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Get much information from the man who runs the company tied to the meningitis outbreak that killed 32 people. correspondent jonathan serrie tells us he was asked a number of key questions but he wouldn't answer. >> i decline to answer. >> on advice of counsel i decline to answer. >> barry, the coowner of the massachusetts pharmacy implicated in the deadly meningitis outbreak refused to testify despite repeated questions from a congressional panel. >> what do you say to all of these patients and all of the families that have been devastated by the contaminated products that your company produce...

Jenna: just the cars stuck at this time. rick: well "happening now" the fda releasing a scathing report on the deadly men inch skwraoeut advertismeningitis outbreak that has killed 19 across the straight. >> reporter: fda inspectors say they found problems with ameridose, another specialty pharmacy in massachusetts that was phonedded by some of the same people that created the new england compounding center. they noted cracked and corroded walls, and even a bird near where sterile products are. gloves are not properly sterilized. the company's products lacked appropriate effectiveness. they sa...

Meningitis has killed one more person. bringing the death toll to 30 now across the nation. that's according to the centers for disease control and prevention. and now house lawmakers say the head of the food and drug administration will testify at the first congressional hearing on the outbreak. that is set for next week. the fda regulates pharmacies including the new england compounding center. investigators have linked the outbreak to tainted steroid shots that that company distributed. so far the cdc reports some 419 cases of the infection in the states you see here in yellow. at least 22 ...

Regulators had proposed a formal reprimand against a new england compounding center for failing to meet standards in processing the chemical the same medication that is now implicated in this current outbreak. but the reprimand never came about because the company said it could be fatal to business. eight years later, people are dying and earlier this week the governor promised a much more rigorous regulatory climate. >> this administration we are going to take very different tact because we have seen from what has happened with this meningitis outbreak, how grave those consequences can be. >>...

Place. investigators say they found a pool of unsanitary water from some leaking boiler right outside the room that's supposed to be completely sterile. the company also shipped drugs before the test confirmed that the drugs were sterile. and investigators say they found fung gas inside sealed vials of the steroids that were later recalled. officials say tainted steroid medication from that facility may indeed be linked to some 317 cases of meningitis. the number of dead now at 24 and a criminal investigation is underway. jonathan serrie is in our atlanta newsroom. atlanta home to the centers ...