realizes that. >> reporter: the f.d.a.g these companies to take their products off store shelves immediately, scott. this is a proposal. any sort of rule change is still about two years away. >> pelley: jeff, thanks very much. beyonce's new album has set a record. americans downloaded it more than 600,000 times in three days. that's more than any other ago bum has sold in its first week and it comes without promotion. some folks believe this pill can cure just about anything. but you're not going to like what's in it. that's in a moment. nistan in 20. on the u.s.s. saratoga in 1982. [ male announcer ] once it's earned, usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation because it offers a superior level of protection and because usaa's commitment to serve current and former military members and their families is witheout qual. begin your legacy. get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve. diarrhea, gas, bloating? yes! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend

here pegues. >> reporter: the f.d.a.d that makers of liquid hand soap or body wash are promising results they just can't deliver. dr. sandra kweder is with the f.d.a. >> in fact, most of the illnesses in today's households and public places are viral illnesses, not bacterial illnesses. these products would have no affect on them at all. >> reporter: the f.d.a. decision also suggests the products may actually pose a health risk. they cite published reports showing long-term exposure could alter hormone levels in animals, conditions that in humans could lead to early on set puberty and infertility. the f.d.a. is especially concerned about ingredients like triclosn, commonly found in liquid soaps. now the companies making the products will be required to provide the f.d.a. with updated data on their products' safety and effectiveness that includes the results of clinical studies. the mesh cleaning institute represents 130 companies that make cleaning supplies. the group says they are perplexed that the f.d.a. would suggest

maybe it's because the f.d.a. is just a bunch of bureaucratic idiots who don't do with anything right because our system is utter crap that's what i happen to think but maybe it's just all that try closing and coursing through my veins talking tonight let's talk about that by following me on twitter as the resident. does it for now for more on the stories we covered go to youtube dot com slash r t america check out our website r t dot com slash usa you can also follow me on twitter adam you're a david for now have a great night. there i marinate and this is boom bust and here are some of the stories we're tracking for you today. first up j.p. morgan. nepotism especially in china now that's according to new documents on earth and published in the new york times we're going to tell you all about it coming right up and one of the sexiest metals known to man is behind some of the most criminal behavior in the world has ever seen bold it's a complex thing and the best selling author matthew heart knows a thing or two a

(cheers and applause) but instead, the f.d.a.old merck to drop the suggested dosage dramatically from 80 milligrams to 10 milligrams. unfortunately, at that level patients recorded it had no advantage over a placebo. well, the folks at prescott believe the government should not be putting a bureaucrat between you and your inescapable nightmares. that's why we are proud to introduce vaxa-nuff. a three-pound brick of pure sleep aid. you choose your own dose by grating off as much as -- as doctor you prescribes. (laughter) when you feel yourself drifting gently off to sleep, you've had enough. when you feel like someone else's hand is doing the grating and you're no longer yourself because you are the brick of vaxa-nuff being grateed into the mouth of a stranger that was once you and the universe folds in on itself and transforms into a swarm of baby-faced vampire bats, you've had way too much. (laughter and applause) so at which point you'll want to take a little more. because you're going to want to sleep for whatever you do next.

the f.d.a. says a final rule won't be issued until 2016. >> the f.d.a. has a year to produce data showing that the chemicals in the data are safe and effective. if it can't be proved, it will have to be removed. >> country music fans mourn the death of ray price. his car here began in the 1950s as a pioneer of the honky tongue sound. he released "for the good time" in the '70s. price had been battling pan creatic cancer. he is was 87 years o. >> it's the end of an era for an icon. the volkswagen bus. >> on friday the last of these mini becauses is scheduled to roll off the production line in brazil. it will bring an end to a 63-long chapter. some people are not ready. >> i can't open from the side. >> it's been three years since dave left his home in san diego california, to drive up and down south america in his bus. the vehicle is beat up, full of personality and reliable, he says. >> the only time i had to take the motor out is put new piston rings on it. >> like most owners of vans or combys as they are known in brazil, the love affair with the vehic

