conflicts in a far away land. i'm sickened by every single young man or woman who dies for the religious zealots. you should be ashamed of yourselves for sending young men and women lives away for sharia land. have a great day, everybody. welcome to "america's news headquarters" from washington nice to be with you. nice to be with you at home. >> here's what's making news right now -- >> and that is why today, to you and to all who can hear my voice, i declare that i am a candidate for president of the united states! and i am running for you. >> another democrat jumps into the race for the white house. former maryland governor martin o'malley announces this morning that he's in launching a long shot challenge against front-runner hillary clinton for the democratic nomination. we'll have a live report coming up.

isis continues its major advance with the iraqi and syrian army suffering embarrassing setbacks as the fight for ramadi begins new questions about the influence of iran in iraq. congressman and former navy s.e.a.l. joins us. more than two dozen people are dead in texas and in oklahoma after a week of heavy storms the dallas area got 7 more inches of rain overnight when it can't afford to get even one more drop. is there any relief in sight? janice dean is at the extreme weather center. former maryland gover areernor martin amally announced his bid for presidency in baltimore, the town he once ran as mayor and a city reeling from riots and a skyrocketing murder rate and ed henry is live from federal hill

in baltimore. ed? >> reporter: good to see you, leland. you're right, martin o'malley addressed those riots head-on, he knows he has to deal with it as both the former mayor and governor of this state of maryland. what he's trying to do and he hasn't really caught on very much at all in the national polls behind not just hillary clinton and bernie sanders who are already in this race on the democratic side but he's even behind lincoln chafee the former senator and governor from rhode island who has not gotten in and hasn't been that active in politics recently. so he has a lot of work to do. his strategy is to go after the sort of elizabeth warren liberal wing of the democratic party, talk about economic populism but also suggest and his manner does this that the country needs new leadership as he took a shot at both hillary clinton and jeb bush in his remarks. listen -- >> the presidency is not a crown

to be passed back and forth by you between two royal families. it is a sacred trust. to be earned from the american people. and exercised on behalf of the people of these united states. >> reporter: you heard that shot at two royal families. but at certain points in his remarks martin o'malley was struggling to be heard because there were a few dozen protesters. you can see some of the video still upsets about the riots that were burning in this city just a few weeks ago. you covered it leland you're very familiar with it. what's interesting there were protesters shouting that martin been o'malley was a liar that his policing tactics his zero tolerance policies for the police force here led directly to the death of freddie gray that sparked those riots. martin o'malley pushed back on that said he understands the concerns that the people in this city have but said he wants to restore the american dream not just here but around the country. leland? >> ed there's been much talk

about whether martin o'malley is making a real run for the white house or just running to get his name out there. one of the things that everyone was supposed to look for is the issue did he really come out swinging to win or was he a sparring partner, if you will, for hillary clinton in this speech? >> reporter: i think you're raising a good question at least in the early stages it's more sparring partner. because we played that clip where he went after the bushes and clintons but the rest of his message was much more positive and focused on his agenda. that's to be expected when you make your announcement you'll focus on yourself and not your opponents. but as i've been out on the campaign with martin o'malley in iowa, for example, he's been very reluctant to directly challenge hillary clinton. bernie sanders on the other hand in the last couple weeks has been hitting her on issues like trade and so the question you're raising is since he endorsed hillary clinton in 2008 martin o'malley did for president, how is he going to come up with sharp differences and since he's so close personally to bill clinton the former president is he just in here to show that

hillary clinton has some competition hoping to raise his name i.d. so he gets a cabinet post or something like that? he insists no. he insists he's in to win it but we'll see. >> a long road for everyone. a really long road if he's going to win it. ed henry live in baltimore. he'll be on the trail over the next couple of months thanks so much ed. >> reporter: good to see you. the longest-serving republican house speaker ever who came to power in the wake of a scandal now is facing one of his own. this week a federal indictment came out accusing dennis hastert of paying $3.5 million to keep someone quiet about what's being called, quote, prior misconduct. we have the details, molly? >> elizabeth, not a lot of shocks official washington but this news was a bit of a jaw dropper to republicans and democrats who have known the former house speaker republican dennis hastert for years. current house speaker republican john boehner put out a very short statement in response to the news that hastert has been

indicted saying, quote, the denney i served with worked hard on behalf of his constituents and the country. i'm shocked and saddened to learn of these reports. and dick durbin democratic senator from hastert's home state of illinois who also served in the house of representatives with hastert had this to say on friday -- >> something i never, ever would have imagined. i woke up today still shocked at the news that's coming out on this. i don't know the details. we haven't heard his side of the story in fairness but it's really troubling. >> prosecutors say hastert was illegally structuring money withdrawals from various banks. a law enforcement source tells fox that hastert was trying to cover up sexual misconduct from decades earlier possibly back to the '70s and early '80s when he was a high school teacher and wrestling coach in yorkville, illinois. the indictment said hastert agreed to pay someone called individual "a" in court documents $3.5 million to keep quiet.

