talk a lot about month santo's role in this whole sure and i think that monsanto and i really can't speak for them whether or not they had good intentions to get as many seeds that they did but i know that you could call and they said they're going to. know the people there was a group of peasants in haiti that kind of had this little more than a little is a larger protests and that not only were they kind of protesting against g m o's but they were protesting against the idea that this is this is a handout and what they write what they need is actually a hand up they need a way that they can find sustainability for themselves absolutely thank you so much it was awesome to travel with you learn a lot really appreciate your input cheers out in your apple. well i hope you guys learned a little bit about haiti and the poorest country in the western hemisphere and seen the devastation firsthand was a life changing experience and not only deeply humbled but it made me realize how much more there is to be done in the pressure of the international community to use every dime already pledge

firm for both monsanto and g.d. cyril conflict of interest much revolving door politics at its best and over the last thirty years aspartame has made its way into thousands of food products and despite its sort of past weight conscious americans will likely still opt for products containing aspartame because it's marketed as a weight loss aid but ironically studies have shown that consuming artificial sugars actually increases appetite sugar intake and weight gain because the empty sweetness makes your body expect food and when food doesn't arrive your body gets hungrier and you tend to consume more so here's the lesson before you reach for that diet coke think about this all they have to claims to be checking up on aspartame you and i need to be checking up on the f.d.a. . you may not be aware but right now there's a man named jeremy hammond sitting in prison charged for his role in the hack of strategic forecasting incorporated or strapped for a private intelligence firm jeremy has pleaded not guilty yet he's been

lori: so this is -- >> i pick monsanto. i really like monsanto.best biotech company in the world, and it's going to play a major role in creating more and more productivity per acre for farmers. lori: and are you looking solely at the u.s. domestic investments? you've got to work multi-nationals into this as well, right? we were talking with the ceo of agco who says they're investing in africa because of challenges here in the u.s.. >> there's no question about it. and there are a lot of people looking at agricultural land in brazil. that is another big area. and i think this is going to expand, but the demographics especially in asia are outstripping the supply to matter how fast we start turning land into productive land. lori: okay. good info. paul dietrich, thank you, sir. >>> all right, minutes away from the closing bell. you'll want to keep it right here on fox business. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer they are a glowing example of what it means to be the best. and at this special time of year, they shine even brighter. come to the winter event and g t

searle which was later bought out by monsanto our favorite company later it's spawn of to form the nutrasweet company now awaiting for final approval the f.d.a. commissioner analyze some of cyril's aspartame tests which he said were quote at best sloppy and quote revealed a pattern of conduct which compromises the scientific integrity of the study's. compromising scientific integrity meaning that searle's tests were so full laud that they actually found tumors and rats but instead of reporting the tumors they cut them out and discarded them yes it did happen while the flurry of debate about circles tests prompted the f.d.a. to establish a public board of inquiry comprised of independent scientists to rule on safety issues surrounding nutrasweet and in one thousand nine hundred the board concluded that nutrasweet should not be approved pending further investigations of brain tumors in animals but there's more check it out.

now, there are other problems with genetically modified food, like for example, corporations like monsanto that have owned the patent to the seeds, like drifts into organic fields, things like that, but from a health perspective, that's why the tv ads were so vague on the yes on 37 side. they don't have the science clearly to show that people are getting sick from it. >> wasn't it claimed that -- and this is something that i think a lot of people took very much to heart -- that this was going to spawn a whole series of lawsuits -- >> absolutely. >> -- against food companies and grocers and all kinds of other people, and that basically, this was the plaintiff attorneys full-time employment act. and i think a lot of people looked at that and said if that's what this is about -- >> you're exactly right. the key part is that is the retailer was responsible. so if you're a mom-and-pop grocery store and you have one product on the shelf where the maker of the product didn't tlabl properly, you can be sued. and we've seen it in prop 65 and other measures where there are specialists attorneys who

searle which was later bought out by monsanto our favorite company later its sponsor of to form the nutrasweet company now awaiting for final approval the f.d.a. commissioner analyze some of cyril's aspartame tests which he said were quote at best sloppy and quote revealed a pattern of conduct which compromises the scientific integrity of the study's. compromising scientific integrity meaning that searle's tests were so full laud that they actually found tumors and rats but instead of reporting the tumors they cut them out and discarded them yes that did happen all the flurry of debate about searles tests prompted the f.d.a. to establish a.

