francis collins with the national institutes of health and then recently confirmed dr. califf at the food and drug administration. so, this is the best opportunity we have to make a mark in the senate this year to help virtually every american, and we've got some catching up to do. it's rare that i would admit that the house of representatives is ahead of us, but they are. they call their bill the 21st cures bill. we have a common objective. that is to get cures and drugs and treatments through the regulatory process and the investment process more rapidly and into the medicine cabinets and the doctors' offices so they can help people. they finished their work last year. the president has taken the lead. he's called for the precision medicine initiative. it's one of his major initiatives. i talked with him about it last year. i said, mr. president, we will help you do that, and the way to do that is through our biomedical innovation initiative. what he wants to do to begin with is to get a million genome sequenceed so that when the senator from arizona is sick -- which

of the national institute of aging, doctor douglas lowy, acting director of the national cancer institute, the director of the institute for drug abuse. as a reminder to the subcommittee and our witness hes will abide by the 5 minute rule but before we begin we are joined by the big chairman as we like to call him and our ranking member. i will defer to the chairman for any remarks he would like to move and then i will move to ranking member mister lowy. mister chairman. >> the five minute clock does not apply to you. >> that means i got to keep it under one minute. welcome. all of you, to this hearing. thank you, mister chairman, for the courtesy. throughout our work together, you have exhibited the highest level of professionalism and dedication and during a time of so much groundbreaking research, nih has the right man at the helm to meet the challenges we face. the emergence of the zika virus, one of those challenges underscores the importance of the mission to gain and apply knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life and reduce illness and disability. since most of the recent emergen

thank each of you for your service and it is because of your vision and your dedication the national institute of health is providing a bright future for millions of americans suffering from illness and disease. i'm very pleased you're here to discuss important investments in biomedical research and the health of our nation. thank you. i must say i was so thrilled as i am to meet with many of you at the nih two weeks ago. during our meetings i saw firsthand the life-saving breakthroughs you are leaving including gene therapies to treat patients with advanced cancer, ultra -- mri machines to get the clearest look at an aging brain to date allowing for advances in alzheimer's and other brain diseases. also clinical studies that are in including mental health and suicides. these breakthroughs and the need for additional research into hundreds of other diseases it is why this committee but to increase funding of the nih by $2 billion in the fiscal year 2016 omnibus spending bill. nih has the world's best physicians, physicians, researchers, technology at our disposal. i worry that even a 2 billion

[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, local and live. this is sunrise on cw 18 in high definition. jason: right now on sunrise, a super tuesday blowout. michelle: are donald trump and hillary clinton unstoppable at this point? we break down the results from the big night. jason: we' re also following breaking news. i' m jason guy. michelle: i' jason: in sanford, we' re asking police about a massive crime scene investigation just blocks from seminole high school. michelle: but we start with first alert meteorologist amy sweezey. amy: it is a lot warmer this morning and we are heading to the upper 70' s and low 80' s today. a cold front is going to slide through and take up a couple of sprinkles. it is not going to bring any: cold air to us. look at these 24-hour temperature changes. most of us from the orlando area and south, a few degrees warmer. that puts us in the 50' s and low 60' s. 63 in sanford. 61 in melbourne. the clouds are streaming through right now and the act like a that is why we are warmer. through the day today, a cold fr

. >> according to the national institutes of health about 50% of people with food allergies also have asthma. the link between the two? symptoms that can trigger an attack on the lungs. since fda approval in 2003, xolair has proven effective in severe cases of asthma. >> that medicine in and of itself, it's engineered to be able to bind to this molecule i-g-e. if it's working against ige, and we know that ige is important in food allergy, what if we start giving it initially to people with food allergies and then we start giving them the food that they're allergic to. >> that's got to make a huge difference for patients right? >> what normally would take four five years to desensitize, to let's say five allergens, could we compact that and have it happen over six to nine months? >> without this treatment it might have taken over a decade to desensitize tessa of all her food allergies. >> now tell me about your experience in the study, what was that like for you? >> once i really started to eat the new foods i could really feel my life changing. >> at 13, tessa can freely eat the foods

