f.d.a. to detect specific federal select agents. while the l.r.n. has also had those cleared by the f.d.a. under emergency use authorization, after nearly 20 years of this program with about $135 million in funding over the last decade, could the l.r.n. have cleared significantly higher numb of assays through 510-k rigorous f.d.a. process. finally maintaining public confidence in critical preparedness research is essential. in response to safety lapses in 2014 and an expert fanl's recommendation, the c.d.c. and f.d.a. each formed new offices in 2015 to centralize and elevate oversight of laboratory safety with directors of those offices reporting directly to the agency head. these changes sent a strong message that lab safety was a top priority backed by the clout of direct backing from the agency head. unfortunately both seemed to be back tracking from this good direction. in the f.d.a.'s case,less than a year after this administration approved the reorganization, the sudden change is curio

although the f.d.a. has increased the number of investigators, it has in the facilities, it's estimated that the f.d.a. can only physically nspect less than .06% of the packages that might contain drugs or drug products. in conjunction with h.r. 5228, led by representative pallone and passed by the house yesterday, this bill will give the f.d.a. the flexibility and tools the agency needs to effectively and efficiently or unapproved drugs and to prohibit bad actors from continuing to ship these deadly products into the country. i urge my colleagues to support this bill and to help stop the entrance of illegal opioids and other drugs that might harm americans. with that i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. green: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. green: mr. speaker, members, i rise in support of h.r. 5752, the stop illicit drug

being said look that's their defense we all know where they're going they're going to claim is the f.d.a. going to play this is by its very nature but tyrrell when you engage in a product that you put into commerce it's an automobile a drug a weapon something that has risks to it gerri somewhere is going to ask were you reasonable what if you want attorney general prove your case call your first witness dr tyrrell ventura state what were you told dr ventura they told me this this was wrong cross-examination did you have any way to independently verify this did you read this what about these warnings that you not understand tell me where you were misled and by the way ladies and gentlemen of the jury we're in the pharmaceutical business we're capitalists this is america so it's a lot more difficult than you think to prove the case it's going to be and i want to i want to switch gears because you're also the media analyst that you are and so i i assume i could not be on without mentioning our good friend of c.n.n. jim acosta who's been a little bit under fire this week for controversial yo

f.d.a.'s efforts to prevent misuse of opioids, commissioner gottlieb bhans actively exploring how packaging and disposal innovations can reduce the supply of opioids in the market. this included hosting a public workshop in december, to explore how we can harness these technologies in the fight against opioid addiction. and how we can improve the safe use of these products for those patients who rely on them to manage chronic pain every day. commissioner gottlieb also noted, mr. speaker, that the use of these technologies such as packaging merits consideration through a careful, science-based process, one that i hope we'll continue. the legislation we're considering today builds on this work and grants f.d.a. authority to require packaging and disposal technologies for schedule two and schedule three controlled substances. the reflective level of risk associated with that substance. f.d.a.'s provided with the flexibility to permit a range of options for packaging and disposal technologies, as

if you get an egg, it's by the f.d.a. if you have an open faced roast beef sandwich, you put the bread on top of it, it's another one. hotdog, the meat is governed by one. you put it in bread, it's governed by another. my favorite, if you have a saltwater fish, salmon, it's governed by the department of commerce. up river it's commerce. and to get the fish, it's overned by the u.s. army corps of engineers. incredible. of engineers. this is stupid. this makes no sense. resident trump: that was [laughter] president trump: i think you should put that on television. mr. mulvaney: and linda's job, [laughter] dealing with small businesses. long time ago i worked in a freezer for a guy that made frozen pizzas. one day he's making cheese pizzas and the afternoon he will make pepperoni. he has an entirely different agency to deal with. it simply doesn't make sense. we will try to fix it. i want to go through a couple of examples today. step aside to go over just one or two -- a couple of them made the press. we talk about this lat

f.d.a. drug regime. that is why h.r. 449 is so important because it requir a report to congress on the public health effects of synthetic drug use among youth. i thank my colleague from new york for his hard work along with representative chris collins, g.k. butterfield and trey gowdy. i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. entman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: i reserve such time as i may consume. the opioid crisis has left no one untouched. every age, sex, race and socioeconomic has seen the weight of the epidemic and the disastrous effects it has on the lives of our nation. as this grows, we have seen an increase in the number of children who are suffering from opioid overdoses, a study published found the number of children admitted to hospitals has nearly doubled since 2004. another study found that kids between 12 and 17 accounted for 60% of the opioid oh doses. in 2016, nearly 4,000 children and young adults between 5 and 24 ye

