it would provide the funding for cdc. also, one of the changes that congress made in funding for the injury center at the cdc, where they took the $2.6 million that was going toward gun research and put it into traumatic brain injury research. basically, it said, you know, you can't use this money for gun research. you have to use it for something else. we're going to tell you where you can use it. >> you know, there are others doing gun research, and very specifically, when it comes to the cdc, i think this is really important, the type of work the cdc could do on this is guns as a public health issue. guns as something that results in a lot of people being killed. is there a way to do this under the current laws, where the cdc can do the research necessary, like the research necessary on car safety? i mean, there was never goal of the cdcs to stop cars from being owned or driven. we realize car accidents were injuring and killing a lot of people, so the cdc researched this and it led to changes in the way we drive and th

one of the fascinating things i found is just how much cdc is involved in the course of the outbreak. host: is cdc under control of the who? >> no. they deploy teams to help. they will send teams on world to viruses.se right now, they're worried about yellow fever in brazil. as they send out these teams, this is an agency that used a pat itself on the back for sending a dozen or two dozen disease for some outbreaks. in this outbreak, they sent more than 1400 people to west africa on multiple tours all over the to remotense slums regionsrural -- rural remote regions. host: when passage from your book on the response. you write, "they had suffered so much, but world had gotten lucky occurredeak there and some someplace like the middle east or southeast asia. the legacy of colonialism of the manpower. had a lot of necessary to come to the aid of the close allies." what does that mean for the next outbreak? reed: we are unlikely to have a touation as favorable response as we had in africa. the united states created liberia. back in the early 1800s, we sent by the number of freed slaves to

the cdc recommends people stay home 24 hours after the fever breaks. according to the bureau of labor statistics 28% have no assets through paid sick leave and this is a problem for those in the lower income wage jobs. one third such as food preparation have no paid sick leave. and the united states is the only industrialized country without paid sick leave. can you explain why it is important to stay home? >> we are trying to limit the spread of the virus is staying home will help you heal the keep you from spreading to others. >> in 2016 national bureau of economic research found it would prevent 100 infections per week. so when people can stay home they are less likely to get the flu. i know it's not your jurisdiction but some of those precautions are high -- hard to abide by if you are depending on the paycheck for that day. it is a public health issue. i also wanted to note that heather holland a texas mother died because she could not afford the co-pay for tamiflu which was $116 she had insurance. would that have helped her if she took that in ti

let's vote to allow the cdc to conduct research on gun violence so we can finally have the information in the data we n need to fight gun violence and let's also pass a law to finally make gun trafficking a federal crime. over and over again law enforcement officers keep finding illegally obtained guns being used in crimes. numerous nypd officers have been killed by guns that worldly well obtained by criminals and there is literally no federal law to stop someone from loading his truck with guns in georgia writing up the i-95 and selling them in the parking lot directly to criminals and gang members . i have a bill that will make it illegal. it's called the gun trafficking crime prevention act. it's bipartisan because both parties agree that gun trafficking is a source of gun violence in our city. this bill is named after aisha who i mentioned earlier and another teenager from chicago who was also killed by a stray bullet. those guns were trafficked. so let's pass this bill and finally make gun trafficking a federal crime. mr. president if we are not trying to solve this problem now, t

we work very, very closely with the cdc. whenever there's is an outbreak like this, it always involves -- that's why during ebola and zika, you saw them together talking about that. >> and when you showed the maps of the outbreaks, are those models that the cdc creates? dr. fauci: yes. >> thank you. do you have a question? nih top a lot about moving away from the egg-based system. how long do you think we will keep doing this, a system that's not particularly effective? what do you think gets you there? dr. fauci: that's a good question. the a combination of science proving that the other methods work. for example, if you look this year, we have one candidate that is using the molecular dialogical technique -- biological technique. that is the vaccine. only about 3% of the vaccine doses were of that type. the overwhelming majority were of egg-based and lesser amount of cell-based. the first step to answering your question is that have a few platforms that prove they are as good or better than the egg-based, and i don't think

