. >> david kessler knows what greg's brain went through. though never obese, the former head of the fda says he too was a conditioned hyper eater. a term he coined in his new book "the end of overeating". >> i have suits in every size. what wassi what was -- what was going on, why does that chocolate chip cookie have that power over me? >> he first started to ask such questions as dean of yale's medical school and he got a group of colleagues together to figure it out. >> it's a major factor of the cardiovascular disease. >> and at the core is the weight. why was it so hard? that was the question. >> the answer says kessler is that for roughly 70 million people, their brains are wired in such a way that they are literally hooked on food. >> not because you're lazy or not self-disciplined. your brain is being activated. >> your brain has been hijacked by fat, sugar and salt on some level? >> that's exactly right. you get -- it could be the sight, the smell, just the location, the visual. >> we pulled together a panel of overeaters to help il

he brings up a good point, randy kessler.u can put up the preacher and next door neighbor and you name it and say does she have a good reputation? and they could all say yes, she was a wonderful girl. if she's got a bad check felony conviction, uh-uh. ix-nay on all of the reputation witnesses. >> well, that is the only reason they want to try it. they want to impeach her credibility. >> wait a minute, kessler. they want to try the case because they think she did it. it's on video. so don't give the prosecution like they're darth vader. the reality is she's charged with it because she possibly did it. >> right, but nancy, if they want punishment, i mean, you know what, if she's got the death penalty, she'll be punished also for writing bad checks. they are doing it because it will help the death penalty case, in my opinion. >> we'll see about that. i want to go to natisha lance, our producer on the story. isn't it true that the defense lawyer actually went and paid back the bad checks? isn't that kind of an admission that they

to randy kessler, defense attorney, out of atlanta. just because this drug was administered, we don't have proof of cause of death. isn't that needed for criminal charges? >> you also need to know the doctor's intent. mens rea, the intent. what did the doctor intend to do? he may have died of something else. >> it is confirmed tonight, it is breaking news, cnn, ted rowland, has confirmed that dr. conrad murray administered the powerful drug that authorities believe killed michael jackson. what that does do is it links a doctor that is a suspect in this case, he is a person of interest, search warrants have been executed at his home and office along with the powerful drug and michael jackson. >>> tonight, we are on the search for nancy grace's number one fan. send us an e-mail or an i-report telling us why you are nancy's number one fan. the best submissions will air on the show. you can win an autographed copy of nancy's new novel, "the 11th victim." plus, a chance to win a trip to new york city to meet nancy yourself. get your video c

scott kessler says buyers of netbooks, may not insist on the same user experience as desktop users. >> this is going to be largely an additional, low cost pc that people are going to use maybe in connection with a desktop or another laptop or what have you. so we think people maybe more inclined to take a chance or experiment with google especially if the price and the experience are right. and susie, microsoft and google are also doing battle in the halls of government here and abroad. where both firms are encouraging investigators to look into the competitive practices of their chief rival. >> susie: we just got a news flash while you were delivering yourer to that google says its chrome will be available to users at no cost. so what do you make of that? >> well, that was not unexpected. it certainly one way to build market share. it's going to be very interesting to figure out in the long run how google makes any money from this. google really hasn't made any money from any of its applications. it makes a phenominal amount of money from its web search and the advertising with that.

. >> randy kessler? >> he has to make a record. the prosecution has something to lose.they file an appeal because this privilege was evaded, that's a risk. the prosecution may forego the testimony from padilla to make it a cleaner trial. >> very quickly back to leonard padilla staying with us to answer your questions. leonard, what was her demeanor during those hours and days when you first and your people were first around her? >> let me tell you something that i suggested to jose baez in the first five minutes i met him. i said, jose, pay us a buck if you want the privilege to stick. otherwise there's no privilege. he said i'm not interested in that at all. the demeanor is one of a compulsive liar. >> top mom still behind bars as she awaits trial. we're taking your calls live. quickly with nearly 100 reported drownings involved children under five years hold. here are safety tips for your young swimmers. always be supervised by an adult. make sure they don't play with or near drain covers. install barriers around your pool like sensors and alarms. secure a cover over

and kessler, when he was at the fda, took on the tobacco companies.to do it with obesity. >> what does this say about retraining yourself, apart from seeing christmas ornaments? how do you retrain your brain? shut it down? stop it. >> changing awareness is really the key. once you do that, you know your brain is going to be hijacked by that bowl of potato chips. you create private rules. the trick is to do it without feeling deprived. and the only way to do that is to change your relationship to food. those fries are not my friend. they're my enemy. and another tactic is to try to find a dopamine releaser that's different, like exercise or hanging out with friends and loved ones. >> but an instant trigger that changes your brain. it breaks that lock that your brain has on the food. you can go to abcnews.com, and learn about juju's reporting on this. >>> coming up, robin's makeup tiarst, the wonderful elena, that's going to show her beauty secrets on a budget. it can lift your mood, help rebuild muscle... and improve your concentration. tylenol pm work