f.d.a. to issue guidance on how the agency will apply the criteria for accelerated approval and breakthrough therapy designation to nonaddicted pain and treatment was included in this package. this legislation would set the precedent of having the f.d.a. opine on how expedited programs may apply differently for therapeutic areas. it requires the agency to host a public meeting to discuss this and other topics but provides no resources for the agency to complete these tasks. this is not legislation that f.d.a. asked for or highlighted as a priority in fighting the opioid crisis. while they may now be comfortable with the changes that have been made to the bill, i'm not comfortable with the policy. finally, mr. chairman, i think it's essential we keep this opioid package in the context of a larger health care debate in congress. as i stated before, my republican colleagues are interested in taking credit today for some policies that help those affected by the crisis while at the same time acti

if you get an eg, it's by the f.d.a. if you have an open faced roast beef sandwich, you put the bread on top of it, it's another one. hotdog, the meat is governed by one. you put it in bread, it's governed by another. my favorite, if you have a saltwater fish, salmon, it'sed a governed by the department of commerce. up river it's commerce. and to get the fish, it's governed by the u.s. army corps of engineers. this is stupid. this makes no sense. president trump: that was incredible. [laughter] president trump: i think you should put that on television. mr. mulvaney: and linda's job, dealing with small businesses. long time ago i worked in a freezer for a guy that made frozen pizzas. one day he's making cheese pizzas and the afternoon he will make pepperoni. he has an entirely different agency to deal with. it simply doesn't make sense. we will try to fix it. i want to go through a couple of examples today. step aside to go over just one or two -- a couple of them made the press. we talk about this later about the depart

being said look that's their defense we all know where they're going they're going to claim is the f.d.a. they're going to play this is by its very nature but tyrrell when you engage in a product that you put into commerce it's an automobile a drug a weapon something that has risks to it a jury somewhere is going to ask were you reasonable what if you want attorney general prove your case call your first witness dr tyrrell ventura state what were you told dr ventura they told me this this was wrong cross-examination did you have any way to independently verify this did you read this what about these warnings that you not understand tell me where you were misled you know and by the way ladies and gentlemen of the jury we're in the pharmaceutical business we're capitalists this is america so it's a lot more difficult than you think to prove the case it's going to be and i want to i want to switch gears because you're also the media analyst that you are and so i i assume i could not be on without mentioning our good friend of c.n.n. jim acosta who's been a little bit under fire this week fo

but the word "pseudoaddiction" doesn't appear on oxycontin's label, and a spokesperson for ede f.d.a.aid the labeling is not intended as a discussion of pseudoaddiction. >> i reject any notion that there's science behind pseudoaddiction. >> reporter: oklahoma attorney general mike hunter is one of two dozen a.g.s suing purdue and other opioid manufacturers. many of the lawsuits mention rs.udoaddiction. do you think this is an epidemic that begins with purdue pharma and oxycontin? >> yes. >> reporter: that's the start of it all? >> yes. >> reporter: carol panara, who quit in 2013, said she hopes the drug maker is held accountable. do you regret the five years you spent with purdue pharma? >> i'm going to sum it up and ory this: i think that was one of the, if not the worst career decisions of my life. >> reporter: tony dokoupil, cbs, news, new york. >> quijano: still ahead, how airlines are cutting costs by making their planes lose weight. little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream. afte months, .arer skin is acabia with reduced re

but the word "pseudoaddiction" doesn't appear on oxycontin's label, and a spokesperson for the f.d.a. said the labeling is not intended as a discussion of pseudoaddiction. >> i reject any notion that there's science behind pseudoaddiction. >> reporter: oklahoma attorney general mike hunter is one of n o dozen a.g.s suing purdue and other opioid manufacturers. many of the lawsuits mention pseudoaddiction. do you think this is an epidemic that begins with purdue pharma phd oxycontin? >> yes. >> reporter: that's the start of it all? of yes. >> reporter: carol panara, who quit in 2013, said she hopes the drug maker is held accountable. do you regret the five years you spent with purdue pharma? >> i'm going sum it up and say this: i think that was one of the, if not the worst career decision of my life. >> reporter: between 2006 and 2010 as this pseudoaddiction t ncept was being used, n ycontin sales more than tripled to an all-time high. ead, jeff, one year later, the c.d.c. officially declared opioid pain killer overdoses an epidemic. >> glor: pseudoaddiction. boggles the mind. thank you

being said look that's their defense we all know where they're going they're going to claim is the f.d.a. they're going to play this is by its very nature but tyrrell when you engage in a product that you put into commerce it's an automobile a drug a weapon something that has risks to it a jury somewhere is going to ask were you reasonable what if you want attorney general prove your case call your first witness dr tyrrell ventura state what were you told dr ventura they told me this this was wrong cross-examination did you have any way to independently verify this did you read this what about these wars.

