one woman dr francis kelsey a canadian born doctor and pharmacologist had just joined the federal drug administration when she received an application to bring thalidomide onto the american market here was a drug that looked like it should be no problem but at the same time there was just a feeling in the. do something in the nature of the absence of the. cause of concern the application came from richardson merrill one of america's oldest drug companies known years ago for its best selling product vix cough drops merrill poured on the pressure they contacted the f.d.a. fifty times they went behind a back to those periods they complained of better in writing threatened global proceedings i pushed and pushed and pushed and she was resolute she was unbelievably tough. but i know that we're all at most indebted to dr kelsey the relationship with the hope that all of us have for our children in august one thousand nine hundred sixty two. john f. kennedy awarded the highest civilian honor an american can receive to dr francis kelsey so kill c. really you know. who the mother because. i come home from the

(pam) the federal drug administration and the department of homeland security are working together tore patients and their devices are secure. jessica smith reports. nats hackers bad actors have hacked bank accounts and emails...but could they hack your heart? any connected medical device has the potential for cyber threats to occur suzanne schwartz is an fda cybersecurity expert. she says implantable devices that send information to doctors, patients and healthcare providers could be at risk. pacemakers, difibulators, insulin pumps>there are also concerns hackers could target machines like mris, cat scans and ventilators. we are building information sharing platforms. that's really the key here, is that cybersecurity is a shared responsibilitythe fda has also enlisted so-called "white hat" hackers to help identify cyber weaknesses. (ken)the fda also recently developed a cyber security "playbook" fo

. >> reporter: the federal drug administration says it doesn't have enough information to ask suppliers for a recall, so it's putting out the warning before thanksgiving instead. so far, more than 30 people have gotten sick, 10 in california. at the farmers market in san francisco, this grower from salinas says the problem generally exists in larger forms, not small, organic ones like his. >> when you mass-produce a certain crop, you can create those environments, where they can get polluted, or other bugs can fall in there, or, you can get contaminated. >> reporter: the warning includes romaine that comes in bags, or premixed salads. the advice is, get rid of it. in san francisco, rob roth, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> new details in southern california, where detectives are trying to determine what prompted a gun man who opened fire inside a bar in thousand oaks, killing 12 people. the gun man was ian davis long. he was a former marine. the speculation that he suffered from ptsd, but there was no official diagnosis. investigators say neighbors were afraid of his unpredictable behavior, and fo

. >> reporter: the federal drug administration says it doesn't have enough information to ask suppliers for a recall so is putting out the warning before thanksgiving instead. so far, more than 30 people have gotten sick, 10 in california. at the farmers market in san francisco, this grower from salinas says a problem generally exists in larger firms, not small, organic ones like his. >> when you mass-produce a certain crop, you can create those environments where you can get polluted, or other bugs can fall in there or you can get contaminated. >> reporter: the morning does include romaine that comes in bad -- bags or in mix salads. the advice is, get rid of it. julie? >> rob roth in san francisco tonight, thank you. >>> it was a rough day on wall street tonight. stocks fell with big losses for silicon valley tech giants. the dow was off 551 points, more than 2%. the nasdaq was down 119 and the s&p 500, lost 49 points. apple shares themselves fell another 5% over concerns about iphone sales. joining us now is james mcbride from the mcbride group. so, what's going on here president trum

federal government is open today. >> new efforts from the food and drug administration to crack down on teen smoking. the fda is working to ban menthol and min in cigarettes. a move that could take years to put in place. th'll also limit where flavored e-cigarettes can be purchased. those restrictions could kick in within a few months. the federal study found that 3 millio stountudents in middle o high school are using e-cigarettes. >> if you need more than one cup of coffee to get youray ing, it might be your dna's fault. the more sensitiveso a p is to the bitter taste of caffeine, the more coffee they drink.

federal agencies, such as the drug enforcement administration, still do, especially along the border.(ken) an estimated three million americans live with a peanut or tree nut allergy... putting them at risk of accidental exposure that could be life-threatening. a new study published in the new england journal of medicine suggests promising results for an allergy treatment in the works. jeremy roth has the details in tonight's health minute. a peanut powder-filled capsule could be the key to treating peanut allergies ... gradually exposing people with allergies to allergens could reduce their risk of a severe reaction.researchers across 10 countries studied 551 participants with peanut allergs between age four and 55.most -- 496 -- were between ages four and 17.three- quarters of the participants received increasing doses of the experimental treatment -- the rest received a placebo. side effects pushed 11-percent of the participants to drop out of the study.after a year, each remaining participant took an exit challenge -- eating the equivalent of two peanuts under a doctor's supervisi