hastert has also been charged with lying to fbi investigators after he told them according to the indictment that he was withdrawing the cash to keep it himself. the case has been assigned to u.s. district joge thomas durkin. hastert will appear before him to be arraigned. the judge has not set the arraignment date yet. but we're told is expected to be, quote, soon. elizabeth? >> molly, thank you very much. with a month to go before a nuclear deadline meetings between top u.s. and iranian diplomats right now are under way in geneva. secretary of state john kerry met with his iyanle counterpart earlier this morning in an effort to bridge differences over economic sanctions and international inspections. expect the talks to extend now through tomorrow. and the countdown is on. tomorrow the senate heads to capitol hill for a rare sunday session. lawmakers will try to work out a last-minute deal on the key provisions of the patriot act before a midnight deadline. much of the debate has focused on the national security

agency's bulk data collection of american's phone records. president obama says a handful of senators is stalling the legislation. presidential hopeful senator rand paul says voters are urging him to fight back against the government's bulk collection program. we'll have more on this later in the show when former assistant fbi director pomerance joins us. the promised counterattack by iraqi forces against isis in ramadi hasn't materialized. isis is using the time to dig in and there are growing questions about the influence of iran with our so-called iraqi partners. congressman ryan zeinke former officer with the navy s.e.a.l.

team. how big of an influence does iran have and how big of a problem is it? >> it's a huge problem. the influence on eastern iraq is the primary area. and the shia militia is either iranian controlled or iranian led one of the two. but that's caused a problem. now you have three areas. you have the kurds up north. you have the sunnis that no longer view the centralized government as a legitimate power. that's why we're having ramadi problems and iran at the end of the day this is a country in free fall. and i'm not sure we can put iran or iraq back. >> can you put humpty dumpty back together again? >> i'm not sure it's possible. we don't have a policy in syria. we have now iran controlling eastern iraq either by flups or direct. we have the kurds in the north holding, again, and ramadi is on fire. if we can get out of this without iran having a nuclear weapon, again, this has been a disaster of foreign policy and it's going to be a nightmare for the next president no matter who it is.

>> i want to bring up something that chairman martin dempsey said in terms of how these things happen in terms of how isis won so much. he was talking about specifically the fall of mosul. he was asked by pbs "front line." there were several things that surprised us about isis the degree to which they were able to form their own coalition both inside syria and iraq and the military capability that they exhibited and the collapse of the iraqi security forces. yeah in those initial days there were a few surprises. that sounds like the understatement of the century. >> there should be no surprise. air operations were not effective. it's a policy that is a failure. >> there's reports from some of our folks at the pentagon there are f-16 pilots flying over targets and it takes an hour to get an approval. does that work? >> this is an armchair quarterback. who is making the calls? it's definitely not the front

line commanders but when you say we're just going to operate with air operations alone, the enemy's going to move the high value targets and locate them in hospitals, schools, apartments and if the main concern is collateral damage then you're going to need an intelligence network on the ground to direct them so you can surgically -- >> do we have an intelligence network on the ground? >> not much. and i'm sure general dempsey found this. unless you have boots on the ground with at least an intelligence part to direct our air assets where they're going to go and surgically strike i think we all agree we don't any collateral damage. we'll mitigate the collateral damage but you have to have eyes on the ground. >> the idea that there's no u.s. boots on the ground there's no u.s. boots involved in ongoing combat operations but there is a lot of u.s. firepower on the ground. a lot of u.s. troops on the ground. is it time to take the gloves off and let the u.s. special forces teams that are on the ground now the delta guys who

are up near the kurds and training them is it time to let them just start going out on missions? is it time to send in s.e.a.l. team six to go on direct action raids and those kind of things? >> it's like playing a game of cards and you are dealing cards and pretty soon you are left with only a few options. we watched isis grow from a few hundred into syria and to expand in iraq. we watched isis grow. we watched iran come in with their influence. so what's the path forward? if the mission is to degrade and destroy isis it's going to take american resolve -- >> and american power. >> and the problem that you can't sprinkle it. we've seen what happens should one of our soldiers be captured he'll be burned alive in a cage so you need sufficient force on the ground. you also need medevac and a qrf in case our guys get in trouble we don't want another benghazi. it will take a brigade if we want to destroy isis and this is a very serious question.