that's where we have to work with the f.d.a. for stricter rules so they are only used for terminal patients and so on. >> and mr. donovan? >> and in full disclosure, i'm the product of an alcoholic father. my father found the rooms of a.a. when i was 8-year-old. if he didn't find those rooms, i wouldn't be here today. so i understand recovery. we had one of the most successful drug treatment courts in all of new york state. i started the pilot program here in staten island that trained and equipped police officers save countless lives. now every police department in the u.s. is using that. i also had the highest conviction rates. this is opioid week in congress. we're passing the opioid bills. we passed 35 of them so far. one of those bills requires n.i.h. to research and develop a nonaddictive nonnarcotic pay relief. that's one of the things we could do. we could treat the pool of people that are affected. educate people just because it's in mom's medicine cabinet doesn't mean it's safe. we have to educate people. on the treatm

but there is a place where the proposed rule of the f.d.a. goes off the rails, if you will, and that involves maple syrup and honey, which the agency is suggesting should have on its label added sugar. well, maple syrup and honey essentially are sugar. and in pure maple syrup and pure honey which we produce in our state and other states in the northern tier, nothing's added. and to add the phrase "added sugar" to maple sugar, to maple syrup and maple sugar makes no sense and is, indeed, confusing to the consumer. because if you read a label and it's maple syrup and it says added sugar, your natural assumption is someone put more sugar in there. that's what you would take from that. indeed, that's what this label requirement which has been proposed would do. and it would actually undermine the good work that's been done by the maple syrup industry and the honey industry, honey business over the years, to explain to consumers the difference between pure honey, pure mabel seer -- maple syrup and other products which have things in them and may h

it's not to say f.d.a. isn't. wouldn't it be nice for one place for people to go to one place to deal with regulatory issues? in all fairness, secretary purdue will tell you, there's things usda does that others can't do well. housing component, why shouldn't we go to housing and urban development? we propose to move it to h.u.d. four years, they have handled the snap program, that makes absolutely no sense at all. hhs is uniquely set up to handle that. we move that to h.h.s. will have its centralized so we can deal with it. no one has ever tried at this scale, mr. president. president clinton tried it a little bit. a couple other presidents have tried it. no one has done it at this scale. tried it before and most importantly, no one's ever followed through on it. no one's ever given the time commitment these people around the table they have given. no one has -- the stuff president clinton came up are peanuts compared to this. every time someone comes to me and says, this will doesn't have a chance. a couple diff

their advantage on the other side of the political spectrum there are parties that are saying that the f.d.a. is using a human tragedy is the case of a fourteen year old girl for political benefits and they shouldn't be doing so so obviously also from a political perspective is a very big debate as to what should be done and to what extent one time interpret this specific case of this goal as a also a political problem right thomasville there is a lot to talk over here but that's where we're going to leave it for now to some sports sententious where romanians who want to holla third trip to the french open final ended like a fairytale world number one defeated american sloane stephens at roland garros in comeback style how it lost the first set six three but managed to bounce back she took the match winning the last two sets six four six one. has been runner up in three grand slams before now this is her first title. right there is less than a week to go until the twenty eight hundred world cup kicks off in moscow and saturday marks the opening of another important tournaments venue the inte

their advantage on the other side of the political spectrum there are parties that are saying that the f.d.a. is using a human tragedy this is the case of a fourteen year old girl for political benefits and they shouldn't be doing so so obviously also from a political perspective is a very big debate as to what should be done and to what extent one can interpret this specific case of this girl as a also a political problem in germany right thomasville there is a lot to talk over here with us where we're going to leave it for now. we will move over to some sports now germany play their final warm up match head of the world cup in russia disposing of minutes the review on friday evening world champions got off to a sharp start about c.t. will vary our. range and eight minutes and demand chaffed of double digit lead for halftime and only goal actually from omar we trying to fight off of ball just had a chance miller not all smooth sailing though foul from some into deer in the box set a penalty for saudi arabia which they didn't convert until we found out just some doubting saudi arabia's first

