food standards agency to rated a slaughterhouse. >> this is the premises of the slaughterhouse in westhire and west wales, raided by police and the food standards agency. they uncovered the first suspected case of a u.k. abattoir replacing horse meat with beef. production has been suspended as the investigation is carried out. >> we will be following up with the full rigor of investigative powers. if there has been criminal activity, i suspect the police will use the full force of the " -- criminal law. >> they are attempting to restore public confidence. >> we will carry on. working with the authorities of a number of european countries. >> horse meat had been found in burgers and the scandal has spread across europe from ireland. they will meet with their counterparts from other european countries to discuss the current -- a crisis. -- the crisis. >> in china the foreign ministry says they are firmly opposed to the third nuclear test in north korea. the have urged north korea to abide by its non-nuclear commitment. martin has traveled to the border city to gauge local reactions. >> w

in this case the food standards agency was made aware of the situation and once again they attended a cover up the article says the f.s.a. set up in the wake of the b.s.e. crisis remember there are always set up in the wake of a crisis of mad cow disease crisis yes they kept secret test results showing the bad drug and meat from horses slaughtered in the u.k. last year until after a whistleblower had leaked them so they were set up. to deal with a mad cow disease which again everybody kept on saying eat eat the beef it's ok there was that minister the environment minister who was fed a hamburger to his child and then. be fed that tainted beef to his kid that's what all these do you. know is going to be frozen is some ice crackers and some crackers and a side of your honky b. if. i make it you know beautiful. so this week it waited a whole day before telling the public in a brief press release slapped on its website but not sent out to journalist that frozen beef and ready meals contains staggering levels of undeclared horsemeat and again this is exactly what the u.s. does the late fri

in this case the food standards agency was made aware of the situation and once again they attended a cover up the article says the f.s.a. set up in the wake of the b.s.e. crisis we were there at all we set up in the wake of a crisis of mad cow disease crisis yes they kept secret test results showing the bad drug bute and meat from horse the slaughter of the u.k. last year until after a whistleblower had leaked them so they were set up. deal with a mad cow disease which again everybody kept on saying eat eat the beef it's ok there was that minister the environment minister who was fed a hamburger to his child and then. that tainted beef to his kid that's what all these do you. get with the zone is so nice crackers you know some crackers have a side of your honky before you make it you know beautiful. so this week it waited a whole day before telling the public in a brief press release slapped on its website but not so down to journalist that frozen beef and ready meals contains staggering levels of undeclared horsemeat and again this is exactly what the us does the late friday afterno

responsible for and of course that's because there's the financial services authority and the food standards agency and it is that the two scandals otherwise known as crimes are very similar in the conduct of the authorities and the regulators and the participants in it could exactly be the same but yeah it's fantastic because they both lead to. a decline in living standards and inflation you know because when they chop up the mortgage backed securities and chop up the bond they securitize the bonds and they create interbank sells me to all of these of these adulterated bonds the bank of england steps in to add the filler to add the horse meat to add the additional adulteration that causes the purchasing power of the pound to decline it causes inflation simultaneously the food is adulterated as well so that that's hiding the fact that food prices are going up it's still the inflation but they also have real inflation too soon to be real inflation in the food prices so we're in an inflationary vortex here in the u.k. the first headline here reads horsemeat why did no one want to disclose full scale

in this case the food standards agency was made aware of the situation and once again they attended a cover up the article says the f.s.a. set up in the wake of the b.s.e. crisis we were there always set up in the wake of a crisis of mad cow disease presses yes they kept secret test results showing the bad drug bute and meat from horses slaughtered in the u.k. last year until after a whistleblower had leaked them so they were set up. to deal with a mad cow disease which again everybody kept on saying eat eat the beef it's ok there was that minister the environment minister who was fed a hamburger to his child and then. tainted beef to his kid s. with all these do you. get of the zone is some nice crackers and some crackers and a side of your honky b. if you make it you know beautiful. so this week it waited a whole day before telling the public in a brief press release slapped on its website but not so down to journalist that frozen beef and ready meals contains staggering levels of undeclared horsemeat and again this is exactly what the us does the late friday afternoon press release

