lawrence thaiback from the national institutes of health. he serves as the director of the national institute and coleads the pain consortium. thank you for your service at nih and your statement will be made a part of the record in its entirety. if you could sum it up several minutes or so i'd appreciate it. thank you very much. by the way, i ask to have the record left open by opening remarks by those senators who may be coming in later. please proceed. >> mr. chairman, thank you. thank you for the opportunity to testify about pain. one of the most important public health problems facing our nation. i will highlight what the nih is doing in partnership with other federal agencies to advance pain research and treatment and i also hope to convey some of the promising opportunities that science offers to overcome the challenges of preventing and treating chronic pain. pain can provide useful information warning our bodies of potential damage. however, chronic pain can be debilitati debilitating, like arthritis or canner. this is not only a cu

jay works for the national institute of standards and technology and he'll tell you about the nist sideject. >> probably the biggest question i always get asked, how did nist get involved with such a project. we've had a tradition of working with some of the most important documents inside the beltway. basically preserving them for both the national archives and the library of congress. this encasement itself had some unique challenges. as you can see, the document comes out at you, so it's almost a three-dimensional image coming at you. that floating document created a lot of design and manufacturing problems to us that we were able to overcome. the design of the encasement, i don't know if it'll withstand a nuclear blast, but there are a lot of inherent things not haven any encasement found around. we've made this to be able to take a lot of the expected environmental issues that could occur, even something as simple as changes in barometric pressure can have a large impact when you're trying to seal something and prevent oxygen deg regags through the seals. another issue that we had

staff's expert pain staking work displayed in a new encasement designed and fabricated by the national institute's standards and technology. the 700-year-old document looks better than ever. when the magna carta is back on public display beginning february 17, it will be a more accurate rendition of the record. people will be able to read it and know what it was all about. the connection between magna carta and the effects of secure liberty and law over the centuries have inspired a new gallery which will be the future home of magna carta. this new permanent exhibit will allow visitors to examine important records of our evolving ideas about who has rights and to see the links between those ideas and the forces that shape our lives today. the new gallery will be named in honor of david m. rubinstein with whom we're indebted three times over, first in his position to acquire magna carta and to make it acceptable to the american people here at the national archives. second, annual contributions to make this new display possible and to develop our new orientation and exhibit spaces. and third and mos

[applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> former pennsylvania senator rick santorum won eight victories last night in the missouri primary and the minnesota caucuses. we will hear from mr. santorum later this hour. along with mitt romney and congressman ron paul. >> my most important point is who should run and the most important conservative leader is is we can still a member of the month before the election, which amounts who was running for president. the media obsessive desire to know who is your leader -- they want them to tell us who their leader is an fixate on that person and destroy him or her parent [applause] >> this year's conservative political action conference begins thursday and c-span will cover their events for the weekend. watch past speakers on line at the cspan video library at c- span.org/video library. >> remarks from congressman ron paul. he finished second in the minnesota caucuses and third in the missouri primary tuesday. he spoke to supporters in golden valley, minn.. [chee

the mother act provision is definitely underway at the national institute of mental health looking at post-partum depression, studies, they have 60 grants on the issue, two program announcements and we will be reporting back, i can't tell you right now what exactly that is going to say because i haven't seen the draft of the report, but we will make sure senator and get you the various clinical research that has been going on. risk factors, neuro-science they are taking a look at and make sure that your concerns about this very important area are addressed when we come back with the study. >> can i get the third answer? >> we're over time here, okay. >> my questions were within time. >> i'm not going to get in that debate. go ahead, finish the answer, madam secretary. >> you're absolutely right, new rules in place will require a far more robust process with 1115 waivers, hearing at the state level an opportunity for comment. the current rules really is the governor and the state negotiates with our department, we are not by practice and statute able to share those negotiations, the go