their advantage on the other side of the political spectrum there are parties that are saying that the f.d.a. is using a human tragedy is the case of a fourteen year old girl for political benefits and they shouldn't be doing so so obviously also from a political perspective is a very big debate as to what should be done and to what extent one can interpret this specific case of this girl as a also a political problem in germany right thomas barrow there is a lot to talk over here with that's where we're going to leave it for now we will move now to sports tennis romanian simona halep third trip to the french open final ended like a fairy tale the world number one defeated american sloane stephens at roland garros in comeback style how it lost the first set six three but managed to bounce back she took the match winning the last two set six four six one how it has been a runner up in three grand slams the french open is her first title. defending world cup champs germany have ended their five game when le streak seeing off minnows saudi arabia on friday evening but while the victory was a we

their advantage on the other side of the political spectrum there are parties that are saying that the f.d.a. is using a human tragedy this is the case of a fourteen year old girl for political benefits and they shouldn't be doing so so obviously also from a political perspective is a very big debate as to what should be done and to what extent one can interpret this specific case of this girl as a also a political problem in germany right thomasville there is a lot to talk over here with us where we're going to leave it for now. we move on now to some other stories making news around the world the kremlin says it's considering vienna as a possible host city for a summit between president vladimir putin and u.s. president donald trump trump had said in march that the two leaders would have a face to face meeting soon but last month putin called that unlikely in the wake of deteriorating tie us. here in germany around a thousand people have taken part in an anti israel march marking so-called could stay the events was initiated by iran several decades ago to demonstrate support for palestinia

f.d.a., erent what other regulatory agencies. of course.e johnson & johnson we are the largest health care company representing it any different interests is vital we stayin' gauged in an -- stay engaged. trade wars good for johnson johnson? > we want a trade environment that is collaborative. we have to make sure to have place and it s in oes not mean we should not up date given the time with and a half that and other things. don't throw the back out with the bath water and build on constructs recognizing important are partners for us as part of a global economy. > you have a very big company here. do you ever think about with it should be broken up? p? >> we talked about president praiseices.rug some policies that have affected johnson & johnson tax cut. how good were they for johnson & johnson? >> we think revision of the tags for us to ritical remain competitive. you think where it was 35% you are seeing now at 21%. artificial creating artifact of how to deploy capital that led to inversions behavior that i don't think was strategically

many different what f.d.a., other regulatory agencies. of course. a company like johnson & johnson we are the largest health care company representing so many different interests it is vital we stay engaged. >> are trade wars good for johnson johnson? >> we want a trade environment that is collaborative. we have to make sure to have room guidelines in place and it does not mean we should not up date given the time with nafta and other things. but don't throw the back out with the bath water and build on constructs recognizing that these are important partners for us as part of a global economy. >> you have a very b cpany here. do you ever think about with it should be broken up? ♪ >> we talked about president trump and drug pces. some policies that have affected johnson & johnson tax cut. how good were they for johnson & good were they for johnson & johnson? >> we think revision of the tags policy is critical for us to remain competitive. you think where it was 35% versus what you are seeing now at 21%. trump and drug prices. number two, creating ar

the market since twenty three and me is the only consumer company to forgo or undergo i should say f.d.a. authorization for health related tests showing these test to be over ninety nine point nine percent accurate professor how accurate is this testing and what can the consumer find out from these kits. there are two kinds of information that come under the rubric of what twenty three may was talking about one is the three d.n.a. . markers which are effectively like patients that tell you about the risk for breast cancer they have permission to do those they're called the. genes. and the other class of information that they provide is an estimate of risk for a certain number of rights that can be related to things like hypercholesterolemia or diabetes and they tell you whether you are about average risk or about normal risk or below average risk for these kinds of. chronic illnesses. their accuracy therefore they're not telling you a number when you ask about that kind of thing you know they telling you whether you're above the law or about average. and the other kinds of information th