in this case the food standards agency was made aware of the situation and once again they attended a cover up the article says the f.s.a. set up in the wake of the b.s.e. crisis remember there are always set up in the wake of a crisis of mad cow disease presses yes they kept secret test results showing the bad drug bute and meat from horses slaughtered in the u.k. last year until after a whistleblower had leaked them so they were set up. to deal with a mad cow disease which again everybody kept on saying eat eat the beef it's ok there was that minister the environment minister who was fed a hamburger to his child and then. be fed that tainted beef to his kid s. what all of these do you. know is going to be frozen is some ice crackers and some crackers and a side of here on t.v. if. i make it you know beautiful. so this week it waited a whole day before telling the public in a brief press release slapped on its website but not sent out to journalists at frozen before ready meals contain staggering levels of undeclared horsemeat and again this is exactly what the us does the late frida

in this case the food standards agency was made aware of the situation and once again they attended a cover up the article says the f.s.a. set up in the wake of the b.s.e. crisis remember there are always set up in the wake of a crisis of mad cow disease crisis yes they kept secret test results showing the bad drug and meat from horses slaughtered in the u.k. last year until after a whistleblower had leaked them so they were set up. to deal with a mad cow disease which again everybody kept on saying eat eat the beef it's ok there was that minister the environment minister who was fed a hamburger to his child and then. be fed that tainted beef to his kid that's what all these do you. get with the clothes on is some nice crackers and some crackers i have a side of here on t.v. if. i make it you know beautiful. so this week it waited a whole day before telling the public in a brief press release slapped on its website but not so down to journalist that frozen beef and ready meals contain staggering levels of undeclared horse meat and again this is exactly what the us does the late friday

isn't is this time the food standards agency for failing to actually regulate food standards there's a remarkable similarity to the failure of the financial services authority the other f.s.a. and that was a blowers they were ignored and ignorance fanned on the fraud being made public your thoughts on both these f.s.a. scandals how stupid can you be to commit yourself the f.s.a. twice i mean that causes confusion in the first place and the other thing i noticed was that. the politicians say them throw the full force of the law against the horse holst meat corrupt people but they couldn't be bothered to do it when it came to the actual biggest thing which was the financial crisis so it just proves that ultimately the people with the money can protect themselves from virtually anything people understand that eating dodgy meat that's unregulated has potential to harm them and it's of course fraud but people don't understand that eating dodgy securities eating a dodgy a bailout or it's collateralized debt obligation does that they have the perception that it's a victimless crime you hear

isn't is this time the food standards agency for failing to actually regulate food standards there's a remarkable similarity to the failure of the financial services authority the other f.s.a. and that was so blowers were ignored and ignorance fayned on the fraud being made public your thoughts on both these f.s.a. scandals how stupid can you be to commit yourself the f.s.a. twice i mean that causes confusion in the first place and the other thing i noticed was that. the politicians say them throw the full force of the law against the horse holst meat corrupt people but they couldn't be bothered to do it when it came to the actual biggest thing which was the financial crisis so it just proves that ultimately the people with the money can protect themselves from virtually anything people understand that eating dodgy meat that's unregulated has potential to harm them and it's of course fraud but people don't understand that eating dodgy securities eating a dodgy bell out or collateralized debt obligation does that they have the perception that it's a victimless crime you hear that phra

is in the news this time the food standards agency for failing to actually regulate food standards there's a remarkable similarity to the failure of the financial services authority the other f.s.a. and that was so blowers were ignored and ignorance fayned on the fraud being made public your thoughts on both these f.s.a. scandals how stupid can you be to commit yourself the f.s.a. twice i mean that causes confusion in the first place and the other thing i noticed was that. the politicians say they don't throw the full force of the law against the horse holst meat corrupt people but they couldn't be bothered to do it when it came to the actual biggest thing which was the financial crisis so it just proves that ultimately the people with the money can protect themselves from virtually anything people understand that eating dodgy meat that's unregulated has potential to harm them and it's of course fraud but people don't understand that eating dodgy securities eating a dodgy bailout or collateralized debt obligation does that they have the perception that it's a victimless crime you hear that

