china is the no. 1 growth market for procter and gamble. have quotes where she says china is no. 2 mark and going for no. 1 and do it by marketing our products to millions of villages across china. that is the mentality of he

china is the no. 1 growth market for procter and gamble. have quotes where she says china is no. 2 mark and going for no. 1 and do it by marketing our products to millions of villages across china. that is the mentality of the company, all about growth and convincing us that we need more products. these are also in the most toxic categories and increasingly marketed to younger and younger girls. this is an example of a 5 or 7 year old on the cover of a skin, hair relaxer. these are ratings, that is the most toxic hair relaxers and no. 1 is a kid's product. then for hair dye, younger and younger girls are getting hair dye. "new york times", girls 10 and 11 are getting their hair dyed into the salon. it used to be 15 or 16. the industry was excited. this represent as growth market for the industries. it also represents age and continued chemical exposures to many of these toxins for young girls and more exposures to the environment as hair dyes get into the waterway and food even if we don't get our hair dyed. our skin should be lighter and d

. >> procter & gamble, leading dividend player, outperforms today. utilities also higher. >> you said procter & gamble, utilities, guy. good job by you. everybody talks about p&g, put up a chart of church and dwight over the last three years. it's completely outperformed procter & gamble. obviously, not the same dividend. it's a much better stock to own. made an all time high yesterday, obviously off today not that much. that's where i'd go, michelle. >> government bond etfs jumping for a second day as we see stocks selling off. i-shares, barclays, etf up 0.7% today. john, what are you doing with this? >> it's not really a trade that excites me that much, michelle. i think jeff is right. we could see a push down to that 160 level or so for the ten-year, but with it hovering here in the 180s, 190, does it excite me? not so much. >> okay. bank of america shares are falling today. that's despite the bank's new mortgage reduction program, maybe because of the mortgage reduction program. right, guys? we going to roll through this so i can get to diana? >>

procter, what did it do? eh, doesn't even go down. i mean, it's basically flat to upmost of the day. finished down three cents. despite all that bad mouthing and downgrading. that's because it's a huge user of commodities. now take cummings engine. remarkable quarter. true lay bl-- truly a blowout. it was gorgeous. i was like wow, if i didn't know where the stock was up to, i would say it's got to go higher, right? it's been a one-way ticket down. because people think that cummings goes down when commodities go down. they trade together. in part because the market perceived that the commodities -- they lost a $1.61 today, continuing the brutal decline since the stellar quarter. a bad company rallies and a good company goes down. it's all about the perceived impact of weak commodities. we would think that retail would be ugly, right? got that weak unemployment number just last friday. no, retail's doing terrifically. why? because commodity prices are going down. specifically gasoline. hey, tax on the consumer, that's been cut. walmart.

procter & gamble is changing the packaging for its tide pods to keep children from eating the brightly colored packets that look a lot like candy. the company is creating a new double latch lid. nearly 50 case -- 250 cases have been reported to poison control. no one has died because of this. >>> if you hit the road this memorial day weekend, then you have noticed lower prices at the pumps. right now the national average for regular unleaded is $3.64. the highest is in hawaii at $4.54. the cheapest place south carolina, $3.27. log on to our wreb -- website, abc2news.com, to find the cheapest gas. >>> party with the jesuits. con grates to loyola for winning. they beat maryland 9-3. eric lusby scored four times. up in boston we had a par we picked out. at 5:00 we started dropping names. you think of them. how about that. why, why would scammers go after our military families? you know they stood guard to protect us from then mi-- us from the enemy. >>> she will be competing in this your's spelling bee. >> this was in the a record breaker. wilma samuel son, congratulations. hot and clear.

here is an example of one of the ads that you'll see in china, procter and gamble, high end line sk 2, hugely poplar, this product was the cause of near riots in china in 2006 after the government reported it contained, band heavy metal. hundreds of women demanding refunds lined up down the block. here is an example of them busting