the f.d.a.'s mandate would eliminate over-the-counter use of antibiotics for the main purpose of boosting growth in healthy animals. antibiotics could only be used to treat or prevent disease and must be prescribed by a veterinarian. one consumer advocacy group estimates 80% of all antibiotics in this country are used in farm animals. dr. william schaffner is an infectious disease specialist with vanderbilt university. >> the fewer antibiotics we use in our animal food the better it is for us because we infectious disease doctors are having a harder and harder time treating patients with important infections. >> reporter: the program is voluntary. the two main companies that produce animal feed that incorporates antibiotics have agreed to comply with the new guidelines. michael taylor is deputy commissioner of the f.d.a. >> it's really focusing on those antibiotics that are important in human medicine and in reducing the likelihood that disease-causing bacteria become resistant to these antibioti

despite years of investigation, the f.d.a. says a final rule in antibacterial soaps will not be issued until 2016. >> now, the jackpot for u.s. megamillions reached $586 million. it's the fourth largest on record. people across the country are rushing to buy tickets for the grand prize. if it goes unclaimed, it could break the record of $656 million set in march last year. that story and the rest of the day's news on the website aljazeera.com.

has not received f.d.a. approval for use here. with the princeton case there was eight infections and they received special approval, but only after doing due diligence, which means they test the bacteria with people vaccinated and show it's effective for that particular strain. so for santa ba vertebra -- barbara, they'll do the due diligence. they don't want to do a shotgun approach. >> it's frightingen. i have a do you go that will go to college next year. naturally all parents who have kids in college are worried. what are the symptoms? >> the symptoms, first it starts off very vague. you can start with flu-like symptoms, headaches, fevers, as well as rashes, stiff neck. then it can quickly progress into confusion. >> yeah. sort of a blotchy rash i saw somemd& cases. >> correct. >> children routinely get meningitis vaccinations, right? >> correct. that's the type a strain. you get that between the age of 11 and 12. orgeat booster shot closer to the -- you get a booster shot closer to age 18. >> this thing is the type b meningi

you in an effort to stop the rise of drug resistant superbugs the f.d.a. announces a new plan to stop using antibiotics in livestock. holding their ground in ukraine, anti-government protesters defiant after a sweep by riot place. the u.s. threatens the country with harsh sanctions >> new problems with syrian refugees that fled the war-torn country. harsh weather has set in, people are living in tents. >> a video emerging from the asianic flight, moments before it crashed. >> welcome to al jazeera america, i'm stephanie sy. we do have breaking news out of afghanistan. there was an explosion near the u.s. embassy on thursday, near the kabul capital city. it was near a major traffic circle outside the main entrance. it was steps away interest n.a.t.o.'s international security assistance force office. yesterday a suicide bomber attacked a german convoy entering an ifas building. >> a seismic change in policy from the food and drug administration. the agency wants to phase out the use of certain antibiotics in cows and chickens raised for meat. it's the first

that is driving the f.d.a. to phase out antibiotics for food production. in a statement the f.d.a. says: the faze out would happen. after that it was be illegal to use antibiotics. others say the guidelines, which have voluntary, will not do enough to keep people safe. >> i'm concerned that there'll be no change. they could continue to misuse antibiotics. it's unclear how much it will cost farmers or consumers. >> joining us now is the professor. do you think this is too late and not enough action? >> it's a little too late, but we have to start somewhere. people need to realise that three times more antibiotics are used on farms. people don't understand that. that breeds resistance. right now something is being done, and that's a good first step. >> why did it take so long? >> it seems like there's a lobby in d.c. for farmers and agriculture. it's powerful. we know that the f.d.a. and usda work together. with that large lobby pushing to not regulate the industry, it ha a lot to do with it. because there are so many resistant organisms, we know this is something that had to happen.

