organizations like the world health organization or the international atomic energy agency were to be so wrong headed to extend membership. those are organizations that we really have a big stake in. so the policy is one we agree with. we obviously followed legislation. but as we have done in many situations over the years, providing some national security waiver would allow us to make case by case decisions. >> don't you -- aren't you afraid that this is going to send a signal to the united nations, to the whole world, that our threats don't mean anything? i mean, we warned unesco not to take this action. you warned them personally. and for us, less than a year later to come back and say, well, never mind, we're going to fund you again, it just seems like we're just telling the world that our words don't mean anything. >> you know, i think senator that, you know, all of these issues that we're confronted with have different, you know, different factors. certainly we made it abundantly clear that we would stand in the way at the security council -- a solution with israel. we do worry

they discussed the the world health organization has reviewed over 25,000 studies on potential negative affects of wireless antennas. 25,000 studies. after the results of more than 30 years, they have not been able to conclusively find any potential affect other than if you're so close to the antenna that your skin heats up. they have established a save public threshold that is 1/50 the threshhold to heat your skin. the levels at this site are about 4%. 4% of 1/50 of the amount of energy needed for the only known effect. supervisor mar: i think one of the allegations from the appellant is that the firm is not a reputable one and that it is also potentially biased because it is paid for by the industry. i am wondering if you can comment on their credibility have the department's reliance on the industry paid for study. >> the board has put in an additional condition that would require an independent analysis by licensed engineer in the state of california. in the wireless carrier would pay for this evaluation. i wasn't going to talk about compliance with sec regulations because this is a

the world health organization says the h. 5 n 1 virus killed 51 people who become infected and sick enough to go to the hospital but the new study found more people who were infected didn't go to hospitals which would mean a lower death rate. for more information on this and other health stories, check out the health page at msnbc.com. >>> now here is an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,984, after adding 46 points. the s&p 500 was up five points. the nasdaq gained 23. taking a look at overseas trading this morning. in tokyo, the nikkei was up 51 points. while in hong kong, the hang seng added 25. the dow made another run at 13,000 on thursday, but came up short before the bell. stocks recovered from an early loss, only to come up shy. failing to close above the milestone once again. the blue chips pierced that key 13,000 level three times tuesday. yesterday's momentum was fueled by news that jobless claims did not rise last week. and, instead, held steady at a four-year low. however, the day's gains were capped by weak retail earnings from the likes

. >> the world health organization will release full details now of two studies on the bird flu. >> jon: what? wait, what? release the research on how you mutated the bird flu virus to us? have you met us? ( laughter ) we can't be trusted with that information. we can't be trusted with an electrical outlet and a fork. you know why there are little pacpactets of silicon gels this that come with your shoes say, "do not eat on them," because we would eat them. to be fair the information was going to get out soonerrer later. you know if they tried to keep the information secret it would have wound up on wikibeaks, the wikileaks equivalent run by penguin assange. ( applause ) that really felt more like pity than anything else? ( laughter ) come on! releasing the information on how you mutated that virus to the public? what do security experts think of this? >> security experts say it is crazy to let these secrets get into the hands of terrorists. >> i agree with people that say it's not likely that a terrorist could actually use this to create a pandemic, but not likely is not impossible. >>

. -- from the world health organization. internet is transforming our lives, but do we know enough about the dark. side of dark. a world where criminals cannot be traced, where you can shop for illegal goods, and where customers go by code names. our reporters set out to shine a light on the internet shadows to discover just what you can buy online on. the. >> millions of shoppers have abandoned the streets in favor of online shopping. but just like in the real world, alongside the everyday goods available on the internet there's an online black market that has sprung up. getting on the dark web is straight forward. those that sell drugs are beyond normal searchers. you can get readily available software which makes the location of your computer virtually impossible to trace as lo -- as well as the web sites that they visit. the first layer of secrecy is introduced. transactions are not linked to names, allowing people to buy and sell without being identified. using the downloaded software, we found web sites where class- a d

that sfig doubled from the previous figure from the world health organization and 42% are in children over 5 and adults. that's much higher than previously thought. sorry. lost the graphic there for a moment. but clear anxiety there over the real figures of malaria deaths. let's move on and have a look at business. jamie is here as we hone in wins again on the jobs figures. i mean, that's been a positive trend recently in terms of creating jobs. >> not good enough. you do have to in states. you have to have 150 new jobs a month just to keep the unemployment rate steady because of the growing population and might be a little better than that this month but the manufacturing side is a positive. the loss of jobs coming from manufacturing side is becoming politically important for politics to stress manufacturing being the way of going forward. analysts will say that's not the way to go but you're seeing a constant theme not just in u.s. but also in europe. the socialist presidential candidate has been talking a lot about getting france back into manufacturing and getting goods real jobs.

