mma can involve blows to the head. immediately raises concerns about brain injury, which we have seen in other context boards. two months ago, a 25-year-old jordan parsons became the first mma fighter to be diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy. this should not be surprising. research has shown repetitive hits to the head have curative long-term affects to brain function and physiology and could increase the risk of cte. the members ofto the energy and commerce committee. last march, in response to a question i raised, the nfl representative admitted for the very first time a definite link between football and cte. dr. mckee, who we will hear from today, was at that round table. representatives and i have been pressing the national hockey league to do more to reduce risk of head injuries. mma is the latest sport where cte is an issue. we have seen some progress at the state level already. new york state included a provision in its mma legislation that recognizes the risk of brain trauma and requires mma promo

in sports like mma, like mma, the risk is not directly related to concussion rather to the cumulative exposure that occurs with every blow to the head. the longer you play the higher your risk were cte. starting a contact contact sport at a young age leads to a yacht longer playing career and greater exposure to head trauma. it also contributes to a risk of athletes and the developing brain is more susceptible to damage. there is a lot of skepticism regarding the significance of cte. for years people have said that it's not a real disease, they disease, they say there is confusion and debate among signs and that it cannot be distinguished but there is no scientific confusion about whether it exists. it's in 2015 and 2016 and 2016 a panel of expert meal pathologist convened by the national institute of neurological diseases and stroke determine that cte was a unique disease that could be easily distinguished from others diseases and even went on to say there's a reason for cte that is not found in any other the other misinformation about it is that it is very rare, and millions of peop

also known as mma. also investigating the relationship between the fighters and the company that promotes it. the "associated press" reports that about a third of professional mixed martial arts matches end in knockout or technical knockout and that would indicate a higher incidence of brain trauma than boxing or other martial arts according to a study in the american journal of sports medicine. this hearing was speged to start a couple moments ago. this is a house committee. and right now members are attending a series of votes in the house as the 114th congress comes to a close. while we wait for members to come and get this hearing under way, we'll show you a segment from the this morning's "washington journal" on president trump elect's financial interests. >> we're joined by congressman mark deseason yea, democrat of california, an here to talk about oversight of president-elect's financial interests. i want to begin with the front page of "the new york times" this morning because they have an jaup

protections for mma fighters. rep. schakowshy: our colleague, congressman mullen, used to be an mma fighter. i chatted with him yesterday. i also met with other mma fighters in my office. the lack of leverage they have within their contract negotiations is frankly, pretty shocking, and that comes through when you look at the differences in pay and benefits between mma and other sports. congressman mullen comes to this issue as a fighter. i come to it as a fighter for worker rights and safety. today, that puts us on the same side. when i saw what mma is, the mother in me came out a little bit. i don't know why you would do that to yourself, but mma fighters love their sport and they should be able to fight. i do however, want to make sure that they are not put in unnecessary risk. safety for fighters is very into -- fighters only get paid if they are in a match. they have to secure their own health insurance because the promoter's insurance just covers injuries within a match, not the injuries that frequently happe

do we need -- >> but not in mma you are say g saying? >> those same things happen in mma, the difference is if i was floyd mayweather, he can fight only one time a year. he is only in training camp for that -- to fight for one year. he may not have to fight another year or two until he wants to, in mixed martial arts i don't have that luxury if i want to make a decent living in the sport i love. >> thank you, i yield back. >> thank you. chair recognizes the gentleman from mr. massachusetts. >> thank you, i want to thank you for having this hearing along with the other members. thank the witnesses for being here, particularly dr. mckee and all the work you do back home at boston university. thank you, thank you for being here. and i know he's been recognized by a couple other colleagues here so far, but we wouldn't be here if not for the efforts of mr. mullin and i know his pay shun for this stems from his experience with it, so i want to thank my colleague from oklahoma for his leadership on this. mma promo tors have been criticized for

