i'm curious where you stand on you've gotten any answers yet from nih on what the is there.d >> well, you're exactly right. ppropriators like to have annual review of how the taxpayers' money is spent. and senator blunt and senator murray and others, senator dur bin, made sure that the $2 billion of extra spending this year for the national institutes of health. that's a 7% increase and a big step forward. i'm willing to consider what i call an nih innovation fund, that would help with the president's precision medicine initiative that would help young researchers and the other collins has at dr. come up with, and pay for it with mandatory funding. replaces other mandatory funding so i'm willing that, under some circumstances. i don't know if my republican willing s are but i'm to do it. i'm willing to do it because this is such an exciting time in science. we're coming up with so many things to help people and we have a person like francis collins who's a genius, for the national institutes of health, we ought to take advantage of that. it affects every american. i'm willing to do so

this is from nih. they filed as with the fda. as far as i can tell it sank without a trace. by your letter the fda did issue its critical path report saying that biomarkers of something we've really got to do and to set up an institution called, what is it -- what is it called? the critical path institute which got some public and private funding for researching this. good people saying th the right things can never have enough funds. meanwhile, we have an enormous amount of taxpayer and health care money going into sequencing to what the outcome doctors are treating patients like george we're getting in sync with the. eric ward critical data which means for developing huge databases they say we see this profile associate with these affect the you can do basically epidemiology for biomarkers. this is how isolated the links between micro and a diseases. now you can begin working out molecules the molecules are way more complex. there's not one to one correlation. they work in very complicated networks. we have fantastic computing power today, and no less intellect. google kno

i am impressed with this legislation in that it has funding a significant to nih, the national institute of health. know thatl of us research is very important to all americans and i would dare say there is not a single family in our great country that will not stand to benefit from the tremendous work that will be made possible by this legislation. i represent two research institutions. the also impressed with help given to historical universities. i represent seven historical black colleges and universities in my state and i am very pleased with what has gone from their efforts. i have some disappointments like everybody else. believe that lifting the exports ise oil problematic. that theze the fact opposition is not to the export of oil, but the export of crude oil, which would need refining which would take place in this country and create jobs and maintain jobs. it will be lost. i am disappointed in that. i'm disappointed that we did not do enough of what i call targeted funding. i'm pleased that speaker ryan and leader pelosi have gotten together on this issue and in the first of t

i would like to ask the panel, listening to the discussion, i heard compliments about nih but i haveo ask to what extent have the outlived its usefulness i heard them say they do some things that remain useful but we are better off at the macro level permitting the market to take this on and move with it. >> i think that we rely on somebody to determine the things that we can describe for us and we understand what those safety parameters are. in my mind is a matter of dialing into the the flexibility. flexibility that we need to be able to look at specific situations as opposed to the one step well. >> speaking as a wall street investor if you have any of the classic investors that i know pretty much every single one they would tell you that getting rid of the fda would be a disaster because the fact that companies sometimes life sometimes they do studies where they don't disclose what went wrong with the patient or maybe the baseline ^-caret twos were different and the journal of medicine doesn't have the regulatory authority to audit of those records. they have to rely on the hones

nih makes its own decisions and we can actually just go over to the nih statement. the nih statement says, the nfl funding commitment to their study remains intact. nfl is willing to contribute to this particular study. nih made the decision to fund the study in its entirety. now, i just want to break both of those statements down a little bit. the nfl coming out and saying, espn reporting isn't true. i obviously was not privy to the espn source reporting, nor am i in the nfl offices so none of us can tell you which version is true. i can tell you that the reporters on this espn story are the two most respected reporters in this field. they wrote a landmark book on the subject, a front line documentary on the subject. they are very well sourced. you have to take what they say into account. the nih coming out and sayingtion we're still funding the study, they still have $30 million coming from the nfl. so they're not going to rock the boat one way or the other. regardless of whether the money was pulled or whether it was just never committed and some of that might be

