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Be getting the message. consumer editor tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. jet blue is set to receive the first american made airbus jet. the airlines ceo made the announcement today from alabama. that factory will create a thousand jobs. they hope to have to new airbus by 2016. jet blue is the largest operator of the airbus plane in the world, 120. demonstrators rallied outside the food and drug administration today calling on them to require foods to be labeled. they like to know when foods h...

Cause people to reflect on the stand your ground law, take a second look at laws like this around the country and they have tried to turn it into a positive in terms of speaking out about things they care about regarding gun crime and victims of murder. so, its difficult. but thats what they are trying to do. they lean heavily on their faith. >> thank you so much for your perspective. now here is your first look at the other news going on around america. we start in the gulf of mexico where the ...

Like red snapper. but some mislabeled substitutes could be dangerous, with high levels of mercury or toxins that can make you sick. so its buyer beware. these days, 90% of the fish we eat in this country is imported. and just 2% of all of that is inspected, according to this report. were back in a moment with the strange invasion happening in one of the most beautiful places in america.

Found a lot of it was swapped. take a look at this. this is salmon. sometimes they said wild salmon. you think you are bying wild but it is farm raised which is cheaper. cod. sometimes it is actually pacific haik. you think this is snap. supposed to be. >> 120 tests on red snapper. only 7 were. this is actually til api a and this is grouper that is sometimes replaced by king mackerel. they dont know where the wrong doing is done because there is so many hands on it before it gets on your plate...

Magazine. the shooter said that is why the hero decided to break his science and now we move more about their struggle. for that we thank them. by the way, they are still investigating marco win, the shooter named mark owen. but yet they have a video on it. you paid for red snapper but what you are eating is tilapia. a new report said fish fraud is off the scale. 80% of the snapper they catch is not snapper and the most frequently faked fish is tuna. it was really the eel-like fish called escola...

They had no answers. he was worried. >> you know, was it something like ms and it got to a point where i really couldnt cross the street. i had to hold my wifes hand. >> reporter: many tests later a neurologist asked him if he ate a lot of fish, he did. twice a day. diagnosis, mercury poisoning. >> i thought i was doing something good for my body. and it turned out i was doing something really bad for my body. >> reporter: eating fish fish is the principal way people get mercury.song tuna and sw...

Plus cinnamon bread pudding! ♪ good morning guys! ♪ good morning guys! -good morning chef! ♪ hi there. thanks for joining us! on todays show, were making a whole smorgasbord of recipes that you are going to want to try. i made these dishes, countless times, and im excited to share them with you. ill make a bass veracruz which is usually made with red snapper and then we have the chef from froodease who will be making for us a vegetarian stuffed pepper, thats healthy. and the grand finale, ...

Is high because either were not treating them well or theyre not getting appropriate medication. in this country, so far were okay. >> i want to take a different perspective. in this country, we have about 10,000 cases which is down about 6%. the lowest recorded since the 1950s. because of the reasons david mention. were isolating people that have them, make sure theyre clear. we call it a red snapper. its dramatic looking, acid fast stain. it looks like a hook. were looking for it, treating it ...

>> we found substitutions in expensive restaurants and cheaper ones too. being listed in yelp or zagats doesnt help. >> we found substitutions in kpfs restaurants and cheaper ones too. >> reporter: there are regulations, but theres little oversight. so you think youre getting snapper, but youre getting tilapia. you may be ordering grouper, but youre getting tilapia. nationally only 2% of our fish is inspected and less than .001% of the fish is inspected for mislabelling. the national restaurant ...

If you order fish in a restaurant -- does mcdonalds count? >> that aint fish. >> or buy it at a supermarket, theres an indication you might not be getting what you pay for. >> a new investigation shows fish fraud is now rampant. abcs matt gutman tells us though why it is hard to stop. >> reporter: that first bite of grouper -- taste fishy? thats because fraud is often whats for dinner. the conversation group oceana sampled 61 florida seafood businesses, finding a one in three chance of a bait an...