is in the news this time the food standards agency for failing to actually regulate food standards there's a remarkable similarity to the failure of the financial services authority the other f.s.a. and that was a blowers were ignored and ignorance fanned on the fraud being made public your thoughts on both these f.s.a. scandals how stupid can you be to commit yourself the f.s.a. twice i mean that causes confusion in the first place and the other thing i noticed was that. the politicians say they don't throw the full force of the law against the whole horsemeat corrupt people but they couldn't be bothered to do it when it came to the actual biggest thing which was the financial crisis so it just proves that ultimately the people with the money can protect themselves from virtually anything people understand that eating dodgy meat that's unregulated has a potential to harm them and it's of course fraud but people don't understand that eating dodgy securities eating dodgy a bail out or it's collateralized debt obligation does that they have the perception that it's a victimless crime you hea

in a world update britain's food standards agency says the number of people who've unwittingly eaten horse meat will never be known agency says that just over one percent of products tested recently for horse d.n.a. in response to the crisis had shown positive results the meat industry is under intense scrutiny across the european union after tests last month showed the presence of horse and pig in beef products. now cameras and other kinds of surveillance across the u.s. give its citizens the feeling of having less and less privacy but it seems what you've done in the past also won't be forgotten as the library of congress is now creating a database of all tweets ever posted there often as took to the streets of new york to find out whether the government is once again showing too much interest in people's private lives. the library of congress announced that it's storing our tweet is this just another method of surveillance or is it a way of archiving the times this week let's talk about that did you know that our government is starting to store all of our tweets they're archiving t

here at the food standard agency, they're trying to find out what's happening and put a stop it it. the chief executive said it's highly like that will criminal activity is to blame, and businesses are being told to test their beef products. they say they want to see the police being called in to investigate. >> this is looking much more widespread than just a couple of rogue traders, which is what we thought at the beginning t. looks like systematic, potentially criminal involvement in this aadult ration, so we need to see the police being brought in. >> findus has withdrawn its meals from shops and apologized. the company said it wanted to reassure consumers that it reacted immediately. it said we do not believe this is a food safety issue. but the f.s.a. has ordered findus for investigate for a veterinary drug which may pose a risk to human health if it enters the food chain. the government said it was completely unacceptable that a product which is labeled as beef lasagna turns out to be mainly horse meat. >> you're watching "g.m.t.." the top stories this hour -- thousands gathe

in the world up to britain's food standards agency says the number of people who. unwittingly eaten horse meat will never be known agency says that just over one percent of products tested recently for horse d.n.a. in response to the crisis had shown positive results the meat industry is under intense scrutiny across the european union after tests last month showed the presence of horse and pig in beef products. now cameras and other kinds of surveillance across the u.s. give its citizens the feeling of having less and less privacy but it seems what you've done in the past also won't be forgotten as the library of congress is now creating a database of all tweets ever posted there oftenest took to the streets of new york to find out whether the government is once again showing too much interest in people's private lives. the library of congress announced that it's storing our tweet is this just another method of surveillance or is it a way of archiving the times this week let's talk about that did you know that our government is starting to store all of our tweets t

britain's food standards agency says the number of people who have on wittingly even the horsemeat will never be the agency says that just over one percent of products tested recently for horse d.n.a. in response to the crisis had shown positive results of the meat industry is under intense scrutiny across the european. union after tests last month showed the presence of horse and pig in beef products. north korean defector groups have rallied in a south korean border town to send propaganda messages attached to balloons into the communist north of the leaflets to stop its nuclear program and this comes after a third nuclear test was carried out by north korea earlier this week his activists warned such actions could raise tension between the neighboring states. now street cameras and other kinds of surveillance across the u.s. give it citizens the feeling of having less and less privilege see but it seems what you've done in the past also won't be forgotten as the library of congress is now creating a database of all tweets ever posted laurie harshness went to new york to find out whet

britain's food standards agency says the number of people who have on wittingly even the horsemeat will never be known the agency says that just over one percent of products tested recently for horse d.n.a. in response to the crisis had shown positive results for the meat industry is under intense scrutiny across the european union after tests last month show the presence of horse and pig in beef products. north korean defector groups have rallied in a south korean border town to send propaganda messages attached to balloons into the communist north of the leaflets going to stop its nuclear program and this comes after a third nuclear test was carried out by north korea earlier this week he's activists warned such actions could raise tension between the neighboring states. now st cameras and other kinds of surveillance across the u.s. give its citizens the feeling of having less and less prissy but it seems what you've done in the past also won't be forgotten as the library of congress is now creating a database of all tweets ever posted laurie hafen is twenty new york to find out wheth

