agencies at the expense of america's health and at the expense of creating good-paying jobs in our country. for the last ten years or more, we have failed to give the national institutesof health protection from inflation, and as a result their spending power to award research grants has declined by 22% over the last ten years. the researchers at the national institutes of health, there are fewer and fewer younger researchers. they have lost hope that there is a commitment by this government, by this nation to medical research. and what is the net result of that? the net result of it is that we at our peril fail to do the research to find the cures for diseases that make a difference in the lives of americans and american families. republicans argue it's just too barned much money. we can't afford medical research. well, let me give you one statistic to think about. last year, medicare and medicaid spent $203 billion of taxpayers' money, $203 billion on the victims of alzheimer's. $203 billion. if research at the national institutes of health could get to the heart of this disease and find a way to cure it, that would be a miracle. or delay its onset. it seems within

another $16 million project by the national institutes of health studying the chronic impacts of repetitivecussion and supporting youth sport safety projects. the nfl agreed to pay more than $760 million to settle concussion claims brought against it by former players. that settlement still awaits a judge's approval. is it enough to change the pattern and behavior of athletes, parents, and coaches? what's needed, the president says, is a shift in attitude towards concussions. >> we have to change a culture that says you suck it up. identifying a concussion, and being able to self diagnose that this is something that i need to take care of doesn't make you weak. it means you're strong. >> neil, this is obviously a big white house push with that why did the president have to get involved? >> i think that thanks to the nfl suit, there's been a lot of awareness about concussions, first boxing, hockey and now football. a lot of football players look to the end of their careers and saw themselves with boxers with all the issues that they have. in fact, just as many concussions happening to girls

. $60 million by the national institutes of health, studying the croppingic effect of -- chronic effects of concussion and from the n.f.l. to support youth projects. the n.f.l. agreed to pay $76 p po -- $756 million to settle claims by old players. it's awaiting judge's approval. it it enough to change the behaviour of athletes, coaches and families. what is needed, says the president, is a shift in attitudes. >> we need to change a culture that says you suck it up. identifying a concussion and being able to self-diagnose that this is something that i need to take care of doesn't make you weak. it means you are strong. >> al jazeera's neil scarborough joins us. this is a big white house push. why did the president get involved? >> i think, joey, that thanks to the n.f.l. suit there has been a lot of awareness about concussion. it was boxing, hockey and football. they looked to the end of their careers and saw them as boxers, with all the mental issues and c t problems. there's just as many concussions to girls in high school, soccer, softball. lacrosse is involved. i think the president,

another $16 million project by the national institutes of health studying the chronic impacts of repetitive concussion and supporting youth sport safety projects. the nfl agreed to pay more than $760 million to settle concussion claims brought against it by former players. that settlement still awaits a judge's approval. is it enough to change the pattern and behavior of athletes, parents, and coaches? what's needed, the president says, is a shift in attitude towards concussions. >> we have to change a culture that says you suck it up. identifying a concussion, and >> a realistic time for how they're going to get an appointment. those are things that don't require rocket science. it requires execution and discipline and focus. there have been broader issues that we're going to have to tackle. and the information systems inside of the vha. those are going to have to be changed. and that will cost money and time. and it will have to be implemented. they are providing service and medical treatment to our veterans when they get in the system. but they don't have, apparently, the state-of-the-ar

. >> according to the national institute of health between 20 and ta% of breast cancer patients mustndergo additional surgeries, and skin melanoma usually requires a secondary. >> i had a spot on the bottom of my foot. it was a malignant melanoma. they did one surgery. >> reporter: on the second surgery grandfather-of-six was one of the first patients to have his melanoma removed using the google system. >> they tracked it back to the individual lymph node that it from, assured that they got it all in one swoop. there's no guesswork. >> what is your hope or final goal for this technology? >> my final goal is to make it a routine system that we'll be using at all hospitals. for brainsenioringry, for example -- brain surgery, where you do take out a lot of tissue, you have to be highly specific. in that case this google will be a life saver. >> would it be an exaggeration to say this will revolutionize the way that you and others like you do this work. >> the numbers are pretty staggering. i don't think it's a leap to say the goggles have the ability to revolutionize the way we deal wi

