most at risk is the national institutes of health which funds thousands of projects from cancer research to alzheimer's. blackburn, who has drawn up a sign, is joining the effort to fight against the cuts. >> we want to understand, not just scientists, we want everybody to understand that this is not something that we can just lightly throw away. >> reporter: doctors, researchers, and scientists pooled in front of city hall to protest what they call an attack on science. >> it will take a century to rebuild what we have right now. >> reporter: this protest is one of nearly 30 demonstrations erupting across the u.s. as scientists fight back against medical misinformation and demand funding for research project. >> science is good economy. science is good for you and me. >> reporter: wendy miller, a cancer survivor, came out to the rally, says science saves lives. >> i've had two separate occurrences of breast cancer with two separate diagnoses and the difference in my treatment between 2009 and 2020 was phenomenal and it's all based on science. >> reporter: miller stood opposite of casey

what he said during his confirmation hearing as he's poised to lead the national institutes of health. and we check in on the investigation into what caused the la wildfires. has the electrical company down there done enough to track dangerous weather conditions? welcome back to the news at 530 starts right now. thanks so much for joining us. i'm janelle wang. and i'm raj mathai. they got the green light. the embattled sheriff of san mateo county might be ousted by the board of supervisors. voters overwhelmingly supported measure a in yesterday's election. tonight, though, sheriff christina corpuz remains defiant, refusing to step down, saying she will continue to defend herself against what she calls false accusations. here's nbc bay area's ian cull. san mateo county sheriff may soon be out of a job. at last count, 85% of voters supported measure a. that measure temporarily amends the county charter, allowing for the board of supervisors to remove the elected sheriff. if four of the five supervisors approve two of them who've led the charge for her dismissal spoke about next steps to

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2025] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> senate democrats holding a news conference on president trump decision to get rid of the education department. >> to senator schumer's point, here is the other reason. all that matters right now are the billionaires. all that matters is hoarding as much money, stealing as much money from middle class and poor families in this country so that they can pass that money along to the billionaires and millionaires and corporations. everything they are doing is about making sure that they shrink the parts of government that help regular people, so they can pass along more benefit and more help to their billionaire friends. and here is the last piece of the story. the billionaire class, the corporate class, private equity class, they are sick to death that they don't have their hands inside the department of education treasury. they cannot get their hands on our schools like they have gotten their hands into our

] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2025] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org. >> your administration's foreign policy is quote largely in line with their vision? pres. trump: i think it takes two to tango. you're going to have to make a deal with russia, you're going to have to make a deal with ukraine. you're going to have to have the assent and the consent from european countries and from us. i think everybody has to get into a room so to speak, and we have to make a deal. the deal can be made very fast. it should not be a hard deal to make. it could be made very fast. maybe somebody doesn't want to make a deal, i think if that person doesn't want to make a deal that person won't be around very long that. person won't be listened to very long. i believe russia wants to make a deal. i believe certainly the people in ukraine want to make a deal. save suffer -- they've suffered more than anybody else. we talk about suffering, they've suffered. but if you think about it, under president

[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. announcer: you can watch the rest of this on the c-span app. we take you now to capitol hill. e clerk will read the resolution.e the clerk: house resolution 191, resolved, that the house has heard with profound sorrow of the death of the honorable sylvester turner, a representative from the state of texas. resolved that the clerk communicate these resolutions to the senate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the decease. resolved, that when the house adjourn today it adjourn as a further mark of respect for the deceased. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the resolution is agreed to. the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. proceedings will resume on questions previously postponed. votes will be taken in the following order. passage of h.j. resolution 61 and passage of h.j. resolution 42. the fir

