at a white house event, they moved a huge deal. for the first time since they were introduced some 20 years ago, i remember when this happened to begin with. nutrition labels about to get a makeover to make them more understandable and the fda is now taking the next three months to get your feet back and input and then make the final call on these changes. coming in, our guiding principal here is simple. that you as a parent and consumers should be able to walk into the grocery store and pick an item off the shelf and tell whether it s good for your family. the chief medical correspondent joins me to walk me through. there proposed changes. not the the final deal yet. what will the labels look like?
people, mark muriel, former mayor of new orleans, as well here all really having a stake in this particular initiative that we will get more specifics from the president in just a short period of time. yeah, this is really important stuff that the president is doing right now. i know you re going to have a lot more later in the the situation room, don. thanks very much for coming to washington and reporting on this important story for our viewers. coming up next, the plan to overhaul the nutrition labels on all the foods we all buy. our own dr. sanjay gupta standing by with details. [poof!] [beep] [clicks mouse] nice office. how you doing? good. automatic discounts the moment you sign up.
closures. anyother telling details going through the do you means? the top appointee is a guy named bill barony. he texted and asked are we being fired? that text came about a month before he resigned. i m going to have more on this later in the situation room. wow. thank you very much. new information with the texts. coming up, it s snag can be a real comfort in a time of sorrow and bereavement fare on a plane ticket. one plane carrier said they are no longer offering that discount. michelle obama offering changes to nutrition labels on food. one said it s a false victory not going far enough. we will get reaction from the chief correspondent, sanjay gupta. also very soon as we watch for this, president obama is set to launch a program he is calling my brother s keeper.
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