when you're thinking about pandemic repaired and is the cdc aren't the disease detector. they monitor disease and detect disease predicts disease and follow disease. that's way they have they eif which is a famous group that goes out when there is ebola or influence it. the nih because we are the infectious disease institute our job is to use basic and clinical research to understand the disease, described the disease and develop countermeasures for the disease or do the research that allows pharmaceutical companies to ultimately make the countermeasure lack of basic research on vaccines and basic research on therapeutics and diagnostics and then to collaborate with the pharmaceutical companies to do that. the fda is the regulatory institute. it's really quite synergistic. we have worked work very closely with the cdc because whenever there's an outbreak that's the reason during ebola and zika you saw tom friedman and i talking about it. >> when you show those maps of the outbreaks in the models that the cdc created? >> yeah. >> thank you. >> you talk about moving away fr

the recommendation that we get from the cdc, i will yield to the doctor in a second. if you have symptoms that something youis want to go to a physician for. if you have a situation where you look like you are recovering and then you have a relapse, it could be a bacterial infection. if you fall into one of the risk , elderly, underlying disease, chronic disease, , you shouldegnancy not hesitate to see a physician because that is the group that would benefit from getting an antiviral drug like tamiflu. that is why the cdc recommends that we do that. >> even though we are pleased that the peak of the season seems to have passed, there is still a lot of flew out there. strains are more common than they were. we look for flavor -- we look for fever, but the warning signs getting better and then worse. for children, not being responsive or hard to wake up are really important. >> i continue to hear the a flu shotnot to get because the last time they got it, it made the like. -- made them sick. what do you say to them? >> the influenza vaccine do not cause the flu. there c

after months of record-breaking widespread flu activity, the cdc has reported the flu season has finally peaked. we're probably going to still see flu activity until the middle of april, so if you have the flu or flu symptoms, it's certainly important to see your doctor and stay at home. influenza is a leading cause of death in the united states, especially in a severe flu season. every year thousands of americans die from the flu and thousands more are hospitalized from flu-related complications. since 2010, the flu has caused between 12,000 and 56,000 deaths per year. this year was no exception. tragically, as of february 24, there have already been 114 influenza-associated pediatric death this season. some of those deaths have occurred in my home state of mississippi. although we've enhanced our preparedness for the flu in recent years, there's still room for improvement. the best way to prevent the flu is by getting your flu shot. millions of americans receive a flu shot every year to help protect them against this illness. unfortunately, there are many americans that do not do that.

>> i think the cdc has the most robust platform for communicating, but we not only echo the cdc recommendations and their statements but put out a number of our own to try to build on that. i think one of the things we did this season in particular is try to be very transparent about what we were learning about the vaccine effectiveness as we learned it to continue to remind providers in particular and consumers that this vaccine still had efficacy and had efficacy in particular against h1n1. there was still a lot of value in getting vaccinated because later in the season, you tend to see an upswing in h1n1. >> and in terms of the 100% number, that obviously is something that sounds like you shoot for. how important is it to reach that? >> with vaccines, there's direct protection but also indirect protection. a tat a certain level, the highr proportion of the population vaccinated, they may be helping others not get sick. in particular, i think the pediatric vaccination is important for the children. it's also important for the adults that often get flu from their kids or grandkids. >> represen

so let's vote to allow the cdc to conduct research on gun violence. so we can finally have the information and the the data we need to fight gun violence effectively as possible. and let's also pass a law to finally make gun trafficking a federal crime. over and over depend law enforcement officers keep finding illegally obtained gun used in crimes numerous nypd officers have been killed by guns tharm of legally obtained by criminals and there isd no federal -- there's literally no federal law to stop someone from loading his truck with guns in georgia, driving up the the i-95 and selling them in a parking lot in the bronx directly to criminals and gang members. i have a bill that would make it illegal. m called the hidia peddle ton drug crime prevention act its bipartisan because both parties agree that gun traffic is a source of gun violence in our cities. this is a bill named after thigia who i mentioned earlier another teenager from chicago who is also killed by a stray bullet. boapt guns in those crimes were traffic. solet pass this bill and final

bump stops to pass universal back and check system and to close all of the loopholes and to allow the cdc to research gun violence and cause of death. to close the show loophole and to finally make federal trafficking a federal crime. i yield poor. >> mr. president, i visited columbia which was located i

