our national archives conservatives wrote the requirements for this wonderful encasement as part of a memorandum of agreement in the national institutes of standard and technology who became our partner in discussing the design and details of the design of this encasement so it would both protect the document and look really fabulous on exhibit as it -- it should. for more than a year, archives conserve fors, scientists and exhibit staff met with nist engineers and talked through every possible detail to make sure it was just right. that led to the design of the encasement you see here today, and i'm pleased now to introduce to you design engineer jay brandenburg. jay works for the national institute of standards and technology and will tell you about the nist side of this project. >> probably the biggest question i always get asked, how did nist get involved for such a project? we've had a -- a tradition of working with some of the most important document inside the beltway, basically preserving them for both the national archives and a library of congress. this encasement itself had some unique challenges, as you can see the documen

witnesses including administration and health officials discuss recent policy from the national institute of health on this dual-use research and examined ways to make sure highly infectious diseases like the avien flu don't turn into a worldwide pandemic. >> hearing will come to order. good morning and thanks very much to our really distinguished panel of witnesses. we use the word distinguished around here very easily, but it actually does relate to this panel. and i thank you for being here. if i may begin by looking back a bit. in 1851 a revolution in medicine already under way was crystallized in a letter louie pa pasteur wrote to a friend. i'm on the edge of mysteries and the veil is getting thinner and thinner. thanks to the work of pasteur and succeeding generations of scientists, the mysteries of the microbial world have been revealed and we're all healthier and living longer as a result. polio and measles have in many ways, been vanquished. scientists were able to identify the aids virus which helped lead to treatments and, according to one of our witnesses today, the real possi

recently, research funded by the national institutes of health and conducted in wisconsin and the netherlands resulted in genetic changes to a strain of avian flu that allowed its airborne transmissibility. the nih-funded researchers planned to publish their full findings in two academic journals. now publication peer review and replication of findings are important steps in a vigorous scientific process. but others have expressed concern that the publication of the methodology and some of the data could help create a road map for terrorists and others seeking to further modify the virus into a bioweapon. that's why a government advisory board, the national science advisory board for biosecurity, recommended in late december that partial information be withheld from publication. late last month, however, the board with some dissenters reversed course and is now advocating for the full publication of the research done in wisconsin and the publication of a revised paper on the research performed in the netherlands. the decision and its reversal have been part of a larger debate within the scien

jeffrey colder is director in the office of mine and safety health research with the national institute for occupational safety and health. before i recognize each of you for your testimony, i'll just remind you of the lights. i know all of you have been here. we've got a green light, yellow light and red light. green light will indicate that you have five minutes. the yellow light, you have one minute. and the red light, we would ask you to wrap-up your testimony. your entire written testimony will be included in the record. so you can summarize, if you would like. with that, we'll start with mr. shapiro. you're recognized, sir. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i will summarize my written statement that has already been provided. >> microphone. >> is it on now? okay. thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for inviting me to testify this morning. with respect to the oig report on allegations of retaliation and intimidation related to the ubb accident investigation. in march of 2011, we received the complaint from the you wanted mine workers of america alleging that attorneys for performance coal

[captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: the yeas are 412, the nays are zero. the amendment is adopted. the unfinished business is request for a recorded vote on amendment number 6 printed in house report 112-454 by the gentleman from arizona, mr. quayle, on which further proceedings were postponed and the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 6 printed in house report 112-454 offered by mr. quayle of arizona. the chair: a request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of

the other thing as the president mentioned, i'm chairman of the board of the national democratic institute. you can't impose democracy. that's an oxymoron. what you can do is try to support those who want to learn the skills of democracy. so through the national democratic institute, we're in about 70 countries where we train people in terms of how you form coalitions, how you create campaigns. supporting women candidates. and it allows people to work on behalf of those who need help. i love teaching because i think that it is a way really to talk about what the opportunities are for you all in terms of giving back. my whole life has been about giving back. i wasn't born in this country. i came here when i was 11 years old in order to escape communism. and i have been grateful ever since. and public service, i think, is an amazing way to give back. and i will forever be grateful to this wonderful president who allowed me to be able to use the goodness of american power to make the difference for an awful lot of people to end ethnic cleansing to make sure people had an opportunity to live a

