and the f.d.a. there are plenty of folks who have revolved between industry and the agency and that still goes on there are still folks there that have industry ties and some of it is just they haven't been forced you know the congress hasn't made them and they've gotten away from it as if not having the political will to do it was effort to force them in the courts just failed right the courts unfortunately we think made the wrong decision there and they said yes you know there's harm but you don't have to take it make a regulatory change because of it so we just think that this is going to force you know folks at the grassroots getting involved in our democracy enforcing congress to take some action on this because f.d.a. is not going to do it on their own i know tom lindsay is organization that communities are mentally ill with sounds fun have been working more more of what they've been doing is preventing you know having local communities pass laws preventing factory farms from even moving in bu

i just understand asked the f.d.a. has a particular process that's called fast tracking when there is a promising drug that comes forward gardasil they had scheduled for your trial but after fifteen months they went to the f.d.a. and said there is nothing like this vaccine on the market would you please consider this for fast track the f.d.a. said yes so within six months they approved it and as soon as they had it approved merck said lee will no longer continue our trial we're going to stop our trial because our drug is now grooved. so therefore we don't know the long term side effects we do know there been reports of pancreatitis reports of auto immune disease reports of transverse myelitis and reports of juvenile a.l.'s which is uniformly fatal in adolescence we are very committed to the safety of our products and you know we do everything we can to to monitor that and back some ice now to you know we're reassured by the data we generated in the course of our studies you know documented in the safety and tolerabilit

>> they are relying on the data to confirm what f.d.a. has done testing for. because f.d.a. does follow up on chemicals and vaccines and other medicines that are approved to ensure it is long term use over larger populations continues to show that it is safe. >> all right. still ahead, it is considered one of the most dangerous jobs in the u.s., working in a slaughter plant. the workers blame the chemicals for severe health. and we hear about the mississippi chicken and the shocking discover they made after talking to the low wage workers inside of the plants. h >> i stand in pain and i was really, really hurting. i was standing there in tears, hurting, until somebody came to carry me off the line and take me to the nurse's station. >> that was a former poultry plant worker and the majority of the workers are minorities or women. we reached out to the industry and lobbying organizations to come on the show. the national chicken council declined and saying it is too early to respond. the national poultry federation is inspecting and at least 90 days before writing the regulat

the f.d.a. said yes so within six months they approved it and as soon as they had it approved merck said we will no longer continue our trial we're going to stop our trial because our drug is now grooved. so therefore we don't know the long term side effects we do know there been reports of pancreatitis reports of two immune disease reports of transverse myelitis and reports of juvenile a.l.'s which is uniformly fatal in adolescence we are very committed to the safety of our products and you know we do everything we can to to monitor that and back some ice now to you know we're reassured by the data we generated in the course of our studies you know documenting the safety and tolerability of the next scene that is a that an example of why no vaccine particular vaccine for children should ever be fast tracked by the f.d.a. . less than one percent of all cancer deaths are for cervical cancer and yet we now have a vaccine that was only studied in twelve hundred girls under the age of sixteen before

has done its own testing for because f.d.a. does follow-up on chem k58s and vaccines and other medicines that are improved to ensure that it's long-term use over larger possession continues to show that it is safe. >> all right. still ahead, it is considered one. most dang ruz jobs in the u.s., working in a slaughter plant. some workers blame the chemicals for which they bathe the mete for a host of severe problems. the film makers behind "mississippi chicken," the shocking discover they made after talking to low-wage workers inside poultry plants. ♪ >> i stand sglufrnling i was standing there in paging pain. and i was really, really hurt. body had shut down. i was standing there in tears hurting until somebody came to carry me off of that line to take me to the nurse's station. >> welcome back. that was a former poultry plant worker. hers is a low-wage job. i want to point out, we reached out to the largest poultry leaders and their lobbying associations to come on the show. the national chicken association declined saying: th

