ron's symptoms are not necessarily going to be the same as someone else has? >> it's true. e some classic symptoms that many people will have. some people mainly have tremors. the thing that's really unique is the difference in rate of progression. unfortunately, for ron, his sim tomcat have progressed in a very slow rate sense i've known you. >> he says that will be the one constant t. one thing that's constant is the rate at which the degeneration takes place. >> that t tends to be the case. >> in terms of noticing it, the two things i noticed the most are getting out of a car and buttoning a shirt. >> so it's hard for your fingers to manipulate the buttons? >> i can't analyze it. i guess i tried a couple times. it doesn't work, i get frustrated. >> this is classic, fine dexterous movements, difficulty with those sorts of tasks. >> getting out of the car also. >> another classic complaint. >> and for those sort of things, anybody sw an illness knows you get irritated. you get irritated by it. how does that affect the rest of the -- >> i don't get irritated. . after 12.5 ye

after all, ron has already smashed 12 other speed records and rarely disappoints. >> i've seen ron racee a. he's very fast on the bike. his bike is 200 miles an hour. kawasaki, has a nitrous bottle on it. this thing is a rocket. >> mark watches as ron shoots down the track disappearing into a cloud of dust. it's only later he learns what happens next ron moves up to fourth gear and hits the nitrous boost button gaining enough power to hit top speed. he's blasting at 175 miles per hour when his front wheel begins to wobble. ron struggles to regain control, but it's a losing battle. he makes a split second decision to aplan don the bike before it crashes, but as this terrifying video shows, ron doesn't fall away from the bike. his right leg is caught under the seat, pulling him at almost 200 miles per hour along the hard, dusty surface. >> and the bike actually dragged him like a horse would drag a cowboy. so it was quite a ride. >> the friction of his body against the grounds burns through his protective suit. in another moment, it will tear his skin to shreds. somehow ron flips his body

we must remember that ron has 10% of the crude oil reserve. brent crude is down this hour. to the stock markets shares in the european sector have seen a gains. currency is trading up around half a percent. other stories this hour, 28% fall in its 2014 net profit. the italian company blames much of the slide on lower sales. last year's protest shut the city's main roads for 79 days. china telecom will be launching mobile broadband services. it was a busy weekend at the box office for the latest animation "home." the film's protagonist is voiced by re-anna. other voices include steve martin and jennifer lopez. we will end with news of newburgh lambing up its services -- we will end with news of goober car -- uber car ramping up its services. a ride will set users back up to $200 in addition to a seven dollar a minute charge. genie: i wonder if they will have a maserati here. >> it seems a bit excessive. it is time for the press review. genie: mi james has a look at what the papers -- emma james has a look at what the papers say. emma: a downcast image on the front cover. a s

[applause] >> ron wilson has a bow, "the appomattox paroles." this tells how the shoulders received parole passes, and actually gives an alphabetical list of soldiers given their parole at appomattox. you can get ron to find us today. we will break for lunch here just a minute. if you have not already picked up one of these magazines, this is free. it is the park service publication with articles pertaining to the spring of 1865. as i said last night, the best article starts on page 24 and concludes on page 27. there are other good articles in here, including one by our curator, and that is on page 30. that is free. take that up while you are here. you always do a great job at buying both in supporting this program. our friends group is set up. they are supporting us this year as well. we are going to meet back here after lunch at about 1:45 p.m. we will have a presentation on our friends group at about 1:30 p.m. we actually running a three day tour in may. if you have an interest in coming on that tour, i think it is very reasonably priced espec

if you have worked at a civil war site for any amount of time, ron has heard it, patrick has heard it, you will hear something like this. my great great grandfather is from the shenandoah valley, or, pick your place. he did not own any slaves there he sure as hell did not fight to preserve slavery. he fought to defend his home the way of life, and the community and his city. the civil war was not about slavery. you are wrong to tell people that it was. have you had that happen? we have all had that happen. in fact, we've had it happened a -- we've had it happen a couple times a month, if not more. and so, what do you say? oh, yes, the war was about slavery. your grandfather fought to preserve slavery. that's not likely to receive -- well, that's likely to receive a letter to a congressman more than anything. americans have gone to great efforts to redefine and sometimes re-understand the issues that surround the war. most descendents see the war through the lens of their personal connection to it. their great great grandfather from woodstock, virginia, who joined the second virginian