procter & gamble is creating a new double latch lid on its tubs to keep kids from eating them.y 250 cases have been reported to poison control, sr.s this summer. the good news is so far, no deaths have been reported. >>> hot and steamy. how would you like to be in the tropical rain forest. >> nice afternoon. 91 even without the aquarium glass around you. at the airport we're talking 95 plus. with the humidity values, it's steamy. a good morning to be in ocean city. you know, the beach is not as packed as it was saturday and sunday. people driving back today. from what we can tell, what you can view 24/7, that one at sandy point, unbelievable traffic coming back. bright sunny conditions. hot on the chesapeake today. hot downtown. man, the mid-90s, feeling like more than 100. heat advisory up. baltimore west, baltimore south into d.c. this will continue through 9:00. numbers, impressive heat for late may, not over the top, not record breaking. the dew points up close to 70. that is the total moisture. we rarely get more than 76, 77 on the most humid days of summer. we're right th

laundry detergents now this comes after hundreds of children have been poisoned by those little pods procter and gamble says its switching to a new double last system to deter toddlers from even those brightly colored packets doctors say children sometimes mistake those pods for candy. >>> barbecue in this weekend's take care when using the grilled breast of least a dozen people across the country have accidentally swallow those wire brush bristles on the consumer what julie what explains what can happen and what some manufacturers are doing to make them safer when the barbecue it may have bacteria but it's something entirely different dissent not meant to the emergency room. >>> and obviously the last bite something set in the throats it was hours before they realized it was this one played by centimeter wire pretzel from the wire brushes dad used a crane to clean the grill. >>> this is one of those plastic ones you can buy. i can only liken this to anyone haystack it took him four hours to remove the wire bristle from the muzzle of the esophagus. >>> it's more common what we're aware of ne

for assembly lived in a relatively humble home by procter standards and if it would seem walking around the neighborhood with no body guard in the car was parked in the driveway and someone. unusual for someone and his stature. he is in many ways an artist to the great artists most of them did not paint or to not paid for money to paint to create their part and that's how he was he wanted to create beautiful things and he wanted to win his three competitive and he was a savvy businessman bugbane savvy about this this was about beating this not of the competition with great products not about making more money >>> the restaurant and here is the place for they had hung out and almost sounds like the safest place to hang out because it is ditch your talking to somebody you can't buy the beans about which talking about is the place bugged? >>> there is a story apple people believe that apple security guards plainclothed walked around the upper house right next to the main building is in cupertino. to that of one headquarters they are building when the right now it's a campus of buildings al

a brand is procter & gamble, a brand is mcdonald's. >> or "black enterprise." >> exactly. those are -- >> those might be respectable brands. >> this is called "black enterprise." let's go back to the black reality star and tell me about their endorsement. >> look at nene leaks. >> she has an endorsement deal. >> she's still making money and still a brand. it's not anything that will work for the next 30 years. >> exactly. >> it's working for now. >> one of the biggest shows, a reality show. >> why do you have this insane need to be seen. >> let me push you on that. you can say the reality stars have an insane need to be seen. aren't we all obsessed with being pseudocelebrities? >> no. i don't think so. when oprah ended her show, she said it was a platform. i use twitter about a platform for me. >> not all reality tv has to be in the gutter. >> it seems like if you're already famous, you're okay. >> reality tv is like any scripted show. if you want to watch a drama tv, reality tv is the same way. >> what does it do about representations of black people? >> this is why i can

he sold his brand name to procter & gamble years ago but the slogan always remained the same, if you don't look good, we don't look good. he died at his beverly hills home today. vidal sassoon was 84. >>> also tonight, nicholas katzenbach has died. while his name was never on a ballot, he had a towering influence on our times. as the "new york times" put it today, he helped shape the political history of the 1960s. he was one of the best and brightest profiled in the famous book of the same name. he was attorney general under president johnson. he was bobby kennedy's deputy of the justice department before that. he helped to draft the voting rights act of 1965. and his shining moment came when he confronted governor george wallace on the steps of the university of alabama on the issue of allowing black students to attend. >> i would ask you once again to responsibly step aside, and if you do not, i'm going to assure you that the orders of those courts will be enforced. >> he was born to a prominent family. he went to princeton and then dropped out to fight in world war ii. as a b-25

cat tractor and procter & gamble. these are big components that broke down the testing piece. >> at the same time the past month and the month of april, stocks pretty much stalled out. is this time around different and we have been climbing the wall of worry? >> i think that is absolutely possible. the stock market had come so far from october and november of last year and today we got disappointing jobs news and to the degree that jobs speak to growth in the economy and growth will be tepid. as far as the s&p is concerned, the price action was really troublesome. it was great until about noon on tuesday. last half of the day on tuesday, they had this big rounded top and lower and really ugly today. today there was just nothing good in the price action for that. the last ten minutes and the last half of the day inspires options and all of the big trade o trades say over 5,000 contracts. nothing good going on. they didn't try to get on the deck all day. there was nothing good going on and potential problems in europe.

