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State attorney generals general petitioned pabst brewing company to halt production of the malt beverage, calling it a binge in a can, saying it targets kids. blast is a fruity drink with a colorful design as you can see, contains 12% alcohol by volume. pabst stands by their product saying they only market to people above the legal drinking age. you couldn't get on your favorite website yesterday, maybe blame amazon. a technical glitch on amazon.com's servers caused sites to crash or slow down. amazon rents out space on its computer servers. most sites were back up within 12 hours, but some ...

Company is really targeting. >> they are targeting young people, mostly because the way they're packaged, they're in bright colors, attractive colors to young people, teenagers. >> reporter: blast packs a powerful punch. 23 ounce can contains 12% alcohol. twice the amount found in colt 45 malt liquor. the young adults we spoke to. >> it really does look like it's marketed to children. >> reporter: told us the marketing to them is clear. >> looks like something that would definitely cater to the younger generation. >> reporter: pabst defended their product in a statement saying blast is only me...

Very long time. the police say programs like this along with the national drinking age of 21 are working because since 2000 they've seen teenage alcohol related deaths drop 37%, but, of course, the challenge, thomas, is that you've got to train a new class of kids who are just coming into the world, if you will, every single year. back to you. >> all right, nbc's tom costello. thank you. turning now to japan where officials at that stricken nuclear power plant say the water that's been leaking into the ocean for the last several days in several million times the legal limit, well, now nbc's ...

Face. >> they can die for this country at the age of 18. why can't our troops have a beer once and a while at that age? should we lower the drinking age for them? a fair and balanced debate on that is next. [ mom ] can a little bowl of cereal change your life? i think it can. one of the challenges for kayla being glun-free is actually finding choices the whole family will love. then we discovered chex cereals. five flavors of chex are gluten-free, including the honey nut flavor,

Importance where they feel like i've made it, i can say whatever i want. and people have to listen to me at this point. >> okay. in justin bieber's case, are you sure that this article is not going to come back to bite him in the you know what? has he really gotten to that point because some of the stuff he takes on, it's not light stuff. >> it's not light stuff and i think that being on the "rolling stone" cover creates a perception that you've made it to a certain point. i think justin bieber five years from now when he's of legal drinking age, that he will think, wow, i wish that i hadn't s...