because inaction has consequences. >> we've seen the consequences in mosul and ramadi and tikrit and other places as well. appreciate your time. >> always a pleasure being here. >> good talking to you. this is an extreme weather alert. president obama signing a disaster declaration for texas as severe storms soak the lone star state. the torrential rain and flooding killing dozens and even more wet weather is in the forecast. will carr is live from dallas. will? >> reporter: hi, elizabeth. this area has been pounded by rain once again. behind me the trinity river is expected to crest later today at 43 feet. now, normally this river looks like a stream compared to what it looks like now. you can see in the distance that the water has just swamped the trees. now earlier parts of dallas got around 3 inches of rain this morning. there's been f across this area for the past two days. it's forced authorities to close the i-30 interstate and loop 12.

they're closing that now for a week. that stranded a lot of cars. to our south two cities have mandatory evacuations now rosenburg and wharton. those are in southeast texas because of concerns of more dangerous flooding. then the body count continues to go up 24 people have died in texas over the past week. late yesterday authorities identified 6-year-old andrew mccomb his family was swept away by floodwaters memorial day weekend. his father survived. his mom and sister still missing. across the state 12 people are still unaccounted for. and this has really been historic rainfall. according to the national weather service this month alone texas has received 35 trillion gallons of rainfall that's enough to cover the state 8 inches deep with water. and back out here live you can see a stop sign there water all the way up to the stop sign throughout the course of the morning people have been walking up there taking pictures really just taking all of this in. the good news for the people

here in dallas they're supposed to get a little more sunshine later today and tomorrow but to our south more storms and that's the last thing that anybody in texas needs right now. elizabeth? >> thank you, will. will carr joining us live and janice dean will join us later in the hour from the extreme weather center with the very latest forecast. >> hopefully some good news in the forecast. >> absolutely. there is much more news whether it's good or not is up to you on "america's news headquarters." martin o'malley makeing it official and he's going up against front-runner hillary clinton. so our panel debate. if he even stands a chance. plus china's island building erodes security in the asia-pacific region. what the secretary of defense has to say that has beijing hopping mad. and a national guard soldier killed in an army helicopter crash. and already heartbroken family was stunned when they found out he couldn't be buried at arlington national cemetery.

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some words for china coming from the u.s. secretary of defense, ash carter is critizing beijing for building new artificial islands in the south china sea. china is trying to bolster its territorial claims in the region and carter is warning that the aggressive moves may increase the mill tarrization of the south china sea but china is not backing down saying the west is sensationalizing the situation. be sure to tune in tomorrow when we'll discuss all of this with former vfflez senator and possibly 2016 presidential candidate jim webb at 1:00 p.m. eastern right here on fox news channel. and now back to our top story hillary clinton officially has another challenger in the race for the democratic nomination. former maryland governor martin o'malley announced his candidacy this morning in baltimore what are the chances for him deciding to launch his underdog campaign? here for a fair and balanced

debate matt slap chairman of the american conservative union and liz chatterdon president of the chatterdon group. thank you for being here. let's start with you, liz, i was listening to the speech this former and i feel as if the former governor took to appeal to the progressive group who we would anticipate vote for elizabeth warren perhaps. do you think that's a strategy he's taking and do you think it's an effective strategy? >> i absolutely do believe it's the strategy he's taking. the democratic primaries are all about who is the best democrat. in this case i think martin o'malley sees an opportunity to go a little bit left of hillary clinton while not quite as left as senator bernie sanders. so i do think there's a little bit of an elizabeth warren space in him. i like senator bernie sanders but he's pretty left of left. and elizabeth warren sends to be more like governor o'malley very progressive but not quite as self-proclaimed socialist as bernie sanders is so --

>> wow. wow. elizabeth warren is more in the middle. this is an interesting spin. >> but we're talking about an underdog. his numbers aren't that great and he's running against the clinton machine. >> that's right. that's right. look i think liz got it right, elizabeth warren is the best democrat in the field, she's just not going to run most likely. who she endorses i think is huge. every day that hillary clinton doesn't have that endorsement makes people wonder how much on lockdown does she have that part of her party the progressive liberal base of her party. martin o'malley has open to him all the democrats out there that think that bill clinton and hoik are establishment figures and they're not really progressive leaders and they look at hillary clinton, she's great on paper but they see her campaign and she is sure rusty and wobbly and she scares them. you saw the great line that he delivered today on the royal families. >> now, speaking of going forward, hillary clinton some critics say she hasn't been running the most transparent election so far, her bid so far.

