CBS Saturday Evening News (October 06, 2001)

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As medications play and ever-increasing role in modern health care, the importance of FDA approval to consumers, it would seem, has never been greater. For many, the phrase "FDA approved" signifies that drug or product is completely safe and without risk. But just how much does the average American know about the FDA approval process and what it can--and--cannot do? How good is the FDA's system for identifying drugs that don't work or cause harm? And what happens when a harmful product makes its way into the consumer's hands? FRONTLINE investigates the FDA and drug safety, and questions whether the current system is adequate for protecting the public.

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ABC News reports on Aspergers Syndrome, a debilitating, life-long, neurological disorder with similarities to autism. Children with Aspergers have intense obsessions, great difficulty carrying on normal conversations or feeling emotions. Their obsession is a symptom of the unique disorder. They're highly intelligent but their brains are wired differently. They can't read faces if someone's sad or angry, so that leaves them alone, isolated. ABC News spends time with kids struggling to understand the language of life.This "Primetime" show contains the following additional stories: IsraelSecurity TestWhen sold by Amazon.com, this product will be manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.

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America is a nation increasingly divided, on issue after issue after issue. You can see it, hear it and feel it, from the streets of the smallest town to the halls of Congress. How did we become so divided? Based on extensive reporting all over the country, George Stephanopoulos issues a warning about the threat posed by the political polarization of America in an ABC News special, "State of the Union."When sold by Amazon.com, this product will be manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.

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In the most dangerous, drug infested city streets stagger the addicts who are so lost in drugs that it is hard to imagine how they might ever get out. And so many never do. ABC News met some of those people 10 years ago when they visited a North Philadelphia neighborhood, riddled by drugs and crime, known as the Badlands. It was as hopeless a neighborhood, as hopeless a group of people, as you might ever meet. One of the unforgettable men ABC News met in the Badlands was Seville, a nickname Merrill Jackson acquired as a car thief. He was also known as "The Doctor," because he ran a drug house where he sold drugs and helped addicts find veins. Seville was probably the last person you would have expected to clean up his act. But with the help of Reverend Joann Muller, a suburban mother of five, Seville is clean and sober. And he is a powerful expert witness on what life is like deep inside addiction. Part One.Merrill "Seville" Jackson was a drug dealing heroin addict running a shooting gallery in the Badlands of North Philadelphia. Reverend Joann Muller was a suburban mother of five, dedicated to making a difference in the world, somehow. Seville, who earned his nickname from a predilection for stealing Cadillacs, was also known in those days as "the doctor," because he sold drugs and helped long-time addicts like himself find a vein to inject drugs, even when those veins were collapsing. Seville and Rev. Muller explain how Seville kicked his habit after 37 years of drug ad...

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In September of 1989, the talk was about the Starr Report and the presidency of Bill Clinton hung in the balance. As Congress prepared formally to begin the impeachment process, and the President's team began a vigorous counterattack to the independent counsel, calling his report a hit-and-run smear campaign, ABC News steps back and looks at the conduct, the consequences, public opinion, and what could happen next. Many people clearly wanted the President out. Others believed Mr. Starr's case was not strong enough. Peter Jennings explores some of the most important arguments for and against impeachment, as well as the actions of Congress.When sold by Amazon.com, this product will be manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.

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Making sibling relationships work better is important, since your relationship with your siblings, not with your spouse, parents, or children, is likely to be the longest relationship of your life. John Stossel starts by examining the theory that birth order has a big effect on what you become in life. Deborah Roberts was the 7th of 9 kids, and she goes back home to Perry, Ga., to reunite with her siblings and talk about what life in a big family is like. Barbara Walters sits down with The View co-host Star Jones to talk about her own sibling dynamics. The program also includes interviews with a host of celebrities and their siblings, including Jessica Simpson, Hillary Duff, David Cassidy, and former Backstreet Boy Nick Carter. Some of them use their sibling's fame to try to become famous themselves; brand extension, you might call it. And then a young woman who has an autistic younger brother talks about her life-long commitment to her brother.When sold by Amazon.com, this product will be manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.

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He's not only funny, but he manages to weave the news of the day into a topical humor that doesn't easily offend. It's not an easy trick, but Jon Stewart pulls it off on "The Daily Show," a satire of a daily news broadcast that borders on parody. What you'll immediately learn from Stewart's interview with ABC New is that the road to comedy stardom is paved with an assortment of odd jobs -- shelf stocker at Woolworth's, bakery worker, puppet master and, believe it or not, mosquito sorter.When sold by Amazon.com, this product will be manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.

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Every bomb squad in the country can trace its training back to the Hazardous Devices School in Huntsville Alabama. Tucked away in a corner of the massive Redstone Arsenal, HDS, as it's called, has trained every one of the 3000 active civilian bomb techs in the nation. Run jointly by the US Army and the FBI, it handpicks the candidates of police forces from around the nation, and puts them through a grueling five-week course. The schools ever-changing curriculum covers everything from large vehicle bombs to suicide bombs to remote entry. In an exclusive look, Nightline spent almost two weeks at HDS documenting what these students must go through to become certified bomb technicians. Not only do they learn to deactivate bombs but they also learn to get inside the mind of the person who creates the bombs and sets them out to maim and kill. Students are also taught the details of trip-wired clandestine marijuana farms and the booby-trapped simulated Methamphetamine labs where the snares are laid so cleverly that "everybody dies." Finally students sit for a sobering talk with a current bomb tech who had a bomb explode in his face, and lived to tell about it.When sold by Amazon.com, this product will be manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.

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It was on November 3rd, 1975 that David Hartman launched a new era in morning television. Own a piece of history, as the Good Morning America family celebrates their 30th birthday and reminisce about their favorite memories and moments from the past three decades! The DVD includes: greatest bloopers, favorite moments from David Hartman, Joan Lunden, Joel Siegel and emotional stories that have moved all of us over the years.When sold by Amazon.com, this product will be manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.