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Technologies and procedures the industry should be using and some of those decisions can have consequences on the industry's willingness to invest. >> greta: not a brill -- brill want way to set something up. they may have to look the other way on some safety considerations. any indication where there have been recommendations in terms of safety ideas for these rigs and they have not been pursued or followed through? >> we have found a you number of instances where the agency flagged a potential safety problem in the industry. urged the industry to consider doing something about it. in the end...

Over-the-counter drugs for our children, and there's a safety problem. here's what nielsen told me this should be. >> i think it's a very large wake-up call for over-the-counter drug industry. it's well-known that for the prescription drug industry 80% of the ingredients are imported. fda does very little foreign inspection work on over-the-counter drug suppliers of ingredients active and inactive. and this is a wake-up call, very similar to melamine, to the food safety issue, and heparin to the prescription drugs. >> so, what do you do if you've got these meds right now in your medicine cabin...

They have tried and tried and it hasn't worked. obviously, we have got a serious safety problem. >> certainly, they tried to close that blowout valve. things have changed so much, senator, over the last few days, from what we initially heard following the sinking of that drilling rig. we had initially heard from the coast guard. doesn't look like there is any oil leaking from the wellhead. things seem to be pretty good. was that premature? >> it may be but i don't know how to assess blame. i know that the folks are panicked down here. this thing is going to start moving east toward florida. we...

Good choice. only meineke lets you choose the brake service that's right for you. and save 50% on pads and shoes. meineke. before our interview with governor granholm, let's break down michigan's disastrous decade. unemployment has been a growing problem for the whole nation, but in 2000, michigan's jobless rate was lower than the national average. now it's the highest in the country. down from a december high, unemployment in michigan stands at 14.1%, almost 4.5 points higher than the national average. last wreer, 80,000 manufacturing jobs disappeared in michigan and personal income continu...

Average. last year, 80,000 manufacturing jobs disappeared in michigan. there is encouraging news from the automotive world. a white house report says 45,000 auto industry jobs have been created since gm emerged from bankruptcy. the fallout from toyota's safety problem appears to have given americans a renewed confidence in u.s. cars. 46% of americans said asian cars were superior to american cars. now, american cars are preferred by a 38-33% margin. economists at the university of michigan say that despite the gains in the auto industry this year, the state will lose 40,000 jobs. that is sadly...