. >>> the cdc says the ep oopioidc is getting worse.ency room visits are up 30% and virtually no signs of it getting better. here is dean reynolds. >> reporter: acoucording to the cdc, the nation is in the grip of a fast moving epidemic for which there are no easy solution sz. illinois one of the hardest hit states with a 66% increase in suspected opioid overdose visits to the er last year. dr. tom scaletta is a physician in naperville where they treated 500 opioid dependent patients last year. >> you see fentanyl, heroin. >> yep. >> increases in states across the nation are more alarming. wisconsin up 108%. pennsylvania 80%. delaware almost 105% in suspected overdoses treated in emergency rooms. dr. ann shukat is acting director of the cdc. >> we saw increases in every geographic region, increases in men and women. increases in, all adult age groups. >> according to the cdc, overdoses kill about 5 people every hour across the u.s. >> the potency and toxicity of what is on the street is very high right now. so we think there probably is

. >> reporter: according to the cdc, the nation is in the grip of a fast moving epidemic for which thereons. illinois is one of the hardest hit states with nearly a 66% increase in suspected opioid overdose visits to the er last year. dr. tom scaletta is a physician in naperville, illinois where they treated 500 opioid dependent patients last year. >> you see the fentanyl and heroin? >> yep. >> increases in other states are more alarming. wisconsin up 108%. pennsylvania 80%. delaware, almost 105% in suspected overdoses, treated in emergency rooms. the doctor, is acting director of the cdc? >> we saw increases in every geographic region. increases in men, women. increases in all adult age groups. >> according to the cdc, overdoses kill about 5 people every hour across the u.s. >> the potency and toxicity of what is on the street is high right now. we think there probably is not an increase in people using drugs. but there is an increase in the danger associated with a single use. >> the director of addiction services at lindon oaks behavioral health. it is a very difficult problem and for

over the course of many years, has been interpreted to preclude the cdc from actually spending dedicatedunds associated with gun violence research. so the bill that representative murphy, who was elected and represents the area where the , is tohooting occurred provide funding and authorize funding for cdc research. we absolutely agree that it is critical. we have a scourge, an epidemic of gun violence in his country that claims over 96 lives a day and injures hundreds more. it is a travesty we don't actually spend significant funds understanding how best to address that issue and ensuring that researchers are properly toded to find the solutions this. we have many, but research is essential. we strongly support that bill. amy: i want to turn to senator dianne feinstein who was sitting right next to president trump at the beginning of this meeting when she was on one set of president trump and senator cornyn, expected to be his ally was on the other. she would not even look at trump as many democrcrats didn't. by the end, it was the d democrs who were smiling in support - -- diane feinst

the cdc, centers for disease control and prevention, ed to pat itself on the back when they deployeda dozen or two dozen responders to an outbreak. in this crisismohey deployed re than 1400 people. we have really ramped up the size and scope of the ability to fight an outbreak. jane: why should america take the lead when something like this happens? reid: nobody else does. the world health organization is woefully inadequate in responding to the outbreak. in fact, the lead spokesman of the world health organization criticized doctors without borders for shining a spotlight on the number of cases that had e oken out. th no global organization that is capable of responding, so it was left to groups like not just the cdc and usaid, but the u.k. government, the french government, even to an extent the chinese government did a lot to build their ownapacity. jane: since ebola, we have had others as well. how prepared are we for the next one, and d it might be?dea what reid: it is likely we are nowhere close to prepare for -- prepared for what could begin as epidemic and become a global pan