so i think you have something to say about that perspective of the institutions, which was set top on the national level in boston. yeah. all they illegitimate and illegal. the northern side, they were, they were decided by internet inter governmental agreement, including with mueller ongoing support. several of these institutions, and he was willing to validate them in a vote that he made in 2006. unfortunately, the constitution was not invented in the so called april package, but he was willing to put all those elements into the constitution. every new institution that was built in post war state building in bosnia herzegovina that had been agreed by both the federation and republican service got here he had agreed to. so this is revisionist, this is an attempt to renegotiate from, from the current position. everything that happened before is illegal. we want to go back to a state that has no power, no, due to sherry nobility, a truck will try organized, crime and corruption, which is one of the things that the state board, the convicted him has power to do. so i don't think that that's a legiti

jay bought a char area as the director of the national institutes of health. and commissioner of the fda. watch live next week on the c-span networks or on c-span now , our free mobile video app. head over to c-span.org for scheduling information or to watch live or on-demand anytime. c-span, democracy unfiltered. sunday on c-span's q&a, we will talk with national geographic explorer tara roberts who travels the world documenting the underwater wrecks of slave ships. the nonprofit organization diving with a purpose is primarily composed of african-american divers. >> i saw this picture in a museum, these women in a group called diving with the purpose and that they spend their time searching for an documenting slave ship wrecks around the world. there are people like me who are living a life of adventure. maybe this could be for me, too. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> following a contentious oval officeeeting between president trump, vice president vad volodymyr zelenskyy, the ent posted this. we had a very meaningful me in the white

the national institutes of health funding is vital. i've heard from countless researchers in my district who are terrified about what this means for the future of biomedical research in the u.s. in this action from the trump administration threatens to undo the progress that our premier research universities have made around future scientific breakthroughs and i'm hopeful my colleagues will join us in fighting for colleges and universities to receive adequate funding from nih to support vital research missions. today's hearings on nil, the lifeblood of so many across the country. as someone who represents a significant college athletic population at schools big and smile -- small, uncommitted to crafting legislation insuring all college athletes are heard, protected, and prioritized. we are lucky to have the university of michigan and eastern michigan university, two very different schools that we have to protect. i want to thank the chair for holding the hearing. with everything happening in college sports since the last time we conve

. >> this afternoon former director of the national institute of health during the positions and lawmakers including kristin holland and representative for event organizers the science rally in front of the memorial and front of washington d.c. free c-span now video app or online at c-span.org. >> democracy is just an idea, it's a process to fight leaders elected to the highest office entrusted to a select few were debates unfold. democracy real-time your government at work. use your democracy unfiltered.

laid off thousands of federal employees at science agencies including the cdc, nasa and the national institutes joining 20 other states in suing the trump administration over the mass firings of several federal employees, attorney general, rob bonta says we don't know how many california's were affected because they did not follow proper procedures. >> they proceeded while ignoring critical protections that ensure workers and impacted communities receive advanced notice of mass layoffs to soften the disruptions they cause. and ensure that personnel such as military veterans are given preference in retaining their jobs. >> the coalition of attorneys general is asking to halt more mass firings and reinstate everyone who was unlawfully terminated. >>> a cbs news poll found americans are almost evenly split on support for the sweeping federal cuts, but there is a massive gap between the democrats and republicans, you can see the cuts have overwhelming approval from the gop at 87% while 86% of democrats is disapproving. >>> coming up, one of the founders of the band tony! toni! tone! has died, even

visit ncic.org] >> this morning national institutes of health nomee bhattacharya will answer questions. has expressed his opposition to the cov-19 lockdowns. from the senate health committee, you can wch it at 10:00 eastern on c-span3 or online at c-span.org. ♪ >> saturdays, watch american history tv's 10 week series, first 100 days. we explore the early months of presidential administrations with historians and authors, and through the c-span archives. we learn about accomplishments and setbacks and how infants impacted presidential terms and the nation up to present day. saturday, the first 100 days of gerald ford' is present state. he took office after richard nixon during the watergate investigation. resident board declared "our long national nightmare is over ," and later made the controversial decision to pardon nixon. in those first few months president ford also try to tackle high inflation and the treatment of vietnam war draft invaders. watch our american history tv series first 100 days, saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, on c-span two. >> mr. speaker, on