f.d.a. has done very little research on just how dangerous wracked up a mine might be especially in humans but the research it has done is startling the f.d.a. found that racked up a mean has caused more harm and healthy ailments to pigs than any other drug or added to. ever. f.d.a. research links recto put me into a variety of health issues and pigs and cows quoting bloat disorders like disorders the inability to stand up and yes death a canadian study looked at were top of means effects on rats and monkeys and found that the additive gave monkeys a rapid heartbeat the rats that were given racked up mean developed various birth defects including shorter limbs in large parts and missing fingers and. digits rance international studies on iraq total means f.x. have prompted the european union russia china taiwan and many other countries to ban it altogether in fact cracked open mean is considered such a danger in taiwan that in two thousand and seven thousands of taiwanese pig farmers rioted a

so let's hope the f.d.a. is up for its work in the pharmaceutical companies stop handing out and i bought it big meat in the meantime you might want to lay off the burgers in the chicken pork . it's the good the bad in the very very radio lucent lee ugly the good colin powell you know that colin powell in a recent interview with the puget sound business journal former secretary of state endorsed a single payer health care system he said i'm not an expert in health care obamacare or affordable care act or choose to describe it but i do know this i have benefited from that kind of universal health care in my fifty five years of public life and i don't see why we can't do what europe is doing what and it is doing a career is doing what all of these other places are doing. a lot of things to criticize colin powell for the most obvious being his role in hustling the iraq war to the people but he said absolutely right when it comes to single payer health care obamacare is a good start there's only so much we can ac

created by sprout pharmaceuticals would have been the first of its kind to hit the market however the f.d.a. says that the drug is only has a effect on women in the company claims that in clinical trials the drug it was actually dug. old women sexual experiences over the women who had received a placebo pill for pharmaceuticals has appealed the f.d.a. decision so there might be hope yet for women. well i spoke with my little eyes someone on facebook or someone watching porn or tonight's resident looks at how the f.b.i. can spy on you through your websites computer or through your webcam anyway without you knowing about it at all and how you can protect yourself take a look. you know where i'm at surveillance techniques revealed that the f.b.i. can covertly turn on your computers webcam and watch you play you're sitting at your computer doing god knows what they can watch you while you're watching porn that for all your eye ruins and worst nightmare and they can do this without triggering a warning light so you'll have no way of knowing that they are literally watching you the record confirm

sexual experiences over the women who received a placebo pill spell pharmaceuticals has appealed the f.d.a. decision so there may be hope for women yet. well i spy with my little eyes someone on facebook or perhaps as someone watching porn in tonight's resident takes a look at how the f.b.i. can spy on you through your computers at webcam without you knowing it and how you can protect yourself from all that spying take a look. new york where i'm at yes surveillance techniques revealed that the f.b.i. can covertly turn on your computers webcam and watch you while you're sitting at your computer doing god knows what they can watch you while you're watching porn that for all you do with everyone's worst nightmare and they can do this without triggering a warning light so you'll have no way of knowing that they are literally watching you but the record confirms a terrifying fact that many people have always thought was possible three years people have been covering up the computer camera sensors with post it notes or duct tape effectively blocking the government's hypothetical view of you at y

amid an f.d.a. regulatory review. if you remember last month the the -- demanded the company stop marketing its d.n.a. testing device. issues, 23 and me was selling a medical device intended to diagnose diseases the f.d.a.roval from that's a big no-no, even if you are married to one of the google. of not helping the company's case? well, those two divorced. and a few days ago a customer filed a $5 million class-action lawsuit against the company. that it wills still continue to provide customers with ancestry datamation and raw genetic without interpretation which is still pretty cool. ishink this company fascinating. i wish i could get my hands on a everything tested. >> can't you? >> they're not allowed -- someone.d >> the raw? >> they'll still give me the raw data. but i want to know the disease stuff, too. personally, i don't care if the food and drug administration approves. freesupposed to be a country. i know it's not. >> maybe you can get it in canada. .> maybe >> you go to them, you get the raw data, and then