plus you've seen warnings about nicotine and alcohol but what about sugar the f.d.a. considers a measure it says is targeted at obesity what this could mean for you and your health later in the show. it's august sixth four pm in washington d.c. i mean you're a david and you're watching r t america. it's been a day of reflection after a two star general became the highest ranking u.s. official to be killed in either of america's post nine eleven wars fifty five year old harold green was one of the army's gadget gurus an engineer by trade whose goal was to integrate digital technology and a way that would improve military operations greene was killed yesterday when when a gunman believed to be an afghan soldier opened fire at a military academy cademy near kabul afghanistan more than a dozen other soldiers were injured including eight americans it was among the most damaging insider attacks since the war in afghanistan began. a power grab is underway in iraq as islam akin surgeons continue in their fight not only for landon supporters but also for the country's most val

but recently, the united nations likeeped the method to torture and now the f.d.a.is considering a ban. the shock method is used in only one school, the private judge rotenburg center near boston. anna werner went inside to hear from those who support the method and from others, including former student jennifer msumba, who told the f.d.a. that the school has gone too far. >> reporter: how many times a day do you think you were shocked? >> in the beginning, i was shocked every day. >> reporter: jennifer msumba has autism. for seven years, she lived here at the judge rotenburg center in massachusetts where she wore a backpack like this one, sometimes 24 hours a day. inside is a device attached to electrodes that deliver a shock whenever a staffer presses a button on a remote carried on their belt. the center claims it stops bad or aggressive behavior. >> i felt like i was being punished for being born. that's what it feels like. because i was disabled, i was being punished. >> reporter: part of masum ba's treatment plan was for staffers to draw up a list of prohibite

component in that will want citizens to be able to look at the radio label and interpret it and the f.d.a. is also rearranging the label and so it'll be a little easier to read now and the key is that consumers will then have access to the information and they'll be able to at least know how much sugar is in their products which is right that they have to know how much sugar they're eating in so i think that's the first step in this process towards getting us towards following the science on this issue and getting a whole review and u.k. tional campaign that follows to teach people sort of how to break down the labels that they're reading right i think that will help rich but well also it also could lead to manufacturers adding less sugar in the first place if they are now have to say how much they're adding i think many will reconsider their formulas and think about ways to do you think that people are reading labels more and paying attention to these things you know like less sugar and you know. yeah what you want to say. you know whatever there are so many different labels out there do

the last time the f.d.a. approved an ingredient was 1999. researchers have learnt a lot since then. >> the traditional sun cleans that we have grown up with respect focused on the sps, the sun protection factor. what we have learnt is that u v.a. rays go deeper into the skip and cause the damage that causes the skin to age and lead to skin cancer. broad spectrum products protect against the uvb and u v.a. rays. in europe sun screens are cosmetic, allowing for faster approval. newer products and a larger variety are available there. a popular product is mexo rrk ark l. the house passed the sunscreen innovation act. senate approval is expected this fall. the bill will speed up the process. products that may prevent the pain and suffering of many like stacy, who is cancer free, but scarred. >> if people could see the hole in my back, the crater and everything that i went to, they would learn what i have gone through. >>> no race is immune from melanoma. while we wait for approval of products, here is what experts say you cap do - look for a bro

f.d.a. as you know has been questioned for how long it takes certain drugs to get through.his an instance where we are seeing there are effective drugs out there that the f.d.a. has just not gotten around to. >> you have to remember and look i'm not an attorney, i'm in the a attorney spokesperson. bottom line is when it comes to new drugs, something that is for high blood pressure you need to make sure that it is safe and it is effective. this is something where people are dying, we don't -- it is not like hypertension where we can think about it a little bit. this is something that is going to be needed quickly, it is needed quickly and i think authorities are really going to jump on it. it is a miracle drug within one this person, one of the missionaries was uptaking a shower and he was this close to meeting the grim reaper. it is incredible. >> speaking of the grim reaper, men die younger then the the women. >> yes, they do, it has always been that way and it will continue that way. there is a gender health gap, if you will. women, average age across the planet is about