protections for mma fighters. our colleague congressman mullin used to be an mma fighter. i chatted with him about his sport, and yesterday, i met with other mma fighters in my office. the lack of leverage they have in their contract negotiations is frankly pretty shocking. and that comes through when you look at differences in pay and benefits between mma and other sports. congressman mullin comes to this issue as an i come to it as a fighter for worker rights and safety. that puts us on same side. when i saw what mma is, the mother in me came out a little bit. i don't know why you would do that to yourself. but mma fighters love their sport. and they should be able to fight. i do however want to make sure that they aren't putting -- aren't put at unnecessary risk. safety for fighters in the structure of mma are interlinked. fighters only get paid if they are in a match. they have to secure their own health insurance because the promoters' insurance covers injuries within a match, not the injuries that frequently

much like boxers, mma fighters also receive a card. but i think it's important we have a consistent health inspection for the safety of the fighter to make sure that they are prepared to go back into the ring, back into the battle, and they are fully healthy and prepared to do so. those minimum standards i think are very important across the country, making sure that our state boxing commissions or in this case mma fighters also have that same safety, health inspection, a clearance to get back into the ring so that they -- their future is safe as well. there are other experts up here that will talk about the rankings and contract negotiations. i think those are important discussions to have right now. but i don't think that there's anything more important than the health and safety of the individual that is engaging in an incredible, great sport. i want to see mma continue to flourish. i'm a big fan. but as a former boxer, i also know that the safety that can go with that sport needs to be addressed as well. so i am proud to be a co-au

i also agree with mma ramotswe. i agree with most of my characters.course you don't have to scratch very hard to see where they get their ideas from. well, your enthusiasm for auden is well known to people who know your fiction well. what is it about auden that's always moved you? well, auden, ithink, isjust such a wonderful humane voice. i remember when i first started reading auden‘s poetry many years ago, i was so rested by it. i was struck by the stength of the ideas, the complexity of the ideas and the beauty of the language. so he's a poet who manages to say the most profound things about life in a very, very beautiful way. that is an enormous breadth, as you say. and you are a polymath in many ways because you're an academic in the medical law field and then you suddenly discovered that writing was more or less taking over your life. you were producing three, four, five books a year. how do you manage to organise your life to do that? is it meticulously organised? well, you have to be quite careful about organisation if you are doing that numbe

and mma was used in therapy before it was a schedule one drug in 1985.was reports but no controlled studies. it helped people in therapy. and i just thought it behooved us to look into a more systemic and rigorous way. >> what appears to be they key to making it work for someone who tried everything else? >> well, there is a lot to are learn body spectacularly why it works. but what we find and do know that it decreases activity in the fear centers of the brain and increases activity in the higher processing centers and it kind of makes sense. and people have a period of time and not overwhelmed by the fear and not sedated and remember more clearly than they have before and then it is an opportunity to process the trauma in a way that becomes therapeutic. >> there is a therapist helping them do that. >> it is eight hour are sessions with two therapist for the entire session. >> it is carefully controlled and supported. >> if you are taking antianxiety immediate and you are taking them on a regular basis and you have to be on those all of the time and aft

that's what you're trying to bring over tovt to mma has it helped when iten comes to boxing since the ali t act has been in existence. exise >> i think when it's enforced ir has helped.s he it's created standardized contracts.cts. created independent sanctioning bodies licensed by the athletics commissions to create thosee tho titles and only mark so theo t promotor which is bid on makingg though best fights happen and hn negotiation to get what they're value is in n thato gt equationo that's not happening in mma. m so the ali act being expanded which was implemented in 2000 to protect boxers from the sameom e thing we're trying to get ityi e expanded now to include mixed mx martial arts not really changina the language of the act at all,a just the definition of what combatant is and include. inclu >> when it comes to those whoitc are going to be speaking today,p i know theeareki'sng -- it's a w variety of folks who are going f to be there includingol yoursell on capitol hill today. though. are we involving medical peoplel watching out for medical watchch dogs or more financial aspect

ufc hall-of-famer and local man randy coutures part of a different mma association which thinks one of the most important steps is forced amending federal legislation. >> i think fighters are finally starting to realize that we've been kind of getting the short end of the stick. without the fighters there are no fight shows. and i think one of the things created to protect boxers from promoters. it needs to include mixed martial artists. >> the ufc says it does not have a comment at this time. >>> at doyle academy in west las vegas today students didn't have comments but lots of good questions for nascar driver jimmie johnson. he is in town for the nascar awards show on friday. fresh off winning his seventh sprint cup championship to tie racing greats richard petty and after fielding some tough questions like: if you lose a race do are worry about losing sponsors? he surprised the sixth through ninth graders with ice cream. then i got a crack at him. >> a lot of the kids were pretty prepared but for others who might know home and continue to do more research on you, what would you like

up federal regulation of mma similar to the way boxing is regulated. texas congress mann michael burgess is the chair of the subcommittee. it's expected to start momentarily. this is live coverage on c-span3.

