dr. collins: i do. a dr. collins: i do. i started again. will david: oh. you dr. a wonderful sort of rush. david: you do it still? dr. collins: i do. i ride my motorcycle to work many days. in many days. it is a harley davidson king classic. and will it is a beast, and it gives you a certain sense of enjoyment of life that is hard you enjoyment of life that is hard to come by other ways. david: let's talk about another you aredavid: let's talk about another part of your life. when you were younger, you were, if not an atheist, then an agnostic. how did you transform yourself from being either an atheist or agnostic to somebody who is a committed christian? dr. collins: it seems like an you are you odd story, doesn't it? well, growing up on the farm, my parents were not opposed to religion. they just did not think it was will particularly relevant, so i you particularly relevant, so i had no religious background. i got to college, you know, those conversations in the dorm about what did people believe. i did not think i believed in any of it. so i was an agnostic,

dr. collins: i was. david: and you were homeschooled. dr. ins: homeschooled, not because my parents were religious in their persuasion at all, but because they thought the county schools where i grew up in the shenandoah valley of virginia were not up to my parents' standards. my mother was incredibly gifted as a teacher and she figured out early on how to get the process of learning to be something wonderfully exciting, and that is the gift she gave me and my brothers, this excitement about learning new things, which i carry with me to this day. david: you did this until the sixth grade? dr. collins: yeah. david: and then you went to school? dr. collins: i think my mom was a little tired of teaching all of these four boys at this point and figured, ok, public schools in the city of stanton are maybe up to a better standard, so i started going to public school. david: you were a musician as well. you have a band, or had a band. how did you come to that? dr. collins: so my dad was trained as the classical violinist, but he and my mom met at ya

dr. collins: both of those had certain challenges.r do think people really can keep increasing their longevity? dr. collins: we might figure out how to achieve that by tinkering a bit with the biology. david: what is the single greatest health challenge the united states faces today? dr. collins: more people died of opioid overdoses than of car wrecks last year. it is just unbelievable. >> would you fix your tie, please? david: well, people wouldn't recognize me if my tie was fixed, but ok. just leave it this way. alright. ♪

dr. collins: both of those had certain challenges.e really can keep increasing their longevity? dr. collins: we might figure out how to achieve that by tinkering a bit with the biology. david: what is the single greatest health challenge the united states faces today? dr. collins: more people died of opioid overdoses than of car wrecks last year. it is just unbelievable. >> would you fix your tie, please? david: well, people wouldn't recognize me if my tie was fixed, but ok. just leave it this way. alright. ♪

dr. collins: both of those had certain challenges. think people really can keep increasing their longevity? dr. collins: we might figure out how to achieve that by tinkering a bit with the biology. david: what is the single greatest health challenge the united states faces today? dr. collins: more people died of opioid overdoses than of car wrecks last year. it is just unbelievable. >> would you fix your tie, please? david: well, people wouldn't recognize me if my tie was fixed, but ok. just leave it this way. alright. ♪

dr. collins: both of those had certain challenges.p increasing their longevity? dr. collins: we might figure out how to achieve that by tinkering a bit with the biology. david: what is the single greatest health challenge the united states faces today? dr. collins: more people died of opioid overdoses than of car wrecks last year. it is just unbelievable. >> would you fix your tie, please? david: well, people wouldn't recognize me if my tie was fixed, but ok. just leave it this way. alright. ♪ david: i don't consider myself a

dr. collins office about collaborating in a real way on immunological aspects, particularly vaccines for opioids, and the edges yes, we are doing that. secondly, it depends on the epidemiology of who you would vaccinate and o certainly people at risk for developing addictions you want to do that. that's the first thing. that's very complicated way to figure out what the profile is. regarding access and cost, i mean, i really can't comment on that now. i canan comment about the axis d cost of the zika and ebola vaccine but not yet audie vaccine for opioids because i'm not, we arere not there yet to e thinking about that. with regard to zika and to ebola, we have a policy that whether we partner with a company that we, the nih, federal funds, cdc federal funds, if we get involved in any aspect of the development of a vaccine, we make sure that we have an arrangement with the company that that vaccine iske going to be able to make available in a reasonable way to the people that we tested the vaccine. so when we do it in west africa like we tested in liberia and guinea and sierra leone, it'

dr. francis collins has recently announced the helping to end addiction long-term initiative at the nih and result of new funding recently provided by congress. they will double its investment in research on pain and addiction. in closing, the current opioid epidemic is enormously tragic, dauntingly complex, vastly widespread, and scientifically and medically challenging. this epidemic respects no age, no gender, no race, no socioeconomic status. sons andre our daughters, mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, leaders and colleagues. solving this problem will whole of government approach. i look forward to working with you collaboratively. thank you very much. >> we thank you for your comprehensive statement. , memberst: thank you of the committee. thank you for inviting me to to address the opioid epidemic. i'm honored to be back in the finance committee. it felt a little strange to be on this side of the witness table. over 100 30 million people receive health coverage through cmis programs and the opioid epidemic affects every single one of them. as a patient, family member, caregive

dr. francis collins has recently announced helping to to and addiction long-term initiative at nih and a result of new funding recently provided by congress. nih will double its investment in research on pain and addiction. in closing, the current opioid epidemic is enormously tragic, dauntingly complex, vastly widespread and scientifically and medically challenging. this epidemic respects no age, gender, race, socioeconomic status. the dems are sons and daughters, mothers and daughters, brothers and sisters, leaders and colleagues. solving this problem will require a wall of government approach. i look forward to working with you collaboratively. thank you very much. >> thank you for your most comprehensive statement. >> chairman hatch and ranking member widened, members of the committee, thank you are invited to discuss center for medicare and medicaid services to address the opioid epidemic. i'm honored to be back at the finance committee so i will say it's a little strange to be at the witness table. over 130 million people received coverage through cms programs in the opioid epidemi