federal agencies, such as the drug enforcement administration, still do, especially along the border.still ahead at 8 strange explosions every day... sometimes twice a night. now neighbors are worried someone might get hurt. plus. the new treatment that could help people with peanut allergies. and next. new video of the moment a destructive wildfire ignited. and the punishment the man who started it will face for years. (ken) the u-s forest service is releasing new video of the moment a border patrol agent accidentally started the 47-thousand-acre sawmill fire in arizona.(pam) dennis dickey started the sawmill fire by shooting a rifle at a target filled with explosive materials for his baby gender reveal party. that fire went on to cause 8-million dollars in damage. dickey reported the fire immediately after he started it. he was sentenced in federal court in october. he's set to pay $100,000 immediately and $500 every month for the next 20 years. dickey will be on probation for the next five years and has to help the government advocate for fire safety. (ken) mysterious explosions. n

federal government is open today. >> new efforts from the food and drug administration to crack down on teen smoking. the fda is working to ban menthol and min in cigarettes. a move that could take years to put in place. th'll also limit where flavored e-cigarettes can be purchased. those restrictions could kick in within a few months. the federal study found that 3 millio stountudents in middle o high school are using e-cigarettes. >> if you need more than one cup of coffee to get youray ing, it might be your dna's fault. the more sensitiveso a p is to the bitter taste of caffeine, the more coffee they drink. that might seem counter intuitive but coffee lovers learn to associate that bitter taste with the boost that our boes get fromhe caffeine. all right. if you're heading to the new york for the high scho notice something different. >> one of the most iconic toy stores in the country will open it's d today. it's back open for business. it has a new location inside rockerfeller center. the 156-year-old store closed few years ago but it promised to be back. it will feature it's giant dance on piano

federal regulators are taking steps aimed at eliminating the rise in teen vaping. the food and drug administrationvoredg to limit e-cigarettes to specialized vaping stores. the fda plans to draw but plan on traditional cigarettes and flavored cigars. a federal judge ruled today whether it was illegal for the white house to provoke the press path of cnn correspondent jim costa. it was taken away after a conversation at a news conference. cnn calls it unconstitutional. the white house says reporters do not have a constitutional right. bloomberg was one of several organizations who file a brief in favor of cnn. global news 24 hours a day, on air and @tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. david? david: thanks so much, mark. still ahead, as mark just mentioned, we are awaiting the news conference from u.k. prime minister theresa may. we will bring that to you as soon as it does. from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ bloomberg. ♪ david: you are watching "balance of power." i am david westin. we are waiting for th

yesterday while describing a federal district court judge in san francisco who blocked the administration's asylum policy. >>> new details to stop eating romaine lettuce. the food and drug administration says that the tainted lettuce that sickened people in 11 days likely came from california. investigators are still working the date of the gin of the report e. coli illnesses correspond with the romaine harvest in the salinas valley. 10 of the 32 people who were sickened by the lettuce are from california. >>> supermarkets are stocked with everything needed to make a thanksgiving beach. people were out picking up a pie for a feast. across the bay area shoppers were scrambling to check off items on their grocery list. >> there is one main menu item that many people put off purchasing until the very last minute.>> reporter: is thing having -- it's thanksgiving you. all of the stores are packed with people. gespecial. i want to know what people are shopping for. looks like we have all of the power that flowers. >> we have these amazing crabapple. there little sweet treats. >> i not appearing thank you, but i did get some bubblyer com stepping. everybody knows -- in we have

drug threat in the united states. 72,000 deaths in 2017 from opioid related overdoses. federal officials are concerned methamphetamine is rising in areas not known to be hotspots for those drugs. drug enforcement administrationts threat assessment today. level news, powered by 2700 journalists and analysts. this is bloomberg. out, oilvron earnings and gas production at a record. they started the buyback in the third-quarter. it is going to be pivotable -- pivotal. if you are delivering on production and buybacks that makes investors happy. david: exxon will? alix: we will see. they had a killer quarter. quite shareholders may want that money back. let's talk about the jobs numbers which broke nine minutes ago. a big beat on the total number of jobs created. a slight revision downward last month. .2 percent in hourly earnings adds up to 3.1% increase year-over-year. futures are up on the news. we will see what the fed has to do with it. >> the trade balance came in, negative. worse than estimated and were sequentially. the numbers were interesting. imports and exports rose. down 29%, the lowest since february. , butre getting a breeze when you get import data exports rising, that is a better signal. the gap i