nbc's ran allen has new details -- ron allen has new details about the suspect. [ gunfire ] [ screams bleep ] >> reporter: wit warning, the shots, at least three, rang out just after midnight early thursday morning. outside ferguson polic headquarte setti off a frantic scene. >> shots fired. officer down. >> reporter: today st. louis prosecutors say this local man, jeffrey williams age 20 allegedly fired those shots from a vehicle during what the prosecutor called "some kind of dispute. "authorities say williams has been chargeded with first-degree all is on the officers. so of he involved with the -- was he involved with the protests? >> yes. he is a demonstrator. he was out there earlier that evening as part of the demonstration. >> rep but you don think he was targeting the police? >> oh i wouldn't go that far. [ chanting] >> reporter: police called the incident an ambush as protesters gather after t resignation of ferguson's police chief to demand even more sweeping reforms. all stemming from a justice depa report that accuse the police and court of widespread discrimination. sinc

ron madison has the latest on this story. ron? >> yeah that's right, gene. executives at the skylark family restaurant chain say they fully accept union demands for a wage hike. the agreement grants workers a monthly raise nearly double the amount that they won last year. annual wage negotiations are now in full swing in japan. skylark's labor union was demanding an average raise of about $88 per month for regular employees. now the wage hike includes a base pay increase, as well as a raise based on seniority and length of service. sources say skylark officials told union leaders they would grant the request amount. it is 1.8 times higher than the raise agreed to last year. the chain is apparently keen to attract more workers through better wages amid the serious labor shortage within japan's food service industry. many japanese employers will announce their responses to union demands on march 18th. >>> japanese customs officials reported a record number of cases in which fake brand goods and other counterfeit products were confiscated last year. they blamed

. >> ron hunter has fallen off his stool for good reason! georgia state up by one! >> how about that? the georgia state coach ron hunter actually tore his achilles celebrating his team's victory in the conference tournament so he has been roaming the sidelines on a scooter and his son wins it right at the buzzer. incredible day. we're going to have to see how day 2 does today. can it match the excitement? we shall see. the games start at 9:00 here on kpix 5. first it's 15 seed new mexico state against heavily favored kansas and then wichita state taking on indiana, 7:10 matchup there will tip off around 11:30 a.m. >>> later today in oakland, the city council will vote on the coliseum city project. this is oakland's $2 billion plan to keep the raiders and a's happy and not leave town. the plan is to build up to 3 new stadiums at the current coliseum complex along with apartments and retail. city council has to approve an exclusive negotiating agreement with a developer then county supervisors have to vote on it. >>> betty yu tells bus a new lawsuit that claims some po

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ron machen has two weeks left in office. is he preparing to bring an indictment against former mayor vincent gray in that time or will he love office and leave the city hanging about what role -- leave office and leave the city hanging about what role the former mayor had and the legalities. u.s. attorney ron machen has taken down three sitting council members in three separate probes. chairman kwame brown, at large member michael brown and ward 5 councilmen hari harry thomas, jr., in the campaign that saw vincent gray win the campaign have also pled guilty to charges. >> if you participated in back room under the table deals with jeff thompson, i urge you to come forward now and own up. we are not going away. >> reporter: machen without charging gray left no doubts. he feels the former mayor had knowledge of that shadow campaign. gray insisted all along he did nothing wrong. >> wham i going to plead to -- what am i going to plead to? i have nothing to plead to. >> reporter: in his last interview before leaving office he tal

. >> i think ron has been a tremendous publi servant and leader in the district of columbia. >> reporter a the ongoing gray investigation, bowser said the city has moved on and she welcomes any resolution of that case. >> i've always said that the u.s. attorneyas to do his job, follow every lead and investigate, an can't put a time line on that. >> reporter: b others are putting a time on it. coming up at 6:00 calls for gray to be charg or let off the hook. jim, wendy? >> tom sherwood. >>> montgomercounty's budget plan is going to go easy on some home owners. county executive ike leggett just releasedissal call farg 1% cut in the property tax rate. compare that to prince george's county, whi calls for a 15% hike. montgomery couis also proposing a 4% drop in garbage fees and a 2% pay raise for county workers. and more is gng spent on affordable hou libraries and business develme >> one may wonder how is it we're able to p all this together with raising the taxes. one-a strong indication we could not obtain nine votes through raising taxes. number two i said before that we will raise taxes

