today, the f.d.a. was ready to say yes but the president's secretary of health and human services said no. wyatt andrews has our story. >> reporter: for five years, plan b, the emergency contraception drug, has only been sold without a prescription to women 17 and older. the issue is should that be changed? and the drug made available with no prescription to younger girls. when the f.d.a. looked at safety studies, it said yes. but it was directly overruled by kathleen sebelluous, the secretary of health and human services. her denial stunned many public health proponents. >> i am flabbergasted. >> reporter: susan wood, a former f.d.a. official, says women need over-the-counter access because plan b prevents pregnancy only if taken quickly. >> so having any kind of barrier means perhaps we wait a day. perhaps we wait a few days. and by then, the product no longer can help prevent unintended pregnancy. >> reporter: what made the denial so unusual was the level of public disagreement. secretary sebelluous

you mentioned susan wood, she resigned from the f.d.a. r the bush administration but that administration has delayed a similar easing of restrictions and so people are very upset on that side. >> brown: briefly, rob, is there any next step here beyond the political rekar cushions? is there more to come on the health side or policy side? >> well, there's still a lawsuit pending against the f.d.a. one of the activist groups filed a lawsuit many years ago because of the delays in easing the restrictions and there's a hearing scheduled for december 13 on a contempt of court motion against the f.d.a. for failing to ease restrictions. it will be interesting to see what happens there. the judge had been very critical about the idea that politics might be interfering with the scientific decision. >> brown: rob stein of the "washington post," thanks very much. >> thanks for having me. >> woodruff: still to come on the newshour, the partisan divide over the consumer protection agency. the arguments over who owns montana's rivers. the growing pressur

in the last meeting on the flavor saver to me which wasn't terribly successful commercially but the f.d.a. scientist went through a long present taishan about all the analyses they had done and her concluding slide was the flavor saver tomato is a tomato so they had not found any substantial differences except for the addition of the one extra gene that actually decreased the rate at which they went soft so they extended the shelf life and indeed that was the conclusion so they had no reason to regulate it on the basis of safety. no one gets up in the morning saying i want to go buy a genetically engineered food they offer no benefits no more nutrition no more flavor no nothing they only offer risks that's all they offer to the consumer and so the average person of course rational person would say why would i buy a food that offers me no new benefits but only risks so it was critical critical for the industry to get these foods out without anyone knowing because if they knew they were obviously choose not to buy them. i don't know how many years of testing you would feel comfortable with

when the f.d.a. looked at safety studies, it said yes. but it was directly overruled by kathleen sebelluous, the secretary of health and human services. her denial stunned many public health proponents. >> i am flabbergasted. >> reporter: susan wood, a former f.d.a. official, says women need over-the-counter access because plan b prevents pregnancy only if taken quickly. >> so having any kind of barrier means perhaps we wait a day. perhaps we wait a few days. and by then, the product no longer can help prevent unintended pregnancy. >> reporter: what made the denial so unusual was the level of public disagreement. secretary sebelluous said she was protecting teenaged girls, chef whom reached childed bearing age at 11 years old and the evidence, she said, did not show those who might use this medicine can understand the warning label. f.d.a. commissioner margaret hamburg directly contradicted that, citing studies that adolescent females understood the product was not for routine use at grubs pharmacy in washington, the pharmacist agreed the

today, the f.d.a. was ready to say yes but the president's secretary of health and human services said no.

the f.d.a. food safety modernization act. every year one in six americans get sick from food borne diseases. the f.d.a. food safety modernization act enables the f.d.a. to better protect public health by strengthening the food safety system. this bill would make it virtually impossible for the federal agencies to protect public health and safety. nobody likes to be tied up in red tape, but this bill would bring regulations to a halt and make it virtually impossible to enact new regulations. currently rulemaking agencies must make an analysis for every new rule that would have significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities such as small businesses. however, agencies have the authority to waive or delay this analysis in emergency situations. now, this bill, mr. speaker, would require agencies to determine the indirect cost a rule has on a business and it would repeal the authority of an agency to waive or delay this analysis in response to an emergency that makes timely compl

americans no longer die in droves from food-borne diseases as they did before the creation of the f.d.a that we breathe in our cities. we also use government to protect ourselves from unscrupulous business practices. government protects us or should protect us from being ripped off in final frauds or exploited by lenders or tricked by false advertising or harmed by defective consumer products. and government protects us in other ways. it protects us in the work place. a century ago, 100,000 workers died every five years on the job, often because employers didn't really care whether they died. at a time there's only 40 million people in the labor force, today, 5,000 workers die a year in the labor force, which is much larger. because of government, fewer americans are dying on our highways. since the federal government stepped in to regulate auto safety in 1966, the auto fatality rate has dropped by 400%. seat belts, air bags, regulated by government, mandated by government, have saved hundreds of thousands of lives. americans want government to play this protective role, but for decades