lesniewski: the first piece of that, related to the nih and fda approval process. in the 21st century, there is a lot of -- without getting too terribly wonky -- there is a lot of mandatory -- terribly wonky, there is a lot of mandatory spending. appropriators tends not to be particularly fond of using mandatory -- of turning appropriated funding into mandatory funding. i'm curious on where you stand on that. mr. alexander: you are exactly right. appropriate use like to have annual review of how the taxpayers' money is spent. senator blunt, senator murray, and others made sure there are $2 billion of extra funding this year for the national institute of health. that is a 7% increase. i'm willing to consider what i call an nih innovation fund that would help with the medicine initiative, that would help young researchers in the other priorities that dr. collins has come up with, and pay for it with mandatory funding. but if it replaces other mandatory funding. so i'm willing to consider that under some circumstances. not all of my republican colleagues are, but i'm

understand it from a very lay point of view, this provision would conform fda's rules with that of nih's help on gene editing, that which is a procedure, as i understand it, that attempts to edit the genes in an embryo and nih is greatly concerned about what that may mean down in future generations. so that's about as far as i know about it. >> i think -- well, i essential don't pretend to be a scientist, but i think my friend the chairman has it right. i think we'd probably all agree, there's a great deal of difference between what we allow in terms of jeanetgenetic modifn in livestock and what we as human beings allow. so it's an area to be careful. remember, again, this is not my -- this is largely a compromise. each side has some wins and losses here, but this is something each side and my friends, by and large, you know, have a different view on some of these issues than i do. but they felt comfortable enough with this to sign off on it, both at the administration and levels. again, i agree with my friend, mr. mcgovern, we'll be bsh off when we're doing this all in the open. bills g

. >> reporter: none of that body from the nih will come from a 30 million dollar donation the league gave for these stoous but the nfl has denied espn's claim that the league cut ties with the study because the doctors spearheading it has been critical of the nfl. according to the espn report, the nfl pulled out of funding of boston university brain study after taking issue with its lead researcher dr. robert stern. >> it was clear they were expected to fund this study and they are not. >> reporter: he is an espn reporter and co-author of the article. they questioned whether he could remain impartial. >> reporter: but in a statement, the nfl adamantly died the article's claim that the nfl did not pull funding from the bu study and they wrote the nih makes all funding and nfl has no retow power. >> everyone who has been diagnosed with cte has one thing in common and a history of repetitive hits to the head. >> reporter: on study the doctor said the study is more important than the nfl. >> whether the nfl is funding or not funding, that is really irrelevant to the work itself. we just

nih came out with a middling statement.he big bad wolf that is going to come for the nfl this christmas day. it is this movie, "concussion." i have to say tell you, no one is interested in studies and funding but they are interested in will smith and human emotion that comes in this story. it will be interesting. >> and i want to talk to you about that. in this movie, you are played by alec baldwin. give us a low down on how extensive the problem is and whether you think it can be fixed. >> well, it has been a problem and this movie does a good job of depicting how we brought the science forward. and finally the acceptance of that. and it shows the process of taking science and i think in the end, that we're at a good place. i think we know now that this can happen. we didn't think you could be in a helmeted sport and then later have problems like brain degeneration. i think it's a good movie and depicts how the problem transpired and hopefully makes this a solution. >> merrill, you are retired from the nfl after a traumati

the nih received a significant increase, $2 billion, for cancer, alzheimer's research all very positivelyted veterans. ours is responsible for the veterans portion of the legislation, $80 billion package there. we provide for medical services that are robust level, we take care of homelessness issues, traumatic brain, long list, and put in a lot of oversight over the va too, needed on large scale construction projects. >> there is a fair amount of criticism on the republican side of this. basically saying that once again, the gop got rolled over in this bill. let me run through a couple of things. it fully funds planned parenthood. it fully funds and pays for the president's refugee plans. it also quadruples the number of visas that president obama wants for foreign workers. this is even a slap at union workers here. it is the largest numbers of seats that republicans have had in congress in -- since the civil war and yet jeff sessions, senator from alabama, is calling this a real betrayal, fully funding the obama immigration agenda and the climate change agenda as well as well as increas