the cdc reporting that for the fourth week in a row, doctor visits for flu-like symptoms have decreased. and the infections are becoming less severe. however, the cdc says hospitalizations linked to the virus continue to rise. >>> and if you or a family member have been taken to the hospital by ambulance recently, you might have been astonished by the bill. that's because the days when towns and cities relied on community ambulance services are fading away. ambulances are increasingly becoming part of businesses that want big profits and are making you pay. nbc's anne thompson has been looking into this. >> reporter: when someone needs an ambulance, the last thing most people think about is will my insurance pay. that's what happened to dave ross when his son went to the doctor in excruciating pain and was sent by ambulance to a hospital in framingham, massachusetts. >> i was going to owe the balance of $2,400, whatever the insurance company wasn't going to pay. >> reporter: and how far was the ride? >> it was 1.7 miles. >> reporter: his son's feared punctured lung turned out to be a pu

anne schuchat is director of the cdc. >> we saw increases in men and women and all adult age groups.c overdoses kill five pooefr people every hour. >> the toxicity of what's on the street is very high right now so we think there is probably not an increase in people using drugs but there's an increase in the danger associated with a single use. >> reporter: aaron weiner is the director of linen oaks behavioral health. >> the biological pull is very strong. >> do you expect it to get worse? >> i hope not. >> reporter: but there's little sign that the opioid epidemic is slowing down and the emergency rooms across the country are bracing for another night of frantic efforts to keep the victims alive. dean reynolds, cbs news, naperville, illinois. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," more on the nor'easter. we'll take you to duxbury, massachusetts, where duh ps of homes are at risk. >>> and actress kristen ritter will stop by the studio to tell us about season two of the hit show. that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. i'm anne-marie

according to the cdc this year's flu has been the worst in 14 years. the chair of the global council warns a and dem you can is set to hit the world and could kill as many people as those in the united states. what are the chances of that happening? dr. marc siegel is the professor of medicine at nyu. is this just alarmism? are these people who are hyper focusing on what if and statistics trying to scare us for some reason? >> yes. dr. jonathon quick who is the head of the global health council is not totally off his rocker hp. but he says it's it's still a killer. we had a and dem you can in 2009 and it was like the typical flu season. it's not going to wipe out the entire united states. that's scare tactics. kennedy: i don't know if it's something you take once and you are inoculated forever. >> it's going town clinical trials. it attacks the molecule all flus have. because this it's likely it will be used to squash the flu two or three years from now. maybe you have to take it he 10 years where we won't see what we see now, hundreds of thousands of

>> why hasn't the cdc studied this in decades? what's stopped them? some years ago, cdc was funding research into this area. we had a program funded by cdc at the time. led by congressman named jay dickey. congress took from cdc the money that it was using to fund work on firearm violence, gave the money back to cdc, earmarked for another purpose, and inserted into cdc's budget language, and it is now part of the budget language for all of the department of health and human services, that federal funds could not be used to advocate or promote gun control. given how that was done, cdc took that de facto as an order not to conduct research. they have not. >> dr. wintemute, thank you for the work you've been doing on this. >> it is a pleasure. thank you for having me. >> he has been spending 30 years on the -- the last 30 years researching gun violence as a public health issue, which is an interesting way to frame it. it doesn't put you at stark odds with gun violence as a second amendment issue. you can hold both thoughts in your mind at the same time.

