Going to cdc. Gov. Fighting the cookoff money. Helping puerto rico deal with the zika crisis costs money. Research into new vaccines. The first Clinical Trial in humans costs money. That is why we requested more funding back in february. Not only did the Republicanled Congress not pass our request, they worked to cut it, and then they went for summer recess without passing any new funds for fighting against zika. Meanwhile are experts at the nih and cdc have been doing their mess doing their best in making do with funds from other areas. Now the money we need to fight zika is rapidly running out in the situation is getting critical. Without sufficient funding, Clinical Trials and the possibilities of a vaccine that is well within reach could be delayed. This is not the time for politics. More than 40 u. S. Service members have now contracted zika in 50 u. S. States, we know of more than 1800 cases of zika. At nearly 500 pregnant women. So it is now president almost every part of puerto
Going to cdc. Gov. Meantime, Congress Needs to do its job. Fighting zika costs money. Research into new vaccines and by the way nih Just Announced the first Clinical Trials in humans. That costs money, and thats why my Administration Proposed an urgent request for more funding back in february. Not only did the Republicanled Congress not pass our request, they worked to cut it, and then they left for summer recess without passing any new funds for the fight against zika. Meanwhile, our experts at the nih and cdc, the folks on the front lines, have been doing their best in making due by moving funds from other areas, but now the money that we need to fight zika is rapidly running out. The situation is getting critical. For instance, without sufficient funding nih critical trials Clinical Trials and the possibilities of a vaccine which is well within reach could be delayed, so this is not the time for politics. More than 40 u. S. Service members have now contracted zika overseas and in 5
Previous episodes at booktv. Org. Good morning, welcome to the heritage foundation. We welcome those who joined us on our heritage. Org website and for those guest in house we ask that last courtesy check our cell phones and other noisemaking devices have been muted as a courtesy to our speaker. Our internet viewers are welcome to send questions and comments emailing speaker at heritage. Org and we will post the program on the heritage home page for everyones reference following the event. Dr. Jaimes is hosting the event. The Vice President of the institute for National Security and Foreign Policy and our ew richardson fellow. A graduate of west point and a 25 year member of the military. He serves on the board of trustee at the marine Core Foundation and the Advisory Board for west point history, Hamilton Society and operation renewed hope. Please join me in welcoming jim. Jim . [applause] well thank you for coming to what should be extraordinary event. Pete is a great friend and defi
Completelyent is inaccurate or ridiculous, it pantsands on fire on fire. Host how do you make sure you are giving campaigns and candidates the right ratings . Guest this is the second this is the Third Campaign we have been Fact Checking. And likeurnalists most, we are listening to the news and seeing what the candidates say. We are listening for things that would make the average person say i wonder if that is true. That is how we pick the facts to check. We dont balance the ratings in any way, because we think the facts need to speak with themselves. The ratings are whatever they are. Do that whenyou the truth is not always clear . Guest we have a method for Fact Checking . Every fact check is little diversity there is a of political discussion we have in the u. S. , the we emphasize a few principles. We emphasize original sources, primary documents, primary evidence, our reports are written in a way that the entire story is, this is what we said, we wanted to know if it was accurate
Todays eyeopener, your world in 90 seconds. First time in our nations history that a woman will be a major party nominee. Hillary clinton makes history. Next tuesday we continue the fight in the last primary in washington, d. C. The last thing we need is Hillary Clinton in the white house, or an extension of the obama disaster. I would like to support our nominee, i just cant. Whether or not they endorse me, its okay if they dont, but they have to get over it. They shouldnt be so angry so long. You endorsed donald trump last week, how is that sitting . Well, it could be better. A bomb threat now targeting another egyptair jet. The plane from cairo made energy landing in asia. Pickup truck plowed into a group of bicycle riders in michigan. Five of the bicycle riders pronounced dead at the scene. Not happy after a hacker took over his account saying the commissioner died. Everyone in the universe wondered whether or not the commissioner had signed out. Cleaning up the soggy aftermath of