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Problems in their containment labs long before the june anthrax release. i just dont understand why they didnt heed those warnings. dr. freeden has indicated that he was as surprised as anybody bit scope of the problems. the fact, that, dr. frieden you were so surprised is a problem in of itself. jenna: steve centanni in washington with the very latest on this story. steve? >> reporter: serious problems at cdc the head of that agency saying he will impose a moratorium on shipment of all kind of ...

Earn two times the thankyou points with no annual fee. to apply, go to citi.com/thankyoucards. welcome back to "the real story." lawmakers on capitol hill grilling the director of the cdc trying to get to the bottom of a recent string of safety lapses including even an anthrax scare and mishandling of the dangerous bird flu. we go live to washington. so what happened up on the hill? >> a lot of fireworks. the head of the cdc promising to end what he calls an insufficient culture of safety afte...

Pattern of reoccurring issues of complacency and a lax cult of safety. this is not sound science and this will not be tolerated. these practices put the health of the american public at risk. it is sloppy and it is unexcusable. >> reporter: now the cdc director was in the hot seat today and acknowledged there are serious problems he is trying to address. listen. >> what were seeing is a pattern that we missed and the pattern is an insufficient culture of safety. were now implementing every step ...

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Name would go through the mind of a scientist thinking a ziploc bag is enough to protect someone from anthrax. >> many of the issues that are mentioned in the findings relate to what was done with the material that was believed to have been inactivated. the core error there was the failure to -- >> but dr. frieden, this is like saying, i didnt know the gun was loaded but somebody got shot. you should always assume it is. for someone to say, i didnt think the anthrax was live isnt acceptable. >> ...

Can you just talk me through logistics? finding life? >> yes. in fact, weve been searching for life for many, many years. we have two rovers right now on mars, one is curiosity and opportunity. curiosity is specifically taking -- little chemistry labs on board, constantly taking samples from the soil and rock. we are trying to get humans to the planet, because we know that whenever humans go, they can do things much quicker, over much vaster spanses than robots can. >> whats the thought among yo...

Evidence against him, paul taylor confessed. >> he did not hesitate much about telling us that he did kill her. he told her that she was going to rob her and stated that he did take $3 from her purse, but first, he denied having sexually assaulted her. >> investigators discovered taylor was a nonsecreter, consistent with the biological samples from the rape test kit, and they told taylor they didnt believe him. >> at which point he looked down at the floor for several seconds, and then he looked...

Could find. they also confiscated a pair of smitharts overalls. all of the evidence was shipped to chicago, illinois, to a research microscopist, skip palenik. palenik began looking at the small yellow paint chip found on mandys clothing. using x-ray spectroscopy, he noticed something unique. >> glossy layers with no other layers behind it, in a variety of colors. thats quite unusual. and childrens bicycles, of course, are painted with the single layers of the glossy paint. >> in the samples col...

Cidences. dozens of workers were potentially exposed to anthrax when samples were sent to another lab without being sterilized. no one got sick but they found serious issues. now with a report from congress even more things were identified. the director addressed this last week. >> our laboratories are core to the ability to protect americans. our laboratories are the reason we are the gold standard for infections and environmental health. for this to happen and put our workers at risk is not ac...

And were now learning about more safety problems at those federal health labs. among them, anthrax stored in unlocked refrigerators and open hallways and samples transferred between labs in ziploc bags. agriculture department investigators were looking into last months incident where dozens of cdc workers may have been exposed to anthrax bacteria. new hope this morning for return to relative calm in the middle east. just hours ago they accepted a cease-fire drawn up by egypt but hamas is rejec...