why did you decide to investigate diet and m.s.?he gut is the natural place to look and that's because the immune system, about 70% of it lives inside the gut and has far-reaching implications throughout the body. >> it's when m.s. attacks the brain and spinal cord. this studies whether the diet can reprogram the immune system to slow down the assault on itself. >> this right here is a very typical looking spot for m.s. >> reporter: the parents enrolled in the trial are following a strict mediterranean style diet, no processed food, dairy, or meat but lotted of fruit and whole grains. symptoms like fatigue, difficulty walking, vision problems, and cognitive problems can be severe and disabling sf it can take a heavy toll on patients. >> i was fearful because i have my family, my children, my husband, and i felt like my life would just be over. >> reporter: with the help of medication, she's still able to work nights as an oncology nurse four years after her diagnosis. for her, sticking to the diet is a small sacrifice for better hea

it's an m.s. ribbon. an inspiration. >> tessa: you sound surprised. >> nikki: i am. >> tessa: you mean so much to so many people, whether they have m.s. or not. >> victor: are you ready? audience is. >> nikki: but the sound system. >> victor: abby and noah saved the day. tessa, i think they're waiting for you. the stage is yours. >> tessa: wow. um... there's a lot of people out there, fancy people. >> nikki: yeah, you're gonna be wonderful. go ahead. >> victor: don't you worry. >> tessa: what about you? >> nikki: well... by the time you're finished, i'll be ready. break a leg. [ applause ] >> nick: um... good evening. uh, if i could have your attention, please. uh, i'm nick newman, and i have an announcement to make. [ applause ] uh, please, uh, give a warm welcome to the very talented singer-songwriter tessa porter. [ cheers and applause ] >> tessa: thank you, thank you. uh, sorry for the hold-up, everybody. before i start, i want to thank nikki newman. she's the first friend i made in genoa city. she's

m.s. affects about 400,000 people in the u.s. it is two to three times more common among women. no cure. our dr. tara maru narula shows us the attempts to slow it. >> unique to us as a fingerprint. research now under way at new york's mt. sinai hospital is studying how food might be used as medicine to combat the disease. >> we'll just go around and hear an update from everyone. >> reporter: once a month this pioneering group of mchl s. patients meets to get tips from a nutritionist and share their temptations. >> i was craving a hamburger something tear tennis ball other night. >> they had lobster and there was no way i was going to pass that up. >> reporter: she's leading one eat, gut bacteria, and m.s. simps the link of that? >> the immune system, 75% of it lives inside the gut and has far-reaching implications throughout the body. >> reporter: m.s. is when the immune system attacks the brain and spinal cord. retrain the system to slow down the assault. >> this right here is a very typical looking spot for m.s. >> reporter: the patients enrolled in the trial are following a s

. >> gloria: so, we haven't talked about the m.s. fundraiser. how was it? the pictures in the chronicle were dazzling. >> jack: a night to remember, no doubt about it. >> gloria: and did dina enjoy herself, as well? >> jack: i think so. >> gloria: you think so? >> jack: i didn't have a chance to discuss it with her. >> gloria: really? you were her escort. how could you not -- >> jack: i left the party early with nikki. my mother was less-than-pleased. >> nikki: well, i'm so glad you could come over today. we can catch up. >> victoria: yeah, you can tell me about all of the time you've been spending with jack lately. >> nikki: okay, i guess your brother told you that i spent the night at the abbott cabin. >> victoria: what? no. abby told me that she walked in on you two kissing.

for folks that there are different forms of m.s.ith it and deal with it and have minor set backs. but there are also people that go down hill very quickly. that's why this is an important drug. >> it's important. it might be important for a lot of diseases because with every autoimmune disease the t cells attack each other. everything that we were developing up to this point is trying to reverse what was already active in your body. really exciting it stops it before it starts. they are now testing it all the autoimmune diseases. janice: my neurologist once we find the puzzle piece for ms it will open up therapies for all kinds of autoimmune diseases. >> studies are really amazing. we look at it different way. people had to have had to have at least two incidents of ms attacks before they can start treating you. they do this before it gets progressive. ainsley: if someone is watching and they have m.s.or someone in their family does talk to the doctor. white house the approval. >> it doesn't up the approval. make sure your doctor gi

it was a wonderful evening for the research center, and everybody living with m.s. >> scott: yeah, ias blown away when i saw the preliminary numbers, you know? there's so much left tonight for us to do, and people are still donating. >> nikki: it's very exciting. >> scott: oh, yeah. >> nikki: could you excuse me just a moment? i need to talk to victoria for a second. >> scott: certainly. yeah. congratulations again. >> nikki: thank you. what's wrong? >> victoria: have you seen dad? >> nikki: no. not for the last few minutes. why? >> victoria: nick's not the only one who's gone missing.

