness. the judge dismissed her from jury duty. but it turns out the judge was listening to that show at the time. now the woman has been charged with two felony counts. despite her confession, cole says she actually really does have a history of mental illness. legal experts say it's going to be really tough to defend her. >> they threw me in the mental institution and kept me there for five days. >> the defense will have to show that she did not knowingly lie about a material fact. >> the woman is charged

the pink slime as it's call sudden safe, but recently critics raised concerns that it could contain e. colimonella. >>> looks like your tax refund might be smaller than last year. the irs reporting that the average return check is about -- $2,950, down about $70 from last year. overall, the irs has issued roughly the same number of refunds compared to last year. but about $4 billion less. procrastinators, you got about 26 days to send in your tax return. the deadline is

that otherwise could not be used, separating it out, treating it to make sure if it contains the s e coli and salmonella, and then a small percentage of it is added back in when they make ground beef patties. it is the marriage of super- production, super-produced food, and consumers are always a little surprised. they think that ground beef comes from all cuts of meat they see at a supermarket. in fact, it is the mixture of meat coming from all over the world. host: we showed a picture of a burger side-by-side, one made with this finely textured beef, one not. can the average person tell the difference? guest: you never find a hamburger patty it just made with this product. it is only being used at the mix when they are producing ground beef. for example, i went to the plant down in texas. they were taking fat strip off american cows, combining it with a lean meat coming from australia, grinding that meet together with that fat, and here they might be added in a small percentage, 15% might be added in that is this new product. part of the recent they are adding it is because that product

. >>> can doritos reinvent taco bell from e. coli outbreak to con tends of its seasoned beef.e their 50th anniversary, taco bell is hoping their biggest product launch in hit is a giant success. >> their newest creation is the doritos loco taco. a taco shell made from nacho cheese dorito. ceo greg creed, hello, joining us from irvine, california. >> good morning. how are you? >> greg, i'm really good. listen, if i wasn't on jenny craig, i would try it, but i intend to the minute i get the opportunity. i'm curious about where the idea came from. >> well, the idea came from the -- as you know, we turn 50 today, so -- >> happy birthday. happy birthday. >> thank you very much. thank you. so, glenn introduced the crunchy taco to america 50 years ago. we thought, what better way to celebrate our 50th anniversary than to reinvent the taco. we went to our friends at frito lay and dorito and we've been working with them. >> i'm thinking, are you handing out breath mints with the taco? as you may know, doritos are really tough. >> no. people love doer retos and people love taco bell. ou

. >>> they could never measure the savings you want when they prevent an outbreak of e coli that wouldevastate the beef industry or bull of mexico with impact on energy tourism and other sectors. >> i think the question is not how many regulations are good how smart they were. it is driven much more by the events of the thymes they live in than it is by the etiology of whoever is in the white house. >> another measure of the growth of our regulatory structure is the length of the federal register which last year ran to 82,000415 pages. it has grown by 20 percent over the last three years. twice the growth the register registered during george w. bush's first three years in office. >> new job reports due out this morning. before that comes out we will talk about cheryl casoni up bright and early with the top three companies hiring right now. >> we are going to get initial jobless claims today. we don't expect any big news out of that number. unemployment still at 8.3 percent trying to get people who are hiring. the first one may surprise you. jewelers. >> people buying jewelry in the ec

the great ingredients of taco bell. >> you've had as ceo difficult issues that have come up, the e. colits a question for a corporation, how to respond and how do you protect your brand. where are you on that? >> well, what i've learned is we have great quality. we've always spoken about the cravable taste and the amazing value at taco bell. but what i've learned is we also have to talk about the quality. 10 0% all-white breast meat chicken. those are thing we need to tell our customers we have because we have great quality. we have great taste and great value. i think that's the story we have to be telling going forward. >> i thought, greg, you all handled it in a unique way when you were threatened with a lawsuit. you came out and said, thank you for suing us. would it kill you to say that you're sorry? i was very -- >> yeah. >> i got a kick out of your strategy to say, listen -- because you proved your case and ultimately that lawsuit was dismissed, was it not? >> yes, it was a frivolous lawsuit that was voluntarily dismissed. we really moved on so far from there in the last 12 months

