and when we look at our dna, you know, which that human genome project with sir francis collins , to what degree is the affirmation that we have in our bodies sort of fair reflection? are we sort of wired or encoded in an organized fashion? and what will -- what role does god, the technologist, play and all of that? >> host: are you worried about how much sounder spending with technology from a christian point of view? >> guest: as a parent of a 14 and 12-year-old, we deal with a lot of technology in our household. the day that my kids said of what a cell phone i had to think, well, what does putting a smart fun with access to all of the world's information do? what does that do? and what kinds of cancers, might we need is to help them understand how we deal with that onslaught. i think all of us are feeling the effects of too much information. so, you know, how do we sort through all of the props, all of the interruptions, of the things tugging at our attention. less urgent from what matters. >> host: you right to my jesus was more than a carpenter. he was at techie. [laughter] >> g

national institute of health's director francis collins told senators federal investment in alzheimer's research pales in comparison to how much the disease costs the country. from earlier this year this is just under two hours. [inaudible conversations] >> the senate subcommittee -- senate appropriations subcommittee on labor health, human services, education and related agencies will please come to order. today's hearing is the sixth that this subcommittee has held since 2000 focusing on alzheimer's disease. the burden of the disease, the state of the research and the challenges we face. going back many years we heard predictions from experts about the far reaching consequences this disease will have on the quality of life of american families and the burden will place on our economy in the years ahead. last april major study predicted these consequences will be far greater than anyone previously imagined. we will hear from the author of that study on the next panel. this study commanded the attention of the nation and the subcommittee. there are few americans whose life hasn't been t

national institute of health's director francis collins told senators federal investment in alzheimer's research pales in comparison to how much the disease costs the country. from earlier this year this is

francis collins from national institutes of health overseeing the work of the largest biomedical research entity in the world to span the spectrum from basic to clinical research. dr. collins is noted for his landmark discover things -- discoveries of the human genome project starting in 1993 culminated april 2003 then continued on and then comes back as the director of the national institutes of health the elected member of the institute of medicine and the national academy of science in got the middle of science 2009 also want to welcome the director the national institute of aging this is the primary agencies supporting and conducting research. the overseas studies of the social aspects of aging and the director serving since 2003 supports thank conducts basic translation in clinical research on the brain stem. we welcome you here. dr. collins thank you for your leadership through all these years for the human genome project is now for the national institutes of health. you may now proceed. >> good afternoon mr. chairman and members of the subcommittee. it is a great honor to be here b

thanks to the francis collins at the institute of health and that includes the national cancer institute, who did the human genome project under time and under budget a marvelous treatment he and i met because we are on opposite sides of the religion debate and we became friends that way. he's a very convinced christian and we have become friendly d. baker's and he's taken a kind interest in my case and has helped me have my genome sequence and try to look for a more perfect identifiable match so they can find something peculiar to me for a special drug. so today is friday the 14th. i don't know when this will be shown. on monday i'm going in and i have to try that if i'm strong enough and my bone marrow is recovered enough. that involves 6 billion dna matches of my tumor set against 6 billion matches of my blood to look for something that was individually mutated that wasn't in my gene can absolutely extraordinary what can be done now. i had to go to st. louis to do it. c-span: by st. louis? >> guest: that seems to be where the project is for finding out how it can be applied to individ

and when we look at our dna, you know, which that human genome project with sir francis collins , to what degree is the affirmation that we have in our bodies sort of fair reflection? are we sort of wired or encoded in an organized fashion? and what will -- what role does god, the technologist, play and all of that? >> host: are you worried about how much sounder spending with technology from a christian point of view? >> guest: as a parent of a 14 and 12-year-old, we deal with a lot of technology in our household. the day that my kids said of what a cell phone i had to think, well, what does putting a smart fun with access to all of the world's information do? what does that do? and what kinds of cancers, might we need is to help them understand how we deal with that onslaught. i think all of us are feeling the effects of too much information. so, you know, how do we sort through all of the props, all of the interruptions, of the things tugging at our attention. less urgent from what matters. >> host: you right to my jesus was more than a carpenter. he was at techie. [laughter] >> g

and when we look at our dna, you know, which that human genome project with sir francis collins , to what degree is the affirmation that we have in our bodies sort of fair reflection? are we sort of wired or encoded in an organized fashion? and what will -- what role does god, the technologist, play and all of that? >> host: are you worried about how much sounder spending with technology from a christian point of view? >> guest: as a parent of a 14 and 12-year-old, we deal with a lot of technology in our household. the day that my kids said of what a cell phone i had to think, well, what does putting a smart fun with access to all of the world's information do? what does that do? and what kinds of cancers, might we need is to help them understand how we deal with that onslaught. i think all of us are feeling the effects of too much information. so, you know, how do we sort through all of the props, all of the interruptions, of the things tugging at our attention. less urgent from what matters. >> host: you right to my jesus was more than a carpenter. he was at techie. [laughter] >> g

director, my colleague, tom frieden, and francis collins, usaid administrator of health, dr. pablos-mendez, and the liberian minister of foreign affairs, sierra leon ambassador to the united states, the president of the nigerian academy of science participated in the meeting. representatives from d.o.d., from the n.s.c., the world bank as well as private partners like the g.e. foundation also joined. in addition to emphasizing the need to focus on detection, isolation and adequate training for health workers in the field, we also emphasized our long-term commitment to building the health care capacities of individual west african nations beyond this immediate crisis intervention. we continue to work with our international partners and the w.h.o. to assess what is needed, to properly treat patients and to mount a sustainable response. such support has included providing financial and technical assistance to properly equip treatment centers and supporting communication efforts to help health care workers assess affected communities -- access affected communities. the w.h.o. sub

francis, dr. collins, i mean, the ideas of limiting the bureaucracy, limiting the paperwork, the crazy rules that are out there, we can fix that. but we can't fix it without hearing from you first, and that's what's important, and so for the folks that are not in this room that perhaps are watching today or maybe even next week as they watch a replay of this cures@mail.house.gov where you have direct impact to all of us, and we look forward to a lot more thoughtful hours as we figure out the course to make everybody's life one that we want to support. thank you. >> thank you. >>> tonight at 8:00, the annual net roots nation conference from earlier this year in detroit, including remarks from activists on a number of issues like sexual assault, gay rights and income inequality. here's a preview. >> you are drinking. what did you expect? those were the first words that someone told me when i confided in them eight years that i had been sexually assaulted. it was these questions about my choices as opposed t

i wanted to welcome him to welcome you to francis parker school. and theresa collins and in addition to being on the faculty here on the department chair for the upper school, and for those of you who are new to the building thank you especially for coming to our final night event of the spring. knight uses a series who welcomes anyone who wants to come to some great offense. this brings programs have been particularly stellar from the poet binky finney to our school shakespeare team to a screening of the film and a conversation with paul tough about how children succeed to tonight with sam chaltain. we seek to bring the outside and then the inside out and it is in that spirit that i would like to just my friend sam chaltain u.s., and to you this evening to read from and talk with us about his new book. .. teacher and set the record straight. you probably don't remember. but mr. oleson handed back an exam and on the exam there was a shot answer question where he had to explain how the dresden bombing worked/the fire attacks. and the thing is i don't remember a lot abo