the last time the f.d.a. approved a sun screen ingredient was 1999. researchers learnt a lot since then then. >> the sun screens we grew up with used fpf, but unfortunate v.a. rays -- u v.a. rays go deeper into the skin, and cause damage that can cause ageing and skin cancer. >> reporter: only two kinds of broad spectrum products are allowed in the u.s. newer products is a larger are available over the sees. a popular product is not available. the u.s. may be catching up. the house passed the sun screen innovation act. it will speed up the approval process of eight ingredient. product that may prevent the pain and suffering of people like casey, who is cancer free, but scarred. >> if people see the hole in my back, the crater from the skin cancer. they'd learn from what i have gone through. >>> no race or nationally is immune from getting melanoma, while we await the approval. here is how experts say you can protect yourself. >> look for a broad spectrum sun screen. use an spf of 30 or higher, ply all year round and some may be water resistant, but no

. >> reporter: f.d.a.commend pregnant woman eat 12 ounces of fish per week which can include some small amounts of canned tuna but consumer reports did its own analysis and they are telling pregnant woman to avoid tuna completely. >> tuna can have some very high mercury levels. >> consumer reports say the problem is mercury levels in canned tuna can vary so we don't know what we're getting. most tuna is safe but f.d.a.'s own research shows 20 percent of cans tested had high levels of mercury. >> fta is standing by its recommendations and tells cbs news, the the consumer reports am sissies limited and that it focuses on the mercury levels, in fish without considering the known positive nutritional benefits attributed to fish. consume are reports say there are plenty of fish besides tuna that are better options for pregnant woman. >> choose low mercury fish. >> reporter: low mercury fish include wild sal machine shrimp sardines and scallops. group believes these fish can give pregnant woman the health benefi

the last time the f.d.a. approved a sunscreen ingredient was 1999. researchers learnt a lot since then. >> the traditional sun screens we grew up with respect focused on the sps. sun application factor. and what we have learnt recently is that u v.a. rays go deeper into the skip, cause the damage and leads to skin cancer. >> broad spectrum - only two are available in the u.s. newer products are available in europe. a popular one is not available here. the u.s. may be catching up. promoted by cancer groups. the house passed the sunscreen innovation act. >> though in favour aaye. senate approval is expected in fall. it will speed up the approval of eight products, products that may protect the pain and suffering of many people, like stacy, who is cancer free but deeply scarred. >> if people could see the hole in my back, the crater, and everything that i went through, they'd learn from everything i have gone through. >>> no race or nationally is immune from melanoma. here is what experts say you can do now. look for a broad spectrum protecting against

prep which is f.d.a. have had proper is being offered to everyone and doctors say it is covered by most insurance plans. >>> and, continuing in this theme, for your health this morning, antidepressants, and love. listen to this a new study shows people taking the drugs are more likely to be uncomfortable with sharing their partner's thoughts and feelings. researchers at university of california/san diego say woman in the study saw more negative effects on their sex life then men taking that same drug. >>> the food and drug administration has eased safety restrictions on a experimental drug to treat people infect with the ebola virus. canadian drug maker, tech mira says f.d.a. maryland filed a hold it placed on the company's drug following safety concerns following human testing. right new there is in proven vaccine or treatment for the deadly ebola disease. >>> june bugs are causing a pesky problem for people in nashville. late blooming bugs have taken over a local park. experts say the city's recent rain

them.s one of the phase one trials and the f.d.a. has a hold on it. they were contracted by the defense.t of from what i read, and it is only available data it was showing promise. i'm not sure if there is any way to accelerate knowing that you want to obviously put something risky because is ebola is not 100% fatal, as we all mow. we don't want people getting sick from the remedy or supposed remedy. what about accelerating this? is there an effort to do that. and my final we is about the of air flight. many people have contacted my isice to as certain how safe it to fly perhaps next to somebody who maybe changed the unitedroute to states coming from liberia for example? efforts at the airports, particularly where large population, i don't know if you have enhanced efforts there where there is africa are more likely to go, but are they up to task of detecting at point of embarkation passengers who be sick from ebola? >> let me try to quickly give clear answers to all of those questions. the first is a relative case fatality rate of different groups an