e. colionella may not be a big deal become a serious problem. >> juliet: i have a theory about this. my mom is the hand sanitizer queen and i'm saying to her mom you, can't do that, you're going to build up an immunity to this. i mean, is that actually a real, reality? >> that's a very good theory and i'm glad you brought it up. so, that's pretty-- >> i'm spreading rumors. >> your thee i is based on the fact, you're watching on the bacterias and when we need it. the theory, the fact that the doctors have used and misused so much anti-baskets for another good reason and over time, these bacterias are evolving to risk. and that's going on. when the doctor, you have a post nasal trip and sinus infection, prescribe an antibiotic. do i need this or goes away by itself. >> juliet: people say i'm feeling sick. let's get to z-pack, let's get a z-pac, prescribed to everybody. >> right, and the doctors are ease toy write the prescriptions. >> why are they doing that? if that's the case. >> it's a knee

house say the studies can never measure savings realized when a given regulation prevents outbreak of e. colivastate the beef industry or another spill in the gulf of mexico of oil. >> the question is not how many regulations we did but how good or how smart they were. it's driven much more by the events of the times that we live in than it is by the ideology of whoever is in the white house. >> another measure of the growth of the regulatory structure is the length of the federal register, last year ran to $82,41 -- 82,415 pages, new record. which has grown by 20% in the last three years, twice the growth it registered in bush's first three years in office. >> bret: thank you. san diego may soon be ground zero in the battle by cities to get themselves out of massive debt over public pensions. correspondent william la jeunesse looks at both sides of the struggle. >> facing an ocean of debt. in june, san diego offers voters a lifeboat. tension reform. >> taxpayers have had it. huge portion of the budget every year going to fund pensions. >> initiative could force the new city workers to privat

type of slaughter house scrap, really, that bpi itself admits is more likely to carry pathogens like e. colialmonella. is the manufacturer. the american meat institute said the beef trims that go into the product -- trimmings that go into the product are edible and no process can change that. the usda said the product is safe. [ indiscernible ] >>> an increasing number of teenagers are inhaling helium and some posting videos like this one on the internet. >>> and while it might seem like fun and games to them, it's a serious danger that can end in death and no one knows that better than the next guest. they lost their 14-year-old daughter to helium huffing last month. i am so sorry for your loss. thank you so much for coming in to talk about this. let me ask you about your daughter ashley. 14 years ole. did you know she was doing this? was this just for fun? how did this happen? >> you know, we didn't know she was doing this. it was supposed to be a slumber party our daughter was at, and she ended up getting picked up by an adult where the slumber party was supposed to be at, a 27-year-old w

type of slaughterhouse scrap really that bpi admits itself is more likely to carry pathogens like e. coli. >> bpi manufactures the pink slime. the american meat institute says pink slime or beef trimmings that go into the product or edible and that no process can change that. the usda says the product is safe. >>> a brand-new anti-bullying documentary called bully is creating quite a buzz for its candid portrayal of what some call an epidemic in our schools. the film documents stories of real students who have been bullied including two who committed suicide. along with frustrated parents and some of the bullies themselves. the motion picture association of america gave the film an r rating meaning middle school and some high school students are too young to see the film without their parents. now a move is underway to change the rating. katie butler, a high school junior started the petition urging the mpaa to reconsider. katie joins us now. thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> i understand in this particular documentary it's the f word that's mentioned six times and that's th

government says this pink slime is safe, but recently critics have raised concerns that it could contain e. colind salmonella. >>> interesting new program from bank of america to help homeowners facing foreclosures. they call it mortgage to lease. and it will let homeowners become renters instead. participants will transfer their home's title to the bank which will forgive the outstanding mortgage debt in exchange for leasing the home for up to three years at or below the rental market rate. bank of america trying out this program in arizona, nevada, and new york now. >>> well, speaking of money, now's your chance to take home some $200 million. the mega millions jackpot drawing is tonight. officials say this is the largest jackpot of 2012 so far. your chances of winning this boatload of cash is one in $175 million. don't worry about that. if you take home the big prize, you can choose a one-time cash payout of a mere $205 million. ouch. >>> this one, the surprise of a lifetime. nine d.c. high school students were awarded full scholarships to george washington university. officials from the scho