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[captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 381, the nays are 0. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion by the gentleman from new jersey to suspend the rules and agree to h.con.res. 75 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the concurrent resolution. the clerk: house concurrent resolution 75, concurrent resolution expressing the sense of congress that those who commit or support atrocities against christians and other ethnic and religious minorities are ing turkmen, committing and are hereby declared to be committing war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. the speaker pro tempore: members will record thei

[captioning performed by the national captioning institute which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org.] >>> good morning. make or break. key contests in five states today. trump wins in florida and ohio would knock most of his rivals out of the race. >> if we win ohio and florida, it's pretty much over. >> if hillary clinton sweeps the day, will it be the end for bernie sanders? >> i feel good about where i am in this campaign. >> our team ways s weighs in on what

announcer: at a hearing on the budget for the national institute of health, nih director francis, as discussed medical research and a new initiative to find a cure for cancer. the white house has proposed a 30 $3 billion budget for fiscal 2017. the house appropriations subcommittee hearing is two hours and 15 minutes. >> it is my pleasure to welcome you to the subcommittee on health and human services and education to discuss the fiscal year 2017 national institutes of health budget request. we are looking forward to hearing the testimony of dr. whoins and his colleagues will be brought in for questions along the way. i would like to publicly thank dr. collins and the staff at the nih for hosting me and other subcommittee members for a briefing at a tour at the nih campus a few weeks ago. i hope it will become an annual trek. withinleft nih appreciation of the exciting work your staff to every day to find ways to save lives. i am proud than last year this congress was able to increase nih funding by $2 billion a night in confident that through these efforts one day we will find cures

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> i know we are going to have the floor ines on the committee on this subject. i did not know we had a vote scheduled. i would like to finish about 11:40, so we all get a chance to vote. we have several bills on the agenda for the first time, as well as for nominees, three of those are right for a vote. i would hope to move those three out of committee.

collins of the national institute of health and they are terrific people. we have a serious problem but we've got the means to deal with it in the short term and we need to come back with a real authorization. anding up a piece of paper not giving people a chance to as questions i think is a mistake. i think we can get there but i doubt it will be in exactly the form of the administration request or the exact amount of money. a group of us were in south america and we met with cdc officials in brazil and talked to the brazilian government so we have dialogue and looking at this. demanding that we hang around when they have the resources they need in the short-term term to do whatever they want to do, we have made it apparent we will be supported. think that is politicizing the virus in a way that is unfortunate. host: we covered a lot of ground, thank you so much. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] qu

the national institute on drug abuse calling it the second most popular among teenagers now. 11% of american high school seniors used synthetic marijuana in the past year and it resulted in 11,000 emergency room visits in 2010. 75% of visits involved visits of people under the age of 29. >>> officers say samuel alicia walked into the police department this morning and went into the public bathroom in the lobby. minutes later officers say they heard a loud thump so they went in and found him unconscious on floor. -- -- par fa fa nail ya. a special hour of 2020 called breaking point in america airs tonight. >>> a business owner convicted of trying to sexual batter a female employee. she says he bought her drinks and she passed out when her friends put her in a car and they went back and paid the bill but when the friends came outside they found her undressed and a peacock on top of her. >>> a 23-year old man and a four daylight. that picture all day long. the car was abandoned in the park. >> this is a baby. what if it had been her out here playing. it could have been easily. and to know that

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one of which is it proposed that the nci, the national cancer institute taken out of the national institutes of health and be given to a separate agency reporting to the president. the proposed the fda control of drugs for shipment to the national cancer institute and it was controversial for one other big reason, i asked mary lanser to give a true concert in which she had big influence in the conference, promised to eradicate cancer by the bicentennial. now no one believed that was true. i don't believe mary believed that was true. >> host: no scientist believe it was true. >> guest: the press believed it for about 30 days and afterward we went down after that so it was a very accomplished program. they put $100 billion of tax dollars into cancer research and so this book is really about my trek through the war on cancer. >> host: mary had something in mind for this for a while that she was biding her time. what was she waiting for? >> guest: she always had an interest in cancer. mary, we had one version of the book called mary and her machine. she had somebody here in congress. she had and