kessler is a graduate of amherst college, harvard medical school and university of chicago. really rodale books is the publisher. to find out more, visit rodale.com. >>> pulitzer prize-winning journalist alex jones discusses what he sees as the demise of hard news and the diminished nature of journalism role as a government watchdog. this interview taped and new york city at the 2009 book expo america last about 15 minutes. >> outlook jones, and "losing the news" you refer to the first amendment as fragile. why? >> the first amendment is great bulwark in this country but it's only been the great bull word since the 1930's. for most of our history that a great bull work as we think the protections we think of as absolute have been very, very on certain and they are uncertain because in times of great national stress, they get in pinched upon and our supreme court determines what the first amendment really says before world war i for instance in fact during world war i it was against law in this country to express opposition to the board. that's not the way our people now thin

kessler and mark b. mccelland. trial lawyers have not been asked as others to lower health care costs much we know there's a lot of arm twisting going on in washington, hospitals, drugmakers, insurers, and others, have all been asked to pitch in and make a commitment to help. but so far there's one constituency that has not been asked for one dime, than is the trial lawyers. they have not been asked to step up and take one for the team. medical liability can -- reform can lower costs while expanding access to care and i would respectfully suggest to my colleagues this they just look to the experiment we have recently conducted in the state of texas. a successful experiment to increase access and lower costs. texas illustrates both the problem and the solution. in the early part of the decade texas was a trial lawyer's dream and a doctor's night mairmt our state had become -- nightmare. our state had become a haven for medical malpractice lawsuits. medical malpractice insurance doubled and many just gave up and woul

randy kessler, defense attorney, out of the atlanta jurisdiction. doug burn, defense attorney out of new york. holly hughes, first of all, having a cardiologist allegedly administer a powerful drug such as diprivan rather than an and steeth and steethologist, does that to you raise red flags? >> absolutely. a possible murder 2 charge. depraved deprav depraved indifference to human life. that gives me great concern, great pause. think you could up the charges here, jean. >> to doug burn, defense attorney out of new york. when we hear the word "administer" -- >> right. >> -- that the doctor administered a powerful drug, what does that as a buzzword, "administer," say to you? >> i heard you flag that earlier, jean, and you're right. i'm not sure what it means. i'm not so sure why this report is being so extensively discussed when we don't have the final chemical or toxicological reports back yet. what is everybody going to say when itp comes back he didn't de from that drug? >> that's right. to randy keskessler, defense attorney, out of atlanta. just b

david kessler is author of the book "the ends of overeating" he says by combining fat, sugar and salt in all different ways food makers are stimulating us to eat even when we are full. >> today food goes down in one or two chews. we get stimulated and we reach for more and more. >> reporter: we just can't help ourselves. just ask this 4-star chef. >> the spicy. crunchy. salty. >> reporter: a bite-sized symphony of sweet, salty and fatty foods. >> it is about fat. >> reporter: with every taste. >> this is so good. >> reporter: i fond myself. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: unable to stop eating. >> you don't know why but it feels good. >> reporter: like the short ribs that melt in your mouth and mashed potatoes with cheese inside. sometimes you don't even have to taste the food to know that you want it. >> sometimes it is the eyes. you cross the room with a beautiful souffle and everyone is looking saying i want that. >> reporter: he agrees with kessler that portion control is so important when it works. >> we don't go through that much of it. we just go through how much we give you. if yo

standardnd poor's scott kessler says it looks as if yaho simply decided to give up on search. >> over time it might end being a veryvery good deal for yaho but if you look at the tes and what they did and did not include, it real suggest to us that yaho probably could ve, and perhaps should have done better than ty did. >> reporter: microsoft and yahoo! expectegulators to ok closely at the agreement buthey don't expect any anti- trusproblems. commenting on its vals' deal, gole says competition is good. sct gurvey, "nightly business report," new york. >> suzne: after a near-death experience, alth care reform moving forward again in congress a de was brokered by the white hous congressional leaders and consertive house democrats. it ptects small businesses. requirinonly firms with a yroll over half a million dollars to provide healt insurance. as darregersh reports, the al also clearly defines the role of a governnt run health pl. reporter: the health care logjam broke after thedea of a puic option-- essentially a vernment health plan offered to all americans-- wonritical cking from fou

. >>> david kessler former commissioner of the u.s. food and drug at ministration explains how american bodies and minds have been reprogrammed by too much sugar, salt and john. politics and prose bookstore in washington, d.c. posted decedent. it lasts about one hour. >> it is very special to be here at politics and prose. to carla and barbara, the owners, the fact is this is without a doubt my favorite bookstore in the whole world. [applause] there's another reason why this is so special, and for those of you who are not part of the food and drug administration who are here, and told me if you would, this is a very special week and a very special people here that i've had the privilege over my life to be able to work with and in a week as you just heard where the united states congress voted 79 senators in the affirmative, and 307 members of the house of representatives in favor of fda regulation of tobacco. there are people here. i can't name all of you who spent much of your adult lives working on this, and my hat goes off to all of