rifles and bombs stocks, to pass universal background checks and close all of the loopholes, to allow the cdc to research gun violence as a cause of death, to close the gun show loophole and to finally make federal trafficking a federal crime. i yield the floor. >> the senator from florida. >> i asked that i be allowed to conclude my remarks. >> without objection. >> two weeks ago tragic event in parkland many that have did our communities. the residents of the state of florida that i represent and frankly the entire nation has demanded not just action but immediate action. we know andny anyone who watches the process are well aware that their deep differences on how far and how much we should restrict the 2nd amendment right of every e american. we know their deep differences about whether or not some of those restrictions were can i imagine that those differences will not be easily resolved and will continue but i also know that there is widespread support in agreement that we must act now as soon as possible to do everything we can to prevent another tragedy like parkland from happening an

ann shuket acting director of the cdc. >> we saw increases in every geographic region, increases in men and women. increases in all adult age groups. >> can you hear me? >> according to the cdc, overdoses kill five people every hour across the u.s. >> the potency and toxicity on the street is very high right now. and so we think there probably is not an increase in people using drugs, but there is an increase in the danger associated with a single use. >> erin whiner, director of addiction services at lindon oaks. >> 90% of people will relapse in the first year going through rehab. difficult problem. particularly for opioids. biological pull is strong. >> do you expect it to get worse? >> i hope not. >> but, air little sign the opioid epidemic is slowing down. emergency rooms across the country are bracing for a night of frantic effort to keep the victims alive. jeff. >> dean reynolds, tonight. thank you. >>> up next here, cbs news investigates how children are involved in dangerous mining for key component in smart phones, electric cars and lap tops. later the mayor of a major city res

. >> i know the cdc hasn't been able to do it and i think you were the last person able to do it at the cdc with federal funding. others have done that research. do you think that's suitable and can you extrapolate from the ve research done that keeps americans safe. >> there's a lot of evidence that some things probably work. as science goes, you need to test and retest and repeat the test to ascertain that it's true. we know that waiting periods, for example, work. most gun deaths and most gun deaths of young people are suicides. the waiting period that puts a time period between when the young person has an impulse or feeling to commit suicide and lengthens the time that it takes until they can get their hands on the gun during that time allow the young people lose the impulse and lives can be saved. waiting periods, evidence suggests, can save lives and don't infringe on the rights of law-abiding gun owners. there are other things that can work but fwheed to test them. we don't know if arming teachers will work or kill more people. we need to test it. >> it's interesting to make pol

annually ap additionally the cdc reports in 2012, state, and local child protective services estimated 3.4 million referrals of children boeing neglected and estimated died fromren maltreatment during the year. clearly, as the nation we must manyre to address the factors, relationship, community may led tol, that domestic violence in child abuse we must also develop evidence-based prevention strategies and comprehensive help therograms to victims. let me state however that domestic violence and child just prones in local communities around the country. also a problem within the military services. show that the military's domestic violence and child abuse incident rates are lower than comparable rates in communities. bothoply disturbed that intimate partner and children die every year at the hands of military servicemembers. dod and the services must not rest until they totally violence and abuse of partners and children within the rank. everyone here today that this subcommittee will provide whatever additional resources, dod, the services need to strengthen the programs and victimon s

bump stops to pass universal back and check system and to close all of the loopholes and to allow the cdc to research gun violence and cause of death. to close the show loophole and to finally make federal trafficking a federal crime. i yield poor. >> mr. president, i visited columbia which was located in howard county maryland between more and i wanted to talk to students abouto the tragic valentine's day shooting at marjorie stoma douglas high school in parkland, florida. it left 17 students and faculty members dead. this is the deadliest high school shooting in american history. id went to [inaudible] because one of their own teachers was shot to death in september 2017 and her former boyfriend is now on trial for her murder. i was extremely impressed by the passion of these students. they had a great deal of interest in the subject matter and they were extremely articulate and they asked great questions. i found de it extremely encouraging for the future of howard county maryland in this nation. these students are rightfully concerned aboutin their safety d the safety of their classma

training for school districts to identify those students who may be prone to violence and authorizing the cdc to do research on gun violence. however, democrats argue that more could have been done and that it was republicans who are getting in the way. >> we all know that we need universal background checks and we need to do that in an official way but republican colleagues aren't ready to move yet. >> this week florida senator marco rubio who played a big role in pushing latest gun reforms through after school shooting in parkland, florida said with issues as divisive as gun control, you have focus on where you can find common ground. >> i understand that some people want to do more than has been done but today we will pass the stop school violence act in addition to signature -- significant increases in omnibus for prevention school programs and school safety and the like, we point to those two things saying progress needs to be made, those are meaningful things. >> the trump administration is taking action on its own as well to address gun violence and on friday the department of justice

