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we are examining the federal response to the epidemic of youth e-cigarette used and fta food and drug administration compliance policy. i now recognize myself for five minutes for an opening statement. september 11 this year the administration released disturbing results, the youth beta epidemic and at the vaping epidemic continues to grow to all-time highs. and that they use e-cigarettes the trends are alarming for high school students, as well as middle school students. here, i show you to visuals on your rank, that is 20% of high schools were vaping, in the 2019, only 28% of by schools are vaping, meaning there is 100 and 35% increase in vaping among highschoolers. on your right, there is another visual that is more disturbing. in 2017, 3.3% of middle schoolers were vaping, and today it is almost 11%. that is a 218% rise in vaping among middle schoolers, as a parent of three children, these statistics are extremely disturbing. the data also shows that flavors are driving youth vaping use. 72% of youth who vape used flavors, and 64% of all kids who they use meant or mental, which by the way it is

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will consider john -- to serve as ambassador to the russian federation, stephen hahn to serve as commissioner of the food and drug administration, and aurelia skipwith of indiana to be director of the fish and wildlife service. we have nominated patrick j. bumatay. mr. patrick j. bumatay is a graduate of yale, practiced in the private sector and served in a variety of roles with the department of justice. mr. van dyke graduated from montana state university and harvard law school. his career included a clerkship with the d.c. circuit, spent time as a solicitor general and service as deputy assistant attorney general at the department of justice. each is well qualified, each has widespread respect from legal peers and now they are the 49th and 50th circuit judges nominated by president trump and confirmed by the senate in the last three years. as i've said before, these kinds of milestones are emphatically not partisan achievements. it is not one party or the other that benefits when our federal courts consist of men and women who understand that a judge's job is to follow the law, not to make the law. the entire country benefit

administration will give 200,000 uninsured americans access to hiv preventive drugs for free. health and human services is launching a program called ready, set, prep. it allows patients not enrolled in a federalram to get prep with is a daily pill. they can sign up at getyourprep.com. the drug company behind it promised to donate the pills after discussions with the trump administration. some cities including san francisco already have programs to help people pay for prep. >>> snoop dogg is bringing babies into his doggy dog world. the rapper has adapted his hit songs into lullabies. his new album will be released this friday. it includes instrumental versions of begin and juice and drop it like it's hot. >> that's what every child needs in their life. mm-hmm. >> it's important that their instrumental versions. >> that is important. >> he could do something like -- how could he change it? rolling inee >> sipping on what? >> sipping on apple juice. >> laid back. with a mind on my d on my d on binkie on my mind. >> you need to copyright that. >> i needed to be real careful. >> wow, we're family friendly. not so friendly, the weather. mother nature is bringing it. you can see it's raining now as

administration is taking step forward to allow americans to safely and legally access low-priced prescription drugs from abroad. that would allow state to import namebrand drugs from canada with federal oversight. a second draft plan would allow pharmaceutical companies to seek approval to import their own drugs from other countries. >>> it is 45 minutes ago before the closing bell, the dow up 115 points. >>> we talk about big companies donating to food banks in the holidays but many companies are taking action too. we have more in the food area family strive. >> reporter: this is the second harvest of silicon valley that need 250,000 people a month. so many contributions throughout the community help and it is a collaborative neighborly effort. tell me about how this started and were you started donating to the food bank. >> dave and died, and he and i started in about 2003. we took the christmas light display, at the time 50,000 lights handmade to the music. we decided to give back to the second harvest food bank. that is what we did. they passed away in 2011 and we thought we would need something to remember dave by so we started the golf tournament in 2011, and trying to donate m

very low levels of nicotine the food and drug administration will allow 22th centurygroup to begin sellingthe first low nicotine cigarettes reviewed by federalregulators. contain about 95% less ts nicotine. then do aard cigarettes low nicotine products have beenthe market bere but didn't sell well in the past regulat stress that the ruling does not mean the new pducts are safer than regular cigarettes the agency noted there are no safe tobacco products. another study says opioid use and suicide ar t as strongly linked as previously thought. expes had said that upo 30% of opioid overdoses were suicides but a new study by columbia university researchers found it's actually only about 4%. though the overall proportion of suicides by opioi is down the rate ofsuicides involving ooids actually increased researers say more studies are needed to properly unrstand the link between suicide in opioiuse that study was published the journal of american medical association joe biden's mpaign is releasg a summary of the democratic presidential caidates medical history. >>in the summary biden's doctor says the former vice esident is physically fit enough to

