thought it was a slippery slope to adopt assisted suicide. 20 years later again it's part of the oregon ethic, i think, part of the ethos here in oregon. it's still the law of the state. it was adopted by washington state as well, our neighbor to the north. they have their assisted suicide law. and it remains debated here in oregon but generally accepted as a human part of oregon's laws. as you might expect the law that oregon passed was quite controversial nationally. congress tried to weigh in, tried to deny funds to oregon, or block this from happening in oregon. eventually it reached the court, the supreme court which gave oregon the right to implement its own laws in this regard. well if it's election day in oregon and you're looking for a place to go vote, you wouldn't find one because back in 1998 overwhelming by a majority of 69% oregonians adopted vote by mail as the only way in which you can vote. there are no ballot places in oregon election day. oregon has like a rolling two-week election process. most oregonians receive their ball lots in the mail two weeks before election day an

oregon system. [applause] pointsnt to make a few with ethics and the standing, mr. president meets with mr. putin tomorrow. first with respect to ethics. bar for a ethical president, the lowest ethical bar for a president, has been to voluntarily release their tax returns. [applause] >> every president has done it now for four years. -- 40 years. every democrat, every republican, every lavrov, every conservative, because we made a judgment that this was a matter of the public right to know. i bring this up only by way of ethics always starts at the top. [applause] if the people at the top do not set an example, nobody else is going to want to fall in line. to give you an idea of how bizarre this is, i am the senior democrat on the finance entity. we have jurisdiction over taxes and medicare and medicaid and the like. we are going to have appointees of the president have to disclose their taxes when the guy at the top won't, which is why i am determined to pass my bill to require that those tax returns he made public. [applause] number two.n: point on our standing in the world, o starts at t

ethics, morals and even national security. nbc kristen dahlgren explains how embryo editing works and why it so controversial. >> reporter: in a lab in oregon as scientists fertilized human eggs, they also swapped out dna correcting dpeefective genes th carry disease proving it is possible to gwinne genetically embryos. >> it is inevitable. hard to control and regulate because the technology is so accessible. >> reporter: according to mit's technology review that first reported on the breakthrough, the scientists used a technique called crispr used with special success in china. essentially a way to cut and past dna gwinneg genetic information. it could eliminate some conditions. in new jersey, michael goodwin and his wife are afraid to have children. he has sickle cell, she's a carrier. >> if i could prevent my kid from having to be up in pain and crying 24/7, i would do anything in my power to stop that. >> reporter: critics worry it could be used to create designer babies selecting hair or eye color and potential for new mutations or even malicious uses. last year, former direct tore of national intelligence james clapper called the edit

oregon system. [applause] i want to make just two points with respect to the ethics and our standing in the world. as you know mr. president meets , with mr. putin tomorrow. first with respect to ethics -- the lowest ethical bar for a president, the lowest ethical bar for a president, has been to voluntarily release their tax returns. [applause] every president has done it now for 40 years. every democrat, every republican, every liberal, every conservative, because we made a judgment that this was a matter of the public right to know. i bring this up only by way of saying that ethics always starts at the top. [applause] senator wyden: if the people at the top do not set an example, nobody else is going to want to fall in line. and to give you an idea of how bizarre this is, i am the senior democrat on the finance committee. we have jurisdiction over taxes and medicare and medicaid and the like. we are going to have appointees of the president have to disclose their taxes when the guy at the top won't, which is why i am determined to pass my bill to require that those tax returns be made public. [