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Berkeley. it has looked a the over 300 pregnant women. they found they have a chemical was a breakdown from the pesticide. then they followed the children of these women and they found at age five, when first starting to go to school there was five times the increase of attention deficit disorder. now i believe that because the phosphate is actually a neurotoxin. that is how we kill the inseconds. it affect as neurochemical in the brain related to memory, concentration, judgment. just kind of th...

East, central asia. its not just afghanistan and iraq or even pakistan, which we do write a lot about with the cia drone campaign. its in places like yemen and other parts of the horn of africa like somalia. yemen is a particular focus of our story because it is a country with an al qaeda presence where there has been an expanded pentagon campaign of training yemeni forces but also air strikes on suspected al qaeda compounds. >> a sound bite its a scalpel approach as opposed to the hammer approa...

Why dont you give us the cliffs note version of what you reported? >> sure, the gist of the story is that quietly they are expanding a number of operations. its not just in afghanistan or iraq or even pakistan, which we do write a lot about with the cia drone campaign. its in places like yemen and the horn of africa, like somalia. yemen is a particular focus of the investigation buzz its a country with an al qaeda presence and training of yemeni forces but also air strikes on suspected al qaeda ...

Places, in africa, the middle east, central asia. its not just afghanistan and iraq or even pakistan, which we do write a lot about with the cia drone campaign. its in places like yemen and other parts of the horn of africa like somalia. yemen is a particular focus of our story because it is a country with an al qaeda presence where there has been an expanded pentagon campaign of training yemeni forces but also air strikes on suspected al qaeda compounds. >> a sound bite its a scalpel approach a...

That. it could start as early as tomorrow night. possibly tuesday morning. but well stay on top of it. >> thanks so much. well have more details as they come in. julie? >> now to afghanistan, eric. british troops are taking part in the biggest offensive in the country this summer. this is the third day of the operation in the taliban stronghold. the british say they are making progress capturing militant compounds and seizing weapons. stuart ramsey of our sister network skye news is embeded with...

Is the seafood safe? >> yes. >> and you say? >> we have a extensive program between noaa, the gulf states and the fda, working too the to insure that is hefoe seafood is. >> but no one can be sure. >> weve been talking to scientists and they say the oil as it starts to break up, you get all of these variable compounds that are not oil, so to speak any more, theyre just, these aromatic hydro carbons and they can go all over the place. and thats what i think, makes is so difficult. how do you know...

And talk to people about whats happening here in the gulf. the question always comes up, is the seafood safe. >> yes. >> and you say? >> yes. we have an extensive program in place, a cooperative program between noaa, fda, epa, the gulf states and were all working together to ensure that the seafood is safe. >> reporter: but no one can be sure. thats because we dont know exactly how much oil is leaking. more importantly, exactly where it is going. weve been talking with a lot of scientists and th...

Possibly the middle of august, and then a number of weeks after that, they would go in with cement and mud to finally plug that leaky well, once and for all. even then, its not over. its estimated as many as 172 millions of gallons of crude have already leaked out into the gulf of mexico. so in the months and potentially years after that youd have crude in the beach and gulf trying to clean up the residual oil. >> juliet: its protecting some of the waterways with a new type of barrier, how does ...

Were here in mississippi. got a lot of fish behind us here. >> yes. >> bagged and tagged. >> yes, they are. know where they come from. >> this is part of the process. dr. john stein is head of noahs seafood safety testing program. you go around the country, john, and talk to people about whats happened here in the gulf. the question always comes up, is the seafood safe. >> yes. >> and you say? >> yes. we have an extensive program in place between noaa, fda, epa, the gulf states and were all work...

We have an extensive program in place its a cooperative program between noaa, fda, epa, the gulf states, and were all working together to ensure that the seafood is safe. >> reporter: but no one can be sure. thats because we dont know exactly how much oil is leaking. and more importantly, exactly where it is going. talking to a lot of scientists and you may know some of this, but the oil as it starts to break up, various compounds that are not oil so to speak anymore. theyre just these aromatic ...