i'll have details on that at the top of the hour. >> i'm elizabeth cohen in atlanta.bachmann says she suffers from migraines. how might that impact the job she could do as president at the top of the hour. >>> i'm martin savidge. borders books going out of business. the loss of 11,000 jobs, the closing of hundreds of stores, but what does it mean for the future of reading? could it be the end of books as we know it? i'll have the story. >> oh, my gosh, and the book you chose, marty. we'll have to talk about that. also ahead, it sounds like something from the "men in black" movies, the fourth bureau. this little known credit agency could stand between you and your next loan. but i did. they said i couldn't fight above my weight class. but i did. they said i couldn't get elected to congress. but i did. ♪ sometimes when we touch ha ha! millions of hits! [ male announcer ] flick, stack, and move between active apps seamlessly. only on the new hp touchpad with webos. and move between active apps seamlessly. and, just like toddlers, puppies need food made for them. that's w

the story from senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. >> reporter: lori is on a secret missionhas to do with what's in this bag. she's a nutrition researcher and restaurants don't know she's checking up on them. back at her lab at tuft's university, she grinds up the food, turns it into a powder, and analyzes it to find out how many calories there are. >> the sample we're going to take needs to be a representative sample of the entire dish. >> reporter: she found one in five restaurant dishes has at least 100 calories more than what the restaurant says it does. that means when you look on the restaurant's website, you can't always believe what you read. >> one food had more than a thousand calories more than it was supposed to, more than a thousand more. it was shocking. >> reporter: urban and her colleague susan roberts wrote up their findings in this week's "journal of the american medical association". >> it is enormous. it shouldn't happen. >> reporter: several restaurants had dishes with the calorie count in the lab higher than what was on the restaurant's website, includi

elizabeth cohen, thanks so much.r the salads though. >> just onside. >>> here's a look at today's news stories. choose the story you want to see next hour. he calls himself the godfather of china's growing hacking world and claims to have shut down the white house website. now he describes why he's training a new wave of hackers to hit other sites around the world. then second, it's a new way to pay for something without bills. coins or even credit cards called bit coin. a virtual currency that the doesn't abide by the rules of a bank or government. and then third, a closer look at a girls' soccer team well before the u.s. women's world cup run. meet the team nominatenated by "sports illustrated" as the sports team of the year in 2008. and i hear the ultimate goal. you can vote by texting 22360. text 1 for chinese hacker, 2 for bit coin currency or 3 for girls soccer goal. the winning story airs next hour. >>> all right. a compromise debt-reducing plan may be gaining momentum from the so-called gang of six. i'll go o

eastern. >>> our cnn's elizabeth cohen has more details on the drug, chantix.kid. but i was still over the edge with my cholesterol. anyone with high cholesterol may be at increased risk of heart attack. diet and exercise weren't enough for me. i stopped kidding myself. i've been eating healthier, exercising more, and now i'm also taking lipitor. if you've been kidding yourself about high cholesterol...stop. 80% of people who have had heart attacks have high cholesterol. lipitor is a cholesterol lowering medication, fda approved to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in patients who have heart disease or risk factors for heart disease. [ female announcer ] lipitor is not for everyone, including people with liver problems and women who are nursing, pregnant or may become pregnant. you need simple blood tests to check for liver problems. tell your doctor if you are taking other medications or if you have any muscle pain or weakness. this may be a sign of a rare but serious side effect. great ride down. if you have high cholesterol, you may be at increased

our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen joins us, and elizabeth was outside and came inside. gratefully you're in the full air conditioning now. >> feels lovely. very nice in the studio, for once. >> what does the heat do to your body? >> i picked three areas of body to look at really what does the heat do. start with the brain. when it's hot outside, the temperature in your brain actually goes up. if you could stick a thermometer in there use see the mercury rising. that's why people get kind of confused sometimes. when they're overheated. that they're actually, the temperature's going up. talk about your skin. you get extra blood to your skin. that helps your skin cool off. that's sort of your body's way of getting rid of that heat. more blood to your skin. and less blood to your geotract. i got to send this to the skin. the stomach can wait. sometimes when you're hot you don't feel like eating. because your stomach's not getting a lot of blood. doesn't want to do its thing. the body's way of saying food is not the most important thing. vital organs and skin are much more i

