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an announcement coming up from the world health organization. igh profile banker, this one from egypt, accused of assaulting a hotel made in new york. >>> and elders in japan, they know the risks. yet they are determined to work inside the contaminated fukushima nuclear plant. >>> you've heard a lot in recent years about a connection between cell phones, tumors, and brain cancer. finally we may get a definitive answer. the world health organization's cancer research team is meeting in france, and they're going to make a determination the next hour on whether cell phones should be classified as a carcinog carcinogen. it's an issue for many of us with cell phones virtually attached to our ears. cnn medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta has conducted his own investigation. >> reporter: if you've ever put a cell phone to your ear, you should listen to what neurosurgeon dr. keith black has to say. >> there's no way to say that cell phone use is safe. i think the public has a right to know that there could be a potential risk. the public generally ass

i was just thinking about the, the world health movement, this is a not a us phenomenon either, it's, it's cross-national. the world health organization did a study in, in the late '90s across 14 different countries, looking at 18 of the most stigmatized conditions, including drug and alcohol addiction. so they had things like being homeless, being a criminal, being hiv- positive, all these very heavily stigmatized conditions. and what they found, cross-nationally, drug addiction was number one, alcohol addiction was number four, so two of the top four were the most stigmatized conditions cross-nationally. and stigma, and, and that surprised me. i mean obviously we all know that these conditions are very stigmatized, just how stigmatized, i didn't realize, that they, they would come top of that list. so that was very surprising to me. so what we're dealing with is possibly and probably the most stigmatized of all social problems, if you frame them, put it in that framework. and i think importantly, there were two factors that i see moderate stigma. one is cause and the other is controllability. cause being, it's their fault. controlla

looking at the area, it seems like from the world health organization, they recommend to minimize exposure -- maybe there are some more things to check. it is just a block away to the school. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i was asked to read a letter here. many of you know who paul is. he used to be fire marshal in san francisco. i know the plays well. my mother used to go there for her lunches. they used to save a place for her. it was very dear to her. first headforemost, safety. especially during emergency situations. currently, the infrastructure in the area is lacking. god forbid there is a fire or an earthquake or something that is life threatening the. we need to improve coverage. we also spent some time to the san francisco 9/11 dispatch center in. we understand the need to provide excellent coverage in the area. thank you. >> good afternoon. i am here on behalf of some friends. i have several friends that live at mercy terrorists. one of the things that i know that they enjoy is the penthouse party in room. there is a door that leads out to a wonderful roof deck.

meantime, she has gotten the world health organizations to look into his wife's death. >>> coming up. the about-face the navy is making in a surprising policy change regarding same-sex marriages. >> also important new earthquake research. see how quakes on the other side of the earth can trigger changes right here in the bay area. >> the odds. >> new details on osama bin laden's death coming up. >> and san jose teacher chosen for an elite mission. the big story she'll be able to tell her students. >>> 75 and watch out for severe weather in the carolinas. denver, 49. dallas, 86 that is the best area for bumpy weather today. whole area in yellow. kansas city and omaha. no delays unless slight departure delays but the same thing develops. go to abc7news.com. >>> the navy is backtracking this morning on a plan to train chaplains to perform same sex civil unions. after some members of congress objected they issued a memo they are postponing the plan pending a legal review. if the pentagon lifted the ban on gays in the military. the unions could only be performed on military bases in states

the world health organization wants to determine whether electro magnetic radiation from cell phones and other wireless devicecauses cancer. the agency will convene a meeting on tuesday and at the end of eight days the scientists will be asked to reach a verdict on whether to list this kind of radiation as car send 0 jenic. >>> a new survey shows a majority of americans approve of same sex marriage. the pole says 53% now say that same sex marriage should be legal. when broken down by political party lines 59% of independents are in favor. 69% of democrats support the idea, and as well as 28% of republicans. >>> another interesting find, the survey shows that more catholics are in favor of gay marriage than protestants. >>> people will be heading out of town over the memorial day weekend but many will not be driving. aaa says high gas prices will keep cars in the garage for the holiday. the car club expects just under 40 million people to get behind the wheel or about 100,000 less than last year. in walnut creek this morning gas prices were well over 4 dollars a gallon and people told

