approved by the fda. those actions put patients at risk, cause heart attacks, and death. in addition, allegations of kickbacks to doctors. the subsidiaries pled guilty. we found multiple year schemes to advance the marketing of drugs for purposes which had not been approved by the fda. host: a company like pfizer or eli lilly, do they set out in their board rooms to commit fraud? guest: i do not thing we have ever had someone be as explicit as say it is a crime and i'm looking forward to committee it, but they clearly understand the parameters of the law. in the case of pfizer, they understand that the fda says you cannot market this drug for acute pain, and they went ahead and did it anyway because it increase market share in profits. i would say that executives at pfizer knew what they were doing was illegal. host: before we go to the colors, are the loaws too vagues? guest: the criminal element those very quickly parade organized criminals have come into this arena. it's a lot safer than dealing crack cocaine. we need to have more resources devoted to focusing on this fraud proble

this. it is the last step before it could go to the fda for approval. this is designed to stimulate the immune system and prevent nicotine from entering the brain. a possible vaccine, wow. >>> live to this picture right here. people infected with the h1n1 virus could get paid sick leave. senator chris dodd is proposing the idea this morning at a live hearing you see here on the costs of the flu outbreak. the plan is intended to keep sick workers home so they do not spread the virus in the workplace. it would also help parents take care of infected kids or deal with school closings. we're listening to that. we'll get you an update if there are any developments. >>> some people who lost loved ones in the d.c. area sniper shootings planned to watch john muhammad's execution tonight but none of his family will be in the room. why one of his ex-wives, though, says she felt guilty when the shootings first happened. >>> the d.c. sniper john allen muhammad is scheduled to die tonight. ten people died in the 2002 shooting spree but his second wife believes she was his ultimate target, his re

. believe it or not, only about 1% of the imports, of our food imports are ever checked by the fda. we really need this new law to update and make sure that we are not seeing food borne disease transmitted across the globe. host: do other countries have strong for food safety laws? guest: some do, some in the european union, some other countries in asia even have stronger than -- food safety laws than they did 10 years ago. the problem is that there is no clear national requirement that we have strong food safety laws in all the countries that are reporting into the u.s. and host: we ask you about a couple of the food borne illnesses that are covered in this report. where is this infection? guest: it is another type of the pathogen that can show up in our food. it is a severe type of illness in some cases and many people have died from it. the concern with all of these organisms and pathogens, very often, there's nothing the consumer can do about it. you cannot wash your canada. you are not going to wash your crackers. -- you are not going to wash your peanut butter. you are not go

to have deceptively marketed drugs for purposes which were not approved by the fda. those actions put patients at risk, cause heart attacks, and death. in addition, allegations of kickbacks to doctors. the subsidiaries pled guilty. we found multiple year schemes to advance the marketing of drugs for purposes which had not been approved by the fda. host: a company like pfizer or eli lilly, do they set out in their board rooms to commit fraud? guest: i do not thing we have ever had someone be as explicit as say it is a crime and i'm looking forward to committee it, but they clearly understand the parameters of the law. in the case of pfizer, they understand that the fda says you cannot market this drug for acute pain, and they went ahead and did it anyway because it increase market share in profits. i would say that executives at pfizer knew what they were doing was illegal. host: before we go to the colors, are the loaws too vagues? guest: the criminal element those very quickly parade organized criminals have come into this arena. it's a lot safer than dealing crack cocaine. we ne

for the swine flu continue to be in short supply but the head of the fda's decision not to use an additive to stretch the supply. margaret hamburg told reuters health summit that the technique had not been widely testing and the agency did not want to risk using it. >>> oh, balloon boy's parents are due in court in an hour and a half and expected to plead guilty and admit, yes, it was a hoax. last month, richard heene said they thought their son was in the balloon. they could face jail time and a former prosecutor explains why heene is facing felony, not misdemeanor charges. >> they disrupted air traffic at denver international airport. there were national guard helicopters. the entire nation was riveted and terrified that this little boy was going to die. so i think this is really beyond the scope of one of these cases. it's really out of the box and warrants a far more serious punishment. >> richard heene turned himself into sheriff's deputies yesterday. his wife is charged with a misdemeanor. >>> i can't help when i look at his mug shot and pictures, i just want to -- ♪ scien

fda -- f a a will release an of this year or early next year a note of proposed rulemaking. at this point they completed aviation rule making committee and they are writing the rules but we have not seen it yet. we have advocated for certainly more time, more recuperative rest time at home than just 24 hours every seven days. but again, more of the complex matrix. but we believe those rest periods have to be protected and certainly expanded in this case. host: is the stronger regulations regarding the number of hours pilots work and fast turnaround? is there concern about reduction in pay? they are paid by air time. guest: it is something we will probably have to address. but we expect the pay hours will be roughly the same as they are today. i think certain operations may reduce some of their monthly flying. one of the things we're asking for is there are a lot of different types of flying. while we were talking mostly about airline passenger flying -- major's and regionals -- there is a huge section of the industry flying cargo, scheduled cargo, on schedule, flying through the dep