ruffin was the acting head of nih. he was appointed to head the office and has continued in that leadership position in the current time as that office was elevated to a center in january of 2000, some 10 years later. this past year, with the passage of health reform legislation, the center was elevated to an institute reported [applause] . [applause] several of us met with dr. francis collins about the desire and need and imperative to elevate the center to an institute. dr. collins is responsible as well. the center has all of the prerogatives and abilities that an institute has. if it has all of those authorities and responsibilities, it is an institute so why not call it an institute? [laughter] congress agreed with us and indeed passed legislation to establish this instant -- this national institute for minority health and health disparities research. we are very pleased with that. it was not too long ago we had our first minority surgeon general who had previously been deputy director of the national institute of

reiskin, who is brought to my office by the acting head of nih. dr. rogan was appointed to head the office, and he has continued in that leadership issue. the office was elevated in january of 2000, some 10 years later. then this past year, 2010, with the passage of health reform legislation. the center was elevated to an institute. [applause] several of us met with francis collins about the desire and need and imperative to elevate the the center to an institute. dr. collins, is response was, well, the center has all the prerogatives and abilities that an institute has, so why do you need this? our response was, well, if it has all of those authorities and responsibilities, it is an institute, so why not call it an institute? [laughter] so congress agreed with us and indeed passed legislation to establish this national institute for minority health and health disparities research. so we're very pleased with that. also, it was not too long and that we had our first minority surgeon general, who had previously been the director of the national institut

ruffin, then the acting head of nih, he has continued in that position. until he was elevated to the senate in january 2010 newsletter. and this past year in 2010, with the passage of health reform legislation, the center was elevated to an institute. we met -- [applause] several of us met with francis collins about the desire and need to elevate the center to end institute -- to an institute. the center had all the poor -- prudence and abilities and institute has. why do need this? our response is it has all those authorities and responsibilities, it is an institute, so why not call an institute? congress agreed and pass legislation to establish the national institute for minority health and health disparities research. we are pleased with that. it was not too long ago that we had our first minority surgeon general, dr. antonia novello, prius deputy director of the institute of child health at nih. the first woman and first hispanic to serve as the surgeon general. and as dr. ruffin noted, dr. bernadine healy established the woman's health limit -- initi

time their department investigation by instructs and their precluded yet strongly suggest over at the nih were executed by the army and then dressed in military its own being. the leading. with. the atmosphere. for the rest. through the night. oh you also will vote for the worst human rights records those from group who's going to push to the core of the one thousand nine hundred ninety four again in one thousand nine hundred seven they're talking about this body counts and drown myself that i'm not surprised but in all these years in washington they were perfectly aware of the colombian situation letting us know they haven't done a thing you know yet from the pics plane how you know this kind of phenomenon where bodies are dressed up as the realizing presented as killed in action august and the idea that you need to produce bodies to actually encouraged paramilitary collaboration to go out of the three women. in the military would permit of the close we've been in for five fark is devoted to extortion kidnappings and recruiting of minors who better to talk to. you they don't care if they

bernadine healy died, a harvard educated cardiologist who ran c: nih and american red cross. she advised three u.s. presidents, a well known media figure in her own right. she resigned from the red cross under pressure for a lackluster performance post 9/11. dr. healy battled brain cancer for over a decade. she was 67 years old. and fred imus has died. don imus' raw, dry, plain-spoke: younger brother left a stint in the army to be a brakeman on the southern pacific railroad. he then started up an auto body shop before following his brother into radio. fred imus was 69 years old. >>> "newsweek" magazine is catching heat for a cover photo many consider a cheap shot. calling michele bachmann the queen of rage is one thing, but the photo is clearly a misfire. it received widespread criticism today, some called it biased and insulting. one columnist said she's made to look like there is someone dangling a treat in front of her. several wondered if a male politician would be treated in similar fashion. >>> and texas governor rick perry is emerging as the most talked about gop conte

while receiving treatment at the nih, joshua met another young boy named colby. colby as a member of the 2000 exploravision second place national ranking and he and his teammates designed and at the watch. the small wearable computerized watch that contains special codes and micrometers the answer to deliver painless doses of app enough and when the wearer suffers an allergic reaction. after hearing about colby's project and after visiting the exploravision website, i was so impressed by what young children could invent that if the opportunity of a rose i promised myself i would encourage my son to participate. not more than a week later his school post a notice in the student newspaper they would be sponsoring teams for the first time. i.e. merely merely asked my son about participating. he agreed and invited three of his friend from fifth grade to join. is 2010 team designed a good pointing detection device, and it was lightweight, portal and could be used to detect dangerous pathogens in food. now we like to present background information on the team and our p