jenna: f.d.a.imates that 70% of dietary supplement companies are not following basic quality control standards that would help prevent alteration of their products. you say plant base san diego what you would be advocating for. >> no question. jenna: how do we know as consumers? if it says plant based, can we trust it? >> at this point the answer is definitively yes. if it says on the bottle was derived from food or plant based, it is. as i speak in my book, supplements exposed are chemicals and high standards that the f.d.a. hold for pharmaceutical drugs, most have major side effects so i'm not sure about those standards. jenna: do you have the same degree of confidence in the plant based? >> no. jenna: you do not. >> no. just because it's natural doesn't mean it's good for you. arsenic is natural. but we don't take that. in fact, the very powerful drug that works on your heart comes from a plant. we cannot let it run amok like this. jenna: news you can use, i know i have a medicine cabinet full o

. >> the f.d.a. required the company to build this task.ulating warm, wet, salty conditions of the eye. the company intends the implants to be permanent. they are rated just for five years. it's a question of how long titanium, platinum and sily cum will last. >> you have to take the low resolution in a relatively small field and scan around to get the entire picture. >> the doctor that helped develop the device says they have developed a device that can be mounted in the eye, if they don't have the technology in hand. >> the argus 2 is like a train and what we are talking about is more like a plane. >> the argus 2 may not have changed lloyd's world, but has given a sense of it. >> i would say you are are 6 foot, 2, 3. you are a tall person. >> a blurry 60 pixel view is primitive compared to the eye. restoring anything like site, by replacing the rhett know is a milestone in efforts to understand the human body. >> that will do it for this edition of al jazeera news. i'm stephanie sy. we have news at the top of every hour. "the stream" is c

life-threatening infection and 6,000 doses of the new european second seen are being provided by a special f.d.a. permit. this is unusual because the vaccine has not been approved for general use in the united states. >> 4:41. growing support that millions of americans are getting backing by fortune 500. >> a bad rating and what a study is saying about >>> you can help us feed the bay area on this holiday season by visiting the abc7 news facebook page and take the pledge "give where you live," we will donate a dollar in your honor for each pledge up to $75,000 and your deed could be rewarded. everyone who ticks the pledge is entered to win $7,000 in cash. the winner is announced december 19 so spread the love and help us give where you live. >> this can be a stressful time of year for college students with final exams and holidays looming ahead, but, man's best friend is coming to the rescue. students at a university of san francisco can check out a certified therapy dog today and tomorrow for a session. the k-9s are providing bit san francisco spca and the idea taking a break with a dog can dec

the f.d.a. considers the kits' medical device and the agency will review the health plains they are making. the company is backed by google ventures and facebook billionaire. the company says it will still offer ancestry information and raw gene data to customers but will not interpret what the data could mean. >> more problems for an east bay boy recovering from a dog attack. two pit bulls attacked the ten-year-old while he played at neighbor's house in antioch. he needed surgery for wounds to his face and head. now his mother claims that a family friend stole the the money raised dug a fundraiser in august. >> it is 4:37 and time if a check on the weather forecast. >> and now, benicia had 3,700 people without electricity. >> hopefully their houses can hold the heat because we are at the coldest point of the morning now through 7:00 and by 7:00 you can see the freezing temperatures will lift but the areas in light blue, everyone in the bay area but san francisco under the freeze wanting. where

a result, f.d.a. has agreed to relinquish four leases. letters from the n.r.c. and f.d.a. acknowledging this agreement are enclosed. i have enclosed copies of the five resolutions adopted by the committee on transportation and infrastructure on december 4, 2013, signed sincerely, bill shuster, chairman. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the committee on appropriations. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable, the speaker, house of representatives, sir, pursuant to section 1238 b-3 of the flood b. spent national authorization amended by . 7002 division p of the consolidated appropriations resolution, i am pleased to reappoint the following individuals to the united states-china economic and security. d.c. rt mue of washington thank you for our attention to these appointments. signed sincerely, nancy pelosi, democratic leader. . . the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a mess amming. the clerk: pursuant to the social security act as amended by the social security amendments of 1977, public law an 432e1, i transmit agreem