bundestag they're very determined particularly do but and and others to win back those votes from the f.d.a. and they quote strauss all the time there should not be. there in leader who there should not be a party right off the christian democratic union or if the varian branch and that's what they are going after and i think they really believe that and i think they just belong to them and they want them back and of course there's something ok so effective revolution yes some have and i don't think the group i don't know for bavaria but within the christian democratic union i think this is a minority group there they're not that large and right now the party is still behind i'm going to mecca as we have seen in. in the meetings of the caucus at the oneness talk and other meetings they're still backing her. but yes there is the process of change and we see the face. is that are coming up like against bond for example who do want another young great young man of conservative politics of them thirty seven years old i think you say yeah health minister talks about his possible chance of the ma

which is its number one partner there is an f.d.a. which opens up all sorts of possibilities for jordanian business and frankly speaking the use of these preferences on the part of jordan business people has not been the best in fact something like forty percent the last time i looked at those preferences were not being taken up there are various reasons for that many of them are technical we haven't got time to get into that now but a greater effort needs to be made i think for jordan to do that and jordan does have quite a bit of potential going forward it's a very highly educated population i'm well aware of that myself and in fact the quality of education in jordan is good compared to other parts of the region there is a wealthy inverse access for the asked for and many jordanians of palestinian origin and others of course who are there to support the country from outside and you have a successful service sector so far as banking tourism and so forth is concerned there is quite a lot that jordan could build on and you have quite a

if it does for some not everybody does this go go go go go go go to the f.d.a. elect incentive. tensions are running high here in villages german take his community people are divided by one simple question are you for or against visit type actor on. one point four million turkish citizens living in germany have begun early voting in the country's presidential and parliamentary elections turkey itself goes to the polls on june the twenty fourth and with six presidential candidates to tie a pair to wants position is uncertain but his dominance among turks abroad is more clear within germany he and his party have a double. digit lead according to recent polls a lead that could prove decisive germany for its part has banned turkish politicians from campaigning in the country a decision that has enraged. his critics say that his post coup crackdown has made a mockery of democracy and if he wins that power consolidation is likely to continue our coverage of the turkish vote begins with this report. into one supporters and opponents stand side by side in front of the turkish general c

be repeated that the german government has taken many steps so we saw exactly the attack that the f.d.a. had announced actually on election night it would launch when it said it would hunt this government and we saw machall decidedly calm and rational as we know how very different parliamentary debates and speeches before going through rational points of argument and making isn't exactly known for being a spontaneous politician what did you make of her performance you said she remained very calm and composed. well actually the public got a glimpse of what it's like to talk to her and background meetings she is not somebody who likes to talk about very irrational issues or feelings or anything like that and she was very composed and in fact she got one question when she was asked by the green party why did refuse basically block the e.u. making the adherence to the climate deal mandatory in any kind of business agreements or any kind of business partnerships with other countries and this is something which does raise question marks about germany's came up and then she said well the door

the season the varia that that can be nothing right to the season as in a political position and the f.d.a. has certainly pushed the seas a rhetorical in the last couple of years more towards the right the question now is about how the season will go forward in the next coming weeks in the companion and in general is if the every thor it will have follow a program programatic approach so if they will actually make do with the things they've been saying this is been also been at the core of the crisis we've been observing over the last days as in that the sees you has said things over the last weeks over and over again and now. to deliver on that rhetoric and bring up a plan that follows their more tougher refuted policy the question now is the a.s.d. is doing quite ok in the polls it's doing at thirteen percent him to various similar to the s.p.d. while the season is currently ranking at forty two percent but the f a s d hasn't been any parliament in the or any sort of communal government or any sort of. governmental body in the in the various a far and people are still quite skeptical abo

being said look that's their defense we all know where they're going they're going to claim is the f.d.a. they're going to play this is by its very nature but tyrrell when you engage in a product that you put into commerce it's an automobile a drug a weapon something that has risks to it gerri somewhere is going to ask were you reasonable what if you want attorney general prove your case call your first witness dr tyrrell ventura state what were you told dr ventura they told me this this was wrong cross-examination did you have any way to independently verify this did you read this what about these warnings that you not understand tell me where you were misled you know and by the way ladies and gentlemen of the jury we're in the pharmaceutical business we're capitalists this is america so it's a lot more difficult than you think to prove the case it's going to be and i want to i want to switch gears because you're also the media analyst that you are and so i i assume i could now be on without mentioning our good friend of c.n.n. jim acosta who's been a little bit under fire this week for

