thanks to monica george michail of the national institute of economic and social research.trump now and tiktok. the social media giant has lodged an appeal to the us supreme court to delay a law that would see it banned in america onjanuary 19th. that law was passed over concerns the chinese owned firm could pose a national security risk. meanwhile, its chief executive is the latest tech boss to make his way to donald trump s florida residence mar—a—lago for talks. as our north america technology correspondent lily jamali explains. this law calls on tiktok to be banned in the us unless its chinese parent company, bytedance, sells it to a us buyer. and executives there have made very clear they have absolutely no intention of doing that. this law was upheld earlier this month by a us appeals court. tiktok and bytedance are now appealing to the us supreme court, and on monday, they even asked the supreme court to block the law on an emergency basis while they await an answer. donald trump is giving the platforms 170 million american users some hope. we'll take a look at tikto

funding for this program was provided by the national institute of justice. that's. according to 19 year. hello, i'm wilson. cities and towns across the nation are struggling to deal was an explosion in the use and of illegal drugs. citizens are tired of having their streets overrun by drug dealers. in many communities, residents find their beleaguered police agencies cannot up with the expanding drug trade, much less eradicate it. so they are organizing and joining grassroots efforts aimed at taking back neighborhoods in some cases, citizens patrol the streets like unofficial, deputized police officers. they wear uniforms and carry talkies in other places, citizens monitor crack houses and street corner drug bazaars. they pots and pans to disrupt drug deals. some people worry that these activities could lead to vigilante ism. others fear that citizens the threat of drug dealer retaliation. in many cities, however, police and citizen groups work together. in philadelphia, a coalition of 80 neighborhood groups is waging battle against drugs with a fight. more over our

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still ahead, donald trump taps a fierce critic of covid lockdowns to lead the national institutes ofealth as a republican-led house panel concludes that the pan do demick was likely caused by a lab leak are. by a lab leak are. ♪ ♪ and then i wake up. is limu with you in all your dreams? oh, yeah. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty. ♪ still congested? —nope! —uh oh. new mucinex 2-in-1 saline nasal spray. spray goodbye. aaaaaaahhhhh! new mucinex 2-in-1 saline nasal spray with a gentle mist and innovative power-jet. spray goodbye to congestion. it's comeback season! ♪ paul: a republican-led house committee on the coronavirus pandemic released its final report this week, a 520-page document that is highly critical of the federal government's response and concludes that the virus likely originated from a lab leak, a theory that a democrats on the panel rejected in a release of their own. the dueling reports came days after president-elect donald trump tapped stanford university professor jay bhattacharya to a head the national institutes of health, a critic o

always want to be active and everything but there comes a [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2024] >> ed house is gaveling back in. e following order. motions to suspend the rules and pass senate 1351, pass senate 3857, concur in the senate amendments to h.r. 8663, and pass senate 759. the first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote. pursuant to clause 9 of rule 20, remaining electronic votes will be conducted as five-minute votes. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from kentucky, mr. guthrie, to suspend the rules and pass senate 1351 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title. the clerk: senate 1351, an act to study and prevent child abugs in youth residential programs and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. thi

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[applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2024] >> meet a demand but it's access to capital. in tribal land and in many rural areas, the pour thattest bank is sometimes more than 100 miles away. vice president harris: making it more difficult for folks to get the resources and support that they need to start and grow a small business. which is why i have worked to expand access to capital since i served in the united states senate. and as vice president, have made sure we invested over a billion dollars in native community banks, banks run by people who live in the community, and understand and are in the business position then to understand the needs of the community, the capacity of the community, in a way that in particular other banks may not. and the impact of that approach is profound. as just one example. soon after taking office, i spoke with ana, a member of the omaha tribe. [applause] and we had an extensive conversation. i re

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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 representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 389, the nays are 6. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from kentucky, mr. comer, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 9598 as amended on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title. the clerk: h.r. 9598, a bill to amend the office of national drug control policy re-authorization to re-authorize such office and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote.