health watch tonight, do cell phones really cause cancer? that will be the question up for debate at the world health organization's meeting next week. researchers at tuesday's meeting plan on reviewing studies of the health effects of electro magnetic radiation to decide once and for all if it can be labeled a carcinogen. the agency has published over 100 papers since 1977 of various materials and devices. they're expected to reach a conclusion by the end of the month. >>> some more health news for you, some pregnant women it seeps are being denied treatment by obstetricians because of a higher health risk and malpractice concern. ob/gyns in south florida will not treat overweight pregnant women. they send them to specialists instead. 15 ob/gyn practices out of 105 polled by a south florida newspaper have set weight cutoffs for patients starting at 200 pounds. studies have shown obese patients are at a higher risk for elevated blood pressure, prehe can clam see ya and gestational diabetes. >> the liability, the local environment and the demand for perfection makes the specialty very, very challenging. >> turning down overweight patie

>> what it means is that the world health organization panel of scientists looked at the current availableat's been published as well as some unpublished data that should be coming out shortly from the multinational study and concluded that the evidence suggests that there is a possible link between cell phone use and brain cancer. this is looking at multiple studies. the best conclusion at this point would suggest that there is the possibility for a link. >> brown: now the issue is the radiation, right? explain what researchers are concerned about and what they're studying. >> essentially a cell phone is a microwave antenna which generates microwave radiation. we know that microwave radiation can penetrate into the brain when you hold the cell phone next to your ear. in fact, it's related to the square of the distance. so the closer, you get a much much greater amount of radiation going into the brain. that radiation and energy when it hits biological tissues, there is some concern that it may actually cause cells over a long term time period to transform from normal cells into cancer cel

the world health organization's director general has called for international support for japan after the march 11 disaster and the related accident at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant. margaret chan gave the opening address at the ww.h.o.'s opening meeting on monday, speaking to the 193 delegates. japanese health officials are expected to inform participants of measures taken by the government to safeguard of health of residents near the damaged plant. the delegation is also expected s measures to ensure the safety of food and drinking water. among other issues on the agenda for the general assembly is how member countries should cooperate to prevent a pandemic of a new type of influenza. the meeting will end on tuesday next week. >>> the chief of the international monetary fund will remain in jail in the u.s. without bail. dominique strauss-kahn was arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a maid who's in her 30s at a luxury manhattan hotel on sunday. the top imf executive appeared in court in new york on monday afternoon. strauss-kahn pleaded not guilty to the charges an

and welcome thank you america researchers don't seem to be worried about cancer risks the world health organization said the risks are slim to none one of the missing. well there are some researchers that are concerned and i was quite horrified actually when i began researching this topic today with the governor that there are not only hundreds of studies showing clear evidence of harm her impact howzat study so there is evidence there is cause to be concerned well it's that sixty excuse me i've got to take a cell phone call or it's not a good idea. i want you to know i'm wired connection as we speak ok that's probably quite wise. is this a case of scientists then given that there's thousands of studies and we don't ever read about them in the newspapers is this scientists fudging the numbers is this the the giant you know there's basically five or six corporations or controlled well over eighty percent of the media in the united states including over eleven thousand magazines are they basically you know the scientists the media acting like corporate shills or is have we just so no overlooked all t

the lives of organic spanish vegetables of the grid says it's still very unclear where they were contaminated dozens of countries including russia have already banned spanish cucumber the world health organization describing the outbreak of quote very large and very severe. in yemen the u.n. human rights office says over fifty people have been killed in demonstrations the city of since sunday reports. say that hundreds more have been injured meanwhile intense fighting for the purple sun now between tribal groups and forces a lot of presidents a lay leader refuses to step down and despite three months of violent clashes against islam. they greeted like true heroes with patriotic fun fierce cheers handshakes and the hope of a brand new beginning but for thousands of u.s. troops coming home from war transition to civilian life is a painful one altered by traumatic memories what is more important one former soldier who shared her struggle with this. that think you would be very much into the infinite world of literature enters this twenty eight year old ex marine an american who abandoned her weapon four written words to tell a story she says has kept censored from u.s. citizens even t