ron madison has more from the business desk. >> you are right, buyers lifted the nikkei past the 19,000 mark for the first time in nearly 15 years. we did not stay over that. it did hit at the day at one point. the index soaring by 1.5%. at the close, here you see what happened. the index was up 1.4%. nikkei finished below the 19,000 level. many traders seeing positive signs in the japan economy. they are counting on firms to increase wages and that will give people the money to spend. and they are putting more money in domestic spots and the bond buying program in the eurozone will direct more cash into stocks. earlier, we spoke with the chief economist at the securities firm. he gave us the latest prices on stocks. >> the earnings growth is to be expected for 2015. we will see higher wage hikes than the year before. the fundamental improvements and it is continuing and expectations for wage hikes for example. it is increasing toward the next week and next week the march 18th the day that many companies announcing their wage hike results. the second reason is that the situation in the

nbc's ron mott has more on the destructive fire that has shaken a neighborhood. firefighters rushed to a burning brooklyn home and under 3 1/2 minutes. too late to save seven children of the family one of the city's deadliest fires in years. the youngest victim 5 years old. four boys three girls, the eldest 16. officials say their 45-year-old mom and a sibling. 14-year-old girl jumped from a second floor window both in critical condition. >> tragedy for the family. tragedy for the community. tragedy for our city. >> authorities say they couldn't find any smoke detectors on the first two floors only in the basement. >> a nabeighbor said he heard some one screaming for help after midnight. looked out the window and saw flames ripping through the side of the house back here and called 911. karen rosenblat says her husband made the call. >> we saw flames coming out of all over the place. very, very heavy. the smoke, barely see the house at all. >> officials say the fire started in the kitchen. malfunctioning hot plate left on to keep food warm during the jewish sabba

>>reporter: the case of the missing boy into ron has turned into a case of a child stealing and sexual assault and a thin man has been arrested and the child is not. >>reporter: them learn that this man center residents with a four year-old michael super is now facing seven felonies all connection with allegedly learned team from his toronto home of the thing him to another state and sexually molesting her multiple times. the police said that it was on february 11th red and no. the couple reported their son was gone. he >>: denied that he knew the young man or his whereabouts. and that to lead his parents and buys some information they found on facebook to suggest otherwise. >>reporter: the parents waited not knowing whether some of the fbi was called then. he was saying in a motel in wyoming. >>: they located are associated with the super and after watching it for a brief period of time the both of them appeared. >>reporter: they're not disclosing how he got involved with the mine victim but he is not currently are registered sex offender to that americana additional tonnage office an

ron madison has the latest. >> and we get started with the latest economic data out of china.t does suggest growth in domestic demand and the country is slowing. officials with the national bureau of statistics say industrial output in the first two months of this year rose 6.8% from the same period last year. that's 1.1 percentage point lower than the previous month. it's the weakest growth in six years. the slowdown is attributed to a sluggish real estate market and lower production of steel and glass products. the officials say growth in retail sales waslso the slowest in about nine years. it was up 10.7%. analysts say this is due to lower crude oil prices and a drop in sales at major restaurants. >>> well factory managers in japan bought less equipment in january. the latest figures show machinery orders were down. but not as much as analysts had expected. officials at the cabinet office say companies in january placed orders worth roughly $6.9 billion. that's down 1.7% in yen terms from december. and it's the first decline in three months. orders from manufacturers fell m

incumbent mayor ron emanuel has been forced into a battle by another.can toured the hearts and -- captured the hearts and minds of many residents the the mayor's policies left them out. christopher putzel chronicled the fight to combat deadly gun violence returned to chicago and filed this report. >> closing 50 schools and not having a plan for children. remember, chin are the fewer, the -- children are the future. the innocent people in the world. that was an attack to me children. >> reporter: jeanette lived her side on the right side. a place with ron emanuel's school reforms go not sit well. the mayor's administration in 2015 closed lots of schools. the largest closure. most were in latino and black neighbourhoods, some of the poorest communities. >> a school is the foundation. it used to be what the black church was to the black community. now schools are the only stable institutions they are left. and they are corrupt. they are in chaos. >> the mayor facing debt. shut down underused and performing schools. what he said were failing schools. in the