national institutes of health at denies his band fast food advertising marketed to children we could cut the childhood obesity rate by 18%. this is not a radical idea for the 1980s go back and band food advertising children under 13. last summer the world health organization called for countries to substantially reduce the marketing of junk food to children in norway announced that we would be banning all food and beverage advertisements to kids. our look, portugal, south korea, spain, taiwan several other major countries have either it seriously restricted or banned junk food ads targeted at children. not a radical idea. and finally in my view we got to substantially the committee reduce the outrageously high prices of diabetes and weight loss drug owes them pick and will go b. in april i introduced legislation to enact a federal ban on junk food advertising targeted towards children require the fda to put strong warning labels on products high and added sugar, salt, and saturated fat. so, today is an important hearing while dealing with the health and well-being of many millions of

the national institute of kidney disease. the focus where feel like they do a very good job. a very good issue of a 16 -year-old who is obese and may develop diabetes later and want to do about a normal human being who is not sick does not have a disease yet is a big issue that i think needs more attention. >> thank you. >> can i just interject for point of clarification. >> much appreciated. this will be a big -- generating all the statistics. all of the different intersection of all of these issues creating these discrepancies. >> thank you, mr. chairman. you probably know that i will be talking about genetically engineered salmon. you will not be disappointed here this morning. talking about access to healthier foods. i know that we all recognize and art several america. parts of my stay, healthy food is hard to come by. it is expensive. people are getting the good healthy nutritious diet that they need. when you have a 24 pack of costo water, i have the picture on my phone. $99. in a community that lacks good solid safe drinking water. this contributes you have to get you

the national institute of health is using their funding to break down the silos. lot of silos in government, a lot of silos across america to make more progress and do it more quickly. for example, we know that heart disease is the leading cause of death for women. that we don't know, we don't know enough about how menopause may affect heart disease and that's going to change. we are going to learn so much more. the department of defense is dedicating funds to research women's health issues like arthritis, cancer, chronic fatigue that affects women in the military. but this research is going to benefit all women. our work does not stop here. the addition -- in addition to launching women's health research initiative earlier this year, i signed an executive order directing the most comprehensive set of executive actions ever taken in the history of this country, to improve women's health issues. [applause] it ensures that women's health is integrated and prioritize all across the entire federal government. all research projects and budget plans, across the entire g

] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2024] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org. >> white house briefing watch live at 1:30 on c-span and c-spannow or online at c-span. org. secretary of state anthony blinken spoke to reporters after meeting with officials in jordan following assad's collapse and he said u.s. and jordanian officials will work together to ensure there is no power vacuum left. and answered reporters' questions until israeli strikes. this is 10 minutes. secretary blinken: we are back in the region at a time of both real promise and -- [indiscernible] the focus of our work here is to coordinate efforts throughout the region syrian people transition away from assad's brutal dictatorship. i think as we look at it, it's important to start here in jordan because few countries have been affected by what goes on in syria, but also jordan has a critical role to play. and what we are focused on is not choosing a path for syria but making sure the syrian people have the opportunity t

congress to pass the affordable care act pretty that included my legislation that elevated the national institute for minority health disparities it and i each as much progress this has brought, the struggle for health and for equality continues and today medicare coverage includes legislation for screening and care saving lives in dollars. in all health insurance now covers pediatric dental care which the legislation i authored after the tragic death of the driver 12 -year-old marilyn whose life could've been saved with a simple tooth extraction in a partnered with sitter rob portman about the house and in the senate, security prettily for the work waged workers and thanks to legislation, we co-authored has been enacted into law more players the providing opportunities for their employees to participate and retirement plans that are legislation included a sievers —-dash lower wage workers in automatic enrollment provisions that have dramatically increased participation byic employees braided in the last ten years, dissipation in retirement savings for the lowest income with 12 americans, have in

exactly who funded trump and musk, and who i'm going to b [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2024] >> we'll go to capitol hill now. republican senators from the carolinas are about to talk about hurricane and disasterrer relief funding amid that ongoing debate over government spending. live coverage here on c-span. >> we're here to talk about something that we think's critically important, that we fail -- that we do not miss the opportunity to deliver on before we leave town. and that is providing disaster relief for not only north carolina, which bore the brunt of the storm damage in helene, but storm damage from milton, storm damage from debby and storm damage from storms that happened years ago. sen. tillis: that's a part of the more than $100 billion that was in what we thought was the agreed continuing resolution with the disaster supplemental attached to it. now we know that that is falling apart and in some cases i think for good reason. but