the juice industry insists that its products are safe, but the f.d.a. says it will review its safety standards for juice. is there a connection between college sports teams and violent gangs? what a cbs news-"sportsaners. illustrate" investigation found >> pelley: for young people in tough neighborhoods, college sports can be a ticket out, but some student athletes have a hard time leaving their trouble behind. cbs news chief investigative correspondent armen keteyian and "sports illustrated" magazine have been looking at the influence of violent gangs on college sports. >> reporter: in 2007, brandon johnson charged straight out of dominiquez high in compton, california, and into the starting lineup at the university of washington. today, the 22-year-old johnson sits in a southern california jail, facing murder charges in connection with the shooting of an 18-year-old suspected gang member this summer. johnson, who has denied all charges, is accused of being in the words of a prosecutor in the case, "directly affiliated with the infamous bloods gang." >

and i was especially supportive of the bill's provisions to identify and dedicate the f.d.a.'s role in hazardous events. h.r. 2405 enhanced the flexibility of f.d.a. while strengthening their emergency use administrative functions. and these provisions are a significant step forward on a framework for f.d.a. to develop better policies and guidance in emergency situations. in addition, i was appreciative of the bipartisan effort to address the special needs of peed at rick populations -- pediatric populations in emergency situations. it was clear there was some gaps in our nation's public health emergency strategy for children and i'm confident we took an appropriate approach for filling in these gaps. so i really want to thank representatives mike rogers and gene green and their staff who offered the base bill and continued to work to strengthen its provisions. i want to thank the staff of the energy and commerce committee. of course, my chairman, mr. pitts, who have collaborated in a bipartisan manner to further enhance the bill. they've worked hard to accomplish the goals of

that's the advice of santa donna let's move on because this is advice for people that like to party the f.d.a. has approved a pill that promises to take the edge off of situations like this to a great. great movie and now there just might be a cure it combines a thousand milligrams of aspirin ok that doesn't sound like rocket science one hundred twenty milligrams of caffeine neither does that and a stomach soothing agent into effervescent tablets taken the morning after a night of heavy drinking claims to knock out multiple hangover symptoms in just fifteen to thirty minutes how is this any better then a cup of coffee alka seltzer and some aspirin gives you a better this is a. test of the. aspirin and they're calling this blowfish that's the name of the hangover was called blowfish so it's a it's a branding marketing thing. you know you don't really take this with. some water and you know it's the same thing it's just one more drug for the drug industry to market b.s. yeah i mean this is. so shannon what would you offer except new hangover pill that you know claims to be a cure for greasy foo

i am more concerned about the sugar but i am concerned whether the f.d.a. he epa rap is aware of how much there is in this substance. >>trace: and whether they put the juice maker's feet to the fire, they are not concerned about the natural arsenic but concerned about the man made arsenic which comes in the form of pesticides. ship ship the doctor's health concerns are zero. one part a hundred is 1 percent, and one part for 10,000 would be .01 percent, and now we are at a billion. anyway, bringing in dr. london running her own family practice and assistant professor at cornell mold college in new york city, very well respected. i can't figure out why i'm supposed to give a damn. >>guest: arsenic over time causes lung cancer, skin cancer, bladder canner, in 24 hours of ingesting, in pregnant woman it goes into the fetus. so this is something to care about and children, because they are developing, the cancer risks are unknown and repeat exposure is a problem. >>shepard: the difference between 23 part as billion and three parts a billion according to the other

. >> in way to know which way the f.d.a. will go but the history has been in favor of relaxing restrictions. >>shepard: great britain has made the move? >>guest: they took it to a new level. the british pregnantty -- pregnancy advisory service urged women to get a packet of plan with b before they hit the holiday parties. go online, sign up and a nurse calls you back and you can get the packet for tree. critics say this is nothing more than a vulgar campaign aimed at increasing promiscuity. >>shepard: thank you, john "horny for the holidays." jon corzine went from being the governor of the state of new jersey to oversee the biggest wall street failure in year and may have to answer to employee whose say he lost millions and millions of their money in the process. plus, not too hot, not too cold, the latest planet discovered outside our solar system could be just right. do they have humids on that planet? that they just found? are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial

