dr. matthew stuns us. ed in helping us get the trial started anyway. >> we have deliver the trial. we're in the business of doing research. that depends how challenging the project is. >> matthew and his team say they need to take precautions to protect patients like monitoring those with cardiac risks and lowering dosages if necessary and the marnl challenge is getting an indian board to approve testing a drug like vioxx. >> we have a huge, huge scientific argument. >> to help us make the case toindian regulators, dr. matthew proposes a strategy. hire well-connected medical opinion leaders, consultants to persuade indian regulators to let us test our drug on humans. >> consultants from here and we'll see who can speak for the drug. >> how confident are you that we can do that? >> very confident, very confident. we can take whoever we want in india. >> with this strategy, dr. matthew says our odds for approval aren't in surmountable. >> that's because it's vioxx. >> he says getting approval may take more ti

dr. matthew wasniewski. he had served as the historian and deputy chief of the office of history and preservation and directs many excellent programs in preservation of records and the publication of historical documents and information pertaining to the house of representatives and on a personal note that prior to coming to the house of representatives he worked at the u.s. capital and historical society. so without further or due, dr. magnus. >> thank you. i'm here to talk about john willis maynard. he is somewhat of a familiar na name for some. his main claim to fame was that he was the first african-american elected to the house of representatives but was denied a seat in 1869. i'm here to talk about his life, background and history up until this point because he was actually an accomplished individual who sat at the of a and international history. the american civil war right here in washington d.c. but shortly after the war he my greated to jamaica. the morant bay rebellion in 1865. both of these event

dr. matthew wasniewski. he is the historian of the united states house of representatives appointed in october of 2010. he had served as the historian and deputy chief of the office of history and preservation and he's the editor in chief of women in congress and directs many excellent programs in preservation of records and the publication of historical documents and information pertaining to the house of representatives. and on a personal note that prior to coming to the house of representatives he worked at the u.s. capital and historical society. it's a great pleasure to have him on the program. so without further adieu, dr. magness. >> thank you. i'm here to talk about john willis menard. he is somewhat of a familiar name for some. his main claim to fame was that he was the first african-american elected to the house of representatives but was denied a seat in 1869. we'll get into a bit of the reasons behind that. i'm here to talk about his life, background and history up until this point because he was

dr. matthew levitt. founding director in 2001. in 2005, and 2007, doctor levin served as deputy secretary for intelligence and analysis at department of treasury and then at the state department counterterrorism adviser to the special envoy to the middle east regional security. prior to that, provided tactical and strategic an analytical support and logistical support networks for middle eastern and terrorist groups. dr. levitt, you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today. just a few months ago i testified in front of the subcommittee on american soil and will folks my testimony today on issues of hezbollah and refer members on issues of iran to that previous testimony. hezbollah has long leveraged global networks for support activity ps the vast majority often informal networks are not called upon to carry operations but raise funds to procure documents you site add military equipment. the united states, hezbollah has long seen the united states as a cashcow. nonetheless, conce

dr. matthew wasniewski, who is the historian of the united states house of representatives. appointed in october of 2010. he had served as the historian and deputy chief of the house clerks, office of history and preservation. he's the editor in chief of women in congress, and directs many excellent programs in preservation of records, and the publication of historical documents and information pertaining to the house of representatives. and also, i might note on a personal note that prior to coming to the house of representatives, he worked at the u.s. capitol historical society. so it's a great pleasure to have matt on the program. so without further ado, dr. magness. >> thank you. john willis menard is a familiar name for those who know a bit about history of african-american representation in the united states house of representatives. his main claim to fame is that he was the first african-american elected to the house of representatives. but he was denied his seat in 1869. we'll get into a bit of the reasons behind that. but i'm here to talk about some of his life, his

dr. matthew levitt, a senior femme fellow of the stein program of intelligence and associate professor of securities studies program in georgetown university. he was called as your witness, mr. ranking member and we're delighted to have him here today, and i spoke to him earlier. the first witness is mitchell silver, the director of intelligence analysis for the new york police department's intelligence division. silver is an expert in the field of counterterrorism. he has done absolutely outstanding work with the nypd, of putting together their extensionive counterterrorism program. mr. silver, let me thank you and commissioner kelly as a new yorker for the truly outstanding work you have done and say in spite of the irrational and indefensible attacks against you and commissioner kelly by the "new york times," by the associated press and other unknowing and misguided politicians, i thank you for the job you've done and continue to do especially for the 14 plots against new york you have stopped and for not yielding at all in the face of all the attacks, misguided, cheap attacks made aga