collins from the national institutes of health, well-known to so many of us, dr. cordova, our new head of the national science foundation, a small agency, but one that has really been so much a power house and was actually initiated under the eisenhower a ministration. and we're again in our country defense plays an important role in developing not only weapons of war, but also weapons against disease and other innovative things, to relieve the creation of the internet. we look forward to hearing what your views are, and we will be taking -- our colleagues will then participate. the way i would like to suggest it is rather than long winded, fancy introductions let's get right to you. why don't we start and then just work down. >> well, thank you. chairman, ranking member, members of the committee, it's a pleasure to be discussed with you the importance of federal investments and research development and innovation for our nation's future. president obama continues to place high priority on science, technology, and innovation. his 2015 budget proposes a balanced por

and now bama equalicrat over ot national institutes of health are directing scientists to perform their experiments on both female and male animals. coed lab rats? bad idea. you know late at night they will hookup at work and then it will be awkward around the water bottle the next day. you see traditionally when scientists test a drug on mice or rats they are usually male. natural enough, the female rats are all being used to keep-- but-- looking good, all right. but of course there's another reason the female rats were left out of the experiments. >> turns out female rats also have those pesky hormones so to control for that variable, most researchers study just males. you got to leave the females out. any scientist knows it is crucial to he lame nature extraneous variables like half the global population. but apparently, apparently, folks, turns out that omission created a few oopsy daisies like ambien t was put on the market after extensive testing to years ago but last year the fda told women to cut their doses in laugh because new studies show they met an lyze the active ingren in

[applause] we have our director of the national institute of health. [applause] my chief science advisor is here. [applause] we have bill nye the science guy. [applause] huh?ike him, woman in who blow stuff up for a living. where is carrie? there she is, right there. people want to recognize whose love and support helped with these young people getting here -- the parents, mentors, and teachers. let's give them a big run of applause. [applause] >> i have a confession to make. myn i was growing up, science fair projects were not as successful as the ones here. one year, i accidentally killed some plants that were part of my experiment. of themtime, a bunch came to my rant mother's apartment. these experiments did not take me straight to the white house. now to, i have a chance see what real young scientists can do. and they were just amazing. way, there were no mistakes in the white house. imagine doingen some of the work that these young people have had a chance to do. your generation of young people is learning more than some people ever did. our job

president will highlight millions of dollars in pledging and support from the nfl, the national institutes of healththers to conduct research that could provide some answers. >> a survey may help explain why dating is so difficult. conflicting or unrealistic expectations. the new associated press empoll -- press polled con a dictions. 70 quirks say it is not okay for one person to pay for most but most said it was okay to ask someone out because he or she is financially successful but more memorial say it is not okay to turn a date down because the person hasn't had much success. get it? >> they contradict each other. okay...those are polls. >> what the parents of the student would went on the rampage are going through this morning from a close trend who has known them for years. >> the coffee chain tracking its customers and a reversal they are vowing after we started asking question. >> big boom in passengers from caltrain and who is getting on >>> kgo co-co. >> good thursday morning at 5:00. thank you for starting your day with us. i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. on this "little "friday we

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of the science accounts. the world health organization says over a billion people suffering from brain related diseases and disorders, national institutes of health, national institutes of health says some 50 million americans suffering from dementia and epilepsy and all manner of neurological based diseases and disorders, in this bill we continue to fund a neuroscience initiative that was crafted and the chairman supported me in this effort in our very first bill and we continue to lay important foundations for our effort to actually come to grips with some of these challenges so i'm very pleased about that. the manufacturing initiative, the manufacturing partnership, very important. we have today -- we lead the world in manufacturing but what -- our lead that was absolute is now relative and we see other countries who are moving aagressively in this field. the chairman led an initiative in terms of reshoring these jobs. i focused on trying to bring in more technology into our manufacturing plants but the two of us share a concern that america has to be a country where we make things and where the manufacturing sector is is secured in