the national institutes of health says human trials to find a vaccine could begin as soon as this summer as fearlyp. >>> a stick contained 22,000 files including the names and phone numbers of isis members. german police believe the files are authentic. a spokesman for the u.s.-led coalition believes it could networks. we're looking at good temps in the upper 60s. clear skies and nothing to bother us. 61 in lake oil. 61 in bradenton. let's break down the seven-day forecast and see what's going to be happening. 84. we had 85 yesterday, well above average this time of year. ten degrees above average but humidity is still in check. doesn't feel as warm as it could, of course, with higher humidities that will be coming shortly. temps in the low 80s by later on this evening. we'll need a jacket certainly. look at the overnight lows mid- 60s. certainly not cool. the daytime highs will fluctuate. on saturday night, your smartphone will do it for you, but the rest have to spring forward to lose an hour of sleep and then sunday that's there as the weather gets nicer for us. sunday, and there is a

. >> john low is part of a team at the national institute of sanders and technology in boulder, home of the nation's atomic clock. it is called an atomic clock because 1 second of time is based on how long it takes type of atom. >> so somebody has to say how much is a kilogram? how long is a meter? 1 second? >> it is a standard applied since 1967 to a clock whose function is to keep the rest of us, well, functional. >> everything from power grids to gps devices rely on the accuracy of the atomic clock. >> so what we do is we base our time on the atomic technology and then periodically have to throw in a leap second, which keeps us in sync with the rotation of the earth. >> staying in sync is everything here. multiple atomic clocks work together to keep the atomic clock on time. so it is given the choice, how would these time keepers choose to spend their leap day? >> you are given an extra day, so spend it wisely, spend it by doing something you normally don't get a chance to do, spend it by doing something nice for someone, or spend it doing something that you have always wanted to d

the national institute of health said it helps speedy recovering, enhandlesed function. maria sharapova has been taking it for 12 years or health issues. >> i wanted to let you know a few days ago i received a letter from the itf that i had failed a drug test at the australian open. i did fail the test. i take full responsibility for it. >> maria sharapova won five grand slam titles. she's the highest paid woman in sports. meldonium was banned by the world doping agency. peyton manning retired after an 18 year career. he is living under a cloud. we are joined now with a look at his career. >> whatever you see about peyton manning, this is the end of an era, because peyton manning exits the stage. we thought it was flaw s, until the end when two awkward questions propped up. and they won't go away for him. ever since super bowl 50, the world wondered will he, won't he. at a denver broncos facility, we learnt the answer, peyton manning is retiring. no more number 18. >> there's something about 18 years, it's a good number. and today i retire from pro football. >> number 18

the study is being run by the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases. >>> a new studyrom the university of hue ton says peanuts and peanut butter may reduce obesity. they followed middle school children swapping out peanuts for other snacks, those who ate peanuts had lower bmi than those who did not. >>> the "action news" team out working on news stories beginning at 4:00 p.m. >>> hi alicia, how was your weekend? >> reporter: it was a great. dozens of local airmen coming home from serving overseas we'll show you the heros welcome as they see their friends and families for the first time in more than a month. happy to have them home for sure. >>> peyton manning set to talk about his decision to retire from the nfl. hear from the super bowl champ as he walks away from the sport. >>> don't forget you can take us on the go, download the free abc news app watch our newscast streaming live on your smart phone or tabt. >>> tabt -- tablet. >>> the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast is coming up. that warmup is on the way. we'll be right back. >>> in mill burn, california

one of which is it proposed that the national cancer institute be taken out of the national institute of health and given a separate agency to the i president, it propose the fda -- it was controversial for another reason and that is to get it through congress she had great influence in the congress a promise of it past the cancer act it could eradicate cancer by the centennial. now. >> scientist and i believe that was true. >> no no scientist believed it was true. that afterward. [inaudible] it put 100,000,000,000 dollars billion dollars of tax dollars into cancer research. so this book is about my track through the war on cancer. >> so we've had something likee this in mind for a while but she was biding her time, while she waited for? >> her husband died of cancer. i wrote a chapter called marion the machine. she had a machine, she was someone who in congress, she had ann landers wrote an open letter to congress that says you know you all to the american people so she had this big machine that she set into motion. it was very successful. >> think a lot of people would be just surpr