the regulation does not cover meat or poll tree regulated by the department of agriculture not the f.d.a. many are adding the label because gluten free is popular. >> only about 1% of the population who we believe is silliac and users ever the product. and the number or percentage ever people buying the fruit gl free jumped 7 to 8%. >> and they same it will give them more can have dinner in choosing safe food. >> and a new law protecting profrgs who offer the drug. and family and friends with those with addictions can get trained in using it, too. >> and president barack obama keeping a low profile for his birthday. and a weekend celebration at camp david. camp david. among that, three fri a woman who loves to share her passions. grandma! mary has atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. that puts her at a greater risk of stroke. rome? sure! before xarelto®, mary took warfarin, which required monthly trips to get her blood tested. but that's history. back to the museum? not this time! now that her doctor switched her to once-a-day xarelto®, mary ca

the f.d.a.porting last month that a california based company issued a recall for its in home tattoo kits, in home? due to potential dangers involve. agency is reminding tattoo parlors, customers, and anybody that boost these in home kits that not all inks are safe to use. >> in home. >> never heard of that. >> yahoo and google forces are joining forces. they will team up to create a secure e-mail system that would be nearly resistant to hackers. >> nearly resist didn't. >> thank you. it would prevent government official from his reading users e-mail. they would also be unable to decrypt messages. google and yahoo, hope to have this new system in place next year. >> google, and in home tattoos. >>> children in oklahoma are excited as a school district in tulsa is change to go a four day school week. >> seriously. >> where was this? when iowas in school. >> district hopes they can attract the best teachers in a competitive hiring market and it says it will save monday which fewer days if they need

. >> emory doctors say they'll manage the situation carefully, and have been working with the f.d.a.,tocol treatments - not sure what that means, wh it is antibodies or fluids they'll put into the patient. we'll have to wait to see when they talk to us. the private jet that dropped off the first aid worker has left dobbins air force base in atlanta, headed to main to refuel and headed to liberia to pick up the second aide worker, nancy riball. odds are she'll land in atlanta on monday and be brought to the isolation unit in atlanta. one thing that doctors are stressing is they feel because of the modern health care, that they can help ebola victims better than what is going on in africa. they just don't have the systems in place to treat the patients. >>> more than three-quarters of libya's parliament met in tube rook because -- tib ruk because militias are battling over the airport. a law-maker has presided and new members had been elected. the last time they met some were kidnapped and parliament beseemed. >> thousands leave the country. they are fleeing to tunisia, and britain anno

second court certain court of appeals ruled that the f.d.a. could leave an antibiotic is used in animal feed on the market even though the dangers associated with that particular antibiotic are widely known including the increased risk of antibiotic resistant infections jumping to human beings basically this court gave big ag the go ahead to continue pumping millions and millions of pounds of antibiotics into poultry and livestock with very little concern for public safety. so why should americans care about this well for starters americans eat a lot of meat and superbugs and antibiotic resistant bacteria that are bred in factory farms you're easily wait make their way along the food along the meat into our food system for example last year a drug resistant seminal outbreak tied to chicken from foster farms sickened hundreds of americans and that outbreak is still getting worse today with over six hundred sickened americans and that wasn't bad enough these and antibiotic resistant super bugs can also get into our water supply and into the soil

i mean i don't you what the doctors are saying they say it should be allowed over the counter but f.d.a. regulations are keeping it as prescription which is making it too expensive and they find that low income women are not purchasing it because they need a prescription so i want low income women to have their birth control get the government out of the way i have an idea of a war it's a war only family planning organizations and i want to do surprise stings to check and see if the best is levels in those facilities and meet the standards so that those people that work there aren't harmed i want to raise the wage that those people are paid so that it is at least median income when they work i'm there i'm guessing the probably already or i don't know they're not absolutely played often placed at slave wages they play just above minimum wage but i want to do to the family planning organizations all across the country my own personal war one you progress is due to every other business every room here every of the safety measure i want them handicapped compliant i want i want surprise insp

