archaeologists again referred to landa's book. bishop landa said that, hey, these people are celebrating new year's day on 12 kan, zero pop, and that's july 16, 1556. and knowing that, and knowing that an eclipse is mentioned on a certain date in the dresden codex, we can begin to put all of those together and come up with a system that matches and is consistent throughout. keach: archaeologists could now place the maya in the context of world history. most maya inscriptions date from a.d. 300 to 900. but what had they written ? the meaning of the other glyphs remained a mystery. a bizarre picture of the maya was beginning to emerge. stuart: these texts were accompanied by figures, scenes. and since they didn't understand anything but the dates, there was no way of telling who was depicted or what the scene was about. and thinking that perhaps the figures were priests, and here was a gentle people obsessed with time and nothing else, the maya began to take on a non-human aspect. here was the strangest race of people that ever live

landa, i need to ents pose this question to you.ge plants are i've heard you mention it throughout your testimony but is there any:ywsáilla of evidence that would suggest that these foods are unsafe? >> i want to make sure i heard you correctly. is there any evidence that suggests that these foods are unsafe? ? >> yes, yes. that ge foods are unsafe. >> not to our knowledge no. >> and how large ii(s your agency? how large is the division that handles this task? >> well, the office that handles that task has maybe 135 or 140 people. but certainly it is recognized as safe substances. >> these are not politicians. these are career employees at your agency. >> correct. >> have youl+ anyone who advocates a 50-state'lidn approach to mandatory( >> not sure i -- >> i mean, you've talked to a lot of people, both form informally about this. >> any one who advocates that we have 50 separate -- >> 50 sets of regulations, plus the district of columbia? >> i have not had reason to encounter such a person. >> itn ill logical, and i'mf@h wrong somet

landa for being here today. i understand you are closer to the end of your service than the beginning. [laughter] >> thank you for your good work and for testimony this morning. it's been interesting to watch. i think that lots of folks have been surprised by the certainty that you are expressing and that there is a consensus. i've heard consensus that could be 70-30 or 90-10. tell me how much science there is that would refute the position with respect to the materiality of >> we do not believe that there is any question about safety based on the reviews that we've done. but there are obviously scientists who differ with that kind of view. i don't know how many of them there are. >> but it's not folks but at least give significant credit that you would change your view with respect to the safety. >> to date we have seen nothing to change the view that we have had for a number of years. >> and i would include what other countries have done and the studies performed all across the world of? >> that is correct. >>

michael landa, director, center for food safety and applied nutrition of the u.s.nd drug administration. thank you for coming today. you will have five minutes to summarize your testimony your written testimony will be placed in the record. so at this point you are recognized for five minutes for your summary. >> good morning, chairman pitts, ranking member pallone and members of the subcommittee. i'm michael m. landa, director of the center for food safety and applied nutrition at the food and drug administration. thank you for the toonts to be here today to discuss fda's regulatory program for jennetically engine ired or ge foods. over the last 20 years fda's reviewed data and information on more than 150 plant derived ge foods. these range from herbicide tolerant soybeans to canola oil with a modified fatty acid profile. based an our evaluations, we are confident that the ge foods in the u.s. marketplace today are as safe as their conhaven'tionally bred counterparts. the improvement of plants has been going an for thousands of years. >> could you pull the mike a

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. >> como que Él landa -nada mÁs querÍa expresar su sentir. >> uno como periodista debe hacer preguntaslicÍa, carl! mira. se dice mucho que con 0.08 automÁticamente estás picando para el dui. me gustarÍa que me lo explicaras como si tuviera tres aÑos... cÓmo funciona? >> cualquier combinaciÓn de dos tragos de Éstos... ya estÁ... >> automÁticamente. con dos tragos. >> si me tomo dos cervezas? >> depende tu tamaÑo. peso. metabolismo. cÓmo procesar el alcohol pero muchos de la poblaciÓn puede ser que ya se consideren ebrios. >> sobre todo la gente que hace mucho ejercicio, no tienen muchas toxinas en el cuerpo se meten dos cervezas y ya estÁn... muchas personas piensan que pueden hacer unos trucos. funcionan? la leche, cuatro chicles a la boca, un montÓn de cafÉ. >> es un cuento de hadas muy viejo, no funciona. >> horrible! >> lo que vas a ser es un borracho con olor a menta en la boca pero vas a ser borracho, lo Único que te soluciona si estÁs ebrio es el tiempo, varias horas para que tu cuerpo despida el alcohol, mientras tanto no puedes manejar... eso viene desde muy adentro! que es en

michael landa, the director of the fda center for food safety and applied nutrition made the agency'ssaying "i cannot tell you strongly how important it is to avoid using powdered caffeine." >> everyone should be on the same page about how dangerous this substance is and not used in any form in any way. >> reporter: the fda won't give a time line for legal action against retailers still selling powdered caffeine. as for logan, steiner's parents took their fight to washington earlier this month asking lawmakers to take action and stop the sale of this powdered pure caffeine. >> we have heard they are marketing toward kids. do you get that sense? >> the fda says this is targeted to children, young adults and teenagers looking for a quick fix. they want that pump in the gym. they think it's easy. it can be very deadly. >> sad story. thank you so much. >>> the hefty price of playing music online. one industry mogul is taking aim at youtube. we'll show you why he wants the website to pay $1 billion in a fight over streaming music. >>> plus, a sit down with sting. charlie rose talks with th