right now i prefer monsanto a little bit. but those are biotech companies that are seed companies. i'm not done. i'm going to phillip in arizona. >> hi jim, what do you think of alcoa at this point? >> it is a growth stock trapped in the commodity. it is going to have to wait. let's go to patricia in hawaii. >> yes, i'm here. booyah from hawaii. what's going on with yelp, i bought it at $21 and it's been down? >> hold on to it. i think it is worth more. don't sell yelp. let's go to stewart in new york. >> how you doing? i love you like the giants and i have a winner for you for next year. >> well, um okay. it is okay. frankly, i prefer others to it. um, for instance, i would even prefer chesapeake to it right now. and that says a lot. i was going to do my stafford imitation. it gets better. here take this. it is the conclusion of the lightning round. coming up, a world away. yum brands has made a meal ticket out of china. investors cooled the stocks and send the shares to the fryer. has wall street lost its appetite for fast food? just ahead. >>> nobody is more passionate about the

is actually a good thing why hasn't monsanto convince the american people but i think what you need to look at here is the fact that there's been a mask in pain by or the organic food industry to label g.m.o. as a bad thing when the world health organization the american medical association says there's actually extra health benefits to genetically modified food so then why are the european countries banning them there they're not banning them they're saying that they have to label them they're actually banned in several european countries france for example i believe the u.k. germany germany i mean they're labeled every place else erica i think and i think it is a broader conversation about nutrition and the role it plays in our obligation to feed our fellow mankind but also to responsibly you know farm there are major implications with climate change with water with fertilizers and fundamentally the art of farming and the job has changed and so i think this kind of tries to zero in on the kind of mass industry farming for people think that they're getting a type of food and they're a

companies like monsanto, dow, fertilizers, adm who ships grain.o runs a shipping companies along the mississippi who says right now these water levels are killing them. >> efficiencies drawing down in the low river stages, less amount of barges per boat taking more barges and boats to move the same amount of ton. >> it is a difficult situation, and it's getting worse right now. two reasons. one, in addition to the draught, they reduced the flow from the missouri river coming into the mississippi so they don't have as much water flowing down here, keeping levels up there as well, and, alss, these rock pinnacles coming out of the water, and the ones that are trouble are the ones you can't see because they could be run over and cause tremendous damage. it's a story that's not getting a lot of attention, dave and liz, but it is one that is affecting folks out here. this river could be shut down to traffic within two weeks. david: i had no idea. i had no idea. that's stark tennessee >> it's something. david: wow. thank you. appreciate it. liz: thank yo

he used to be the chief lobbyist for monsanto, the guys who genetically modify food.tically? it doesn't. whenever given an opportunity he's right wing in his bones. when you're not looking oh oh, the chief lobbyist, i'm making my food safety czar. the guy loves the establishment. i tell you this stuff. it's true. not because i didn't like obama. i argued for obama in 2008, feverishly. i want him to win in thought he was more progressive than hillary clinton. he did this over and over again because he's right wing in his bones. how about the case of the journal i have the in yemen. he happened to find out that we did tomahawk cruise missile strike that killed women and children. they locked him up for that. the former president of yemen was going to let him go. he served years in prison, unjustly. president obama called and said no, i want you to keep calling that guy a terrorist, and keep him in jail, and today this journalist in yemen is still in prison, because president obama made that call. now which progressive would do that? he's not a progressive. when you're n

a lot of people like watermelon from monsanto that are seedless. many vegetables have been changed.st animal. this is what makes people uneasy. >> creepy. melissa: creepy, thank you. thanks for coming on. >> merry christmas to you. melissa: up next, going from "gagnam style" genius to che guevara stupidity we give our 2012 cheers and years to the masterminds ever marketing. >> she exchanged running shoes for stilettos. a former u.s. olympian turn as high-priced hooker. the revelation is exposes a business that is virtually untouched by the law. "piles of money" coming up. ♪ . up. ♪ i look up to a lot of the older heads, you know, the innovators, the heads of the art movements of the past. they kept it really edgy, and, like, a lot of the latin american muralists and the latin american artists, their styles are very unique and new to their time, you know, somewhat controversial, but that's who i look up to mainly. personally, i'm very excited about going to college. it's something new, and it's something different than what i'm used to. i'm definitely going to be a little out of my e

prior to joining that company in 2005, she did similar work with monsanto and qwest. she is a consummate marketing and communications strategist which, of course, in this town of washington is really all about. so, joan, thank you very much, and we want to welcome our friends here. [applause] >> good morning, and thank you so much for that very kind introduction. the atlantic and national journal have been absolutely terrific partners in this important work in our efforts to shed some light on the challenges that the american middle class has been facing during this great recession. and i thank them very much for that. and many thanks as well to ed reilly of fti who will take us through the polling data today and, also, for jeremy ruck, an associate of ed's, who conducted and was the lead researcher on the poll. as john said, with this poll we've interviewed now 25,000 americans. we have a very rich body of knowledge about specific issues, um, and now coming together with this poll we have america's sense of what our to-do list is as we move into the next administrati