>> a server hidden in her basement? >> we heard from a local reporter earlier who said she covered the governor when he was mayor and she was a very transparent figure. is it an opportunity for him? >> absolutely. this is a real issue in america out there today where there's so much news coverage and so much out there on the internet and presidential candidates will have to go out and talk to reporters which hillary clinton is not doing and answer all the tough questions at all kinds of venues with all kinds of media outlets and martin o'malley if he's smart will start doing that tomorrow morning. >> should hillary be worried? >> no i don't think hillary should be worried at this point. but you do bring up a really interesting point which secretary clinton is really being hounded by the media and the more she's hounded the more she runs the other way. there's an interesting opportunity here for governor o'malley to become the straight talk express of john mccain's 2000 bid frankly. the person who answers every media question. that would be interesting.

but at this point he has 1% name i.d. to her 99% name i.d. i just don't see how he pulls this off. >> now, what about the two fields? because we're seeing a very flooded field but we're seeing a fairly vacant and three names on the democratic side. could that be an advantage or disadvantage for those three? >> i actually think it will be an advantage for those three for the very reason why senator bernie sanders is running. he's a great guy. does he really stand a chance of winning? no but it's an opportunity for him to capture some national attention because there are likely only going to be three, maybe four but unlikely more than that potential nominees for the democrats. on the other hand real quick, republicans, who isn't running for the republican nomination? and for that reason i think -- >> but could that be an advantage? >> what hillary clinton needs is she's got to get better and she got better in 2008 as the campaign went on. if she continues to campaign and duck reporters like she is now she'll be in a world of hurt. she needs to get better.

there's a chance that bernie sanders and governor o'malley will make her a better candidate. >> thank you. we appreciate it. now we want to hear from you what does form are governor martin o'malley have to do to be a serious competitor against hillary clinton? you can sends your tweets of course we'll read some of your thoughts later in the show. and tomorrow fox news sunday's chris wallace will sit down to another presidential contender carly fiorina how she is trying to set herself

turns out dying for your country may not be enough to be buried at arlington national cemetery. a u.s. army soldier from the louisiana national guard died in a helicopter crash earlier this

year and his family wanted him to be buried at arlington and the army told them the way in which he died did not allow it. we've got the story from washington. >> it's been 80 days since staff sergeant robert loreck was killed in a training mission and he still hasn't been laid to rest. the army says he's not eligible to be buried at arlington national cemetery because he was not active duty at the time of the accident. he was one of 11 killed off the coast of florida. he was never deployed overseas but he'd been a soldier in the louisiana national guard for eight years. still, because he was not on active duty orders an army spokeswoman says, quote, while eligible for an internment he does not meet the requirements for burial in arlington national cemetery. which means he can be cremated and his ashes stored there but he can't be buried there. the statement outraged his

family especially his father and former green beret. >> my son's life and his blood than any others. he should not be in a special category that has to be cremated and put in a smaller urn. my son deserves a plot. a ground burial in arlington cemetery and he gave all for it. >> florich also left behind his wife megan who is seven months pregnant. she says someday she wants to be able to take their child to his grave that's why she's fighting to appeal this decision but so far the army continues to stand firm and deny his burial in arlington. eluiltz about eth? >> kristen fisher reporting live thank you, kristen. >> you got it. this shouldn't and can't be about politics. this is a matter of national security. terrorists like al qaeda and isil aren't suddenly going to

stop plotting against us at midnight tomorrow and we shouldn't surrender the tools that help keep us safe. it would be irresponsible. >> that was president obama in his weekly address released early this morning. he wants the senate to renew provisions from the patriot act allowing the national security agency to collect massive amounts of data on millions of our phone calls and web records. the law and thulss the nsa program expires at midnight tomorrow unless the senate acts. kentucky senator and presidential hopeful rand paul released a statement today saying he will block any senate vote. so what does this mean? major change for our safety here at home and for americans around the world or not? former assistant fbi director steve pomerance joins us now. who is right on this? >> the president's right. these tools that they gave us in the intelligence and law enforcement community after 9/11 have been significant and important in the prevention of terrorist acts in this country.