president trump's pick to run the national institutes of health faced some tough questions today duringis confirmation hearing in the senate stand for professor jay bhattacharya was a prominent critic of biden administration covid-19 policies and lockdowns. senior national correspondent rich edson looks at today's session. >> i personally was subjected to censorship by the actions of the biden administration during the pandemic. >> during his confirmation hearing today, dr. jay bhattacharya a covid lockdown contrarian and president trump's choice to lead the national institutes of health pitched his vision on overhauling the nih. >> science to succeed it needs free speech. an environment tolerance for disglent during the pandemic in october 2020 he was one of three authors of the great barrington declaration that stated, quote: we know that all population which eventually reach herd immunity. those who are not vulnerable should immediately be allowed to resume life as normal. then nih director francis collins called bhattacharya a fringe epidemiology cyst. bhattacharya testified that he

bhattacharya for appearing before the committee the national institutes of health funds more medical research than any other public institution in the world. helping us better understand heart disease, preventing and curing certain cancers. it has led accomplishments like mapping the human genome. as a medical researcher who is engaged in nih sponsored research for decades, dr. bhattacharya understands the power of these investments. and sir, your name comes out a little bit different every time i say it i apologize in advance. importantly, nih grants have increased capacities in states that otherwise would not have had sufficient resources to invest. allowing institutions to bring lifesaving cures and treatments that people in my state and around the world. however, nih at times, it appears, has prioritized funding for risk-aversed incremental science. there is concern that the current system establishes scientist who is study already proven concepts rather than younger scientist who is have unproven ideas with potential for major medical breakthroughs. it limits groundbreaking disco

so let me just say that the scientific institutions we're talking about are the national institutes of health, which is the agency that funds most biomedical research and in the country at universities as well as the food drug administration that regulates and approves drugs and the scholarly journals that are the overseers of the gatekeeping process of scientific advancing. i personally work for science magazine, one of the most important scientific publications, and i'm proud do so as well as the university themselves which have a responsibility to safeguard scientific knowledge and its its progression. so all of these really need to up their game have terribly failed certain ways to detect and prevent the presence image doctoring and potential misconduct and fraud not just in alzheimer's research, but many areas of research. again it's it's more tragic in a way, in alzheimer's because there aren't remedies that arrest or reverse the cognitive decline associated the disease. so it's very very terrifying and tragic. but these are more generalized problem of, i think, some arrogance an

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2025] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] chair thompson: the agriculture committee hearing will reconvene . pleased to recognize the gentlelady from texas, congresswoman delacruz, for five minutes. rep. delacruz: -- chair thompson: pressure microphone at the bottom. >> thank you posting this important meeting today and take you to all the witnesses for being here throughout the day joining us and sharing with us your concerns about the economic crisis that is happening all across america. as we are looking at the economic crisis for our farmers and ranchers, i'm going to specifically talk about what is happening in my district. in my district, our farmers and ranchers are really suffering due to the mexican government's failure to deliver water as per the 1944 water treaty. this has been devastating for our region. in fact, each day, this devastation continues. mexico now owes us over a million acre-feet of water. it is practically impossible for t

laid off thousands of federal employees at science agencies, including the cdc, nasa, and the national institutes of health. >>> hundreds of workers from noaa have also been laid off, including some here in california. the agency is not only responsible for daily weather forecasts and storm warnings, it also manages fisheries . cecil hannibal caught up with a worker in sacramento who was given his walking papers and has more on the impact of his departure. >> i'm not going to fight for my job back at this point. i don't have much faith in the federal government to follow through with their promises. they promised me a lot. they left me with this. >> caleb wagner grabbed the last of his belongings after being fired from noaa last thursday. he heard rumors, but without notice an email came to the building in one hour. >> everyone on probation got cut from noaa. >> reporter: that is every employee with the agency for less than a year. the hydraulic engineer left his family back in michigan to be here. now he's got to cough up nine grand to get out of his lease or find another job in sacramento. >> f