and the f.d.a. in this bill, we would establish a mechanism that does not adequately consider scientific substance in question. such input is critical to a process that nay result in the imposition of significant criminal penalties related to these analog drugs. der and medical evidence this bill, the attorney general hold the sole authority by himself to schedule these this substances, he or she would also have power to set sentence levels for newly scheduled analog drugs. by establishing a equifflencies between each newly scheduled analog and drugs already controlled. as a result, this legislation would expand penalties for drug offenses, concentrate an overwhelming amount of unchecked power within the justice department, the overcriminalize certain conduct, and punish individuals without adequate proof of intent. while the bill is slightly improved during our committee markup by eliminating the new mandatory sentences, the bill nevertheless would impose potentially lengthy maximum sentences for o

the f.d.a. approved version is to be applied to the patient's mouth. the patient is supposed to take it voluntarily. they breathe in and they're medicated. it doesn't have to be that way. it can be waved in the air. when the patient comes down the hall and they breathe that they have gotten a full dose. it is powerful. it's like being hit over the head, let me tell you, with a baseball bat. i've never been hit over the head with a baseball bat, but i imagine it to be only a little bit worse. that's how it works, people. back to you. who is their second presenter. that's it. no more. ok. all right. i'm going to try to address a couple other things in the time remaining. one thing i want to point out about, the lack of access to therapy for people with disabilities, sometimes the rely i get is there's therapy through institute on aging program. student therapy is not therapy. someone who is not fully licensed with field experience is not therapy and i've had some very unfortunate experiences and a bad one recently with the institute on aging home therapy

if it lays an egg gornd by the f.d.a. if you break the egg and make omelet u.s. sda. open faced roast beef it's one. hot dog meat is governed by one. put it in a bun governed by another one. one of my favorites you have a salt water fish and salmon in the ocean it's governed by the department of commerce once it swims up river governed by the department of interior to get there it has to go up a fish ladder governed by the u.s. army corps of engineers. this is stupid it makes no sense. >> that was incredibly said. i think you should put that on television. not what i said. that was very good. >> dealing with the small businesses. long time ago when i was 15 years old i worked in a freezer for a guy who made frozen pizzas, right? put yourself in that guy's business and one day is he making cheese biz zoos and afternoon peperoni. entirely different process it doesn't make sense. i want to try to fix it go through a couple examples today. asked scott to step aside to go over just one or two, a couple of them have made the press. we talk about this later about the departm

prep was approved by the f.d.a. in 2012. >> brangham: we reported this series with "science magazine's" jon cohen-- and we've visited places like san francisco and new york and even kenya that are deploying prep much more aggressively than florida. >> now, to be fair, it's taken everywhere quite a while to get prep up and running. so florida is still re behind, but they're now really aggressively trying to embrace that. brangham: as we saw here at the h.i.v. clinic at jackson memorial hospital, h.i.v. is afflicting all kinds of people. just a few hours, we met people from all walks of life, from all over the world. many patients show up in the late stages of aids. >> we had a karposi sarcoma? >> brangham: dr. michael kolber runs this clinic. ic>> 49% percent of our clre foreign born. and, so, we have lot of poverty etin various areas and, song the message out is always a challenge, going into the right community is a challenge. i mean, we don't have one hispanic group here, we have aer large nuf them! and they're no

we have seen the far right party here in germany the f.d.a. only recently saying that the holocaust represented in essence a bit of bird dropping in the thousand year period of german history and we've heard other attempts to undermine germany's culture of remember its from that party so there's a general concern that the long standing german habitude toward the holocaust of bearing responsibility of confronting that legacy may in fact be weakened in the future and may see additional such incidents coming up w.'s chief political correspondent melinda crane thank you and i'd like to hand you over now to danielle who has a story on one african nation a solution to a very very pressing problem that's what you mentioned earlier the flash flooding in asia well many regions in africa grappling with droughts and no one has it worse than small scale farmers who depend on rain water to irrigate the lambs their livelihoods literally depend on the amount of rainfall causing irrigation rights during long dry spells requires a bit of creativity and became

which is its number one partner there is an f.d.a. which opens up all sorts of possibilities for jordanian business and frankly speaking the use of these preferences on the part of jordan business people has not been the best in fact something like forty percent the last time i looked at those preferences were not being taken up there are various reasons for that many of them are technical we haven't got time to get into that now but a greater effort needs to be made i think for jordan to do that and jordan does have quite a bit of potential going forward it's a very highly educated population i'm well aware of that myself and in fact the quality of education in jordan is good compared to other parts of the region there is a wealthy inverse access for the ass for a many jordanians of palestinian origin and others of course who are there to support the country from outside and you have a successful service sector so far as banking tourism and so forth is concerned there's quite a lot that jordan could build on and you have quite a lot

