the members of the national federation of the blind especially are blinded veterans have supported this exhibit because we know that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. every day, we raise expectations for blind people because we recognize that low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams, that you can live the life you want and that blindness is not what holds you back. united states military personnel put themselves on the line so that all of us -- and i do emphasize all of us -- can live the lives we want. and part of that is to enjoy fully life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. and it is fitting that at this time, although in the sense of museums and accessibility, it's probably long overdue. but it's fitting that we are here together in this historic exhibit, that it has come to be reality and that the first photographic display in a major museum in the united states regarding accessibility for all is being sponsored by these great organizations and the national federation of the blind is pleased to be part of that. it

the members of the national federation of the blind especially are blinded veterans have supported thisit because we know that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. every day, we raise expectations for blind people because we recognize that low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams, that you can live the life you want and that blindness is not what holds you back. united states military personnel put themselves on the line so that all of us -- and i do emphasize all of us -- can live the lives we want. and part of that is to enjoy fully life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. and it is fitting that at this time, although in the sense of museums and accessibility, it's probably long overdue. but it's fitting that we are here together in this historic exhibit, that it has come to be reality and that the first photographic display in a major museum in the united states regarding accessibility for all is being sponsored by these great organizations and the national federation of the blind is pleased to be part of that. it is our

pursuing your passion -- we meet blind sports enthusiasts in egypt. in rural senegal, almost all decisions are still made by village elders -- mainly men. but the dimitra clubs are changing that. first though, we head to israel, to the border with syria. who's treating the young casualties of war? will this war ever end? for nearly seven years, syria has been a stage for suffering and violence. not even children are spared the horrors of it all. over five million of them are now dependent on humanitarian aid. an entire generation is losing out on education -- many schools have been destroyed. last year was possibly the worst so far for syrian children -- 652 were killed, and that's just the official figure. hospitals are in ruins. a few injured children have found treatment in a neighboring country that's a traditional enemy. reporter: the syrian middleman is nervous. we aren't allowed to show his face -- that could endanger his life, and the lives of his entire family, in war-torn syria. the same goes for this group that's entering israel from syria

fashion sounds designing clothes for the blind and vision impaired. design making furniture out of old plane parts. and ready kaley creating a menu out of season of produce that aims to surprise. as they say well this makes people make people but what about people who are blind but bold usko than play if you can't see who is self the project beyond seeing by the good to institute in paris puts the focus on these questions fashion and design student spend one year working with blind and vision impaired people to develop innovative design approaches that go beyond the sense of sight they try to achieve a multi sensory experience of fish and the results of the project are in show an exhibition in the french capital. design that speaks to all the senses. the exhibition beyond seeing at the vip villa in paris is all about changing perspectives what clothing looks like isn't so important to hire delgado he was born blind but he's helped to develop the concept behind the show so visitors can experience fashion the way he does for instance through touch. this

using their sense of touch to create a clothing company to help find a cure for blindness at a young age brian and bradford manning were diagnosed with an eye disease that causes blindness over time and blindness is a societal problem that causes problems and economic productivity and education and we wanted to do something for all of these preclinical researchers that are trying to cure blindness so we thought clothing would be a great conduit for that we launched in may of two thousand and sixteen and since then we were really lucky to get great attention on it and at the beginning of two thousand and seventeen we realized we had the ability to come over full time and dedicate everything to it and that's how we got into it manning took that to by brothers can raise money for those crucial clinical trials like those from sparks their picks in developing what's turning a gene therapy in help finding a cure for blindness you know a great example is far therapeutics which just got approval to cure for this cure for l.c.a. i mean that started with the relationship between the gene and t

that no one's in your blind spot. remember, always share the road! this is a message from the nrsf, and sadd. (upbeat music) - we've got to take a quick break. but we'll be right back with more teen kids news! to music, is playing it. easier said than done. music takes work, practice, and in many cases, an instrument. so how do you get started? emily gets some suggestions. - if you could play any musical instrument, which would it be? - probably piano just because it just, i like the way, i like way the piano sounds and my sister plays piano and i wish i could be as good as her. - guitar, because you could replay all the old legends like rock and roll and stuff. - probably the piano because it is the most romantic and calming instrument in my opinion. - the bongos, because they're fun. - i used to play the drums and that was really fun but it was short lived because i didn't think i was very good at it. - for many of us, learning to play an instrument seems almost impossible. either our school doesn't offer music clas