federal officials in some recent administrations. that is something the mexican public is absolutely exhausted. as well as the 12 year drug war.ides we have seen reach a record. lisa: so far, his actions have not been well over -- well received at all. he is left the bond yield -- bond yields climbing to the highest level in years. the feel andat is mexico. eric: he was elected and sees his mission as furthering the interests of the people who he perceived as the mexican people. the public at large. the mediumy where income annually is around $15,000, it is worth asking the question, what kind of a president should the country have and who would benefit or which people is the president meant to serve? he has ruled out a lot of programs to help the elderly, doubling their pensions to roughly $100 per month as well as programs for unemployed youth to keep them away from crime. heot of expectations that may not be the best president for investors, but for the millions of mexicans affected and had never been able to vote for a president to serve those interests, amlo is serving directly those interest. caroline: do you think he wi

federal partners and our state and local partners. so i want to echo what everyone said about how important collaboration is to drug enforcement. on the administrative side, d.e.a. does several things. first, d.e.a. sets quotas for the amount of controlled substances that manufacturers can manufacture every year. we have been reducing those quotas significantly. the idea here, is supply matters. and what we don't want is more addictive drugs available than are actually needed for medical purposes and research purposes. so over the last four or five years, we have now reduced the quotas for these drugs about 44%. it is important from our perspective to always ensure that those medications are available for those who actually need them. but there is never a shortage. but it is also important for us to ensure that those, that those quo fas are at a level where diversion, large numbers of prescription medications, controlled substance, cannot occur. the other thing we do on the enforcement side with respect to a registrant. a registrant is anybody who is registered with the drug enforcement administration to handle controlled substances. this goes from

drug dealers and we had a hurricane. they want the federal government to do everything for them is a lie. i know because this administration would not allow members of congress air force facilities. i got on a plane. sorry for being so personal and we can get there with no assistance. i also want to make this clear i know there are hundreds of men and women that work at fema every day to go out there and do in a standing loan - - outstanding job. i see them and i met with them the armed forces of the united states h but this is the most powerful and technological advance country in the world that in spite of what you saw we did not do what we can we are technologically advanced and with a year and a half later the light still goes out. and people are still fleeing the island. and as you make your plan you have a president of the united states who says that is very intelligent to believe that climate change is real with hundreds of scientist those that no longer live on the island they live in chicago or florid florida, those are climate change refugees the waters are getting warmer. so prepare because on the low side it is

drug dealers. why do i say this, because they want the federal government to do everything within. that is a lie. how do i know, because although this administration would not allow members of congress to use airport facilities, i got on a plane. and she got on a plane and we were able to get there with no assistance. i want to make sure i make this clear i know that there are hundreds of men and women that work at fema every day and go out there to do an outstanding job. i see them, i've met with them and i know there are members of the armed assist that have been out there that this is the most powerful, richest most technologically advanced country in the world. in spite of what you saw them do, we didn't do what we can. we are rich and powerful, technologically advanced. we still have blue tarps over people's groove. people are still fleeing the island and i just want to say as you make your plans i know we have because of that says he's intelligent but in his gut he doesn't believe climate change is real although hundreds of scientists, the hundreds of thousands that don't live on the island of david in chicago, florida, throughout the united

federal agents and if necessary any armed forces to assist in real activity that threaten our national security. in the trump administration, the last two years we've seen a 30% drop in homeland security, drugthat impacts border states and to have the rhetoric to separate our military hen and women from their families and not to treat asylum seekers and refugee, folks seeking refugee in this manner and it is incredibly troubling to most border states, new mexico included. >> you have mentioned education in your first answer and i know that's something you campaigned on. how much did the national climate affect your race for governor, was it something that was a consistent part of the conversation or do you credit a focus on local issues for your win? >> i think it was a healthy combination. new mexicans did not favor trump as a presidential candidate. new mexic arksmexicans felt the administration were having trouble getting the federal government to respond to this state. we're a state that relies on d medicaid and not having the relationship is problematic for a state like new mexico. local shieissues saying you hav relationships with every local community and expertise and a vision to tr

drug dealers. why do i say that? because he said they want the federal government to do everything for them. that is a lie. how do i know it's a lie? because although this administration would not allow members of congress to use, right, airports, facilities to fly to the island of puerto rico that we wanted to, i got on a plane. congresswoman velazquez -- sorry for being so personal, got on a plane, too. we were able to get there without assistance. now i want to make this clear, i know that there are hundreds of men and women that work at fema every day that go out there to do an outstanding job. i don't -- i see them. i've met with them and i know there are members of the armed forces of the united states that have been out there. but this is the most powerful, richest, most technologically advanced country in the world. so in spite of what you saw them do, we didn't do what we can. we're rich. we're powerful. we're technologically advanced. we still have blue tarps a year and a half later over people's roofs. the light still goes out. the water still ceases to come. people are still fleeing the island. and i just wanted to say, as you make your plans, i know that