researchers at the national institutes of health are warning expectant mom's to avoid traffic related pollution in early pregnancy. their studies found that both long and short-term exposure to nitrogen oxide and carbon monoxide were especially risky just before conception and in early pregnancy. more studies are in the works. building a better mosquito trap. that's what entrepreneurs in canada are doing to help fight tthe zika virus. it's a compostable -- and you only need to add water to attract the mosquito. s/ morgan wyatt / you and sucks your blood, it has an incredible it will go and find our trap and then touch the insecticide and then end up dying." tied to s/ isaac bogoch / infectious disease expert :09 "they could be widely deployed especially in countries that are low-income countries that just might not have the resources for mosquito control efforts." the idea comes along just as the world is looking for ways to stop the spread of the zika virus. after a year and a half of field tests in australia, the governement placed its first order - four-thousand traps -in an effort

. >> reporter: in this labbousing legally grown marijuana controlled by the national institute on drug abuse, dr. thomas is help to establish standards of labeling, safety and effective's. imuntil those tap drdz are federally controlled, responsibility rests with the user. >> in all instances, it needs to be buyer beware. >> fascinating discussion. many people are concerned in states where it is legal, physicians don't have much control. how does that work. >> reporter: dr. novak says wipes once the doctor has okayed the prescription for marijuana, they then then don't provide much in the way of information of how to take t what is the dosing? what is the strength? medication and so forth. just not much information being provided. the patient pacically gets a card which is a license to take to a dispensary where they can pick the medication up. the problem is they can get as much as they want to. they can debt get it for friends as well. so with we see is people are getting cannabis and then that way, they are also providing it for their friends who may or may not have a prescription a

[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] >> vice president joe biden says president barack obama did his indicty during a time in a divided government. and nominated a moderate to the supreme court. and he says now it's time for the senate to do its part and consider the nomination. here's a portion of what you'll see tonight. mr. biden: it's frankly ridiculous. there is no biden rule. it doesn't exist. there's only one rule i ever followed. on the judiciary committee. that was the constitution's clear rule of advice and consent. article ii of the constitution clearly states, whenever there is a vacancy in one of the courts created by the constitution itself, the supreme court of the united states, the president shall, not may, the president shall appoint someone to fill the vacancy with the advice and consent of the united states senate. and advice and consent includes consulting and voting. nobody is suggesting individual senators have

we will talk to the program director at the nih's national institute of aging.he was laid to rest yesterday in the presidential library in simi valley, california. during the service, her son had this to say. >> my father was confident but not an arrogant man. of hoos a great deal tspah to run for president or governor of california. him that. in him gave i do not know you would have done it otherwise. my mother provided the encouragement he needed and guided him. she provided a refuge into which he could repair and gather his strength. she guarded his privacy and protected him. both possessed great individual talents. as a couple, they were more than the sum of their parts. it would be a mistake to consider her as subordinate to him because he was the one usually taking center stage. they were co-equals, they complemented one another. individually, they may have gone far, but together they could and did go anywhere. my father was inclined to believe that everyone was basically good and that certainly, anyone who worked for him, was pure of heart and could never

earlier this year research funded by the national institutes of health, they understand the association of genes and the mechanism that sets off schizophrenia in some suffers of that disorder. in all the known genetic risks for the disorder, it is one particular gene known as c4 that offers the clearest indication of heightened pre-disposition for developing what is often a devastating condition. we now know a lot more about hert r herity-- inheritablity. on one level it's great news because understanding what's going on in the brain, the pruning of the structures that has been growing and developing since the womb offers the possibility of future countermeasures, but when i heard the story i wondered as useful as it is to know about what your genes say about heightened risk, about pre-disposition to certain diseases, would i as an individual be able to protect that information, allow it into some hands and not others? that's our focus. your genes, your privacy, this time on the program. joining me for that conversation, rebecca brendell from harvard university and assistant professor o

