Committee will come to order. The appropriations subcommittee on labor, health and human services, education and related agencies will come to order. Before my opening statement, i want to recognize melinda bikini, we had a chance to meet and talk about her cancer fight and the success shes made there when we were out in nih a few days ago, and we are glad youre here and i was just told that the youngest of your six children just got their drivers license so good luck with that. Good luck with all of that and we were glad to have a chance to meet with her, glad to have dr. Collins and the other Institute Directors here today. The budget, of course, proposes cuts that i think that you can rest assured the committee will find unacceptable. The 7. 5 billion cut from nih would according to analysts, this funding would cost nearly 90,000 jobs nationwide, result in 15. 3 billion of lost economic activity. In my home state of missouri that equates to a loss of nearly 1,700 jobs and 292 millio
Washington ideas forum. Its 20 minutes. I want to thank you for being here with us today. Its wonderful to get a report about a battle that we all have a stake in. I want to start with you dr. Dalton. I keep hearing that this quest against cancer is no longer a matter of curing it but turning it into a chronic illness. Is that right . Not entirely. We would all hope that we could cure the disease. I think the issue will be not so much if you will cure but intercept. Understand who is at risk of developing cancer and then if you can detect it earlier, the earlier you detect cancer the higher chance of cure. Call it cancer interception. There will be those that we can cure by totally eradicating the disease depending on when its diagnosed the earlier the better versus when we hope once the disease has progressed to a certain degree control it. And make it a chronic disease. So im answering your questions by saying yes to both possibilities. Does that sound right . Were not going to be ab
Washington ideas forum. Its 20 minutes. I want to thank you for being here with us today. Its wonderful to get a report about a battle that we all have a stake in. I want to start with you dr. Dalton. I keep hearing that this quest against cancer is no longer a matter of curing it but turning it into a chronic illness. Is that right . Not entirely. We would all hope that we could cure the disease. I think the issue will be not so much if you will cure but intercept. Understand who is at risk of developing cancer and then if you can detect it earlier, the earlier you detect cancer the higher chance of cure. Call it cancer interception. There will be those that we can cure by totally eradicating the disease depending on when its diagnosed the earlier the better versus when we hope once the disease has progressed to a certain degree control it. And make it a chronic disease. So im answering your questions by saying yes to both possibilities. Does that sound right . Were not going to be ab
Its going to happen today. In fact, i expect more records to break through this afternoon. We are getting a warmer start this morning. It just dropped to 68 degrees. But thats more than 20 degrees above normal. The normal temperature this time of year at this hour, we should be in the 40s. 67 degrees in the suburbs. New jersey is at 68 degrees and 63, there are clouds in the Lehigh Valley but not the thick fog weve had the last few mornings. 78 degrees. Thats by lunch time. Its into the 80s this afternoon. Even a bit warmer than yesterday. We saw a high of 84 yesterday. Its up to 85 degrees. Thats 5 degreesc above the record for today. Other records will be falling. Look at the 80s, even at the shore. Temperatures will be flirting with the 80 degrees mark. That would tie the record in Atlantic City this afternoon. Take a look at the forecast hour by hour when i come back and show you which records are likely to fall during the day today. Thats when i come back in a few minutes. Lets s
Joining us we want to go to show our meteorologist for look at the weather. It has been so nice this morning. I am using max defender 8. It is showing you it is clear out there. Head on outside for your lunch break maybe even head on out to the golf course. And palm harbor it is 80 degrees. 83 sarasota, but the humidity is in the not too bad category. Will be slightly above average, midto upper 80s today and tomorrow. Then we had into friday where strong cold front comes through but it is is not not expected to bring us much rain. It will bring us autumn air so get ready to head it is finally here, the last debate of the 2016 general Election Debate season. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton will take the stage at the university of nevada las vegas tonight at 9. Diane gallagher reports from las vegas. The finishing touches for the 3rd and final president ial debate are in place here at the University Nevada las vegas. The commission on president ial debates this is the challenge. The off