. >> foreign gangs, not operating in the united states, m.s. 13 is perfect example. in the immigrant community how prevalent is this sex trafficking of immigrants that have come into the united states? >> captain marks? >> yes, sir. so the commercial sexual exploitation of children is boys ic a problem for us with gang members. the girls they are recruiting are homegrown. they are american citizens. where we see foreign victims is generally when we get into elicit massage businesses. but to answer your question it's a homegrown problem. the road these victims take once they become a sex slave victim is usually a lifetime of abuse. so they are very vulnerable population. >> thank you. i yield back. >> from texas, jackson lee. >> let me thank mr. cohners for their commitment to this work that i have generated over the past period that i've had the privilege of serving as ranking member of this committee. let me thank mr. sensenbrenner for his years of dedication to these issues and look forward to driving solutions. my level of frustration is high because it is long ov

my mother has another serious m.s. flare-up, yet she insists on going through with this performance.and instead of telling my dad that she's struggling, she has you hem a dress for her? >> chelsea: i know, i know. but she did swear to me that she was okay. >> nick: we both know she's not. how am i supposed to get her to see that? >> chelsea: i don't think anybody is going to be able to make nikki newman do anything she doesn't want to do. >> nick: well, my dad can. he's a master at pulling her strings. i have to protect her. there's only one way to do that. >> jack: you don't call, you never write. >> nikki: i'm sorry i was out of touch, but i'm back now. >> jack: you scared me taking off like that. >> nikki: i just had to get away. self-care is very trendy these days. >> jack: w-what do you mean, self-care? did your symptoms get worse? >> nikki: i was simply being proactive about my condition. i've been assured i'm fine, so there.

my mother has another serious m.s. flare-up, yet she insists on going through with this performance. that she's struggling, she has you hem a dress for her? >> chelsea: i know, i know. but she did swear to me that she was okay. >> nick: we both know she's not. how am i supposed to get her to see that? >> chelsea: i don't think anybody is going to be able to make nikki newman do anything she doesn't want to do. >> nick: well, my dad can. he's a master at pulling her strings. i have to protect her. there's only one way to do that. >> jack: you don't call, you never write. >> nikki: i'm sorry i was out of touch, but i'm back now. >> jack: you scared me taking off like that. >> nikki: i just had to get away. self-care is very trendy these days. >> jack: w-what do you mean, self-care? did your symptoms get worse? >> nikki: i was simply being proactive about my condition. i've been assured i'm fine, so there. >> jack: i'm glad you did

. >> gloria: so, we haven't talked about the m.s. fundraiser. how was it? were dazzling. >> jack: a night to remember, no doubt about it. >> gloria: and did dina enjoy herself, as well? >> jack: i think so. >> gloria: you think so? >> jack: i didn't have a chance to discuss it with her. >> gloria: really? you were her escort. how could you not -- >> jack: i left the party early with nikki. my mother was less-than-pleased. >> nikki: well, i'm so glad you could come over today. we can catch up. >> victoria: yeah, you can tell me about all of the time you've been spending with jack lately. >> nikki: okay, i guess your brother told you that i spent the night at the abbott cabin. >> victoria: what? no. abby told me that she walked in on you two kissing.