mma fighter anthony pettis says he wants to work to make milwaukee youth better. in late october-- 3 cars were set on fire in his driveway. then just last week pettis posted video of people trying to break into cars. you can see one of the thieves appears to reach into the range rover before running way. we're told the suspect is just 13 years old. 'its scary to see where the youth is at. i feel there has to be some changes and i think im in a position where up to me to go out there instead of how do i replace my belongs how do i make it right for everybody else.' pettis say he plans to continue his work with milwaukee youth. but first he has to focus on winning the feather-weight title this weekend. stressing about the holidays? still ahead-- we have some tips to help you "keep calm and christmas on!" plus-- why this cleveland meteorologist refuses to shave. the story behind his [ tower pinging ] [ whistling ] we've got a problem, friend. what's the problem? the naughty list shouldn't get deals! yeah, but anyone who switches gets half off of any smartphone. even

>> just mma. there's no question. there's two men. they get in there and fistfight. that's it. >> it's not confusing. >> we don't bowls and this aggressive sweaty men activity. >> michael you are a sports guy, right? >> huge sports guy. >> well, sorry. >> i'm a little troubled with it. what am i going to do? you are convincing and now sunday is screwed. the american male is -- most of their life is sports. they spend it at work, et cetera. but do you think it's been too technologized? >> i don't. i understand the four minutes on an instant replay. but i want my team to get the call. show me the technology. the masturbating i'm not so -- but otherwise -- >> that guy was the most unsettle guy in the world. >> that was amazing. >> he loves sports. >> he wasn't looking at the defensive line. right? >> that's something where he should have been using the newest technology. it's available on computers and he is using old school real chief leaders. -- cheerleaders. >> he's just old fashioned. >> he's a romantic. >> yes. >> they tried to use sensors in the uniforms to see ho

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looking ahead, mma superstar anthony showtime pettis will fight max holloway toronto today, but the milwaukee native won't be bring home the ufc featherweight title. that's because for the first time in his professional career pettis missed his weight. he is still able to fight today, but if pettis wins, 20% of his packers host the seahawks tomorrow at lambeau field without key players. carrie has been ruled out. aaron rodgers is also limited in practice but is also expected to play. the forecast is expected to be similar to last week. nice and smelly. the packers are prepared. kickoff is at -- nice and snow we -- and snowy. jeremy: i would recommend leaving early. take your time, get there, and tailgate and have a bite to eat. driving home might be better. a little better because most of the snow will wrap up by sunday evening. we have a lot to talk about. let's get started. we have been talking about traveling. . try to wrap up your travel plans this evening. if you have a holiday party after 7:00 or 8:00 you will encounter snowy roadways on your trip home. tonight, we have a red stoplight

>> mma because it's the only sport you need to watch. it's two men, they fist fight each other.t need balls and this aggressive sweaty men activity. we don't need a bunch of balls being thrown around as well. >> i don't know. you're a sports guy, right? >> huge sports guy. sorry. >> what am i going to do? >> you're very convincing and now sunday is screwed. >> most of their life is sports. work, etc. but do you think it's been too technologyized. ? >> i don't. i understand sitting there for four minutes on the instant replay. show me the technology. absolutely. the masturbating, i'm not so -- >> that is the most unsettled guy in the world. >> he wasn't even hiding it. >> he loved sports. he wasn't looking that defensive line, right? >> and that's something where he should have been using the newest technology and he's using old school real cheer leading. an old-fashioned kind of guy. >> he's a romantic. >> and a few years ago they tried to do sensors in their uniforms so you could tell how tired they were on the field and they would pull them out when they were more fatigued. bu

