he was paralyzed by polio on the threshold of a promising career. he came back and few americans knew how disabled he was. he learned compassion. he learned he could help other people of different races that he never met before. this is what we used his inheritance for. this lead to the polio vaccine. this is one person who reveres him. suzie. she was born with clubbed feet. it's now for spinal diseases. these were men put to work. you could go to a library and check out toys. these are three themes i identified. beauty, permanence. this is a minor's wife. she doesn't look like a dorothy lang photographer. i am sure she felt better. these are stair cases in new deal buildings. part of the idea, i think this is really an expression of the old arts and crafts movement, which elnor roosevelt was part it. this was a janitor, once he checked me out, he said, come on in, i have to show you something. there was a beautiful wood laid mosaic. this is a marble mosai c. this is at the national zoo. and there's the beautiful rock work. they didn't build porto p

in 1948, my great uncle was diagnosed with polio. in 1955, there was a polio vaccine. since the first vaccine was invented, it has been used in most of the world. we are still searching for a cure for many of the diseases in the world today. people search many hours a day for vaccinations that will help cover immune system fight off bad viruses. >> if you talk about the priority plan for the institute that i direct, which is the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases, our top priorities over the next several years is an hiv vaccine, malaria, tuberculosis vaccines, and a universal flu vaccine, and namely one that you can give once or twice in the lifetime of an individual that will protect them against all influenza. >> the government cannot produce enough of a new vaccine for everyone. a partnership with pharmaceutical companies is being formed. >> our role is to do fundamental basic science translated at the clinical level and then handed over to a pharmaceutical company so they can produce it in large quantities to be made available for the american in

polio before the polio vaccine came out.lso learned about how to interview people and about film, and and learned about the video editing things. >> thank you for talking with us today. >> thank you. >> and now, here is a portion of her documentary. >> institute that i direct, our top priorities over the next several years are an hiv vaccine, a tuberculosis vaccine, and a vaccine that we will call universal flu vaccine, namely a vaccine that you can give once or twice in the lifetime of an individual that will protect them against these. >> what do we do with them? they cannot produce enough of the vaccine for everyone. therefore, with the pharmaceutical companies. >> nih never produces a vaccine in large quantities. we do fundamental science and then handed over to the pharmaceutical company so that they can produce it in large quantities to be made available for the american people and for the global public. >> and you can see this at studentcam.org, and you can continue the conversation on our facebook and twitter pages.

polio. polio was a killer. it not only devastated children and adults, it devastated the economy, but a private charity, march of dimes, working together with others were able to bring about a cure. it changed the course of history. america has done that all throughout history, and we can do that again. whether it's energy or health care, you name the subject. we're capable. we just need to get our house in order. thank you. [applause] >> what steps would you take that would be most effective to rolling back things? >> right now what we should be doing is funding obama care. if we can't repeal it, we shouldn't give one dime to put this franken design into place. that's something the house of representatives can do. because remember, president obama doesn't have access. harry reid doesn't have access to one dime of your money unless and until the house of representatives authorizes that money. if you have conservatives in charge of the house of representatives, why in the world would we give even one dime to inf

since she can compare famous family connection with her husband who is the nephew of the man who cured polio. i'm lynn berry and this is "early today." just your first stop of the day on your nbc station. >>> put this in your pipe and smoke it. a man in cuba is working on the world's longest cigar. having set the record four times already, it will measure over 200 feet long when completed in a few days using over 200 pounds of tobacco. he's been rolling cigars for over 50 years, so he has plenty of experience. >>> a pair of polar bear twins beat the odds and came out to meet the public in china yesterday. the brother and sister were abandon by their mother shortly after they were born in january. so experts came in to help. the twins grew stronger and they now have begun to walk and play together. >>> most people dread the inevitable laundry day, but one new yorker is trying to change that. >>> on this chilly on a good day tuesday evening -- it's like an open mike night of sorts and it's a way to entertain people while doing the most mundane of sorts. she started it to give a little bounce.