across the board, including nih. so yeah, we have to do that. but if the price of having to undo that is having to swallow $$650 billion in tax breaks? for only special interests? not for all americans? you know we're robbing peter to , give to very rich pauls. and i don't think americans are saying that's our number one priority. i think most americans are saying their number one priority is our security. our personal security, homes, places of worship, work, our national security for all americans, and our economic security. make sure that my kids can go to college. help me make sure that i can buy that house. help me make sure that when i retire, i've got security. fernando: chairman becerra has one year remaining in his position as house democratic caucus leader. >> it's not just what they're saying, but how. can a candidate's stage presence tell you where they stand on the issues? fernando: the 2016 presidential election has already had its share of theatrics. listen to this exchange between jeb bush and donald trump. gov. bush: if you thin

and ann said, "well, actually, i was on the nih committee that defined how you diagnose that disease,finitely different diseases." like, she had the experience and they didn't. >> narrator: and according to dr. mckee, there was something else-- something familiar about the way the nfl committee was acting. >> i don't want to get into the sexism too much, but sexism plays a big role when you're a doctor of my age who's come up in the ranks with a lot of male doctors. sexism is part of my life. and getting in that room with a bunch of males who already thought they knew all the answers, more sexism. i mean, you know, it was like, "oh, the girl talked. now we can get back into some serious business." >> i don't know why she feels that way. i thought that she presented herself, as i recall-- and it's been several years-- that there was something in her manner. and i think she's a brilliant woman. she's done a great job. there was just something about the way she said it, and not that everybody was looking down, it was just, um... >> narrator: dr. feuer insists dr. mckee is mistaken about

it said we' re just going to cut across the board, including nih. so yeah, we have to do that. but if the price of having to undo that is having to swallow $$650 billion in tax breaks? for only special interests? you know we' re robbing peter to , give to very rich pauls. and i don' t think americans are saying that' s our number one priority. i think most americans are saying their number one priority is our security. our personal security, homes, places of worship, work, our national security for all americans, and our economic security. make sure that my kids can go to college. help me make sure that i can buy that house. help me make sure that when i retire, i' ve got security. fernando: chairman becerra has one year remaining in his position as house democratic caucus leader. >> it' s not just what they' re saying, but how. can a candidate' s stage presence tell you where they stand on the issues? fernando: the 2016 presidential election has already had its share of theatrics. jeb bush and donald trump. gov. bush: if you think this is tough and you are not being treated fa

the nih backed up the nfl saying that the nfl is still funding many other projects.basically, we have two sides of the story. espn reports one thing, the two parties involved are saying something completely different. but obviously the nih with $30 million coming from the nfl is not going to go out to bash them to say they decided not to fund the story. 3 >> true. i have to leave it there. jeanne marie laskas, andy knoll, thank you. we'll be right back. came out today thousands of people to run the race for retirement. so we asked them... are you completely prepared for retirement? okay, mostly prepared? could you save 1% more of your income? it doesn't sound like much, but saving an additional 1% now, could make a big difference over time. i'm going to be even better about saving. you can do it, it helps in the long run. prudential bring your challenges even tempur-pedic mattress sets getat low clearance prices!c, save even more on floor samples, demonstrators, and closeout inventory! the year end clearance sale is on now at sleep train! ♪ your ticket to a better ni

. >> reporter: some of the programs he calls fat at a price tag of $1 million, this nih funded study marmosets in hamster balls and had them run on treadmills to see if they would be good future research subjects. and this one, that's right, those are two mantis shrimp duking it out. the result? the shrimp that hits more, not harder wins. price tag, $707,000. then there's this question. >> will you be there to help a hipster in need? >> a $5 million study seeking to reduce smoking among young adults. in all three cases the researchers and granting institutions defended their work. monkeys provide test subjects to study on neurological disease. shrimp on their strong shells can lead to future weapons and defense systems and those hipster parties provide the first effort to counteract the tobacco companies can bar promotions. but for the senator, it doesn't ad up. >> a lot of the studies are legitimate and useful but a good number of them, who in the world thought up this stuff. >> reporter: it's not just research listed in this nearly 300-page book, but housing programs, u.s. aid prog

