that's nih? >> that's correct. >> is some of that 100 million, some of that 20 million, some of it actually used to purchase the fetal tissue? >> that money is going to be used to purchase the fetal tissue. >> and i think with mr. hice earlier, it is not a direct purchase? >> it's not. >> i want to understand it and make it as simple terms as we can. planned parenthood is performing, is taking the life of unborn children, planned parenthood then, or other abortion providers, sell the tissue to some company. and then the government then buys it from that company. is that accurate? >> that's accurate. >> who are some of those companies? i think you abr and stem cell express. >> abr and stem cell express. those companies are involved and somewhat now famous videos that plann planned mrar planned parent hood, were they involved in the videos of planned parenthood that somewhat are now well known? >> they are. they were absolutely. they were questioned as to whether there was profit actually being mad

following this panel, congress passed the nih health revitalization act in 1993. the house established for how fetal tissue is conducted in the u.s. and it passed with overwhelming support from both democrats and republicans. fetal tissue research is also governed by extensive regulatory frameworks that govern the acquisition and the use of this tissue and this has been investigated by multiple committees and including the select investigative panel at the cost of millions of taxpayer dollars and no wrongdoing has been found. efforts by this administration and my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to undermine the integrity of the existing framework of fetal tissue procurement are motivated by extreme ideology. that's all it is. perhaps even worse, they do great harm, in fact, extreme harm to science. fetal tissue research has been recognized for the potential that it has to help millions of people. we must not forget that this critical research has a long history of support from both sides of the aisle. so dr. temple, could you please explain some of the g

i know there's $500 million, i believe, that went to nih to identify alternatives. one of the issues, however, is coverage, insurance coverage of alternatives for pain treatment. so that's a big part of the challenge. >> i will be talking to 700 insurance companies today. it certainly is on my -- >> what will you be saying to them? >> -- on my list. in addition to assuring that we limit the inappropriate prescribing of opioids, we need to guarantee the appropriate prescribing of opioids for particularly pain patients who have chronic, unrelapsing pain, such as cancer patients, patients with sickle cell disease, which is one of my personal causes, who have discrimination even before this, much less after the opioid issues, to treat addiction as a disease in a comprehensive, holistic way, and to cover alternative therapies. you know, the data show that for many chronic pain syndromes, physical therapy, physical fitness, overall health is much better than chronic opioids. these alternatives need to be covered. in terms of the nih, i want to mention that there is an exc

the nih revealed these brain scans of 9 and 10-year-olds.arts show premature thinning of the cortex in children who spend a lot of time looking at screens. the cortex processes information from the five senses. >> should parents be concerned by that? >> we don't know if it's caused by the screen time. we don't know yet if it's a bad thing. >> reporter: the nih also found children who have more than two hours of screen time a day scored lower on thinking and language testing. what do these studies tell us? >> be aware. be mindful. >> reporter: connie guillermo, editor and chief of cnet, says most people working in tech limit the amount of screen time their children are exposed to, herself included. she said apple's new screen time report that allows you to set limits for your children is an important step for the industry. >> i think that there is a recognition from the makers of these successful devices that perhaps there are issues with too much screen time. >> reporter: for parents like angela who have children now and are wondering how mu

but the nih will also run out of funding on janry 2 if the shutdown hasn't ended by then. we've heard from folks who say this is a disappointment. there's lucky ones but we talked to this guy who happened to be down here takinin the sights and this is what he had to say. >> i think it's unfortunate for everyone not having the opportunity to visit u.s. history. it's unfortunatehat the politicians can't agree onsi le things that we should -- we need to get along. > you can see that popular carousel is still now -- wasnn rug but it could be for quite some time again if this isn't resolved soon. the open yeah shutdown, that's like 14, 000 workers added to the role of 800,000 who are affected. 400,000 worng without checks and 350, 000 not working at all. live on the mall, derrick ward, news >>4. hank you very much. >>> meantime, we are following breaking news from police in prince george's county looking into a deadly shooting. this washe scene here on tailor avenue in ft. washington. officers showing up to a reported shooting after 10:30. they found a man with a gunshot wound

