today in our spotlight on magazine segment, we will be talking with "wired" magazine contributor maryn mckenna about a superbug fungus and how experts are working to combat the spread of infection. maryn, good morning. guest: good morning. host: oh, great, you can hear me. startling off with a paragraph from your article. tell us a little bit about what this fungus is, and tell us about what is going on here. this is a story of a used, a fungus not behaving like a yeast, it is functioning like a bacterium. that does not, and much of a difference, but it is a profound difference. as not beingeast anything that threatens us, but this youth is behaving like a superbug. it is resistant to the few drugs . yeast maryn, how is this different from things like mersa? guest: there are a bunch of ways in which it is both similar and different. we have talked a lot about antibiotic resistance, and goodness knows i know a lot about it, because i have written a lot o books about it. or useveruse antibiotics them in the wrong way against bacteria, bacteria learn to protect themselves against antibiotics, and

the fda's consideration of e-cigarette regulations and a look at the witht to control superbug maryn mckenna. ♪ host: good morning. welcome to "washington journal." president trump revoked the security clearance of john brennan, a frequent critic of his administration. intelligence officials have criticized that move, but president trump seems to be on his way to revoking other security clearances of other critics of his administration in the intelligence community. we want to know what you think of president trump revoking the security clearances and canceling the one for john brennan. republicans, call 202-748-8001. democrats can call in at 202-748-8000. independents, you can call in at 202-748-8002. you can also reach us on social media, on twitter and on facebook. president trump actually talk to reporters on friday as he was leaving the white house to start his weekend vacation. this is what he had to say about revoking john brennan's security clearance. [video clip]er.com/cspanwj >> security clearances are incredibly important to me. anything, i'm giving him a bigger voice. many people

coming up next after that, "wired" contributor maryn mckenna discusses the emergence of a superbug fungus and how experts are working to combat the spread of infection. we will be right back. ♪ >> sunday night on "after words," retired marine corps on genderte germano discrimination in the military. she is interviewed by todd south. a developer going into boot camp but not a highest and are coming out of boot camp, how does that affect the perception of her by her colleague? kate: because everything is so segregated, those stereotypes are set. and those stereotypes come as i mentioned earlier, they feed into the perception that women can't, because they are women, and then they are not respected. the lack of respect between men and women in the marine corps is legendary. all the time, you hear male workers who happen to be slower told that they are women, that -word, so it p becomes normal to say derogatory things about women. that is sort of the dilemma that women have in the marine corps when they graduate from the camp, that is the culture they are brought into. sunday atafter words" 9

the fda's consideration of e-cigarette regulations and a look at the witht to control superbug maryn mckenna. ♪ host: good morning. welcome to "washington journal." president trump revoked the security clearance of john brennan, a frequent critic of his administration. intelligence officials have criticized that move, but president trump seems to be on his way to revoking other security clearances of other critics of his administration in the intelligence community. we want to know what you think of president trump revoking the security clearances and el