public policy center, library of congress, the national constitution center, national history day, niht, rock the vote, and the u.s. courts. we welcome students from the district of columbia to read the preamble. >> we, the people of the united states, in order to form a more perfect union establish justice, ensure the tranquility provide for common defense, promote the general welfare. ensure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity do ordain and establish this constitution for the united states of america. [ applause ] >> thank you so the civic renewal network and let's give another round of applause to these students. [ applause ] please welcome to the stage of archivist of the united states, david s. ferrierferriero. [ applause ] >> i want to add my thanks to the stewart hobson middle school for that wonderful rendition of the preamble. thank you very much. good morning and welcome to the rotunda of the national archives. first and foremost, congratulations to our 31 new citizens of the united states. it's a great honor to have the president of the united states here

kennedy: that was the nih saying there would be 10 million cases of ebola in africa by march.ut linking climate change with terrorism is like linking the flu epidemic with the housing bubble. they are both pretty bad. but i'm pretty sure they didn't have anything to do with one another. >> the droughts are causing people to move out of the rural areas into the cities. and climate change legislation closes factories leaving people to become unemployed and become terrorists. let the factories open. let them have their jobs and they won't become terrorists. kennedy: and they can go to truckstops and get h.i.v. but that's what obama is saying the climate change is causing terrorism. >> it's a lasting problem and we have to take on terror. >> is terror new snf course it's not new. and it's not a hotter-term problem. >> in copenhagen let's use experts and polls. it turns out people are far more concerned appropriately so about stuff like let's try to get clean water and cure disease. that's connecting -- kennedy: climate change is always last on the list. >> but it's always on the l

nih was mentioned before.i am so proud of the tremendous investment we have made and we will make in the national institutes of health. in our communities we have people who depend on this. whether they suffer from cancer for alzheimer's or autism or heart disease, the research of the national institutes of health is critical, and we can be so proud of that effort. let me just say this, when you're working across the aisle you don't always get everything you want. and if we were in the majority we would have gotten even more than we wanted. as a strong bipartisan effort, and i was particularly pleased that we were able to get rid of a hundred and 50 poison pills that were anti- environment. so let me just say in conclusion, september 11, carol maloney had done an amazing job and, of course, over here and joe crowley it was really a team effort,, especially for those of us who are new yorkers. i will never forget september 11. as we talked to firefighters who were fortunate enough to survive and all the public

this ride benefits the children's nih. santa and his elves will be delivering gifts and donations to the families. you can see santa at a lot of different locations across the county starting at gaithersburg at 9:00 this morning. we'll put a list of those locations on the nbc washington app. >>> we've been enjoying pretty strange december weather lately. storm team 4 is tracking big changes coming up. >>> retailers are feeling the heat over lost sales of winter clothes as winter weather hits most of the country and especially along the east coast. macy's has warned it will need big discountses to clear out inventory of winter items that are piling up in stores. sales of women's boots are down 3% nationwide this month as are sales of fleece items. with your cnbc business report, i'm landon dowdy. >>> certainly going to feel more like winter this weekend. i'm sure people had the shorts out for this past weekend. temperatures as we get into saturday and sunday will be about 20 degrees to 30 degrees where they were last weeken

they had a opportunity to do it last week with the nih.hey certainly used their veto capabilities because they didn't like the doctor who was going to be in charge of it. number two, that is diagnostic side. on treatment side they need to get behind the treatment of cte. my company, we have a website called treat cte. like nfl to get behind us. we'll pick up the call if they call us. we need to call us because there is no treatment for us. everybody is trying to find out direct correlation between concussions and football but what about the treatment of guys that need it hire right now. david: the brain is very strange organ and hard to figure out. you're leading way. marvin washington, thanks for coming in. >> happy holidays, happy holidays to you. melissa. melissa: if urining in the new year in europe, be prepared for ramped up security and new potential warnings and threats up ahead. david: how americans are weighing in on the fight on terror. here is the lead. they don't think we're winning. more on that coming next. ♪ this is the one

some more people are expert that -- in this than i am but there is talk from nih revisiting over 100 field trials for cancer treatments now they are retesting these drugs and checking them against different genetic markers because if you have a certain type of genetic code it will be effective. maybe it doesn't help a 95 percent but it may help '05 percent did it could be the only thing so science is coming far enough along that we can tailor a medicine for individuals. the fda process by and large has not learned to accommodate that yet. that will be critical as medicine is a completely different ball game 25 and 50 years from now. >> host: talking about clinical trials and the process taking year's seniors but what comes to mind immediately is ebola. said drug that has not even in tested in humans but it was used as experimental treatment to help those who were working in west africa and comeback to the united states. so does this example of zmap makes you feel there are exceptions that can workout? have you respond to something like that? >> i am extremely grateful that people who