drug administration commissioner. this is a relatively small agency by federal standards that has a major-sized impact on the lives of americans and beyond. i think it's one of our most important agencies. it regulates so many things relating to safety and the quality of life. and dr. hahn would come to this position at an as you pishus -- auspicious moment in our history. we are now battling a vaping epidemic across america. the presiding officer and i have worked on this together. and i thank him for his leadership in this regard. i asked dr. hahn questions. i had him in my office and i had him on the phone last night and he is patient about answering my questions. i asked him about the vaping epidemic that we face. he readily concedes this is something that he feels very strongly about. the latest disclosure about youth cigarette and tobacco report suggests that 22% or more of students across the united states are using e-cigarettes or vaping. i asked some high school students yesterday who said, you're wrong be, it's over half. they are using juul, vaping, these flavors and developed nicotine addictions that has

administration from using up to $2.5 billion to prevent drug activity. >>> a concorde woman with a rare illness will not be deported after the federal government says she can stay in the u.s. she was granted a medical deferment to receive potentially life-saving treatment at oakland hospital. this comes months after gratian authorities gave her and her family 33 days to leave the country or face deportation. there is a catch. the deferment is only two years. then she will have to reapply. >> that is my fear. what will happen next two years? will it be like this again? you never know. >> she is a native of guatemala, the 24 year old came to the u.s. as a child to participate in a clinical trial for a new drug to treat her condition, a rare disease affecting her growth, spinal cord and our hearts and ability to breathe. >> the san jose sharks wrapping up a winless road trip to nashville. san jose held at scoreless two periods, we are watching baseball. we need to go back to the san jose sharks. nick benigno scored getting past martin jones. trying to even up the score, the predators goalie had a glove on the puck and kept it outside the not scoring two m

we are examining the federal response to the epidemic of youth e-cigarette used and fta food and drug administration compliance policy. i now recognize myself for five minutes for an opening statement. september 11 this year the administration released disturbing results, the youth beta epidemic and at the vaping epidemic continues to grow to all-time highs. and that they use e-cigarettes the trends are alarming for high school students, as well as middle school students. here, i show you to visuals on your rank, that is 20% of high schools were vaping, in the 2019, only 28% of by schools are vaping, meaning there is 100 and 35% increase in vaping among highschoolers. on your right, there is another visual that is more disturbing. in 2017, 3.3% of middle schoolers were vaping, and today it is almost 11%. that is a 218% rise in vaping among middle schoolers, as a parent of three children, these statistics are extremely disturbing. the data also shows that flavors are driving youth vaping use. 72% of youth who vape used flavors, and 64% of all kids who they use meant or mental, which by the way it is

forced into law language that prohibited the federal government from negotiating with the drug companies for lower prices. which already the veterans administration does and has done for decades. we know that negotiating for fair prices actually is the home way that we're going to be able to -- only way that we're going to be able to lower prices and that is what h.r. 3 is going to do. even donald trump has said that, when he was a candidate, when it comes to negotiating the cost of drugs, we are going to negotiate like crazy. that was then. and this is now. the congressional budget office says we're going to save about half a trillion dollars when we negotiate in the most effective way to protect seniors and families and anyone who has insurance. and we're going to be able to use that money to finally help seniors -- senior citizens who need help with their eyeglasses, with their hearing aids, with their dental care. we're going to be able to make such a difference in their lives. 90% of democrats and 87% of independents and 80% of republicans say they support allowing the federal government to negotiate for prices. the time is absolutely now fo

