reporter: the biden campaign responded to those comments saying that trump is deflecting that this is just his latest desperate attempt at distraction. trump strategy of course is of accusing people of what he stands for being accused of. but those comments as the republican front runner come as warnings as what a second term with trump are coming into clear view. and how the stakes of it will be much higher, according to a report on the new york times that by well funded, outside infrastructure. we will have more on that report with maggie haberman in a moment, including on what the staff of a second trump term could potentially look like. but this is coming out some of his own former cabinet members have warned he should not be president again, including, his vice president. president trump asked me to put him over the constitution. anyone who has someone else to but themselves over the constitution should never be president of the united states again. reporter: w
The subcommittee convenes this hearing entitled safety of the u. S. Food supply, and continuing concerns over the food and Drug Administrations food recall process. Disease outbreaks from tainted food are an Ongoing Public Health challenge. The centers for Disease Control estimates that each year one in six americans, 48 Million People get sick from food borne illnesses, and 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 die. The number of multistate food illness outbreaks is increasing, affecting greater numbers of americans and the number of Vulnerable People over and immune compromise individuals is growing. The threat of food borne illness persi persist even though weve gotten better at investigating outbreaks and through the implementation of the hazard analysis and critical control point rules over the last two decades, cdc trend data indicates major reductions in the incidents of food borne disease, yet the problem remains significant. When contaminated food reaches store shelves, the fda i
A woman jumped up, screaming and crying and running out of the room. What she said is, you are telling my story. How did you get into my head . Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Carnegie corporation of new york. Supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of International Peace and security. At carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff Hurricane Irma has lost just a bit of intensity, but its danger is undiminished. Sustained winds dropped slightly today, to 175 miles an hour. But its still a category five, and still heading for florid
Virgin islands. 1 Million People in puerto rico. Mandatory evacuations are being ordered across many parts of florida. The governor telling people in those areas to leave right now. If they dont rescuers wont be able to save them when the storm hits. The latest on those evacuation efforts. Reporter all across south Florida Communities are clearing out with places like miami beach and south beach already under mandatory evacuations. Regardless of what coast you live on the prepare to evacuate. Floridians on the west coast cannot be complacent. It can still move west. Reporter now a deadly monster storm moving closer to florida where it will hit this weekend. Hurricane watches have been issued for self order in the florida keys. Irma already slamming parts of the northern caribbean killing at least six destroying buildings and leaving thousands homeless. We are with everybody in florida. We are working very hard. The largest hurricane they have seen coming out the atlantic. Reporter to s
Where it points it right now. This is the big concern. Very andrewesque. This whole tip of florida, its lowlying stuff. Its extremely lowlying. And well inland, too. Were looking at storm surges over 10 feet. It would be a bigger storm surge except the storm is moving rapidly and that right front quadrant is out of the strike zone or looks like it will be. If you look at all the various model solutions, everybody is saying, yes, something similar to this. Im hoping and most forecasters are hoping that as we get towards miami, that those blue lines to the right become that becomes the path. That keeps the eye offshore. That keeps the right front quadrant out to sea but its a big story. You know all about it, and yes, miami is being evacuated. Storm surge, wind and rain. The storm is a big one and it continues to play havoc on the island so when i come back, well talk more about your forecast, which includes a chance of rain and update on irma. Bill, thank you. South florida is obviously