including those from the cdc and the national institute of environmental health sciences, part of the nih, were not able to be here but on behalf of secretary azar and myself i think all our scientific and health experts across the hhs for your work on this initiative. it is vital public health work. our federal partners work on lead contamination in the air we breathe and the water we drink, the food we eat and the objects we use on a daily basis. the action plan identifies ways hhs can better participate in and support this work. the action plan also contains provisions to identify children with high blood lead levels and make connections to appropriate services to avoid long-term health consequences resulting from lead exposure. supporting these efforts are the actions identified in bills 3 and 4 of the plan. the communication supporting research on lead exposure and addressing related health risks. we look forward to engaging with our partners to advance these goals. as we work to implement actions included in this plan we will continue to update public progress. i have asked our offi

they you get into issues like drug pricing, health research, nih. there was a host of national security issues. they come as member driven. our job is to represent the membership of the concord -- of the caucus and to make sure we are agile and able to respond. we needwo levels where to respond is in drug prices and infrastructure. host: >> thursday on c-span networks, there will be a measure discussing imprisoned journalists. c-span2 will have live coverage of the senate as they consider an amendment to the resolution that would and u.s. military assistance in yemen. eastern, john bolton will give a speech on u.s. policy. at 2 p.m., live coverage of a house oversight committee on nonprofits and the clinton foundation. sunday night, on q&a. the american nazi party had thousands of supporters. that rally was for george washington's birthday. was a very active american fascist movement in the 20's and 30's. it was associated with the phrase america first. londonersity of literature professor looks at the term america first and the american dream in he

will take care of the animals, make sure they're fed and cared for but this will alsofft places like nih research centers. that could come to an end as announced theas will be furloughing 14,000 workers so that's going to be add the 400,000 people working without pay and the 350,000 who aren't working at all. about 800,000 federalerovernment wo are affected by this. if you go to the opm web site, they've put up some form letters about how you should inform creditors that the bills may not be in full and they apparently mistakenly put up letters that explained or help people set up barteringem agts. they were taken down. but it's affecting more people weekhis could be your last end to come down and get siinsi some of the smithsonian attractions. >>> meantime, we are following breaking news from overnight. police in prince george's county are looking into a.eadly shooti this was the scene here on tailor avenue in ft. washington. officers showing up to a reported shooting after 10:30. they found a man witd a gunshot wot it was too late to save him. g investigators are workint what led up to

provides free place to stay for families of seriously ill chigren takin part in clinical trials at nih>> nice to see santameut having so fun on a harley. this is a busy season is for him. >> at least there were some dry skies out there for santa. hav friday you might trouble. >> i heard it. he knows what the weather is. trust me, he probably knows better than i do. >> he has the nbc washington app. >> that's right. >> out there right now, it's on the mild side. that's compared to where we have been over the past couple days. temperatures dropping, but not all that much. down 38 degrees. last couple nights, we were already in the teens and low 20s by this time. right now the coldest spot is frederick at 32 degrees. everybody else in the 30s to low 40ng we're not go cool all that fast. we have cloud cover that keeps a blanket over the city. now winds out of the south. that also helps to keep warmer air trying to make its way in here r now as far ar is concerned, we're on the dry side and we're going to stay that emy. another storm sy that is spinning up around the o eat lakes. what it's

the national institutes of health announced in august of this year that it has discovered nih grants are going to researchers who are not disclosing their contributions from foreign governments. chinese talent programs seek to recruit american researchers in order to bring technology to advance china. confucius institutes found that many of our nations top universities indirectly funded by chinese government stifle intellectual freedom and quiet all those who would criticize china with revisionist histories. in response to the growing number of cases, the department of justice recently announced a new initiative to combat chinese economic espionage, so it look forward to hearing more about and anyiative legislative proposals needed to address these. we often get distracted by the shiny objects in front of us. i fear that china is all too happy to have our attention deflected away from the threat that they pose to our economy, our innovation, our business, and our very standing in the world. nobody is in favor of billions in american intellectual property being stolen. researchersrts

