in bloomfield, new jersey, michael goodwin and his wife fazia are afraid to have children. he has sickle-cell, she is a carrier. michael goodwin: if i can prevent my kid from having to be up in pain and crying 24/7, i would do anything in my power to stop that. kristen: but critics worry crispr could be used to create designer babies, selecting hair or eye color, and some say there is potential for new mutations or even malicious uses. last year, former director of national intelligence james clapper called genome editing a potential weapon of mass destruction. and congress has banned turning gene-edited embryos into babies. in that lab in oregon, the embryos weren't allowed to develop more than a few days. but the debate over what they may have started lives on. kristen dahlgren, nbc news, new york. rosemary: scientists also say they've used the crispr technique to erase a gene that causes a type of heart disease that can lead to sudden death. now, according to the doctors at oregon health & science university, the gene editing did not alter dna in other ways. they also sa

titus, west bloomfield, michigan, independents. who are your political winners and losers?oted am a democrat for jones in alabama. host: that he in -- betty in illinois. democrats line. caller: the losers are the poor people who voted for donald trump. i will be 79 years old next week. i was born and raised in greenfield, south carolina. in aember living segregated town and i believe that is what trump is trying to bring things back. when you look at trump, you see , heperson, dr. ben carson was a brain surgeon and trump has demoted him down to being over section eight. i used to go to the store with my mother in greenfield and the lady would be waiting on my grandmother and a white person would come in and they would stop waiting on my grandmother. and wait on the white person. i think that is what trump is trying to do with america. take it back. he says he wants to take the country back. he want to take it back to the 50's and 40's. have a happy new year. host: before you go, you think a cabinet position is a demotion for ben carson? caller: yes. if you are a brain surge