joining me are the authors of this article, nbc news reporter brandy and ben collins and along with drway, professor of psychology at nyu. brandy, to you first, because the incel community was quick to praise him, calling him a hero. who are these people? >> thousands of very lonely sad confused sometimes violent young men who gather and congregate online to talk about their woes. >> but there's a huge difference between being a sad young boy and there are so many of them and turning violent and hateful. >> right. >> so what happens is there's usually sort of a trend. when someone enters in, they're googling how to pick up girls. they might find the pickup artist industry. they mind p might find this particular group of incels. they say me too. what comes from that is several posts later it's these women are to blame and several posts later it's the men that they date, the attractive men, the sometimes men of other races. like everyone else is to blame. so what that does is it starts growing this hatred. it turns from south loatelf-loa outward hatred. that's where they all congregate a

dr. jackson do not look good. >> kaitlan collins, keep us posted on what you hear. joining us now, molly ball, and robby mook. molly, to you, i am surprised by the volume of these allegations that have come to light within just the last day. the number of them, the number of sources and the fact that they were apparently not just unknown to this white house, but the last white house, as well. >> yeah. i mean, this is the kind of thing that vetting was invented for, right? it would not have been hard to get this information before he was nominated if the president had gone through the normal process, if he had run it by anyone, basically, and you know, you hear it from the hill. republicans are feeling increasing levels of angst that they sort of get whipsawed by the president's whims and then they have to either defend him or clean up after him when he does something like make this nomination without doing any vetting beforehand. >> you know, alice, we don't know. we don't know if these allegations are true. we do know that there are multiple sources. we do know tha

dr. king was slain. fraternity, the brothers collins, southern regional vice president, and and a localr, chapter, we placeshall render a hymn in remembrance of our brother, my brother,mankind's brother reverend dr. martin luther king, jr. we remember. [applause] >> i am brother kelsie rushing. objective of the fraternity artistically the ambitions of its members, prepare them for the greatest usefulness in the cause of humanity, freedom and dignity of the individual, to encourage the highest and humanity,rm of man, and its efforts to achieve. a by whiche mantr each member lives. it it put a mise is the life and works of our alpha brother, dr. martin luther king, jr.. he was initiated into this brotherhood in 1952. we pause today to remember the man who in king, a spite of constant threats of violence against him and against his family, led in an violent unviolent protest. he lost his life 50 years ago and this very spot. although his life ended 50 years ago, his spirit and legacy lives on. pha brothers of alpha phi al recognize the direct impact of dr. king's efforts and influences in the southern states.

. >> caitlyn collins just tweeted that the white house said this on dr.ckson today, quote, no reason to believe drinking on the job rumors are true. he's received more vetting than most nominee. we'll not write him off before his hearing, unquote. ker stin, the portrait that you keep creating a narrative for of somebody, as you say who manages up. he flatters president obama and president trump, whom ever his boss is and then abusive to people below him. >> and those people are afraid to report it because they think that they could lose their jobs possibly or there might be retribution. this is a theory and something i've seen many times in washington. people who are good at managing up and awful to people below them. i think the alcohol related stuff, whether it is the banging on the door or being too drunk to treat the president or wrecking a car is in my mind is damaging -- >> being too drunk to respond to calls allegedly. >> the idea he may have prescribed percocet to other people didn't think should get it and doctors do that all of the time. people

dr. king was slain. where his spirit transitioned back to the father. on behalf of the fraternity, collins of the college, place a wreath and shall render a hymn in remembrance of our brother, my brother, mankind's brother, brother reverend dr. martin luther king, jr. we remember. [applause] >> i am brother kelsey rushing. southern region vice president of the alpha files that fraternity incorporated. the objective of the fraternity is to further the ambitions of its members, prepare them for the greatest usefulness in the cause of humanity, freedom and dignity of the individual, to encourage the highest and noblest form of man, humanity, and its efforts to achieve. this is the mantra by which each member lives. it epitomizes the life and works of our alpha brother, dr. martin luther king, jr. dr. king was initiated into this brotherhood in 1952. we pause today to remember the life of dr. king, a man who in spite of constant threats of violence against him and against his family, led an unviolent protest. fighting for justice and racial equality. whose life a man came to an untimely and 50

dr. king was slain. where his spirit transitioned back to the father. on behalf of the fraternity, brothers nicolas collinsl vice president, and brother pryor, new initiate of the college, to place a wreath and shall render a hymn in remembrance of our brother, my brother, mankind's brother, brother , reverend dr. martin luther king, jr. we remember. [applause] >> i am brother kelsey rushing. southern region vice president alpha alpha five alpha -- alpha fraternity incorporated. the objective of the fraternity is to further the ambitions of its members, prepare them for the greatest usefulness in the cause of humanity, freedom and dignity of the individual, to encourage the highest and noblest form of man, humanity, and its efforts to achieve. this is the mantra by which each member lives. it epitomizes the life and works of our alpha brother, dr. martin luther king, jr. dr. king was initiated into this sigma brotherhood in 1952. we pause today to remember the life of dr. king, a man who in spite of constant threats of violence against him and against his family, led an unviolent protest fighting for justi