polio has been nearly extinguished from the u.s. and most of the world.11, we're still searching for a cure for many diseases in the world today. at the national institutes of health, people in search many hours a day for vaccinations that will help our immune systems against diseases. i talked to the head of a portion of the nih. >> if you talk about the priority plans for the institute are direct, the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases, our top priority over the next several years are an hiv vaccine, a malaria vaccine, a tuberculosis vaccine, and a vaccine will be a universal influenza vaccine that you can give once or twice in a lifetime of an individual that will protect against all influenza. >> what do we do with the vaccines? the government cannot produce enough of the new vaccines for everyone. a partnership between the pharmaceutical companies and research facilities has formed. >> the nih never produces a vaccine in large quantities. our role is to do fundamental basic science, translated into the clinical, and then handed ove

for many years, are pediatricians struggled against discourage of polio including the development of some of the most advanced treatments at the time. we remember the days when the davies' campus was a place where some many young men and people of color came for treatment. we have a system of care as represented here. this does not mean more important, it means more acute. that includes outpatient care and the blue services. we provide a comprehensive set of services to the residence of san francisco. this is no longer just delivered in hospitals, this is delivered in thousands of offices and clinics. if we looking more details about what we provide for outpatient care, you can see not only physician offices but a community clinics like our family health center. this is in our diabetes centers. of course, urgent care. we provide about 40% of all of the hospital care in san francisco and we are proud to deliver half of every baby born. a third of the emergency room visits. 70% of what we do is taking care of san franciscans, the other comes from people who -- from people who come outs

in 1952, there were 60,000 polio cases in the united states. the projected cases cost would be that it would cost $20 million a year. and in 1945, 1.2 million people were vaccinated. at the center we don't have the staff for this. but it would be great to find an intern and say lay over the development and implementation of the polio vaccine, the current f.d.a. model. and figure out how many additional people would have gotten polio during the 15 years that we went through the process of checking it out. let's go comback and look at i. once a upon a time we were a country that made sense. we won the entire second world war in the first few months. they had a fifth runway in the atlanta airport. if we determine to be willfully stupid, we can be. so take that model. i want to outline for you, seven major steps to recentering the entire health system, starting a comment by elios when he was head of n.i.h. and he said, i think this is worth debating. this is the kind of debate we need the presidential campaign and it's the kind that we ought to hav

roosevelt was paralyzed on his legs paralyzed from polio. had been paralyzed when he got polio when he was about 39 years old. the irony was, it was an infantile paralysis, and he never could get his legs back. he was always afraid of fire struck his life he would be caught in the room and could not escape fire. and so when he was in the white house, they were all concerned about any attacks and so on, so they launched a project which they called crawling exercises. the president in order to escape would have to practice getting to a window of his bedroom or from a private part of the residents, and you get down on the floor and the president of the united states and pull himself with his arms to the window and they would put shoots denizli to slide that amnesty. he only person he and trust with the knowledge of this, entrusted to help them with these crawling exercises was a valley, and african-american ballet named duffy. he was trusted by the roosevelt i always thought how remarkable that is that he didn't want to see his family in this s

roosevelt was paralyzed, his legs were paralyzed from polio.e had been paralyzed, got polio when he was about 39 years old. an irony because it's a young person's disease, and he never could get the use of his legs back. he was always afraid of of fire, that he would be caught in this a room and could not escape fire. and so when he was in the white house, of course, they were also concerned about enemy attacks and so on. so they launched a project which they called crawling exercises. the president, in order to escape, would have to practice getting to a window from his bedroom or from a private residence, part of the residence, and he would get down on the floor, and the president of the united states and pull himself with his arms to the window, and the secret service put chutes out there so he could slide down and escape. the only person that he entrusted with the knowledge of this and entrusted to help him with these crawling exercises was a valley, an african-american valet named irvin mcduffy. and he was very well trusted by the roosevel

in 1952 there were 60,000 polio cases.d cost $100 billion a year. salk developed vaccines. he had the courage to give to his own family in 1953. and in 1954, 1.2 million people were vaccinated. i want you to take him of trying to get some of this at brookings because i don't have a staff. but in the great defining intern to say laid over the development and implementation of polio vaccine from the current fda model. and figure coming additional people would've gotten polio during the 15 years that we went to the process of checking it out. let's go back and look at it once upon a time we were a country that had commonsense. we won the entire second world war in three years in eight months. 44 months from pearl harbor to the surrender. if we're determined and be willfully stupid, we can be. but it is very expensive. so take that model and i want to now outline for you seven major steps to re- centering and rethinking the entire health system, starting with a comment when he was the head of nih in an interview and he said, i