the nih later backed the nfl's claim saying the nfl was on board to fund the study but the money would instead be used for a different study. >>> chipotle is now tweaking how the restaurant prepares its food. among the changes, certain ingredients will be cut in separate locations and then shipped. raw chicken will be marinated in plastic bags instead of bowls. within the last few months, dozens of people have become seriously sick after eating at chipotle restaurants across the country. the fact source of the illnesses is still unknown. in november chipotle sales dropped 16%. >> they haven't been together since like 1970. yet this group somehow ahead of taylor swift, the beatles are not going to have to worry about a drop in sales. they're unwrapping their music collection on christmas eve digitally. paul, john, ring go and george on several music streaming sites. the entire catalog of that group is going to be available on spotify and apple music, just to name a few. there's almost a dozen. the streaming site, the only one that won't have it is oakland-based pandora. >> i twoent paul

we could not survive today without the funding from the nih, the cdc, and god knows how many other organizations. they really did step into the breach in the mid-1950's. one of the reasons they did was because of the success of the research program that had begun by the march of dimes. the federal government and drug companies have now become the bulwark of research money and for r&d. what it tells us is that this is now the government's role in our society. i don't know whether we will ever go back to the voluntary era. what it also tells us is that we have, to some degree, let the government take on that role. there is still in enormous role for charitable organizations in the raising of research fund money. they should play an even bigger role than they are playing today. any other questions? yes sir. can you all hear me? the question was about polio -- was about post polio syndrome. there are people in this room who can answer that question a lot better than i. i will in fact turn over the microphone to them in a minute. when i will say is that most people who had polio survived it. they bas

i think the increased funding for nih is wonderful. not putting in this bill legislation that would bail puerto rico out and set a new precedent for what is done in terms of bankruptcy is a good thing. so i think a lot of the times, we have to accept what's not in the legislation as a good thing and not grievant -- about what didn't get in that we'd like to have in. so thank you very much and thank the staff for their hard work. and i yield back. >> mr. chairman -- >> you've drawn some comments. does the gentle woman wish to engage? >> it was -- if mrs. loye would like to speak, i hon every her request. >> i just would like to thank you for your eloquence. >> we do represent any kinds of communities. i just couldn't resist to tell you i am still hope thafl within the democratic process, whether it's through this process or whether speaker ryan can come up with another way to help puerto rico, i think it's so essential. there are so many, many people who are in desperate need of a solution, so we can differ on that issue, but i just for

will see many people were much for expert in this than i am but you will now see talk of ipv6 was the nih that was revisiting over 100 trials for cancer treatment and they are actually now retesting all of these different drugs and checking them against different genetic markers because some thing if you have a certain type of genetic -- if you have certain genetics that will be effective for use use of maybe a dozen top 95% of the stops 5% and it may be the only thing that helps you so science has come far enough along now that we are beginning actually to get to the point that we can tailor the medicine for individuals and the fda process by and large has not learned to accommodate that yet and that is good to be critical. medicine will be completely different ballgame 25 to 50 years from now. >> we talked about clinical trials and how involved they are and what the process is like taking years and years. one of the instances that comes to mind immediately is the drug hadn't even been tested yet it was used as experimental treatment to help those who had been working in west africa to c

the nih is being cut under the sequestration. these are across-the-board cuts.they are going to destroy the military, but one thing nobody talks about is the national institute of health. the national institute of health is the research body that is trying to find ways to deal with diabetes and alzheimer's. if you want to -- i will tell you the two things you need to watch for. alzheimer's costs and diabetes are exploding. and the sooner we can control and find ways to delay and cure these problems, the better off we are. so help itself is something we need to focus on. rather than paying a doctor to do something or a hospital system to do something, how about paying them for an outcome? african-american males suffer from diabetes larger than any group in all of south carolina. so what we did -- amputations among african-american males were twice the population of the state as a whole from diabetes. so what we did is we started identifying african-american males who were at risk for amputation with diabetes and sent nurses to their homes and put monitoring devic