. >> sat down with the mmm mma fighter and joins us with more. >> he has a fight of his life thisig weekend as he tries to wn the featherweight title and through his training, to separate crimes took place at his home in milwaukee, the first in late october. three cars were burned ine i his driveway. you dooir please it appears some set fire to suit to vehicles and it spread to the third part in the driveway. last week's surveillance videoat shows ton people first attemptg to open the door for brown county language is locked. then they moved too a white rane roverer which is unlocked and after opening that passenger sideth door, one of the men appears to reach into the range rover before leaving the scene. property was removed from that vehicle a 13 -year-old was arrested in connection to t crime. >> it is scary to see with this is that appeared i feel like there has toh be some changes ad i feel likea i'm in a position changes so it's up to me to go out there and figure out of a set of how doh r do i make it right for everybody else?it' >> he continues to work with milwaukee youth but says

this is not always an effective takedown in mma.ecuted it perfectly, and look at how she immediately goes, both hooks, transition, then goes to the body lock. we talk about the grappling game, everybody focuses on the striking. this is where she has gotten the majority of her submission of her career. beautiful adjustments with her hands, here, as paige was fighting it off, and there you see her go out. paige is as tough as they come. but a huge win for michelle waterson. >> the "karate hottie" by submission, don't forget one more time, i will remind you, we want to know what you think will be the best move of the night. tweet and let us know at #metromove. tune into the fs1 ufc fight night post fight show after our fight for the way move. "karate hottie" by submission. sfx: music and muffled intercom talking sfx: sailors talking into intercom ♪ ♪ around the world. around the clock. in defense of all we hold dear back home. >> a disappointed paige vanzant choked out by michelle waterson to make it officia

this is not always an effective takedown in mma.helle executed it perfectly, and look at how she immediately goes, both hooks, transition, then goes to the body lock. we talk about the grappling game, everybody focuses on the striking. this is where she has gotten the majority of her wins, her ninth submission of her career. beautiful adjustments with her hands, here, as paige was fighting it off, and there you see her go out. paige is as tough as they come. but a huge win for michelle waterson. >> the "karate hottie" by submission, don't forget one more time, i will remind you, we want to know what you think will be the best move of the night. tweet and let us know at #metromove. tune into the fs1 ufc fight night post fight show after our fight for the way move. "karate hottie" by submission. sfx: music and muffled intercom talking sfx: sailors talking into intercom ♪ around the world. around the clock. in defense of all we hold dear back home. learn more at navy.com >> a disappointed paige vanzant choked out by michelle waterson t

run mma and you will get everything you need to know.e dollar-yen perhaps reflection of risk aversion or risk appetite, just about flat. we started off strong on dollar-yen. when you look at the euro, it's down against every single one of its major peers. the cross between the euro -pound, falling to its 200 day moving average, 81, 82 last time i checked. kiwi onlows here on the the back of renewed political uncertainty, short-term at least. yeah, lots to talk about. angie: thanks david. the fallout from italy's rejection over the referendum to rein in the powers of the senate has dominated our discussions today, the euro falling to a 20 month low. the next economist says it is no time to panic. weakens, bute euro it should because the u.s. is showing signs of growth and the european economy is stagnating, with the exception of germany. i think we get a selloff, but i don't think it is an end to the european union. i think markets will be orderly, and we wait and see what happens with the italian banks. that is the real story. us thematt

but there is that one moment where there could've been another mma. the house was the partner and she was writing a daily column. she had a radio show. she's out there, out and about and that feels her heart. somebody said people were her first love. >> and not individuals. the people were her first love. >> i would like to ask you before we go to questions from the audience about your work as a biographer for all of these years since joe lasher showed the papers that would be the basis of your book. miranda hickok. those were so controversial among reviewers who often didn't like the books and misread them it seems to me. when i read the first line in particular, as you say you are laying out that this is the evidence. this is what he said in the letter and yet you're not cleaning for you as your conclusions. and so, the books seem to love him so much more. have you thought differently about the reaction to the first volume in particular and do you think other historians have not differently about what you did question eric that's my first question.

