institute of mental health, the national institute of drug abuse, the national institute of alcoholism and alcohol abuse, and other nih institutes-and that science that they developed, as was pointed out by dr. laudet, was very rigorous, but translating, as dr. peterson pointed out, into practice is complex. so, using our addiction technology transfer centers, we need to educate people about the science. we have to influence the behavior when we use our funding to, shall we say, prime the pump, allow community-based organizations, state authorities, county authorities, tribal authorities to explore the implications of the science that's been developed by researchers for community practice because that's what's pointed out. they work brilliantly in the laboratory or an exquisitely controlled study, but doesn't work when generalized to the general community. so, what we want to use our portfolio for is to help facilitate that information sharing, so that we can determine the utility of the science, and so we can provide feedback to the scientific community about whether the refined techn

jay works for the national institute of standards and technology and he'll tell you about the nist side of this project. >> probably the biggest question i always get asked is 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 has some unique challenges. as you can see, the document comes out at you, so it's almost a three-dimensional image. coming at you. the 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 will withstand a nuclear blast, but there are a lot of inherent things that ten years ago would not have been in any encasement, you know, 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 oxyg

but inside the national institutes of health, dr. william gahl is the tireless force behind the undiagnosed diseases program. what defines a rare disease? >> a rare disease in the united states is one that affects fewer than 200,000 individuals out of the 350 million citizens in the united states. something that affects 200,000 people isn't all that rare to us. i mean, what we're talking about rare diseases, the disorders is between one and 50 people in the world. >> all together now. >> kroft: the hottest concert ticket around right now is to see a 68-year-old man who is not a household name perform an album that was first recorded on vinyl 33 years ago. ♪ the artist is roger waters, the lyricist, bass player and creative force behind the legendary rock band pink floyd. the music being performed is "the wall." has anybody tried this before? >> no, nothing even close. >> kroft: i'm steve kroft. >> stahl: i'm lesley stahl. >> safer: i'm morley safer. >> simon: i'm bob simon. >> logan: i'm lara logan. >> pelley: i'm scott pelley. those

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] host[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> and chris supreme court decision remaining for this term, including cases dealing with the affordable care act and arizona immigration law. and the egyptian presidential election and what it means for the egyptian people and u.s.-you did relations. and the conversation with a washington post columnist. >> a lot of people don't get in the book, the understanding of who she was. most of it has been written by people that talked to friends of friends of friends that they don't really have the information themselves. >> from late 1960, to 1964, until served on the personal guard of jacqueline kennedy. >> how humorous she was at times, how athletic shoe was at times. it put me to the test that many times, and i did my best. >> more with until sunday night at 8:00. >> up next, commencement addresses from around the country. first, michael bloomberg, them bob mc

[captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news ave. >> good afternoon. i am sarah caldwell. his name is forever tied to a missing woman in aruba. gary giordano is back in the spotlight for embarrassing circumstances. this new case involves him, a woman, and a cadillac escalade. >> unusual activity during the evening rush during 5:45 on friday. >> had a customer, by who said he saw to people doing something they should not be doing in an suv. a white around and found the black suv and found that there were two people in the back doing something they should not, could tell there were some close missing. >> the man inside the car was gary giordano and a female companion named carol ann bock. giordano was held in aruba for nearly four months after robyn gardner, a woman he was traveling with, vanished at the island. prosecutors called it cheered on of the prime suspect. he was eventually released -- called giordano the prime suspect. he was eventually released be

nora and her staff at the national institute of drug abuse. the piece showed the institute's ground-breaking work in the science of addiction, and reflecting what we have learned about the disease and highlighted the future direction of drug policy. you know, in fact, nida, the national institute of drug abuse, is the source of 85% of the world's research on drug abuse. we could not be more proud of that. i recommend that all of you take a few minutes to watch that "60 minutes" piece. if you haven't already, that link to the video is on our twitter feed at omdcp. let me take a moment to state the extent of the challenges and why our policies, i think, kooncould not come at a more important time. today more americans die from drug-induced deaths than any other form of injury death including traffic crashes and gunshot wounds. while making matters worse, drug use among young people is increasing while youth perceptions of harm regarding some drugs are weakening. apart from its impact on the health and safety, our nation's drug problem always con