. >>> now according to the world health organization, estimated that tobacco use kills more than 5 million people each year worldwide. a tremendous number try to quit smoking many will not be successful. >> hard habit to break. thank you. >>> all right we got the rain and i don't know that we are done with the rain. >> we do have rain just in time for the evening commute. high-def doppler radar what you are looking at areas of green, light precipitation yellow is more of a moderate rainfall zeroing in on the bay bridge at this time, from san francisco, to oakland you see that we have some pretty heavy precipitation wrapping around to san leandro, also for the evening commute, wet, silicon valley heading north, 680 there is sour live cbs weather camera looking out toward the bay bridge we have a few rain drops on the camera lens as winds begin to push the rain drops on shore as well. also up high in the sky, chopper 5, taking a look around the bay area, also, equally as well. again for chopper 5, for the pilot up there, let me tell you winds will increase out of the southwest, gusting up to

. >> according to the world health organization 884 million people in the world do not have access to safe water. >>> if you are one of those eyeing the dress kate wore as she married the prince you are in luck. designers around the world are working to get copies of the gown out and on the rack. if the dress isn't enough come monday night word is those who shop by television will be able to buy earrings inspired by the ones worn by the newly minted dutchess of cambridge. >> tonight the a listers made their way to the correspondent's dinner but many of the jokes weren't aimed at the president as is traditional but instead j abs at donald trump. he ran a clip from the movie the lion king talking about the birth of the royal lion cub and said it was his official birth movie. then seth myers came to the stage and continued to skewer trump. >> he has been saying he will run for president as a republican which surprising since i assumed he was running as a joke. >> as you can see trump sat there rather stone faced during the event. he attended as a guest of the washington post. >> you prob

they have got the cdc and the world health organization to look into his wife's death. they are working as consultants. lisa amin gulezian, abc news. >> thank you. >>> two uc berkeley graduates held on spying charges in iran are scheduled to finally go on trial at this hour. shane bower and share raw shored and josh -- sara shourd and josh fattal were arrested and shourd was released on bail last year. later she said she would not return to iran for the trial. they said they wandered into iran accidentally and are not spies. their family says there is no evidence to the contrary. >> it is clear if they had anything on shane and josh this would have been done and over a longtime ago. it just continues on. the longer it continues, the more obvious it becomes that it has become political. >> today amnesty international urged iran to released bauer and fattal saying iran is not recognizing international protocol. >>> we want to take to you a san jose state university campus where two people were shot dead in a parking structure. the top -- it was at the top of third. one is

them have been in germany the outbreak has been linked to organic spanish vegetables madrid says it's still unclear when and where the vegetables were contaminated the world health organization that wage rose describes the break is a very large and very severe one. if you haven't the u.n. human rights office says over fifty people have been killed in demonstrations in the city of ties since sunday reports say hundreds more but injured meanwhile intense fighting is resumed in the capital sanaa between rival groups and forces loyal to president saleh including a cease fire agreement and your president refuses to step down and despite three months of violent clashes against islam. in a few minutes the firsthand account of the sacrifices the soldiers called on to make while fighting on the front line thanks though let's get the latest from the world of business before that with the matriarch after a quick break. you know and one welcome to business with need to remember now it's described in the german press as the energy equivalent of the four wall of the burden of war over the next decade germany plans to phase out all of its nuclear power over public concern abou

the world health organization say they all possibly cause cancer. other study, but the stark conclusion of many studies going back years and conducted all over the world. and cnn senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen joins was the 411 on this. all right. this is pretty scary. what should we make of it? >> i would use the word important and not scary. the world health organization comes out after reading every study done on cell phones and cancer to say that drcell phone and mobile devices are a possible carcinogen for humors and specifically talking about gliomas which is a kind of brain tumor and you are saying why isn't that scary, elizabeth? well, here is why it is not scary. >> right. >> and here is why, because it is possible, but they have not definitely linked it. and it is not like the cell phone is toxic, but the kind of risks that we are talking about is a risk that builds up day after day after day and week after week after week and year after year. and one cell phone call is not going to give you cancer, but something that builds u

by comparison, according to the world health organization, the homicide rates in france, germany and great britain, same year in 2000, were .6, .8, and .9 respectively. children in the united states were far more likely to be shot and killed than their counterparts in other industrial nations. the homicide rate is 16 times higher for american children. as alarmed as such numbers may be, the united states homicide rate involving -- it is the last its homicide rate involving handguns that makes the united states stand apart internationally. in 1996, for example, handguns were used to murder 30 people in great britain. 106 in canada, 15 in japan, and 9390 in the united states. the cdc, centers for disease control, reports the rate of firearms death, the number of americans shot to death per 100,000, as having between 8.8 and 9.2 for white americans during 2000-2005, between 7.5 and 7.8 for hispanic or latino americans, and between 18-point for and 1923 for african-americans. such statistics suggest that there is something unique and frightening happening in the united states. of course