nbc's ron allen has more on the suspect. >> reporter: without warning, the shots, at least three, rang out just after midnight early thursday morning. outside ferguson police headquarters setting off a frantic scene. >> shots fired. officer down. >> reporter: today prosecutors say this local man jeffrey williams age 20 allegedly fired those shots from a vehicle, doing what the prosecutor called some kind of dispute. authorities say williams has been charged with first degree assault on the officers. so was he involved with the propropro protest protests? >> yes. he is a demonstrator. he was out there earlier that evening as far as the demonstration. >> reporter: but you don't think that he was targeting the police? >> i wouldn't go that far. >> hey hey, hoho -- >> reporter: police have called the incident an ambush after protesters gathered to demand even more sweeping reforms. all stemming from a justice department report that accused the police and court of widespread discrimination. since the incident an uneasy truce. police and protesters keeping their distance. with the community

nbc's ron mott has the latest. >> reporter: before robert durst faces a murder charge in california,e's due back in a new orleans court tomorrow, asking for bail on felony weapons and drug charges after authorities found a loaded gun in his hotel room. if convicted, he faces a possible life sentence. >> louisiana actually has the potential to put him in jail longer than anyone else on those gun charges. >> reporter: durst's lawyer is set to challenge his arrest calling it unlawful, based on an invalid california warrant. the attorney wants to get durst to a california court soon to defend against charges he killed his friend susan berman, which he denies. >> i would think the louisiana authorities and california authorities would get together and say look, let's have him here in california where we have serious charges. >> we the jury find the defendant, robert durst not guilty. >> reporter: the same high profile attorney got durst acquitted in 2003 on the basis of defense of killing his neighbor. he xwis dismembered him. durst can afford a top tier defense. he is worth $100 million

nbc's ron mott has our report. >> reporter: firefighters rushed to a burning brooklyn home in under three and a half minutes, but still too late to save seven children of a family in one of the city's deadliest fires in years. the youngest victim just 5 years old, four boys, three girls. the eldest 16. officials say their 45-year-old mom and another sibling, a 14-year-old girl, jumped from a second floor window, both in critical condition. >> it's a tragedy for this family. it's a tragedy for this community. it's a tragedy for our city. >> reporter: authorities say they couldn't find any smoke detectors on the first two floors, only in the basement. a neighbor who lives here said he heard someone screaming for help shortly after midnight, looked out the window and saw flames ripping through the side of the house back here and called 911. karen rosenblatt says her husband made the call. >> there were flames coming out of all over the place. very, very heavy thick smoke. you could barely see the house at all. >> reporter: officials say the fire started in the kitchen, a malfunctioning hot p

nbc's ron allen has the story for us from madison, wisconsin. >> reporter: madison's high school students had a real live civics lesson today, walking out of class, taking to the streets, demanding to know why tony robinson, 19, a recent high school grad was shot and killed friday night by officer max kenny, a 12-year police veteran. >> you can't just shoot like an innocent guy. >> reporter: police radio calls revealed some of what happened. reports of trouble at a gas station. >> we're looking for a male black, light skin tan jacket in teens, outside yelling and jumping in front of cars 19 years of age, name is tony robinson. >> reporter: police say officers followed robinson to a house across the street, forced his way in because of disturbance and opened fire when the suspect who police say was not armed assaulted the officer. the chief says the force is well-trained, educated and diverse. >> it's only natural that questions and objections should arise. i get that. and i'm empathetic to that. >> reporter: robinson's family does not believe deadly force was necessary. >> our hands are s

ron madison has the latest. >> yes, that's right, gene.apan's leading electronicsmaker sharp is considering asking its two main banks for financial aid as it tries to drastically restructure. the company expects a net loss for the business year ending this month. now sharp executives plan to shut down an l.e.d. plant and partially close and integrate four sensor plants. all of them in hiroshima prefecture. sharp may also reduce solar cell production at a factory in osaka prefecture. the profitability of the business has been hit by competition with overseas makers. sharp executives also plan to sell a tv plant in mexico. and downsize the firm's television business in north america. the company had forecast a net loss of about $250 million for this business year. but it now fears that may be an underestimate. sharp executives will approach mizuho and tokyo mitsubishi ufj to strengthen the company's financial base. the executives say that they will draw up a new midterm management plan by may. >>> well officials at japanese auto parts maker