it includes the national institute of health, the fda, the center for medicare and medicaid. cms is the largest health insurer with an annual budget of 800 billion dollars. i believe you have the qualifications to do the job, but there is much that you will need to do in order to assure members of the committee that hhs is heading in the right direction. it is a turbulent time that lies ahead. one of the greatest challenges shoring up the exchanges and making sure that they are operating efficiently. recent reports of the numerous issues faced by the state exchanges at something to implement the law have been cause for great concern. states are required to have a health-care exchange where citizens can go and shop for health insurance. they have the option of starting their own exchange, using the exchange provided by the federal government, or in hybrid will stop they are determining what type of exchange to implement. were given innts two stages for those days who were building all report -- all or part of their own exchanges. they quickly decided to build their own exchange

francis collins and his team at the national institutes of health. have toured n.i.h.'s magnificent facility in bethesda, the best of its kind on the face of the earth. some of the best doctors, greatest intell ebts and dedicated professionals are working every day to course the future of medicine and tackle this terrible disease and continue our nation's commitment to n.i.h. to keep the united states as the global center of medical innovation. the chairman of the energy and commerce committee convened a round table with many of the most brilliant doctors and we were privileged that dr. collins joined us. but the work will not be done alone such as n.i.h. in fact, great minds from across this nation and around the world have brought their desire to rid the world of cancer do some of the finest companies on the forefront of this research. many of these life-science leaders in the bioand medical development field call the district i serve and the state i serve, new jersey, as home. and work on cancer solutions every day in labs i have the honor of representing. the distri

for example, she will be responsible for research efforts at the national institutes of health, among other agencies. this federally-sponsored research has made the united states the world leader in biomedical innovation, and has resulted in countless discoveries and breakthroughs, from the extraordinary application of genomics to cutting-edge pharmaceuticals to an unprecedented understanding of the human brain. ms. burwell also will be in charge of another long-time priority of mine, disease prevention. she will lead our nation's efforts to transform our health care system from a "sick care system" into one that focuses on wellness and prevention, not just at the doctor's office but also in our schools, workplaces, and communities. ms. burwell will oversee the food and drug administration - a critically important agency that protects and promotes public health by helping to keep our nation's food and medical product supplies safe, among other things. in fact, fda now oversees items accounting for 25 cents out of every dollar spent by americans. the department also ensures that we can

the national institutes of health. fda. hrsa. i also have some of the highest rates of nobel prize winners and some of the highest rates of poverty. whether they're in baltimore city or mountain counties adjacent to west virginia. so i need a chief executive officer. we need someone who will bring executive skills to this job. 80,000 people work for hhs. you have the largest budget -- other than defense, the largest domestic budget. we see three issues. money, management and morale. money, that's our job. and sometimes we do it well. sometimes we don't. but we need someone in management who can tackle these tough problems, whether cleaning up the techno boondoggle of the health.gov to also going across the silos of agencies. and then we have a morale problem. because of the way they've been -- my federal employees have been battered by the budget and the uncertainty of funding and the trivializing of them and their work, you and i know that we have a morale problem. whether it's in fda or nih. and people are looking elsewhere rath

. >> well, yes, the american heart association and other national institute of health, it's awkward for them to say that they were wrong for all these years. john: i'll bet. >> and that's not a message -- i mean, institutions are the opposite of good science, they can't flip-flop on the public. science needs to be public, nimble, it's hard for institutions to stay on top of the science and do good science. >> the food pyramid, eat carbohydrates, eat lots of them, stay away from meats, saturated fats. >> the big slab has been over 50% of our diet is supposed to be bread, past awhole grains, we shifted too far in that direction. john: i haven't had whole milk for 20 years. >> saturated fat is essential for health. whole milk without the fat, you can't digest the vitamins and minerals, saturated fat is good for health and has many biological functions. john: i sure hope your right. coming up, katie couric wants government to force us to eat better. the epidemic here is worse than previously estimated. much worse. >> over 95% of all americans will be overweight or obese in two decades. >> a