the r2p program is a cooperative agreement between the national institute of justice, the bureau of justice assistance, the office of criminal justice programs of the school of public affairs of american university and the national center for state courts. the purpose of the project is really to deliver the best research that's out there, including new and emerging research that will be relevant to the problems that the field is facing. so, we came up with the project of trying to develop ways to more timely and in a more interactive way share what has been learned, so that people can, as the name implies, move from the theory of the research to putting it into practical application. the r2p project tries to help people by condensing, through our efforts ahead of time, to distill really what is the best evidence that's available that's relevant to the work of people who work in drug courts. so, we are then able to, by using experts and by preparing background information, to give people the very latest guidance on how they should do their work in order to promote effectiveness in what they

[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 representatives.] the chair: on this vote, the yeas are 141, the nays are 261, the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote offered by the gentleman from georgia, mr. broun, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: first amendment offered by mr. broun of georgia. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is order. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a two-minute vote. a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. an

they are funding levels, increasing at the national institute of standards in technology and for the noaa satellite programs which is so important to our weather forecasting challenges as a nation. in the chairman's remark, he wisely rejected the proposed cuts that were going to be made in both the technical capabilities and the personnel at the national weather service, including air quality and the tsunami warning system and profile measurements, which we already invested in tens of millions of dollars as a nation. the bill provides funding at or near the requested level for the department of justice law enforcement agencies. including an increase above the request for the f.b.i. and to augment its capabilities in terms of cyberinvestigations and surveillance. i know all the members of the committee are -- and all the members of the house understand the very significant challenges that the country faces in terms of cybersecurity and the chairman has appropriately focused resources in that regard. the bill provides an increase of -- for the office of violence against women, grant pro

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> president obama was in afghanistan yesterday's signing an agreement with president, karzai address the nation from bagram airbase. his remarks are about 20 minutes. we've got the task force in the house and we've got task force defender in the house. we've got me in the house. 82nd in the house, 82nd in the house. somebody will be in trouble that they did not have 82nd on here. anybody else i missed? this will be broadcast back come during primetime so all i want to do is say thank you. the sacrifices that all of you have made, the sacrifices your families make every single day are what make america free and what makes america secure. and i know that sometimes out here when you are in theater it is not clear whether folks back home fully appreciate what is going on and let's face it, a lot of times, it is easier to get bad news on the news than good news. here's the good news and here is part of the reason i am here -- but just as signing a strategic partnership agreeme

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[captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> good afternoon, everyone. our big story. day 80 of the three-day special session. the senate is expected to take a final vote after giving it preliminary approval. we have more on what has been accomplished and what is expected out of annapolis. >> supporters of this so-called doomsday budget passed in the regular session. they're protesting the special session and a plan to raise taxes. >> the budget was passed. we will have another budget going to raise the taxes. it is a balanced budget that was passed. >> inside the state house, the senate gave approval to a new plan that switches the costs of teacher pensions to local jurisdictions and raises sales tax. it also has an income tax increase. this affects individuals making 100,000 or more a year. it is a better alternative according to those who say the budget would be devastating to state services and education. >> this would remain tighter classrooms. we cannot afford that. this means an increase in class siz

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which is part of the national institutes of health those big government agencies began a study of the health effects of drinking coffee at an older age they surveyed nearly twenty three to two hundred thirty thousand men. and more than one hundred seventy thousand women between the ages of fifty and seventy one and divided them up based on how much coffee they drank from zero cups a day all the way out to six cups a day study continued all the way up until two thousand and eight or for some people till they died and what researchers found was the men and women who consume three or more cups of coffee a day had a ten percent lower risk of death than those who drank fewer cups of coffee or no coffee at all men or drank six or more cops had a ten percent lower risk of death compared to those who drink didn't drink coffee at all and women who drank six or more cops had a fifteen percent lower risk researchers said the coffee drinkers were less likely to die from heart disease stroke respiratory illness and diabetes coffee drinkers were even less likely to die from injuries in accid

the national institute of health is funding new studies for possible therapies including a form of insulin that is sprayed into the nose. >>> a mother with stage 4 breast cancer says away area drug company may have given her a gift of time with her young son. >> he helped save my life and extended my time on the earth with my 11-year-old son and my family. >> 46-year-old darlene posted a video on you tube asking the fda to let her use a drug that has not been approved. they were able to get approval for grants under a process called compassionate use. >> it has to be a case where we are careful under which we give these exceptions. >> a major study involving this wrapped up in tees and the fda is expected to make a decision but she is grateful she does not have to wait longer. >>> state regulators say the graduates have a low pass rate on licensing exams. oikos university, they were concerned about the school's curriculum well before the shooting. he is now in jail facing -- one goh is now in jail facing murder charges. >>> and we have a 20% jump since the economy took a nosedive. >>> last