in a major change announced today, the f.d.a. will outlaw most antibiotics in beef, pork, and poultry. dr. jon lapook on the effect on american health. how did a man save his family stranded in subzero weather? john blackstone has details. >> he kept them alive and he kept them warm and my hat's off to him. >> pelley: and candidates for person of the year included edward snowden, dictator bashar al-assad, and pope francis. dean reynolds on "time" magazine's choice.

the f.d.a. is writing new yules. three states are treating them like cigarettes. 100 cities, los angeles among them, are reinstructing the electronic cigarettes. the "the los angeles times" said in an editorial that there's not enough evidence of harm in the cigarettes to restrict them saying, "fear is not a good basis for regulation, research is. until there's conclusive research, government agencies should be wary of overreacting. >> we go not know what the dangers of using them might be. we want to err on the side of caution. it's feared overregulation will drive smokers back to tobacco. >> we want to get people off the tobacco products. >> the free-wheeling days of electronic cigarettes may be over as we look at what is coming out of that device. >> mark is back with sport. i have a question. is tonight going be a night. underdog? >> it may be. it will be the better season to have the play-off. >> the big college football game. >> a lot of things up in the air. we'll take it incrementally. a win over duke in the

the f.d.a. sweeping change to take antibiotics out of the meat on your dinner table. tipping point - chaos in ukraine. a story we've covered. tonight we talk to a leader of the growing protest movement. >> stress and impact. what we learn about the cause of the asianic airline clash. hearings begin with the focus of a trainee pilot at the controls. >> the history of selfies. they have been around for a long, lopping time.

the f.d.a. is writing new rules. three states are treating them like cigarettes. 100 cities, los angeles among them are restricting electronic cigarettes. and another bill where they could be banned where tobacco is prohibit prohibited. the "the los angeles times" said there was not enough harm to restrict them. >> until there is more conclusive research, government agencies should be wary of ov overreacting. >> we don't know the dangers, what they will be. >> adam says it's fine to keep e-cigarettes away from kids, but fears that overregulation will drive smokers back to tobacco. >> we are trying to help people get off tobacco products. >> free-wheeling days may be over as the government looks at what is coming out of that devi device. >> mark is back with sports. the b.c. s a making a stand. >> i think a lot of people wish there was a play-off this i can't remember. >> top-ranked florida state can advance to the b.c. s title games. this afternoon number three auburn and missouri met. each hoped for a victory. what

the f.d.a.ermine if the ant bacterial chemical in soaps is safe because some say it should be remove because of the risk to her moan imbalance and antibiotic resistance. >> hope we have a warmer week in store. >> it has been cool at night although it has been nice during the day and you could even get sunburn. >> sunburn? >> i needed the vitamin d is what my doctor told me. now, it was chilly and the nighttimes are coming up along with the daytime temperatures today, and that will all start to change tomorrow with the cooler wet on way. now we have dry air that highlighted san francisco last week and i will highlight san jose this week only receiving 3." rain since january 1. we are 10" behind our average which is usually 15.2" and the best i could find because the reports of sketchy in san jose the rest record for low rain in a year was 6.12" and that was in 1953. so san francisco will have their driest year ever, so is san jose. we will try to fine the oakland statistics coming up. half mile v