story" joining me is the writer for 538.com, and diane oakley is executive director at the national instituteretirement security. monique looking over the numbers, it's dreadful. one quarter of all households with members 55 or older have nothing saved for retirement. how come we're not talking about this? >> that's a good question. i think everybody individually feels that they are not doing enough. everybody feels very anxious about it, but nobody realizes that the majority of americans are in the same boat. at all ages we're behind. but people feel like it's a personal failure, when really it is a failure of the system. why a failure of the system. >> before 401k's look over, we actually had -- it was never perfect. only about half of workers had something, but they had spousal benefits with that, and the coverage was pretty even across race. blacks and whites were fairly evenly covered. the same thing with high school of college-educated workers, and that is still the case for pensions but not for 401k's. since 401k's have become the common retirement plan, there have been wide gaps openi

[captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this ote, the yeas are 219 -- the speaker: the yeas are 231 and the nays are 254. e previous question is ordered. he house will be in order. all members will take their seats. . e house will be in order the chair would ask all present to rise for the purpose of a moment of silence. the chair asks that the house now observe a moment of silence in memory of the victims of the terrorist attacks in brussels. without objection, five-minute voting will continue. all those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. >> i request a recorded vote. the speaker: a recorded vote is requested. those favoring a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by elec

>> i'm going to ask the director of the national institute on aging and our lead on alzheimer's disease to answer your question. >> well, thank you for the question it's certainly true that just about everyone has had their lives touched by loved ones, family members who suffered the alzheimer's disease and the great success of the biomedical kp biomedical enterprise, the projections are unless we're able to intervene better there will be more and more of this. so it's an area among many which is in dire need of further research and support. >> in terms of the very direct question about whether a given level of funding can be wisely used, it's a critical question. it's not enough to have an urgent public health imperative. we have to have confidence that there's a scientific opportunity behind it. one of the opportunities to test that has come with the congressional requirement of nih to deliver a bypass budget each year which asks us to estimate the degree of increased funding that would be needed to maximally pursue an efficient spending in support of research towards the goal and we'

doctor devito rise to national cancer institute in 1963, eventually becoming the director and moving onto top positions at a cancer center at a cancer center at yale university where he is currently the professor of medicine and professor of epidemiology. elizabeth received a masters degree from columbia health university and she writes about science, health health and society. her story has appeared in the washington post, self help psychology today and harper's bazaar among others. please welcome doctor devito and elizabeth davida [applause]. >> thank you all for coming. can you hear me?. i am a bit of a bit of a low talker, two microphones on. so i have been asked to interview my father view which is something i have done a lot on over the course of putting this book together. although although most were conversations actually took place over a scotch when we're together but we will do our best in this format and try to evoke some of the good stories that came out of that process. before we begin i would like to introduce my mother, mary cares sitting in the front row over here. s

[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, but 50 cards in 30 seconds. no, this isn't fast forward mode. elonis, the teacher, is just incredibly fast. jade, jared, alphonsus, and sage follow her -- slightly fascinated, slightly dazed. they're all younger than a year old and come once a week with their parents to brain training in the heguru centre. the children aren't meant to retain what's presented to them here. and how could they? it's much more about expanding the brain's capacity with as much stimulation as possible. >> focus, because he needs to pay attention and be focused in class, to understand and really look through the pictures, and improve his memory. >> so it's something he can profit from in his later life, then. >> yeah, definitely, especially during schooling days, working days. >> this game is also supposed to be useful. it's meant to exercise the eye muscles, so the children will later be able to read more quickly. lia, yu, and lilika are already little mind champs - at least that's what their kindergarten is called. the mindchamps ins

as applause i believe explanation to girls in northern kentucky, the study was done for the national institutes of health and included researchers from the university of cincinnati. it is circumstantial evidence not a slam dunk but to a northern kentucky attorney who has been researching tfoa, for the past 15 years, it is reason on notice, and for blood tests to be made available to the community. >> what the studies show is that young girls who had their blood tested, who actually lived in northern kentucky, and apparently were on northern kentucky drinking water, had significantly elevated levels of this chemical tfoa, in their blood. >> he lost a launched a battle with that dupont chemical, was a story recently in the new york times maga seen. the article explains how he figured out that tfoa, in parkersberg west virginia, had polluted the ohio river for years. he won a class action lawsuit which included free medical monitoring for and the chance to pursue financial damages if the customers had any of the six diseases. 3500 customers are pursuing claims, because we all know that the ohio ri