polio campaign came from the government at all levels according to this doctor with the world health organization. >> the largest chunk of this up to $250 million each year which is unprecedented compared to other countries. >> reporter: the government declared that any polio virus must be treated as a public health emergency. he said that allowed for vigorous surveillance and response. old reports of paralysis in children were investigated. >> in 2011 nearly 60,000 cases of paralysis were reported. and investigated. only one of those cases, the one that was on the 13th of january we were able to isolate the virus. the other cases were due to non-polio issues. that tells you how sensitive the system is. there are international standards. and those standards are now being exceeded. >> reporter: he says the big lesson from india, nigeria, afghanistan and pakistan, three other countries where the virus is endemic, is that polio here became a huge, widely publicized national cause, much more than a public health campaign. >> you're talking about community leaders, religious leaders, academic leaders,

that was nearly double previous estimates from the world health organization. the research also shows that 42% of death from malaria were in older children and adults, much higher than previously thought. trying to accurately estimate the number of deaths caused by this mosquito-borne disease is extremely difficult. this is due largely to the poor quality of the data kept in those countries where malaria kills most. the authors of this new study use new data and complex computer modeling to try to build a more precise picture. they also look at deaths which they believe had been wrongly attributed to other causes. although 2010 might look worse than thought, it is not as bad as it was. the new study suggests that malaria deaths peaked back in 2004. there is more available treatment, better disease monitoring are having an impact, even if a far too many children and adults are still dying. >> unemployment, this is the number which economists and politicians alike watched like a hawk and recently the global picture has not been very promising. today, the u.s. got

i am here to testify that as the world health organization has reported, these are a health hazard that causes not only hearing loss and other physical and mental stress. one report labeled noise and modern plague. in short, it makes our space uninhabitable. recon park would not allow toxic waste, but it allows toxic noise pollution to bombard our neighborhoods all because of money. new members of the commission need to experience at least eight hours of this nonstop racket to get some idea of what the residents have to suffer for three days every year. it does not matter about the young people or the elderly parents that you have. see how they react to the pounding noise. you would have to be there to get the full effect. 45 decibels is considered the normal safe limits. over that is very, very dangerous. and is anyone monitoring the cars that are there for three days? that cannot be good for anyone's health. and for the so-called hot line, it is as useless as yesterday's spit. we ask for the volume to be turned down, but nothing is done for 24 hours later. no more hot lines. if they a

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. >>> highland hospital has earned the prestigious baby friendly destination from the world health organization. that means the hospital has accepted ten steps to protect breastfeeding as the first feeding for infants. >> reporter: alexander valencia is just 18 hours old. but his mom knows just what he needs. maria luna has breast fed all three of her sons. >> she likes to. >> reporter: and she is not alone. they are a part of a growing trend at highland hospital. a trend that has now led to the hospital achieving a baby friendly designation. >> hi, love. >> reporter: nurse practitioners say it starts babies on the right track. >> setting up all of the protections against things like diabetes and ear infections and gastrointestinal infections and asthma and allergies and many, many, many common childhood illnesses. >> we were at 27% when we started. >> reporter: as to why, she says they face challenges outside and inside the hospital. >> in the previous generation really people got brainwashed by the hospitals into using more formula because now the women coming to us, their mothers and grandmo

. >> reporter: in fact, indoor tanning under the lights, says the world health organization, is justdangerous as inhaling asbestos, swallowing arsenic or smoking. in america, melanoma is the leading cancer-killer for women in their 20s, deadlier than lung cancer. >> it was terrifying. >> reporter: becky kocon started hitting the salons during her ohio high school years, competing with friends for the best tan. eventually going two and three times a week. before melanoma struck, leaving her with a lesion on her thigh. did you think it was safe at the time? >> one salon owner said he had bulbs that would not cause skin cancer. >> reporter: not true. and nearly two years ago, the fda's own experts, along with pediatricians and dermatologists, recommended a ban on indoor tanning for minors. but the tanning lobbyists have spent nearly $500,000 since, defending the industry's health claims. and so far, no fda action. >> by not acting, the fda is allowing young people to be exposed to an agent that causes cancer. >> reporter: today, the industry said most of its workers are trained not to o