prior to joining that company, she did similar work with monsanto. she is a consummate marketing and communications strategist, which is what this town of washington is all about. that you very much, and welcome our friends here. [applause] >> ok, good morning, and thank you so much for that kind introduction. "the atlantic" and "national journal" have been terrific partners in this effort. i thank them very much for that, and many thanks to edward reilly, who will take us through the data today, and also for jeremy, an associate, who was the lead researcher on the poll. we have interviewed 25,000 americans. we have a very rich body of knowledge about specific issues, and now coming together with this poll, we have the america's sense of what is an hour to-do list. -- what our to-do list is. important findings. when we began this polling, in 2009, the financial crisis was very much underway, but notwithstanding the bailout. the stock market had dropped from 14,000 to 6600. banks were shedding over $1 trillion in toxic assets, and homes were shedding

he served as an assistant attorney general of missouri from 1974 to 1977, an attorney with the monsantocompany from 77 to 79 and legislative assistant to senator john danforth from 1979 to 1981. from 1981 to 1982 he served as assistant secretary for civil rights in the u.s. department of education and chairman of the u.s. equal opportunity commission from 1982 to 1990. he became a judge of the u.s. court of appeals and in the district of columbia circuit in 1990. president bush nominated him as associate justice of the supreme court and he took his seat on october 23, 1991. ladies and gentlemen please welcome justice thomas and professor amar to the stage. [applause] [applause] >> the thank you ladies and gentlemen for that extraordinarily gracious ,-com,-com ma warm welcome. thank you to the national archives and to the staff for thanng this event aks special things to the and te federalist society accountabiliy center and thank you justice thomas for being with us today as we marked the 225th earth day, 225th anniversary of our constitution. i guess i would like to start our conversat

he served as an assistant attorney general of missouri from 1974 to 1977, an attorney with the monsanto company from 77 to 79 and legislative assistant to senator john danforth from 1979 to 1981. from 1981 to 1982 he served as assistant secretary for civil rights in the u.s. department of education and chairman of the u.s. equal opportunity commission from 1982 to 1990. he became a judge of the u.s. court of appeals and in the district of columbia circuit in 1990. president bush nominated him as associate justice of the supreme court and he took his seat on october 23, 1991. ladies and gentlemen please welcome justice thomas and professor amar to the stage. [applause] [applause] >> the thank you ladies and gentlemen for that extraordinarily gracious ,-com,-com ma warm welcome. thank you to the national archives and to the staff for making this event possible and thanks also, special thanks to the federalist society and the constitution accountability center and thank you justice thomas for being with us today as we marked the 225th earth day, 225th anniversary of our constitution. i gue

he served as an assistant attorney general of missouri from 1974 to 1977, an attorney with the monsanto company from 77 to 79 and legislative assistant to senator john danforth from 1979 to 1981. from 1981 to 1982 he served as assistant secretary for civil rights in the u.s. department of education and chairman of the u.s. equal opportunity commission from 1982 to 1990. he became a judge of the u.s. court of appeals and in the district of columbia circuit in 1990. president bush nominated him as associate justice of the supreme court and he took his seat on october 23, 1991. ladies and gentlemen please welcome justice thomas and professor amar to the stage. [applause] [applause] >> the thank you ladies and gentlemen for that extraordinarily gracious ,-com,-com ma warm welcome. thank you to the national archives and to the staff for making this event possible and thanks also, special thanks to the federalist society and the constitution accountability center and thank you justice thomas for being with us today as we marked the 225th earth day, 225th anniversary of our constitution. i gue

she did civil -- similar work with monsanto and others. she is a consummate marketing and communications strategist, which is what washington is all about, so thank you very much and welcome. [applause] >> ok. thank you. john, for that introduction. the national journal has been a terrific partner in supporting our work and the challenges that the american middle-class has been facing during this great recession, and i thank them for that. many thanks also to end, who will take us through the polling data to date -- many thanks take us through the polling data today, as well as one of his associates. we have a rich body of knowledge about specific issues, and now coming together with this poll, we have the american sense of what our to do list is as we move into the next administration and the next congress. important findings. when we began this polling in 2009, the financial crisis was absolutely still very much underway. the bailout. the stock market, as we all recall painfully, had dropped from 14,000 in 2007 to 6600 in early 2009. ban