but as the partner eisai presented the data yesterday in chicago, a number of questions emerge p. improvement por the high does was observe on new measure of cognition over the ability to think clearly and remember things combining several accepted scales pop on a commonly used measure it wasn't stisktically significant secondly the lower doses didn't work it became clear the high dose group performing so well had significantly fewer patients in it with the genetic mutation it raised questions about other groups including the place bo group declined faster with the mutation a lot of questions raised by the data. >> meg stick around now we are joined for the poufr lunch tv interview with the u.s. chairman and ivan chung gate to be to have. >> you great to be here. >> there are a lot of questions surrounding the 12d how it was carried out and studied. why did biogen why did you go forward with the strd fashioned in this way rather than before. >> eisai has been development for the drug since 2007. and naturally this trial we talked about started in 2013 at that time we do not know w

american biotechnology company - biogen and japanese drugmaker eisai (pr: ay-sai) announced their resultssterday. they said the drug... which is an anti-body... reduced the formulation of new beta amyloid clusters in the brain... and it reduced existing clusters by an average of 70 - percent. the buildup of beta amyloid plaque in the brain... is a hallmark of alzheimer's disease. experts are "cautiously optimistic" the results will be duplicated in future clinical trials. (pam) disney is planning to eliminate all plastic straws and stirrers from all of its locations. the policy will be in place by mid-2019. disney says it's part of the company's "long-standing committment to environmental stewardship." it will get rid of more than 175 million straws and 13 million stirrers annually. earlier this month a ban on plastic straws took effect in seattle. since then staburcks and marriot announced a ban on the plastics and san francisco followed uist...banning straws and other plastics beginning next july. (ken) now to our four zone forecast. you're looking live at the golden gate bridge.the gol

i tell people who are sucked into the eisai turn off your phone sometimes. it's always going to be there. you can take a week off of twitter. i did occasionally and when you get back into it you wil you'llt it's all the same. people calling for th falling fe things again and again and again. >> host: so alternative facts is something that came up. that obama had wiretapped his phone, that was the source of origin of alternative facts. we are hearing a similar claim now where he's accusing the fbi of having spied on him while a candidate. >> guest: you've got to remember he's been going after the fbi essentially this first day in office after saying what are we living in, nazi germany. he knew something was happening and as soon as he got into office he decided i'm going to start going after the fbi and then you see him saying i fired after james comey in the interview with lester holt i fired him because of russia but there's nothing to it, that is a classic advance an and deny statement i fired him because of russia, advanced that 59 because there's nothing

70% additional property curbs that came into effect that shocked a lot in the market. 19.5%,upside, eisaif and it has had a pretty good result for its alzheimer's drug test, jumping the most since 2015. we saw that coming on the nikkei, as well. anna: thank you juliette saly. the u.s. imposed tariffs on $34 billion of chinese imports. the levees target products like semiconductors and airplane parts. china responded immediately, saying it will be forced to retaliate. we are joined by china correspondent tom mackenzie. what is the latest in terms of what we are hearing on the straight conversation? -- on this trade conversation? tom: they did put up this statement, where they accuse the u.s. of acting like a bully on trade and saying it would impact the markets and trade flows. china also saying in a statement it will continue, despite actions from the u.s., to open up markets and protect intellectual properties and uphold the multilateral trading systems. too little too late. some u.s. goods are being held but as yetand china, we have not had retaliatory measures pushed up from china. the

the highest tested dose of a drug from biogen and eisai slowed patients' cognitive decline by 30 perfect the results are promising but the study was too small to be defin tough. drugmakers are working to develop further studies. >>> "hamilton" is making history at the kennedy center honors. the four co-creators s os of hn are on the list of honorees. it will be the first for a contemporary work of art. also to be honored at december's ceremony will be worldwide superstar cher, pianist and composure philip glass, country music legend reeb on mcintyre and wayne shorter. >>> the united states is the most dangerous place to give birth in the developed world. every year in the u.s., more than 50,000 mothers are severely injured during or after childbirth. 7 00 women die. maternal death has been steadily rising and the u.s. now has the highest rate in the developed world. in a story you'll see first on cbs this morning, "usa today" conducted a four-year investigation into the nation's maternity hospitals. the paper spoke to several families who lost loved ones and women who were permanently ha