zere khan is blind she can't see colors outlined or even light. but she can recognize them by using her other senses. and that is how she chooses her subjects. but i don't overextend just a moment when i'm alone i take pictures according to the sounds the smell or the mood of the setting. for example and now i can feel the pavement that's a little different take pictures of that. first of all or receive or that bird just now i want to capture it in my photographs so therefore i had the thing for the movie as a child it was really a concord still see and she used to photograph and paint a lot but that changed when at the age of twelve she lost her eyesight in a car accident it wasn't until she was in her forty's that a professional photographer encouraged her to start again by exploring the world in her own way. out of america. and that's when i realized well this opens up a dialogue between the sighted and the blind son it was so interesting that i decided to continue i've been taking pictures ever since. her husband often helps by telling her wha

using their sense of touch to create a clothing company to help find a cure for blindness at a young age brian and bradford manning were diagnosed with an eye disease that causes blindness over time and blindness is a societal problem that causes problems and economic productivity and education and we wanted to do something for all of these preclinical researchers that are trying to cure blindness so we thought clothing would be a great conduit for that we launched in may of two thousand and sixteen and since then we were really lucky to get great attention on it and at the beginning of two thousand and seventeen we realized we had the ability to come over full time and dedicate everything to it and that's how we got into it manning took that to by brothers can raise money for those crucial clinical trials like those from sparks their picks in developing what's turning a gene therapy in help finding a cure for blindness you know a great example is part therapeutics which just got approval to cure for this cure for l.c.a. i mean that started with the relationship between the gene and

she's not even legally blind.d at this point. >> reporter: their only hope is a surgery for a bionic eye. >> at this point, she's pretty much dependent completely. when she leaves her home, she has to have somebody guiding her with her. she can't do it anymore by herself. >> reporter: ophthalmologists are placing the argus two system in lopez's retina. eventually external cameras are help her brain decipher images. the coil on the classes sends the signals wirelessly to tim plant. signals travel along the optic nerve to the brain, where they're perceived as patterns of light. over time users learn how to interpret these patterns as objects and shapes. so it's not 2020 perfection but victoria believes it will help. >> our expectations are not very big, but enough to where maybe she can get around with a cane possibly. she can be able to tell the difference from concrete to lawn. >>> we continue to monitor a water main break in the east bay. traffic being affected there. we're going to have a live report from the sc

using their sense of touch to create a clothing company to help find a cure for blindness at a young age brian and bradford manning were diagnosed with an eye disease that causes blindness over time and blindness is a societal problem that causes problems and economic productivity and education and we wanted to do something for all of these preclinical researchers that are trying to cure blindness so we thought clothing would be a great conduit for that we launched in may of two thousand and sixteen and since then we were really lucky to get great attention on it and at the beginning of two thousand and seventeen we realized we had the ability to come over full time and dedicate everything to it and that's how we got into it maintained that to buy brothers can raise money for those crucial clinical trials like those from sparks their picks in developing what's turning a gene therapy in help finding a cure for blindness you know a great example is part therapeutics which just got approval to cure for this cure for l.c.a. i mean that started with the relationship between the gene and t

poor to afford the cure for example artie's david miller looks at a possible cure for a form of blindness but it comes with a very controversial price to. spark therapeutics has developed a new gene therapy which has the potential to treat l c a disease that causes rapid visual degeneration were blindness the drug namely. tarn it is a huge leap forward in finding the cure for blindness however the transformative genetic treatment will come with a price tag of four hundred twenty five thousand dollars per eye or double that for both after approved by the u.s. food and drug administration sparks said it will offer discounts based on whether or not the drug works initially and remains effective for the estimated one thousand to two thousand patients in the united states with this rare form of i disease caused by a mutant gene and sparks shares continue to experience gains in the stock market and the company has formed multiple agreements with insurance companies on how to best provide those who suffer from this rare form of blindness a potential cure with what approach is fairly straightforw

-- the pigs, the cop, were often blind to them. in other words, they went on, everyone knew that they were there but they often avoided the gaze of police officers. >> and the celebration was about a couple of folks back from vietnam. they were celebrating. early morning hours. police come. police are being taken out. what specifically happened then? >> i mean, i think there's a conflict between the people inside the bar and police. i think history shows that this was planned by the police. i mean, they were there to show some force and to be particularly aggressive. it spills out into the street as they are trying to get people in the paddy wagons. they're arresting a large number of people out of this establishment. there are other people out in the streets who see this and start to react, start to ask questions, start to say, you know, this is not right, we're tired of this. >> their concerned what's going to happen to these guys who are arrested. >> that's right. >> because the long history of arrest was not simply someone got