abc's ron claiborne has the details. >> reporter: witnesses say a thunderous explosion rocked the five-story building then within seconds fire engulfed it. >> i heard a huge explosion and i could see the structure fall. >> reporter: jameel says the front fire escape still intact in this photo he took seconds after the explosion collapsed forcing people trapped inside to leap from the windows. hundreds of firefighters poured in to battle the raging inferno. dense black smoke making it almost impossible to see just a few feet. the cause still unknown but suspicion immediately pointing at gas. ron claiborne, abc news, new york. >>> students will head back to school in areas of oklahoma that were hit hard by wednesday's tornadoes. aerial video from the community of moore, oklahoma shows the widespread damage there. one person was killed in the storms near tulsa and dozens of children rescued from a gym that lost its roof. rob marciano spoke with one girl that was inside. >> crazy is that you were in it when it was torn down. >> it was tough. but we were tougher. >> the mayor of moore, oklahoma w

there is room for other scholars to redo what ron has done, ring in new material he didn't have access to in 1983. and to give us, i think the main points are the same, but you would get a different perspective and a filling end of things which were not clear in the 1980's. >> what we know now about the rosenbergs and the rosenberg spy network, start us off. >> is seems every year brings new revelations about the rosenberg case. thus, reigniting a debate about the meaning of julius and ethel 's actions. the extent of what they did for moscow, and whether or not they harmed america's national security. the debate over their guilt i think, is over. no one who respects evidence can believe the rosenbergs were innocent or that they only stole low level industrial information that during world war ii, the soviets should've had anyway. the first danger in the theory of innocence was material made public in 1995, in the first release of the venona project in crips. these were the kgb cables from the moscow center to their agents in the united states. 21 of the files decrypted have been transl

the community already on edge, ron allen has more on the suspect. >> without warning the shots at least after midnight early thursday morning. outside ferguson police headquarters setting off a frantic scene. today prosecutors say this local man age 20 allegedly fired those shots from a vehicle doing what a prosecutor called some kind of dispute. williams has been charged with first degree soultassault. >> is he involved with the protest? >> he is a demonstrator. he was out there earlier that evening as part of the demonstration. >> but you don't think he was targeting the police? >> police have called the incident an ambush. to demand more sweeping reform. all stemming from a justice department report that accused the police of widespread discrimination. police and proit'stesters keeping their distance. >> i'm asking all the protesters here for the wrong reason to stay out of our state. >> night allow a country to maintain a small weapons program. republicans want to put a stop to that program. congress must have a stay in any negotiation. >> this matter was calculated to interfere wit

a boston-based correspondent ron mott has the story. >> reporter: there's no business like kyle wearing's. >> it's booming right now. >> reporter: like no business we know. mail-order snow. >> shoveling a front walkway with my wife and we were just kind of joking around and just talking about shipping it to our friends and family just to get it out of our front yard. and when we started thinking about it decided to launch a simple joke website. >> reporter: his company, yo is getting off the ground literally. scoop by scoop. and with this much snow something had to give. more precisely, some of you paying $19.99 for a bottle or nearly $90 for a styrofoam container of kyle's snow. sales are heating up. more than 130 orders and counting. he can hardly keep up. >> so we bought some. you're welcome. you're part of history now with us. >> reporter: though we can't exactly promise it won't melt before arrival. >> we're struggling to pack the snow and get it shipped out as fast as possible. so i had to bring in my brother. >> reporter: still, business is solid. even as the product itself is flak

hodes: i will reinforce or ron has said. we don't know yet in this complex disease exactly which are going to be the optimal targets or the accommodation of targets so that are integrated approach now with the input again from all the brilliant minds we can converge on the question is to be taking examples such as those which run mentioned, the best candidates for freeman now in me the most rated -- for treatment now and realizing it's building those into the next candidates for intervention so that we may have short-term successes with some of the current understanding we have come up with couple that with a commitment to developing deeper insights for better approaches in the future. senator whitehouse: it's inspiring to hear that. i'm struck by the same fact that my colleague senator warren was struck by, and having just work through the budget at the committee level and having seen the house budget on the floor with the republican budgets right now, people can talk a good game, with the fact of the matter is that if you