they will make cuts to medical research such as the important work done by the national institute of health the other hand, medical research is one type of research that they seek to incentivize with this bill. on the other hand, they are cutting programs at the national institute of health. do you get my drift here? they will make cuts to medicare, medicaid, and other health programs to the tune of $2.9 trillion. they will make cuts to transportation, $52 billion. this bill throws the republican budget so out of balance. the first opportunity they have to go against their budget, they take it. they had to waive their own rules to make this bill work. chairman camp made this provision permanent in his tax reform bill and pays for the provision. he pays for it. the president made this provision permanent. and he has offsets to cover the cost of his budget. we should have time to look and find common pay fors and pass this bill in a fiscally responsible manner. again, i support the r&d tax credit as do the vast majority of the members of our caucus, but we do not support this bill. i ask for

this is a great honor because in maryland we have some of the greatest federal's the national institutes of health the national institutes of standards, met fda, the space agency, i could go on. also to look down my own window to see john's hopkins and within walking distance of the space telescope and a week away from the university of maryland in the work that they do. i am within walking distance to nobel prize winners. it is great to see these people and when they talk to me they want to be engaged to make sure they can choose a job but they were educated to do. whether 28 or 68. whether they presided over the greatest laboratories for the young scientist. and they tell me that is one of the things that we've talked about. my very first question to call the deal linear thinking. but to apply for grants and are disappointed. then they are discouraged they keep applying and then they reach despair then they give up and they detoured to another field. so let's recruit people to staple the green cards to the recent graduates but we need to use the graduates that we have. we need to use the graduat

the american heart association and the national institute of health, it's awkward for them to say that they were wrong for alh these years and -- >> i'll bet. >> institutions are like the opposite of good science. they can't flip flop on theirf o public. it needs t to be doubting it se. it's hard for institutions topul stay on top of the science andl do good science. o >> the food pyramid, it's all go about carbohydrates, eat lots of them. stay away from meat, saturated fat, whole milk. >> that bottom slab of the food pyramid has been over 60% of our diet should be bread, pasta, whole grains. r in thatfted too fa direction. >> i haven't had whole milk for 20 years. >> not only that, sat saturated fat is essential. you can't digest the minerals. saturated fat is good for healti and has many biological functions so go ahead. h >> i hope you're right. coming up, katie couric now wants government to force us to eat better. the epidemic is worse than previously estimated. much worse.ere >> over 95% of all americans will be overweight or obese in two decades. >> also, not only is this bacon

more from the national institutes of health with more. >> people who have gotten infected and eithermily members and then it stopped, it never went beyond the household and then in some health care settings there has been a situation where a person was infected and then infected the health care worker that was taking tear of them. >> and the indiana man was a doctor. the big story, a couple of minor mutations, this virus could become easily trans missable human to human. they are urgently trying to get in touch with all of those people on the aircraft and the bus back to indiana. they are playing this with an abundance of caution. it's a very fluid situation. >> let's go to dr. angela rasmussen on how you can protect yourself. this is spread by close contact. what does it mean? touching, sneezing? >> that's correct. it means most of the people who got infected are people who lived with an infected person or carrying for a infected person and some some cases health care workers. they are exposed to large levels of the virus than the typical person sitting on a bus. >> could this mew t

but as part of frontline's investigation, one of the nation's most prestigious hospitals, the clinical center at the national institutes of healththe nih, agreed to recount how it dealt with a major kpc outbreak. (siren wailing) it began in the summer of 2011, when a woman carrying kpc was transferred from a new york city hospital, here, to the nih, in bethesda, maryland. >> talking about hospital infections is really difficult for a hospital because what you are saying is that we all know that when you come to the hospital there are certain risks. but we have now laid bare what are those risks. >> narrator: the nih had never treated a case of kpc before. and as the patient was brought into the icu, the staff was determined to keep the kpc from spreading to other patients. >> we immediately went on high alert, the equivalent of hospital epidemiology def-con 5. and we tried to implement as many things as we could think of, at the time, to prevent any further spread of the organism in the hospital. >> they called it kpc, and so we learned later that was klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase, and that's a mouthful. but we really didn