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taxpayers already spend billions of dollars from the national institute of health on cancer research. our problem with 29 is this another case with a special interest with a pet project. you have a ballot measure that is ultimately ballot box measuring. you give a slice of the tax to a group of nine unelected people to spend as they see fit on cancer research. it's a revolving fund that could be as much as $1 billion per year so we're giving control to an unelected group of nine people to spend this money every year. secondly, at a time when california is facing a $16 billion deficit, if we are going to take raise tax revenue should we be looking at things like cuts to the health care system or health and human services network of california it is estimated we have lost $4 billion in the last few years or the education or we have had $20 billion of cuts? >> your first point, the question about special interests, that is one of the main criticisms right now on people who are against 29 it is because the whole thing is funded by tobacco companies >> we're not represent tobacco companies

our staffing goals -- we are currently doing staffing analysis based on the national institute of corrections. we have had a lot of movement in the past few years with our staffing. we want to make sure we know exactly what we need to continue. we are assessing our staffing needs for fiscal year 2012-2013 as well as 2013-14, including reclassifying as ways to achieve this efficiencies. we are looking at where we can put some non-warn people. one of those places is a technical services. we are looking at a reduction in overtime. chairperson chu: can you speak about overturn projections? >> sorry i did not been met with me. i am going to ask our chief financial officer to speak to that. >> in the current year, we are running at about $7.30 million of overtime, which is under budget of about $9 million. we are looking to keep it between $7.50 million and $8 million in the next year. chairperson chu: given that we have a census of 1500 average daily bed days in the jails, and we have a capacity of 2200, what are your current staffing levels equipped to handle? >> that is one of the reasons i am d

the national institutes of health did a 13-year study, the largest of its kind.ned data on more than 400,000 adults over the age of 50. they found that men and women who drank up to six cups a day had lower death rates from heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. >> for the first time there are more black, hispanic, and other minority babies being born in the u.s. than white babies. that is according to new data from the u.s. census bureau confirming a long growing trend. but a local hospital says that's old news. news 4's jane watrel joins us from the newsroom with more. >> jim, that is because one of every eight deliveries in the state of maryland happens at holy cross hospital. the silver spring institution says minority births there have been out pacing white births for years. it's been a momentous day for the hind family from gaithersburg who welcomed baby aasha into the world shortly after midnight. >> she is our second child and so definitely could feel her more and she was definitely an active child. so, yeah. she made herself known. >> she is part of a grow

the national institutes of health owns the monkeys and no research is carried out on the islands.hey say the mondayrys can cared for in accordance with fell regulations. >> it was an historic launch of the kennedy space center this morning. >> three, two, one, zero. and launch of the space x falcon 9 rocket as nasa turns to the private sector to resupply the international space station. >> the private company space sxchx launched dragon. >> we're handing off our transportation to the international space station. so that nasa can focus on what we do best, exploring even deeper into our solar system with missions to an astroid and mars on the horizon. >> the first launch attempt was scrubbed on saturday because of a computer warning. the dragon capsule could dock at the space station as early as friday. >> cool stuff. >>> a baseball fans has a game that he's never going forget. yes, a fan and we'll be talking about the nationals. they hope their closer remembers how to throw strikes. and at redskins park, otas continue. rg3 impressing again. >>> it taking a look at the beautiful clo

captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> a local officer finds himself side >> a local police officer is of driving drunk after cruiser.his police that story is coming up. >> police and protesters clashed at the nato summit. , at a countryral star visits virginia. a rare rain of fire eclipsed crosses the sky. >> live and in hd, this is abc news at 11, on your side. >> we begin with the shocking local policehe was caughter he driving drunk. >> his name is daniel gonzales he crashed his car last night. authorities found him with a alcohol level of 0.13. we have the very latest. >> the same police officer drinking, driving, his police cruiser recently day was his bravery. these are pictures of prince county police officer gonzales receiving an for his professionalism. back in february, he was instrumental in helping elderly disabled residents in escape the building during a fire. >> everybody was running out. >> she was there, she credits colleagues and his difference onbig terrifying day. >> they were knocking on door- to-door. it was very scary. >> now the off