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> thank you so very much. you may be seated. as we think about america and this great nation that we live in, and think about the signers of the declaration of independence. you realize that 47 of the signers had a seminary degrees. 93% of them were from a christian church. within eight years of signing that declaration, they started 121 bible societies. we were founded on the right stuff. [applause] i would like to do one thing. this was not part of the program. around here, it goes with the flow. [laughter] and that with the speaker, i met with the -- i met with the speaker, i met with the speaker a year and a half ago. i started to say, i do not know if he remembers it, but it riyadh, he remembers everything. i met with him in a private room. we spent two hours, we spent two hours praying in discussing things. he said something to me, he said, i am willing to surrender 10 years of my life. he said, you know, it would really be easier for us to walk away. but i am grate

and european union earlier i spoke to max blumenthal a writing fellow with the nation institute about whether the relationship between the mossad and the m e k is significant. and the reason it's significant is because these stories are tumbling out in the mainstream press in the united states about israel using terrorist groups terrorist proxies to attack iran to carry out what the federation of american scientists call terrorist attacks inside iran before this story we had a story by mark perry in foreign policy about israeli mossad officers posing as cia officers conducting a false flag operation to use members of the pakistani jungle a terrorist group to carry out assassinations inside iran kerry sources were absolutely solid his story was not challenged by anyone in the united states and now we have a story by n.b.c. and b.c.s. chief middle east correspondent richard engel quoting u.s. intelligence officials meeting people in the cia who are clearly furious about what the israeli mossad is doing confirming that israel is used the marxist is slow islam islamic terror call the peop

doesn't seem to be happening anytime soon though and that's blumenthal writing fellow at the nation institute thanks for having me. also i had here on our team standing up for their rights by sitting down seventy five years after workers in flint michigan staged a sit in and change the labor movement are still plenty of lessons we can learn from them today that story. welcome to the capital account i'm lauren lyster. and what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions to break through it's already been made who can you trust no one who is in view with the global machinery to see where are we heading state controlled capital score sessions when nobody dares to ask we do our t.v. question more. well tomorrow marks the seventy fifth anniversary of the end of the flint sit down strike this is a big deal guys and really interesting too we're talking tens of thousands of people banding together to fight for better working conditions in u.s. auto manufacturing plants so it all started when the united auto workers union targeted two general motors plants and workers s

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which is the national democratic institute this is these are organizations that were formed at the same time as the national now for democracy in one thousand nine hundred eighty four with that goal precisely in promoting us for us agenda particularly political agenda in countries abroad so i mean if you look at who they are who sits on their boards who's managing their operations you'll see that i mean these are the high level players of the political and economic elite of the united states government there's no question about it and i do think it's important you mentioned some of the historical underpins of this going back to the eighty's i do want to get more perspective on all of this so let's go to a place where this all began yugoslavia and eva we will bring you right back into the conversation in just a minute but ten years ago an uprising in serbia overthrew president slobodan milosevic with the careful guidance and financial support of the united states today some of the very same activist train opposition groups around the around the world exporting sort of how to lessons and

((nats of old spice commerciil - more modern)the national institutes for health began requiring equalmen in clinical trials back in the 90's too.but sklein says - that's not enough -- we need to be certain that data is broken down anddanalyzed by gender.convincing some of her colleagues is a challeege. 14:31:21 "these ifferences are real. they're important. that they influence diagnosis, prognosis, development and outcome of disease."a new study out of stanford claims &pthat women may feel pain for intensely than men.((( movie clip "are you crying? there's no crying in basebaal")other studies have shown females often suffer more side effects from vaccinations - like the flu shot.14:37:17 "inflammation at the site. fever."that's not the only way in which womennare more aa risk...14:36:13 "autoimmune disease. 80 percent... are women."but --- when it comes to infections, women seem to get fewer and heal faster... which cculd have something to do with exposure... or habits....14:43:07 "women are more likely to wash their hands, which may reduce he probability of things like flu."((movie c

[applause] ♪ [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable 2012] >> c-span 2, a brookings institution forum on a new strategic arms reduction treaty. in a few moments, today's headlines and your calls live on "washington journal." our coverage of the annual conservative political action conference continues today. rex santorum is scheduled at 10:25 eastern and mitt romney is before 1:00 p.m. and newt gingrich will be there a little after 4:00. in about 45 tons, james lewis, former director of the president's commission on cyber security will talk with republican senator john grasso at 8:30 and he is a member of the conference committee trying to work at an agreement on extending the payroll tax cut for the rest of the year. we look at how the government measures price increases and how inflation index -- affects programs like social security. programs like social security.

