Hours. Subcommittee will come to order. I apologize for the dee lay we have a series of votes and very one later too. I do want to get right to it. I want to thank you for being here. We open todays hearings there are 47 Million People in the world living with alzheimers. And other forms of de meng men shah. More than the entire population of spain according to a report by the alzheimers disease international. The number of victims who have alzheimers is projected to or likely to double every 20 years so we are in a race like few other diseases because it is proliferating so fast throughout the globe. And according to dr. Marie menard, who we will hear from, the number is estimated to grow to 115 million by 2050 as populations around the world age, although there is early onset as l but predominantly it is one of the byproducts of all of us ages and there seems to be a higher proclivity the older one gets. Its been estimated that once someone reaches 85, the chance of some form of deme
Hours. Subcommittee will come to order. I apologize for the dee lay we have a series of votes and very one later too. I do want to get right to it. I want to thank you for being here. We open todays hearings there are 47 Million People in the world living with alzheimers. And other forms of de meng men shah. More than the entire population of spain according to a report by the alzheimers disease international. The number of victims who have alzheimers is projected to or likely to double every 20 years so we are in a race like few other diseases because it is proliferating so fast throughout the globe. And according to dr. Marie menard, who we will hear from, the number is estimated to grow to 115 million by 2050 as populations around the world age, although there is early onset as l but predominantly it is one of the byproducts of all of us ages and there seems to be a higher proclivity the older one gets. Its been estimated that once someone reaches 85, the chance of some form of deme
We are kind of glad the heat was not honest because it is a principled issue. I remember wrestling over it in the senate g7 television stations is a quaint term anymore when local channels are online just as much as televisions back they are. And most members say they have internet site but nobody tries to restrict their access. In the end that is the debate as i wrestled with it came down if there is a shortage is a best managed by Market Forces or government regulation unfortunately it is a very partisan issue. But i think our chairman has long had a principled position he has been selected as chairman of the fcc and yet he has taken a lot of heat for that. But we were unable to deal with it in congress so it does fall to the fcc and i suspect that will pingpong back and forth as to the right policy until the evidence is in and proven to be a problem that congress can address and come up with a constitutional majority. Host before we get any further into the issues that finger guest
Alzheimers is projected to or likely to double every 20 years, we are in a race like few other diseases because it is proliferating so fast throughout the globe and according to dr. Maria bernard, the Deputy Director of the National Institute on age who will hear from momentarily, the numbers estimated to grow to 15 million by 2050 as populations around the world age. Predominantly it is a one of the byproducts of all of us aging and there seems to be a higher procliffty the older one gets and its been estimated that once somebody reaches 85, the chance of some form of dementia is one out of two. Its a very serious problem. The total estimated global cost of addressing this condition today is 818 billion but as early as next year it is estimated that this cost will rise to at least 1 trillion per year and it will go up from there. As we all know, alzheimers is a cruel disease robbing its victims of their memories and identities, robbing their family and friends of the person they know
For firing comey. They demand a special prosecutor be appointed to look into russias interference as president ial election. The liberal group moveon. Org helped organize this protest. They say that by firing comey, the president has created a constitutional crisis. How do you feel about the firing . Our bruce lesh and has our reporter do you support what the president did . Trump isnt a politician. The guy was growing up. He is gone. Thats what happens in business. It almost looks like a cover up. Its very nixonian. What was your reaction when you heard the president fired the fbi director . What this means is not a coverup. Its still an investigation. Trump should have just fired him earlier. I think th covering up the investigation, which i think it starts with the country. A key figure in all of this is the new Deputy Attorney general, the second in command at the justice department. We are apart from politics. Rod rosenstein. So who is this guy . You dont Pay Attention to who may