cystic fibrosis affects over thirtythousandpeople in theunited states alone. alone. sot"we're getting closer and closer all the time to a cure." a close friend of the miller family brought attention to funds to find a cure.sot"i feel like without service, fe really doesn't really have a lot of meaning. you know,i've been so happy and honored to be involved." involved."you can get involved at cffdotorg.and that's yyr the justice department is now investigiging the chicago lice department. department.attorney general loretta lynch made the calls for a federal probe into the chicago p-d have grown over recent weeks -- after dashcam video was released shownig an officer-involved shooting death of la-quan mcdonald last year.the civil rights investigation will look into patterns of unconstitution al policing practices throughout the police force. specically, we will examine a number of issues related to the chicago police department's use of force, including its use of deadly force, racial, etic and other disparities in its use of force and its accountability mechanisms."

anne: consumers can buy things like cystic fibrosis tests without having to go through a counselor or physician. they can buy them directly from 23andme and get that information. emily: this tests for things like recessive genes. things you could pass on to your children. anne: there are things like your eye color. that teaches people about genetics and caffeine metabolism. that's really interesting. lactose intolerance as well. emily: i would like for you to take me back to that day when you got that letter from the fda. anne: we were at an off-site planning for the future. we were all in great moods. just hired a great number of people. we had a lot of people that had started that week. what we learned is how much there was a disconnect because of what we thought we were doing and what the fda needed us to do. emily: did you think you could lose the company? anne: it took a while to understand. there were six weeks where we talked to a number of lawyers. we talked to the fda. it became clear that there were not easy options forward. emily: did you consider selling? anne: the idea th

keaton, who battles and lives with cystic fibrosis every day, then reveived a law enforcement escort to downtown fargo, where the young santa would board his sleigh, for the trip north on broadway. "i think it is gong to be pretty epic." keaton would hit downtown fargo in style. an audience. his own holiday parade. "downtown is lost of people. merry christmas. merry christmas." the shops on broadway emptied out. schools and daycares showed up. you!!" and with all the make a wish opportunities out there, playing santa in your hometown? the highlight came when keaton and his santa magic arrived at sanford's children's hospital. "doesn't surprise me, he has a good heart, always thinking of others." it's christmas, and keaton nelson today showed all of us, what its like to be young, unslefish, "i just want to have a nice life at least." and the meaning of everything we dream of this time of year. kevin wallevand wday 6 news. coming up in sports...morningsi de visited hastings in a stay tuned for the action. plus...northern iowa visited north dakota state in the f-c-s quarterfinals. alex

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it's called crisper, and it uld rid the world of cystic fibrosis fibrosis, muscular dystrophy, and even hiv and cancer. norah o'donnell spoke with one of the pioneers. >> what is crisper? >> first of all, it's an acronym clustered regularly interspaced short pallin droemic repeats a huge mouthful. you can see why we use the acronym crisper wp. >> so i'm sorry. what's crisper again? >> reporter: she gets asked that question a lot. a researcher and professor at uc berkeley she's become a spokesperson for a gene editing technology she's credited with developing. that mouthful known as crisper. >> i've heard it compared to essentially a film editorr slicing a bit of film. >> i would say that's a great analogy analogy, yeah. >> how does that work? >> you think about a film strip and you see a particular segment of the film you that want to replace and if you had a film splicer you'd go in and literally cut it out and piece it back together. maybe with a new clip. imagine being able to do t tt in the genetic code, the code of life. you could go in and snip out a something that corrects a muta

it's called crisper, and it could rid the world of cystic fibrosis fibrosis, muscular dystrophy, and even hiv and cancer. norah o'donnell spoke with one of the pioneers. >> what is crisper? >> first of all, it's an acronym acronym. clustered regularly interspaced short pallin droemic repeats a huge mouthful. you can see why we use the >> so i'm sorry. what's crisper again? >> reporter: she gets asked that question a lot. a researcher and professor at uc berkeley she's become a spokesperson for a gene editing technology she's credited with developing. that mouthful known as crisper. >> i've heard it compared to essentially a film editor slicing a bit of film. >> i would say that's a great analogy analogy, yeah. >> how does that work? >> you think about a film strip and you see a particular segment of the film you that want to replace and if you had a film splicer you'd go in and literally cut it out and piece it back together. maybe with a new clip. imagine being able to do that in the genetic code, the code of life. you could go in and snip out a piece and replace it with something t

with this, it pushed our product upward, the cystic fibrosis drug. we don't see the danger of abuse around that. we don't see the issues with adherence around that. and so it's something that we're much more comfortable with, that is a success story by providing that to as many people as broadly as possible. we are not in danger of getting knocked sideways. >> andrea, we'll go to you and talk about employers and what is their most effective set of tools. it is not necessarily their tools but tools that they ask others they work with, whether they be pharmacy benefit managers or their insurers or others to engage in. but employers have tried a whole lot of strategies from mail order, from formularies, tiering, et cetera. as we move into the cost pressures, how are employers thinking? what are they thinking are the most effective purchasing strategies at their disposal? >> it really depends. because employers health care strategy is part of their total business strategy. so it really varies from employer to employer. >> well, what are some of the most

