whitfield: thank you very much. i want to also thank the gentleman from new jersey for introducing this important legislation. we anticipate that over the next 25 years the demand for electricity in america is going to almost double. and one of the ways not the only way, but one of the ways that we are going to have to address this problem is to have consumer products that are more efficient. that they use less electricity. and that was certainly the purpose of the energy independence and security act of 2007 which sought to clarify requirements in the measurement of energy consumption in certain consumer devices. some of the devices, however, that were not excluded in this legislation included security devices such as smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. so when we have regulation to make products more efficient, it's always a balancing act. we want them to be more efficient but we don't want them to have to be done in such a way it raises the price to the consumer and makes the manufacturer of that product less co

let's go to fredricka whitfield. fred, what do we know?e united nations is asking for more money to combat haiti's cholera epidemic. they say the u.n. has only gotten a fraction of the $164 million they requested last month. more than 1800 have died in the outbreak. another 85,000 have become sick. the good gus news is that a sma proportion of infected people are dying. >>> an almost 200--year-old copy of the star spangled banner sold at christie's today. it is believed that key wrote the lyrics after witnessing the british naval bombardment during the war of 1812. >>> george w. bush beat sarah palin. the former president's memoir, "decision points" is the number one on the best seller week for the third week in a row. palin's new book, "america by heart," came out second this week. both have been touring the country to promote their books. >> they are both selling a lot of books. no doubt about that. >>> a fellow democrat is asking where is the president's outrage about about an end to long-term benefits. >>> an amazing video of the inter

whitfield, for example, who could personally take over the consumer protection subcommittee was not a fan of the technology. he didn't speak favorably of it. do you sense there's a political disconnect on the issue? >> i don't. i really don't, and you know, time will tell. i think particularly if it's implemented by companies -- i think some of the business community that opposes what we're doing probably said, ewe know, industry is totally opposed to this, and you know, this is going to change -- as the quote from "change the ecosystem of the internet," but when you see companies like microsoft, the leading browser market company endorsing this, i think that also sort of helps so that it helps people understand members of congress so it's not opposed by the business community. they want to do the right thing. >> job, one of the -- john, one of the things i read on your report of the do not track is most of us on the commission support the do not track is how it was written in the report. was there dissension? >> there was no dissent. it was a 5-0 report. one of my colleagues, bill, a

ed whitfield, for example, who could potentially take over the consumer protection subcommittee, wasn't a huge fan of the technology. he didn't speak favorably of it at last week's hearing. do you sense there's a political disconnect on that issue? >> guest: i really don't. time will tell. i think particularly if it's implemented by companies, i think some of the, some of the business community who, that opposes what we're doing probably said, you know, industry is totally opposed to this and, you know, and this is going to change as the quote was from the iab, change the ecosome of the internet. but i think when you start to see companies like microsoft, you know, which is not, which is, you know, the leading browser company with, i think, a 59% market share endorsed this, i think that also sort of helps so that, it helps people understand, members of congress that, you know what? it's not opposed by the business community. the business community wants to do the right thing. >> host: jon leibowitz, one of the things i read in your report on the do not track was that most of us on the c

fredricka whitfield looks at two family, keeping the learning at home. >> i think african-americans areause they are seeing the failure of our traditional school system. >> joyce has been home schools for nearly 20 years. she started after her oldest son's gpa fell two points. >> he was sent home one day, and told us that we needed to meet with the counselor at his school. we decided at that point, that her options that she had given us, to retain them, in that same grade level is transfer him to another failing school. neither of those choices we wanted to do. we decided we wanted to start teaching him ourselves. >> burgess teaches their younger daughter as well asser students in indiana. since 1999, percentage of children home schooled in the u.s. has gone up 74%. burgess' priority has remained the same. creating a diverse curriculum for the students. the thing that's missing is african-american perspective. very important teaching about heroes, like frederick douglas, kond leez kand lee kocondoleezza rice. >> we saw one, two african-american family, we asked what concerns you most ab

fredricka whitfield is monitoring that. what's going on? >> hello, again.the label. the drug maker says it's unlikely any products cause alcohol absorption. in the past couple years they've always recalled units of adult t tylenol. there's a unique effect of mercury pollution on wildlife. it can make male birds gay. they discovered birds partners with other male birds more often when exposed to mercury. it doesn't give a reason why, but mercury is known to disrupt hormones and depress testosterone levels. >>> talk about a hollywood ending. a fireman responding to a hotel blaze near pittsburgh made a shocking discovery. a room splattered with blood, liquor bottles and even a piece of scalp. detectives put in eight hours of overtime before realizing the whole thing was a 2-year-old horror movie set. the george washington hotel, which has a reputation for being haunted, appeared in a scene of the film "new terminal hotel." i don't remember that one, wolf, do you? >> i missed that one, but i'm sure a lot of people saw it. thanks very much. >>> here's something