. >>> and the world health organization wants you to kick the habit. nd world no tobacco day when smokers are incurringed to butt out their cigarettes for 24 hours. accoring to the w.h.o. more than 5 million people die every year from tobacco-related deaths. >>> now, the big apple is joining the global movement against outdoor smoking. lighting up in most public places in new york is now outlawed. and health e living advocates as hailing it as major victory. in true new yorker style, some people are far less than impressed about being told to stomp out smoking. >> reporter: summer is phenolly co finally coming to new york. eating, tanning. another activity is now banned in parks and beaches. >> smoking. >> it's a great idea. >> reporter: why? >> agreed. i have asthma and can't stand smoke. >> reporter: the mayor can't stand smoking either. he signed the new law, smoking was banned in bars and restaurant. >> in this case it came from the public saying, we want this stopped. >> reporter: smokers are fuming. oh a protest saturday at the beach. >> a symbol

the effects are on the health of the people who get this bacteria. >> thanks, fred. >>> so what exactly is this bacteria? this is how the world health organizationescribes e. coli. it is a back about tear yum commonly found in the stomachs of humans and warm blooded animals. it emerged as a serious threat in 1982 during an outbreak in the united states. the 0157 strain can be life threatening especially for children and the elderly. so how is it spread? it's mainly a foodborne disease, but as we're seeing fruits and vegetables can carry the virus and they may have been contaminated by the feces of an infected animal. so what do you need to watch out for in terms of symptoms? britd continue's health protection agency says these are the signs to watch out for. diarrhea, stomach cramps, fever, perhaps even blood in the toilet. it says the symptoms take three to four days on average to show. what do you do if you have it? the health protection agency says there is no specific cure. it does recommend, however, drinking plenty of fluids, avoiding tea, coffee, soft drinks and alcohol. >>> doctors at hamburg university medical center are responding to t

a team of researchers from the world health organization is expected to release its findings tomorrow's all at the top of the hour. more piers morgan in a moment. ♪ that's why right here, in australia, chevron is building one of the biggest natural gas projects in the world. enough power for a city the size of singapore for 50 years. what's it going to do to the planet? natural gas is the cleanest conventional fuel there is. we've got to be smart about this. it's a smart way to go. ♪ >>> michael grimm won season 5 of "america's got talent" in what may have been the season's biggest upset in the show's history. he gave the performance of his life and he reminds me of a young van morrison. michael grimm joins me now. that's what i always thought when i saw you performing. >> i appreciate that. thank you. >> it just had that feel, the way you perform, the manner in which you performed. but it was a shock. i mean, i remember just everybody assuming little jackie, the little angel, was going to walk this. >> i thought she was too, piers. >> what did you think when your name was announced?

tomorrow we're expecting an announcement from the world health organization regarding cell phones.cer research team made up of 31 scientists from 14 countries has been meeting in france to determine if radiation emitted from cell phones should be classified as a cancer risk. now, the team has been evaluating all peer-reviewed studies on this big issue to make its determination. and government agencies such as the food and drug administration and the federal communications commission, well, they'll be watching for those results closely. this comes as one of this country's top neurologists is raising serious questions about cell phones and how they may, and we stress the word "may," be negatively impacting the human brain. in just a few moments anderson and "360" m.d. sanjay gupta will discuss some of the new research. but first here's dr. gupta's report. >> i'm on my way. >> reporter: if you've ever put a cell phone to your ear, you should listen to what neurosurgeon dr. keith black has to say. >> there's no way to say that cell phone use is safe. i think that the public has a right

. >>> scientists from around the world will meet in france next week to discuss the danger of cell phone radiation. the world health organizationectroreadation causes cancer. the agency will convene the meeting on tuesday. at the and of eight days, the scientists will be asked to reach a verdict. >>> we are continuing to follow the new ipo of mountain view's linkedin. the initial public offering for linkedin was priced at $45 a shear yesterday. when the market closed it was closing at $94. right now it's just over $101 per share. analysts say it should serve as encouragement to twitter and facebook as they consider going public. another local stock to keep an eye on today is gap. the san francisco-based retailer reported disappointing earnings. right now that stock is down more than 17%. revenue for all gap companies fell by 1%, but it was especially hurt by sales at old navy down 4% and a cheaper chain provides 40% of all company revenues. >>> the country's largest brick and mortar bookstore put itself up for sale. now this says it has a billion dollar offer. barnes & noble says nothing has been approved yet and it is still ev