the new national institutes of health policy would strip research groups of hundreds of millions of dollarse money covers so-called indirect expenses of studying alzheimer's, cancer, heart disease and a host of other illnesses. everything from clinical trials of new treatments to basic lab research. that is the foundation for discovery. separate lawsuits filed by a group of 22 states, plus organizations representing universities, hospitals and research institutions nationwide sued to stop the cuts, saying it would cause irreparable harm. a stanford university doctor who president trump has nominated to be the director of the national institutes of health, began his senate confirmation hearing. doctor jay bhattacharya is a professor of medicine, economics and health research policy at stanford. he's a harsh critic of many covid era policies, like the mandatory lockdowns and vaccine mandates, he told the senate. if he's confirmed, he plans to bring, quote, free speech back to the nih. >> dissent is the very essence of science. i'll foster a culture where nih leadership will actively encourage

jayanta bhattacharya for the director of national institutes of health. and i had the opportunity to meet dr. bhattacharya during the covid pandemic. little bit about myself. i was governor of nebraska at the time, but in a prior life, i was a biology major undergrad. i worked in a biochemistry lab. i'm published. you can go out there and find out there. for a brief moment in time, i was actually involved in the research world at the nih gives out grants to help and support. and during the covid pandemic, we didn't know a lot. there was no playbook. and so, i was getting great advice from our folks at the university of nebraska medical center. but i also reached out to talk to talk with others like dr. bhattacharya about how we should handle this pandemic. and one of the things about dr. bhattacharya is he showed intellectual honesty and courage because he offered alternative suggestions about how to handle the pandemic. now, we know now that young people are not really impacted by the covid virus as much as older people. in the past typically what we hav

off thousands of federal employees at science agencies, including the cdc, that issa, and the national instituteso the funding cuts and the lay have i don't haves have definitely stirred the pot, and so have tariffs. yesterday president trump postponed tariffs on some product from mexico and canada. today he threatened to impose reciprocal tariffs on canadian lumber. hear in the bay area, farmers are already feeling the effects. we spoke with some who say they're actually eating the costs to help keep produce affordable. >> we've got mandarins, grape fruits, oranges, pretty much a little bit of everything. i feel like come season, that's when we're going to feel it. >> reporter: prices have to stay low. it services a neighborhood with limited access to affordable fresh produce, especially for low-income families. but with supply costs soaring, farmers like joe are stuck in the middle. >> i feel like once the prices go up, they're never going to come back down. and people won't be able to afford it. you know what i mean? it's kind of messed up for them. the farmers are eating the cost. >> reporte

recommended vitamin and supplement. >> brand. >> tonight, trump's pick to lead the national instituteshealth under sharp questioning from republican senator after he said he would invest more money to study the widely debunked link between vaccines and autism. >> i've been. >> told that you have said that we need. >> to invest nih resources. >> at looking at the link. a possible. >> link between. measles vaccine. >> and autism. >> i have not. >> heard that directly. it's hearsay. >> any comment on that? >> as far as. >> research on autism and and vaccines? i don't generally believe that there is a link. and based on my reading of the literature, but what i have seen is that there's tremendous distrust in the in medicine and science. so i would support an agenda of a broad agenda, a broad scientific agenda based on data to get an answer to that. >> you say he doesn't believe it, but then he is saying he wants to get an answer to that with more data. all right. so let's go to governor josh green of hawaii. why? well, because governor green is a medical doctor who spent an incredible amou

[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 386 -- the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 409 -- the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 411, the nays are zero, zero recorded as present, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 417, the nays are zero, 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. 758, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title. the clerk: h.r. 758, a bill to direct the united

] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2025] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its ca announcer: members of the house freedom caucus spoke to reporters outside of the white house following a meeting with president trump. his federal spending plan. mr. harris: we had a great meeting with the president and want to support the president's agenda and work toward to getting that continuing resolution and all the people said you can never pass that reconciliation bill. wait until next week. we have another chance with the week-long c.r. mr. roy: had a great meeting with the president and like-minded members of the freedom caucus and overwhelming support of the president's agenda and give room for elon musk and doge to deliver to the american people and finding and recognizing the cuts that need to occur and identify those and get those in place and importantly freeze spending at current levels which is going to be hold spending in check and those cuts keep coming out. and identifying waste, fraud and abuse. and expenditures of a $32,000 trans

doctor gandhi says both the national institute of health and the center for disease control have made cuts to programs for the lgbtq community. that puts a chevy researchers in a difficult position. problem with that is that where hiv researchers and being transgender increases your risk for hiv. and so we have grant that work with transgender individuals. and that being threatened is a problem. she's not just concerned with the treatment of those who are hiv positive, but also for medications like prep that are prescribed to prevent hiv. senator scott wiener co authored a bill this year to require state insurance companies cover all forms of prep. what donald trump elon musk are doing slashing and burning. >> the federal health infrastructure. >> and making it harder for people to get access to prep, to protect themselves from hiv. infectious disease experts may be worried about the future of their work in the world of hiv prevention, but they aren't giving up my hope. >> is that reason will take over. my hope is that we can do enough advocacy. >> doctor gandhi is gathering with othe

at all the agencies that have had cuts, the department of education, department of energy, national institutes of health, it's hard to not see it as a broader attack on expertise and specifically, scientific expertise which is a dangerous and short-sighted road to go down and in this specific case, guess which agency houses the united states response to the climate crisis. it's noaa. this is going to be part of an effort to cripple those responses which is something that -- it's the opposite direction we should be going in. >> paul, thank you. >>> first alert weather powered by kia. learn more at kia.com. kia, movement that inspires. >> now that we've got the housekeeping out of the way, let's talk about our weather. >> things will change for the weekend, the warm weather ending and now a typical unsettled late winter pattern. this is the simulation over the next two weeks, some long range data. it those a progression of storm systems sending mostly light to moderate rain into the bay area and the timing is going to be about every two or three days, sometimes spaced out longer. eventually we'r

what he said during his confirmation hearing as he's poised to lead the national institutes of health. and we check in on the investigation into what caused the la wildfires. has the electrical company down there done enough to track dangerous weather conditions? welcome back to the news at 530 starts right now. thanks so much for joining us. i'm janelle wang. and i'm raj mathai. they got the green light. the embattled sheriff of san mateo county might be ousted by the board of supervisors. voters overwhelmingly supported measure a in yesterday's election. tonight, though, sheriff christina corpuz remains defiant, refusing to step down, saying she will continue to defend herself against what she calls false accusations. here's nbc bay area's ian cull. san mateo county sheriff mayoo

>> a stanford university doctor who president trump has nominated to be the director of the national institutes of health, began his senate confirmation hearing today. doctor jay bhattacharya is a professor of medicine, economics and health research policy at stanford. he's a harsh critic of many covid policies, like the mandatory lockdowns and vaccine mandates. he told the senate today that if he's confirmed, he plans to bring free speech back to the nih. >> dissent is the very essence of science. i will foster a culture where nih leadership will actively encourage different perspectives and create an environment where scientists, including early career scientists and scientists that disagree with me, can express disagreement respectfully. >> doctor bhattacharya also addressed the current measles outbreak, saying he supports vaccines and does not believe they cause autism. >> your plans to camp on federal land in california may be upended because of the trump administration's federal spending freeze. the new york times reports nearly 4000 camp sites run by the forest service could close becaus