elizabeth cohen. >> extremely cute. >> adorable.l. >> yeah, little big jamichael. >>> mobster whitey bulger's girlfriend is in court. what she's asking for from prosecutors after this. [ bell rings ] it's time for recess... and more pills. afternoon art starts and so does her knee pain, that's two more pills. almost done, but hang on... her doctor recommended aleve because it can relieve pain all day with just two pills. this is lisa... who switched to aleve and fewer pills for a day free of pain. and get the all day pain relief of aleve in liquid gels. >>> welcome back. shocking new developments in the scandal surrounding media mogul rupert murdoch. gordon brown now accusing journalists from across rupert murdoch's news international media group of illegally trying to obtain private information about his family, details about his bank accounts and phone messages. these are the latest in the eavesdropping scandal that brought down murdoch's "news of the world" newspaper. it issued the last one sunday. >>> hillary clinton will also a

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here's elizabeth cohen. elizabeth?suffer from migraines and apparently michele bachmann is one of them. "the daily caller" says former staffers told them that she has them weekly and that they incapacitate her for days. now bachmann says yes, she does have migraines but they're not nearly that bad. >> oom i prescribe medication i take on occasion whenever symptoms arise and they keep my migraines under control. but i would like to be abundantly clear. my ability to function effectively will not affect my ability to serve as commander-in-chief. bachmann's son is a physician and he says look, maybe my mother can't run a mile but she can take in and process information at least fine. he did say at least twice she's had to have emergency treatment for her migraines while traveling. doctors tell us indeed when people get the right treatment, they can function at a perfectly high level. however, there are some migraine suffererers who say they really can't work and do go out on disability. now, of course, we don't know the e

senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen here to explain.hy is the dea making this ruling now? >> i know. seems like this argument has been going on forever. in part it's because the pro-marijuana groups kind of forced their hand. they said we want you to declare basically what you think about medical marijuana and the reason for that is that the pro-marijuana groups say now we can attack it. now we can file a lawsuit. now we can file petitions. they want to have it black and white, what the government's stand is. >> if you look at the numbers, according to my notes, 16 states allow medical marijuana. this helps with certain types of cancer, helps certainly manage pain. so what is the dea's reasoning behind this? >> the dea said it very simply. they said there's no accepted medical use for marijuana and there's a high potential for abuse. so it kind of depends on how you define accepted medical use. what does that mean exactly? do you have to have a vote of all doctors? how do you define that? they just said no accepted medical use. >> there

so let's bring in cnn senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen.bout this yesterday but we were talking about plavix and lipitor. what other drugs might be involved? >> lots of people take those. there are a couple more on this list. lipitor and plavix, plus singulair is going off-patent which means more companies can make it. when more companies can make something, that's more competition. and lexipro, a popular antidepressant. >> generics go 20% to 80% less than prescribed medications? >> hard to say. some are say $40 a month, others are $4 a month. it all depends. look at what these are now. that will make you go oh, my goodness. it's a big difference. a month of lipitor, a very popular cholesterol lowering drug, $186 if you don't have insurance. if you have to pay for it yourself. plavix, $215. these are drugs people need. these are drugs that keep you from getting blood clots. >> this is what it will save you. >> no, no. this it what it costs now. if you went to the store right now without insurance, and you had to pay for a month of singulair

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. >> our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen joins us from our cnn center in atlanta.lzheimer's as a disease of the brain. what has people so focused on eyes? >> right. i got to tell you, ali, this is so cool and really may change the way that doctors figure out if someone has alzheimer's. i'm going to show you a picture of the back of the eye. these are vessels in the back of the eye and what they found is that folks who early alzheimer's disease, those vessels changed the width of those vessels changed. and so it's really -- it allowed them to say, hey, we think this person is headed towards getting serious alzheimer's disease and it's easy to see these vessels. it's not a tough thing to do. >> so the key then is that it seems like it's relatively easy as you said. secondly, how soon can they detect these changes? >> they can detect the changes pretty early in the course of the disease, kiran. also it seems to be a better alternative to pet scans and m.r.i.s because they are pricey and technically challenging to do. this is looking at back of the eye and easier and l