it's really interesting because you say procter & gamble is undervalued right now can you explain the you for having me. the top line is still slow, volume is weak. not a lot of good news here. it's been very frustrating for analysts. it's pretty significant and what i think they can do, they are worth $75 a share. i think they can do it. i think they have to. >> lauren, scott, thank you. if you look at a chart of sketchers versus nike -- >> there was a bond drop on it. it's been 18 months since they had any good product. inventory was high. it's taken until now to really see a future. we wrote a note a week before they were reported. a retailer doesn't really carry sketchers. the single biggest surprise of the spring. >> like the reference there, scott. what would it take for you to upgrade the stock from hold to buy? >> earnings power is still in question. expenses are still very high. this is a company built to do $2 billion in sales and her looking at doing 1.4, 1.5 billion. as you look out to 2013, if they get the expenses in line, the top line is going to follow. >> scott, thank

. >> susie: procter and gamble is making changes to its tide laundry detergent pods, after reports of children swallowing the single dose packets and becoming ill. p&g says it will redesign lids on the fish-bowl style containers to make them harder to open. the multi-colored pods have been confused with candy. >> tom: in the next 31 weeks, expect to hear more and more about the fiscal cliff. if congress and the white house don't come to an agreement, tax increases and government spending cuts are due to take effect. tonight's market monitor says now is the time to take action. robert stovall is managing director and strategist at wood asset management. bob, always great to see you. what is the threat to investors from the fiscal cliff? >> quite a few there, tom. a lot of things happening, or could happen. this fiscal cliff end of the year, with a lot of things likely to happen on the negative side unless congress and the administration change some of the rules. the way things now stand, the tax on dividends and tax on capital gains will rise when the bush tax cuts expire at the end of

big opportunities in asia have procter and gamble taking a big leap. the company is moving its skin care and cosmetics businesses from its ohio headquarters to singapore. this includes brands like olay lotions, cover-girl make-up, and secret deodorant. the move impacts about 20 employees, and the unit will keep a presence here in the u.s. in tonight's "made in america," selling the holidays to the world. mike hegedus found a company managing to not only stay competitive against foreign competition, but to thrive, all while making its signature products right here in america. for the barrango corporation, every day is christmas. >> reporter: you wouldn't know it, but what you're watching is american ingenuity on display for the whole world, a blueprint to recovery for u.s. ♪ actually, it's only in guatemala city. ♪ but it was conceived, designed and made in america-- the world's largest christmas tree-- 8,300 branches, over 1.5 million l.e.d. lights, all timed to music driven by computers. housed in a semi-trailer inside the 57-foot base, a world class

of boeing, of cat pillar, of fedex, i know caterpillar is up on the hill, i see scott miller from procter & gamble, but quite frankly, the business community can't do this by itself. the finance committee, bipartisan support, they are very much on record. and if it is going to happen, the sooner the better. so what next steps? well, if this is going to happen, the sooner the better, this is a june-july equation that we should be talking about here. and for that we really need the white house to be stepping up and to engage with the leadership and the congress to work to make sure that the votes are there. and here we get into the issue that -- and this is sort of the awkward moment for me. i'm an economist. i'm told by every one who is counting noses on capitol hill that the way this legislation is going to move is that at some point in parallel there will be some other kind of legislation moving in the human rights area. is this is not my lane. this is what i'm told. this is what i read. if that is the case, then the white house needs to be up on the hill working that part of the equatio

he is accused of passing inside information about goldman sacks and procter and gamble to the hedge fund. prosecutors have lined of 45 potential witnesses in 1400 exhibits in an effort what to convict him. he is out on $10 million bond. for of his attorneys argue that the case against his ex fleetweek. >>mark: commercial flights have taken their first step towards space launch. it is delivering supplies to the international space station. the logic went smoothly after having to abort the mission on saturday. the rocket was carrying 1000 head of the supplies to the international space station >>mark: will be right back. we're waiting for the opening bell on wall street. we're waiting for the opening bell on wall street. i'm thinking of asking carlina to have dinner at my place. she's italian... and you can't cook. ♪ do a lot of sending... and receiving. sending...and receiving. sending...and receiving. sending...and receiving. sending...and receiving. [ bob ] i got the tickets. [ male announcer ] and with citibank popmoney, it's even easier to keep sending...and receiving. let me get you

