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huge development from the world of medicine. the government signing off on a bill designed to fight obesity. it tricks your brain when it comes to eating. i want to talk to elizabeth cohen about this. i'm sure some people are thinking magic pill, perfect. >> there's some good things the about it, but i want to be careful. it's an appetite suppressant. it tricks your brain into thinking it's full, but it's not. let's tyake a look. they studied 7,000 people and they weighed about 220 pounds. during the course of the year they lost 13 pounds. they went from 220 pounds to 207 pounds. tha...

Idle" with a tribute to dick clark. >> he will be missed greatly. our thoughts and prayer goes out to his family. i know that he's in a better place, saying, hey, let's get on with the show, okay? you got it, boss. >> clark got his start as a teen on radio and later became host of "american bandstand" a show that crossed color barriers by showcasing not only white artists, but african-american musicians as well. >> he was always on the cutting edge of what was new, what was happening now. >> in 1972, clark created new year's rockin' eve and hosted the event until a severe stroke sidelined him ...

It starts off with flag at age 6 and work up to age 13 to tackle. >> larry: anybody around l.a. play? or do you have to live in a certain neighborhood? >> all over l.a., all you got to do is hit us up at snoop youth football league.com. and get our commissioner i do. >> larry: how about a couple of white kids from beverly hills? >> why not, not why. >> larry: i've got two kids, what if they were to win the snooper bowl, would that embarrass you? >> no, that would make me feel good, because football has no color barriers. >> larry: you've got 3,500 kids in the league. how did you start that? >>...

Play? or do you have to live in a certain neighborhood? >> all over l.a., all you got to do is hit us up at snoop youth football league.com. >> larry: how about a couple of white kids from beverly hills? >> why not, not why. >> larry: i've got two kids, what if they were to win the snooper bowl, would that embarrass you? >> no, football has no color barriers. >> larry: you've got 3,500 kids in the league. how did you start that? >> i started it six years ago with my oldest son. we were playing in a league i didn't feel was really meeting the needs of what we needed as far as inner city footbal...

Back to lisa sylvester. >> well, shirley sherrod was branded a racist from the right and the left and the bosses at the department of agriculture based on a few snippets of speech, but today is a different day. and it turns out over the years she has helped a lot of people of all races. her story is now renewing calls on a national conversation on race and racism. >> reporter: as a nation, the united states has made great strides in breaking color barriers with the first black president, yet experts say that race relations have recently become more charged. >> the naacp is a bunch of old dusty...