dr. matthew torrington is medical director of the prometa center of los angeles.e's done addiction research at ucla and started prescribing prometa two years ago. torrington says, for an addict, prometa is like brakes on a car. >> you're asking them to go down the arduous road of recovery without the ability to stop, and their brain says go, and it's on, okay? and they just don't have the ability to say no. because their brain told them that they were hungry for drugs the way you would be hungry for air with a plastic bag over your head. >> the three drugs used in prometa were approved by the fda years ago, but not for addiction treatment. one was approved to treat overdoses of sedatives, another to treat seizures, and the other to calm anxiety. in the 1990s, a spanish doctor put them together. the theory is they alter brain chemistry to end craving. one patient explained it like this. >> he said, "look, torrington, before the treatment, my thoughts went, 'cocaine, cocaine, cocaine, cocaine, cocaine, cocaine, cocaine.' after the treatment, my thoughts went, 'cocai

but right now, we're doing everything we can to help matthew be the best matthew he can be. >> reporter: dr. linder at the center for autism. landis says says there is a simple test cairnt parents can do. >> look at the other kids at the birthday party. is your child showing an interest in the other kids? does your child know when it's time to blow the candles out? >> reporter: meanwhile, cdc researchers surveyed 14 states. maryland was included. they found the least number. autism cases in alabama. the most number in utah. jessica, back to you. >> gigi, thank you. cdc doctors say they found more autism in hispanics and african american children in this study. >>> after a brief break. the delightful spring weather makes a comeback. a live look outside now. mostly sunny. and warmer than the last few days. >> well, it is a nice afternoon. we have a bit of a breeze. that's going to die down. and temperatures, we are sitting at 60 degrees. we have dropped down to 40s in the mounts. and -- mountains. and when we show you the wind, this is bringing in the cooler air. tonight, a seasonably cooler

but right now, we are doing everything we can to help matthew be the best matthew he can be. >> reporter: dr. rebecca lander heads the kennedy krieger center for autism in baltimore. many children are diagnosed by age 3. and most of them are boys. but landen says there is a simple test parents can do. >> look at other kids at a birthday party. is your child showing an interest in the other kids? does your child know when it's time to burn the candles out? >> reporter: and cdc researchers surveyed 14 states in this case. maryland was included. alabama had the least number of autism cases. utah had the most. kai, back to you. >> all right, gigi, thank you. >>> cdc doctors say they found more cases in hispanic and african american children in this study. >>> if you're waiting for somebody to get home from work, let's check on our roads right now. here's kristy breslin. hi again, kristy. >> hi, mary, hi, everyone. let's hope this is as busy as it gets. harris -- jammed up there to belfast. if you're traveling on the north side inner loop, stop and go there. over to harford road. and the west sid

matthew prior flat portrait because he's working out of boston. we emphasize these as folk meaning rural, it's a more complicated story than that. >> dr. jaffee, i really appreciated your talk and especially the variety of things you were looking at. i was unfortunately fascinated by one of the verbal pieces you put up. but the letter from the john vanderlin sr. to jr. and that letter concluded by john vanderlin sr. saying famous little thought of money is all and everything. which is a pretty standard artist complaint. but what made me think of is there a transition in this period between fame being attached to creation to fame being attached to accumulation? because i feel now we're often famous for the stuff we have rather than the stuff we make. i wonder if you see that kind of transition in this period and if that's what artists like vanderlin are reacting to? >> yeah, that's really complicated question. what i guess i would gesture towards would be that the self-identity or self-identification of many of these artists -- i mean somebod considering himself an artisan and entrepreneur, what you might see is one person sees himself

matthews, abc 7 news. >>> president obama has appointed san francisco's top hiv administrator to head the offense of national aids policy. dr. grant colfax will carry out the president's national aids strategy focused on increasing acce to treatment, especially among minority groups. >>> new guidelines about pap smears are bringing big changes to women's health. a government advisory group along with the american cancer society say that having cervical can sear screening every year is not necessary. women can wait between three and five years between screens and say women should have the human papilloma virus or hpv test at the same time. researchers say the change comes after a lot of new data about cervical cancer and hpv the sexually transmitted disease that causes most cervical cancer. >> discovery in china amazing. up next the finding dallas could open the new chapter in the story of human evolution. across the space race and how russia is launching itself into the 1960s. i'll be back. (car horn) paying with your smartphone instead of cash... (phone rings) that's a step forward. with chase quickpay, you can send money