labeling under our 365 every day value line this product was tested by a reputable third party lab using f.d.a. approved testing methodology to determine the labeling. we recognize that consumer reports is a trusted publication and are looking into why their test results are different from ours. the chain by the way said it would not comment on the lawsuit. >> a lot more sugar five times the amount. >> that is a lot. >>> labor day weekend is just a few days away, lot of folks have a long weekend ahead and hit up those holiday sales. >> what is the bar gauge. >> emily schmidt is live in washington d.c. to show what to buy and which at toms wait for. good morning, young lady. >> good morning. >> ukee and erika, good morning. the nice to be with you. we are talking about silver linings. if you have to say good bye to summer at least you can say hello to good deals. one is as close as your gas tank. triple a travel says average price gallon of the gas this weekend $3.44. good news. that is 15 cents less than it was this time last year. maybe why triple u.s. and israeli a says 35 million americans

. >> axelrod: novartis announced today it will apply for f.d.a. approval b by the end of the ye. ukraine's president said his country is on the brink of all-out war now that russian military troops have crossed the border into eastern part of ukraine. russian president vladimir putin says if his troops are there it's by mistake, but the european union is taking the situation seriously drawing up new sanctions to stop the troops in their traction. >> reporter: ukraine's president petro poroshenko said today his country is very close to the point of all-out war with russia. >> there's a very high risk, not only for the peace and stability for >> but for the whole peace and stability in europe. >> reporter: european leaders are growing increasingly concerned that moscow may be eyeing neighboring countries to invade. british prime minister david cameron: >> we have to address the completely unacceptable situation of having russian troops on ukrainian soil, countries in europe shouldn't need to think long before realizing just how unacceptable that is. we know that from our history. >

butter you name it it costs more recent droughts are partly to blame for the rising prices but the f.d.a. the latest round of food regulations can also share the blame because there are a total circle of doma first we've got this capitalist system that encourages corporations to make really unhealthy cheap food to maximize profits for investors so our food makers make crap food then we all get fat then the government studies why we're all fat and comes up with regulations like food makers need to reduce the amount of sodium in their products yet you need to watch your salt intake but for thing hamburger. help her to reformulate their box of divorce isn't going to solve our obesity craze it's just going to drive up the cost of hamburger helper as it offsets the cost of complying with regulations and in turn hamburger helper is going to contain even incredibly your ingredients and thus the circle of regulatory domain is completed. another factor in rising food costs is the us to be regulation of the commodities market that's according to a study from the new england complex systems into tw

makers of the map and the obama administration to facilitate faster production of the drug now the f.d.a. has not approved this medicine for wide public use and can in no way confirm that it can help patients so world health leaders are kind of mired in a catch twenty two if they don't allow further use of the map the public will say they're allowing people to die unnecessarily on the other hand if they allow the use of the map on a broader scale of people the public will say they're experimenting on humans so it's kind of a tough call for doctors to make at this point but it is a decision that will have to be made sooner rather than later due to this apparent rapid infection rate from washington manila chan our city. a federal judge in california says she will not force the government to release more documents about its spying program the electronic frontier foundation or the feds had requested that the department of justice disclose three sets of documents among them was a memo regarding the us census and patriot act patriot act the names of the companies that shared user data with the

makers of the map and the obama administration to facilitate faster production of the drug now the f.d.a. has not approved this medicine for wide public use and can in no way confirm that it can help patients so world health leaders are kind of mired in a catch twenty two if they don't allow further use of the map the public will say they're allowing people to die unnecessarily on the other hand if they allow the use of the map on a broader scale of people the public will say they're experimenting on humans so it's kind of a tough call for doctors to make at this point but it is a decision that will have to be made sooner rather than later due to this apparent rapid infection rate from washington manila chan arts. all right before hearing this you should probably brace yourself newly released footage reveals that osama bin laden has entered the united states by illegally across the us mexico border well not really that's actually a political activist jane doe see if most known for a previous acorn scandal in one of the more bizarre acts of political commentary o'keefe released the video

