population is because these are largely low income black people i sat and worked at the us environmental protection agency which covers all of the midwestern states at the time we knew what was happening in the reports went out it was said that you know they did not want to push the state because the state was pushing back the state knew exactly what was going to happen this was before the crisis even occurred up to 5 years before the crisis occurred we knew what the water was looking like we knew the damage it would cause they just didn't care and that's the thing that gets me why you know maybe your experience there is that would help with this but like it to me it's like isn't the duty of someone in position isn't it their duty to say you know what we have to push back these are people's lives like that to me that decision making is insane just because the state pushes back of lives we're talking it would be and you would be exactly correct if you e.p.a. did also have an historical context some relationships with these private sector companies as well i think we have to remember that and the administra

bush as administrator of the environmental protection agency before that she was governor of the state of new jersey and she joins us now from that state ok christine has president trump improved so far. i'm not sure how much larry i mean he certainly has hard to space the 1st night was all about the pace that was really no outreach whatsoever the 2nd night it was one of those things where they trying to soften things but they didn't weren't talking about the record of the person who was they were speaking about frankly i listened to people and i just didn't recognize and same thing's been going on they seem to be going back and forth between being hard and and promoting the kind of things that is baseless to here and then on trying to soften him on the other side and ignoring him skipping over a lot of the record or misrepresenting frankly a lot of the record which everybody doesn't convention i get that to a degree but i'm not sure how much it's told in undecideds but it certainly could have because there been some very emotional testimonies are you no longer a republican or what are you a republican but i'm an ei

bush as administrator of the environmental protection agency before that she was governor of the state of new jersey and she joins us now from that state ok christine has president trump improved dysgenic says so far. i'm not sure how much larry i mean he certainly has hard to space the 1st night was all about the pace that was really no outreach whatsoever the 2nd night it was one of those things where they trying to soften things but they didn't weren't talking about the record of the person who was they were speaking about frankly i listened to people and i just didn't recognize and same thing's been going on they seem to be going back and forth between being hard and and promoting the kind of things that his base loves to hear and then on trying to soften him on the other side and ignoring him skipping over a lot of the record or misrepresenting frankly a lot of the record which everybody doesn't convention i get that to a degree but i'm not sure how much it's told in undecideds but it certainly could have because there's been some very emotional testimonies are you know on the republican more what are you a rep

environmental protection agency, like the national weather service with hurricane doreen. and now the fda with the hydroxychloroquine debacle, that product should've never been approved for use because it hadn't been shown to work. now we know it did harm and no good. it's awful and it's only our population that suffers. we're better than this. i know we're better than this. it's just hard to watch. >> dr. paul offit from the great city of philadelphia, thank you so much. appreciate your time today. >> thank you. >>> coming up next, the mixed messages from the trump campaign as his aides hike president trump's plans for ooh mail-in voting for himself. stay with us. how about poor fred wilson? what a shame. so soon after retiring. i hear his wife needed help with the funeral expenses. that's ridiculous! -he had social security. -when my brother died, his wife received a check from social security, all right-- for $255! the funeral costs were well over $8,000. how on earth did she pay for it? fortunately, my brother bought additional life insurance -before he retired. -whew! i bet that cost a pretty penny, huh? not with colonial penn. coverage options start at just $9.95 a mon

the environmental protection agency which regulates pesticides says it evaluates a substantial amount of data about human health before deciding whether to approve a pesticide for a particular useidue does not mean the residue is at an unsafe level. and the usda recommends washing all produce even if it's going to be peeled in cold running water for 15 to 20 seconds and use a brush on produce with tough skins or rub with your hands whether organic or not. t.j.? >> adrienne always says, can't buy organic, that stuff is expensive. how do i do it on a budget? he r sales just like everything else of organic fruits and veggies. sales are good. sometimes they end up being cheaper than non-organic foods. stock up, buy in bulk and freeze the extra to eat later, and check for lower prices on frozen or canned organic products. get whole produce, not the sliced prepared items. those are certainly more expensive. t.j. >> there it is, adrienne, thank you so much this morning. >>> all right. we're going to keep with the theme of grocery shopping right now to a "gma" exclusively revealing what could be the future of smart shopping. amazon announcing it's opening its first amazon fresh grocery