former commissioner david kessler says the fda still sets the gold standard.st the quality of a new medicine that they may be prescribed? >> you can probably trust drugs more in this country than any other place in the world. but is it fool-proof? no. >> kessler says the fda can do more to strengthen the safety net to avert a crisis. one way he says, hold drug industry executives accountable when their companies or contractors put people at risk. >> it can send ceos to jail through the court system. hold one ceo responsible, and it sends a pretty strong signal. >> more inspections are needed, too, kessler says, but they can only go is so far. >> fda in its heart knows it can't be on every corner. it can't be at every site. >> but kessler says the fda can do something else. set up a system that rejects clinical trials run by unqualified doctors, no matter where the trials take place. >> i think we need to up our stand standards. i think any physician, any doctor who runs a clinical trial should be certified, should be trained. i think that's true for the instit

kessler is here to represent him and we thank you for being here. i would like to recognize entangle my medical professor and mentor dr. david baxter assistant surgeon general and all of the former surgeon general's for their work on tobacco nationally and internationally. every surgeon general since 1964 is waiting on the issue of tobacco and everyone has called for the immediate action to solve this problem. today is the 31st surgeon general's report on tobacco, preventing tobacco use among youth and young adult. it reminds us once again that the burden of tobacco puts a heavy burden on society.

. >> and for more on what is happening in ohio we are joined by karen kessler, the statehouse bureau chief for ohio public radio and television. >> well, karen, it is still so close, give us some sense of the areas where we are waiting to hear from. >> well, right now, it looks like a typical map of ademocrate mitt romney is winning in the areas of cleveland, columbus and cincinnati the big urban areas and rick santorum is winning in the rural areas which is the rest of ohio, we still have some rural counties that are not reporting right now, i don't know wit if there is going to be enough votes in those counties though to make a difference for rick santorum, it is really close and one of the things that cost him tonight apparently is a loss in hamilton county which is the home county of cincinnati, that went big time for mitt romney and that could end up being one of the things that costs rick santorum ohio. >> what is the word on voter turnout? and enthusiasm today? >> voter turnout has been pretty low, we have been early voting here in ohio for several weeks and even early voting

we thought it was time to separate fact from fiction with glenn kessler.morning, glenn. >> good morning. >> republicans have been hammering the president over the soaring price of gas. his approval ratings have gone down as a result. let me play a claim that we've been hearing from republicans over and over again. >> president obama said he would prefer a gradual adjustment to near $4 a gallon gasoline. president obama said that. unfortunately, the president's put policies in place that have gotten us to $4 in gasoline prices. >> he wanted higher gas prices and he got them. >> he wanted they, he got them. glenn, your ruling? >> three pinocchios. that's what that is. you know, we looked into this. this is all based on a -- the clip that obama made when he was a senator, where he was asked was there a silver lining to higher prices. he didn't really answer it. he did talk about how that might create adjustment in people's habits. but as far as we can tell, he never ever said he wanted higher prices. >> certainly not $4? >> exactly. >> yeah. mitt romney go af

and for now, s&p capital iq's scott kessler thinks they will. >> we don't see any risks over the near term, but obviously a lot can change over a short period of time. the internet basically guarantees that. >> reporter: which is what concerns privacy activist rainey reitman. she says facebook and google are launching a new era in online advertising, testing powerful tools to track behavior and social activity online. >> unless companies are willing to prove they can be a little stronger on privacy, they might be in a place where users might begin to be leery of sharing data with them at all, or congress might think that the current self-regulatory world we have online isn't doing a good enough job of defending user privacy. >> reporter: it's not just congress-- regulators in europe say google's new privacy rules are illegal, a reminder that companies like google and facebook must navigate cultural and legal perceptions of privacy around the world. darren gersh, "nightly business report," washington, d.c. >> tom: the chief executive of w-- the world's biggest advertising firm joins us

woody kessler is here to represent dr. c everett coop. i would like to thank my medical school mentor, dr. david satcher, former surgeon general, and all former surgeon generals for their work on tobacco. every surgeon general since 1964 has weighed in on the issue of tobacco. and every one has called for an immediate action to solve this problem. today's release is the 31st surgeon general's report on tobacco, preventing tobacco use among youth and young adults. it remind us once again that the burd in of tobacco puts a burden on society. and the report challenges us to end the epidemic of smoking among young people. and the numbers in this report are shocking. you have heard some of them earlier. they're worth repeating. every day, 1,200 americans die from smoking. and each of those people are being replaced by two young smokers. almost 90% of those replacement smokers smoke their first cigarette before they're 18. despite reductions in tobacco use in the past decade, today more than 600,000 middle school students smoke. stand 3 million

