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I got the feeling and a march of which more than five hours there was no cell phone service and frankly organizers didnt expect this many people to come out. i have a feeling that they extended the concert atmosphere and the activities to keep people here. i think there was a concern that there were some safety issues. we saw people pressed up against the barriers. there wasnt anywhere to go. there wasnt room for ambulances to get in or out. you had all of the trappings and the facilities from t...

Cigarette brands. the agency saying they failed to prove they dont raise new safety issues. retailers selling the cigarettes are ordered to toss them out, including a camel brand, or face criminal punishment. one in ten americans using illegal drugs. the increase is mainly in marijuana use driven by more states legalizing the drug. the data revealed the decline in teens using alcohol and tobacco. theres good news. right. meanwhile, president obama is not the only one betting on americas fu...

Accounts. friend of bostians calls him a safety conscious person. >> he wouldnt go above the speed limit. he was a 10:00 and 2:00 kind of day. when i go drive five to ten over hed fuss at me. >> reporter: he was good at handling stress. >> told me it was a challenging route, hard to stay on schedule all the time because he wants to make sure that he takes the time to perform all of the safety requirements each and every trip. >> hes always had a love of trains and this is his dream job to be abl...

Indonesia cannot fly in europe. the european union has banned indonesian airplanes. a function of the oversight they provide and the safety. 71% of the busiest airspace in the world goes through southeast asia. at the same time the infrastructure, the ground control, the radars, the pilot training, are not up to the task. so we have an issue. the international bodies are notoriously lowest common denominators. >> sound like government. >> it is government. >> i just want to get your thought on t...

>> reporter: its a move that could affect millions of drivers. the federal government wants a nationwide recall of air bags made by the japanese company takata. thats because when the air bag inflaters explode, they can potentially send shrapnel through the bag into passengers. >> everyone needs to understand that takata needs to act. >> reporter: so far, the company is not willing. up until now there was a limited recall focused on hot, humid parts of the u.s. the moisture may be to blame for c...

Germs from dengue to q-fever. the centers for disease control grilled about lax storage, avian flu, and transporting within the cdc potentially lethal anthrax in ziploc bags. >> what in heavens name would go through the mind to think that a ziploc bag is enough to protect someone from anthrax? >> reporter: this doctor made few excuses. >> completely up acceptable. >> deeply troubling products. inadequate culture of safety. >> reporter: agreeing that his agency missed a broad pattern of safety la...

Expedia. find yours. on capitol hill today a grillingor for the heads of the centers for disease control in the wake of safety lapses last month. tom frieden testified in front of a house committee along with others over the incident that exposed as many as 84 federal lab workers to mishandled bird flu and deadly anthrax. >> the fact that it appears that no one was harmed and there were no releases does not excuse what happened. what happened was completely unacceptable. it should never have h...

Position. appointed by a guy of jeff boyer to. it created the internal council that will review all kinds of safety issues. they have essentially fired or let go of 15 employees that were involved in the ignition switch crisis 5 to 10 years ago. they have taken a lot of actions, of course, you mentioned, i mean, the 325-page report by antwon -- an attorney will testify today that was scathing and tore apart gms culture. and mary barra held a town hall meeting urging employees to take it seriousl...

>> losing power steering and brakes that is serious. and it not only can cause a crash but result in more injury if a crash occurs. >> this latest recall comes just two weeks after gm ceo mary barra said the original defect found a pattern of incompetence and neglect. >> we simply didnt do our job. we failed these customers. we must face up to it and we must learn from it. >> gm acknowledges it failed to order a recall for 10 years while customers died in cars that it knew had a problem. the com...

Not wanting to support us, and so, i have been working for the last 17 years or so to change the way that the things work for us. >> and lets talk about some of the work here. lets talk about specifically the push for princeton review to rank the schools bisexual assault incidents ark and we contacted the company, and they said in part, quote, since 2008, the princeton review has had a campus and safety information page on the site, a nd tnd that company regularly updates with the general advice...