. >>> the trump administration wants to restarted executions by the federal government this nearly two decades after courts stopped them. the hiatus due in part for the drug lethal injections deemed humane by some. this last week the supreme court put executions on hold. >> this ruling coming in as a bit of a relief comfort for some, murder victims in arkansas, they are trying to save the life of a white supremacist who took the lives of three of their family members. our sara sidner explains why. >> reporter: daniel lewis lee could be the first prisoner executed in 16 years. >> how many people did daniel lee kill? >> brother-in-law, sister and my niece. >> how much of a to him has this taken on you? >> a lot. a lot. the whole back side of my heart is gone. >> reporter: still, she and her mother are pleading with president trump to keep their family members' murderer alive. zpu. >> reporter: did you viet for frump? >> yes, i did. >> reporter: will you vote for him again? >> yes, i will. >> reporter: because you disagree on this point, what would you say to him? >> for one time in your life, lean into yourself and know this is wrong. >> reporter: the attor

the federal government as a senior public rations executive dealing with a wide variety of public health issues. this experience included leading operations of the u.s. food and drug administration and the u.s. substance abuse administration. he currently volunteers as a docent on a regular basis at the national museum of civil war usscine and also aboard the constellation and baltimore harbor. please join me in welcoming brad stone, our civil war santa. sister stone: thank you. [applause] : thank you, jake. again, thank you all for coming out tonight. i hope since it is christmas time, the presentation i will be giving is not the typical, boring history talk. instead, i intend to make a boring history talk in which you win some exciting prizes. i will be giving you some challenges related to the discussion about how the civil war really shaped the christmas holiday we all know and enjoy today. i think it is important to see how christmas was celebrated from the inception of our country to today and how again the civil war really shaped the modern holiday. to begin with, we should go back to colonial times, and i think a assume theycans holiday we celebrate today was really brou

the federal government as a senior public relations executive dealing with a lot -- with a wide variety of public health issues. this included leading operations of the u.s. food and drug administration and the u.s. substance abuse and mental health services administration. he combines his interest in the civil war and medical history by volunteering as a docent on regular basis at the national museum of civil war medicine and also aboard the uss constellation in baltimore harbor. join me in welcoming brad stone, stone,il war our civil war santa. i will be giving you some challenges that fit into this discussion about how the civil war really shaped the christmas holiday we all know and enjoy today. to start out with, i think it's important to see how christmas is celebrated from the inception of our country to today and how the civil war really shaped the modern holiday. we should go back to colonial times to begin with. i think a lot of americans assume the holiday we celebrate today was really brought to us by our pilgrim forefathers. that is not the case. in fact, our pilgrim forefathers, the pilgrims and particularly not care for the holiday at all. did not particularly care for

the trump administration laid out proposals to allow the importation of cheaper drugs from abroad. one rule would let states bring in brand-ne drugs from canada, under federalrsight. the other lets manufacturers import cheaper versions of their own drugs from any country. it is still unclear when the proposals would go into effect. fiat chrysler and p.s.a. peugeot signed a merger deal today to form the world's 4th largest automaker. the new company will produce more than 8.5 million cars a, yeth revenues of nearly $190 billion. the companies said they plan to invest more in low-emissions an new drivchnologies. and, on wall street, the dow jones instrial average lost 27 points to close at 28,239.e sdaq rose four points, but, the s&p 500 slipped still to come on the newshour: on the ground in california, where democratic voters arelo getting a clos at the candidates. a breakthrough treatment for spinal cord injus es offers rece considered impossible. and, students from around thth country sharr questions for the candidates in tomorrow's democrat debate. >> yang: california is the nation's most populous state, and with more than 400 delegates at stake, it's a

federal government but state and local governments, parents and teachers and communities to combat this crisis from every angle. during our conversations, we talked about the need for action by the food and drug administration, something our colleagues on the help committee have been examining. we also talked about the need to do more to educate our kids about the risks of e-cigarette use and stop them from picking up these devices in the first place. one of the easiest ways we can do that is to make it more difficult for children to purchase vaiping devices from online retailers but unfortunately our country laws make that difficult to enforce. we're not talking about changing the age restrictions to purchase these devices but merely the manner in which these devases are purchased in a -- devices are purchased in a way that it avoids these age le strixes on their con-- restrictions on their consumption. consumers are able to make purchases online but there are clear guardrails in place to prevent children from skirting the age restrictions. at the time of delivery the buyer has to sign and show an i.d. proving that they're an adult. that just makes common sense. you have to show an i.d. when you purchase c