look at procter and gamble. this is my favorite whipping boy.e have warren buffett saying bad things. why isn't the stock at $60? kimberly-clark almost hit a 52-week high. these are remarkable moves when you look at colgate. they are buyers of commodity. this market is signaling look out. commodities are going lower. it's why i like retail. >> you think they are going to use the savings from the gas pump to go to, i don't know where, the gap? >> yes. to the gap. to home depot, lowe's. >> an upgrade. >> disney's theme parks. when you couple that with "avengers" you've got a suddenly positive story. >> disney is up 1.7% on this. what was it down on "john carter?" >> very little. i don't remember it being down at the end of that week. >> i don't remember "john carter." >> that was the problem. >> we never caught that. >> it probably skipped on-demand. they would probably pay to you watch it at this point. >> if carter had come later and "avengers" had come first. i talked about this with bob iger. he's the ceo. the notion they should stick with tri

procter & gamble announced the changes yesterday a american concerns children have been mistaking the packets for candy. procter & gamble says it will continue to study the design of the actual detergent packet. >>> another big achievement involving the capsule spent into space. and the eric will be shaking inside a san francisco museum. the long-awaited exhibit that opens to the public today. >> we're drying out and warming up in time for your holiday weekend. i'll show you what you can expect for your area, coming up. ñ# >>> happening now, vice president joe biden is delivering the commencement address at the united states military academy at west point in new york. these are live pictures from west point. let's listen in. >> adopted that same notion you have, and because of you, because you do dedicate yourself while thousands of colleges and universities across america are proudly celebrating graduations today and throughout the year and any time this year, only at west point and the other outstanding service academies does the entire united states of america swell with pride at t

at procter question for the city attorney for me which is does does the city have authority legally to overlay a regulatory infrastructure you know when there is a federal law and you know that is that possible and my other question is does the city have the authority to tell property owners what to put in their lease so could somebody on the board of supervisors sponsor something requiring property owners at the time of lease up to have the equivalent of an e.p.a. pamphlet but like any e.t.a. say you know these are the things you have to watch out for. the time element from the city journeys office they answer to your first question is no the city has no authority to. regulate or in really interpret federal laws. your second question i don't know if i have a ready answer for you i have not. seen any laws where the city imposes requirements on landlords to include specific terms in their leases i know that we do have requirements that when property is actually sold that there are certain disclosures that are made as part of the sale but i'm not sure about a lease. and so i had another

commerce for you know what i want to do you know if you knew of any kind of an ad buy that would be for procter and nobody would want the chamber of commerce to have on power influence republican party going to get out of the republican the concerns he has this year means the problem is chamber of commerce this is the tea party distrust from the libertarians distrust of social conservatives trust him ok well this is not a cure in the chamber and i do believe that they are a positive force in america and if we're going to have a dynamic growing economy that i believe that we're capable of having you're going to have to get government out of the. they are a great organization with twenty's didn't i will tell you what as hundred twenty nine i much more comfortable with what mr harding did than i am with what mr f.d.r. did to try to get us out of the problem so you would prefer the great depression and i think it would have been that much weaker if we had not had such government involvement in the stimulus on the part of the government right here for two and a half years he didn't know he likes and

even if the chamber of commerce for nobody want to do it in a kind of an ad buy that would be for procter and nobody would want the chamber of commerce to have. influence. republican the concerns he has this process is a matter of commerce the tea party distrust from the libertarians just trust him social conservatives trust him ok this is not a cure of the chamber i do believe that they are a positive force in america and if we're going to have a dynamic growing economy that i believe that we're capable of having you're going to have to get government out of business they are a great organization. i will tell you what twenty nine much more comfortable with what mr harding did with what mr f.d.r. did to try to get us out of the problem so you would prefer the great depression i think it would have been much weaker if we had not had such government involvement and the stimulus on the part of the government right here for two and a half years you didn't. have any trying to raise greater than you know these are these are myths common myths that liberals grew up on that hoover was a tight fis