and i've found even with new melds that are f.d.a. approved and had been through years of study that as those medicines were released on the market, we found after two or three years of people using nose melds, they had -- medicines, they had problems we never ni knew about. i do not support recreational marijuana. we need to move marijuana off of schedule one into schedule two where we can do the studies that we need so we know what the substance is and how to use it safely with our population. >> governor romney? >> i agree with dr. kennedy in that regard. his initiative is not really medicinal marijuana. i support medicinal marijuana when a person with a condition receives a prescription from a real doctor and it's filled by a real pharmacy. that is something, in my opinion, we ought to have and move there as quickly as we can to get to the people that really reliefin alleviation the they need as quickly as possible. but the ballot initiative is going to open the door to corner stores selling marijuana-laced brownies and gummi bear

if it is cut off, as the f.d.a. and others are threatening, there is no doubt in my mind nor should there be a doubt in anybody's mind that people will resort back to deadly opioids. rather than using other compounds that are less dangerous, less deadly, be it medical marijuana or kratom. you know, we are debating these bills today because we know we need to take action to address the opioid epidemic that we all have felt the human face of in our communities. but instead of trying to ban substances and put more big government bans on top of things that people are using to recover from opioids, we should be exploring and embracing alternative treatment options to opioids. simply put, we need to improve access to alternative pain relief options beyond opioids like kratom, like medical marijuana, because 75% of opioid abuse start with prescription drugs, usually for pain management. we need to embrace that part of the solution, increase freedom, let americans choose less harmful compounds that work for pain management

it let's patients with terminal illnesses receive experimental treatments not yet approved by the f.d.aet moment. that was 9-year-old jordan who is battling a duchenne muscular dystrophy. he and his family have fought so hard for the bill his name is on it good morning to both of you. thank you so much for being with us. >> good morning. >> good morning. abby: good morning. laura, let's start with you, talk to us, for folks who don't know what dmd is also referred. to say what point did you know that something was not right with jordan and how has his life been since? >> jordyn was almost 4 when he was diagnosed with duchenne fatal muscle wasting disease effects 1 in every 3500 boys. he is now nine and doing great. is he part of a clinical trial. we have been traveling to chicago once a week for 65 weeks. and he is doing amazing. abby: jordan, have you such a sweet smile. we have all seen that video of you with president trump on stage. and he gives you a hug. what did he say about your hair? do you remember? >> that it was very nice and if he had that hair 10 years before he was presid

or m.a.t., for opioid use disorder. 95% of clinics in the program are offering at least one type of f.d.a.-approved m.a.t. second, 100% of ccbhc's have expanded the scope of addiction treatment services under the demonstration. for many clinics, this is the first time such services have been available in their communities, very often in medically underserved areas. third, even while seeing more atients, 2/3 of survayed ccbhc's have seen an increase in wait times. after an initial call or referral, most offer same-day access to care and some can provide an appointment within a week or less. mr. speaker, the excellence act is showing concrete results in terms of patient outcomes. in western new york state, more than 1,000 people in erie county died of opioid overdoses over the last five years. 142 people lost their lives in 2016 alone. at the same time, according to media reports, local police chiefs are reporting a 60% reduction in overdose calls in 2018. authorities specifically credit a certified behavioral health clinic in the city of buffalo that is provided medication-assisted treatme

so, scott, appointed under president trump, as the director of the f.d.a.d he has actually put immunotherapy, many of these medications on the accelerated pathway to get them approved. is he cutting at love steps saying these are, working. let's stop wasting time get them to our patients. they need them. it doesn't mean that insurance is going to pay for them. again, it's not the government making unilateral decision for our patients here. it's the patient, the doctor. and we have a private system with negotiating power to get the treatment our patients need. ainsley: president tried right to try act. helps terminally ill patients get the drugs they need. he did that in may. the british spy who put together that anti-trump dossier. we just learned about a secret meeting that he had with the obama administration. plus, congressman michael mccaul, newt gingrich and dean cain are all here live this morning. ♪ just say it's time ♪ the clock is ticking ♪ so stay ♪ all you have to do is a stay a second ♪ just before it starts for all-day, all-night protection. ca