seen this taking place already in many ways in the criteria for entering medical school and how the nih and the nsf evaluate proposals in the light of diversity criteria and in the hiring practices at universities. the best people may flee academic departments for industry as long as industry is no longer affected with the same imperialism. when i was going through my controversy, several professors wrote me to express worries that their medical research and biological research would run up against transgender idea logs because it was grounded in the idealogy of sex. if the social construction and no assumptions of human life can be made on the basis of maleness or femaleness, then a scientific service industry in the area of human biology will become incorrect. in several ways, the hate speech movement could compromise scientific discovery. now, i believe that there are many, perhaps most, faculty members and many more students see the outer reaches of this system of diversity as a travesty to the twin missions school. yet most of those who are tenures will not resist it. tenure is no

it's from the nih, he did the human genome project.al kindness. it's really something to see. >> and there we see the honor guard going to meet the casket. not only institutional remembrance, cokie roberts, but also such a personal remembrance for president george bush. it's been said so many times that he represents another era, an era when people used to write letters and he wrote them by the thousands. >> and they're quite personal. his letters to his mother for instance really say things that you don't expect a young man to tell their stories, but he did. if you had any interaction with him, you would get a note. he wrote to me when my mother died, for instance, a very lovely note. he just -- he was very well brought up. >>> the president's family, president george w. bush, neil bush, their children and grandchildren. major general michael howard of the military district of washington d.c. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> "hail to the chief", the u.s., him and a 21-gun salute for america's 41st president now on special air mission 41 fo

they had an nih syndrome. if it wasn't invented there, wasn't any good. they eventually did a lot of cross pollination, partly because wally was insistent they hire some of the people from mcdonnell. it all got straightened out in the end. at the beginning, they were really off base. they were way behind schedule. they didn't have a receptive attitude to having the flight crew out there, involved in the testing, the design reviews, sometimes even in the design. it was -- it just was not a healthy atmosphere to get a new program off the ground. so apollo 1 was the first spacecraft. apollo 2 was the second spacecraft. gus and wally, neither one of whom had any interest at all in any scientific activities -- and the scientists were busy trying to put experiments on these. gus was able to prevail on apollo 1 that this is an engineering test flight and we're not going to have any science on it. so anything they had on that, they throw it off and stick it on apollo 2. wally was no more receptive, but he didn't have the same kind of leverage at that time. plus,

months off, would like to know why the government cannot start working with this research because the nihving great difficulty because marijuana is illegal and so many states. rehabs,ttling this end we have found that this has worked with the cravings. host: what is his name? caller: eric. host: congratulations to eric. guest: the national institutes of health has been doing research and continuing to do research on the role that cannabis can play in recovery. during the obama administration, and it continues in this administration, several barriers that would allow for more research to be done in this regard. there is research that is continuing. host: who are the people that are becoming addicted to opioids at the highest rates? guest: people who are overdosing and dying, it is primarily 45-year-old white men. the district of columbia, the average person who is dying of an opioid overdose is a 50-year-old black man. differentlittle bit than the rest of the country and the reason it is happening in the district of columbia is because of the fentanyl crisis, but it has been overlooked. th

they you get into issues like drug pricing, health research, nih.re was a host of national security issues. they come as member driven. our job is to represent the membership of the concord -- of the caucus and to make sure we are agile and able to respond. we needwo levels where to respond is in drug prices and infrastructure. representative tom reed of new jersey. the both of you gentlemen, thank you very much. we will continue on with the question we started with this morning, concerning funding of the border wall. if you want to see the government shut down over it or maybe you do not, he of us a call if you support the president path threat to shut down the government for funding. we will have that discussion when we come back. announcer: when the new congress takes office in january, it will have the youngest, most diverse class in history. new congress, new leaders. watch it live on c-span, january 3. c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable-television company's. today we continue

now, the nih tried this. the fda shut that down because of quality concerns.nd the pbn managers. they are ponking a lot of the rebates instead of passing it down to patients. lots of problems, even our president has touted the idea of allowing medicare and medicaid to negotiate with pbms. we are not allowed to do that that's why prices are on the higher end versus in other countries. jedediah: obviously two schools of thought on this. folks think the government should step in and regulate prices and free market folks. when you hear a proposal like this and, of course, this is coupled with warren talking about medicare for all and heavy, heavy government involvement in these programs, how does that affect patients though on a very practical? is it cost? is it qualities of care? what do you worry about in terms of your patients? >> as it is right now, we are concerned patients can't afford their premiums, their deductibles, their co-pays. there are some factors and variables involved. for example, you can actually pay cash at the pharmacy and sometimes that's a