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] for a dvd copy of this program call 1-877-662-7726. for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at www.q-and- a.org. "q & a" programs are also available at c-span podcasts. >> coming up, we will have part two of our conversation. >> on "q & a" part 2, nancy gibbs and michael duffy as they talk about their latest book entitled "the presidents club: inside the world's most exclusive fraternity." >> michael duffy, we have not talked much about jimmy carter. it did to interview him? -- how did you interview him? >> we interviewed him fairly late in the game. great historical fact. in late of timber 2012, it jimmy carter became the longest ex-presidents in history. >> longest serving the regular price hoover was 31 years. carter will pass. >> he was 53 or 54. he was looking at a long time. he has a crisis. he says, what am i going to do? he writes his memoirs, and then he decides to be a globetrotting problem solver, and he applies himself with

all the details coming up on "g captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- live and in hd, this is good morning washington, on your side. >> we are following several big stories. the harry thomason jr. is scheduled to be sentenced today for stealing city funds. >> score. >> a long night for capitals fans. lost in triple overtime. it went well past midnight. it is now 4:30. >> thank you for getting your day started with us. we want to be your traffic and weather every 10 minutes. first, adam caskey. >> my heart can handle these three overtime games. that get to the storms again early this morning. -- let us get to the storm span early this morning. there is a chance of isolated thunderstorms or two. we have some areas of fog that will break into sunshine this afternoon. highs in the low and mid-80's. that is dependent on the movement of the boundary. there is a chance we could be a little bit cooler than that. tomorrow in the mid and upper- 80's. saturday lesser chance of storms. we get called on sunday and monday. >> south bonds after the beltway. they are cleani

captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- gosh let's go to the video of this news story. a woman was struck in the 1500's to block by a vehicle. she is hospitalized right now with non life-threatening injuries. the driver status on the scene. we want to get to the other top stories, and the search for a driver involved. >> police say the 21-year-old was hit shortly after getting out of her own. on the latest with the search for the driver. >> at the end of the day the person responsible remains on the run. >> her 21 year-old daughter was studying criminology and wanted to work in law enforcement. now she is the focus of an intense investigation. >> she did not deserve to die like that. >> she stepped out of her heart to confront a female driver of the other driver -- of the other, that she might have been arguing with. >> i know the girl that got killed. >> she says that soon after the incident, two people claiming to be witnesses told her that carrington jump on to the hood of the suspect's car moments before losing her life

you are the director of the national institutes of health. you lead the human-genome project. >> all tree. >> jon: . >> stephen: and now are you part of a four part hbo documentsary on piecity called the weight of the nation which starts airing on may 14th, okay. >> all true. >> stephen: so we're fat, okay. like most americans, i'll bite. why are we fat and what does it matter. >> well, yes, as would you say, nation, we have a weight problem. what are we going to do about the fact that two-thirds of adults and one-third of children are obese or overweight. >> stephen: buy bigger pants. (laughter) >> that's happening by the way. >> stephen: yes. but you know let's talk about the kids. the kids who are obese now o, and have about a 75% chance of being obese adults numbers we do something about it this generation of kids may be the first one in 100 years that doesn't live as long as their parents and grandparents. >> stephen: well, that's a tragic situation. but could it not also have the silver lining of fixing our social security problem? (laug

the national institute on aging summit opens with researchers saying new treatments are overdue with no new therapy since 2003. more than five million americans suffer from alzheimer's and that number is expected to triple by 2050. >>> new study paints grim picture about the lack of opportunities for young people with autism. researchers in st. louis found one in three have no paid job experience or education beyond high school that compares to 26% of mentally disabled young adults. half a million autistic children will reach consult hood in the next decade and the problem -- reach consulthood in the next decade and the problem needs addressing. >>> a low calorie version of slurpee is hitting 7-eleven the mango-flavor has lower calories. the is now available nationwide after test runs in several markets. >>> mango anything is good news as far as i'm concerned. >> slurp without guilt. >>> more news, after four months on-the-job the ceo of yahoo is out over questions about his resume. what he says is the real reason for his resignation. we'll have a live report. >>> pension reform batt