look you have become the story you have you're talking about yourself all the time let's see what that m.s. and b. c. looks like their numbers have been dramatically better though some would say still hovering around that baby monitor but still that numbers tell you what i'm saying here is what i find just. right now since this is boom bust the real story is the sixty five to eighty five billion dollar merger now business insider yesterday one of the most telling quotes they stick or to jeff zucker the president of c.n.n. so you know i don't i don't think about this merger if they when i do my c.n.n. that would have been my call as a head of a deity is they get him in here right away what do you mean you don't think about this that's all you should think about because what they're threatening to do is once this is done as one of the deals theoretically to the justice department which will get to it a moment that they're saying listen please let this go through we're going to kill this is going to go to where the golf channel now. let's assume lindsey that president trump is a sneaky guy le

police say 15 m.s.-13 gang members responsible. as montgomery county reporter kevin lewis explains the two victims were nearly killed because of what they were wearing. kevin: a wednesday evening. two men walked to a restroom when ms-13 members confronted them. police say the 15 in total, led the men through the woods to this secluded lake where they photographed, punched, kicked, stomped and choked the victims. some using large branches during the beating. knives were pulled and death threats made. when two people happened upon the ambush, sending everyone running away. >> ridiculous. kevin: leonard takes his son to the park nearly every week. >> those two guys were probably thinking, this might be in it. but then when the two people came by, like the grace of god came and helped them out right then and there. kevin: so far the park police caught and charged four of the 15 suspects. some as young as 16. this man's mother respected to one of the men. did he seem like a nice guy? >> yes. never an issue. if i had known that i would h

this is an example. >> we saw the woman with m.s., amazing.should not try this. >> yeah. any time you take something to an extreme and potentially sacrifice or compromise something that is proven and known to work in most patients, then that becomes a little risky. if you're becoming malnourished in the course of this elimination diet which generally is a temporary thing, it's not meant to be totally long term in most cases, i think that's a problem. again, mara said it at the end, the best, in my opinion, holistic health care is when you incorporate the best of western medicine to the best of non-western medicine and really individualize that and find what works. nutrition and food has to be a big part. >> it's our fuel, just like a car. >> definitely. >> mara mentioned perseverance and i'm a huge proponent of that. the energy you put out is the energy you get back. does that really in medicine and science we call that the placebo effect. this is real. it's thought to work up to 30% of the time which means if you go into something expecting a

m.s. paint has been around for 32 years.re was a brief panic on line after it was reported the application would not be part of microsoft's next update. the company tweeted that the iconic application is sticking around. it won't be part of windows 10, but it will still be available in the windows store. >> that panic throughout the day, people were losing their minds on twitter. >>> "early start" continues right now with the latest on this health care effort in the senate. >>> there's been enough talk and no action. now is the time for action. >> the senate ready to vote on health care. what health care plan are they voting on? no one seems sure. will john mccain's return after his brain cancer diagnosis make a difference? >>> a scout is trustworthy, loyal, we could use some more loyalty, i will tell you that. >> was that the president taking a shot at his own attorney general? growing questions, new questions this morning about whether the president wants jeff sessions to stay on the job. >>> good morning, everyone. welcom

association, the american lung association, the cystic fibrosis foundation, the march of dimes, the national m.s. society, and the american nurses association. in other words, virtually every major health care organization does not want to see this bill passed. the american people overwhelmingly do not want to see this bill passed. how come it might pass? people don't want it. health care organizations don't want it. who wants it? i'll tell you who wants it. people who are going to get tax breaks, they think it's a great idea. billionaires who got $200 billion in tax breaks from the house bill, they think it's extraordinary. so what if 23 million people lose their health insurance from the house bill? the top 1% will get $200 billion in tax breaks. large health care corporations like it. the insurance companies, the drug companies, they're going to get combined hundreds of billions of dollars. and i'll tell you who else likes it. those people associated with the koch brothers who are spending hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars on elections, they like it because their ideology, their ph

trump also pledged again to "destroy" the violent street gang, "m.s.-13."nwhile, attorney general jeff sessions was in el salvador, where the gang controls entire towns. he said he hopes his efforts will help mend relations with the president, who's verbally attacked him for days. parts of north carolina's outer banks spent a second day in the dark, after construction workers accidentally cut the power supply. cars lined up to take ferries off ocracoke island, as officials ordered a mandatory evacuation of some 10,000 tourists. full restoration of power could take days, or weeks. and on wall street, disappointing earnings from amazon and other big firms kept stocks in check. the dow jones industrial average managed to gain 33 points to close at 21,830. but the nasdaq fell seven and the s&p 500 slipped three. for the week, 1%. the nasdaq and the s&p lost a fraction of a percent. still to come on the newshour: russia retaliates aainst new u.s. sanctions. mark shields and david brooks weigh in on the white house shakeup. the 1967 detroit riots as seen through