here is ray's senior policy analyst and jim kessler, vice presidential policy. thanks for joining us. jim, let me start with you. that proved that you have to win over the middle class and that an ad can derail you. what is the main thing, the main message that needs to be carried this time around. is it stability or what is it? >> we believe it's stability and stable cost and coverage that can't be taken away and quality so you can choose your own doctor. you hit the nail on the head. this debate for 35 years has been about covering the uninsured. most middle class people are insured. they think it's about somebody else and as long as they think it's about somebody else, they may support it, but that support is passive. for the president to pass this, they need the middle class to want this. >> i read jim's report and it talks about stability and that means the opposite of change. if they dot want change, are thappy with things the way they are? >> as jim pointed out, about four out of five people already have health care and the vast majority like the help the

appearance before congress which already felt like a kangaroo court to me with elements of arthur kessler's darkness at noon, it would have turned into darkness all anke had to spin it because anything more positive than that would have made him look like a capitalist lackey of the banks in front of the congress. here's a twist. if he'd struck a more buoyant tone we would have seen the equivalent of the house unsoviet activities committee demanding that bernanke name the names of all the card-carrying capitalists at the fed and the treasury department as well as the puppet masters on wall street. so we've got the contrite downbeat bernanke, but i believe his testimony was all about politics, not economics. still it meant those of us that believed better times are ahead had to hear why we could be wrong. that's why we went down. bernanke's testimony take taken at face value made me feel like the cat had the last good quarter and things are all downhill from here instead of what i think is true. it's last bad quarter before the industrial renaissance and that flies right in the face of the ma

david kessler is the author of the new book "the end of overeating" by combining fat, sugar, and saltof different ways, food makers are stimulating our desire to eat, even when we're full. >> the average bite had 20 chews. today food goes down. it's a wish, we get stimulated and we reach for more and more. >> we can't help ourselves. ask the four-star chef. >> spicy, sweet, the salty, the crunchy. >> he treated us to a tasting menu, a bite size symphony of sweet, salty, and fatty foods. >> it's about fat. >> tasty fat. >> every taste -- >> it's so good. >> reporter: i found myself unable to stop eating. >> you don't know why. but it's still good. >> reporter: like the short ribs that melt in your mouth and mashed potatoes with cheese inside. sometimes you don't have to taste the food to know that you want it. >> you cross the room with a beautiful souffle or something and everybody is looking and saying, oh, i want that. >> reporter: he agrees with kessler that portion control is so important when it works. >> we don't control how much you eat of it. we control how much we give you. i

kessler. you say-- >> good morning. >> when we eat the foods, something is happening in your brain.>> we now know, we have the science to show that millions of americans when they get cued, could be the sight, the smell, just walking down the street. their brains get captured, arous arousal, next time they cue, strengthens the circuits. the millions of americans why they're having a hard time resisting, their brains are hijacked. it's addiction just like tobacco or cocaine. but why is snack food more addictive than, say, broccoli? >> well, the reason that your behavior becomes conditioned and driven is because what's in the foods, salt and sugar, fat and salt. >> that's why i wrote the book. >> what about personal responsibility. can't people quit eating junk when they want to? i feel like i quit eat it go when i want to. >> that's an important point, because your brain is hijacked, doesn't mean you can't take steps to protect yourself from your brain, from being hijacked. so, there is an issue of individual responsibility, now, that we know that the brains of millions of americans

. >> reporter: why they agree with kessler that portion control is so important when it works. >> we don't control much -- we just control how much we give you. if you want more that is out of my control. >> still to come from american idol to american rock star. ♪ ♪ >> dal welcome back to cooking with delilah. today i'm making a classic sweet potato pie... everyone can enjoy, even lactose intolerant folks. while i let my friends enjoy the secret ingredient, lactaid milk. like it? mmmm. that's because delicious lactaid milk... is 100% real milk... that's lactose-free so it's easy on the stomach. which lets you enjoy that great flavor alone... and in your favorite recipes. welcome back to the table. lactaid milk. love it with lactaid. >>> she's been preparing for weeks. now the true test begins. confirmation hearings for judge sonia so the o so the omario soe next supreme court justice. >> and if confirmed, she would be the first hispanic to serve on the highest court in the nation. sonya so the on owe m sotomayors confirmation hearings, and a good luck call from the president on sund

then, david kessler's book "the end of overeating." also on book tv this weekend, and at book tv.org. bill o'reilly tells how his childhood made him who he is today in "a bold fresh piece of humanity." richard wolffe wrote about the candidacy of barack obama based on interviews conducted during the '08 campaign, in "renegade." and magnificent des relation," buzz aldrin's story of the lunar landing, his 8th. michael and elizabeth norman write a history of the world war ii baton death march called "tears in the darkness." and, david faber looks at the economic crisis in "and then the roof caved in." for more best-sellers go to nytimes.com. >> 2009 books expo america book sellers convention in new york city and here with stacy lewis out of san francisco, what do you have coming out this fall. >> this fall we have a couple books coming out from angela davis. a clicks of essays, her first book that has been published in four years that covers themes she's particularly interested in, racism, sexism, and the prison industrial complex. and the