. >>> another one a 9-year-old boy with cystic fibrosis granted a holiday wish. he want to be jolly old st. nick himself. >> merry christmas. >> he said merry christmas. despite his battle with the life-threatening disorder he wanted to deliver holiday he dressed up as santa claus and brought press to patients at local hospitals. >> doesn't surprise me. of others. >> oh. he was one of the 50 wishes granted by the make a wish foundation yesterday. >> so cool. >> very. >>> "star wars" fans that want >>> "star wars" the informations a -- the force a weakens hits theaters this week. >> we are talking more than t- shirts. lauren glassberg explains how the force is awakening a whole array of beauty and fashion items. >> reporter: this is our "star wars" pop up shop which we love. bloomingdales is feeling the force of "star wars." a pop up shop stocked with movie related merchandise. >> this is a bbh droid. recreate movie memorabilia. >> suitcases that and sweatshirts. >> love how this is paired back to a quilted vest and underneath a chic leather jacket. >> reporter: f

better known as coco has cystic fibrosis and is waiting for the double lung transplant, she was taken into surgery this morning for the transplant and the surgery is expected to last into the evening and the post on coco's go fun me page, the family called the news a once in a lifetime surprise from god himself. >>> health check tonight, the movie concussion starring philadelphia native will smith opens in theaters tomorrow and puts the spotlight on concussions and football and it's risk for long-term affects, ali gorman spoke with local experts about the film. >> long before hollywood got involved some local doctors spark addeded awareness. >> apparently healthy favorite son of the city died in disgrace. >> the movie concussion follows the story of a nigeria born neurologist, linking concussions to the football player. >> he then takes on the nfl. >> doctors douglas smith and sean grady of pen medical center are both experts on brain injury and concussion, the condition was not new but linking it to football was. >> football is a high-profile sport it got everybody's attention and bo

if you look at cystic fibrosis, we do that reimbursement. there is no other option for those patients. we shouldn't waste money anywhere in the health care system. our job is to drive out waste. >> we thought that was an interesting comment. they pay for the high cost drugs if they are not wasteful, in mayor minds. he was talking about vertex. they cause a huge consternation when they pitted two hepatitis c drugs. it will be interesting to watch. people expect this pricing debate will continue next year into the election. >> what is the temperature of investors at this point after we have seen this massive run? then you have large cap companies like gilead that don't have much in the pipeline coming up to replace those sales. >> absolutely. what people are telling me they are feeling right now into the end of the year in biotech. there is no reason to buy it. there is so much uncertainty. it has had great gains. people are wrapping things up for the year. we are leading into the jpmorgan conference in january which is setting the stage for a

anne: consumers can buy things like cystic fibrosis tests without having to go through a counselor orsician. they can buy them directly from 23andme.com and get that information. emily: this tests for things like recessive genes. things you could pass on to your kids. anne: there are things like your eye color. it is interesting and teaches people about genetics and , caffeine metabolism. that's really interesting. lactose intolerance as well. emily: i would like for you to take me back to that day when you got that infamous letter from the fda. anne: we were at an off-site planning for the future. we were all in great moods. we hired a great number of people. we had a lot of people that had started that week. what we learned after that moment is how much there was a disconnect because of what we thought we were doing and what the fda needed us to do. emily: did you think you could lose the company? anne: it took a while to understand. there were probably about six weeks where we talked to a number of lawyers. we talked to the fda. we talked to groups. it became clear that there were

. >> vertex, cystic fibrosis formulation, i think it's amazing, i think vertex is a buy. let's go to mark in vermont. mark. >> caller: hey, jim, how you doing, buddy? >> all right, how but, chief? >> caller: good, man, just started "confessions of a street addict." >> flipped some pages the other day. >> caller: tell you quick, jim that watching your show, reading your book and seeing how you use your knowledge, your passion, your resources to truly help and you really played a big role in igniting my passion. >> thank you. that's what m trying to do with the street, trying to do with ax alert with "squawk on the street," trying to do with this show, trying to do with periscope, trying to do with twitter, trying to do with facebook. what's happening? how can i help? >> caller: you're doing it, man. >> thank you. caller: what do yououhink the long-term, what do you think of fire eye? >> i'm glad you said long-term, short term, i'm concerned, turned out to be more episodic than i like it, need hack attack. and i -- when we had david on, i mean, the stock has come down a gre

vertex works in cystic fibrosis is discussed as being a take out company for gilead, some people bat down that rumor but those are two. >> no one knows more about pharma and biotech than meg tirrell. >> i would beg to differ. >> you're wrong about that. that's the one thing you're wrong about. >> see you later. >> we're heading to the close, we have, what, 20 minutes left in the trading session here with the dow down just 28 points. freeport mack ma ran's co-founder is stepping down from the board months after carl icahn revealed a stake in the beleaguered coal company. >>> plus disney and "star wars" continue to defy expectations as the sci-fi seek we will storms it's way to the box office faster than any movie in history. >>> slight down day to begin the week of what is traditionally the santa claus rally, hasn't happened yet, although look at that, we do have a few stocks that are higher today among the dow 30, disney leading the way after the big numbers coming out about "star wars." so it's the leader today. by the way, i hesitated because art cashin was just signaling to me the

fda approved genetic health tests telling users whether they carry genetic mutations including cystic fibrosis to children. the company promoting the services with a big tv campaign. 23 me won the approval by convincing them that consumers don't need a health professional to understand the results but it wasn't a full victory. the company is not allowed to share with consumers more than 250 risk reports included in its original service including analysis of chances of developing diseases including alzheimer's. now, not all disruptors are so lucky. 23 meanalysis. not all disrupters are so lucky. three disrupters from our disrupter 50 list have shut down. areo shut down after the supreme court determined its business model was illegal. nebula, a once promising cloud services company closed doors in april after failing to attract new customers, and quirky declared bankruptcy in september after too many crowd source inventions proved to be unsuccessful and unprofitable. now the search for the 2016 disrupter 50 begins in january. follow @cnbcdisrupters. an exciting time for these companies. >> the

keaton, who battles and lives with cystic fibrosis every day, then reveived a law enforcement escort to downtown fargo, where the young santa would board his sleigh, for the trip north on broadway. "i think it is gong to be pretty epic." keaton would hit downtown fargo in style. an audience. his own holiday parade. "downtown is lost of people. merry christmas. merry christmas." the shops on broadway emptied