the world health organization and the fda say it's hard to even put a number on the extent of the founderucts lick lipitor, procrit and viagra are widely counterfeited drugs. how big of a problem are counterfeit drugs? >> globally they are a big concern. >> reporter: alyssa burnstein it a drug expert. >> the counterfeiters prey on the vulnerability of the consumer and don't care if they're harming patients. >> reporter: getting counterfeit drugs in your local pharmacy is rare but it does happen. more commonly, fake drugs are bought and sold over the internet. recently the fda accused nearly 300 websites of selling counterfeit drugs to consumers and demanded they stop. >> if i were to show you some counterfeit and genuine, i bet you won't be able to tell the difference. >> they're that good? >> that good. >> reporter: when the fda bought tamiflu from a suspicious website they got what looked like the real thing. the pills look the same, the packaging looks the same but one is fake? >> yep. >> reporter: take a look for yourself. it's hard to tell the difference but the fake pills are on the

and other obstacle has emerged from russia's way to joining the world trade organization the new health scare and concessions offered to foreign carmakers to set up there are three points in front of a country more in business in twenty minutes. around the world and around the clock twenty four hours a day this is r.t. the syrian government is deploying tanks across the country ahead of the latest round of nationwide anti regime protests damascus has ordered troops not so far from the opposition this friday after dozens were reported killed by snipers activists on the grounds of the death toll from the rising. international it's a history of criticize the syrian government crackdown washington is even preparing to examine the rule of president pressure. he's calling me from chicago courts many believe the u.s. is laying the foundations for more drastic action against a regime. who easily international leader and who is not it seems. america will decide a white house source said the obama administration is edging closer to declaring assad's ruling syria illegitimate and that it would be

this report is according to the world health organization cancer research team. countries including the u.s.. they said today, so phones pose as a cancer risk as lead and ended exhaust. they looked at several cities before coming to this conclusion. government agencies are paying attention to this a new report. they will use the group's findings for future actions about how we can use our cell phones. >> 9:52 a.m., we're back with more in a couple of minutes. kron 4 is giving you the chance to see you too. if you want to see you to when they play the bay area, like us on facebook. once you like us on facebook, you get access to a special entry form or you can win tickets to their tuesday, june 7th concert in oakland at the coliseum. join our facebook fan page and check that out. another way to win tickets is to get in on the soles for souls deal. they're teaming up to give away tickets, donate new or gently used shoes on monday june 6th at san francisco's or hard rock cafe for a chance to win their contest. we will be right back. i work at the cable company, and i

addressing the world health organization, the microsoft founder says five or six new vaccines could beble by the end of the decade. gates says it is critical to make this, quote, the decade of vaccines. >>> first, there was baby facebook in egypt. now an israeli couple has named their baby "like" as in the like button on facebook. yes, i am not kidding you. an israeli news source says the parents were looking for a unique name for their daughter, and they don't just like facebook, but like the meaning behind the word, i guess, by definition. i guess we could say we already like "like," right? i think so. >>> for two brothers, the dream of college and a military career are not possible. unless they get some help from congress. their story, in 60 seconds. >>> paying for college education can be a huge burden. and financial aid and scholarships help ease that strain. but for undocumented immigrant youths, receiving federal assistance for college is illegal for the time being. supporters of a bill called the dream act say it would provide them affordable access to college, military service

million people or 1% of the world's population is affected with some form of asd, it's higher than aids, diabetes, and cancer combined. directer of the mental health world health organizationn his -- this is part of the record -- says tens of millions of people are estimated to be affected in after africa only. you talked about the numbers in south korea being higher. when we study it, it's the tip of the iceberg phenomena where it's worse than we thought. i'm wondering again, and i asked this earlier, but i ask you with emphasis because i have raised it at the u.s. agency for international development, this needs to be made a priority, and i hope it becomes one in the global health initiative because we have a, you know, pandemics are reserved for infectious diseases, but with quotes around it, it is a pandemic largely unrecognized, and it's about time and our hope is with the hearing to begin with vigor and a fresh set of eyes to make this a global effort with our tax dollars which heretofore has not been the case. i say that in the late 1990s when i introduced the assure act, cdc was spending $287,000 per year for five successive years. that doesn't buy a desk. that doe