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captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> a deadly crash at the bronx zoo. the driver of an suv loses control on an overpass. >> 30 years, i have seen like this once or twice. >> plus, a pregnant woman killed. to a witness who heard the prime unfiled. >> i heard her agony. >> a major campaign fund-raiser. who appeared? william and wife kate celebrate a big milestone. abc 7 news starts now. >> live and in hd, this is abc 7 11:00 -- on your side. >> we are going to begin with the deadly accident at the bronx zoo. >> seven people were killed the suv they were in flew over the railing of an overpass and onto the ground below. with the latest tonight. victims were all related. they were headed to a family gathering. >> sometimes you come upon that are terrific. this is one of them. >> three generations of a family 85 to three-years old were killed when the suv in loste traveling control. it hit something that caused become airborne. >> the suv ricocheted off of a with so much force that across three lanes traffic and plunged more than 50 feet into a ravine. the c

. >> reporter: the chimps are now owned by the national institutes of health, nih. orium on using or, for that matter, retiring some or all of the 170 chimps housed at hol loman until an expert panel weighs in next year. >> they're inactive. they're not involved in research and they, like others that are inactive, are waiting for recommendations from this working group on how many would be needed in the long term. >> what's troubling to me is, why do you need somebody to tell you how many you need when you folks have been funding it and been responsible for it. why do you need somebody elsz to tell you your business, how many you need? >> the nih seeks input from the public in many different ways. >> reporter: so, until a decision is made on whether they're needed for future research, the chimps sit caged, in limbo. it is estimated these and other federally owned chimps cost taxpayers $30 million a year. while their fate remains uncertain, down the road it's now moving day for bart, sarah, and the others. >> bart, come on! >> reporter: coming up -- the journey to fre

the public. >> legislation sitting in congress would end all invasive research using chimps. and a pivotal study by the institute of medicine concluded the use of chimps is "largely unnecessary." in response the national institutes of health, nih, asked a panel of experts to tell it how to proceed. it doesn't have to follow the recommendations but it's expected they will. there are approximately 1000 chimps in research institutions. a change in the law could require the retirement of all of them. with no crystal ball in the future, the nih thinks retiring all of them would be a very bad idea. >> we don't know the future, there may be a reemergence of new disease, epidemic for which it's necessary to do research on chimps to save human lives. >> one of the questions that was addressed was do we need them in cases of bioterror threats experts say there are not enough, it would take far too long, they are too difficult to use. >> no time table for congress to put through the pact but the panel should make recommendations by the end of the year. that could spend the end of most chimp research. john zarella, cnn washington. >>> while chimp research be replaced by other experiments like stem cells before th

according to the research eres with the national institute of health. almost half of the over weight and obese teens tested could not manage their blood sugar and one in five suffered serious complications that landed them in the hospital. a third of american children and teens are over weight and are at a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes. >> it was nearly five months ago a team of surgeons successfully separated conjoined twins. at this hour doctors are giving an update on their recovery. they were separated last november in a 10 hour surgery. they have undergone physical and okay rational therapy and lead surgeon says they have made a very smooth recovery so far. ktvu rita williams has followed this story and have a report for you at 5:00. >>> a 59-year-old woman from maine is expected to make a full recovery after spending 4 days in the wilderness without food. she thought would be a day hike in the national forest. she broke her leg and unable to get out for four days. she had resigned herself to the worst but still hoping for the best. >> c

six months before that day, that same group of protesters launched a massive protest at the national institutesbrokaw here. >> this was a major day of aids activists in the country. 1,000 of them converging of the national institutes of health, demanding more research on the disease. 81 arrests. robert bazell with more on a group that's taking the struggle to the streets and beyond that. >> reporter: today demonstration by the militant group, act up. it has increasing influence on aids policies. the weekly meetings of the new york chapter attract hundreds, and the loose organization counts 10,000 members nationwide, mostly young, mostly gay. >> let's do a big demonstration there and keep it there. >> reporter: the atmosphere at the meetings and group's headquarters characterized by enthusiasm and belidge rans toward established institutions. playwright larry kramer started act up to accelerate the aids drug approval process. >> what right does the fda and nih have to tell a dying person what he or she can do with her or his body. >> reporter: act up's tactics often offend. many catholics were a

[captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> good afternoon, everyone. i'm sarah caldwell. you are about to see rare access to north korea's rocket launch site ahead of the seeds of countries proposed satellite launch. the launch has been criticized by the international community as a secret nuclear weapons tests. richard ankle has the exclusive. >> in one of p'yongyang's main squares today, a sea of people expressed joy for their great leader and president. and praise for his descendants. what stirred their excitement was m this -- excitement wasural unveiled today of a bit late kim jong-il -- -- mural unveiled. no of correa says an observation satellite will soon launch into orbit. officials say it will circle the earth for two years. controversially, it will be blastoff by a 100 foot rocket that could reach of the continental united states. the sites director says the united states has nothing to fear. >> no, it cannot be used for nuclear. >> back on the train, nbc space analyst gave us his assessment. >