>> i'm falling fred kempe what the food standard agency said, and what the food standard agency say is there's nothing unsafe on our shelves. >> thank you, mr. speaker. a review into the procedures of the northern hospital has been carried out because of the high mortality rate. clearly this is a concern to my constituents. and the prime minister asure them that whatever recommendation come out of the review will be complemented in full? >> well, i concern to give that assurance. it is important we get to the bottom of an hospital that has an unnaturally high mortality rate. it's important these inspections and inve [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> you have been watching "prime minister's questions." it is sunday nights and 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c- span. next week, the british house of commons will be in recess. "prime minister's questions" returns. you can find video of past questions and other british public affairs programs online. next, a speech by the british labour party leader, ed milib

that i wold ask th to conduct an urgent on 16 january, i told the house that i had asked the food standards agency to conduct an urgent investigation. as part of that investigation, there has been more testing and tracing, and this enhanced testing regime actually led to the discovery from findus and others of not just contamination but, in some instances, of horsemeat being passed off as beef. that is completely unacceptable, which is why it is right that the secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs has led these meetings with retailers and producers. we have agreed a tougher inspection regime, and have asked hospitals, schools and prisons to check with their suppliers that they are testing their products. as the honorable gentleman and the house know, yesterday the police and the fsa raided two premises, one in west yorkshire, the other in west wales, and as he said, if there has been criminal activity, there should be the full intervention of the law. we have also asked for meaningful tests from retailers and producers, and those will be published in full. he is right to say w

this policy is mired and democracy between the food standards agency, the apartment of health and others. will the prime minister do everything he can give his reassurance to the house that he will unblock this log jam to prevent the entirely preventable conditions of hydrocephalus and spina bifida? >> i will look very carefully what my boyfriend has said. it is really true conditions like spina bifida have come down and it's certainly true that it has an important role to play it. in terms of the specific points he makes and the bureaucratic problems identified, i will look at that nebraska the department of health to write you about it. >> mr. speaker, with reece petty, among make my apology, a letter from my constituents of the disabled, we will -- [inaudible] therefore i need a spare room on those alone. i feel suicidal about his bedroom tax. with the prime minister, consulted with the secretary of state for what expansions, agreed to put the needs of disabled people first and revisit come and revisit something from hundreds of thousands of disabled people and their families to be a

>> i am following very carefully what the food standards agency says, and what the food standards agencyays is that there is nothing unsafe on our shelves. >> procedures at the northern lincolnshire and goole hospitals nhs foundation trust are being reviewed because of the high mortality rate, which is obviously of considerable concern to my constituents. will the prime minister assure them that whatever recommendations result from the review will be implemented in full? >> i can certainly give that assurance. it is important that we get to the bottom of any hospital having an unnaturally high mortality rate. it is also important that such inspections and investigations are carried out properly, and that we all learn the lessons of the mid staffordshire inquiry report. >> you have been watching prime minister's questions. question time airis on c-span2 on wednesday at 7:00 a.m. eastern and the house is in session. next week, the british house of commons will be in recess. prime minister's questions returns on wednesday, february 27. watch any time ad c-span.org or you can find videos of

responsible for and of course that's because there's the financial services authority and the food standards agency noticed that the two scandals otherwise known as crimes are very similar in the conduct of the authorities and the regulators and the participants in it could exactly be the same but yeah it's fantastic because they both lead to. a decline in living standards and inflation you know because when they chop up the mortgage backed securities and chop up the bond they securitized the bonds and they create interbank sells.

will be found out. will be found out. money and power and it is about control. control. the food standards agencye the european model. became the european model. european food safety authority, and so on. it is not doing itsjob. we have to make sure they do his or herjob. herjob. we need more inspectors, they have been slashed and cut. they have been slashed and cut. can't have industry policing itself, that is what has gone wrong. that is what has gone wrong. big food companies didn't actually have the control they said they had. have the control they said they had. stay with us for the front pages. that is dangerous to democracy itself. itself. answer is rather obvious, to oppose the coalition's cuts and austerity. the coalition's cuts and austerity. actually that is what labour's against. against. labour", there is a slogan, but what lies behind it. what lies behind it. policy review is the mp, jon cruddas. he has rarely given much away. tonight he mightjust do so. paper what the labour party might do in environment in 2015. do in environment in 2015. pitch the opposition into power in two—and