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the national institute for defense studies released on friday a report on china's rapid military build up. the report says china wants to pursue economic development and military strategy through maritime tactics. it maintains the country is deploying ships and aircraft with good maneuverability to the china sea. the report shows that china is cautious over a u.s. defense strategy which places importance on the asia pacific region. the brief adds it wants to boost military operations. it concludes that chinese policy could move in one of two directions. the country could pursue a hard line stance or use its growing power for stability with international partners. >>> russia has defended an incident in which the war planes flew close to japanese air space. the planes were practicing patrolling and aerial refuelling. five airplanes were spotted on wednesday near japanese air space. japanese's self-defense force took to the air and responded. an a-50 aircraft has an early ash warning control system. japan's ministry said it is the first time the airplane has flown near japan. russia's def

captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- houston's death investigation. ♪ >>ocal tributes. d.c. radio stations are having a whitney houston marathons'. temperatures, a strong belayed treat down onto a house trapping a woman in sight. we have complete coverage. the news at eleven at starts now. >> live and in hd, this is abc7 news at 11, on your side. >> there are several new developments into the the untimely of death of whitney houston. the autopsy has been completed. >> this comes after whitney was rushed tohter the hospital. we have the latest from los angeles. >> good evening. whitney houston was definitely the grammys in spirit. after star celebrated her legacy. on a night of the music industry its biggest stars, sadness attended the celebration. had a death in our family. >> at the grammys opened with a prayer for whitney houston. her legacy was honored throughout the show. just want to say to whitney, we love you. >> as the show began, the los announced the complete.s it may be several weeks before they determine what kilter. >> pending toxicology and f

so captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- the u.s. auto industry is running up. >> president obama shun foreign car makers at a recent auto show. this ticket to linda bell like that headquarters. >> president obama made an appearance at the washington automobile show. of a bill makers including mercedes-benz and honda showed off their new cars for him. the president and spent much of this time being photographed with a ford mustang and a chevy silverado pick up made by u.s. automakers. honda just announced a $100 million expansion at an ohio transmission plant creighton 150 jobs. -- creating what enter 50 jobs. -- 150 jobs. diem was the sales leader followed by ford into lyautey. -- gm was the sales leader fall by ford and toyota. schools say they have limited budgets to make it happen. chipotle said the price hikes may not be happening anytime soon. more on that in the next hour. that is business news in new york. we're reporting for abc 7 news. >> thank you. we're looking at 50 degrees. >> republican presidential candidates mitt rom

and national institute of mental health health says that figure could double in the next few years.most people with hepatitis c die between the ages of 45 and 64 and most of the 3 million estimated to have writ baby boomers who don't know they are infected. hepatitis c is spread by contact with the blood of infected person. it is leading cause of liver transplants. >>> national institute of mental health health also has ground breaking study out tonight about women and heart attacks. abc dr. richard vesser reports, women and even doctors do not recognize the symptoms. fichlt she's not having chest pains. that's the point. >> are you okay. >> i'm fine. >>reporter: american heart association public service message aimed at younger women would could miss the warning signs of heart taichblingt are you okay >> i'm fine. >>reporter: like this it hammers home critical points about women and heart attack. woman less hikely than man to experience that classic warning sign. chest pain. she's less likely than a man to get immediate treatment. and more hikely to die. are you okay. >> yes i'm fi

you're pretty familiar with some of these groups to name a few of the international republican institute the national democratic institute the national endowment for democracy these are groups that do a lot to stir the pot internationally in favor of the u.s. government even if it doesn't favor the majority of the people in this countries what do you think is the most important thing that people in the u.s. should know about these groups. well first of all. then when they're described in the media as democracy promotion organization that covers. a lot of dirty history the international republican institute of was involved in the helped organize really the who we need that's not promoting democracy the head of the international republican institute praised the coup in venezuela that's not promoting democracy the. national democratic institute in the international publican too went two hundred and two thousand and nine with gin and dated in the election which took place under the new regime election which the organization for american see the organization merits it refused to send observers to the legi