and those are tools that we vitally need to continue the overwhelmingly successful record. not perfect but overwhelmingly -- >> not perfect? >> not perfect. >> it's been good but the fbi its own inspector general essentially said that they cannot point to a single terrorist act that was stopped because of the provisions of the patriot act that senator paul doesn't want extended. >> i think looking for some piece of information that we've gleaned from the patriot act and making that the center point of this argument is not the way to go. stopping terrorists acts is a result of a collection of bits and pieces of intelligence information that ultimately come together. >> connecting the dots. >> you know, the buzzword after 9/11 we heard over and over again the failure to connect the dot. the dot that we need to connect are individual pieces of intelligence information. >> so what you're saying is

there's a dot out there that comes from this nsa program that could be used to prevent a new terrorist attack. >> and to try to point to it as the only reason that we were able to prevent an attack is not a reasonable way to go. these are kind of puzzles that we need bits and pieces of information put together analyze and then be able to stop the attack and these bits and pieces come from the tools that have been provided to us by the patriot act. >> i want to get back to what senator paul had to say here's another quote. tomorrow i will force the expiration of the nsa illegal spy program. i'm ready and willing to start the debate on how we fight terrorism without giving up our liberty. sometimes when the problem is big enough you just have to start over. is there a way to balance liberty and security -- >> sure. >> -- in a way that isn't as shall we say unpalatable as what we see going on now? >> it's a reasonable debate. you don't want to give up all your liberties and your privacy

in the name of security and there has to be a reasonable balance and to have an argument and a discussion to find that balance is the appropriate thing to do. what i'm saying is i think the law as it stands today is a fair balance. not that it couldn't be tweaked and some of the recommendations that we're hearing are reasonable. do the phone companies hold the metadata as opposed to the government holding it? that's probably a reasonable place that we can find some area of compromise. when we have -- when does law enforcement, the fbi or the nsa need to go to the fisa court to get a specific authority? we could probably tweak that. but by the way, every time we do that and every time we add another bureaucratic level between what the intelligence and law enforcement community needs to do we add a time element. and time can be critical. bureaucratic stumbling block so that's an issue as well. >> i understand that. i guess the problem from the law enforcement standpoint is you hear from the law enforcement and intelligence communities,

trust us, we need this. >> yeah. >> and then at the same time we realize that so much of our personal information of what was private information before is now somewhere up in the cloud. that doesn't exactly inspire confidence. >> yeah. i mean -- >> and we've heard so many times we're not doing this only to find out that the nsa is doing this. >> i don't know that they've denied -- i would argue to you -- that particular point. but, look there is an element of trust. these agencies the fbi and the nsa -- >> you think we can trust them? >> yes. i think they make an absolute legitimate attempt to comply with the law. do they ever exceed their authorities? yes. sometimes the authority's a little bit murky. sometimes individuals make mistakes and they normally own up to it. they're not in this for profit. >> true. >> their sole concern is the protection of america, unlike i would point out to you private enterprises such as google and others that collect much more information. >> or politicians who have their own agenda.

>> yes. >> we'll be back to you as this develops obviously see what's out there. thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> liz? >> thank you, leland. it's the case of sticky fingers and firearms, we'll explain. you've heard about pet therapy and patients but they're not the only ones that could use a little love. i could use that puppy. we'll tell you about a program that's being rolled out to the most stressed-out people in the hospital. ♪ just imagine traveling with a chimpanzee imagine talking to a tiger and chatting with a cheetah what a neat achievement it would be ♪

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a florida man really determined to get a gun. police say 19-year-old marlin paul alvarez attempted to steal an ak-47 rifle from a pawn shop yesterday by stuffing it down his pants but the three-foot weapon couldn't bend his knee giving him a little bit of a

limp. what would you do if you saw him? the limp was a giveaway and the owner stopped alvarez who is now facing grand theft auto charges. what would you do? >> i have two thoughts on this. one is really good for him that it didn't go off although it may have served him right, you never know and aren't we happy that criminals aren't smart? makes things so much easier. >> when you run after him you can't run very quickly with one helping that you can't bend. it didn't work out for him so -- >> it did not and the world is probably better off because it didn't. >> i would agree. we've all heard about those that offer pet therapy for patients but what about for staff? one pennsylvania hospital is doing just that betting that a little love can bring some much-needed relief to stressed-out doctors and nurses as well. we're live in new york with that. brian? >> reporter: hey, leland for years hospitals around the country have relied on furry friends offering pet therapy to patients to reduce anxiety, pain and depression but only one hospital's offering the same therapy for staff.

