Authentic. The british maker is trying to determine what the pills are. A new sobering report on autism. The figure has jumped to 1 in 68 children. That a nearly 30 in just two years. Experts say much of the increase can be attributed to better diagnosis, especially with kids with milder problems. Doctors are pushing for intervention which they say is critical. Diagnosis might happen at 2, 4 1 2, 5 or but people live with autism their whole life. A National Strategy would help address that. Autism advocates were on capitol hill wsh pushing for that National Strategy. Hoping families can get the help they need. With those numbers so high, on the increase, National Strategy is something you cant ignore any more. Oh, my goodness. Just unbelievable. Boys still five times more likely than girls to have autism. Numbers are incredible. Like 1 in 42 boys are likely to have autism, while 1 in 89 girls. With two boys at home, Better Believe im worried about that. Of course. Schools are required
Job gains in eight months. We begin this hour with president obamas effort to build a coalition against Islamic State. The president said today that all members of nato agreed that the group in iraq and syria pose as threat. Mr. Obama said ending that threat will require more help from iraqi forces and other nations in the middle east. We can support them from the air, but ultimately were going to need a strong ground gain, and also were going to need the sunni tribes in many of these areas to recognize their future is not with the kind of fantasticism that isil represented. Michael phil ittner has the late frees london. Reporter speaking at a nato smith president obama said the priority is to degrade and destroy the Islamic State group. That was a sentiment echoed by other representatives in the 28member alliance. There was a tenmember side Group Meeting and Action Committee that was organized which secretary of state john kerry attended, and so did importantly a representative from n
To. One is theres a changing social compact between companies and the work force and companies are increasingly looking for individuals who have some important technical skill which is why Stem Education is so important. We were fortunate to see an 8. 6 increase in our enrollment of students in engineering programs and i think students are realizing that skrg these skills is important because its what employers are looking for. Were talking with james linder, the interim president of the university of nebraska lincoln, part of cspan buss big 10 college tour. We kicked that off this weekend. We will continue next week, a monthlong series here on washington journal talking to University President s about Higher Education issues. We want to get your thoughts as well so weve divided the lines by students, parents, educators and nebraska residents. There they are on your screen. Parents 2025853881, educate orts 2 025853882. Nebraska residents well hear from you, 2025853883. Also send us an
Carrot additionally. One of the things that we dont have enough of are programs or grants that encourage and inspire innovation and new practices and new knowledge about this issue when were placing all of our resources in enforcement and were not complementing that with innovation, then i think were creating a situation where we do have box checking instead of new thinking. I understand what youre saying. I guess what youre saying. One thing thats disappointing to me about this is that we depend on College Campuses for innovation for so many things in our society. You have on a College Campus i dont want to pick on michigan, although i kind of would like to pick on michigan. If you were at kansas, id really like to pick on you. Your system. You have law school. You have a medical school. You are training psychologists and psychiatrists. And social workers. You have every discipline and Academic Excellence in every discipline that is needed to come together on this problem. And you hav
The victim is the wife here, supposedly. And by taking away his livelihood, half of that money is her money. Any previous dating experience where there was violence, if this is a onetime ,hing or something went wrong maybe counseling or intervention or find out what happened. Not that it excuses anything what so we have a full understanding. That was eric and california. We keep getting your thoughts. We have 15 minutes left to do so. News, on capitol hill, congress is readying a continual resolution to keep the government funded past september 30 when the fiscal year ends in the new fiscal year ends. It continues through current spending levels and addresses the Ebola Outbreak and extends import bank due june 30, 2015. Theres a lot of debate about that. The house is expected to debate the resolution on thursday. News, Sean Sullivan has the peace. Representative lost to the iraq ulton. Teran seth mo becoming just the fourth sitting member of congress to fall in a primary this year. The