last week, the comment period on the f.d.a.'s draft guidelines closed. heard from the public and i'm sure they heard from countless americans, i urge them to go back to the drawing board and ensure they do not limit americans' access to dietary supplements. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from connecticut rise? ms. delauro: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. delauro: at a recent horse sale in kentucky, one sold for $8.5 million as part of the sale of the late so you haddy prince's farm. three of the saudi's other horses also sold for seven figures, a total of 22 horses were sold that day for $1 million or more compared with only eight sold in 2010. every millionaire who purchased these horses benefited from a republican sponsored taxpayer subsidy written into the last 2008 farm bill. it allows them to recover the cost of the horse. even as they call for more budget cuts, republicans used that bill to transfer wealth. nearly $500 million from the pocke

the f.d.a. decided the plan b pill should be available over the counter, but secretary sebelius says she is worried young girls may not understand how to use the emergency contraceptive. girls 16 and under can still get the drug. they need a prescription. those 17 and older just need to prove their age. well, the thousands of deaths in syria are not his fault. that from syrian president bashar assad. who today strongly denied he ordered his troops to slaughter unarmed civilians, despite the fact that he is the commander of that country's armed forces. of course the united nations reports president assad's regime has reported crimes against humanity by killing unarmed protesters calling on assad to step down. the u.n. claims more than 4,000 syrians have died in that 10 month uprising but in an exclusive interview with abc barbara walters airing today, president obama denied responsibility. listen. >> not my forces. forces belong to the government. i don't own them. i'm president. i don't own the c

she overruled a ruling by the f.d.a. ow to use the emergency contraceptive safely. >> police in california releasing a chilling 911 call as a woman shoots and kills a guy trying to break into her house. here's the tape. >> where is he at? oh, my god. >> you can hear the terror and desperation in 66-year-old donna hopper's voice. it turns out the person she shot and killed was 37-year-old jesse, a man with an extensive criminal history. hopper has been cleared of any wrongdoing. she was the first -- that was, by the way, the first time she'd ever used her gun. >> wow. >> the principal who suspended a 9-year-old boy for calling his teacher cute has resigned. he threatened to fine or demote him and never gave him a chance to apologize. he was suspended for two days after being overheard to say that his principal was cute. -- teacher was cute. >> back in the day, you said teachers might have been cute. can only imagine what you would have said. >> who knows, i think steve was way out of control. >> those were the days. got a

it's become more urgent just this week when the f.d.a. approved for over the counter sales of a drug that kills a developing baby. and health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius did make it so that one has to be 17 to purchase what has been termed abortion in a bottle. and now, think about this for a moment. if you have a daughter, she has to have parental consent to take an aspirin at school, but the government was on the brink of letting her purchase a pill that will kill her unborn child with neither your consent nor approval. this is insane. so the gift of life movie illustrates why each life matters, by seeing things through the eyes of people whose mothers contemplated or even attempted to abort them. by the way, all audience members here today are going to get a copy of the movie, "the gift of life" and i think they will enjoy it and he they take it home with them. now, if you want more information on getting one for yourself or maybe for christmas gifts, go to "the gift of life movie.com and go to mike huckabee.com and f

>>clayton: the quote from the f.d.a.'e vast majority of samples are very slow but we want to minimize the exposures as much as we can." here is dr. oz reacting to this new news. >> i think all the major players in this argument, the ones that were critical of the early studies have come to an agreement that we have a problem with apple juice. there is a question for the parents, why would you buy apple juice for your kid that might have more arsenic than your tap water? >>clayton: the other question is the other juices, right? grapefruit juice? >>guest: and looking at parents and saying, what do we do? look, apple juice or any kind of juice in general, small amounts is not a big problem at the present team, but a lot of people are advising, especially if you have children younger than six, limit the amount of juice consumption, especially in infants do not give them any juice, and, also, change brands because they are all over the place. 5 percent of the different brands that were tested exceeded the elements so i would a

number three, the f.d.a. ts standards for the amount of arsenic allowed in apple juice after consumer groups raised concerns. number two, egyptians waiting to hear the results of the first free elections in that country in six decades. and number one, the dow soaring past the 12,000 mark today. it ended up 490 points. the biggest gain in more than two years. and that's "the fox report's" top five. and on this day in 1979, the british rock group pink floyd released landmark concept album, the wall. at the time pink floyd was one of the most poplar groups on the planet. by many accounts all of that fame was having an effect on musicians and the wall reflected that the album about a rock star named pink who slowly goes insane. the wall symbolizes isolation from society. when the band members took the wall on tore they built it on stage only to tear it back down at the end. in 1992 it became a movie. this days part of the best selling album of time. 32 yea ago today and it was. and now you know the news for this w