health care system. if you read the british press, it talks about all of these people waiting open these lists for amputations and surgeries. these are the complaints about the national institute of health, the same way when the government gets slo s involved. this just happens to be our greatest generation. the problem is, where else are veterans going? there's no competition. if they really wanted to rectify this, they would completely overhaul, appoint a committee to completely overhaul the v.a. and give these veterans vouchers so they could go to local hospitals and get kmecompetition in there >> good point, bob. dana brought it up and jason riley has brought it up on that show late at night about the idea of some kind of way to get it opt out for these veterans, not that they have to pay for it but like a voucher system. >> keep in mind the veterans administration hospitals are very popular with veterans. one of the reasons they've had this problem is you've had people coming off of two wars. they simply are not equipped to handle all that people. i don't think they purposely and callously decided to warehouse people until they dieist don't think they have the procedures.

. >> [inaudible] >> yes the national institutes of health where i worked 14 years and loved, the largest funder of medical records in the world. and the budget and for a long time now id has gone down over the last 12 years there is less money now than 12 years ago. we're finding now about and not 10% of the grant of something that merits being funded. when i was young investigator about with 30 or 35%. now people who are my age can compete but those who are in their thirties just are not in a laboratory or a setting they are unable to get funded because they don't have the reputation. i am very concerned there is no whole host of people who very well may have discovered a cure for cancer or better treatments for higher retention or a whole host of those now in their thirties deciding to go into private practice for with ph.d. say go work at wall street for the investment houses for drug companies and we are losing a generation of young scientists to would be incredibly productive to provide new treatment in new skiers. -- cures. >> [inaudible] >> you are very close to right. osteoporosi

. >> stahl: with $6 million of funding from the national institutes of health, kawas and her team setnd out who had died, when they died, and to convince those who were still living and over 90 to sign up. >> kawas: and you're how old now? >> whistler: i'll be 100 in three months. >> kawas: we're going to have to have a party. >> whistler: good! ( laughs ) i love a party. >> stahl: jane whistler is one of the more than 1,600 men and women they found and enrolled as subjects in the 90-plus study. they are checked from top to bottom every six months-- their facial muscles... reflexes... balance... how they walk... how fast they can stand up and sit down... and most importantly, how their minds are working. >> i'm going to say and show you three words for you to remember. shirt. brown. honesty. >> whistler: shirt. brown. honesty. >> perfect. >> now, please spell "world." >> stahl: they are given an hour-long battery of cognitive and memory tests... >> good. now, spell "world" backwards. >> whistler: d-l-r-o-w. >> stahl: ...asked to connect letters and numbers... >> stahl: ...and to remem

it includes the national institute of health, the fda, the center for medicare and medicaid. cms is the largest health insurer with an annual budget of 800 billion dollars. i believe you have the qualifications to do the job, but there is much that you will need to do in order to assure members of the committee that hhs is heading in the right direction. it is a turbulent time that lies ahead. one of the greatest challenges shoring up the exchanges and making sure that they are operating efficiently. recent reports of the numerous issues faced by the state exchanges at something to implement the law have been cause for great concern. states are required to have a health-care exchange where citizens can go and shop for health insurance. they have the option of starting their own exchange, using the exchange provided by the federal government, or in hybrid will stop they are determining what type of exchange to implement. were given innts two stages for those days who were building all report -- all or part of their own exchanges. they quickly decided to build their own exchange

last week, the national institutes of health announced it is requiring scientists to test their work on both male and female animals. for some insight into what's behind these changes and what it means, we turn to: doctor janine clayton, the director of n.i.h.'s office of research on women's health, who announced the change. and phyllis greenberger, the president of the society for women's health research, who has long advocated for this. we welcome you both to the program. dr. clayton, why the sex of the animal makes a difference? >> it makes a huge difference because the pre-clinical studies are the studies that build the evidence base and inform the clinical studies. so if you will be studying a disease that affects both men and women, it's important to think about male and female cells and in the animal model work when you do the clinical research. >> woodruff: so this is something you and your organization has been focused on for a long time and been known for a long time. >> it's been known within a certain portion of the research community. i don't know that it's still general