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[captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote the yeas are 161, the nays are 263. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 1 printed in the congressional record by the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee, on which further proceedings were postponed and which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: the amendment number 1 printed in the congressional record offered by ms. jackson lee of texas. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a two-minute vote. [c

. >> there captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- live and in hd, this is good morning washington, on your side. >> conservatism is alive and well in missouri and minnesota. it >> a huge and night for iraq santorum. he won all three contests in missouri colorado. clyde's winter weather prepares to move into our region. it makes for a messy afternoon commute. >> good morning. it is wednesday. >> thank you are waking up. we deal with your traffic and weather every 10 minutes. let's get over to adam caskey for the latest on this approaching snowstorm. what should we expect? >> we will have a light winter a mixed. i am going to call it a snow event, not a storm. we're looking at not very high accumulation. 38 in the district. 29 in martinsburg. 26 in quantico. the winter weather advisory will stay in effect. that include howard and montgomery. this is where we will have the highest accumulations. it will not be all that impressive. the stowe should start around midday. -- snow should start around midday. it'll be fairly light in nature. timber shall be in the u

[gavel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- supervisor chiu: please call the roll. >> roll-ca[roll-call] mr. president, there is a quorum. supervisor chiu: ladies and gentlemen, please join me in the pledge of allegiance. >> [inaudible] to the public for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. supervisor chiu: madam clerk, are there any communications? >> no. supervisor chiu: please read the it -- the event agenda. items one through 17. >> it will be decided upon with a single roll call vote. supervisor chiu: would anyone like to sever these items? >> items 1 through 17, supervisor:? aye -- supervisor cohen? aye. [takes roll call vote] there are 11 ayes. supervisor chiu: item number 18, please. >> item number 18. $75,009,139 of 2008 clean and safe park bond sale proceeds to fund the improvement and construction at various recreation and park facilities, including $61,185,271 in the recreation and park department commission for fy2011-2012. supervisor ch

so that national institute on aging at nih, of the u.s.th and human services, created go4life. bud: i now excercise three times a week. narrator: featuring exercises you can do anywhere. irene: i can really go. narrator: find our more, visit nia.hih.gov/go4life. with gold bond intensive healing cream. it targets the underlying causes of itch and irritation. gold bond. intensive healing for lasting relief. ♪ >>> that wraps up for this edition of "our world with black enterprise." visit us on the website. and facebook us and follow me on twitter at marc lamont hill. see you next week.

and also, the roading in our national institutions, trust is growing in our local institutions. so your role is more important now than ever. and that's why i was so grateful that you invited me to be here because i've been waiting a that i am working to materialize in our even concern. a conversation that can begin to change the country fundamentally. he says the successful steps are remarkable similar. you need to and you need to create a world-class culture that not only attracts the best possible people but encouraged. we now have three sections we are calling it the good-news conference. because people go to the front pages of newspapers, who wills woman? w who, and you only see examples of the human spirit at work. and then we also have a section called impact which gives people a lot of ideas of how they can help and what they can do. and the final thing that we have is a fee. so if there is anybody in your community that you want to prevoil send us their story. and i would love to profile them. they would love to put others involved. as "time" protect it, the yoer it's t

the national institutes of health found that birth control and pregnancy prevention, family planning were a core part of women's health care services. and so in these insurance exchanges that was part of what had to be offered in an insurance policies to american women. just as there are in 28 states, the department of hhs, secretary sebelius said we will give a narrow religious exemption for, say, a church that might be opposed to providing birth control coverage if it's a church and their employees are all that same religion, they would not have to offer it. but if the church decides to go away from its core mission of religion and start a business, say a hospital or university or insurance business, then they would have to comply with the same laws that every other business has to comply with. that's the law right now for churches. let's say catholic charities decides to set up a soup kitchen or some charities, they have to cli with the anti-discrimination laws, they have to comply with the tax laws, they have to comply with every other law if they're doing a business that's separ