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. >> senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen joins us live to help sort it out.actors we are talking about? >> reporter: good morning. a whole host of other factors. throw up the list that we have. researchers are thinking that perhaps all of these things may -- and i emphasize the word may -- contribute to whether a child develops autism. air pollution in the area in which they live in, the age of their parents when they are born and weight when they are born and all put under the umbrella called environmental factors meaning the things around you rather than the dna inside you that may help influence whether a child develops autism. >> you say parental age. one theory the parents talk about. so many parents having children later in life. is there some way that could somehow be connected with increased number of reporting? i mean we don't know but interesting that is one of those factors. >> it is interesting. a study done that looks at paternal age and found older fathers were more likely to father children with autism and some studies look at maternal age. yes

joining me to talk about the development is senior medical correspondent, elizabeth cohen.worried should people be about this? >> they should take this into consideration if it's a drug they are considering. 7 million people take the drug. they did a study where they looked at folks that took it, and they had a 72% increased risk of having a heart attack compared to those not taking chant chantix. they did not have heart attacks, but they were more likely to have a heart attack than if they did not take chantix. >> what about the warning label? as you say, the patience have to do due diligence, know what their rights are? >> it may have a slight risk. the people that did the study would take issue with that, because in their study they found there were heart attacks from people who never had any kind of cardiovascular disease, and they would not say it's a small increased risk and would say it's bigger than that. >> have there been other side affects with this drug? >> yes, there are warnings for possible side affects. depressed mood, suicidal actions and hostility and agit

our senior medical correspondent, elizabeth cohen is here, and we were talking about this during theseems like an extreme idea, but what is the thinking behind this? >> i have to say, i have been reading articles about childhood obesity for two decades now, and this is a radical notion for what to do about childhood obesity, and everybody agrees it's a problem. it's the biggest proposal here. >> what has been the response to this suggestion? >> there has been a real outcry. some people support what the researchers are saying, and others say wait a second, it's not the parents fault these children are heavy, and getting somebody to lose weight is extremely difficult. well-meaning smart people have trouble losing weight themselves let alone getting a child to lose weight, and who is to say a child would be better off with a foster parent. they still live in the same world, with junk food and kids stay inside and play inside on computer games and not outside. >> can they do this legally? can they take a child from their parent and put them in a foster care situation? >> a state would be

. >>> next, elizabeth cohen with what you need to know before you buy those shoes, the special toningard of these? they supposedly help you get in shape. elizabeth? >> i bet you've seen the ads for these. these sneakers that have a rounded bottom and the people who make them claim they help tone your muscles, they're generally a better workout than the plain old flat bottom sneakers. but lots of researchers are saying that is misleading. they say you don't get a better workout with these sneakers. the flat bomts ottom ones are js good. there's simply no evidence to support the climb claims that these shoes will help wearers exercise more intensely, burn more calories and improve muscle strength and tone. as you might imagine, the folks who make these round-bottom sneakers say they have several studies showing they're better than the flat bottomed sneakers and they had loads of testimonials from customers. if you feel you're getting a better workout, that's fine. go ahead and buy them. but they're not any better than the flat-bottomed sneaker. the trick is, just move. brooke? >> i hate

elizabeth cohen is here to explain why. how much of a risk are we talking?is. >> yeah, and it's a 5'10" woman. that's who they studied, 5'10" and taller. women 5'10" and taller are more likely to get cancer. for every four inches of height, a 16% increased chance of getting cancer. the 5'10" and faller is compared to five feet and shorter. >> why the increased risk? >> taller people when they were growing had more growth hormone, and another one is actually much simpler, taller people have more cells, and -- >> yeah, they're bigger. >> more stuff can go wrong with more. >> you can't change your height? >> no. >> what can you do? >> really, nothing you can do. should taller people get screened more? and some people have higher risk, but this is not the case. there's nothing you can do here, just appreciate how beautiful it is to be so tall. >> i am feeling so comforted. >> yeah, here i am 5'2", and telling you this. but the doctors say it's not worth getting extra screening because you are so tall. >> maybe it's better off not knowing this at all. >> that may

elizabeth cohen joining me now. i want to bring up the website. pretty hysterical. let's roll it.ong dot org. a hilarious campaign. you can see the guy in the middle of the screen holding that glass of milk saying, this can help with pms. so give us a reality check. is there truth to that? >> there actually are studies that show women who get a lot of dairy products. not just milk but a lot of dairy products, low-fat, do seem to suffer from pms less. you're looking a little grumpy. one for you. one for me. but i want to emphasize, it's not just milk. so, here. it's low-fat dairy. here's some low-fat cheese and yogurt. >> okay. all for you. >> i'll take the yogurt. i'll hold on to that. >> you got a case of the grumpies, kyra, dig in. >> so there is truth to this? >> there is. four servings a day. the women who had four servings a day. >> okay. now let's get to the posters. i mean, we're used to seeing the milk with the mustache with all the stars. >> all the same margareting. they're good and know what they're doing. >> as we roll, it's man after man, you know, holding the cartons