[the captioning on this program is provided as an independent service of the national captioning institutesible for the accurate and complete transcription of program content. cbs, its parent and affiliated companies, and their respective agents and divisions are not responsible for the accuracy or completeness of any transcription or for any errors in transcription.] [captioning made possible by cbs sports, a division of cbs broadcasting, inc.] jim: and the huskies are the top dog. greg g.: welcome, everyone. we're looking forward to next year when the ncaa will be celebrating 75 years of march madness. welcome back. well, tracy wolfson caught up -- there always has to be a looser. tonight it happened to be bill self of the kansas jayhawks. tracy: coach, all tournament long you guys have fought back from these dig -- big deficits and you did tonight but you fell short. what was the difference? >> they're good. we guarded them the second half as well as we could. they played a little passive the second half. our kids played hard. we had an uncontested dunk and gilchrist wipes it out. we ha

aotani spoke on the latest development in korea who studies and teaches on the issues at the national institute for policy studies, or g.r. p.s., in tokyo. >> one size says this is the rocket and the other says this is the missile launch. what is your opinion? >> north korea is likely to mount what they call a satellite on a missile. but i cannot say for certain whether it's really a satellite or not. the rocket itself is believed to be a variant of the taepodong 2 ballistic missile. an important point will be whether the north succeeds at putting a so-called satellite into orbit. previous attempts have failed. in 2009 the first and second stages of the booster ew well but the third one did not separate. if north korea succeeds this time in putting the satellite into orbit, it will mean the country is capable of delivering a lightweight payload to the continental united states. that would reinforce north korea's position when it negotiates with washington. >> what distinguishes this launch from the previous ones? >> the fact that the missile would be launched to the south. on the past three occ

. >> and then the national institutes of standards and technology. i don't think the personnel or leadership of those is political. the point is there's not been a steady, committed government funding. so it's been very much an up and down. i think if we had done what, believe it or not what richard nixon had recommended in 1973, which was fund the very strong r & d energy program -- >> guy, i wrote the executive summary of that study. actually it's interesting, in some ways it was very right. a very short study followed much later by project independence. i think the only thing you could do was that study was to boil it the make some steam, to burn it to make some steam. but basically we looked at things we didn't know there was much natural gas. we weren't sure about oil, we were very confident in nuclear, maybe overconfident in nuclear and we wanted to electrify everything. and we wanted to do everything we could coal. and it hasn't worked out that way. energy coming on as transportation much later. we are on the verge of the electric car. you're n

[the captioning on this program is provided as an independent service of the national captioning institutesible for the accurate and complete transcription of program content. cbs, its parent and affiliated companies, and their respective agents and divisions are not responsible for the accuracy or completeness of any transcription or for any errors in transcription.] [captioning made possible by cbs sports, a division of cbs broadcasting, inc.] jim: and the huskies are the top dog. greg g.: welcome, everyone. we're looking forward to next year when the ncaa will be celebrating 75 years of march madness. welcome back. well, tracy wolfson caught up -- there always has to be a looser. tonight it happened to be bill self of the kansas jayhawks. tracy: coach, all tournament long you guys have fought back from these dig -- big deficits and you did tonight but you fell short. what was the difference? >> they're good. we guarded them the second half as well as we could. they played a little passive the second half. our kids played hard. we had an uncontested dunk and gilchrist wipes it out. we ha

oh... ♪ ♪ captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- much.is too you go to workry day and change.k doesn't >> the man has a point. good news about jobs. >> marion barry said he is story.icking to a >> good morning. here's adam caskey on this morning. >> it will be sunny today but on side.ol the check ready. gets go out to the bay -- ready.akeket bright sunshine. those are some clouds often the distance. 40 in chevy chase. even colder tomorrow at this time. breezy and cool today, upper 50's. rhee's warnings in effect north -- freezef washington warnings in effect north and washington tomorrow morning. 6:29. >> we start with 395 near duke street. lighter volume than usual all e way up to the 14th street bridge. over to montgomery county, 270. looking pretty good. there was report of an vehicle made county county.at montgomery nolice will be there at goshe road. everything moving very smoothly. >> optimistic news on the nation's economy. economists say employers likely in the months of march. >> drivers hope and economic u- turn will drive down prices. >> the nation