>> senator, i read the same comment from gerald kessler and we have spent $30 million in an try to bring science into this. there are allegations out there, i read them, i spent an awful lot of time and effort. i'm committed to be faithful, to take care of my marines. that's not just the ones on active duty, but all those who have gone before. the truth of the matter is today's science has not proven with regard to the camp lejeune water and the affiliation with cancer. that's the job of the national academy of sciences. we have gone out, we spent $30 million. we have a website. i know you're familiar with. i published a new book, put ittiit back on the website. with facts and communication tips. just in the last three years we have -- we're sitting at 179 folks who have registered that we provide information to and they can get it off the website. the key is to give them as much information as soon as we know scientifically what the relationship is. we're committed to that, senator. and short of congress specifically going to a marine or marine family and authoriz g authorizing, you kno

glen kessler. he went through the energy document that the white house put out today.y can't claim credit for a lot of things they claim credit for. we looked today from quotes in 2008 when gas prices were on the rise and things then that senator obama as candidate said about president bush and oil policies. in some ways, what president bush had a great opportunity to do but looks like he won't take it is totally go against type, go ahead and say we're going to do keystone. environmentally responsible way and then ten years from now that will be my legacy. >> that isn't the only option for the democratic party. we can also instead of just relying on this keystone pipeline, whatever problems there are, i get it. i understand, i think that it is a good idea. as a liberal. i think it's a good idea. but we also have nuclear energy, we have other options for america. and reducing our reliance. >> dana: the problem is that debate -- it's all about energy. we need energy of all sorts. nuclear energy would be great but it won't put fuel in your tank or do anything for gas pric

. >> both of those numbers may technically be correct, glen kessler points out, non-secutor facts. considered proven reserves the oil must have been discovered, confirmed and economically recoverable with at least 90% certainty. however, including onshore and offshore estimateses ut easy do youment of oil may be 186 barrels. the president spent about two hours in new mexico. surprising, from touching down wheels to wheels up. 66% of oklahoma voters picked john mccain last election. he'll finish in ohio at an ohio state university center for advanced energy research and development. >>> all right. the next republican contest is in louisiana this saturday. rick santorum is in san antonio today visiting an insurance company but, of course, hitting the fund-raising circuit. so that's where we find nbc's ron mott. all right, ron. is it an all etch-a-sketch day? >> reporter: you know, chuck, good morning. we didn't go to the toy store this morning to see if there were any etch-a-sketches on the shelves there. we think he's probably going to leave that at home today. rick santorum is usin

fuller joining us and s&p scott kessler.e, i know the revenues have gone up by over 200% in four year's time. name your own price is part of their business. big in europe. how are they going to get $750 a share? >> i give you three keys. first, the stock has had a great run, no doubt about t but i would argue that it's inexpensive relative to other travel spots. second, on the growth side of the equation, priceline is growing. as travel grows, they gain travel share. the last big plank, you have a lot of cash. billions of dollars that can be put to work for shareholders over the next couple of years. >> scott, you have a target of 785. my question here is, obviously it's going up against companies like expedia. is there anything that they can doing differently that can move them forward? >> there's no question that jake makes a number of good points and actually we agree that priceline is a good company and it's well positioned. one, is their exposure to europe where there is a big question mark in particular with the euro,

. >> junior martin kessler covers sports for the newspaper which is finally featuring the basketball see the statue being painted or toilet paper around the buildings or anything like that? not at harvard. >> it's funny. it's becoming sort of a sports school. but not anything too crazy. people aren't skipping out on studying to come to games necessarily. people are definitely getting really excited about it. >> for a school whose name might denote, connote, elite, exclusive, does the basketball theme sent send a different message. >> i think if you learn about our school and truly dig in, try to get engaged with it, i'm not sure that -- those words would resonate throughout. we want well-rounded, want interesting game changing folks that we're seeing in every way, including men's basketball. >> the team of 1946 notwithstanding, previous squads also showed promise through the years. including the team i played for in the early 1970s. but truex seemt for men's basketball at harvard began when jeremy lin played point guard here before moving on to his recent success in the nba. >> so ha

. >> one of those young people that angelina jolie is talking about is julia kessler.d out about the group invisible children. thank you very much for joining us here. >> thanks for having me. >> you were just 14 years old when you found out about that group. >> i was in ninth grade. i saw the video at my high school in riverwood international charter school in the sandy springs area. people came and showed the rough cut documentary, invisible children's first movie about kony and about the crisis. and i just haven't turned back since. and social media and everything has just spread this like wildfire. >> tell us about your group. because you actually have a group in your school and you've been paying attention to this for years now. >> yes. >> where so many other people really didn't have any idea about it. >> they only saw it on monday. >> yes. >> but yes, we've done a lot of stuff, actually at our school with -- for the organization. we actually just finished a book drive that we raised 90 boxes of books. with the organization better world books, we'll sell those an

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kessler is here to represent him and we thank you for being here. i would like to recognize entangle my medical professor and mentor dr. david baxter assistant surgeon general and all of the former surgeon general's for their work on tobacco nationally and internationally. every surgeon general since 1964 is waiting on the issue of tobacco and everyone has called for the immediate action to solve this problem. today is the 31st surgeon general's report on tobacco, preventing tobacco use among youth and young adult. it reminds us once again that the burden of tobacco puts a heavy burden on society. the report challenges us to and smoking among young people. the numbers in this report are shocking. you heard some of them earlier but they are worth repeating. every day, 1200 americans die from smoking. each of those people are being replaced by two young smokers. almost 90% of those replacement smokers smoked their first cigarette before they were 18. despite all the reductions and tobacco use in the past decade, today more than 600,000 middle school s