francis collins: it is so exciting.ave got 86 billion neurons in here and everyone of them is making thousands of connections been we are audacious to say we could understand that, but in the next 10 years, we could probably get a good sense of how those work. the consequences for autism and schizophrenia and epilepsy and shamanic brain injury and alzheimer's, all these where we get a better foundation for understanding are profound. stephanie: are those not working on the parents out there who chose not to immunize their children? francis collins: we have such an educated country and it seems to be the most educated part of the country that has so much trouble with this. the data is compelling. my blog tomorrow will be about the latest publication which shows if you ever had any doubt you should not have any now. the measles vaccine has nothing to do with it. we had a paper published that turned out to be fabricated in 1998. some people are still hanging onto that. there are spokes people are just promoting the idea be

francis collins is director of the national institutes of health. the biggest supporter of biomedical research in the world. on a campus outside washington, 17,000 scientists work in 27 different institutes coming up with breakthrough cures and treatments for disease. >> we are the house of hope. this is where people come to when everything else is sort of stopped working. >> collins is working about the nih clinical center the world's largest research hospital. >> now at least for some patients, we have an opportunity for people who are in terrible shape to be able to recovery. >> what is a lazurus opportunity? >> they get into a brand new therapeutic under study and they have this dramatic response, they go home and go back to work. >> all of that is the tip of the ice beshg for nih, which gives out 9 on%0% of funds in outside research. the nih budget this year is $31 billion which after spending cuts and sequestration, is where nih was 12 years ago. what does that mean for research grants? >> traditionally we could fund about a third of those. no

francis collins, head of the national institutes of health. >> we're the house of hope. this is where people come to when everything else has stopped working. >> all right now on "fox news sunday." and hello again from fox news in washington. well it's the old adage, follow the money, in the case of hillary clinton who just launched her presidential campaign following the money has led to troubling questions. today we want to drill down into the controversy with peter swei sweitzer for his first live interview. brett has been leading the fox news reporting on the book and has the highlights. >> the dealings of bill and hillary clinton are what peter sweih sweitzer calls the clinton blur so interconnected that it's pretty easy to get lost. from lucrative reconstruction deals given to clinton friends and donors after the earthquake in haiti, to 500 and 750,000 speeches for bill clinton paid for by countries or foreign companies with some action or policy in front of his then secretary of state wife. to a major uranium mining deal for clinton friend finalized during a trip

because, you know, i first began talking to nih in 1986, and just last year, the new director, francis collins, had -- well, actually, three years ago, he had a committee put together to investigate what pests were being done -- tests were being done on the over 300 nihchimpanzees and found nothing was beneficial to humans. he said, fine, they can go into ankle sanctuary, into retirement. we have to raise the money now to get them all but a lot of them were already in chism mp haven sanctuary. more and more chimps real in medical reserves. >> what do you think of zoos? zoos. some zoos shouldn't be -- the change in zoos over my life has been incredible and, well, you know, yes, there is an idea that well done, it's the best thing but in so many cases, they are under threat. their habitats is being destroyed. hunters out there and you look at a group in a really good zoo that has the right kind of environment and you think, well, there may be a chimp -- where would i rather be? so, you know, in the really well protected places, obviously you want wild animals. >> how has technology changed the s

francis collins who directs the national institutes of health told me that inadequate funding of basic medical research will cause some of america's best young researchers to take their talents to other places and even other countries. it's already started. we're on the verge of losing a generation of medical researchers in america. in 1982, listen, 18% of n.i.h. primary investigators, medical researchers, were under the age of 36. 1982 18% under the age of 36. today 3% under the age of 36. young researchers have given up. if congress and the president don't want to put money in the n.i.h. they're going to go someplace else. how many jonas salks are we losing because of our cuts to basic medical research? how many life-saving discoveries are being delayed and ignored? with the right commitment, we can change this. i tried to gather on the floor during the debate on the budget resolution a dozen different senators who cosponsored amendments calling for more money on medical research. they were from both sides of the aisle. senator collins on the republican side of the aisle interested i

francis collins out at nih and i said to him, we can't aspire sadly to those glory days when harken andcter and porter doubled the budget for the nih -- >> i was as omb. >> you were at omb. what can we do that will make a difference? he said i would tell you, five percent real growth for ten straight years. he said we'll light up the scoreboard. we will provide cures that more than pay for the cost of this research. and alleviate the human suffering involved. so i've been watching that standard and i have to the you that we're falling short of it. over the last ten years we have fallen short by 23% of keeping up with inflation at the nih, and so the number of grants that have been awarded have been cut in half. and that has diskinder researchers from -- discouraged researchers from staying. when look tet president's request for nih and cdc i see roughly three percent increase over last year. i if you assume two percent inflation and i understand omb no longer assumes inflation. that's how hey avoid that decision. if you assume two percent inflation you can see the minuscule amount we're

francis collins a couple years ago at nih and i said to him you can't aspire to the glory days when othersenators doubled the budget, but what can we do that will make a difference? he said i would tell you 5% real growth for ten straight years will light up the scoreboard. we would produce solutions that would more than pay for the research. i feel we are falling short of this over the last ten years. we have fallen short by 23% due to inflation. the number of grants that have been warranted have been cut in half and that has discouraged researchers from staying. when i look at the budget request for grants i find them roughly a 3% increase over last year. if you assume 2% inflation i guess no one assumes inflation anymore, but if you and assume 2% inflation you can see the minuscule amount were increasing. i don't ever quote and i rarely ever praised newt gingrich, but i'm going to, he wrote in the new york times this week, we are spending a fortune, what are we thinking. were not putting money into the research to alleviate these diseases. i would go a step beyond that and say he fell

francis collins a couple of years ago out at n.i.h. and i said to him we can't aspire, sadly, to those glory days when harr kin, specter and porter doubled the budget. but what can we do that will make a difference? he said, i would tell you 5% real growth for 10 straight years. he said will light up the scoreboard. we will provide cures that more than pay for the cost of this research. and alleviate the human suffering involved. so i've been watching the standard and i have to tell you we are finding -- we are falling short of it. over the last 0 years we have fallen short by 23% of keeping up with inflation so the number of grants awarded have been cut in half. that is discourage -- that has discouraged researchers from staying. when i look at the president's budget request for n.i.h. and c.d.c., i find for each of them roughly 3% increase over last year. if you assume 2% inflation, and i'm -- i understand nobody no longer assumes inflation, i guess that's how they avoid that conversation, if you assume 2% inflation, you can see the

collins absolutely saved his life. >> reporter: amazing al few days after live-saving surgery this affectionate pooch is up and walking around named frank after st. francis the patron saint of animals this guy is giving out kisses. >> he's unbelievable. he's just a good boy. he just loves live and loves everybody. >> this dog really does have a will to live. he still has a long road to go but he is remarkable. he's a miracle. >> reporter: justice rescue is offering $1,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of whoever did this. the non-profit also trying to raise thousands to cover future surgeries. >> his entire right leg foot needs to be reconstructioned with plates and he's going to have to follow up. the best estimate i can get is about $20,000. >> okay. okay. >> how people do this to animals i'll never figure out. >> reporter: now if you would like to make a donation we have set up a link to justice rescue on our website myfoxphilly.com. by the way lucy frank is about to be sprung from this place. he's got a special foster family all lined up and hopefully he'll be up for adoption in a couple of months. >> have a wonderful forever home. let's get h