. >>> cnn medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is here to talk about what the new memo says.ts to that mean for medical marijuana and that industry? >> exactly. that's an excellent question. this memo came from the drug enforcement agency. they put it in black and white, very simple. they said marijuana does not have a medical use and it has a high potential for abuse. so, they sort of just said there's a lot of debate here. they said this is where we stand. they have said it before. this is the first time they've said it in many years. >> let's talk about the states where medical marijuana is legalized. what does that mean for the people using it? >> you can use medical marijuana as long as you get your card and all of that. what that means for those people is probably nothing. kind of surprising, right? feds lay down the law that you can't use it. dea doesn't intend to go after individuals. they may go after large organizations but don't tend to go after individuals. those individuals are probably pretty safe right now. >> will pro-marijuana groups fight this decision? >> t

senior mel correspondent elizabeth cohen is here to explain what it all means.s do? >> this man was really at the end of his road. he's 36 years old. he had this huge tumor on his trachea, but like many, it was caught really late. they treated him, but they could do nothing more. they said you need a trachea from that cadaver, that line is so long, he would have died, so doctors said we're going to make you one. they made it out of the plastic, this sort of spongy, plastic, and then coated it with his own stem cells. that's the windpipe, sort of thj region. there was a tumor. that green stuff is all tumor. so that's -- as you can see, that is huge. so they built him a new one, vote coated it with his stem cells and his body accepted it, his bod,said, this is me, and his veins actually grew, the vessels actually grew into it, because his body thought it was a part of it. >> so does everybody with trachea cancer, would that be a treatment? >> it would be wonderful. right now they can't do much for people with trachea cancer, but first they have to try this in more

and elizabeth cohen is explaining the science behind eating. >> they tried to put science behind theyou. you come home and you can either cry into a thing of ice cream, or a salad. just instinctively, which one -- >> you know i will pick that ice cream. it's melting, but i will eat it. >> you take that one. one for each other us. the scientists were wondering why it's true, maybe the taste or texture. it was ingenious, actually. they took a group of people and showed them the sad movies and sad pictures and sad music, and then for half of them they pipe fat down to their stomachs, and put it in a tube and put it down their stum ikz. and then the other half just got saline, which is basically water. what they found is the folks that were getting fat piped into their stomachs were happier than the ones that were getting the saline solution, and then they did mris, and the one that were getting fat, the happiness center of their brains were lit up opposed to the ones with saline. >> why does that make you happier? >> they are not sure. when we come out of the womb, what do we want and n

our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is here. wow, that sounds scary.d researchers find? >> these researchers at harvard looked at tens of thousands of nurses and what they found was that those who sat a lot, who spent a lot of time sitting in their off hours, not at work, but when they were home or whatever, were much more likely to get three things. let's take a look at those three things. they were much more likely to get heart disease, they were much more likely to have hypertension or high blood pressure, and much more likely also to have clots in their lungs. that was a bit of a surprise finding. we all know heart disease, you know, not getting exercise and heart disease are linked but the clots in the lungs, they're not quite sure why that is, but it's definitely a scary finding. three times more likely to get clots in their lungs when they were more sedentary. >> a lot of us are couch potatoes but what do they mean when they say sitting a lot? >> the women who have this three times higher risk of clots in the lungs, they were sitting for around