the one he liked mma, mama wasn't going to be popular. came up with cms, cdc, let's drop. i apologize, that was not the question you asked. >> leslie, let me turn it back to you. in terms of transition, maybe alter the question a little bit because in my experience i think both you and tom in terms of really implementing medicare, being responsible for prescription drug implementation, i think there's obviously going to be some sort of change that's doing to come about. what -- describe your experience leading transition in the standing of a new benefit, what that might involve, look like in terms of some sort of significant change to deal with when she takes over. >> if i were to give her advice, i think it would be several fold. first of all, in as much as it involved changes critical would be health insurers and making sure those companies are on board, appreciate the changes, appreciate if cms does something it's going to have a reaction externally. that could set up success or failure of whatever the change may be doing forward. i know it's a lot of what i suspect all

look ahead, mma superstar anthony will fight max in toronto today. but the milwaukee native will not be bringing home the u.f.c. feather weight title. because for the first time in his career he missed his weight. he is able to fight today, if he wins 20% of his earnings goes to max. packers host the seahawks tomorrow at lambeau field, they will have to do it without key players. perry is rules out. matthews status is questionable. and rodgers was limited in practice yesterday, but expected to play. the forecast for sunday's showdown is expected to be similar to last week's game packers are prepared. kickoff is at 3:25. at the box office this weekend, ryan gauzeling and emma stone sing and dance and aniston and bateman host a christmas story. kevin frazier has more. reporter: this weekend, lead an all-star cast in a wild night in office christmas party and ryan gosselin and emma stone show off their singing and dancing skills. >> what do you play? >> ryan gosling is a jazz musician and stone is an actress, they fall in love with a live and a party li

look, we are seeing some mma in the diamond sector. yes, mna could be righted.david joining us for melbourne. airbnbtaking a look at which is quietly building his business and china, saying it can succeed where uber could not. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ airbnb seems to take a asson from uber's said in trade from china, adopting a localized and slower approach. rishaad: what they are doing at the moment, having a look at more government relations. looking at what is going on. the thing, what is the market going to be like for these rentals and china? what is uber doing differently? has spent $2 billion at least from what we know of in two years, rushing into the market. they were coming up against the big guys, right? doingbody knows everyone things on we chat that there were two competitors in china against uber, company backed by alibaba. uber when and at the time and they were fighting the two competitors and in response to ber they joined and you really got squeezed out of the market. they ended up exiting the market, basically selling or merging, if you want to

the one he liked was mma. i did a little poll on that and decided mama was not going to be particularly popular with half the population. we came up with mms. let's drop the m and make it krch ms. i apologize. that was not the question you asked. >> leslie, let me turn back to you. in terms of transition, maybe i'll try to aller the question a little bit because in my experience, i think both you and tom in terms of really implementing medicare, being responsible for prescription drug implementation. and i think there are going to be obviously, there's obviously going to be some sort of change that's going to come about. can you describe sort of your experience in sort of leading a transition in the standing of a new benefit, what that involved and what that might look like in terms of you know, some sort of significant changing that miss verma is going to having to deal with when she takes over? >> if i were to give her advice, i think it would be several fold. first of all, in as much as it involves the exch

and, you know, mma has become the fifth major. we're really excited to be at madison square garden with our biggest event ever. >> describe a little bit about the business model. is this ticket revenue? how does it work for your major athletes? >> it's all of that. it's our sponsors. it's working with madison square garden. it's putting fans in the seats. it's working with distribution partners with nbc who will be broadcasting the fight on saturday. it's how you mix all those together to create a valuable business model. >> how shall we think about your organization against ufc? is it kind of the sanctioning bodies in boxing, those kind of overlap but also distinct? >> i think the way to think about it is ufc is the oldest and the biggest. they just had a big event on november 12th here. they were the first to come back to new york city and madison square garden and we're the second. it's pretty exciting for us. >> your athletes are exclusive to one or the other? >> they are. all of our athletes and fighters fight for world serie