>> no, no, no, no she's headed on a blind date. >> is the guy actually blind?e to not notice this. >> that's the whole thing. they want to see if he notices and how he'll respond. she gets there, they greet each other. >> he'll charm the pants off her. >> her friends are sitting next to them and he has no idea. the day looks to be going well and the time has come for her to start talking about her clothing or lack thereof. he says those look a little tight. she says it's tight because it's painted on. >> it's actually skin tight to be exact. >> i think he's taking it well. >> i think he's taking it well. the girl sitting in front of you basically naked of course he's taking it well. >> he could be mature and taking it well, but now they ask the waiter -- he's like, oh, if it works for you, works for me. she tells him she feels clothed. >> i think who helps are the rhine stones they put around her corset to make it look like the stones are part of sfx: tsfx: feet shufflingc life can change in an instant. be covered when it does... ...with a health plan through c

my name is tony, i am from england, i am totally blind and severely deaf andi am totally blind and severelyd i travelling around the world, trying to visit every country. previously we join trying to visit every country. previously wejoin him trying to visit every country. previously we join him as trying to visit every country. previously wejoin him as he explored jerusalem. very smooth. but today he heads into palestinian territories to make his way into the holy town of bethlehem.” territories to make his way into the holy town of bethlehem. i am now at the checkpoint betweenjerusalem and bethlehem. walking across the checkpoint and go to the wailing wall. going through the checkpoint isa wall. going through the checkpoint is a little bit complicated. slightly more complicated and confusing than i thought. and then sought of trying to follow other people and people pushing me from one way to the other. i would say we are in the palestinian side, the palestinian territories. it is quite exhilarating. as you come out the tunnel into the taxi area, where the wall is, you can hear people tal

will never turn a bland i -- blind eye to unfair practices. international property theft.>> reporter: he made several media appearances the scene to quell controversy. theresa may have condemned trump's reits weeding of a far right british groups unverified videos about muslims. british tv the president a a near apology. >> if you are telling me horrible racist people. i will certainly apologize if you would like me to do that. i know nothing about them.>> reporter: he met with the leader of the african union who criticized the president alleged exploded in describing african countries.>> people are going to say what they need to say publicly to not alienate donald trump in the u.s. and its power. because of the strategic purposes these countries have.>> reporter: political science professor james taylor said trump returns to the u.s. facing new questions about his leadership after a new york time report he ordered his white house counsel to fire robert mueller as he was investigating the trump white house.>> fake news folks. fake news.>> repo

and he said, oh, no, you're not blind.w you come down the hill. >> reporter: ya'll jillian is the world's oldest blind skier. >> she's a go getter. she'll be out here six hours. i'm the one that begs for breaks. >> a secure who just won't be stopped. >> they know what i'm doing. and they know me well enough that, um, you know, when -- we know when you're really nearing the end of your life that's when you don't want to travel any more. that's when you don't want to ski. >> and she definitely wants to ski. lynn makes that trip in new york to utah every year she has plans to do it again next year many. the excitement of the philadelphia auto show continues after a record setting opening weekend. more than 85,000 people attended making it the largest opening weekend in the event's 117 year history. the 700,000 square foot display floor showcases a range of more than 700 vehicles from 40 brands worldwide. the show is all week at the pennsylvania convention center ends on february 4th. so get on out haven't little fun there. >>

al cure for blindness that is right. the first therapy to actually restore sights and to catch the cost. all of that coming up. but first, i checked in with new jersey first lieutenant governor and gets set to leave office on tuesday and leaves quit aing in the garden state. what advice does she have for the successor and what do we expect for her future? lieutenant governor kim guadagno. kim, god you have. good to be here. >> kim, you got democratic administration taking over for the republican one. were you on the opposite side in 200. what did you go through in 20012349 what can people expect? >> le, i think people need know how hard the transition team is working. i mean. they are working around the clock. eight days a week and work on christmas and new year's and work very hard to get the were as and wrap the arms around this. you know, hur if i, governor-elect murphy has to do a budget. you got get the cab neth members in as soon as possible to start work on the budget so you are working around the click and trying

airport screener may turn a blind eye to explosives next. breaking news. time is up. tonight: >>> motion is not agreed to. >> now at 11:00, breaking news, time is up. tonight the federal government has shut down on the one year anniversary of president trump's inauguration. good evening, i'm elizabeth cook. >> i'm ken bastida. let's get to andria borba for the very latest. >> reporter: ken and liz, it is lights out for the federal government. as of two hours ago it is no longer being funded. only 50 senators voted for the spending measure passed by the house falling short of the 60 required to proceed. a senate vote to fund the government through february 16 failed. >> the motion is not agreed to. >> reporter: private discussions continued on the floor even after the midnight deadline came and went. but to no avail. >> the government shutdown was 100% avoidable. all because senate democrats chose to filibuster a non- controversial funding bill that contains nothing. not a thing they do not support. >> reporter: democrats were holding out for a comprehensive spending b