. >> now, we don't know how the f.d.a. is going to go on this but historically speaking they have been in favor of relaxing the rules, so maybe they dual it again tomorrow, shep. >> over at the united kingdom. there is this push to get people to buy plan b in advance of the holidays. >> not buy it, shep, but get it free. the british pregnancy advisory service has launched a campaign aimed at people who do a little bit too much kissing around the mistletoe, get their free pack of plan b just in case. women, girls go online fill out a form and get a packet from a nurse. critics have called this campaign incredibly vulgar doing nothing more than overtly promoting promiscuity. the advisory service trying to have a sense of humor about the whole thing. the web site is santa cumss.org. a lot of people don't think that's very funny, shep. >> jonathan, thanks. armed, dangerous, looking for vengeance. u.s. marshals have been desperately trying to hunt down an escaped prisoner. a man said to be hunting a couple people himself. just w

second the f.d.a. is stated the drugs lifted in h.r. 1254 have no medical use and there are no i.n.d., investigational new drug studies, pending with the f.d.a. h.r. 1254 will not prevent further research into synthetic drugs. it's simply false to say it will. d.e.a. has a routine, well-established procedure in place to facilitate scientific study of schedule one drugs, including marijuana, cocaine and heroin. currently the d.e.a. has licensed nearly 4,000, let me repeat, 4,000 individuals and other entities including universities, manufacturers, resergers and labs to handle schedule one drugs for scientific and investigational purposes. these are facts. also want to point out, too, my friend from virginia made some comments about the -- about, i guess, eight compounds having been found in the united states. actually, dozens of compounds have been found in the united states. many bath salt chemicals currently are in the united states but only three synthetic stimulants and five synthetic cabanoids have

so the f.d.a. was created for the purpose of making sure that the prescription drucks that we get and or the food that we get is in fact safe for human consumption. i think that is absolutely critical function but i will look at that bill to see if i believe there is, as you seem to think, some discrimination on what would otherwise be very healthy food and milk or milk is what you were referring to specifically. but i will look at that and see what i think about that. but i will tell you, i believe the food and drug administration per forms a critical function for a safe america when you have 315, 325 million people in america and probably % of them has any real idea where the food they eat comes from. but i will talk to you about it. ok? and now that i am not distracting you, maybe the baby will be happier. >> thank you, congressman. my question is you're talking about the attacks earlier and insolvency for medicare, medicaid, social security. i was wondering those agencies, those programs are at

. >> when the f.d.a. says, ok, you can use this drug. we think it works. market, you turn around and say how long can i keep it exclusive? and they gave them a deal and now that deal for pfizer is up. what does it mean for the consumer for someone who needs lipitor now? will the price go down? >> absolutely. and we're going to see that with more generics coming in after this, the price of it is going to go way down. the big news is that yesterday the patent ended and now it opens the door for a lot of other companies to come up with a generic version of it. if you don't have insurance, the cost of this medication would be somewhere around $150. with insurance, it would be somewhere in the range of $50. now that the generic is coming in, pfizer is marketing it at $4 a month and pfizer is pushing to get the same brand for $4 a month. which is lower than some of the wal-mart prices and things that we've talked about in the past. big news. >> they can control the market. here's the bigger question. if i'm out there and i'm wondering, pfizer didn't make this li

some people say the f.d.a. fter over-the-counter remedies like this. >> it costs you, what, about $3. so people are going to take the plunge. >> i don't -- i mean, listen, i think water and some people can take aspirin. but, you know, some people can't and what i really don't like about this is it's hiding it. it doesn't say it's aspirin. it doesn't say it's caffeine. got to look on the label in the morning, can't even read the label. >> big bummer is brian is having his radio party this afternoon and i was really hoping i could take that. >> i was handing out blowfish right before and now i'm going -- >> here. >> grab bag gifts. >> put the patch over your mouth and you won't drink as much. >> i say two fisted drinking. water and alcohol. and no one can see you on the radio. they don't know what you're doing. >> that's very true. >> good to see you again. >> straight ahead, mitt romney's new ad highlighting his family values. is he taking a stab at newt gingrich who has been married three times? is that a good i

across this 2%, the f.d.a. finds frighteningly large numbers of shipments with dangerous food safety violations, including the presence of pathogens an chemical contamination. families should be able to know where their food is coming from. just this morning a japanese food producer announced the recall of 400,000 cans of infant formula after traces of radioactive cease yum were found in their -- cesium were found in the powder. after the nuclear accident in japan earlier this year, americans were concerned about the safety of food from that area. we recently experienced a liss tiera outbreak in -- a listeria outbreak in cantaloupes with sickened 129 people and killed 29 more. germany saw an e. coli crisis that killed dozens ancicened thousands. we saw salmonella outbreak in crushed pepper that killed several people and a recall of over half a billion eggs and almost 2,000 americans becoming ill. country of origin labeling does country of origin labeling does not lead to american job