elizabeth cohen joins us to help put the findings in perspective. why these two studies? why these two? there are always studies about autism. why these two? >> there were all these theories about vaccines and autism, and that has been debunked, and researchers are moving on to find out what does cause autism. there has been a study about genes, and perhaps it's not just genes, they found other factors, outside factors that may influence whether a kid gets autism. for instance, air pollution. they may have influence. parental age, the age the parents are at the time of conception, and the birth of the child, three areas researchers should take a closer look at. >> and children whose mothers were on anti-depressants. >> yeah, i tread carefully on this ground. what they did is they looked at 300 children with autism, and found 7% of those kids, the mothers were taking ssris, which are anti-depressants during pregnancy, and they thought the number seemed a little high. this is some suggestion that there's a link between the anti-depressants. we would hate for women to go off

elizabeth cohen is here. talk to me about some of these people.say they got cancer from working day in, day out at ground zero. >> i'm sure they're very angry about this news. they are convinced that they got their cancer from working at ground zero. i interviewed one such worker last summer. his jam is -- name is javon tho. you can see the stars from the many operations he had. it's a terrible story. and let's take a look at what he says about the connection between his service at ground zero and his cancer. >> so right there, that's where you think your cancer started? >> yes, i'm 100% certain of that. >> how can you so sure? >> it's no coincidence within a year of working there every day i grew a lump in my hand that turned out to be cancer. >> today this federal group says there's no published scientific evidence that can allow us to make that link between cancer and work at ground zero, which is why they're not going to pay for it. the group didn't say there's no link, they just said there's no published data that allows us to make that link

our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen here to explain this. you did. i think i can go now. >> i need some details here. what organ are we talking about here? >> the trachea. >> okay. >> that's the tube you breathe in air. it takes this -- the tube takes the air down into your lungs, so this is a 36-year-old man who was dying of cancer from the trachea, and so he had this huge tumor on his trachea, and doctors did everything they could. they said, look, see that green thing, that's a tumor. all of that green is a tumor so as can you see it's quite large. he said we need to cut off that section of your trachea and give you one from a cadaver, but you know what? it's going to take a long time. there's a long line of people waiting for that, and you'll die before you get it so we'll make a new one. they used plastic. they made him a new trachea out of plastic, but the problem was that they just put it in his body. his body really wouldn't accept it. it wouldn't really work so what they did is they coasted that plastic trachea that you're looking a

our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen here to talk about doctors he transported and we'rebout big-name athletes, too, right? >> right. during the proceeding the judge forced the prosecutor to some of them, and tiger woods is one of the athletes treated by this doctor. as well as some nfl players, some other golf players. but it was interesting, he didn't say that these athletes had gotten these treatments but just that they received treatments from this doctor. >> what do we know, first of all, about this human growth hormone? >> right. it's a real fda-approved drug. given to people for various things, but the people with medical conditions. it not supposed to be given to athletes to help build their muscles but it is illicitly used this way and sporting organizations like major sports -- professional -- i'm sorry, i'm not a sports reporter so i'm flailing but athletes are not supposed to be using it just to build muscle. >> there's guidelines. but there's another drug, too, that you were talking about. >> yes. and this is a ban -- this is an interesting one. i had never h

elizabeth cohen, i want top begin with you.ons that patients need at the hospital may not be available? >> it's scary. >> why? >> you go to the hospital, you think that's where they keep the drugs, right? there's a shortage of a bunch of them. it's a perfect storm of two things. one is these are cheap drugs. a lot of pharmaceutical companies say we don't want to make these anymore. and the companies that still do make them had some quality control issues and they had to stop making them and sort of redo their factories. >> is this just certain hospitals or is it pretty widespre widespread? >> it turns out that over 80% of hospitals and health care systems say they are experiencing shortages. that's a lot. >> how can we be empowered before we go to the hospital? >> look at those three drugs right there. they're used for various things in the hospital. before you go in the hospital, you can ask, do you think i'll need any of these first of all. >> if you're in a state where you can think about asking those questions. >> but a lot

joining us is cnn senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. >> you can't buy happiness.hese researchers look to people all around the world and find in the wealthiest countries, they had some of the highest rates of depression. for example, in the u.s., 19% of the people who were surveyed had experienced depression but take mexico, it was only 8%, 19% versus 8%. they really found this cotries h rates of depression. >> why? it almost seems counterintuitive. you think if you have more resources, you will be happier. >> even if you're not happy, you could go to a doctor who might get you happy, right? you might think that. there are a couple theories out there. one is that in countries like the u.s., you were just talking about this on your show, there is this wide range. there's a big disparity. so you're walking around and seeing people driving mercedes and wearing diamonds and you think golly, i don't have that and it's depressing to see people who have things you don't have. that's one theory. another theory is that in wealthier countries, people are bopping all over th

