mr. griffiths of virginia. mr. griffiths: thanks for being here. dr. until, during ebola outbreak, their weaknesses identified in our system that we are now witnessing again with the cut. surveillance at section, diagnostics, overall, how would improve surveillance of animal disease outbreak strengthen our surveillance of human disease outbreaks and be better prepared for dealing with epidemics? the majority of emerging infectious diseases come from animals. there are diseases that affect both humans and animals. we definitely need to do a better job looking at those hotspots where we are likely to see spillover from one species to humans. most of those hotspots are in tropical zones. in the jungles of south america, and asia, and africa. most of our surveillance is intemperate sense. for starters. to haveow beginning tools such as high sequencing genomics, high-speed economic, that actually give us a much better handle of what diseases might be about to spill. we ought to think about funding field surveillance of these hotspot ecosystems. for starters

mr. griffith, is recognized. mr. griffith: mr. chairman, i have to tell you i'm surprised that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle aren't supporting this civil liberty amendment. will i tell you further they clearly have misinterpreted the amendment. first of all it only apply it is somebody is transporting lawfully a gun where it's lawful in state a to another state where it's lawful. first, if you're going to be on a trolley car or able car, you have to be transporting that gun from one state to another. it has to have been lawful to begin with and lawful at the term us in. it's only at the interim that would be an issue. i would also say to the gentleman this is not about any personal lawsuit against law enforcement officers, it says the court shall award attorneys fees. that is against the local government or state that's prosecuting the individual and i would say to the gentleman that it's only for wrongful arrest. i practiced criminal law for 28 years. there is a huge difference between detention, which my colleague

mr. griffith of virginia for five minutes. >> thank you very much, thank you all for being here today. r. o'toole, during the ebola out break, mr. were weaknesses identified in the system that we are now witnessing again with zika, surveillance, detection, diagnostics. overall, how would improved surveillance of animal outbreaks strengthen our surveillance of human outbreaks and make us better prepared for dealing with epidemics? >> well, the majority of emerging infectious diseases come from animals. there are diseases that affect both humans and animals. so we definitely need to do a better job looking at those hot spots where we are likely to see spillover from one species to humans. most of the hot spots are in tropical zoennes in asia, afric. most of our surveillance is in temperate zones. we are beginning to have tools such as high speed genomics that could give us a handle on what diseases might be able to spillover. secondly, we ought to fund much more rigorously the usda's existing program for looking at agricultural animals, because modern methods of animals together, creating

mrs. ruth thomas? i'm agent david rossi from the fbi. i have some information about your daughter sarah. i'afraid i've got bad news about jessica... we found chloe two days ago in griffith park. [sobs] i can't tell you how sorry i am for your loss. if i can do anything, anythingt all, does it ever get hard dealing with all that tragedy? you know, it's funny. some cases, they end well, so you canorget them. and some, like this one... they become a part of you. dead kids. mutilated bodies. it's all so horrible. how do you do it? irish statesman and author edmund burke once wrote, "the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothin" this job isn't just what i do, it's who i am. is it worth it? damn right it is. absolutely it's worth it. i can't imagine doing anything else. yes, mr. zimmerman. so, you have to go visit this guy every year to get the name of another victim. that's right. so what was the special day of his choosing? you really don't want us to go with you? it's no trouble at all. no, it's ok. rossi, it's like 2 hours away. come on, i can drive. i'll get us there in less than an hour. i'm good, really. we could stop for dinner on the

griffith. donald trump held his first post i what campaign event tonight. he was joined by former massachusetts senator scott brown. adam sexton begins our coverage live from milford. adam: tom and shelley, mr. trump and scott brown held a joint press conference but most of the questions turned out to be about iowa. the national media trying to provoke a response and get him express something about his second-place finish and donald trump trying to not go there. s clear from what he said portrayed is getting under his skin. coming off a second-place finish hampshire. tuesday night in milford, he picked up the endorsement of former massachusetts senator, scott brown. >> one person who has the independence and can be the change agent to get washington working again, it was clear to me that was donald trump. >> everybody wanted his endorsement, and i' m very honored that he' s giving it to me. adam: donald trump trying to put things in perspective. >> i didn' t expect to do so well. one poll came out that maybe be built up a false expectation for some people. adam: he let a little new york slip into his vocabulary in his stump speech, swearing twice. once talking about russia. >> let them use