. >> the cdc reports opioid overdoses are up 30% and killed more than 40,000 people in 2016. that is an all-time high. the feds say new hampshire is one of the hardest hit states. jeff sessions was at the event. president trump has slammed sessions for recusing himself from the russia investigation. friday, the attorney general fired andrew mccabe. another target of the president's twitter attacks. we'll have more on that in moments with our chief intelligence correspondent. first, rick leventhal is live in new hampshire. rick? >> everybody is filing out here where the president just spoke about the dangers of opioids and the need to get tough because of this national epidemic and this national crisis. new hampshire is one of the hardest hit states in the nation per capita. among the highest in overdoses. the president gave a list of things he wants to put in place to try to tackle this head on. one of the things he talked about, eliminating sanctuary cities. he said the sanctuary cities are sheltering the most dangerous people. the drug dealers, the drug traffickers. we need

the cdc mrs. the conversation of -- about every 50 years, the cdc -- sometimes misses the combination of viruses. and pharmaceutical companies make what they are directed to make in this year they missed it. the fact is most years do not. if you are treated early with tamiflu, the percentage of mortality with it goes way down, so the question is, is being educated about what you have. if you have the flu, do not go out and give it to anybody else riyadh >> why do you only get one batch? >> because the cost is tremendous. if you are going to make different batches, then the cost three of the flu shot is not $10 anymore, it is $50. and all of that technology is improving. the ability to make it is improving, so i am not critical that we missed it on the flu this year. look at all the lives saved last year and the a before that because they had the flu shot and it worked. it will always be a shot because we don't know what combination of strains will be most effective. do you think it is a proper time

but for us to not address this, i mean, keep in mind congress just lifted the ban on the cdc researching gun violence this week. that's incredible that in 2018 our scientists will for the first time be able to look at this as a public health issue. where is congress in this issue? >> rick: good question. i guess we'll find out. thanthank you for being with us. these young people say they will continue to make sure their voices are heard. so we'll keep hearing from them. thank you both. >>> significant changes expected at the national security council as john bolton is set to replace h.r. mcmaster as the president's national security advisor and more on the massive anti-gun rallies sweeping the country today. how pro gun groups are reacting to the movement. we'll ask a director of campusreform.org about that next. >>> everyone wants the same exact thing. we're all getting together to march for it and, i mean, i was told there was going to be a bunch of people but this is just -- seeing it is insane. it's ok that everyone ignores me while i drive. it's fine. because i get a safe driving bo

but talk about smaller items, like the stop violence act, the cdc research, that in large part i'm told driven by the parents of those killed in parkland coming to capitol hill quietly and lobbying republican leaders. you have marco rubio talking about gun violence restraining order. so there are smaller things that could move right now and in large part that's been driven by the enthusiasm you've seen over the last couple weeks. you also had as you know on the state level, and that's where things can happen faster, but on a national level, a federal level, to everybody's point, there's skepticism that's merited. we'll see what happens next. >> we'll keep an eye on it. bolton in, mcmaster out. what it says about the inner workings of the white house and why they say there's nothing to see here. ♪ i'm alive, i'm alive ♪ ♪ i'm alive, i'm alive ♪ ♪ i'm alive, i'm alive ♪ ♪ this is what it sounds like ♪ ♪ whoa-oh-oh, i'm alive ♪ ♪ alive! gives you more vitamins and minerals than leading brands. ♪ i'm alive, i'm alive ♪ ♪ because when you start with more, you own the morning. alive! my healt

