and when we look at our dna, they human genome project that francis collins headed up, to what degree is the information that we have in our bodies sort of a reflection? are we sort of wired or encoded in an organized fashion? >> host: are you worried about how much time we are spending with technology? christian point of view has. >> guest: as a parent of a 14-year-old and a 12- year-old, we deal with a lot of technology in our household. the day that my kids said, i want as cell phone i had to think, well, what does putting a smart phone with access to all of the world's information via the internet , what does that do and what kinds of filters might we need to help them understand how to deal with that the onslaught. i think all of us are feeling the effects of too much information. and so, you know, how do we sort through all of the props, interruptions, the things tugging at our attention, how do we sort out what is urgent, perhaps, from what matters. >> host: you right to my jesus was more than a carpenter. >> guest: indeed. everyone knows that jesus was the son of a carpenter.

francis collins and fda commissioner dr. margaret hamburg talk about ongoing efforts in the medical community to improve and develop new treatments and cures. they talk to the house energy and subcommittee on help about innovations they see on the horizon. this is about two hours. >> again, we'll get started. good morning, everybody. today, this morning, we're going to continue our really very strong bipartisan efforts on the 21st century cures initiative with this round table to discuss ideas that the committee has received the last couple of months and look to more specifics about the steps that we can take to accelerate the cycle of cures, embrace technology advances and the rise of personalized medicine and keep america, in fact, innovation capital of the world. over august and early this month, our committee members, including degette, pitts, and johnson, heard how it's providing hope, saving lives and, yes, creating jobs. the 21st century cures initiative affects every american, every one, as they, their families or fr

francis collins. i want to begin with breaking news yesterday. cnn tweeted this out saying if there are no additional interventions, the ebola death toll could rise. to the cdc. dr. collins, what is the role of nih in fighting ebola? >> guest: good morning. yes, nih is deeply engaged in thest to try to turn back a frightening outbreak of ebola in west africa and yesterday, tom freeden did make this projection that if nothing happens, we could look at more than a million cases of ebola over the next few months. a frightening number. but we want to make sure everything is don't to keep that from happening. what is our role? largest supporter of research in the world including research on infectious diseases led by the best known infectious disease expert in the world, tony fauche. partly the development of vaccines and developments of new treatments for people infected. vaccines moving forward at unprecedented rate and this is an effort we started 13 years ago anticipating there might be a need for a vaccine because ebola has been around since 1976

francis collins, the director of the nih. i want to begin with breaking news yesterday. cnn tweeted this out saying if there are no additional interventions, the ebola death toll could rise. this according to the cdc. dr. collins, what is the role of nih in fighting ebola? >> guest: good morning. yes, nih is deeply engaged in thest to try to turn back a frightening outbreak of ebola in west africa and yesterday, tom freeden did make this projection that if nothing happens, we could look at more than a million cases of ebola over the next few months. a frightening number. but we want to make sure everything is don't to keep that from happening. what is our role? largest supporter of research in the world including research on infectious diseases led by the best known infectious disease expert in the world, tony fauche. partly the development of vaccines and developments of new treatments for people infected. vaccines moving forward at unprecedented rate and this is an effort we started 13 years ago anticipating there might be a need for a vaccine because ebola has been ar

francis collins and fda commissioner dr.margaret hamburg testified at a house hearing about the ongoing efforts in the medical community to improve and develop treatments and cures. >> today, this morning we'll continue our efforts on the 21st century cures initiative with this round table to discuss ideas received this the last couple of months and look to more specifics about the steps we can take to accelerate the cycle of cures, embrace technology advances and th rise of personalized medicine and keep america the innovation capital of the world. there were round tables to hear about how american innovation is ndout how american innovation is creating jobs. the initiative affects every american as they, their families and friends have been affected by disease. hard work continues for cures and treatments for 95% of diseases without cures. we have seen an outpouring of support inside and outside washington to work together and achieve this common goal. today we brought together truly another all star round table. joining

francis collins, nih director. we continue with patricia grady, and dr. griffin rogers, director of the national institute of diabetes and digestive and kidney diseases. and northwest university is next on our big ten bus tour. washington journal is live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on cspan and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. next, a conversation on how national security issues could affect the midterm elections. we'll hear from journalists and former pentagon and state department officials, cq roll call and the nyu school of law hosted this 90-minute event. >> it's my pleasure to be here and let's introduce the distinguished panel straight away. from the audience's far left, a gentleman who's probably never been described as far left before, carly simpleson. next to him is rachel kleinfeld, she's at the carnegie endowment for international peace. she not only comments on foreign policy, but she helps shape it by serving former serk tear of state hillary clinton, one of her advisors on the foreign affairs policy board. next t

when we look at our dna, you know, which that human genome project, francis collins headed up, to what degree is the information that we have in our body sort of reflection. are we sort of wired or in coded in an organized fashion? and what role again does god may be the technologists play in all that? >> are you worried about how much time we are spending with technology? >> no. as a parent of a 14 year-old and a 12 year old, we'll deal with a lot of technologies in our household and the day my kids as i wan myself ago i had to sort f thing, well, what does putting a smart phone with access to all the world's information via the internet, what does that do, you know? and what kinds of filters might we need to help them understand how to deal with that. i think all of us are feeling the effects of too much information. and so how do we sort through all of these prompts, all of the interruptions, all of the things tugging at our attention ahead we sort out what's urgent perhaps from what matters. >> you write jesus is more than a carpenter. >> indeed. it's funny, everybody knows that je