as a message is coming at you a lot of times doesn't mean you're brainwashed by so and other that procter and gamble is stupid now of course not stupid apples they should be advertising advertising doesn't work. course advertising works what i thought people could see through the fact that it works and the fact that you can convince someone to do something that's why it's speech it's expressive because it convinces somebody if it wasn't speech it wouldn't convince anybody to do anything so that i agree with it it has an impact on people but that's what makes it speech is not speech it facilitates speech and the question is whether it doesn't know it's there or you're dead on a sort of edge and be pretty constant with the right i'll never know but what if you're still a taishan implies that by blocking that facilitation you are hindering speech and would be the i agree what the first amendment says is congress cannot prohibit speech and by prohibiting the means of speaking your prohibiting speech except that buying a t.v. ad is not speaking no it is it is it facilitates speech as you said

procter and gamble says it will not change the design of the packaging for its detergent projects --roducts to prevent children from comes using it with candy. the new design will emerge in the next couple of weeks. nearly 250 poisoning cases have been reported to poison control centers this year. a fight over the name sugar. the makers of high fructose corn syrup are trying to get permission from the government to call their product corn sugar. the corn refiners association says high fructose corn syrup is a type of sugar and sugar makers are trying to center the conversation. women looking for breast enhancement surgery may have another option. it is called flash augmentation. doctors say it takes only 24 minutes to do. you can go and after breakfast and be home time for dinner. it is mostly for women who do not need a breast left, just a straightforward augmentation. doctors say could go so quickly because they are making very few cuts. memorial day weekend is the best time to fire up the grill, but cooking does come up with some dangers. you should remember three temperatures. 14

procter and gamble is changing the design of their soap pods. the shape could look like candy to small children. nearly 200 cases of children accidentally eating the detergent has been reported so far this year. experts say to keep the detergent out of risk of children. >> d.c. residents can be to the heat by taking a dip in one of the city's pools. vincent rate kicked off the summer pool season this year. he also kicked -- cut the ribbon on a new recreation center. i noticed this mayor did not jump in. not the way a certain mayor of the past would have. >> he probably would have wanted to with the way it felt outside. >> we are getting somewhere around 90 degrees. it feels like the middle of summer. let's look at the sky from down the river. they form and disappear. you notice they are not growing vertically. no chance of any showers or storms with the clouds moving through. we will see probably a lot more sunshine and then clouds as we get through the memorial day weekend. looking out across the chesapeake bay from stevens bill -- stevensville

procter & gamble hopes to release the new design for these bo pods in the next few weeks, but in the if your child comes in contact with the detergent, first you should wash it out immediately and then give them a call, 100-222-1222. ji >>> crime connection? police in fairfax county are trying to figure out if a stack and shooting are related. the shooting victim turned up at the fairfax county general district court around midnight. he told police a friend drove him there after he was shot and n. chantilly. a short time later, another man arrived at fair oaks hospital after being stabbed. he also told police it happened in chantilly. police say neither victim is being cooperative. they believe both know each other and that the confrontation started at a bar. both are expected to be okay. >>> attorneys for george hughley want their client's conviction to be thrown out. they filed a motion in a charlottesville court today. huguely was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend y d yeardley love. they say there were trial errors and he deserve as new trial. and the jurors were given imp

if facebook can't market its data about you because of privacy laws, why does procter & gamble want toertise on mobile? this is a very different platform than your desk stop. i'm worried. i think it's substantive. >> except in ten years, does anybody think we're not going to be completely mobile? in five years? at some point the advertisers have to make the move, and understand the construct and what it's going to take. i mean, right? everything will be mobile. i may be walking around with a dinosaur in my pocket, being i have a blackberry, but -- >> the defense department. >> some lady on the plane actually insulted me. you still have one of those? i said, are you insulting my technolo technology? >> i think it's retro. >> still easier for type on. >> weren't you vote in the dinosaur theme once in your earlier part of the career? >> disney, yes, i did work at the magic kingdom. given their quarter this week, they're a dinosaur. >> dinosaurs rule the world. >> but everybody is having trouble managing to this transition. or even pandora, in talking to joe kennedy, but same issue. aren't

they join pepsi, coke procter & gamble, et cetera.as a brilliant idea. you know how there's a do-not-call list. he has an idea