karen henderson recently contacted me and said that her adult son has m.s. and depends on medicaid to help cover the costs of medication that costs $300 per month. without medicaid, he can't afford it. one of nevada conscious one -- one nevadan traveled from lass s vegas to talk to me who have cystic fibrosis. in total, over 631,000 people in nevada are covered by the medicaid program. that is low-income children, pregnant women, seniors, and people with disabilities. and it's -- and it's why i have -- i have said since the beginning of the health care debate that i will only support a solution that protects nevada's most vulnerable. the house bill didn't go far enough to do that and neither the senate's bill. and that's why i voted against it last night. nevada faces unique challenges when it comes to health care. i spent the past few months trying to find ways to protect the nevadans who depend on medicaid, protect those with preexisting conditions, all the while bringing down costs and improving quality and access to care. i had discussions with nevadans

the national m.s. society. the american nurses association. one might think that when virtually every major national health care organization in this country is opposed to legislation, that maybe, just maybe, our republican colleagues might think twice about go forward. but they have not had in this process the opportunity, amazingly enough, to hear from doctors, to hear from hospital administration, to hear from patient advocates, because, mr. president, as you may well know, despite the fact that we are dealing with an issue that impacts every single american, which is what health care does, an issue that impacts one-sixth of the american economy, over $3 trillion a year, there has not been one hearing, one public hearing on this bill. this bill has been written behind closed doors. anyone listening to senator mccain the other day made that point. now, how do you deal with one-sixth of the economy and their desire to transform the american health care system without listening to one doctor without listening to one hospital administration? w

researching. .l.s., autism, bone marrow failure, breast cancer, ukemia, epilepsy, food llergies, lung cancer, m.s., there are a couple of here that i can't pronounce, so i won't ead, ovarian cancer, parkinson's, alzheimer's, cancer, prostate cancer, spinal ord injuries, tube you lar sclerosis and the list goes on. i certainly support chairman tom cole's attempts to increase funding for n.i.h. and other sorts of medical research through the n.i.h. increasingly d.o.d. dollars are disease and hing it's taking dollars away from the sorts of injuries and diseases that our military does confront. this is a trend that is getting worse and worse each year. so i don't necessarily oppose the gentleman's amendment. as he points out, there's research going on here, but it's a trend i do think we have to be cautious about. and for that reason, i want to at least raise a warning flag about the trend to add to the amount of money and the number of diseases which we are looking to the department of defense to help research, diseases which are not related necessarily to key functions of the department of defense.

for individuals suffering from many, many debilitating diseases, cancer, congestive heart failures, m.s., rheumatoid arthritis. the 21st century cures act correctly adjusted payments for home infusion drugs. and would establish a new home nursing benefit in medicare beginning in 2021. however, we have heard concerns that the payment adjustment going into effect before the nursing benefit is implemented could jeopardize access to home infusion in the interim. so the bill that the congressman from ohio and i introduced would address that concern by creating a temporary nursing benefit until the new permanent benefit can be implemented. i urge my colleagues to support h.r. 3178. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from ohio is recognized. mr. tiberi: i yield to the gentlelady from kansas, who is a valuable member of our health subcommittee of ways and means, ms. jenkins for two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. jenkins: i rise today in support of h.r. 3178, the medicare part b improvement

i believe he told me it was m.s. he said if eventually they remove the lifetime limits as they're talking about on health care insurance, i will be done. i've got employer health care insurance. i've got a good job. i've got benefits, but if they put those lifetime limits back again, i'll be bankrupt. my son will not have the care or he'll only get the care through some type of something, some extraordinary method. and that's the reality. these are our neighbors. and similarly, c.b.o. said out-of-pocket costs would increase across the board and care would be prohibitively expensive for the sickest and poorest amongst us. and that is one of the great ironies here. the sickest would be paying more and more and more. c.b.o. was not misled by the so-called fixes that have come into the bill. in fact, we know that the reality would be even worse than i believe c.b.o. predicted, because it did not take into account a provision added too late to be scored which would bifurcate insurance markets, separating the sick from the