the f.d.a.ted to release final rules that will require calorie information to be displayed on roughly 5 million vending machines nationwide. the agency says it will help people make healthier choices. a group representing the vendors says complying with the new law will be too ex opinionsive for the mall -- expensive for the smaller companies. >> it's bad enough they took away my snowballs out of the vending machines. >>> how about this? people come in all shapes and sizes. it's a question of body image and now it's a question of barbie. it has sparked a facebook post of a plus-size version of the famously skinny doll -- i think she had like a three quarter inch waist, the original. this one has a thicker waist in size. triple chin. the image is one artist's take on how a heavier barbie might look. it's received 40,000 likes since december. no word from mattel which makes barbie dolls. i think she's beautiful. >> looks like a snooki barbie, doesn't she? >> no, she's blond and barbie licious. >>

wrapped into obamacare, a new requirement for vending machines the f.d.a. says will help you make better food choices. vending machines will now be required to display calorie information something that is expected to cost the industry almost $26 million. the new rules apply to people who own 20 or more spending machines, most of which are small businesses. the industry is asking for two years to comply with the new regulations. >>> concerns about security ahead of russian winter olympics after more than a dozen people are killed and many more injured in a suicide bombing in a russian train station. a female attacker blew herself up at a security gate. no one claimed responsibility. >>> big victory for the n.s.a. friday. it comes after another federal judge called the program, quote, orwellian, and said it likely violates the constitution. a week ago a commercial -- congressional panel released finding. what will happen to the n.s.a., if anything? joining us now is general mike mukasey. we have diametrically opposed opinions from two judges. who is right? .

testing company will stop offering test results related to health because of a warning letter from the f.d.aonsidering the kits "medical devices." they land to review the health the company will still offer gene data to customers but will not interpret what the data could mean. the labor department released the latest jobs report with the unemployment rate dipping to 7 percent in november down from the october 7.3 percent which makes it a five year low in the unemployment rate. employers added 203,000 jobs and economists say the who could get a jolt and signal that the job market could be gathering momentum. >> the cold has been gathering momentum. mike? >> the cold is winning right now. i got a tweet say, where is global warming? you will have something like this, and, in fact, it is almost winter. we will have some type of weather like this once this a while. look at the snow out over the ocean, along the coast, higher elevations from see at to pot land headed to medford and you know you have a cold system coming our way. today is a day to prepare again for the rain and snow that is coming

you in an effort to stop the rise of drug resistant superbugs the f.d.a. announces a new plan to stop using antibiotics in livestock. holding their ground in ukraine, anti-government protesters defiant after a sweep by riot place. the u.s. threatens the country with harsh sanctions >> new problems with syrian refugees that fled the war-torn country. harsh weather has set in, people are living in tents. >> a video emerging from the asianic

kroft: we should point out that those properties are anecdotal, and not based on studies by either the f.d.ahe d.e.a., a subject we will get to shortly. there is also no correlation between the more popular brand names and the ailments they alleviate. dopium is a medication available at denver relief, owned by ean seeb. it's gotten high marks from critics-- yes, there are medical marijuana critics in colorado, even competitions. you won the colorado medical marijuana harvest cup couple of years ago? >> ean seeb: we did in 2009. and our biodiesel won five out of the six categories and first place. so we won the overall award. it was a sweeping victory, if you will. and then we put... >> kroft: "biodiesel"? >> seeb: yeah. >> kroft: that's the name of it? >> seeb: yes, it is. and it's... it's become... >> kroft: doesn't sound like medicine. >> seeb: there's a lot of strains out there that don't sound like medicine, because this didn't used to be legal. and those strain names have not changed. >> kroft: but it's not all brand loyalty and nostalgia. there are lots of new things on the dispensary

gazzaley is now working to build a better, more interactive version of neuroracer that the f.d.a. could approve as a therapy for a.d.h.d. but that pathway could take years or decades to complete and until then, gazzaley says he can't make any strong recommendations for the use of cognitive training. >> we do need better, more carefully controlled studies in order to make really strong prescriptive advice. that being said, in general i think if you find these games fun, at least there's no clear evidence that they have detrimental effects so i usually don't disrecommend them. ( cash register ) >> i think the proof will be in the pudding. it's not going to happen to me now while i'm in my 50s, but if i'm still able to do stuff like this in my 80s i'll be thrilled. >> reporter: by then, in thirty years, who knows what science will tell us about how middle- aged people like wolff can keep their minds sharp. but with five million americans suffering from alzheimer's disease today, and with that number due to rise sharply in the coming decades, those solutions can't come soon enough. >>