makers of the map and the obama administration to facilitate faster production of the drug now the f.d.a. has not approved this medicine for wide public use and can in no way confirm that it can help patients so world health leaders are kind of mired in a catch twenty two. if they don't allow further use of the map the public will say they're allowing people to die unnecessarily on the other hand if they allow the use of the map on a broader scale of people the public will say they're experimenting on humans so it's kind of a tough call for doctors to make at this point but it is a decision that will have to be made sooner rather than later due to this apparent rapid infection rate from washington manila chan r.c. finally assured from the stylish but messy university student amir patel is set to release the first orders of his nanotech shirts that actually repel water twenty one year old c.e.o. the twenty one year old c.e.o. and his team were looking for an alternative to the spray on method of water proofing clothes using nanotechnology and the natural mineral silica they were able to d

the f.d.a. campaign, we are actually quite excited about the work that they have been doing all so laser focused on youth and initiation and trying to keep experimenters from consolidating. so doing very different things. the other thing to keep in mind is both campaigns combined represent in terms of the amount of promotional effort that we are able to make, represents about five days compared -- out of the year of with the tobacco companies are spending. >> your talking about combined? >> yes. ours is -- >> out of the inner in 65. >> right. >> elaborate a little bit on the real cost. >> sure. unfortunately too many kids experiment with cigarettes for the first time over 3,000. >> today. >> each day. indeed stay over 700 kismet the progression from experimentation to become regular smokers. the good news is compared to 20 years ago those numbers are down the bad days is, those numbers are still unconscionably high from a public health perspective there are 25000012-17-euros and our entire count

the f.d.a. is lifting the hold on the experimental ebola drug used to help the united states american citizens. >>> a controversial american ad is called disturbing and sexist and some say it is underage porn. the photos were posted on instagram that showcases back-to-school line. the photos have been taken down but not before they were shared by thousands on the when. one called the pictures "horrifying and dangerous misogynist behavior." >> another g.m. recall, this time involving 200,000 s.u.v.s. here is america's money report. >>> topping america's money, g.m. recalling s.u.v.'s that can catch fire with 200,000 affected. owners are told to park inside until a problem with the window switch can be fixed. >> and change to credit scores make it ease are to get a loan, no longer including medical debts that will boost consumer lending. >> minnesota cafe is adding 35 crept minimum wage fee after the minimum wage went up 75 cents. the owner says that will cost an extra $10,000 a year. this has spa

the food can be identified by looking at the stickers on the fruit and going to the f.d.a.ime for the the good, the bad, and the ugly. the good. taylor swift serenading one of her fans. ♪ ♪ >> surprising is en-year-old jordan while -- surprising seven-year-old jordan while he received treatment for cancer. >> a high speed chase at 100 miles per hour. jackson hanson facing a d.u.i. and several other charges. >>> united airlines running the least apology sincere letter everything forgetting to fill in the blanks in the templates. >> thank you for joining us. we hope you have a great day. >> "fox & friends" starts right now. >> bye. >> hello. good morning. today is tuesday, august, 5, 2014. i'm in for elisabeth hasselbeck. a fox news alert. another american infected with ebola arrives in the united states, this as doctors test a man in new york city for the deadly virus. >> great. the white house has a whole new excuse for why they waited until now to do anything about the immigration crisis. >> the house, the senate and the white house, 2009-2010. why didn't you focus on solv

an f.d.a. regulation about glut gluten-free today tomorrow.se are some of the stories we are following coming up on "action news at 5:00." >>> and cecily will be back with the accuweather forecast. >>> and the american affected with ebola, how they are responding to treat when now back on american soil. >>> and take the abc news app on your tablets or smart phones no matter how large >> there was cake and there were candles in the white house today. president obama is celebrating a birthday. the commander in chief turns 53 today. he spent the day in closed meetings with his cabinet, probably not the most exciting way to spend the day, but he did get to spend this weekend with a few rounds of golf with a childhood friend. happy birthday, mr. president. >>> now time for the forecast, a little sticky but we'll take it. >> and cecily tynan out there in the sticky weather. >> it is a little humid but a little breeze making it comfortable. and over the weekend not seeing much sunshine but it is back. philadelphia 83 degrees. the many humidity not op

