dr. collins, this might be for you. let me ask about the status of -- i'm supportive of its establishment. i'd be interested in having you bring me up-to-date on its developments. one of the environments in which it works is with the economic conditions and physical conditions that we face, private drug companies, there is for what has been described as a valley of death between discovery on one side and patient benefit and commercial success on the other. >> thank you for the question. let me say up front how wonderful it has been to work with folks in kansas at the university and those in the lymphoma society. some groundbreaking projects going on. there is a drug developed for arthritis. turned out to have activity against leukemia. and to the delight of all this, a very resistant kind of cancer. the protocol is well along in a clinical trial. this is an amazing and quick turnaround. if you have to start from scratch, it would take years billions of dollars to get it to a clinical trial. if you can identify a compoun

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dr. francis collins is the director of the national institute of health.the human geno project. joy reid is managing editor of "the to be on the same segment as this fellow here. dr. collins. i've met you a number of times. so short term, long-term effects. when i hear pancreatic or alzheimer's, someone is in trouble. what is happening in all these areas. >> in research or pancreatic cancer or diabetes or the universal flu vaccine is a remarkable pitch. amazing progress being made at an exponential rate. here we are at the moment where science is moving the fastest it ever has and support for that science, because of sequester, is under greater threat than it has ever been. the terms of the risk of slowing down a remarkable advance in medical research, many are substantial. people may not feel that today. >> who is going to tell them? your country is backing down on research when other kuns try are ramping up. look at china, india, 20%. brazil, japan, up by 10%. even germany up by the%. but u.s. is cutting spending 5%. so we are down, they are all up. >> i

dr. collins, i've met you a number of times.en i hear pancreatic, alzheimer's, i know we're in trouble with somebody. somebody's in real trouble. what's going on right now in all of these areas? >> chris, this is the paradox that research in pancreatic cancer, bdiabetes is at a remarkable pitch. amazing progress being made at an expo nen initial rate and yet we are here where the science is moving as fast as it has and the support for that science because of the sequester is under a greater threat than it ever has been. and the risks in terms of slowing down a remarkable advance in medical research, many are quite substantial but people may not feel that today. >> who's going to tell them? we have to tell them. you are telling them. the suns cutting back on medical research at a time when other countries are ramping up their fund. look at this bar chart. this is stunning. china and india increased their spending 20% between 2011 and 2012. south korea, brazil, up 10%. germany is up 9%. the united states has been cutting by 5%. th

president obama's involvement in the benghazi scandal has affected jason collins' decision to come out of the closet only weeks before drjoyce brothers passed away during the "american idol" finale? >> well, on that situation, i believe he should have waited. i didn't believe he should have come out and spoke on that so soon, due to the fact that he passed away. but i just say that he did it for a reason. i guess the colleges, i'm not sure of. >> do you think we should invade solyndra? >> only if they are involved in the benzai attack. >> what does irs stand for? >> international -- no. internal revenue something. >> what does the irs stand for? inner attack revenue. >> what does the irs stand for. >> i don't know what the irs stands for. i know my mom told me because she's old school. she tell me some dude named irs that was a wrestler or something like that. became some type of a dude. >> do you think eric holder should resign? >> probably. >> who is eric holder? >> not really sure. >> do you think that eric holder should have to resign? >> eric holder, i don't know who he is. i can't tell you. he can hold me. >> are

collins story. also actress catherine zeta-jones openly fighting bipolar disorder. dr. sanjay gupta joins me to discuss her decision. why being candid can help a whole lot of people. she is in the hospital right now. we begin though with breaking news. the first ink links to an answer. did they act alone? the younger suspect told investigators, they were self-radicalized. it may come from learning what tamerlan tsarnaev was doing when he took the six-month trip. he left his wife and child behind for all that time. tonight quoting a russian security official, the associated press reports that for some of that time he was under surveillance. according to the a.p.'s reporting, russian agents lost track of him in july shortly after they killed a canadian boxer named william plodnokof. he left russia not waiting to pick up his new russian passport which was supposedly the key reason for the entire trip. there's that. new developments back home's well. the lawyer hired to keep the younger suspect out of the death chamber if convicted already working and getting down to busine

. >>> how much did this week's announcement by nba player jason collins help others struggling with the decision whether to come out? dr. joshua weiner with us this morning. point blank, he said never intended to be the first sports star to announce he's gay but when he looked around no one else was raising their hands. >> absolutely. i give this guy tons of credit. he is not the first professional athlete to come out and say they are gay. we have other former nfl players, normer players. >> but are all former. >> the fact she a current player coming out, i give this guy tons of credit. that's why i think lots of people are are jumping on the band wagon to support him. everybody from president clinton, president obama, kobe bryant, shaquille o'neal. lots of people tripping over themselves to be the first ones to say way go. >> what's the biggest change in perception you think people will now have after his announcement? >> i'm hoping what this is going to do is gradually chip away at the misconception all gay men are weak, not athletic. >> a guy being very physical player. >> absolutely. >> center who is -- known to th

collins story. also actress catherine zeta-jones openly fighting bipolar disorder. dr. sanjay gupta

to talk about jason collins' decision to become the nba's biggest story in pro sports first openly gay male athlete. >>> also, actress catherine zeta-jones fighting bipolar disorder. dr. sanjay gupta joins me to explain her condition, why being candid about it could help a whole lot of people. she's in the hospital right now. >>> we begin, though, with breaking news. the first inklings of an answer to the two questions that everyone has been asking about the boston bombing suspects. did they act alone. were they, as the younger suspect reportedly told investigators, self-radicalized or did they have help. the answers may come from learning what the older suspect, tamerlan tsarnaev, was doing and who he was meeting with when he took that six-month trip to russia in the dagestan region last year. remember, he left his wife and child behind for all that time. tonight, quoting a russian security official, the associated press reports that for at least some of that time, he was under surveillance. according to the a.p.'s reporting, russian agents lost track of him last july, shortly after police there killed a canadian boxer and ethnic russian jihadist, william plotnikov.

dr. hoadley, thank you for the value of your research. mr. smith. >> mr. chairman or ranking member collinso a few points where we believe improvements can be made in some of the select with the points they've made. overall, it has been highly successful. nine in 10 seniors have drug coverage. 94% are satisfied with coverage as reported by medpac. program cost of 45% as we worked with the cbo data in average monthly premiums remain at about $30 from 2011 through 2013 are half the original forecast. medicines play a central role in fighting disease, especially seniors coming at the modest part of health spending. part he accounted for only 10% of medicare costs in 2012. in addition, growth in spending has undergone a sharp and sustained slowdown in recent years. in each of the last two years, cbo has reduced its 10 year forecast by over $100 billion. party is responsible for much of the overall slowdown in medicare spending. further, cms has spending per person will grow 1.8% in 2013 and market wait for the five years at the lowest prescription drug spending growth have occurred since perdue