next up, senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen joins me.tism. and first up, one study shows that genes playless of a role than other factors? >> that's right. doctors thought maybe genes are a really good reason why people get autism. genes do get play a role, but maybe not as much as we think. for example, the age that a parent -- that parents are when their child is born, whether it be mother or father, that seems to play a role. the weight of the child at birth. even air pollution, whatever kind of air pollution that might be out there, that may be a role. so lots of things researchers may need to investigate. >> so weight, the bigger the baby, the greater the risk? >> i think that's not career. -- clear. this is really in the infancy stages that they're trying to figure out here. >> what about the link between mothers on anti-depressants. >> that's another study that came out. i'm going to talk about that one very carefully because i don't want mothers to freak out here. this is a study that showed that women who are taking anti-depress

me now, founding member of the black crowes, johnny colt, and cnn senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohendio and from new york, jane velez-mitche velez-mitchell, host of "issues" with jane velez-mitchell and author of "addict nation" an intervention with america. let me start with you what is the latest in terms of autopsy? >> we are expecting those results either later this afternoon or this evening and autopsy results don't necessarily tell you, oh, someone took this drug, this drug and this drug, you often have to wait for toxicology once they have done all the blood work it is unclear what we will learn later today. >> what goes into that? how long might we know definitively what exactly happened to her or what might be in her system? >> right it can take several weeks. >> okay. johnny, i know you are a former musician, you have celebrated 15 years of sobriety. what is your reaction first to the death of her? >> first of all, for me, it's incredibly sad because she is a real talent. they would say a powerhouse talent. she is great. but this is just another of the many musicians that i

senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen joining me now. what's happening?good news. i love having good news. which is that the number -- >> we are going to break away for just one moment. we do have confirmation of breaking news right now. the breaking news is that there does appear to be a verdict in the casey anthony trial. we are getting word, we have confirmed that there appears to be a verdict in the casey anthony trial, that verdict going to be announced at about 2:15. david mattingly is on the ground for us. david, what are you hearing, what do you know, what is the mood? >> reporter: this is part of the promise that the courthouse staff has given us, given us 30 minutes warning of a verdict being read in the courtroom. that notice came down at 1:26 so a half hour from that time, we are expecting to be back in the courtroom and listening to this jury render its decision in the casey anthony trial. this was -- there was talk about today how long it would take. conventional wisdom had it that if they were able to reach a verdict relatively quickly, it

. >> senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen joins us now. people talk about this a lot. parents who aren't doing enough to control their wait? >> you can imagine this article in the ama is causing quite a bit of controversy. bloggers going crazy over there. the argument of the harvard researchers is there. look. nearly a third of the kids in this country are overweight and obese and some of them, the heavier ones are really in danger of having terrible health problems later on. and if parents can't manage it, if they are given a chance to get get their kids lose weight, we should consider having the states put the kid away and put them in some form of foster care with more of a chance to lose weight. that is their argument. >> a host of other problems taking kids away from their parents so a kid might eat less and get a little slimmer. you're taking a lot of other support services. what are people who have studied this having to say in response to this report? >> this is not a very popular idea. the experts we talked to said. look. first of all, how do you know the child

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elizabeth cohen, tell people they can head to cnn.com/health to find out more about.ting stuff. thanks. >> thanks. >> it does make me make choices. if i see that is 600 calories and i see 400 i will probably take the 400. our question of the day. what is your fast food guilty pleasure? >> we got a lot of good ones. >> lori says i try to stay away from fast food but when i splurge it has to be chick-fil-a. definitely one of my favorites. >> candy writing double quarter pounder, large fries and six-piece nuggets and sweet tea from mcdonald's, don't judge me! >> you get a half-pounder there. >> courtney who is morning anchor in central pennsylvania says nothing beats in-in-out burger. extra crispy fries and need to make their way to the east coast. first stop when i land in california. get the gps and find the first in-in-out burger. >> we have multiple slices of good pizza. e-mail us, give us a tweet, tell us on facebook and we will read through some of them later in the show. >>> we got sidetracked because of that british parliament but nothing will keep us away from f