thomas insel is director of the national institute of mental health, which helped fund the studies.poke with him earlier. hexagon dr. insel, thanks for being with us. help us understand what a spontaneous mutation is. we have millions of these happening already, right? why is this connected to autism? >> well, we all have changes in our genomes that amazingly were present in either our moms or dads. these are spontaneous. and they occur perhaps at random. we don't actually know entirely how they occur but all of us have them. one possibility here is that those people who have autism have random mutations like this spontaneous that are occurring in just the wrong part of the genome, affecting genes that you need for neural development. >> sreenivasan: what about the correlation between aging fathers and autism? what do these studies reveal there? >> well, these studies suggest that the risk is somewhat higher in dads over 40. now, we have known that for some time that especially dads over 40, boys with autism are about six fold more likely to have a father over 40, girls with autism

the nationals take a bite out of the big apple. highlights, next. captioned by the national captioning institute--www.ncicap.org-- >> well the nationals jumped earlier, 13 hits, and a strong performance of one player, and it handed their opponent their first loss. we pick it up in the first inning. desmond's whips it into the left field. it is up out deep, gone. the first batter of the game. it was still 1-0 in the top of the six when they exploded. this goes to right field. that is trouble from the get-go. he will come around and score easily. the nationals win 6-2 and that is the mets'' forest loss of the year. let's go to baltimore. this is a 3-2 pitch. his second home run of the season. right now they are still tied. it is in the 12th inning. they are tied at 4-4 at camden yards, but a home run. how about the wizards? after five losses to start the month of april the whiz kids have now won two in a row. that is big. back spasms, one player out, so the freshmen took over. 24 points, 13 rebounds. the wizards never backed off. watch this. splash. 89-81, washington. the wizards stopped the magic

captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- cracks live and in each the, news saturday news extra. >> everyone wants to know who mega millions jackpot. there are three winning tickets in maryland, kansas., and >> millions of us invested in these little balls. pushing the world record jackpot to $640 million. across america, those three northeastckets in kansas, illinois, and north of baltimore at this 7-eleven, e just put down $1. this machine spit out a quick pick a winner. that is one-third of the jackpot. >> i was hoping that it was that i know. maybe they can help me out or something. maybe by me a cup of coffee or pay off my car. >> the winner is a complete mystery. we know the store sold the but we do not know who bought the ticket. maryland does not require the the lottery to perform publicity. >> the illinois winner will have to reveal him or herself. red bud, illinois is a small g county. >> we are super excited. you money.bers get >> i am a winner. >> you got $4. >> what about the rest of us? of us who stood in line hours. did you see california? >> i play her

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the national institute for early education research said state spending for preinside gardupre down. thout early education, the report says many kids are doomed to fail. >> they don't learn much, they don't get rewarded by the school. before you know it they are on a path to high school dropout. >> program quality is another concern only 12 states met all the group's benchmarks for quality pre-k classes things like high lieducaly educated te et cetera. >>> facebook is paying $1 billion to buy instagram. instagram only 18 months old with about a dozen employees and already has a loyal user base of more than 30 million people. well done. experts say the move could be to stay ahead of one of facebook's competitors, that being pinterest, i'm sure that news will have an effect on the stock market and let's get a check of them this morning and for that we turn to jackie deangelis, good morning, jackie. >> good morning, john. the futures are a little lower after stocks sold off on monday. investors were reacting to friday's disappointing jobs report using it to pull money off the table. it w

also, through the commerce department at nist, the national institute of standards and technology, the new budget, the 2013 budget requests $1 billion for a national network of manufacturing innovation. and this would help maximize the industry strengths in each of our u.s. regions. i'll comment on that later if you'd like to go into that. overall, our focus at the commerce department is powerful and sharp. the way we express it is build it here and sell it everywhere. manufacturing, build it here, sell it everywhere. i want to close by thanking you for continuing to support a vibrant and dynamic manufacturing base. thank you for passing hr-4105, the bipartisan gpx legislation. this allows our manufacturers to challenge and seek relief from unfairly subsidized products entering our market. efforts such as these will help strengthen our recovery, create more jobs and ensure that american manufacturing continues to lead in the 21st century. pleased now to take your questions. >> thank you, mr. secretary. i will recognize myself with the first set of questions. and my question to you begi