the f.d.a.s lifting the hold on the experimental ebola drug used to treat two infacted -- infected americans. >>> malaysian airlines is getting an overhaul and be owned by the government soon. the investment company that owns majority stake wants to buy out other shareholders as the stock has fall an quarter in a year. they are trying to recover from two disasters flight 17, hot down over ukraine. of course, flight 370 disappearing in march. >> google admitted they turned over gmail user after scanning explicit child images and facebook does the same. they said the user photo d.n.a. is used to test whether it is a child abuse image if someone or something were found authorities are notified. no word if there have been arrests from facebook. >>> who years island rip arrested nixon made history and was the first and only united states president to resign from office august 8, 1974 facing all but certain impeachment over the watergate scandal. the resignation took affect the next day and vice presi

this is an ad, the chemical in question was approved by the f.d.a. 17 years ago but they used colgate-backedo determine this. studies show the chemical caused fetal bone mal stock analysts say they will about to the public pressure and remove the chemical from the product even if the chemical is proved to be safe. >>> from sacramento, the bill that with have forced important grief actors to wear condoms will not become law this year. the measure great a southern california assembly man died because of lack of support. it is the second year in a row the measure has failed to make it out of committee. he says this is bake worker protection measure but the porn industry sarges against it saying it would drive jobs out of california. another measure would give money to families to buy deed periods for -- buy diapers. >> "good morning america" team >> "good morning america" team got soaked for a good cause. >> they wide awake enjoy, the entire team got a bucket of ice water poured over them raising water poured over them raising money and awareness for al really happy. >> it happens to you. mike?

it's not a vaccine or a cure, but it's simply a treatment that the f.d.a. has not approved, but since it was given over in west africa, it was allowed. we were told the doctor was given that serum again in the past few days here at the hospital trough try and stabilize him even more. the hospital right now is looking at him and at his vitals, making sure his body is fighting off this deadly ebola infection and they are expecting the other aid worker to show up here this morning. they're going to treat her in the same capacity. >> nancy writebol is coming into dobbins air force base because there were concerns and fears about her flying to a civilian facility. are those fears starting to subside in atlanta? >> well, i think here in atlanta, indeed yes, the local media has done a really good job of telling people there's not really any fear on this ebola outbreak to spread into the population here. this is not an airborne infection. nationally, in new york, you have a gentlemen there that claims that he may have some signs of it. doctors have said they don't

it's easy to do it in africa because the f.d.a. has no jurisdiction over there. they do in the u.s. there is another medicine that got the green light to move on with trials, so there's a couple of things out there. again, it is not a cure or vaccine, but definitely a treatment in the works. >> live in atlanta, thank you. >> another story people are talking about, police in ontario county new york saying celebrated nascar driver tony started will not be prosecuted for hitting another driver. >> we have details of the accident which has shaken the racing game at every level. >> absolutely. you're right, everybody is talking about this story. three time nascar champion and nascar team owner tony stewart was doing some much lower stakes sprint car racing on a dirt track in new york saturday, driving the number 14 car. he spun out 20-year-old driver kevin ward. ward jumped out of his number 13 car and may have been trying to confront stewart as he circled around. while another driver avoided him, stewart fish tailed and struck him. the impact threw ward 25-50 feet on to the track. docto

. >>> right now the f.d.a. is issuing a warning about fake products being sold on line, claiming to prevent or treaty bowl a the health agency says that it has received consumer complaints about these drugs but it did not specify a product in its warning. this comes after an nigeria official says eight ebola patients will receive another experimental treatment. >>> time for a check of your weather on this friday morning. it really feels nice outside, doesn't it. >> down like fall like. >> it really is. >> today at the shore if you have a week even getaway on the way, 78 degrees. ocean water temperature is up to 75. pretty nice. not real hot but pretty nice. 81 degrees on saturday. it will be dry, sunny. sunday is the day, probably late in the day and we will see some showers, so we will get some morning at the beach, and then maybe after, as it gets toward evening when you are thinking of going home anyway. so that is when it will rain here. it is a different story in the mountains. the rain will come in the mo