>> no, we're going to move on to morgan griffith, the represent from virginia is now recognized for five minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, and thank you for allowing me to participate in this hearing. miss walters, thank you for making this public and for reaching out for help. dr. edwards, have been in southwestern virginia and virginia tech are so very proud to call you one of ours. thank you for the work that you have done. i was talking with president sands of virginia tech just a few minutes before the hearing started out in the hallway, i did not know miss walters at the time, and i was going over your resume, just saying, this guy, his resume is a wow. she walked up and she said, and he's a wow of a person too. what a great endorsement from a mom who reached out to protect her kids, to a white knight who was willing to be there, to come in and charge. i can't tell you how proud i am to represent southwest virginia, but particularly to have people in my strict of your caliber. we may not always agree, i don't have any idea, but i recognize somebody who will not be handled and in the mountains of southwes

mr. conyers of michigan. we would ask unanimous consent to allow him to participate in today's hearing. without objection, so ordered. we're also pleased to note the presence of congressman morgan griffith of virginia, appreciate him joining us today and ask unanimous consent he, too, be allowed to join this panel. without objection so ordered. we now -- we will have two panels today. it has been the practice of the house and common courtesy to our colleagues in a situation like this to allow a member who represent this is district, mr. dan kildee who represents the fifth district of michigan, which includes the city of flint, we have asked him to participate today to give his perspective and will recognize >> thank you, mr. chairman, for holding this hearing and allowing me to make some comments on what's happening in my hometown and to the ranking member, mr. cummings, thank you for your support and guidance and allegiance to the city of the people of flint and my colleague congresswoman lawrence with whom i've worked on this from the beginning. thanks for having my back and the back of the people of the city of flint. i know we have the heroes of this story on the panel that i'm anxi

mr. dash of michigan, we would allow consent to allow him to purchased patent today. we are pleased to note the presence of congress and morgan griffithvirginia, we appreciate you join us today and we ask unanimous approval for you to join us today. >> without objection so ordered. >> will now have two panels today. it is the practice of the housing, courtesy courtesy of our colleagues in a situation like this to allow a member who represents this district, mr. dan kilby, who represents the fifth district of michigan which includes the city of flint, we have asked him to participate today to give his perspective and will now recognize him for five minutes. >> first of all thank you mr. chairman for holding this hearing and for allowing me to make some comments of what is happening in my hometown. to the ranking members, members, thank you for your support, your guidance and your allegiance to the city of flint into my colleague congresswoman lawrence whom i worked with from the very beginning, i want to say thank you for having my back in the back of the people of the city of flint. i will try to be brief. i know we have the hearers o

mr. conyers of michigan. we would ask unanimous consent to allow him to participate in today's hearing. we are also pleased to note the presence of congressman morgan griffith of virginia. we appreciate him joining us today. we ask that he too be allowed to join the panel. >> without objection so ordered. rep. chaffetz: we will have two panels today. it has been the practice of the house in a situation like this to allow a member who represent district, mr. kildee, who represents the fifth district of michigan, which includes flint. we asked him to participate today to give his perspective. we will now recognize him for 5 minutes. mr. kildee: first of all thank you for holding his hearing and allowing me to make some comments on what's happening in my hometown. to the ranking member, mr. cummings, thank you for your support and guidance and your allegiance to the people of the city of flint. and to my colleague congresswoman lawrence, i want to say thanks for having my back and the backs of the people of flint. i know we have people that i am anxious to. flint is my hometown. i raise my children in flint. when we leave here at the end of every week, i fly h