connor mcgregor, the mma guy is in this game show. and john daly all being played by actors.re is john daly. >> that's all good stuff. do you watch saturday night live? >> it's too late for me, even on the weekends. i can't step like maybe past 10:00 on the weekends. >> how talented you are to be able to not watch anything and still comment. >> it's all about replays. i don't need anything live. i really don't. i don't even need a game life. i watch it the next day. see you later. in my future, i'm twice as likely to have a stroke. i'm at higher risk for depression. i'm 26% more likely to develop an irregular heartbeat. i have a 65% higher chance of developing diabetes. no matter who we are, these diseases can be managed or prevented when caught early on. because with better research, the right medicine, and with doctors who help keep me healthy to begin with, we will thrive. over the weekend ... disney's "moana" continued to hold its spot on top of the box office. this is the third weekend in a row that "moana" has taken the top spot bringing in more than 18- million dollars

industry is as high as ever, and the focus in 2017 will continue to be on drug prices, the fd aa s d and mma. donald trump will be looking to bring drug prices down. expect also increasing scrutiny of the rest of the health care system with mounting pressure on the middle men by drug distributors and pharmacy benefits managers. next, an eye on fda. after two years of historic highs on medical approvals, they sank to six-year lows in 2016. 2017 brings multiple pieces of legislation affecting how we regulate drugs, both branded and generic. >>> finally, mna, hope or hype? they hope for a rebound rest boost on buying. pharmaceutical companies hold billions in cash overseas and the expectation is that they bring it back at a lower tax rate. they'll gobble up smaller companies. companies working on research for cancer and rare diseases. meg tortuurrell, cnbc business . >> and if you should add biotech to your portfolio for 2017 and what we could see on the space. welcome to you both. david, i'll cut right to it. what do you think is attractive in this biotech and pharmo space? >> i look at compan

valued in terms of price to book or price to earnings given the fact that the returns on equity, gold mmaachs they're not getting back to 30% ores at any time. >> and why should they? there's a chance they could get back to 10 to 12%. people who look at banks always find a way to argue that they shouldn't go up. for the last 12 months, bank stocks have been dramatically outperforming the market. we put together an index of bank plus apple and compared it to a portion of bank stocks. bank stocks have gone up six times faster than technology stocks but people can't find anything right to say about banks. they can find only wrong thins to say. that's why they missed the whole market. >> they got to come up with a jazzy acronym. you know. i'm sure you can help us with that, ki dick. dick bove. and for more on the trump market meltup, you can check out my latest column online, cnbc.com/the cnbc.com/thespark. >>> we'll talk to ric edelman about tax loss sellings into year end. hey nicole. hey! i just wanted to thank your support team for walking me through my first options trade. we only do it

i argu argued, and i think it was me and secretary thompson and the one he liked to begin with was mmand it didn't sound right. and i said cdc, just drop the m and macit cms and that is -- i apologize. that is not the question you asked. >> so leslie, let me turn back to you. in terms of transition, maybe i'll alter the question a little bit because in my experience, i think both of you and tom and in terms of really implementing medicare and being responsible for prescription drug implementation, and i think there are going to be -- obviously some sort of change that will come about. could you describe sort of your experience in sort of leading the -- a transition in the standing of a new benefit, what that involved and what that might look like in terms of some sort of significant change that mrs. verma is going to have to deal with when she takes over. >> if i were to give her advice, it would be several fold. first of all, in as much as it involved the exchanges, the critical component to make them successful would be health insurers. and making sure that those companies are on boa

i argu argued, and i think it was me and secretary thompson and the one he liked to begin with was mmat didn't sound right. and i said cdc, just drop the m and macit cms and that is -- i apologize. that is not the question you asked. >> so leslie, let me turn back to you. in terms of transition, maybe i'll alter the question a little bit because in my experience, i think both of you and tom and in terms of really implementing medicare and being responsible for prescription drug implementation, and i think there are going to be -- obviously some sort of change that will come about. could you describe sort of your experience in sort of leading the -- a transition in the standing of a new benefit, what that involved and what that might look like in terms of some sort of significant change that mrs. verma is going to have to deal with when she takes over. >> if i were to give her advice, it would be several fold. first of all, in as much as it involved the exchanges, the critical component to make them successful would be health insurers. and making sure that those companies are on board,