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of health. bringing those to par with others as important. i sc asked the surgeon general f the army just a few days ago if the national institutes of health estimate that one out of four adults -- americans have a behavioral health problem, that if diagnosed can almost always be treated, if that would relate to the military as well. and her view was yes. we recruit from the general population. we don't have any reason to believe that those numbers aren't reflected in our population as well. and the so, as we move forward, we need to be sure in mental health awareness month and in a month where, as in every month, we should be always mindful of our veterans and retir retireest we're pursuing those solutions for them as we are for the country generally and hopefully we'll be able to work with the defense department and get this one gap closed in the very near future. i want to talk for a few minutes, madam president, about where we are on health care. i know that there was an attempt in recent days to take a victory lap, and maybe again today, over a number of people that sign up. i will just say one more time, i don't think that's the way you can m

. >> the national institutes of health is work to go reduce gender bias.rting october 1, the medical research agency will require all researchers who apply for funding to explain how they brent both genders in their studies, scientists often fail male animal cells over fee male leading to more side effects in women. >> hadun die plans to appeal a quarter billion dollars verdict for a steering effect. the family of two boys killed in a crash sued, saying hyundai new about the problem. a company spokesman said the crash was not the fault of hyundai. >> a drug treating h.i.v. patients is showing great success in the spreading of the virus. >> it has been on the market for two years, but now the c.d.c. is pushing for its use preventative. >> this could be a landmark day in the long fight against h.i.v. infection. it's been over 30 years since the virus was discovered that causes aids. the c.d.c. estimates that americans are still contracting the disease at 30,000 per year. the c.d.c. believes this drug could change that. >> the c.d.c. is suggesting that people

we were on track to double investments in the national institutes of health. we finished by the time i left office sequencing the human genome. we spent a lot more money on other kinds of research and development, and especially on information technology. in the balanced budget act of 1996, which most people know about, which we passed with republican majority in congress, a one the congress in 1994 in no small measure because of the economic plan. it was a shock to the system. it was like being taken to the dentist and pulling your teeth without novocain. they said we have been living on sugar since 1981. you cannot go pulling our teeth. we don't have to go to the dentist. it was ugly out there. and people didn't feel the benefits of the program by 1994, but they knew what had happened. so we lost the congress. republicanser the had shut the government down twice and the american people pre-tea artieir budget in place and do some other things i didn't think much of, we passed the bipartisan balanced budget. it did have a middle-class tax cut. it had massive in

we were on track to double investments in the national institutes of health. we finished by the time i left office sequencing the human genome. we spent a lot more money on other kinds of research and development, and especially on information technology. in the balanced budget act of 1996, which most people know about, which we passed with republican majority in congress, a one the congress in 1994 in no small measure because of the economic plan. it was a shock to the system. it was like being taken to the dentist and pulling your teeth without novocain. they said we have been living on sugar since 1981. you cannot go pulling our teeth. we don't have to go to the dentist. it was ugly out there. and people didn't feel the benefits of the program by 1994, but they knew what had happened. so we lost the congress. by 1996, after the republicans had shut the government down twice and the american people try to put their pre-tea artie budget in place and do some other things i didn't think much of, we passed the bipartisan balanced budget. it did have a middle-clas

we are spending around $5.5 billion a year on cancer through the national institutes of health. hiv-aids is close to $3 billion a year. cardiovascular issues are being around $2 billion. alzheimer's is down here at just over $566 million. we're not yet at $1 billion on this yet, as we can see here. this is going to be the most expensive illness facing the medicare and medicaid population. in the future years. we also know that deaths from the illnesses that have the greatest funding, breast cancer down 2%, prostate cancer down 8%, heart disease down 16%, stroke down 23%, and h.i.v. a remarkable success with deaths now declining by 42%. on the other hand, deaths from alzheimer's are increasing at a rate of 68%. so we're seeing this extraordinary shift occurring in the illnesses that are facing americans and their families. we're seeing this extraordinary increase in alzheimer's death, as we see success, thankfully success. often that success is a direct result of what is happening with the research that's going on. mr. garamendi: i would like to turn to mr. smith and spend the ne