shuja nawaz is a former television newscaster on pakistani t.v., he's worked for the world health organization and was the former director of the international atomic energy agency. our first call is paul joining us from tennessee. good morning. caller: i'm glad i'm the first guy that gets to talk to this fella right here because i hope you give him as much time as you give to others on c-span. i've been watching for a long time, if you're going to try to sit there and get me to believe that pakistan did not know osama bin laden was there, i won't believe it for a minute. remember, too, we've lost a lot of lives, not only 9/11, but we've had in war that's lost his life has been after this man. now, we got this man and now al qaeda or taliban or whoever it is is blowing up these places. i say, let's bring our boys home and if we have to come back, make that place over there a desert and get rid of these people, stop killing our boys. putting an x on their back and letting these people shoot at them and blow them up in mines, it's ridiculous. our government should be held accountable. why is joh

shuja nawaz is a former television newscaster on pakistani t.v., he's worked for the world health organizationergy agency. our first call is paul joining us from tennessee. good morning. caller: i'm glad i'm the first guy that gets to talk to this fella right here because i hope you give him as much time as you give to others on c-span. i've been watching for a long time, if you're going to try to sit there and get me to believe that pakistan did not know osama bin laden was there, i won't believe it for a minute. remember, too, we've lost a lot of lives, not only 9/11, but we've had in war that's lost his life has been after this man. now, we got this man and now al qaeda or taliban or whoever it is is blowing up these places. i say, let's bring our boys home and if we have to come back, make that place over there a desert and get rid of these people, stop killing our boys. putting an x on their back and letting these people shoot at them and blow them up in mines, it's ridiculous. our government should be held accountable. why is john kerry the only man going to pakistan? come on, this liber

representing cell phone manufacturers tells cnn -- numerous experts and government health and safety organizations around the worldave reviewed the existing database of studies and ongoing research and concluded that rf products meeting established safety guidelines pose no known health risk. but still, there are many cell phone manufacturers that recommend that you do not put the phone next to your head. that is something marks and his family support. >> i still use my phone. i usually use a speaker phone. or i use a headset. >> marks and his wife are urging lawmakers around the country to require manufacturers to put warnings directly on the phones. they believe having the safety information in the manual simply isn't enough. today marks is able to provide for his family again and is back on top in the real estate business. >> roll over or do you fight? i'm a fighter. >> now we can't say for sure whether alan marks' tumors were indeed caused by cell phones, but good luck to him and his family. >>> congresswoman gabrielle giffords' doctotors took a bone substitute and placed it in her own native bone. look around

health risk, many others do not. as the trade group representing cell phone manufacturers tells cnn, numerous experts and government health and safety organizations around the worldatabase of studies and on going research and concluded that rf products meeting established safety guidelines pose no known health risk. still there are many cell phone manufacturers that recommend that you do not put the phone next to your head. that is something marks and his family support. >> i still use my phone. i usually use the speaker phone or i use the headset. >> reporter: marks and his wife are urging lawmakers around the country to require manufacturers to put warnings directly on the phones. they believe having the safety information in the manual simply isn't enough. today marks is able to provide for his family again and is back on top in the real estate business. >> do you roll over or do you fight? i'm a fighter. >> we can't say for sure whether alan marks' tumor was caused by cell phones. he's certainly a fighter. good luck to him and his family. >>> a big step forward in the recovery and rehabilitation of congresswoman gabrielle giffords. she underwent an operation

health risk, many others do not. as the trade group representing cell phone manufacturers tell cnn, numerous experts and governments on cell phone organizations around the worldviewed the studies on research and have concluded that the products meeting safety guidelines pose no health risk. but still, there are many manufacturers that recommend you do not put the phone next to your head. that is something marks and his family support. >> i still use my phone. i usually use a speakerphone or i use a headset. >> marks and his wife are urging lawmakers around the country to require manufacturers to put warnings directly on the phones. they believe having the safety information in the manual simply isn't enough. today marks is able to provide for his family again and is back on top in the real estate business. >> do you roll over or do you fight? i'm a fighter. >> now, we can't say for sure whether alan marks' tumor, in fact, was caused by cell phones, but as we said, he's certainly a fighter. good luck to him and his family. >>> also moving forward in the condition of gabrielle giffords. she underwent surgery to replace a piece of her skull that doctors removed