go out and spread polio or catch it from other kids.and show the kids throwing off crutches and other canes and things and entering a world of candy. it was an escapism game. >> reporter: be honest. is there any classic board game that you kind of hate? >> monopoly. >> reporter: really? >> yes. >> reporter: so what sets these new euro games apart? >> i'm fighting you for strawberries. i'm going to eat my kiwi. >> reporter: by eating your kiwi, what just happened? first they're uncomplicated. piece of cake, for instance, is easy as pie to learn. the goal is simply to collect the most slices of each variety of pie. i'm concerned about ted getting all that kiwi. but an emphasis on strategy instead of dumb luck. oh, oh, i didn't mean to do that. it makes for tough deliberation. >> you have to make a decision. >> reporter: that's fine. and they're quick. >> i think 30 to 45 minutes with an explanation once you know what you're doing 15 to 30. >> reporter: it's a short game. >> yeah. >> reporter: another hallmark. they're non-elimination game

in 1952 there were 60,000 polio cases. the projected estimate was polio patient would cost $100 billion a year. salk developed vaccines. he had the courage to give to his own family in 1953. and in 1954, 1.2 million people were vaccinated. i want you to take him of trying to get some of this at brookings because i don't have a staff. but in the great defining intern to say laid over the development and implementation of polio vaccine from the current fda model. and figure coming additional people would've gotten polio during the 15 years that we went to the process of checking it out. let's go back and look at it once upon a time we were a country that had commonsense. we won the entire second world war in three years in eight months. 44 months from pearl harbor to the surrender. if we're determined and be willfully stupid, we can be. but it is very expensive. so take that model and i want to now outline for you seven major steps to re- centering and rethinking the entire health system, starting with a comment when he was

great uncle who got polio the year before the polio vaccine came out, and how to interview people, i learned about film, and also about a video editing. >> thank you for talking with us today. and now, here's a portion of rebecca's documentary. >> you talk about the priority plan of the institutes that i direct, the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases, our top priorities over the next several years of an hiv vaccine, a malaria vaccine, a tuberculosis vaccine, and a vaccine that we call a universal flu vaccine, which you can give once or twice in the lifetime of an individual, that would protect them against all influences. >> the government cannot produce enough of the new vaccines for everyone. therefore partnership between the pharmaceutical companies in the research facilities have informed. >> we never produce a vaccine in large quantities. our role is to do fundamental basic science, translated into preclinical and clinical, and then handed over so that pharmaceutical companies can produce it in large enough quantities to be made available for the american publ

but these things are not as easy to find an answer to not that anything like polio seen veazey before they found the vaccine either. but the or far more complex. most of the scientist's life talked too far from the 90's, the new 50 crowd feel that the the solution to these or even something that would delay alzheimer's, which would be a wonderful thing. they're much more likely to be there forever children or even our grandchildren for people who are now in their 50s and early 60's to count on this to give them the new old age is not being realistic. i'd like to quote my dear friend robert butler who line sure you know who died at 82 last year of leukemia and he basically invented the field of gerontology and is the first director of the national institute on a teaching and was the only voice of rationality that 90 is the new 50 panel and a few months before he died i interviewed him for the book and i said, you know, what do you think about the prospects for say the tour for alzheimer's i'm a scientist and nobody believes and selling in its more than a scientist and i'd like nothing

for my generation i think i don't know people who were in iron lungs because of polio. before i started this book i didn't know children who had died of whipping cough. my experience with chickenpox and measles was that it was something that was not fun but not potentially life-threatening. as fears of those became more notional concerns about vaccines rise and the last thing i think is the medical community and the public health community have done a very poor job at communicating what vaccines do, hardware work, communicating risk. there is a risk of negative reactions with vaccines. parents are smart enough to know there's a risk with anything. when they are told this is effective, don't worry about it, people's warning flags go off. the fact that there's not a risk for autism doesn't mean your child won't have a high fever. there are number of reasons. the somali case is interesting in that the measles outbreak in minnesota is in the somali community. in your work did you look at other communities? other cultures within the united states that were analogous to what