according to the national institute of mental health, people with g.a.d.remely worried about things when there's little or no reason to worry about them. in order to signatured, it has to go on for six months. the defense psychiatrist didn't go so far as to say he was mentally ill, but says the anxiety diagnosis alone was enough to ask for a mental evaluation. the judge ruled that in favor of it. and today, she laid out her order. robyn curnow tells us what experts who valuate pistorius have to consider. >> reporter: what was his mental state on the night he shot and killed his girlfriend? well, a judge has now ordered him to go for psychiatric observation. >> the accused present himself as an outpatient to the medical superintendant of the hospital on 26 may 2014 at 9:00 in the morning. >> reporter: the fact the judge has ruled that oscar pistorius is an outpatient is critical. it's also very unusual, say experts i've spoken to. normally people are sequestered, locked away essentially, for those 30 days while they are assessed. instead, oscar pistorius wi

and fort lee that's been cut not only in this area but in the health area, national institutes of health. and then we need to give the incentives for people to realize they could make money if they develop these ways of producing energy. but if it's too expensive and they can't compete against cheap gold, then they're not going to get the investors needed to take advantage of that technology. let me just talk about cheap coal. coal is ubiquitous. it's cheap and it's cheap because we subsidize it. we don't ask them to pay the full cost of the consequences of burning coal. they by the goal, barna, produce electricity by the public has to pay with health consequences. our planet has to pay for the greenhouse gas consequences. and that is not having the polluter carry the burden of cost of business. which ought to be put into the way we allocate impact of their businesses. >> host: here's a tweet from a viewer wondering if you think natural gas is a great, what do you think about fracking? >> guest: i think fracking is necessary to develop natural gas. i think it has to be very carefully reg

spoken about because on one day, the end of a long week, the two of us ventured over to the national institutes of health to sit and learn a little bit more about the merit based selection process for an -- for investments and investigations to end diseases and lamar smith, who is a great member, led the effort on patent reform. . however both are misguided in is attempt to move away from the world renowned merit based selection process at the national science foundation. all of our competitors are actually trying to mimic the merit based selection process that the national science foundation utilizes, and it's critically important that the national science board in the ways these decisions are made are not going to be influenced by politics, and that was in the wisdom of the creation of this and has worked so well we now lead the world. if we want to continue to lead the world, the last thing we want to do is interject politics into the decisionmaking process of what basic scientific research should be supported. there are more proposals that come in than can be funded. they are done on a peer review, s

the house republican budget undermines vital private research that is funded through the national institutes of health. they say we can't afford to do what's necessary in research for those. they cut also research for efforts to ensure that taxpayers get their money's worth from our investment in public services. without adequate research, you cannot determine whether an initiative that is proposed justifies frl dollars or is truly evidence based. i think we should reject today's proposal in favor of a research credit that actually incentivizes necessary research made in america. and which is paid for in part by comprehensive reform of the credit itself. now, as for comprehensive reform, from day one of this congress house resolution 1 was reserved for the much ballyhooed republican comprehensive tax reform, and yet we are well it gh this congress and still says reserve for speaker. that's because the republicans couldn't agree on which tax loophole to close to maintain a revenue neutral, a not borrowing more money. as a result of not being able to do what they said they would do -- the speaker pro te

the nfl partnering as well to raise aware nishs centers for disease control, the national institutes of healthlso want to make it clear that sports is healthy, it's good, it's a way of staying active, teaches team sports and we'll have a clinic to show how we can do this in a safe way. so we need to increase our basic research in this field. that's what's going to help raise awareness so that parents and teaches and coaches and students know how to protect themselves. we also know there's a culture particularly with the concussion with young kids wanting to get back on the field quickly and continuing to play, not following the treatment course once diagnosed. raising awareness will help everybody and ensure we can have our children be safe. it obviously an interest with our military. so it's everything from the young people to the men and women who serve our country. >> thanks for putting the spotlight on this issue. >> any time. and joy reid, we'll be watching the reid report. we didn't have enough time. this is our first time on together. can you stay for one more block? >> sure. >> up next