the hospital at the university of pennsylvania brings in animals to relieve their nurses doctors and other hospital workers. >> just look at the people around they come in here and they go ooh and ahh and it's just -- it just takes a load off. it takes and makes it easier to do your job. >> an emergency room nurse started the program called pet a pooch two years ago. since then the hospital created the center for nursing renewal where staff go to relax. every month the adoptable animals are brought there from the local shelter. >> on any given night we have over 300, sometimes 400 pets under our roof. so the need is -- the need is big. nationally somewhere between 6 million to 7 million pets enter shelters every year. only half of them come out alive. >> now, according to a survey 88% of the staff say the animals

boost work morale and decrease daily stress. so far most have been adopted by staff. >> the only way i would get a dog is if some dog picked me. this is the dog. he's a little puppy. i was just standing back watching the nurses enjoy themselves and he came up to me and said would you take me home? so, we did. >> pet a pooch has also raised more than ten,000 for the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals. i feel like all newsrooms around the country should do the same thing. >> liz and i were just talking, i think we all have a very stressful job and if the boss is listening we'd like to have a couple of mascots. have a nice yellow lab, it would be great. >> puppies for us. >> puppiesforus.com is our new website. coming up morning on "america's news headquarters"

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you're looking live at a final farewell for bb king. thousands have gathered today to pay their final to the trailblazing blues man. his funeral is being held in the small town in the mississippi delta where he began his rise to freedom. we'll see if we can listen in for just a second. ♪ king passed away earlier this month at his home in las vegas. fighting fire with fire is said to be close to indestructible. surviving nearly boiling acid.

his recovery could be used to help fight life-threatening diseases. joining us is one of the scientists who made the discovery, a professor at the department of biochemistry and molecular genetics at the university of virginia. thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. >> my pleasure. >> now, this is fascinating. i want you to break it down for me. how could this virus be a weapon against illnesses? >> well what the virus does is protects the genetic material the dna, in such a way that it can survive these incredibly harsh conditions. you could put this virus in dry cleaning fluid and it would still be absolutely intact. what we discovered in terms of the structure is that it uses a very similar method of protecting dna that bacterial spores use. these are spores like anthrax, the bacteria responsible for the disease anthrax, or a bacteria

that is responsible now for 30,000 deaths a year in the united states mainly in hospitals. the cdc has elevated the risk of infections to urgent and it's so very difficult to kill because it also forms spores that protects dna in a similar way. so that's what's exciting to us that we have been able to show this nearly universal mechanism that things from viruses to bacteria can use that protects dna. >> how would you use this mechanism to help the human body? why wouldn't the human body reject it? >> well there are many different things. i'm a basic scientist. we're interested in fundamental questions about life. most of these, though have implications that we can't even understand or speculate about at this time. that's why basic science research is so important. so the range is enormous in terms of what this knowledge could ultimately lead to.

for instance if we can package dna, this could be a vehicle used for gene therapy. if we can understand how to unpackage the dna in this form then it could be used to destroy certain viruses. it could also be used as a vaccine because this virus is so intact and actually is not toxic to humans then a virus like this could actually be used be given orally to humans with molecules of interest put on the surface of it to be a very very effective vaccine. so the range of possibilities is great. >> i don't have much time but i want you to explain it to me quickly because for me it sounds like it would be a virus entering the body and i would think the body would reject it. can you explain to me how this could possibly treat people? >> sure. we consume viruses every day. if you eat cucumbers potatoes

cauliflower, many are filled with plant viruses. those viruses are absolutely non-toxic. they are either digested become part of the food we eat, or they are just excreted. understanding how we can use these viruses for let's say targeting tumors or use them for vaccines is just one of the things that emerges from this type of basic scientific research. >> doctor thank you so much for joining us. that's fascinating. we will keep an eye on this story. thank you. when we come back reaction from hillary clinton on her new challenger in the democratic race.

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