at all the agencies that have had cuts, the department of education, department of energy, national institutess hard to not see it as a broader attack on expertise and specifically, scientific expertise which is a dangerous and short-sighted road to go down and in this specific case, guess which agency houses the united states response to the climate crisis. it's noaa. this is going to be part of an effort to cripple those responses which is something that -- it's the opposite direction we should be going in. >> paul, thank you. >>> first alert weather powered by kia. learn more at kia.com. kia, movement that inspires. >> now that we've got the housekeeping out of the way, let's talk about our weather. >> things will change for the weekend, the warm weather ending and now a typical unsettled late winter pattern. this is the simulation over the next two weeks, some long range data. it those a progression of storm systems sending mostly light to moderate rain into the bay area and the timing is going to be about every two or three days, sometimes spaced out longer. eventually we're likely to get

of dollars for research into alzheimer's, cancer, heart disease and other illnesses from the national institutes of health. it's work being done at bay area universities like cal and stanford. >> we need to be very active in speaking out, whether it's to our families, our friends, our kids, our grandparents, our neighbors. they need to know why we do science and why it's so incredibly important to support it. with taxpayer funding in this country. >> a federal judge has temporarily blocked the nih cuts. the trump administration has canceled $400 million in grants to columbia university in new york city. in a statement, the white house says the university has not been doing enough to fight harassment of jewish people on campus. columbia was just one of the universities nationwide where pro-palestinian rallies took place following the hamas terror attack on israel in october of 2023. education secretary linda mcmahon says she has met with the university's interim president and called that chat productive. >> former vice president kamala harris may be getting closer to deciding if she will run for

doctor gandhi says both the national institute of health and the center for disease control have made cuts to programs for the lgbtq community. that puts a chevy researchers and a difficult position problem with that is that where hiv researchers and being transgender increases your risk for hiv. and so we have grant that work with transgender individuals. and that being threatened is a problem. she's not just concerned with the treatment of those who are hiv positive, but also for medications like prep that are prescribed to prevent hiv. senator scott wiener co authored a bill this year to require state insurance companies cover all forms of prep. it is still very real issue. people are continuing to get back their parts of the u.s. for people continue to die >> and so we need to expand access to prep to prevent hiv. infectious disease experts may be worried about the future of their work in the world of hiv prevention, but they aren't giving up my hope. >> is that reason will take over. my hope is that we can do enough advocacy. >> doctor gandhi is gathering with other advocates nex

a federal judge blocked some of those cuts to the national institutes of health. but still, this afternoon, thousands of people plan to protest. nbc bay area's ginger conejero saab has more on the local rallies taking place, and the message they're trying to send the message, which will be amplified in the nation's capital and across 30 cities nationwide, is simple stand up for science. now, the group behind this movement, stand up for science, has organized a major protest later today in washington, d.c, with more rallies planned across the country. that includes one here in the city of san francisco at civic center plaza. these protests are in response to efforts from the trump administration to cut hundreds of millions of dollars used for medical research into illnesses like alzheimer's, cancer and heart disease. we spoke with a researcher at uc berkeley who tells us these cuts will cripple a nationwide system of scientific research that is already under duress. the right wing media, you know, fox and, and, and their allies have have really painted what the gov

off thousands of federal employees at science agencies, including the cdc, that issa, and the national institutehealth. so the funding cuts and the lay have i don't haves have definitely stirred the pot, and so have tariffs. yesterday president trump postponed tariffs on some product from mexico and canada. today he threatened to impose reciprocal tariffs on canadian lumber. hear in the bay area, farmers are already feeling the effects. we spoke with some who say they're actually eating the costs to help keep produce affordable. >> we've got mandarins, grape fruits, oranges, pretty much a little bit of everything. i feel like come season, that's when we're going to feel it. >> reporter: prices have to stay low. it services a neighborhood with limited access to affordable fresh produce, especially for low-income families. but with supply costs soaring, farmers like joe are stuck in the middle. >> i feel like once the prices go up, they're never going to come back down. and people won't be able to afford it. you know what i mean? it's kind of messed up for them. the farmers are eating the cost. >>