[gavel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> yes. it would not be a tuesday if there were no appeal. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- supervisor chiu: good afternoon. welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting of tuesday, have you very seventh, 2012. clerk, please call the roll. >> [roll call] mr. president, you have a quorum. supervisor chiu: ladies and gentlemen, please join me in the pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge allegiance to the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god with liberty and justice for all. supervisor chiu: colleagues, i understand that supervisor," -- campos is not here. he is excused without objection. are there any communications? >> no. supervisor chiu: please read consent agenda. >> items numbers one through nine, acted upon with a roll call vote, unless it is discussed by request. supervisor chiu: would anyone like to sever these items? roll-call vote. >> items #139. -- one through nine. [calls roll call vote] there

so that national institute on aging at nih, of the u.s. department of health and human services, created go4life. bud: i now excercise three times a week. narrator: featuring exercises you can do anywhere. irene: i can really go. narrator: find our more, visit nia.hih.gov/go4life. >>> welcome back to "our world with with black enterprise." let's take a look at another one of our previous legacy award nominees. >> i never gave up. i had perseverance. i just stuck with it, and 32 years later, plus, i'm still in business, having the time of my life. >> audrey smaltz has long been a vital part of the fashion industry. >> i came up with the name the ground crew, because i heard the reverend dr. martin luther king talk about, those big jet planes can't get off the ground without a ground crew. >> in paris, i always say, where's audrey smaltz with the ground crew. it makes everything run smoothly. >> reporter: the path to the fashion world began with audrey's own modelling career. >> i was born, bread, toasted, jellied, jammed and honeyed in harl

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> they are in recess this week. watch anytime at c-span.org, where you can find video of past "prime minister's questions," and other public affairs programs. next, the 2008 republican vice- presidential nominee sarah palin at a conference. then, a panel discussion on the tea party and the occupy wall street movements. after that, the publisher of talkingpoints. >> the former alaska governor and the 2008 vice-presidential nominee, sarah palin. this annual event is hosted by the conservative movement. this is about 40 minutes. >> thank you so much. what an honor. thank you. thank you so much. cpac, thank uyou. -- you. [cheers and applause] . thank you so much. thank you, cpac. [cheers and applause] >> ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ greetings. thank you so much. and to millie and all of for good work that the nra, i protecting our second amendment rights. she is a mom on grisly who is probably packing. -- she is a mama grizzly who is probably packing. the last time i was in d.c.

>> with the national institutes of health, they did the initial research. it's been shown to lower blood pressure quickly, effectively and in as little as two weeks but you're adding food instead of worrying about taking it away. >> that's incredible. >> what do you mean you're adding food? >> the whole diet is really focused -- it has healthier things like whole grains and lean meats, fish, beans. but the main goal is to increase fruits, vegetables, dairy. there was some improvement in blood pressure with just getting lots of fruits and vegetables, but it was almost magic when you added dairy to it. two to four servings of dairy. this magic seems to come from the mineral mix that are in these foods together. potassium, magnesium and calcium. rich sources that really can affect your blood pressure. so this diet can be overwhelming because there are lots of things that you can change. so break it down. don't try to do everything at once. you don't chief this overnight. start by focusing on adding one item, one extra fruit, one extra vegetable, one extra dair

the national institute of health says underage drink something one of the leading public health problems in our country. 9 wants us to know how and where kids are getting the booze. our reporter andrea mccaron and photographer dave satchel started working this story two months ago. andrea is here now to tell us more about what she found. >> reporter: jc, a mom tipped us off to a northwest washington liquor store where teenagers have allegedly been buying alcohol for years. she told us that her daughter bought beer and vodka at this one particular liquor store every week, and our undercover investigation backs her up. place like this, you even need a fake i.d.? >> usually no. >> for several weeks we watched and videotaped dozens of teenagers buying alcohol at town square market in northwest washington, without being asked for identification. >> i'm 18. it's very easy, and we have been buying here for like almost two years. >> in those two years, have you ever been asked for i.d.? >> like once. >> hey, what's up? >> night after night, with the help of a 23-year-old 9news now staff member,