big cases being torn in deeper meeting friendship bank for three thousand one hundred of us for the nih that it solve and see without risk investors remained unconvinced the country with all thought as economy what kind of an ether french banking system or when to pull three. the french banks are loaded with toxic derivatives that were sold to them by american investment banks and the american investment banks plus the rating agencies plus the hedge funds are now attacking these french banks they know where the bodies are buried and they're using the weapons that they sold them to attack them society generale and b.n.p. and credit agricole are insolvent their balance sheets are six to ten times bigger in terms of the debt that they carry than they could possibly service but it's carried on the shadow banking system they don't report this debt but the insiders around the world who wield the weapons of mass my national destruction are tackling them to force these unrealized debts onto their balance sheet to force these companies into delinquency into foreclosure because they are going to

in 1994 an nih trial found azt was shown to prevent transition from mother to infant in childbirth, a huge advance in managing infection. however, aids remained a leading cause of death for african-americans. >> 25% of folks impacted by hiv in 1986, and yet the response in black communities and the delivery of services at that time, primarily prevention and awareness to black communities were disproportionately low. >> by 2002 about half the people living with hiv worldwide were women. >> for women to recognize the risk especially for heterosexual african-american women and latinas in the u.s., i think risk awareness is still a very, very, very, very big challenge. >> as the epidemic entered its third decade, the focus turned global. in 2003 president bush announced the president's emergency program for aids relief or pep far, providing billions of dollars to fight and treat hiv/aids in countries around the world. >> pepfar has been, really, the most remarkable program. we are now at 3.2 million people on antiretroviral treatment, all of whom would have died. i think it's a remarkable

evening, my fellow advocates this evening, to support the of summer's break through act, which holds nih accountable to finding whatever amount it is we need to combat this terrible disease and also the hope for alzheimer's act, which improves diagnosis care planning and advanced measures. can we count on you? >> the answer is no, you cannot. [applause] let me explain. here is my philosophy -- i think we ought to have the best national institute of health there is in the world, and we do. it is almost 2.5 times the size it was. the last thing we need is special interest groups telling scientists where they need to go. the man who did the genome project is a good friend of mine. i had dinner with him till and a half weeks ago. he said, "please, do not pass any more laws telling us what we have to do. let us follow the science to solve the greatest amount of problems, great solutions for the greatest number of people he can -- greatest number of people." my mother had alzheimer's, recently died. we have so hurt the nih because now all the congressman who know nothing about this are telling

response the nih is adding 50 minority researchers to the grant review manels.ps will be investigating what caused the discrepancy and looking for bias in the grant review process. >>> even if you don't have a penny the market there is a impact on you. the psychological impact and the financial impact, still ahead. >>> in 10 minutes i will have the forecast. for your city, for the bay area weekend. i will see you back here. @wñ . >>> as we told you earlier stocks dropped big time today after a flurry of bad economic news. more people are joining the unemployment ployment lines, home sales are dragging down and there are also major economic concerns in europe. you see the result there at the end of trade. the dow down almost 420 points. the nasdaq off 131 points. >> that plunge in stocks triggered jitters among investors. tom vacar is live in san francisco with how those who do not have a sent invested in stocks are invested. >> i tell you what, what is interesting about this is it is not just here in the financial district but we took a beating today. we all too

. >> here's the statement from the nih. diseases don't respect borders.ement of people and products around the world. so diseases can spread more quickly. americans benefit enormously from research that has taken place around the world. there is no question that's absolutely true. but china? who holds most of our debt and whose fiscal health is far better than ours. is that the country where we should be providing $90 million? >> well, traditional values coalition is not opposed to hard science but we also -- and we as an american people are compassionate. and want to help people with malaria and starving children in africa. but that is not what this is about. and yet again, the nih is being deceitful and trying to cover their tracks. what is global about paying for a chinese researcher to come here to be trained better in acupuncture and mri? i think that's actually humorous. >> can't these diseases come here very easily? >> well, that's not what we're talking about. we're talking about spending money, studying prostitutes in china. gretchen, some of the