according to the national institute of standards and technology, daylight saving this year starts march 9th and ends the first sunday on november 2nd, lasting about eight months. all but two states don't observe daylight saving hawaii and most of arizona. now, the u.s. territories of american samoa, guam, puerto rico, northern mariana islands and the virgin islands also don't observe this. according to the u.s. department of transportation. so what happened with california's proposition seven? that was back in 2018, which supported getting rid of daylight saving time. most people do remember voting for that now. back in november of 2018, 60% of califorornia voters did vote in favor of that proposition. essentially, it gave the voters the legislative power to make the change. now, the measure was approved. but that change is contingent on congressional action. basically, it's not just a simple switch. that would mean a decision between daylight saving time or standard time, which could bring earlier sunrises for some folks on the east coast or a really, really late sunrise for others. bu

hundreds rallied outside the national institutes of health headquarters in maryland today. they are calling out the trump administration's decision to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in so-called indirect expenses. that includes administrative and facility costs to support medical research. many scientists say the cuts will put patients in danger. a federal judge has blocked the cuts for now after 22 states, along with universities, hospitals and research institutions filed a lawsuit. now, the man tapped to lead the institutes of health is a stanford professor, jay bhattacharya. his confirmation hearing was held wednesday. during the hearing, he was asked about what he would say to his colleagues at stanford if the white house capped funding for researchers. a lot of it likely goes to things that are worthwhile, and i've heard lots of folks, including from stanford, who say that, and i and i agree with them. younow, support for buildings, light bulbs to make sure that we can we canee in the lab and a whole host of other important things. but there's a lot of distrust ab

you mentioned the national institutes of health, nih funding cuts. these are those were the early days of the trump administration where a lot of these cuts went out. it. this is the problem, chris. you talk about government and when what government looks like, when it works and when government works best. it's things like the nih, nih that you don't know about that you don't you don't think about on a daily basis. but somebody today is developing a cure to an illness you may have in ten years, and it's probably the best return on investment that you can get, because there's no private companies in between. these are universities, researchers and the government and your tax dollars at work. but this is part of the problem. they're cutting a whole bunch of things that some people find it hard to defend because they don't actually know what they do. usaid, another example of things that they work in the background, and we don't have serious problems because they work in the background. >> yeah, it's exactly right. and they're also on time scales that t

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doctor jay bhattacharya is being tapped to lead the national institutes of health. he became widely known during the pandemic. in 2020, he coauthored an open letter calling on public health officials to roll back covid lockdowns. the nih is made up of 27 research institutes, each focused on their own areas, including cancer, infectious diseases and mental health. when asked how he will change the nih, he says he'll focus on the grant committee makeup to ensure scientists continue their lifesaving work. there needs to be a mix of basic science work. and, you know, i'm not a basic scientist myself, but i can understand how some some somewhat abstract basic science work can have advances. but at the same time, the research should really be focused on making america healthy. that's the mission of the nih. many members of congress stressed their concerns of grant freezes and layoffs at the nih. doctor bhattacharya says he is. if he's confirmed, he'll work to make sure the institutes are appropriately staffed. a follow up. oakland leaders have approved a new midyear fundi

. >> among the sought after cuts, the national institutes of health would be stripped millions of dollars for research into alzheimer's, cancer, heart disease and other illnesses. its work being done at bay area universities like cal and stanford research with life saving implications without it. >> very, very scary. not just my life, but everyone's lives. >> i myself am a young breast cancer survivor. the treatment that i had is things that were developed in universities decades ago, research that was funded by the federal government. so there's nobody in america whose life hasn't been positively changed by the research that our universities do. >> a federal judge has temporarily blocked the drastic nih funding cuts. but until the legal battle ends, the fight in the community continues. >> what do we trust to save our lives? >> science. >> what do we need to shape our future? >> science in the south bay dustin dorsey. abc seven news. >> the tariff war between the u.s. and canada continues to shift. this morning in the oval office, president trump threatened to impose a 250% tariff on dai