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the un system has benefited from the resources and personnel. people from cdc are working at a world health organization help in that organization work well. there is an expectation that the u.s. cares about world stability and world progress. as we surprise people instruct a pullback or we say our role will have a short-term focus on our soul benefit in those activities as opposed to long-term benefit for all the members, that is potentially a problem and creates a vacuum of leadership. people miss. so when you say do love the united states the say no it's this dominant country that doesn't do everything well they pick some things to get involved in that they shouldn't. everybody has an opinion of how the world's leader goes about exercising its leadership. as that engagement goes down people are very much missing it. >> there is no leadership at the state department with mr. pompeo coming in as head of that agency. to know him, we work with him? is it important to have a top diplomat for this country? >> we have always worked with the secretary of state in ma

so the bill i introduced is the gun violence research act, which would allow the cdc and agencies to nce so that instead of coming up with reactive policies based on the latest mass shooting that we actually get a chance based on facts and evidence develop a set of legislative policies that will help keep our communities more safe. so i'm really pushing that forward. i'm grateful to say i have 160 co-sponsors, seven of which are republicans. i don't think it should take a lot of moral courage to say we want the facts on a publish health issue. >> i assume you're fine with the fact these students appear to be saying to the grown ups among us, excuse us, get out of our way, you've had your chance to fix the problem. >> i am so inspired by the students and wonder if this isn't a moment for this generation that's similar to the anti vietnam war movement. i'm incredibly inspired. >> final question has to also do with the house of representatives but something you played no role in. your reaction to this, the ending of the house intel committee investigation by the republicans coming out to

the cdc says the state is the worst when it comes to students who text and drive. is bringing a virtual reality simulator to schools to teach students the dangers of texting and driving. more than 63% of south dakota teens admit they've sent or received a text or e-mail while behind the wheel. >> and women at a south dakota air force base are breaking new ground up in the sky. yesterday four women from ellsworth air force base made up the 34th squadron's first all-female bomber crew. they took part in a training mission. the crew included two pilots and two weapons systems officers. >> we hope that we can inspire younger women to join the air force and be a part of the fight just like we are. >> women currently make up nearly 20% of the u.s. air force. >>> well, coming up on "cbs this morning," paleontologists are digging up dozens of prehistoric bones at a subway construction project in los angeles. we'll show you how they're providing a window to the ice age. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." ice age. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs mor

the cdc confirmed the country is past the flu epidemic. you can see the lines for this season in green has been on the decline for several weeks. the latest statewide tally deaths. 20% of those deaths are in the bay area. >>> after being the ninth state to legalize marijuana, the bill will allow -- similar in california here, state law says residents cannot smoke in public and it is up to counties to decide if you can smoke on private property. >>> bay area native sam rock wel is a leading contender at the oscars this weekend. >> reporter: there is always that feeling of anticipation leading up to oscar sunday. >> i would love to have alumni. it would be amazing. >> reporter: for students this year academy awards have extra meaning. >> if sam rockwell who came from here to do it, then we have a chance of doing it too. >> reporter: academy award sam rockwell attended school in the mid-'80s. >> i watched a lot of his stuff when i was younger. >> reporter: rockwell plays the complicated role of jason he is nominated for best supporting actor.

in the omnibus bill, one of the things i've been harping on forever is that the cdc for 2 years was notor not -- study gun violence and how to deal with it. >> great point. >> somebody was able to sneak into in omnibus bill language that clarified that to specifically say that the cdc is in fact allowed to research that. i believe that you cannot make sound policy without sound data. and for 22 years we've had no data or limited data from people who are outside the government trying to cobble together enough data. this now says the government can do that work. now, it doesn't go all the way. we still need to make sure we have specific federal dollars allocated to do that research, but that's big because for 22 years nobody has been able to get that done and that is now done. and nobody would have done it were it not for these kids on their backs. >> that's a good point. no, it's a good point. and i don't want to take anything away from them because the political climate as you know is a very difficult one, even following a tragedy like this to get legislation through. matt, if i could r