that alcohol kills more than two point five million people annually and so they want the world health organization to regulate alcohol on a global level. how do they do that on a global level how do you do anything on a global level here that's low on the bottom of the list of things i think it would be i think they're going to get to that right after they regulate the internet on a global level that maybe you saw it because it was already. you should solve first before you just want to take people's booze away did you know it was true we lost to like swaziland i have to say i'm really intrigued to go to some of these places just to see i mean if you've been out on a saturday in adams morgan in d.c. you know that there are lots of junk people running around so what are these countries that there are more drunks right now where are the sober people in america right now this one i'm really curious about what it. was on the list you took you to on church you know i don't know i know i did my saw the russian federation on there or something on the list or you know what that means but that's . ok all r

the alcohol smoking and substance involvement screening test, which was developed by the world health organization. well, we use the assist results in intervention planning quite immediately; that is part of the beauty of the assist, that it has kind of a built-in intervention that, based on the score that is deduced from the eight questions of the assist, you are kind of guided to do a validating response, a brief intervention, or an intervention with kind of a referral to treatment or a discussion about kind of getting further treatment. and in that assist they'll provide much more detailed information on their pattern of usage of various substances. we have a fair amount of detail that we end up with as a result of their completing the computerized assist. one of the things we use with the assist results is kind of looking at how maybe the substance use is impacting the current... their presenting issues. if it is depression or anxiety, maybe how the substance use is exacerbating that, and we will give some education about that, the risk factors, and then we will also explore the consequences w

when you say -- i'm not saying you but when the claim is things could have been so much world health organizationthings could have been so much worse, but how do you know that? >> eric: that's why they said the stimulus created million to created or saved. you can't prove save jobs. >> greg: the beneficial part, they point to doing of obama. the negativity to bush. you can't have it both ways. if you blame over the same period of time you take the credit for -- >> bob: give credit for helping save the auto industry. if he had listened to the right wing republicans an fortunately he did not, auto industry would have gone down the tubes. >> greg: detroit does look great. >> bob: but there are a number of people working. obama is doing better in ohio and across the upper midwest. people are going back to work. >> kimberly: that is the problem. you compare it, i guess it's a little better but if you look at numbers that matter like the long-term employment. tops 10% in 2009, highest since 1948. these are numbers he will have to recon with and deal with when it comes time to re-elect. it's tough, bob.

flu experts and world health organization met yesterday to discuss releasing the study but opted to keep confidential work confidential. bird flu is difficult for humans to contract but scientists in the u.s. and netherlands found a mutation that would make it's easier to pass among humans and concerned those mutations could end up in the wrong hands and cause a pandemic or be used as a biological weapon. >>> medical experts say it's peek season for the stomach bug known as a norovirus. george washington university was recently hit hard by the bug with 85% of students reporting cases. the virus is highly infectious and can be transmitted by hand-to-hand contact. students are warned to wash their hands multiple times a day. despite the out-break, the centers for the disease control says this appears to be a typical bug. >> so far we don't have any evidence it's exceptionally bad. we have seen a lot of outbreaks being reported. our best assessment of the magnitude of the season will come after it's been completed. >> the virus usually affects people for a day or two with severe vomiting an

35 million deaths each year around the world, 6 million die of smoking according to the world's health organization why the hating on sugar? >> these are researchers from the university of california, san francisco. they say sugar raises your blood pressure and destroys your liver. it targets same part of your brain as alcohol so you want more and more of it. they believe it should be regulated by alcohol, special taxes and tighter rules and raising the drinking age of soda to 17. they would like these changes done gradually. listen. >> what works is gentle moderate ways of shaping availability of the substance so that everywhere you go it isn't the only choice. >> reporter: they say they believe it's empty calories but it's filled with a lot of bad stuff. >> shep: sugar industry must be loving this. yes, there is a sugar association, they agree. obesity is a problem but sugar is far from the only cause and this study is based on junk science. we consider it irresponsible when health professionals use their platforms to instill fear by using words diabetes and even death without disclaimer that inc

is it the world health organization leader? >> from the nih. >> gretchen: he disagrees.sagree with releasing it. why? >> because i'm concerned it actually has too much information in it. i agree with people that say it's not likely that a terrorist could actually use this to create a pandemic. but not likely is not impossible. i think we're going to have more and more problems with this going forward. we have to look at the fact that we've got this internet now and we have terrorists out there. i also think scientists can use this information without it being widely available. scientists can pass this information from one to the other and they've already been doing it. gretchen, every scientist that needs to know this information already knows it. >> gretchen: why would -- what would be the argument for releasing it to the general public? >> it has to do almost with a first amendment right. you have this information. how can you possibly withhold it? should science ever be curtailed? should science ever be cut back? my argument would be in a case like this, yes. it shoul