elizabeth weise covered this for "usa today." elizabeth, thank you for joining us.ple have been using these soaps for years, what is it now that the fda is worried about? >> well, the fda has two concerns. the first is do these actually work, do they actually help people get fewer illnesses. and secondly, are they safe for long teferm, frequent use. and although you might imagine that fda knows the answer to both those questions, it turns out they actually don't. and now they decided they want to know that answer. >> woodruff: and so now, and so they're saying they are going to do more testing. and what is it about its substances, the chemicals in this soap that has them concerned? >> well, the fda is not going to do the testing, they told the industry to do the testing. they basically said to the manufacturers of these hand soaps and body washes, you need to prove to us that these are safe and effective. and the concern is there's a chemical called triclo fha ne, it used as a surgical scrub in the '70s. and began to put it in pretty of all the soaps that you can fi

now, it's how to take the food weise love especially during the holiday season, make them delicious andaway the fat, sugar. and salt. >> we're starting with one of my favorite. mock roney and cheese. what we've done, we've used even wh quinoa pasta. we pureed cauliflower, and we're also adding veg bs. i hate to use deception as a tool when cooking for the kids. >> so the and call flower, how does it taste? >> this is the stuffing. usually lots of butter. sausage. and this is barley. i love so it's cherry and walnuts and barley. it's not as heavy. there's not a lot of butter in there. it's olive oil and fresh herbs. lots of acidity and fresh herbs. people want to change the way they cook at home and not rely on salt and fat. fresh herbs and acidity. now dessert. dessert is a challenging one. but here this is a sweet potato pie. it's really simple. all we've done is not put the crust on it. so the crust is -- it has all the cashes in it. it usually has butter in it. we replaced it with oats and some almonds. and we made a crumble out of it. so another really simple way. you don't have to

larry hagman from "dallas",dom dell owe weise, mr. t. kelly freaking out about it. >> i love mrs. reagan and that mr. t shot. it was so much fun. nancy brought a lot of glitz and glaum our to the white house after the carters. she really you said the game and it was really amazing and so many trees and everything was gold. and it was really great. >> well, and colleen, talk about -- how do the different first ladies -- how do they choose the themes? is there an attempt to sort of tie them to something that's going on in the year, or to the first lady's personalities themselves. how do they come up with the themes? >> i've seen both. lots of times the first ladies' personalities will come through. mrs. obama try to say pick something meaningful. one year simple blessing. she wants us to remember what's important about the holidays. but also, like during the carters, there was a recession going on. and, you know, energy was really pricey. and their christmas card had them all wearing hats at christmastime. and they decorated much more simply. so sometimes the economy

have to find common ground that benefits all americans and we can have all of the political fight weiseto and in the end doing what's right for the american people especially at christmas is precisely what congress should be doing. >> since it is the season. i wanted to ask you about senator al flashing ranken's gi it was a lump of coal from joe manchin who wanted to highlight that his state is a coal-producing state. you gave ben carden, a georgia plate bread warmer. are the gifts better this year? >> the gift was good and it was tasty. i got a six-pack of lagger beer from the state of virginia and tim cain is now one of my colleagues in the senate. >> are you suggesting the entire six-pack is gone already? >> oh, no, no, no. i shared with everybody. >> you heard it first here. senator johnny isakson, thank you. >> merry christmas to you. >> the fed is scaling back the massive stimulus program and what it will mean for mortgage and credit card rates and what about your retirement? we'll get some answers coming up. if i can impart one lesson to a new business owner, it would be one thin

all of those things weise have been reporting on, t"the boston globe" reporting on other tidbits in theirem to conclude this was more a result of personal failures rather than any radicalization that may have led to the bombings. >> the older brother who died. the younger brotherly survived. what about had im? did he will have any mental illness problems? nel indication he was suffering from schizophrenia. >> nothing like that. but what the globe is now quoting anonymous friends and acquaintances of the younger brother saying he sold marijuana at dartmouth, that he sometimes made about $1,000 a week, that he was known as a marijuana seller there and that he sometimes carried a gun to protect his supply of marijuana. that is according to "the boston globe." that's new information we found in this investigation that the globe had in its report. that we had not seenen before, the evidence that he so would marijuana. we have you called the u.s. attorney's office in massachusetts and his attorneys and have not gotten comment. >> thanks, brian todd reporting. a teacher's racial incense activity