the f.d.a.since the 1970's, there is no evidence they are better than regular hand soap. research suggests long-term exposure to antibacterial chemicals could allow bacteria to mutate into hard to control strains. >>> an update to a story we told you about previously. police busting those so-called twerking thieves from brooklyn, new york. cops arresting a 47-year-old man, but it was his female accomplice who twerbgd for an hour straight -- twerked for an hour straight so the guy could slip in the building and get packages. the incident happened earlier this mont and went viral on-line because how can you avoid looking at a twerk for an hour. >> is twerking good exercise? >> i would think there has to be calorie burning there for certain muscles. >> it's a classic scam because any time you're going to knock something over, you go i need to create a diversion. >> remember you did that in the 1970's? did the hustle, though. maria is poised to give us the weather because again we're getting slammed

we need we need to do more investigation and i think the best thing is that the the the f.d.a. should develop the expertise and the facilities it needs to test new crop varieties whatever methods are used to generate them i don't think being g.m.o. . is in and of itself a bad thing. but what characteristics are we going to introduce there is work on plants that can grow where plants agricultural products don't grow now they can grow in drier salty environments that may prove to be very positive where the g.m.o. is contribute to chemical dependence monoculture that's a negative development and i think that's something that we should avoid as for safety issue because every every new food source should be tested and verified that it's ok sarah what if it is a process a lot of people don't know much about cyprus and you coming in on and breaking it down for us james shapiro professor of microbiology at the university of chicago thank you it's been a pleasure. have you ever tried to type or swipe a word on the latest version of android google keyboard only to find that the computer

thankyoucards jenna: we just learned vitamins we take every day, supplements are not regulated by the f.d.a you have the bottles in your medicine cabinet? >> first speak to your doctor before you start taking supplements or vitamins. take the recommended dosages. don't think if two is good, four is better and stick with reputable brands, ones manufactured here in the u.s. that you buy in a general health food store or large chain store. that's the best advice. common sense as always. jenna: thank you very much. jon: right now, china is taking another big step toward becoming a major power in outer space. phil keating is live in miami with a look at that. >> after six decades of space dominance by astronauts and cosmonauts, it's time to get familiar with tykonauts because china is the third nation to be on the moon. k to earth inspiring enormousr national pride in china. last time a spacecraft landed on the moon was 1976 by the then soviet union. while china plans to put up its own space station in 2020 and land after that, the u.s. continues to depend on russia to get astronauts up and down

so for example when you go to uy a can of soup there is an f.d.a. label. some people care about sodium or sugar or fat. similarly we are developing a tool and we've done this for personal hement record but we are expanding it. this can help you say okay these folks do not resell my information or this is how they use it so a consumer can navigate this newly growing and exploding field. >> the government's role in supporting mobile healthcare technology tonight on the ommunicators on c-span2. >> we'll speak with former . nator blanch lincoln "washington journal" airs live every morning beginning at 7:00 eastern on c-span. >> last week the university of minnesota held a discussion about the bipartisan budget agreement and what it means for compromise between democrats and republicans. among the speakers were two congressmen. his is an hour and 15 minutes. >> good afternoon. i would like to welcome you to the university of minnesota. we have a terrific program here today talking about the significance of the budget deal reached in washington in terms of th

the f.d.a.troduce rules on e-cigarettes to make them very similar to the treatment of tobacco products. fees, marketing, that kind of thing will be tightly regulated. i don't think that's a very good thing. >> are they dangerous for you? >> you ingest nicotine. you get your drug fix of nicotine without the smoke. that's what they do for you. but you can get away from regular cigarettes by using those things. >> then it might get young kids to think it's okay to smoke. >> all true. >> number three, what about executives being forced to disclose their pay? >> pure politics. this is part of financial reform, dodd-frank. they want the chief executive of the company to say this is what i earned and this is how much more it is than the average worker in my company. huge problems with this. how do you calculate what the c.e.o. earned? if you get the stock option, you can't calculate the value of that. it's done purely to shame c.e.o.'s at a time when the president is pushing for income equality as oppo

