muslim woman who works there. she is suing. america s massive egg recall has grown to more than a half billion eggs all because of an outbreak of salmonella a bacteria that has sickened more than a thousand people and counting since last month. the recall centers on two giant egg distributors in iowa. their eggs are sold under more than a dozen brand names in more than a dozen states. and we re learning more tonight about the companies at the center of the egg recall. in their past run-ins with safety regulation, alex mcgillis has written about this for tomorrow s washington post and he joins us by phone. connect the dots for us here. one of these companies that s really kind of at the center of this, the custer family farm, has a very, very long record of violations with its egg farming operations. not so much with food safety issues, but a lot of a whole string of violations with workplace issues, workplace safety, employing illegal immigrants, animal cruelty allegati
on the east coast. we are entering a new era in iraq. the last new combat brigade now out of the country, remaining troops gear up for a remain iin stint of their duties. pakistan, more flood victims dying and survivors still with filthy conditions and disease. also a salmonella scare intensifying here in the u.s. the recall of potentially tainted eggs is getting larger. we ll tell you which eggs are affected. the numbers are staggering now about how many eggs we re talking about. more than half a billion eggs have now been recalled due to a nationwide salmonella scare. hundreds of people have gotten sick as a result of these contaminated eggs. if you re hitting the grocery store, this is what you need to know. cook your eggs thoroughly. no matter what. also, the key here is that you need to make sure that anything that comes in contact with these eggs is washed thoroughly. we re talking about all utensils. anything that touches these eggs. experts say err on the side
what you need to know to protect your family this hour. hello, i m don lemon. thanks for joining us. the massive egg recall has grown to more than half a billion eggs, all because of an outbreak of salmonella, the bacteria that sickened more than 1,000 people since last month. the recall centers on two giant egg distributors in iowa hillandale and wright county eggs. the eggs are sold under more than a dozen brand names in more than a dozen states. for links to the numbers and codes you need to look out for log onto cnn.com/health. all the information you need to know is there. coming up in eight minutes on cnn i will talk to a doctor about how to protect yourself and your family. in the meantime, president barack obama and his family are off to the coast in massachusetts, vacationing in martha s vineyard. it s a beautiful place with fun things to do, but as mr. obama is finding out, vacationing as president rarely means enjoying time off. here s cnn s white house corresp
born in 1992. you ll be surprised to learn what they don t know about many things that we old folks take for granted. hello. i m don lemon. america s massive egg recall has grown to more than a half billion eggs all because of on outbreak of salmonella. it s sickened more than 1,000 people and counting. that s since last month. the recall centers on two giant egg distributors in iowa. their eggs are sold under more than a dozen brand names in more than a dozen states. so many of us eat them and so often. i asked dr. randy martin what we can do to protect ourselves when eating eggs. eggs are actually as a cardiologist, we used to rag on eggs and that i had they were really bad for you. eggs are a great source of protein and a lot of good vitamins but there are other sources. if you re really concerned, refrigerator your eggs, they have to be less than 40 degrees. store them individually. and then cook them. they have to be more than 160 degrees for ten minutes and eat th
the president knew he could. take a break from his job in washington without acknowledging thousands of americans who are desperate for work right now. the number of first-time filers for unemployment insurance climbed to half a million people last week. that s the highest level in nine months. stocks tumbled on the news. the dow jones industrial has closed down, more than 140 points. with the economy still shaky and the midterm election approaching mr. obama renewed his call for senate republicans to stop blocking a jobs bill for small businesses. a majority of senators are in favor of the bill, and yet the obstruction continues. it s obstruction that stands in the way of small business owners getting the loans, the tax cuts that they need to prosper. it s an obstruction that defies common sense. so let me just make this simple point. there will be plenty of time between now and november to play politics, but small business owners i met with this week, the ones that i met