that law included my legislation that elevated the national institute for minority health and health disparities at nhih. -- nih. the struggle for health care equality continues. today, medicare coverage includes legislation i authored for screening and preventive care, saving lives and dollars. all health insurance now covers pediatric dental care which was legislation i authored after the tragic death of a 12-year-old in maryland whose life could have been saved with a simple tooth extraction. i partnered with senator rob portman in both the house and in the senate to expand retirement security particularly for lower wage workers. thanks to legislation we co-authored and has been enacted into law, more employers are providing opportunities for their employees to participate in retirement plans. our legislation included a credit for lower wage workers and automatic enrollment provisions that have dramatically increased participation by employees. in the last 10 years, participation in retirement savings were the lowest income -- for the lowest income americans has increased by 130 5

productions, inc., which is solely for its content funding for program was provided by the national institute at thank your another hagley history hangout. my name is gregory hargreaves, assistant director of the center for the history of business technology and society at the hagley museum and library in wilmington, delaware. now, as you know, during these history hangouts, we'd like to bring you some of the great work being done by folks who have used the historical collections held in the hagley library, especially scholars who have received support in the form of research, grants and fellowships of different kinds from the hagley center. one such scholar joins me today. madison kroll is a assistant professor of communication studies at seton hall university. madison, thank you for joining me today. dr. haris thank you so much for having me. i'm really excited to. talk about my visit to the hagley which occurred about 6 to 8 weeks ago. actually at this point, which is wild and some of the potential projects that i might be working on, based on the materials that i found while i was visitin

trump also selected stanford doctor jay bhattacharya to head the national institutes of health and san francisco vc and former paypal executive david sacks as his ai and crypto czar. our other headlines tonight deep cuts could be coming to oakland. the city is facing a budget shortfall of nearly $130 million. that means we could see public safety cuts and layoffs. today, city leaders discussed various options. it includes cuts to police and the fire department and more than 90 potential layoffs. it also calls for reallocating millions of dollars in city funds to help avoid a fiscal emergency. now, initial cuts include eliminating $25 million in police overtime, two police academies and the browning out, so to speak, of two fire stations. however, oakland fire could ultimately see six total fire stations being browned out next year. that's nearly a 30% reduction. it's i can't even imagine it. so residents are going to be waiting like i illustrated inside 20 plus minutes for their first fire engine to show up, which is not acceptable. as challenging as these budget reductions will be, we

it's a national institution and the main hub of the iconic shinkansen, the original bullet train.t's amazing to me that these revolutionary machines have been around for 60 years, and to get the inside track on them, i'm meeting ex—driver, nowjapan rail central manager, naoyuki ueno. lovely to meet you. nice to see you. obviously, this is a very busy station. how frequently do these trains go? every three minutes... wow! ..shinkansen is operated. and also, since the birth of the shinkansen, we have had 6.8 billion passengers. 6.8 billion? yeah. that's right. wow! i mean, they are incredible, aren't they? they're wonderful to look at, but also they're fabulous bits of engineering as well. because they're aerodynamic, streamlined. you know, shape is very important to make sure that it is quiet and less vibration. it is really reliable. the average delay is about one minute. one minute average? yeah, that's right, including natural disaster. that's phenomenal. i'm proud of the shinkansen train. as a japanese citizen, i'm proud of that. yeah, and there it goes. yeah, that's right. bye

now, this is someone who has threatened to gut the national institutes of health, the federal agency responsible for medical and public health research. now, they along with the rest of h.h.s. do vital, nonpartisan work that impacts every american in every community. from pandemic preparedness to cancer research to resources for mental health and substance abuse. there are real lives at stake. we just went through a pandemic that cost the lives of 1.3 million americans. the single largest loss of life event in the modern era in our country and around the world. we cannot allow at this moment to hand over the keys of public health to an extreme and unqualified and dangerous nominee. the senate must reject r.f.k. jr. for h.h.s. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from colorado, mr. lopez, for five minutes. mr. lopez: mr. speaker, i stand up today to address the decay of the moral compass that our nation is facing. the moral compass of faith, family and self-resilience that this nation was founded on is being treated a

all right, so the survey was funded by the national institutes of health. and i mean, these are some pretty encouraging numbers, richard. and observations, researchers saying that abstaining is a trend among young people. as a mother of three teenagers, yeah, i'm happy to hear that. so tell us, you know what you discovered in this study. >> yeah. well, let me tell you about the scope of the declines in drug use that we're seeing, which are really quite remarkable. >> so among teenagers in 2024, drug use is down 25% or more since the pandemic. for the three major drugs that teenagers use, which are alcohol, cannabis and the latest addition to the top three, which is vaping nicotine. and these are really some of the largest declines we've ever seen in the history of this project. and we've been surveying adolescents every year for the past 50 years. >> so the national institutes of health researchers found that, um, i guess they're crediting that social distancing during the pandemic helped lead to these lower substance use kind of numbers among children, rig