now guys, i stored at the national institutes of health three years ago. place in the world. and not only that i was going to do science for my country. and you guys know the signs that i do personally is inherently a team sport. i just cutting edge big data techniques to find out how the chemistry in our body -- when we get sick. i work with the teams of experts to take all that chemical information and turn it into new ways of trying to find treatments for diseases ranging from diabetes to cancer. i know that if we want to find treatment for more diseases that are bolder and more efficient even, then we need diverse and inclusive scientists so that we can leverage all of our expertise. [applause] and you know our union is a team, too. is that right? all right. we are a team that wins for science. two years ago we won recognition as the largest federal union in a decade. [applause] and this past december we want a historic contract that sets the standard for early career scientists throughout the country. [applause] our contract reflects real worker one r

house tomorrow, a stanford professor of medicine goes before the senate as he looks to lead the national institutesf health. doctor jay bhattacharya will face his confirmation hearing. bhattacharya became widely known during the pandemic. in 2020, he coauthored an open letter calling on public health officials to roll back covid lockdowns. the nih is made up of 27 research institutes, each focused on their own areas, including cancer, infectious diseases and mental health. well, for nine months, two nasa astronauts have been stuck in space, and now they're prepared to make the long return home. suni williams and butch wilmore expected to be gone about a week when they launched last june aboard boeing's starliner capsule. but you might remember, the starliner had so many problems getting into the international space station that nasa ruled it too dangerous to carry anyone, and it flew back empty. now, the pair, alongside another astronaut who arrived on a different mission, will head home in about two weeks aboard a space x capsule. okay, we are back in a moment. show you what the warriors did tonig

result. surrounding beauties have suffered great erosion in 2017 bundy can partner with the national institute of ocean technology to, to store the last beach on for the charities. mean, probably not. the introduce general cost of production methods that technician to create consideration. you dig sandstone, the place where that is excess science. so in this case, in the habit and south of the habits and the northern side of the town where the origin is, i think means same. so there's a shortage of time. it's not all good science. so you just have to bring the sand from one place where it's not needed to have the place where it's needed. so that's going to send, bypassing sign that instrument. so that's, that's the heart of the project. to allow the sand to move natural, deep, deep build and submerge an artificial reef ship like a vege and it worked probably not slowly the covered up to 70 years. the beach is not about 1.5 meters wide, even at high tide. but with the hobbits still in place, maintaining the beach is an ongoing task. this hasn't had the fisherman in the larger body, but another

among the cuts, the national institutes of health would be stripped millions of dollars for research into alzheimer's, cancer, heart disease and other illnesses. also tonight, california is suing the trump administration over those mass layoffs. state attorney general rob bonta announced the me today. bonta now joins 19 other state attorneys general in the lawsuit. all have blasted the trump administration's actions as unlawful and overstepppping e authority granted by congress. as we told you, there have been layoffs at agencies all across the federal government. the effort is led by elon musk's doge, which aims to slash the size of government and get rid of inefficiencies. this action to, quote unquote, curb waste and inefficiency, end quote, is exactly the opposite. it's wasteful. it's inefficient. unfortunately, this is yet another example of my office needing to follow through on our promise. we'll take action if and when trump violates the law. the lawsuit calls for a temporary restraining order to pause layoffs and reinstate employees who were unfairly terminated. the white ho

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they also said that they welcome to what was stated in the summit about building palestinian national institutions to express our people's aspirations for freedom and independence by holding elections as soon as possible. and what's interesting about that is because when exemption president of different diocese he spoke earlier in the evening, he indicated that one of the things that was going to happen in this proposal was essentially the sidelining of how much because what the egyptians were talking about was the creation of some form of technocratic governance body, your administration body that would rule in gaza in an intern period until the palestinian authority took over. so the question was, how was, how much going to look at that? beyond that though, we have a reality in that israel has already, seemingly rejected this plan. as you mentioned just a few moments ago, israel's come up with a statement saying that this doesn't reflect a reality post october 7th. so how exactly is this? is this plan going to be welcomed by other international actors of what is the us going to say? we're still