opponents as the tobacco taxes and i needed there are billions spent on tobacco research by the national institute of health. >>> mind-boggling $100 million spent on one tax measure. >>> anti-war activist in berkeley shows support for their allies in chicago who are protesting outside nato meetings. the occupy the bridge and occupy nato protesters began this morning unfurling banners over interstate 80. the call for peace around the world. >>> this is a never ending war we must and war as a foreign- policy tool under with people we've been trying this for years >>> if other demonstrators greeted world leaders at the nato summit in chicago this is the second day of meetings, karen brown shows as their goal was scored an exit strategy for the war in afghanistan >>> anti-war protesters marched in chicago, to the convention center where were leaders opened the today nato summit president obama says the focus on winding down the war in afghanistan, leaders pledged to shift security responsibility to afghan forces when your earlier than expected the data forces remain through 2014. after meeting with af

[applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> today, the greatest danger to america is not some foreign-born enemy. it is the possibility that we will fail to hear the example of that generation, that we will allow the momentum toward democracy to stall, take for granted the institutions and principles upon which our whole freedom is based, and forget what the history of this century reminds us, the problems abroad if left unattended will all too often come home to america. >> what commencement speeches by notable figures from the past three decades online at the c- span video library. >> on this memorial day weekend, president obama pays tribute to those who lost their lives defending the u.s. then representative lynn jenkins from kansas gives the republican address. she also begins by thanking the u.s. military for their service. and she outlines the republican plan for job creation and economic growth. >> this weekend, folks across the country are opening up the pool, firing up the grill, and taking a

. >>> the awesome rescue team from the royal national lifeboat institution, they were at it again this time. two kayakers near the coast of wales in the uk, they capsized in rough seas. one was a 53-year-old man, the other a 47-year-old woman. the woman began drifting away out to sea. so to the rescue came the unit of the rnli. those guys have been a group since 1830. when they got to the scene, there was another kayaker there lending a hand. you can see them lifting the couple on board their lifeboat. they said that the woman was floating there in the sea for 40 minutes. can you imagine these waters are rough, these waters are cold. she ingested a lot of seawater while she was out there. she was also very cold, very confused. >> imagine what went through her mind in those 40 minutes where she's drifting, taking in lots of water. she probably thought this was it. >> the woman was eventually airlifted by a helicopter and transferred to a nearby hospital where she was diagnosed with hypothermia. she was later discharged and she was okay. >> they made the transfer at sea. they didn't wait

the national institutes of health has given the green light for possible therapies including a form ofnsulin that's squirted into the nose. the obama administration has already set a date of 2025 as a goal to effectively fight the mind destroying disease. starting today families can turn to a one stop website alzheimer's.gov. >>> and summer's quickly approaching and if you spend a lot of time out in the sun and you see something suspicious on your skin how do you know if it's something you should get checked out? that's pretty s. it will look different from one side of the other. we want nice sharp well defined borders, not borders that are spread out and don't look very nice. we want a uniform . >> they ales should also pay close attention to the diameter of your mole. the bigger the mole the more concerning it could possibly be. >>> close to one in three people in the united states may sleepwalk during their lives. certain people are more likely to sleepwalk including those with sleep apnea or insomnia. heavy drinkers and people taking sleeping pills. sleepwalking could be getting ou

. >> reporter: williams says the national institute on drug abuse, the mayo clinic and others know itopponents worry that legalizing marijuana sends the wrong message. >> i don't care if it's for medical use or personal use, when you smoke pot you get high. and when you get high you are impaired. >> reporter: people who are suffering ask others to understand it helps them eat and sleep and survive. >> so the use of marijuana is keeping you alive? >> yes, that in combination with other medications, that's what's keeping me alive. >> it is important to note that montel williams is part of a dispensary in sacramento and his name is on a licensed application a dispensary in washington, d.c. the use of a drug is legal to varying degrees in 16 states and in washington, d.c. >>> a terrifying accident in western pennsylvania, two sunbathers are run over by a car with their cousin behind the wheel. police say the 13-year-old girls fell asleep while lying on the middle of the road and the cousin turned on to the road without noticing them. the girls are expected to survive and the cousin will n