representing cell phone manufacturers tells cnn, numerous experts and government health and safety organizations around the world existing studies and on going research and concluded that rf products meaning established safety guidelines pose no known health risk but still there are many cell phone manufacturers that recommend that you do not put the phone next to your head. that is something marks and his family support. >> i still use my phone. i usually use a speakerphone or i use a headset. >> marks and his wife are urging lawmakers to require manufacturers to put warnings directly on the phones and believe having the safety information in the manual simply isn't enough. today marks is able to provide for his family again and is back on top in the real estate busines business. >> do you roll over or do you fight? i'm a fighter. >> dr. sanjay gupta, cnn reporting. >> all right. we've been talking about this a lot. i'm chatting with you guys on twitter about it. you've been tweeting me all day. if you haven't heard by now, a group is predicting the world is supposed to end at 6:00 p.m. eastern time which is im

the world economy. yuko funazaki, nhk world, singapore. >>> healthy living is a trend for people around the world and thais are no exception. organic food is gaining popularity here and a special market is bringing producers and health conscious consumers together. we go there to take a look. >> reporter: every weekend more than 40 farmers set up shop at this farmer's market located 30 kilometers west of bangkok. the fresh produce is either chemical free or grown using minimal chemicals and consumers can't get enough. thousands travel here to shop face to face with farmers. >> translator: we heard farmers bring their produce like chemical free mushrooms to sell direct so that's why we came. >> translator: we are afraid ordinary products may not be that safe to consume and with children in our family we're trying to use more organic products these days. >> translator: we want both vendors and buyers to feel happy so that they can sell crops at prices they want while the latter can choose what they pay. >> reporter: in addition to the final product available at the market visitors can get the opportunity to learn more about where these products came from. across the river, a tour takes us to a plot of land where peopl

the world. if you go to the world order and organization, we are no. 36, with close to recap. you say that we do not need -- you look at the best healthe systems in the world. you tell me how they are working. they are public options. and if you go to the rand corp., and if you do not think health care is being affected -- right now, every car that you buy, $1,000 of it is going to health care. guest: i am not sure if you are making the point that we need to change medicare or not. it will be completely out of money. those advocating an end to medicare, we want to make sure that this continues. those who have the status quo are arguing for this program's demise. for example, when harry reid says we are ok with social security, we have a trust fund until 2037. he and americans know that there is no money in the trust fund. right now, we are starting to pay out more money than we are starting to take in. and there are 10,000 baby boomers who retire every day. in the 1950's there were 16 workers for every retiree. now there are fewer than three. you cannot go on with a system like that. making the point that we should not change the syst

health condition. reporting in the newsroom, kron 4 news. >>grant: the giants are becoming leaders in the pro sports world. the organization release and it skippegets better video. they're meant to bring hope to young people who may be gay, lesbian, trans gender or bisexual. the video should be released by august, no word if any players will appear in the video. reporting live, kron 4 news. >>pam: >>now, here is gabe slate, with some tech news. >>gabe: a big day for silicon valley base net flix. according to a study and internet tracking company net flix is now the largest source of traffic on the web in the united states. that means that of all the website some services offered on the internet, net flix is pumping more data into homes than anyone else. net flix is streaming video now accounts for 30 percent of downstream content going into people's home through the web connection. youtube used to hold the no. 1 spot now they only account for 11%. this makes sense that you consider the rapid growth that net flix has experience. as of march they hit 23.6 million subscribers in the u.s.. net flix streaming only service which

the world converts to more integrated care through say accountable care organizations. and as a result of this all of the doctors and other professionals are talking to each other. there is electronic health records such that you don't have to order the test that you think you need because you can look and easily find it if it was just ordered three days ago. moreover if you are using best practices in terms of treating given diseases, and you know the best way to proceed, then you have got a fighting chance in several things happening. one is that you would not have to perform a lot of services that today are performed but unnecessarily so. you get an efficiency out of that. you could not have to do repetitive counts. you would have a better chance of avoiding unnecessary hospital readmissions. he would have everybody working on the same team for the same purpose and there is certainly efficiency to be gained. now the estimates of inefficiency in the health care system range anywhere from 10% to i have heard completely serious legitimate researchers, one person say 90% of all that current spending is wasted. i don't know that i would go quite to that extreme, but fifth team to 20 to 30%