proceed bracing bill that includes a whole lost of other things including the funding for the national institutesf health. >> i made it very clear, in subsequent interviews that i-- i don't support that. i have never supported it. why i supported arlen specter, number one, becaus because-- because, because arlen specter done i supported no child left behind, i supported it. it was the principa principal-- principles priority of president bush. when you are part of the team sometime us take one for the team for the leader and i made a mistake. you know, politics is a team sport, folks. >> jon: boo, boo, i boo your uncomfortably frank assessment of the inner workings of our legislature. boo. santorum, are you in a debate this is no place for reasoned arguing. (laughter) show them how it's done, boys. >> we have to have individuals that will stand up for religious conscious and i did and i will again as president. >> i believe this is the most dangerous president on national security grounds in american history. >> and just as arizona is finding out, you can stop illegal immigration. it's time we fi

national institutes of health? mayo clinic? try the tobacco companies. would the tobacco companies pay for ads telling you how dangerous their products are, how you shouldn't use them under any >> [ helicopter ] >> who do you think pays for those ads? surgeon general's office? national institutes of health? mayo clinic? try the tobacco companies. why in the world would the tobacco companies pay for ads telling you how dangerous their products are, how you shouldn't use them under any circumstances? because the federal government made them do it. after decades of selling products total general public that were harmful, after not fessing up to the risks they were creating, after using deceptive, fraudulent business practices, getting very rich alt the expense of the lives of their customers, they got caught. the federal government along with 46 states banded together and sued the tobacco industry, they sued the top four tobacco companies in the country and they won. they beat them. in winning they force the the tobacco industry in a massive cash settlement

the $9.5 million of aid from the national institute of health. this is almost miraculous. you don't see these grants very often to public agencies unless we are doing the absolutely necessary thing, and that is focused on improving and making sure we make great breakthroughs and we are going to be able to do that with this additional space. this money will go towards additional 8,000 square feet on top of renovating another 9,000. so it's a total focused on the 17,000 square feet of space that is in different floors of this building, making sure they're connected up and that we have additional physician space, counseling offices and examination rooms as well as research space. that's invaluable. i want to put on my d.p.w. hat for a moment, as well, because d.p.h. doesn't work if a vacuum. when they identify this, they work with everybody. i want to thank supervisor wiener for coming here today, too, because he knows how important it is for that collaboration to occur. so d.p.h. working in this facility -- and by the way, i need you to know that probably the last time i was

captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> welcome back. 5:08. traffic and weather every ten minutes. >> let's start with adam caskey on this tuesday. >> declined to be another beautiful day. if not as mild as yesterday in the district. but near average for this time of year, low 50's later on today. a mild start, 43 in the district. temperatures will drop a few more degrees before sunrise. 37 in martinsburg, 36 in frederick. northwesterly wind will blow cooler air into town. a northwesterly wind, but not as gusty as yesterday. increasing clouds tonight in the 30's in advance of a storm system that will affect us tomorrow. gray skies tomorrow, areas of rain. soggy at times. throughout the day we can expect three-quarters of an inch of rain. near 50. clearing out again on thursday. >> no accidents to report. overnight construction barrels have been moved out of the way. everything rolling nicely for metro rail, marc rail, and virginia will expressed. green lights and travel times in our favor across the wilson bridge out of alexandria through oxon

animal parts people eating the sick animals can get the disease as with well according to the national institutes of public health. in 1990, 175 people died in england from the so-called mad cow disease, she lived in england, at that time. take a look at some information we have for you. creutzfeldt-jacob causes a loss of brain function, it comes on rapidly, it is fatal and there is no known cure. as scary as this sounds it is not contagious between humans. there is no reason to think now, according to public health that there is anything going on in marin county that kicked off this disease. it could incubate for years even decades. again, she did live in england when there was that outbreak of mad cow disease. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >>> 4:33. this morning an undercover berkeley police officer is recovering at a hospital after a suspect backed a car into him as he tried to make a vehicle stop in castro valley. the sheriff's department says the suspect was shot while still in the driver's seat of the car. authorities say berkeley police were following up on a criminal investigation and was t