[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, whi is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united stateshouse of representatives. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation withhe united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibed by the u.s. house of representatives.] . . the speaker pro tempore: on his vote the yeas are 390. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 411 and the nays are zero. the bill is passed. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from kentucky, mr. hitfield, to suspend the rules on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 2416, a bill to extend the led line for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project.

fundbudget will also fully our research initiative, meeting the goal that was set when the national institute of food and agriculture was first established. $700 million of assistance for research. there is never been a more important time in agriculture for additional research, whether it is pollinators, microbial resistance, dizziness because of a changing climate. we have already netted 429 patents, 950. engines and 714 new plant varieties and the time i have been research -- secretary of the research initiative. resources foring the agriculture research service within usda. on the nutrition site will support 8.1 million wick participants and continued access to the school lunch and breakfast programs. i'm interested and hopefully are able to see an expansion of our summer feeding program. the president has proposed unapproachable ad one million youngsters the opportunity to access food during the summer months. this also will provide an opportunity for us to focus on senior citizens and their access to snap. only 41% of eligible senior citizens are currently receiving the benefits of snap

. >>> and happening today, the national institutes of health will work to fight the zika virus. it's hosting a scientific workshop. scientists from academia, government and pharmaceutical companies will get together today, trying to find out what is not known about the virus and what can be be done to speed up the development of vaccines. the cdc and the fda are also sponsoring the workshop. >>> it is 4:35. to the campaign trail where three new wins has senator bernie sanders thinking he can at that ti take the democratic nomination. alaska, he got 82% over hillary clinton. also in washington state and hawaii. on the other side, ohio governor john kasich says republican voters should forget donald trump and ted cruz. especially after the latest tabloid reports about cruz. what candidates have to do before the next big primary when >>> this morning the final four is set. villanova, oklahoma, north carolina and syracuse will play this coming weekend. their victories meant tough sometimes surprising losses for everybody else, notably virginia. the cavs were leading after the first

anthony fauci, the director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases appeared on the "today" show. he says that we're on the fast track for a possible vaccine. >>> new details on a man who landed his gyrocopter outside the capitol last spring. prosecutors say now douglas hughes was seconds away from potentially colliding with a reagan airport. hughes agreed to plead -- to a plea deal in november. he'll be sentenced in april. prosecutors are asking for ten months in prison. they say hughes could have killed countless people if he collided with the jet. >>> imagine getting a warning about a tornado weeks in advance. well, researchers say it's possible and they're getting closeer to making that happen. an illinois meteorology professor found a link between tornadic activity in the u.s. and complicated atmospheric wave patterns. he used the link to predict tornado activity. the system could help forecasters predict the likelihood of a twister two or even three weeks in advance. >>> pretty interesting study there. here are your weather headlines. as we move into the ev

both the head of the cdc and the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases put forward that q they say the effects of zika appear to be worse that be anyone has thought. it can cause severe birth defects and different syndromes which cause paralysis. >>> several emergency workers rushed to this beach in new york today where a small plane made an emergency landing. take a look at that. the pilot and opinion made the landing just before noon on long island. no one was hurt. can you see the plane end up quite close to the water. sunbathers owe the beach was clear for landing. what great thinking, flat, not many people around and they made it down safely. >> it was. >>> rewarding just one employee could boost performance from the entire team. still ahead, why researchers at nc state are turning conventional wisdom on its head. >> a lot of warmth around the area this afternoon. still hanging on. moving by. >>> conventional wisdom says rewarding entire teams helps boost performance from work. new research from nc state is challenging that. researchs are found rewarding individual

. >> the head of the national institutes of health, doctor francis collins and doctor anthony felty of the allergy and infectious diseases were among those testifying at an nih budget meeting. one topic they were asked about his prescription drug and heroin addiction and the us. this a panel was looking at and ih is 33,100,000,000 $3.1 billion budget request for 2017.