critics say that filler could harbor e-coli and salmonella. the meat industry says the filler is safe. it's been around and in your meat for 20 years. >>> today president obama reversed his position on part of the controversial keystone pipeline. his move is seen as acknowledgment that gasoline prices are becoming a major factor in the race for the white house. steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: president obama went to oklahoma, republican territory, to defuse a charge republicans are using against him in the campaign. that high fuel prices are his fault. that he is restricting domestic production. >> under my administration, america is producing more oil today than at any time in the last eight years. >> reporter: amid piles of new pipe, mr. obama announced he is fast tracking approval for the south section of the keystone pipeline from cushing, oklahoma to houston, texas. >> anybody who suggests that somehow we're suppressing domestic oil production isn't paying attention. >> reporter: critics charge the president is paying attention to

critics say it could harbor e-coli and salmonella bacteria but the meat industry says the filler is safe been around for 20 years. safeway says it will continue to sell the current stock of meat but going forward pink slime will no longer be an ingredient at safeway. last week the u.s. department of agriculture decided to let school districts choose whether to use the filler. doug is here with a look at our forecast. i didn't see much sunshine out there today. it's out there now? >> right now. >> just my bad timing. >> you had to come into work. but you know the clouds did hold on a little longer and we saw some fog, dense fog out there in some of the areas. i was hoping the sun would be out around 1:00. 2:00. it came around 5:00, 6:00 depending where you were. that has helped numbers to increase over the last hour but right now a beautiful, beautiful evening all across the area. take a look at that. the cherry blossoms in full effect right now. it is going to be a spectacular evening and a nice night tonight but tomorrow morning maybe a little fog. we'll talk about that in a second. rig

this pink slime which has gotten a lot of publicity when in fact the real concerns are things like e. coli 015787 that can cause your child to end up in the hospital. or these new antibiotic resistant strains of salmonella. it's critically important that consumers focus both on the additives that they may not want, but also on the pathogens which are truly a danger to them and their families. host: what about ground brief served in schools in some type of federal authority over that and what type of beef gets served? guest: the school lunch program is operated -- in part through products that are bought by the u.s. department of agriculture and then sent out to the schools. usda last week announced that schools would have a choice that they could buy meat that did not have this mixture. however, i don't -- i see no evidence that usda is actually going to be purchasing beef like that in order to provide it to the schools. i think it was an announcement just that schools would have a choice or the option, but whether that meat is really available other than how i advised your last caller to

they're treating it to make sure it contains less e. coli and salmonella and then a small percentage of it is added back in when they make ground beef patties. really it is the marriage of superproduction, superproduced food. and consumers are always a little surprised. they think that ground beef comes from the whole cuts of beef they might see at their supermarkets. but in fact it's really the mixture of meat that is coming from all over the world. host: we see aburger -- a burger side by side. would you find a difference? guest: you won't see a hamburger made of this product. it's really only being used as a mix in when they're producing ground beef. so, for example, i went to a plant down in texas. they were taking fat -- the fat that's stripped off american cows. they were combining it with lean meat that was coming from australia. they were grinding that meat together with that fat and here they might be adding in a small percentage, maybe 15% might be added in this new product. and part of the reason they're adding it is because that

. ♪ >>> we have all heard the reports, pink slime in your hamburgers, e. coli on your vegetables.n at her new york apartment. you know i love you to pieces. we have done the secret supper together but how can you do this? some people are so busy. how can you make time to grow your own food now. >> no excuses. this is the year you garden. if i can grow corn on my rooftop in brooklyn and sweet potatoes on my front doorstep with a bus going by, you can do this, too. i started doing this when i was a broke grad student. i had no money, i had no idea how i was going to feed myself, and it occurred to me i was looking down at a tomato, there are seeds in there. i bet i could stick those in the ground and they would grow and they did. it's my mission to ask people to grow just one item of this year, just one. >> you're not asking them to provide sustenance for them and their family in its entirety from graardening. you're saying start small. >> exactly. people think they have to be martha stewart. you can put dirt in an old pair of tights and grow something in there. start out with the h