. >> andrew weises from the carnegie endowment of peace, brian yen kins, thank so sos-- jenkins thanks so much for your time. >> sreenivasan: iran, the united states and other world powers met today in geneva to hash out the practical details of the deal signed last month, which suspends key elements of the islamic state's nuclear program in exchange for limited sanctions relief. much has been reported about objections to the deal and threats of new sanctions by some in the u.s. and some american allies. much less is known about how the interim agreement and prospects for a full agreement are playing inside iran. tonight, jeffrey brown takes a closer look at that side of the story. >> brown: david ignatius, foreign affairs columnist for the "washington post," recently returned from a reporting trip to iran, where he looked at perceptions and opinions surrounding the country's negotiations with the west. he joins me now. welcome back. >> thank you. >> brown: you saw a lively debate within iran about this deal. explain what you saw and how did the sides divide. >> i was in iran for four

i'm andrew ross sorkin and joe concern than and steve weise man who's in for becky quick today.tors preparing to wrap up 2013. there are only six trading days left in the year. we'll see how it goes. it looks like it will be ending strong for the bulls. the dow and s&p closing at record levels on friday. there are four government economic reports slated for release this holiday shortened week. today you should look for personal income and spending. that comes at 8:30 eastern time. incomes seen rising .4%. we're keeping the consumer in focus with only two shopping days left before christmas. mixed reviews on the holiday shopping

they were waiting in a line to take picture weise santa.were freightenned, and they started to area, and then santa himself ended up having to shield the kids. it was just a mess. look right outside that store there. how about this christmas day with sports? the golden state war yores are going to take on the l.a. clippers in a christmas holiday game at at the o.co coliseum. it will be a see of white to show your support for the warriors. thanks for showing your support for the kron 4 morning news watching us on christmas morning. you are a die hard, or you have nothing to do. either way, i'm here. i'll be around until 10:00. hope will you continue to watch the kron 4 morning news. it's a white christmas but not the kind we want. that white you see from our mount tam cam, it's small. we have another spare the air day the 18th of the season. good. good answer. check it out. learning's fun now. yeah, back in our day, we didn't have u-verse high speed internet to play and learn online. all we had was that franklin fuzzypants. ah, the education

i'm andrew ross sorkin and joe concern than and steve weise man who's in for becky quick today. investors preparing to wrap up 2013. there are only six trading days left in the year. we'll see how it goes. it looks like it will be ending strong for the bulls. the dow and s&p closing at record levels on friday. there are four government economic reports slated for release this holiday shortened week. today you should look for personal income and spending. that comes at 8:30 eastern time. incomes seen rising .4%. we're keeping the consumer in focus with only two shopping days left before christmas. mixed reviews on the holiday shopping system. analytics reporting bargain hungry shoppers bought less. sales fell by mid single digit percentage at brick and mortar stores on friday and saturday. that compares to the same days last year. but, here's the important part, it does not include online sales which of course have been the story of the season. well-known industry analyst dana telsey will join us with her thoughts later this morning. in the meantime, steve weissman has the headli

as a free newspaper weise to hand out right at the street in cambridge. the day that i changed my viewpoint on where news and newspapers are going, i went to m.i.t. onea when i see her thought it was a good i thought the precursor to the mosaic about information coming on the screen in getting electronically transferred. i walked back to our office and said to my partner, i don't know if this internet thing is, but we're leaving and doing it. we need to get out of overdoing because i've never seen information transfer that easily. i think arianna essentially understood that i played it as a massive scale to news and data in a destructive way. i think jeff's "washington post" was a great purchase and interesting. john henry from "the boston globe," the front row as well. i think the future will be bright because that dna with a plug in and transferred in mutated at "the new york times." i don't know how many subscribers "the new york times" has now, but the transformation has been substantial. i got a great deal on the "huffington post" and just got a good