it was triggered by a police raid on a blind pig. the conditions which led to that riot have been with us for generations. they are still with us today. >>> you're watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span 3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. >>> c-span student cam. the tweets say it all. student cam in action. video editing and splicing for constitutional documentaries. this group showed us how it's done. two stellar interviews in one day. and these students asked some hard-hitting questions about immigration reform and the dream act. we're asking students to choose a provision of the u.s. constitution and create a video illustrating why it's important. our competition is open to all middle school and high school students grade 6 through 12. $100,000 in cash prizes will be awarded. the grand prize, $5,000, will go to the student or team with the best overall entry. the deadline is january 18th. get contest details on our website at studentcam.org. >> in july 1967, five days of ri

well, newly approved gene therapy, can cure inherited blindness? i don't know that i believe this yet. >> and it has local ties. because this treatment was developed by the university of pennsylvania hospital and chop. can you believe that? >> well, if this is true, how is that on our lead story of the day? >> the problem is it is so expensive. thomas, not everyone will be able to pay for it. >> i would finds a way to pay for it. >> all right. so first of all it has work. i mean, it is 25 years of studies here. so long process, you talk about the price tag, 850,000. we go through the process, we know the food and drug admit stray proved the first gene therapy for congenital form, 850,000, the therapy known as lux turna cure for rare form of inherited retinal blindness, works with just one injection. basically, a new healthy gene get injected directly into the retina, fully restoring the patient's vision within couple of weeks. twenty-five years of studies here. spark therapeutic says this will be a game changer. >> it used to be people with this co

people think, oh, being blind must be terrible, poor you.do not understand it, they do not know what they are talking about. i am so lucky. i am leading a fantastic life. i go from country to country when i want, where i want, with very few restrictions on what i want to photograph or do. you come here and you see people, yeah they can see and they can walk but they cannot go places. it's just sad. you want directions to the church? can you give me directions? you go directly this way, no left and no right. just straight. 0k. this is the entrance to the church? yes. yes, you can go in there, straight. straight, sir. 0k, thank you. i can roughly hear a voice but it is a bit disconcerting, the echo. the echo splits the sound so it takes away the direction. we'll get there. it can't be far. 0oh! a big metal thing with studs which could be... yes, it is a gate. oh, there is oil, candles. it has a waxy smell. polish. finding the entrance is like reaching my goal, it's like reaching my target and anything else after this is a bonus. i think they h

i was legally blind since the '90s. and i'm glad they're implementing vote by mail, like in san matao county. it helps people specifically like for my condition being vision impaired. and i'm glad that you are willing to accept my comments in regards to people who have sight issues like myself. i wish other people who were vision impaired to speak about how they want to get accessibility to vote and get advice from san matao county or even the secretary of state office. that's the comment i wanted to make. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. appreciate it. so i take it there's no more speaker cards? >> that's it. >> all right. so we're moving on to item number 11. it's information. is there any correspondence? >> there is not any correspondence. >> none today. all right. thank you. number 12, any councilmembers have any comments or announcements to make? >> no. >> well, i have one. orkid does not. >> i have one announcement to make. and i'm sure that some of you will appreciate it. i don't think i mentioned this in no

tonight we will explain how they could turn a blind eye to explosives. women's marchers took over the streets of cities big and small ar in a row. a familiar scene across the bay area today. women's marchers took over the streets of cities big and small for the second year in a row. >> in addition to the major marches, smaller demonstrations were held in sonoma, santa rosa, napa, walnut creek and san jose. >> devin says many of the young people who turned out today could be the leaders of tomorrow. >> they came by the thousands joining their mothers and sisters, aunts and grandmothers. many of them still too young to vote but what voice nonetheless. >> we want to be apart of stuff. especially us growing up. we are the next people that will be voting. >> more than 20,000 people attended the second annual women's march in downtown san jose. >> not just women but also -- people with disabilities, people of color, women of color. i think a lot of times we are disregarded. >> organizers saw they hope it inspires people to register to vote, become politically

