They host a forum today on federal investments on innovation and science. Newt gingrich and Business Specialist along with academic researchers will be talking about the issues our live coverage just about to get underway on cspan3. As we wait for senator warren, well bring you a story from the Associated Press regarding the Iran Nuclear Deal president obama traveling in ethiopia, and the ap reporting he delivered a belittling rebuke of Republican White House hopefuls monday calling their attack on his landmark nuclear deal ridiculous, if it werent so sad. Obama suggested the rhetoric from some gop candidates was an attempt to divert attention from donald trump. A wealthy businessman whose popularity is con founding the republican field. Maybe quoting, maybe it gets attention, maybe this is just an effort to push mr. Trump out of the headlines, its not the kind of leadership that is needed for america right now. The associate press quoting president obama during a News Conference in et
World. And the evidence is that these patent Innovation Box policies are not very good at that because what theyre targeting is the income generated from the patents rather than the research that leads to them. This is true of lots of r d tax credits. In holland they just designed one which is quite intelligent, i think, because it targets the research that leads to the r d. So the labor hired rather than the income generated from that r d. But i think we should remember that, for example, the act which in 1980 allowed publicly funded research to be patented. If you read that act, its really interesting. They also say we better make sure that the taxpayer doesnt pay twice, right . So just like year, i think the nih spent arounded 39 billion in research, both basic and applied. And the problem is what happens to the prices of these drugs . Do they reflect that input . So its not only and ive been reading a lot about this, but the pricing mechanism itself could be one way to be rewarded
Now that is 10 trillion. So there are not many places you can say i can take 10 trillion out of the spending stream to keep you healthier. Let me follow up on this now speaker gingrich. You are a conservative and as a result may have credibility than i do in some circumstances on the question on the role of government here. Why isnt it enough to count on private industry to do this . Why do we have to have a substantial investment from the federal government . Its a question about American History. [ inaudible ] and i are developing a project on why George Washington matters. And people dont often notice that the Founding Fathers wrote into the constitute a Patent Office because they so deeply believed in the future. They made investments. The First Federal highway was built during washingtons lifetime. They believed in improving things. They talked about them as improvements. Jefferson launched an expedition to the west and there was a Childrens Book on this called from sea to shining
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Was broken. Did the killer have a key . The question always was, how did the person get into the house . A decade later, in a state 1500 miles away, detectives finally found their answer. We got a dna hit. Reporter and more questions. We knew there was more to this story than just some guy coming from colorado to commit a murder and go back home again. Reporter did someone closer to home want her dead . Youre 99 sure that he had something to do with it, but theres no smoking gun. So many secrets still to be revealed. I know more about this than ive said. Reporter and one more killer still on the run. He knew what was in that house. He knew what he was doing. Doesnt get any worse than that. Reporter im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres Dennis Murphy with indiscretion. Reporter she was a bubbly woman in her early 20s just looking for a clean break. Heidi bernadzikowski, a baltimore pool league ace had, in recent years, endured some tough times. But now the shots were starting the d