. >> the national institute of health is using their funding to break down the silos, to make more progress more quickly. for example, we know that heart disease is the leading cause of death for women, but we don't know. we don't know enough about how menopause may affect heart disease. >> jill biden has worked on women's health initiatives since the 1990s. she said her work will continue after she leaves the white house in january. >> the san francisco board of supervisors has unanimously approved a project to revitalize part of fisherman's wharf, according to mayor london breed. the plan involves expanding the waterfront plaza and promenade and renovating significant portions of pier 45. one shed on the pier was destroyed in a fire in 2020. the project would also upgrade the pier's infrastructure to make it more resilient to earthquakes and sea level rise. >> a walnut creek based nonprofit is helping to save blunt nosed leopard lizards, also known as valley dragons. according to save mount diablo, they were among the first to be covered by the endangered species act. unlike condors and g

francis collins, former director of the national institutes of health, former head of the -- research and esteemed -- [ indiscernible ] ♪♪ [ applause ] >> all right. well, we began with the elephant in the room for dr. dobbs. now i'm going to give you your elephant in the room. i know you're a federal employee. we don't want to get you fired, but we did just hear mayor bloomberg say that it would be beyond dangerous to have robert f. kennedy jr. as health secretary. i know you can't comment on that. i'm not going to make you say no comment. but i do want to know what you took away from your experience in the first trump administration in a very polarized climate. how did you navigate those waters? >> so you are correct. i am running a research lab at the national institutes of health working on diabetes and a rare form of aging called progeria. so i am a federal employee. i'm not going to be able to comment on any particular nomination. i was a big part of operation warp speed. that was an amazing achievement pulling together the public and the private secretaries. i have to give a bi

one of the wonderful things about the national institutes of health is its incredible track record ofnd the fact it's always had bipartisan support. there have been some differences of opinion, you know, maybe minor cuts, modest cuts here and there, but this is one thing that always crossed the aisle, that everyone recognized the importance of the national institutes of health. now, that's being questioned. and ere's even been talk about making specific cuts to infectious disease research, at a time, as we have just spoken about, we need it more than ever. it's not that the health and human services secretary has to have all that subject matter expertise. we had very good health and human services secretaries who have not had that background. i think of someone like we probably both know, tommy thompson, who was governor of wisconsin and became an excellent health and human services secretary. he brought in some of the top people like former mentors of mine, like d.a. henderson, who had the eradication of the smallpox in the '70s, and major general phil russell who ran research and de

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carries so if the service or constitution of software nation right of meals, south korea, and the national institute, those us today as well. so at least we know the various source of all the paralysis for the news on yes, pretty sized. okay. uh, a u. c wong, who do you agree uh that the influence of the us in this price is the images. and i do believe that this as simple as the right um on the one here that we need to know the fact that uh, the vitamin needs bite and then ministration is is fine lights. and we are looking at the 2 months and 2 trunk takes power as the new us presidents and whatever this car, there's ministration in washington made demands of president june. so going probably a is not going to have not going to have such a great impact on what it unfolds in korea. as we observe the situation. for example, the 1st 7 units of it was in fact, bringing up the possibility of delivering weapons to the ukraine in the fight against russia. but even that this is on which it is uh, seems favorably by dividing that ministration is now unholy. because of the very fact that there will be a new o

national institutes of health. those royalties are for several patents owned by the u.s.ernment. another 467 million will be paid to the university of pennsylvania for the use of its messenger rna inventions. pfizer will also have to reimburse biontech for parts of those payments. a legal defeat for starbucks involving the firing of two workers who tried to unionize. a feder appeals court rejected starbucks appeal of a case by the national labor relations board. the board had found that the coffee chain illegally fired two philadelphia baristas who wanted to organize a union. the justices said starbucks did not have legal standing or the qualifications to challenge the constitutionality of the board's administrative judges. the appeals court also ruled that starbucks engaged in unfair labor practices by firing the baristas. starbucks argued it fired the workers for poor work, performance, and behavior. a lot more news ahead. terry mcsweeney joins us now with what's coming up next. right now at six, they sprang into action after the disaster in santa cruz. and we are heari

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