it is only when that diplomacy has been tried and have seen that some of the behavior that you ron has done and is pragmatic has begun to change. no other policy has half this track record. host: what would you say the relations were like between israel and iran before the revolution in 1979. guest: in the past, israel ease iranians were strong allies. during the time of the shah, alliance was open and strong. it was based on different factors. there was an extensive intelligence collaboration. then the iranian revolution happens. there is the impression it changed everything. it changed a lot, but the geopolitical context the countries found themselves in which divided the basis and justification for their alliance continued for 10 years. it was why the israelis lobbied washington to talk to iran, sell arms to iran, and not listen to iranian rhetoric because it was not reflective of their policy. it was the israelis that pushed the reagan administration to sell arms to iran, with the promise it would help rain -- rein iran back. the situation did not truly change until there was a dea

ron hunter has fallen off his stool, for good reason. georgia state up by one. >> so that's coach hunter, his son hit the winning three. on sunday he tore his achilles celebrating his team winning. ron hunter should probably have some kind of seat belt installed on his stool before they face off again. >> r.j. hunter for three! good! >> r.j. hunter for three! good! >> r.j. hunter for three! good! in our house, we do just about everything online. and our old internet just wasn't cutting it. so i switched us from u-verse to xfinity. they have the fastest, most reliable internet. which is perfect for me, because i think everything should just work. works? works. works! works? works. works. >>> okay, so yesterday we played a an exchange between rick santorum and a woman named virginia who was at an event in south carolina in which this woman asked rick santorum a rather rambling question that involved a few factual assertions that were pretty intense. take a listen. >> i don't think the country will be around for the next election. obama trie

richard: i'd reinforce what ron has said. we don't know in this complex disease which will be the optimal targets or the combination of targets so that our integrated approach now with input again, from all the brilliance and minds we can converge on this question is to be taking examples which ron mentioned, some of the best candidates for treatments now and beginning the most rigorous clinical trials while recognizing it's important to maintain early discovery efforts in basic science looking for molecular and genetic targets and building those into the next candidates for intervention so that we may have short-term successes with some of the current understanding we have but we couple that with a commitment towards developing deeper and deeper into the future. senator whitehouse: well it's inspiring to hear that but i'm struck by the same fact that my colleague, senator warren, was struck by and having just worked through the budget at the committee level, having seen the house budget, being on the floor with the republica

nbc's ron allen has more on the suspect. [ gunshots ] >> reporter: without warning, the shot at leastthree, rang out just after midnight early thursday morning outside ferguson police headquarters setting off a frantic scene. >> shots fired, officer down. >> reporter: today st. louis county prosecutors say this local man, jeffrey williams aged 20 allegedly fired the shots from a vehicle during what the prosecutor called some kind of dispute. authorities say williams has been charged with first-degree degree assault on the officers. >> so was he involved with the protests? >> he had -- yes. he isqpñ a demonstrator. he was out there earlier that evening as part of the demonstration. >> be you don't think he was targeting the police? >> i wouldn't go that far. >> hey hey, ho ho you shoot a gun, you got to go. >> reporter: police called the incident an ambush as protesters gather affidavit the resignation of ferguson's police chief to demand even more sweeping reform. all stemming from a justice department report that accused the police and court of widespread discrimination.6@#pv since

. >> ron hunter has fallen off his stool for good reason! georgia state up by one! about that? the georgia state coach ron hunter actually tore his achilles celebrating his team's victory in the conference tournament roaming the sidelines on a scooter and his son won the game. here we go again. it's day two-game 2 starts at 9:00 on kpix 5 new mexico state against kansas. the jayhawks there. and then wichita state taking on indiana in the 7-10 matchup around 11:30 this afternoon. >>> time now 5:50. tesla is testing its next big idea here in the bay >>> 5:53 on this friday. if you have allergies, we are on the medium to high side today. oh, it's going to be stronger tomorrow as far as the pollen allergies are concerned. sunday a little dip but higher on monday. liza, do you suffer from allergies? >> i do! i do. it's been brutal. now, if you are heading for the bay bridge toll plaza, everybody, it's been a tough commute. we have an accident just beyond the picture near the metering lights. two-car accident blocking a lane. traffic backed up beyond the 880 overcrossing.