that's all according to the national institute on drug abuse. if you thought that your child could never get hooked, you need to listen closely to andrea mccarren's report. >> all of a sudden i hear this scream and jim came running down. he slid on his knees with shorts on saying he's dead, he's dead. dead. >> reporter: for most of us, it's impossible to fathom of death of a child. jim and cindy glass help us to understand. >> discovering your child dead is like finding yourself dead. >> he's the first thing i think about when i wake up. the last thing i think about when i go to bed. and i think about him pretty much all of the time. and it's ruined our life. >> reporter: jeremy glass led a charmed childhood. healthy, athletic and handsome. but a few high school sports injuries set him on a path he couldn't reverse. an addiction that began with prescription painkillers. >> he goes, mom, i thought you said drugs were bad. this is the best i've ever felt. >> reporter: in september of 2008, jeremy turned to heroin. he died in his bedroom at the age

the national institute of infectious diseases say that more than 1.7 million people sought treatment for flu symptoms last week. the figure was up 620,000 from a week earlier. school children aged 14 or younger accounted for a large number of infections typically spread within classrooms. the number of elderly patients aged 60 or older reached 110,000 up 40% from a year earlier. nhk has found that eight flu patients in their 80s and 90s at six hospitals and extended care homes suffered complications and died. health officials warned that fatalities among elderly tend to rise when seasonal type a flu spreads widely like this winter. >> translator: elderly people are more prone to catch the flu. sometimes their health will then worsen and they will develop knpneumoni pneumonia. a few may not ror and die. we urge staff at group care homes to try hard to prevent infections. >> the institute forecasts the number of flu patients will increase further before the winter is over. >>> rachel ferguson is up next with weather. >>> let's take a look and see what the weekend has in store in terms

captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> hello, i'm llewellyn king, the host of "white house chronicle " which is coming right up. today, i continue my intriguing conversation with john rowe, the retiring chief executive officer of exelon corp. john rowe is just -- not just a utility executive. he is a man of history, a man of enormous interests outside his professional industrial career, which has been hugely successful. in a time when we tend to look and measure people only by the success of their businesses, it is absolutely fascinating to hear john rowe talk about those things that led him to business success and those things that are simply a great passion with him. we will be right back. >> "white house chronicle" is produced in collaboration with whut, howard university television. now, your program host, nationally syndicated columnist llewellyn king, and co-host linda gasparello. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> hello again, and thank you for coming along. i promised you the extraordinary john rowe and here is the e

at least according to a study by the national institute of aging.looked at nearly 2,000 baltimore residents over a 50-year period and found impulsiveness contributes to being overweight. >> i see it in my practice all the time. >> reporter: psycho therapist jackie jacobsen is a counselor who sees these personality types again and again, including the stress junky who may use food for comfort. the multi-tasker who eats on the run. and the giver. >> a lot of us like to give but we give and give and give and then get depleted and we don't develop the skills to give to ourselves or to stop and take care of ourselves. and that's where food comes in. >> reporter: as for gayle, learning to look inside has helped her better control how she looks outside. she's already lost 25 pounds. >> i've learned to slow down on my eating. now i'm learning to say, no, i don't want to do that. >> reporter: and standing up for herself has been a big part of gayle's weight loss. she feels more confident to ask for foods to be fixed a certain way. >> i, too, am a perfectioni

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellitel indicated michigan that mitt romney is slightly ahead of former senator rick santorum. he campaigned in the southwestern part of the state in kalamazoo. this is about 45 minutes. thank you. nice to see you here. >> thank you. it is great to be in kalamazoo. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. wow. thank you. [applause] it is great to be in kalamazoo. [applause] all right. thank you. thank you, pastor clark. i want to thank all the organizers for this event for putting this crowd together. you guys did such a great job. there are people that cannot fit in there. we had to set up a second room. we will have two town hall meetings going on at the same time. my daughter, elizabeth, is here. she is the oldest of our seven children. i want to thank the duggars for being here. they have made over 1000 phone calls for us. i want to thank them for their help. my daughter has been traveling with me. we do a lot of traveling together. my son to be in college but he is taking a year off. my wife