personally with an individual who is a postdoc doing cutting edge neuroscience research funded by the nih. he was going to file based on the priority date and he did not renew his visa and then the visa bulletin was amended and he is nowhere. it is crazy that someone who has been here for years who may get a nobel prize is just nowhere. so i don't know how many people like him but i'm wondering what the agency has thought about just who merely the harm done in that bulletin. i am concerned that the program really set up to avoid the rush of refugees across the border who have come through mexico fleeing violence. the alternative to process refugee applications has not really worked and i don't think that any child has been admitted yet. and i am concerned with whatever light you can put him i would appreciate knowing. i would also like an update on the technology efforts that the agency has been making. when the president was elected, we were almost entirely. [inaudible] we have made some progress, not as much as i hoped that we were. if you have a fedex package you can track where it is.

the nih is being cut under the sequestration. these are across-the-board cuts. they are going to destroy the military, but one thing nobody talks about is the national institute of health. the national institute of health is the research body that is trying to find ways to deal with diabetes and alzheimer's. if you want to -- i will tell you the two things you need to watch for. alzheimer's costs and diabetes are exploding. and the sooner we can control and find ways to delay and cure these problems, the better off we are. so help itself is something we -- so, health itself is something we need to focus on. outcomes. rather than paying a doctor to do something or a hospital system to do something, how about paying them for an outcome? let me tell you what happened in south carolina. african-american males suffer from diabetes larger than any -- than any group in all of south carolina. so what we did -- amputations among african-american males were twice the population of the state as a whole from diabetes. so what we did is we started identifying african-america

. >> legalization, medical marijuana affect with 1th graders sponsor by drug abuse part of the nih found that for the first time in 40 years when they started this they surpassed in high schoolers in high school seniors, 12th graders found 6% of them said they smock marijuana had daily as opposed to 5.5.who smoke cigarettes daily. so this is an alarming trend that many of these high school students think that smoking cigarettes or marijuana is safe and partially because announcing many states legalize it and niewnd 32% of high school students thought that marijuana use was harmful and that is down from 36% higher than last year and they're using more often. we still do know there are long-term and short-term affects on the brain particularly for young brains people, you know, teenagers and high schoolers that can have effects. so not a good thing. >> isn't there a school of thought that basically it'ses a gate way drugs you start that and then opens -- >> there are theories there. conflicting research on whether that's true or not but marijuana itself can be harmful effects on the broken

we have to fund our bio medical resergeanter prize at nih, fda, comparative effective research at ark patient centered outcomes research. we are at a point in time where we are driving patients into consumers. they are now looking at the world in a very different way technology disrupting it. we need the information so that people can make informed decisions and take the treatment that's correct for them. that's a different environment we're shifting to. >> heather, last word to you. >> i think i have to steal something that a panelist said earlier. innovation's meaningless if nobody can afford it so think about it. again, i represent middle class. i'm not representing low income recipients. i represent any of you that's worked for the government. i spent career in d.c. i've been around and didn't have a platinum federal. i didn't stay a federal employee. i don't have that platinum health care and it's a struggle. it's really a struggle to pay for these treatments and to stay on top of the -- of everything that's happening and i'm not talking medical innovation. plan changes. my treat

two national alcohol nih centers around us. >>supervisor eric mar: thank you very much. >> just to clarify something. all the work that is done is populated. taco bell, has a population of 9083 people. under statute ab operates 8. we have 31. similar the king street location shares the same census tract, same number. the beach street location, a city population of 4100. it's authorized for 14 and the active is 19. meaning we have 19 licenses. just i want you to know we are taking into account the population. i know the map. >>supervisor eric mar: thank you very much. we have over 20 speakers. let me just ask our director ms. cane, do you want to make remarks. presenter: good afternoon. i'm going to be really quick. i don't necessarily agree with the word over saturated as a reasonable description of our nightlife industry which is worth billions of dollars as you know and 60,000 plus jobs and all levels of education. we are in agreement that this new interest of alcohol by chain stores and fast food is very concerning. i haven'