richard: i'd reinforce what ron has said. we don't know in this complex disease which will be the optimal targets or the combination of targets so that our integrated approach now with input, again, from all the brilliance and minds we can converge on this question is to be taking examples which ron mentioned, some of the best candidates for treatments now and beginning the most rigorous clinical trials while recognizing it's important to maintain early discovery efforts in basic science looking for molecular and genetic targets and building those into the next candidates for intervention so that we may have short-term successes with some of the current understanding we have but we couple that with a commitment towards developing deeper and deeper into the future. senator whitehouse: well, it's inspiring to hear that but i'm struck by the same fact that my colleague, senator warren, was struck by and having just worked through the budget at the committee level, having seen the house budget, being on the floor with the republi

ron allen has more. >> this was an absolutely stunning and shocking development because for so many days and weeks and months actually there have been no exchange of gunfire between the police and protesters. but police will tell you they have been very concerned about this for a long long time because there's often been stray gunfire in the air, bus not directed at them. >> this is really an ambush what it is. you can't see is coming. you don't understand it's going to happen. you're defenseless from the fact it is happening to you at the time. that is something that is very difficult to guard against when you have a group of officers standing in a large group, and then you have gunfire, certainly gunfire directed at them. >> this area in front of the police headquarters is sealed off. the police are looking for a gunman, looking for a gun or shell casings. any clues, evidence as to who carried this out. protests were winding down. happened after midnight. there was a group out here after the representation of the chief of police, tom jackson. it came at a very unusual time and it could

nbc's ron allen has more. >> reporter: this was an absolutely stunning and shocking development because for so many days and weeks and months there have been no exchange of gunfire between the police and the protesters. the police will tell you, though, they have been very concerned about this for a long long time because often there has been stray gunfire in the air, but not directed at them. >> this is really an ambush is what it is. you can't see it coming you don't understand it is going to happen, you're basically defenseless from the fact it is happening to you at the time. and that is something that is very difficult to guard against when you have a group of officers standing in a large group and then you have gunfire, certainly gunfire directed at them. >> reporter: now the police officers are looking for a gunman gun, shell casing, any clues as to who carried this out. the protests were winding down. it happened after midnight. there was a group out here after the resignation of the chief of police tom jackson. it came at a very unusual time and it could be a game changer becau

ron hosco has worked with several police departments. he says the mind set for an average police officer on the streets of ferguson from this moment on is one of survival. >> reporter: how nervous are they and what are they thinking going in? >> policemen are human beings first. the first thing you're thinking of is how do i come out of this situation tonight intact? you're thinking about the person that the police officers next to you. is there a strong trusted figure among police who could bring calm. trying to tamp down tensions. will he be called on again? officials across the state are worried. >> if there are protests how are they going to keep the peace. some protesters have said in ferguson and elsewhere, police with kevlar vests and helmets with shields have been too provocative, they've come on too strong. ron hosco says now more than ever officers have to protect themselves. >>> in other news this morning, a little later today secretary of state john kerry talks isis with the president of egypt, but this weekend his focus will

nbc's ron mott has more on the tragic fire. >> reporter: firefighters rushed to a burning brooklyn home in under 3:30 minutes but still too late to save seven children of the sassoon family in one of the city's deadliest fire. the youngest victim, five years old. four girls, three boys. their 45-year-old mom and another sibling, a 14-year-old girl, jumped from a second-floor window, both in critical condition. >> it is a tragedy for this family and this community. it is a tragedy for our city. authorities say they couldn't find any smoke detectors on the first two floors, only in the basement. >> a neighbor who lives here says he heard someone screaming for help shortly after midnight, looked out the window and saw flames ripping through the side of the house back here and called 911. >> karen rosenblat says her husband made the call. >> flames coming out of all over the place, heavy, thick smoke. you could barely see the house at all. >>> a malfunctioning hot plate left on started the fire. >> i know the mother. i really hope that she makes it through this. i don't know how she is goin

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