>> i'm falling fred kempe what the food standard agency said, and what the food standard agency say is there's nothing unsafe on our shelves. >> thank you, mr. speaker. a review into the procedures of the northern hospital has been carried out because of the high mortality rate. clearly this is a concern to my constituents. and the prime minister assure them that whatever recommendation come out of the review will be complemented in full? >> well, i concern to give that assurance. it is important we get to the bottom of any hospital that has an unnaturally high mortality rate. it's important these inspections and investigations are properly carried out and that we all learn the lessons of the report. >> order. urgent question. >> you on c-span2 we will be the british house of commons now as they move onto other legislative business. you have been watching prime minister's question time aired live wednesdays at 7 a.m. eastern while parliament is in session. you can see this weeks question time and again sunday night at 9 p.m. east and pacific on c-span. and for more information go to c-

>> reporter: well, what we're being told at the moment by the food standard agency here is that they t so far found donkey, although serious concerns have been raised by the border agency here who say they picked up donkey and horse meat by the tons being smuggled in the country in the past. so that concern is still out there. we know that as of friday last week, a quarter of all tests were done. and of those tests about 1% of all the products tested, 29 out of 2,501 came back positive for horse dna. the government said it was front-loaded, if you will, the worst of the items tested first. we just heard from the secretary of the environment saying he hopes all the testing will be done by the end of the week. the results will be done by the end of next week. it may drag into next week, michael. >> so, nic, are people still buying what they think is beef? is it dangerous if it's horse meat? >> you know, i think that the danger issue has been somewhat laid to rest. the danger was it was horse meat contaminated with a drug that prevents or sort of cures animals of pain. but in humans, it'

catherine brown, head of the food standards agency, spoke to the bbc. >> we have run this tests. the clear majority potentially all of these products are in fact horse meat. now we're going to require every food business to test every product line the it meatballs, lasagna, burgers, to be able to assure us that there is no course in these products. >> and those are some of the headlines for it this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. during his confirmation hearing thursday, president obama's nominee to run the cia, john brennan, forcefully defended the president's counterterrorism policies including the increase use of armed drones and the targeted killings of american citizens. he also refused to say that waterboarding was a former torture and he admitted that he did not try to stop waterboarding while he was a top cia official under president george w. bush. four years ago, brennan was a rumored pick for the cia job when obam

yesterday the uk food standards agency announced results of tna tests on beef products. 0 tests, 2472 found no horse meat content above 1%. more tests are still underway. the agency also raided three more uk food companies but wouldn't release the names. >> some oregon lawmakers want to ban teens from getting a golden tan. they are proposing a bill that anyone 17 and younger would need a doctor's note to use a tanning bed. oregon is 4th in the nation with reported skin cancer death. researchers say they believe it's because so many use tanning beds. california passed a similar ban last year. >> an idaho man has been charged with assaulting a minor after slapping a 2-year-old who cried on a plane. here is a picture of the suspect. according to court documents he sat beside a mother trying to soothe her crying 2-year-old on a delta flight from minneapolis to atlanta back on february 8th. he allegedly slapped the boy while using a racial slur. court papers say they charged him with a sentence of one year. >> police are asking for help finding a man suspected of attacking a w

the agency that oversees food standards in britian is testing all processed food because of a horse meat scandal. last week, reports surfaced that frozen lasagna labeled as beef was actually horse meat in some cases. horse meat isn't necessarily dangerous, but because it was labeled as beef, there may be criminal charges involved. relationship rentals are on the rise in china. due to dateor thr and valentine's day, there's a website where the service is especially popular with woman, as searches for "rental boyfriend" are up by 884%. renting a beau for the day costs around $50, but prices can increase, especially if they are meeting the parents. investors are waiting to find out if they will pick up a larger slice of apple. the tech company is dealing with complaints from share holders about its excessive stash of cash. this week apple wraps up returning $45 billion to investors. the iphone maker signaled last week it's considering sharing more of its wealth. apple has $137 billion in cash on hand. still to come, with fuel efficiency in the spotlight, how will consumers adapt to the chan