roosevelt was paralyzed on his legs were paralyzed from polio he had been paralyzed when he got pulleywhen he was about 39-years-old and an irony because his infantile paralysis, a young person's disease and he never could get the use of his legs back. she was always afraid of failure that he would be caught in a room and couldn't the state fire so when he was in the white house, concerned about any attacks and so on the launched a project they called crawling exercises. the president in order to east cape would have to practice getting to a window from his bedroom, part of the residence and he would get down on the floor, the president of the united states and pull himself with his arms to the window and the secret service would shoot and the escape. the only person he entrusted with the knowledge to help him with these exercises was the ballet and rm and mcduffie will trusted by the family, and i always felt all remarkable that is that he didn't want his family to see him in the situation, he didn't really trust some of his other advisers but he trusted irvin mcduffie so much that no

roosevelt was paralyzed, his legs were paralyzed from polio. he had been paralyzed when he was about 39-years-old irony because his infantile her paralysis and he never could get the use of his legs back. he was always afraid of five-year term of his life that he would be caught in a room and could in the state fire. and so when he was in the white house of course the enemy attacks and so on, so they launched a project which they called crawling exercises, the president in order to skate would have to practice getting to a window from his bedroom or private residence and he would get down on the floor and the president of the united states would pull himself up with his arms to the window and the secret service would shoot so he could slide down and escapes. the only person that he entrusted with the knowledge of this and entrust it to help him with the scrawling exercises was the valley named ervin mcduffie and he was very well trusted by the roosevelt family and i always thought how remarkable he didn't want his family to see him in the situa

the second disease that we hope, that the world can't eliminate is polio. again, that's been achieved with the generosity of foreign aid, almost a billion dollars a year spent on the polio eradication campaign, and the use of the vaccine. and the good news is that we've gone from over 300,000 children a year he paralyzed, to net only about 3000. and we only have four countries left where the disease has not been eliminated, and with any sort of continued financing in the next three or four years, we will succeed in getting the number of cases down to zero. that would be a very exciting thing. what's incredible is almost all the things that kill children are vaccine preventable. now, in some cases we still have to invent the vaccine like in the case of malaria, and some of the other diseases. in other cases the vaccines exist. they are simply being given only to reach children in the world, which is somewhat ironic given that these diseases are far more present, diarrhea and respiratory diseases, and the poor countries. a group called coffee was great to buy

i was just a little girl when the polio vaccine came along.re's always been antibiotics, fake hips, fake knees, medical transplants. that's the norm now. people who have taken advantage or not been disadvantaged because they had access to this kind of care, what i think assuming that that is, you know, a good thing, but you pay sort of -- paint an overall picture in your book that these things have consequences because they prolong life beyond what our social network, our social safety net worth was created to provide. >> guest: well, that's true, but i think they have -- they have other consequences too. in antiby yachtics, people who would have died at pneumonia at 65 don't anymore because there's antiby yachtics, -- antibiotics. my first medical memory is standing in line for the vaccine too. i'm just old enough to remember life in the summer before the salt vaccine in the early 50s when your parents never let you go out to go swimming because they were so terrified of polio. that was eradicated overnight. because we've grown up amid these

for mine is a generation that banished polio and jim crow, invented the computer and left footprintse surface of the man. i will not describe myself as the most optimistic man in america. but how could you lived through what i haven't be anything else? 66 years have passed since franklin roosevelts heart gave out. that morning, he put the finishing touches on a speech to be delivered two days later. it said, more than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars, yes, an end to the brutal, in human, and thoughtfully in practical method of settling differences between governments. for some, this might appear visionary, but not to the leader whose last words were appropriately words of encouragement. the only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. let us move forward with strong and active faith. like president roosevelt, we can all pray for world without war. no monuments in the meantime, and we cannot thank god for those quality of courage and character, service and sacrifice that protect our freedom and dispel our doubts. let others imagine t

polio from our department has done a thorough analysis of the accident and found out that many of the accidents were not reported and he had to rely on oral communication of people who did or did not remember. also black swan, you mentioned several times and i'm like to be perhaps a little more specific. we're talking details of extreme value distributions which are not very well understood by the insurance companies. would you suggest that perhaps a more formalized process of reporting and i hate to say that, perhaps to api or some other organization, also more thorough actuarial or specific analysis of these tales of extreme distribution also because we simply don't know and we make assumptions that are completely arbitrary. >> i do agree. reporting any loss of well control even if only for a minute use >> reporter: can help the industry learned how to deal with these events and also of course it will be helpful to have the statistics to no are we doing better. >> we essentially had to derive the real-time monitoring with respect to the response. the most significant was dispersants