. >> to even be eligible, you have to have no hope left, meaning there's no f.d.a.y that will work. in bob's case, he probably had five pounds of tumor when we treated him. in his bone marrow and spleen and other organs. >> a team of researchers at penn are treating leukemia in a revolutionary way, taking white blood cells known as t. cells from the sickest patients, then genetically engineering them to attack cancer. they do this by in fusing the t. cells with a form of the aids virus or h.i.v. that has been disabled so it cannot cause the disease. the newly engineered t cells are transfused back into the patient's blood. weeks after his treatment, he had his bone marrow tested. >> there was no more leukemia. >> was that astounding to you? >> it was very gratifying. >> bob is not alone. in the penn trials, 59 adults and children have been treated for end stage leukemia. 31 experienced complete remissions. of those, only six have seen their leukemia return. the results just published are preliminary, but encouraging. >> the scientists believe it may also fight other

the f.d.a. says they could fail to provide a needed shock in an emergency.re than 700,000 have been recalled since december 2012. there has been no reports of deaths or injuries. >> a stunning underwater res sue. >> he's alive. he's alive. >> a man dropped in a boat at the bottom of the atlantic ocean, how he manages to survive the terrifying ordeal. >> a bridge over troubled waters. why you were forced shut down the only stand to a popular destination. >> winter storm warnings are spreading south wards as a snow storm turns into an ice storm. >> a look at the snowy drive. it is down right cold. seven degrees this morning and more snow is on the tÑway. kz >>> welcome back to al jazeera america, i'm thomas drayton. just ahead. an amazing underwater rescue. a man managed to survive for three days in a drunken boat. first, the weather. in some cases it's places that have seen snow for a couple of days and more of it, like northern portions of minnesota. now minneapolis and all the way back to the rockies. utah set some records yesterday for the snow yesterday f

. >> the f.d.a.e company to build this test, which assimilates the warm, wet, salty conditions of the eye. the company intends the implants to be permanent, but they are only railed for five years, so it's a real question of just how long this remotely powered combination of titanium, platinum and silicone is going to last inside the body before needing replacing. >> using the device requires practice. >> there are only 60 pixels of information. you to have scan around in order to get the entire picture. >> the doctor who helped develop the device developed a prototype that could be in the eye delivering a high resolution image. >> we don't fully have the technology in hand, so the argus2 is more like a train and what we're talking about is more like a plane. >> it may not have changed lloyd's world, but given him a sense of it. >> i would say maybe two, three, four, i don't know. >> six, seven, yeah. >> you're a tall person, you're definitely tall. >> a blurry 60 pixel view of things is primitive co

while some exporters in malaysia have acted as a conduit to ship chinese shrimp to the yeats in f.d.a. circumvent alerts and anti-dumping duties. why have they been stopped? filthy products, contaminated products, antibiotic-laced products. putting in jeopardy the public health of people in the united states. and yet rather than improving food safety enforcement and regulation in partner nations, it may lead to a train of resources needed to ensure that food safety at agencies like the f.d.a. are called in to resolve these disputes with other countries. the agreement may even undermine critical u.s. food safety regulations. we also know from the recently leaked text that u.s. trade negotiators, and i said recently leaked because we don't have -- i repeat, we don't have access to the information. we're not able to go and -- or come in and have people lay it out. for us. the text of the trade negotiations are proposing an unbalanced provision to hinder our trading partners access to safe and more affordable drugs. this is not only going to raise the price of medicines overseas and preve