the cdc is by far the best in the world at what they do. the u.n. system has benefited not only from resources but the personnel that go there. people from cdc are working at world health organization's, really professionalizing it. there is an expectation that the u.s. cares about world stability and world progress. if we surprised people and start to pull back from those things are we say our role in those things will have a short of -- on our short-term focus sole benefit in those activities benefited to long-term for all of the different members , that is potentially a problem. it creates a vacuum of leadership. if you pull them about the you knighted states, they say no, there is a dominant country that doesn't do everything well. it picks things to get involved in that they shouldn't and they don't get involved in things that they should. everyone has an opinion about how the world's leader goes about exercising leadership. down,engagement has gone and a lot of these forms, i think people are very much missing it. >> there is new leadership at

the cdc confirmed the country is past the flu epidemic.ee the lines for this season in green has been on the decline for several weeks. the latest statewide tally shows deaths. 20% of those deaths are in the bay area. >>> after being the ninth state to legalize marijuana, the bill will allow -- similar in california here, state law says residents cannot smoke in public and it is up to counties to decide if you can smoke on private property. >>> bay area native sam rock wel is a leading contender at the oscars this weekend. >> reporter: there is always that feeling of anticipation leading up to oscar sunday. >> i would love to have alumni. it would be amazing. >> reporter: for students this year academy awards have extra meaning. >> if sam rockwell who came from here to do it, then we have a chance of doing it too. >> reporter: academy award sam rockwell attended school in the mid-'80s. >> i watched a lot of his stuff when i was younger. >> reporter: rockwell plays the complicated role of jason dixon. he is nominated for best supporting act

if every doctor in the country read the cdc guideline that came out two years ago. this is the cdc.nd followed those 12 recommendations. you'd have the amount of pills being described on an annual basis going down by a third within two months. >> the missing link for me? >> it's urgency. >> why isn't happening? is it just about funding? if you're saying a couple of months and we've got millions of people dying, where's the missing link? >> it's not money because it wouldn't take a penny to do that, right? >> then what is it? >> i don't -- it's politics behind it. it's the bureaucracy of the federal government. it's not acting in a business-like execution manner, the way we would in the business world. this can be done. it can be done very quickly. it's not happening fast enough. although the initiative is a good one. it's just happening way too slow. there's lack of specifics on there. naloxone for example. i come back to zika or ebola. if you showed these symptoms, it could reverse this death, it would be mailed to every single home within two weeks. >> the president is going to sp

it basically had like words that said, you were not able to advocate if you were at the cdc, around an issue related to gun violence research. viewed,guage has been if you polled people at the cdc, put a chilling effect on research and to gun violence. there is not a strict legal prohibition related to gun violence research, almost zero gun violence research has been funded since the dickey amendment was enacted many years ago. the bill just passed through congress -- mr. cox: & by the president today. presidentned by the today in a cliffhanger. >> a clarified there is no prohibition related to gun violence prevention research, which is huge. the next step is to make up for the lack of any funding that we have had dedicated to gun violence research in america. i was on a panel four months ago with, doctors and researchers from across the country who talked passionately about the impact of the lack of federal research related to gun violence prevention. it is huge. for every dollar the federal government spends on gun violence research, or any kind of research, you get the buy-in from t

the cdc says flu season has "definitely peaked" but warns it's still widespread in 45 states. another 17 children died from the flu last week, bringing the total number of pediatric deaths to 114 for the season. >>> it was another wild day on wall street after president trump doubled down and welcomed a potential trade war over his surprise announcement on new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. nbc news chief white house correspondent hallie jackson has the story. >> reporter: president trump leaving a washington wind storm can't shake the turbulence tied to the tough new tariffs he announced on aluminum and steel. the dow closing down slightly after another dip today. >> there goes the bell. the dow will close down 50 points. >> reporter: what the commerce secretary calls a tremendous overreaction, arguing any price hike passed to consumers is chump change. >> i just bought this can today at a 7-eleven down here and the price was $1.99. so who in the world is going to be too bothered by six-tenths of a cent. >> reporter: but the risk isn't just that higher costs could get