i study aerospace engineering and we have the scores last semester with professor herbert from nih andwe were discussing many of the challenges nasa has in terms of education, ask duration, manned versus unmanned robotics, expiration and we were rounding up all these issues. but in the end it seemed that one of the major problems with two sustain or increase nasa's budget authorized by the government. someone of our solutions as graduates do this was to say okay, why don't you approach the problem from the standpoint of motivating the american public to motivate the congress at the point of authorizing and these pages so that people will say yes, nasa does this for us, nasa does that. so my question is, what would be needed for an asset to be more present in the civilized, just like he did with the trillion miners? so, nasa has many technological advances that can help humanity at this point. drought, famine, things that would definitely make a big publicity envelope in the general population size to how great nasa is. i do think nasa is great. thank you very much. >> well, first i'd l

according to the nih, it is safe, effective and accurate 95% of the time.ications there. . and in texas, a houston highway was closed overnight after an 18-wheeler's cab separated from the trailer and ended up caught in a free way sign. luckily no one was hurt. >>> an overwhelming show of police force seemed to quiet rioters in london last night. the violence has spread for a fourth straight night. police across the country have made more than 1 00 arrests since the violence began over the weekend. michelle is joining us live from london. it's been hard to figure out how this started. i know it was triggered bier one arrest, a controversial arrest. it does seem like much deeper roots to this violence. anger that's been building up for quite some time. >> reporter: wherever something like this happens everyone wants to discuss it and try to find some underlying cause. tends to be really complex. it seems like no one can really come up with an answer that's satisfactory or solvable at least not in the short-term. we've heard a lot from the government and poli

tomorrow i'm going to be speaking at nih, and thanking them. these are dedicated men and women of finding answers to the most difficult problems in the world, creating hope for a lot of families and creating jobs. i am going to be supporting their efforts, because i think that is important for america's future. but i agree with your premise, but we are already well past the freeze. we are actually losing employment at all levels of government. >> time for just two more brief questions. charles, take your pick. >> good morning, senator. i wanted to just ask a question -- i live on the eastern shore, i was wondering if you had any correspondence or any kind of work with andy harris, and i'm wondering what his views are on some of the things you have been speaking of today di. >> i work with every member of our congressional delegation, and clearly it worked closely with senator mikulski. the three congressmen from the baltimore region -- he lied to cummings, a key player in the house of representatives -- elijah cummings, a key player in the hous

i will be speaking at nih and thanking them. these are dedicated men and women. we're finding the answers to the most difficult problems in the world. we're creating hope for families and creating jobs. i will be supporting their efforts. that is important for america's future. the freeze. we're losing employment. >> we have time for two more brief questions. take your pick. >> i wanted to ask a question. i live on the eastern shore. i was wondering if y you have ay correspondence or worked and i was wondering what his views are in some of the things you have been speaking of. >> i work with every member of our delegation. the two of us work closely together. three congressmen and a key player. we worked closely with the democrat on the -- ranking democrat on the committee. also in elijah is one of the leaders on infrastructure. i do not want to leave anyone out. he is on the super khomeni. one of the 12th. steny hoyer in the house of representatives. not only for a strong leadership but his ability to work across party lines. and donna edwards. one of the member

we have so hurt the nih because all the congressmen are telling the scientists what they need to be doing. when i think we ought to do is back off and say, you are charged with taking on this new science and helping the most people to the greatest extent in the fastest way you can. we are going to let you dece what is important based on what you see as progress. [applause] so i am supportive and i am on the latest research, especially the inhibitors and other things going them to decide. some of them are and some of their e not. is, that is great. you have my support. but it is telling them what you you will do it, support that. i want to scientists to go where the path is to find it years. -- the cures. i'm going to finish out. for being here. is rewarding to see this many people. you may have heard a lot of goofy. you have an obligation to tell me where you think i am wrong. rather than get madnd walkout me an e-mail. read every e-mail the comes i my office. [applause] you will ultimately get an from me but it takes me a mails as well as be a senator. lot of time goeinto preparing the a

we have so hurt the nih because all the congressmen are telling the scientists what they need to be doing. when i think we ought to do is back off and say, you are charged with taking on this new science and helping the most people to the greatest extent can to let you decide what is important based on what you see as progress. [applause] so i am supportive and i am on the latest research, especially the inhibitors and other things going them to decide. some of them are and some of their are not. is, that is great. you have my support. but it is telling them what you you will do it, support that. i want to scientists to go where the path is to find it years. -- the cures. i'm going to finish out. for being here. is rewarding to see this many people. you may have heard a lot of goofy. you have an obligation to tell me where you think i am wrong. rather than get mad and walkout me an e-mail. read every e-mail the comes in my office. [applause] you will ultimately get an from me but it takes me a mails as well as be a senator. lot of time goes into preparing the answer back for you. heard so