and for those of you who are new comeau we are an independent national institute founded by congressnd dedicated to the proposition that piece is possible,, practical, and essential for us and international security. we pursue a vision of a world without violent conflict but working in conflict zones with partners and equipping them with tools, knowledge, and training. there is probably no place then afghanistan working with civil society and government partners. so we are delighted to have today a panel to discuss exactly who some of the powerful women are helping to make these possible in afghanistan. i have the distinct privilege of introducing our panelists and moderator. you will have ushers coming down the aisle to collect question cards for questions after opening remarks. if you have a question, write down your name,name, affiliation, one with your question on the card. first, let me welcome mrs. laura bush. she has traveled to more than 76 countries76 countries including more than two solo trips to afghanistan, and today as the chair of the women's initiative of the george w

though, i appreciate the support you have provided for ag research service areas and for the national institute of food and agriculture. i think that research area is incredibly important, incredibly impactful for our farmers and ranchers. if you have some thoughts there, i would welcome them. sec. vilsack: briefly, on the crop insurance. there are two areas. one is on the preventative planning. our inspector general and general accounting office have been critical of the way that that program operates. i think it is appropriate for us to be responsive to those criticisms. what we have proposed in the budget is our effort at being responsive. on the price of harvest lost option, we are proposing a slightly different arrangement between the producer, the government, and the insurance company where we are currently financing 62% of the premium. we think that it is probably fair to taxpayers that it he be more of a 50-50 partnership. those are the two proposals. sen. hoeven: i would point out that since 2008, $12 billion -- since 2008, $12 billion has been taken out of crop insurance support. you

they will gather at a workshop near washington held by the national institutes of health. they're looking for ways to develop a possible vaccine or ways to help control the spread of this mosquito-borne illness. zika is set to cause defects in newborns. sign a ban on chewing tobacco at stad yums. it will go into effect at citi field. e mayor said it was important to the health of players and their young fans. the city council passed that legislation last week. it should hit the mayor's desk in the next two weeks. >>> today on long island, nassau county officials are planning to speak out about a new drug control law. starting ye osterday, doctors in new york state have to fill your prescriptions electronically. thatpis to fight the illegal drug trade that is related to stolen prescription pads. with a few exceptions, doctors have to -- they could face fines or imprisonment. >>> the syracuse orange men are headed to the final four. they took on top-seeded virginia yesterday. while it looked like the game was over in the fourth quarter, syracuse came back to win it 68-62. th

d we want them to elevate it [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] >> donald trump won the northern mariana caucuses overnight. the republican caucuses overnight. five primaries happening today across the country. in north carolina, missouri, illinois, florida and ohio. live coverage road to the white house coverage coming up this vening here on c-span. north carolina polls will close at 7:30, as will ohio polls. and polls closing at 8:00 eastern in florida, illinois and in missouri. back on capitol hill, the head of the secret service said today that campaigns and local security are responsible for dealing with protesters, not his officers. secret service officers are assigned to protect presidential canleds dates. rallies for donald trump's presidential campaign are frequently interrupted by protesters with clashes erupting between supporters and opponents. director joseph clancy was questioned about how he's instructing secret service o

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national institutes of health is giving a multi million dollar grant to move it towards human testg.is urgent. the cost of dialysis is now estimated $90,000 a year. and ucsf professor says the costs are far higher if you include themedications. >> yes, tse things would get better. when you have normalkidneys you don't ta any of those things. >> if the current trial are successful, dr. roy hopes to test with human patients, possibly in the next two years. the team is working to stream line thedevice. we want to get this to patients as soon as possible. so the initial devices may be external and wearable. >> and if human trials begin, anderson said he'd be standg in line. >> it's the solution my case. >> in san francisco, abc7 news. >> just for the perspective, dr. roy says the patients makeu about 1% of the population. >> another check of the forecast. heading out this eekend, you want to pay attention to drew tuma. >> yes. you do and we nte these light showers at this hr and this is ahe of a strong storm we're tracking for saturday. andtoreak down the saturday storm,e'll see down po