francis collins. i will begin with breaking news yesterday. thatweeted this out saying if there are no additional interventions, ebola death toll could rise, this according to the cdc. what is the role of nih infighting ebola? guest: good morning. it is great to have c-span at nih. we love having you come out here so we can talk about topics like this. nih is deeply engaged in the efforts to try to turn back what outbreak frightening of ebola in west africa. and yes, yesterday, the director of the cdc did make this projection that if nothing happens, we could be looking at more than one million cases of ebola over the next few months. that is a frighteningly large number. we want to make sure that everything is done to keep that from happening so what is our role? nih is the largest supporter of biomedical research in the world and that includes research on infectious diseases, led by the best-known disease expert in the world, tony fauci. ofare involved in developing vaccines and treatment. the vaccines are moving forward in an unprecedented

francis collins. he joined us on this morning's "washington journal."e will bring you a debate from northern virginia scond tenth congressional district. this is an open seat because congressman frank wolf is retiring at the end of this term. here are some of the ads airing in that race. >> barbara comstock wants to make abortion illegal even in cases of rape and. just like the right-wing republicans in congress, they want to overturn roe v. wade. so does she. >> i think roe v. wade should be overturned. >> barbara comstock noted with right wing republicans women seeking abortion to undergo ultrasounds. that's all i need to know. >> trash talking politics from john fales. john faust attacks sex is bizarre insensitive and ignorant. don't be fooled by faust. barbara comstock is an award-winning legislator who gets results. comstock broke the law that protects

francis collins talks about medical research, bioterrorism and lab security. >> over 28800 deaths havebeen documented since the first cases of ebola were reported six months ago. next, the head of the centers for disease control dr. tom frieden takes part in a discussion about the outbreak of ebola in western africa. this event is hosted by the university of pittsburgh medical center. >> we are going to begin. as people do come in please grab your lunches. i am the senior foreign-policy adviser for senator coons on behalf of senator coons and senator flake's offices i would like to welcome everybody today. we have a remarkable panel and we are very excited to have so many people interested of course in this critical, critical issue. i would like to thank anita cicero for her effort to pull together this event. thank you so much. i would also like to recognize the upmc center for health security for hosting this event. thank you for that and i would like to turn it over to tom inglesby our moderator today who will introduce our distinguished panel. thank you. >> thank you hayley so much

francis collins we want to thank you for your time in a big thanks to you and your team for letting "washington journal" come out to the nih. we appreciate it. >> guest: is it's a privilege to be on c-span. thank you. thank you. i will come anytime. >> host: we are going to be talking with patricia grady who heads up the national institute of nursing research. we will talk about what a team does and what sort of research they are doing in the role of nurses and later we will be talking with dr. griffin rodgers of the national institute of diabetes digestive and kidney diseases. that will be our conversation coming up. we will keep taking your calls until we get to patricia grady. kimberly in washington and pennsylvania republican caller. kimberly we don't have a guess right now but what are your thoughts on the nih and specifically what they do there? >> caller: i was thinking a lot of these vaccinations they do our greed driven. they take care of a lot of cedar cindy's -- citizen brand 75 plus and despite the fact that they have never had chickenpox or whatever i have noticed they ar

francis collins. grady,inue with patricia director of the international institute of research.later, northwestern university is our latest stop on our big ten college to her. we will talk to that college's president about public policy issues impacting public education. washington journal is live every morning on c-span you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. >> coming up on c-span tonight, president obama speaks at the u.n. climate summit. after that, terrorism and national security experts assess the threats against united states. then the senator of virginia talks about the role of congress in combating isis. jim webb space at the national press club. obama is in new york city for the meetings of the united nations. the peaceful world he saw emerging is looking like a distant dream. he goes on to say that just in the past few months, the rise of

francis collins. grady,inue with patricia director of the national institute of nursing research and dr. griffin rodgers, director of the national institute of diabetes. later, northwestern university is our latest stop on the big ten college tour. we will talk to that school's president about public policy issues impacting higher education. washington journal is live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. >> wednesday, the head of the dr. keiji fujoda speak about the evil outbreak in west africa. you can see this live on c-span 2. >> the 2015 stiffed in -- the 2015 c-span student cam competition is underway. policy, law or action by the executive, legislative or judicial branch of the government has affected you are your community. fore are 200 cash prizes students and teachers totaling $100,000. for the list of rules and how to get started, go to student-cam.org. this tuesday, six weeks from today, the country will vote and chris chris

francis collins, n.i.h. director. we continue with patrigsa grady, director of the national institute of nursing research, and dr. griffin rogers, director of the national institute of die beat and -- diabetes and die gentlemen's tick and -- digestive and kidney diseases. later, northwest university is our next stop. we'll talk to that school's president about public policy issues impacting higher education. "washington journal" is live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span and you can join the conversation on acebook and twitter. >> wernings the head of the c.d.c., dr. tom friedan, and the world health organization speak at the university of pittsburgh medical center. about the ebola outbreak in west africa. you can see this event live at noon eastern on c-span2. >> the 2015 c-span student cam video competition is under way. open to all middle and high school students to create a five to seven-minute documentary on the theme, the three branches and you. showing how a policy, law or action by the executive, leg

francis collins and he talked about security at labs, nih labs in bethesda and across the country. the headline this morning is that the white house issued new regulations nor dangerous biological research, this for specifically the national institute of health. if you midnight that yesterday go, to our web site and the washington journal web site and watch it there. darren, tennessee, i want, talking about the president's isis strategy. what is your take on it? good morning. you're on the air. what is your take on it? >> caller: good morning. i'm glad that for wong the president is taking quick action. do i support? not sure. but how is my confidence level? i sure don't have any confidence in the president or congress running a war. i wish they would adopt don't ask, don't tell. they won't ask the military what to do and the military doesn't say it. let them go over there and do their job and that's my basic idea here. >> host: okay. we'll go on to tony in texas. democrat. hi. >> caller: good morning. i have about a 90% confidence level in the plan of the president. now the execut