four-the generation that banished polio and jim crow, invented the computer, and left footprints on theurface of the moon. i want to describe myself -- this is the '96, i should have forgotten man. [laughter] i describe myself as the most optimistic man in america. and how could you live through what i had in be anything else? 66 years have passed since another april 12, when franklin roosevelt possible rate heart gave out at the little white house in warm springs, georgia. that morning he put the finishing touches on the jefferson days speech to be delivered two days later. and it said, more than an end to war, he wrote, we won an end to the beginning of all wars, yes, and into the brutal in human and called police in practical method of ship settling differences between governments. and from this might appear a visionary, but not to the leader whose last words were properly words of encouragement. the only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be hard doubts of today. and let us move forward with strong and active faith. like president roosevelt, we can all pray for a world withou

let me end with this one story -- polio was a killer.not only devastated children and adults, it devastated our economy. a private charity, march of dimes, worked together with other organizations and were able to bring about the immunization by jonas salk. it changed the course of history. america has done that throughout history, and we can do it again whether it is energy, health care -- you name the subject, we are capable if we can get our house in order. thank you. [applause] >> congresswoman, if the votes were not in place to repeal obamacare fully, what steps did you take it would be most effective to roll it back? >> what we should be doing right now is pulling -- is fully defunding obamacare. we should not give one time to put this frankenstein into place. that is something the house of representatives can do. remember -- president obama does not have access. harry reid does not have access to one dime of your money unless and until the house of representatives authorizes that money. if you have conservatives in charge of the h

mine is the generation of vanished polio, jim crow, invented the computer, and left footprints on theon. i once described myself -- this was in 1996. [laughter] i describe myself as the most optimistic man in america. how could you live through what i have and be anything else? 66 years have passed since another april 12 when franklin roosevelt's great heart gave out in georgia. that morning, he put the finishing touches on the jefferson day speech to be delivered to the days later. he wrote that more than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars. we want an end to the brutal, in human, and in practical mess of settling differences between governments. to some, this might appear visionary, but not to the leader whose last words were appropriately words of encouragement. "the only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. let us move forward with strong and active faith." like president roosevelt, we can all pray for a world without war and no monuments in the meantime. we can thank god for the qualities of courage and character, service and sa

we are this close to ending polio. because we are this close to ending polio. are this close to ending polio. we are this close to channg the world. this close. all we need is you... is you... is you... is you... we are this close... this close... be a part of history at rotary.org/endpolio what does hope look like? it's in the rising walls of a home rebuilt. raising the spirit of a community reborn. what does heart sound like? it's in the rhythm of nails pounded into wood. a beat driven by the conviction that inspiration can overcome desperation. what does home feel like? it's in the faces of americans who built generations of memories in their home and then saw it slipping away. until friends they have never met, turned out to lend a hand. for more than 30 years rebuilding together has spread hope to home owners in need. providing free home rehabilitation making homes safer and more energy efficient. this is a place where you can turn dreams into reality. go to rebuilding together dot org and share the feeling of home. weome tothe solar gera roatr. if you wan

we are this close tonding polio. because we are this close to ending poo. we are this close to ending polio. were this close to changing the world. this close... all we need isou... is you... is you... is you... we a thiclose... thislose... be a part of history

we are this close to ending polio. all we need is you. is clo... be a part of history

diseases like measles -- meningitis -- diphtheria -- hib -- whooping cough -- or polio, which killed my grandma's youngest son. without vaccines, these threats can re-emerge. i'm here -- i'm here -- i'm here to tell my children to help protect their children. get your kids vaccinated and keep them on schedule. i never want my grandchildren to see what i saw.

diseases like measles -- meningitis -- diphtheria -- hib -- whooping cough -- or polio, which killed my grandma's youngest son. without vaccines, these threats can re-emerge. i'm here -- i'm here -- i'm here to tell my children to help protect their children. get your kids vaccinated and keep them on schedule. i never want my grandchildren to see what i saw.