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all three major averages close at records, as investors focus on fundamentals and turn a blind eye to some remarkable assertions about the president's inner circle. >>> record prices. demand for cars and trucks remains very healthy, even as shoppers pay more and more for them. >>> new therapy. a medication for a rare disease comes with a hefty price tag, but also some new ideas on how to pay for it. those stories and more tonight on "nightly business r. >>> good evening, everyone, and welcome. it may be cold outside, but wall street is hot. the dow is closing in on 25,000. it's within 80 points of it, in fact. the s&p 500 today traded above 2,700 for the fire ever. and the nasdaq solidified its position well above 7,000. so why? well, the latest readings on the economy were strong. and there is optimism that corporate profits will rise again this year. now, that's what investors focused on today, brushing off a double dose of drama in washington. first came controversy over presidential tweets about nuclear buttons. next was a bombshell white house statement in which mr. trump excoria

. ♪ ♪ blinded me with science ♪ she blinded me >> so it is our premiere weird science segment here. >is wanted this outfit. no, dr. margaret in the house. science. >> this is what we wear for this segment. >> apparently. new girl getting stuck dressed up in costume. whatever, kendis. i'm here for two more days after this. >> alcohol substance. >> we were warned not to put these too close to our face. science is real. >> where a sunday you have the spacex launch of satellite is what they were supposedly launching. this was seen in the skies above america after that launch. a weird little spiral. >> it's alien. >> that's why they kept it a secret. >> i'm wearing a lab coat alien. >> it kind of reminds us and takes us back to that other spacex launch late last year where all of california was intrigued that they saw it in southern california. it resulted in an accident. did you see that video? >> oh, my gosh. >> so many people were caught looking up at the sky. >> don't live stream thins whgs while you're driving. >> don't look at the aliens. >> don't look at the aliens. ignore the space

they have pledged this blind loyalty. it's all or nothing. once they said okay we're going to go with you this former reality star. this billionaire. we're going to give you our trust blindly. >> to mark's point. not they can't support him. they don't have to support everything he does. they make excuses for everything he does. >> let me add. we saw this last week from the family research counsel. social conservatives and hard core conservatives look at him as the vessel to get what they want done and will turn a blind eye to other things. we saw that happen. >> marriage, antiabortion. taxes. >> five days to review the nunes memo. so they indicated they want the memo out. where do we stand on this? this will be released right? what's the impact. >> the impact frankly is you have a situation where can you imagine as a federal prosecutor you be able to write a memo, to the jury and tell them why you think the defendant is guilty. not allow the defense to issue the side of it. not show the evidence to anybody. not review it yourself. and say wit

he discussed his blindness in old age. >> that's another thing. you talk to a blind person. you say, look. why don't you say, listen? >> cosby appeared relax while in the company of friends and told reporters he doesn't fear events. he just doesn't publicize them. he refused to comment on legal matters. his new trial will begin on march 22nd. jurors will be picked from montgomery county. the first trial, as you know, ended in a mistrial, a deadlocked jury. cosby pled not guilty on charges of drugging and molesting andrea con stan in 2004. >> authorities are searching for the cause of a deadly fire in new jersey, a fire that claimed the lives of two children and an adult. >> anything salvageable we got. >> collecting his family's memories, this man says the fatal fire started above his two-year-old's bedroom. >> first officer i said where is my family? i was going to collapse. >> his fiance and two-year-old child made it out of the home burning flames, that trapped family members upstairs. the inferno so intense it took two hours to tame. their uncle and mother holding their

we heard last leaders immediately blinding the syrian government. yesterday morning. we awoke to pictures to children of beautiful little babies being carried in the arms of desperate parents these haters actions by the assad regime. it cannot be tolerated later we heard about how the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons formed the joint investigative modernism. begin investigating you're talking about with a report but throughout their investigation at no point did they ever actually use it of the chemical attack in consciously can't and this has been pointed out by russia so much focus is going to blinding the syrian government without much evidence. the russian foreign minister also pointed out that the west has turned a blind eye and to chemical attacks by terrorists in syria leveling the same accusation and damascus in turn two sixteen western backed militants reportedly used poison gas on several occasions in their attacks on government held areas in aleppo. during all of. this. ok. let. me tell you. i think that these kinds of weapons could be j

brothers continue to inspire through their research and their personal funding in finding a cure for blindness reporting from washington d.c. david miller r t america. you know. you're be like this is the great i'm not you know make an advertisement for this drug but i think that the fact that we're at a stage where through gene therapy and the fact that science has brought us to a point where we can actually sit and say hey we might release this particular sort of blindness in the circle or you know because of the thousand or two thousand people that are affected by this we might have a cure that's amazing i love living in a time that has a flip side i don't like living in the time we're four hundred thousand dollars per . what the cost of the cure is ludicrous but that's the point if you if they can't profit from it it's going to be very expensive and if they can profit from it from a lot of people the same thing you see in cancer drugs is that certain forms of cancer or not as popular as other forms of cancer so the drugs and everything and so they can figure out a way to use this on all pe