university hospital and he represents the first active case of ebola in north america but there is no f.d.a. approved treatment for the virus, doctors hope to keep his body as strong as possible long enough for are natural defenses to fight the infection. >> we are ready and looking forward to fight the patient and assist his family. >> dr. brantley's wife says and i quote, "i spoke with him and thankful for being in the united states. and i am thankful to god for his safe transport and forgiving him the strength to walk support hospital." this video shows him walking with assistance but under his own power. his wife asks people to pray for him, the nurse, and those who continue to serve the liberian people, and the liberian people. >> a united states air force plane changed course to avoid being intercepted by a russian fighter jet which was an international airspace over the baltic sea when the captain learned a russian fighter was approaching. the plane veered into swedish airspace and then returned to base. this happened july 18 a day after malaysian airline flight 17 was brought down b

. >>> the f.d.a. has a warning tonight for parents considering getting contact lens for their kids.hy they are not the best option for all children would have sight issues. that story in "healthcheck," and more coming your way including the holiday forecast and traffic as well. >> see you shortly. >>> "action news" back wit >>> all right, arguably the most important thing of this day is the accuweather forecast. >> i know, and it is looking kind of good out there. let's go to meteorologist adam joseph at the big board. >> a lot of pressure on my shoulders this weekend. a beautiful summer with low humidity, decent amount of sunshine. that's going to change over the upcoming weekend, but right now only in the upper 70s areawide. in fact we are now in the lower 70s at the shore. in the last hour dropped 2 degrees in beach haven. it has taken time but it kicked in, seaside heights coming in also at 74 degrees. if you are having company come over this weekend and you have got to mow the lawn this evening, not a bad thing. it is actually a pleasant evening for that with low humidity. 78 a

the f.d.a. proposed regulating e-cigarettes and suggested a ban on people under 18. it is open to public comment. i reached out to several companies making e-cigarett e-cigarettesmee-cigarettes. philip morris criticised the report and says it can play an important role for public help. >> appreciate it. thank you. >>> an unusual looking sheep in tasmania. he's never been shorn. he has a shacky appearance. the two farmers that found him think he's covered in 44 pounds of wool. it's believed to be about six years old. the farmers plan to sheer him to see if they can break the record for the most wool from one anal. mann. that's all of our time. "real money" with ali velshi is next. >> vladimir putin is not backing down, though russia's economy is feeling the pain of sanctions. how the russian president is training his country to be trading independent of the west. >> and ferguson's economic divide. how migration a couple of decades ago set the stage for today's strikes. >>> and taking you down to the louisiana bayou at the center of a natural gas revolution. i'm ali ve

fears sparking panic across western africa and here at home with the f.d.a.g to warn people to avoid fake vaccines and treatments. this doctor is a disease expert at vanderbilt university and joining us now with his insights. talk to us for a moment about the concerns about the fake treatments for ebola. >> well, we're trying to get more and more people into treatment and the basis of treatment obviously is support of the patient, making sure that the patient's body is well functioning, its blood pressure is maintained, if there are blood transfusions that are necessary and the like and of course, what we would like to do is initiate clinical trials for these new experimental treatments to see if they will work so if they do work, we can get them to the affected people just as quickly as possible. >> but when we're talking about fake treatments, fake treatment of viruses, what are we talking about specifically and how would they come into health centers to patients who need, you know, the vaccine treatment? >> yeah. i was talking about the good treatments. th

colgate said their toothpaste is safe and has been approved by f.d.a. >>> just more than 30 minutes aay of hitting pavement cuts risk of getting breast cancer for age 50 and up. scientists looked at data from close to 60,000 post menopausal woman and discover those who started exercising in the last four years and kept it up reduced their risk of breast cancer. they found exercise done in younger years did not have an impact. find study in the cancer epidemiology bio markers and prevention. >>> 5:21. let's do weather on the one's with sue serio. >> it may be a challenge but as long as you have your umbrella you can get your walk n here's are weather forecast for your tuesday, cloudy and humid this morning and showers are in the process of moving in as we speak. it is not raining here just yet but mostly cloud which a few scattered showers around and then this evening heavier rain arrives with thunderstorms scattered around the area. one to 2 inches have rain possible with this storm. that is what to expect from the weather authority. lets see is what facing than on those roadways we a