Of drugs for severe illnesses and as a result of this work that i was doing on drug pricing in the United States looking at these issues, i eventually began to get more aware of the International Discussions about the u. S. Could do and what was happening in the countries in 1994, i was invited to argentina and brazil by people that have picked up my name as someone working on these issues and i really became aware for the first time the extent to which the United States and the state department and through the trade office and the whole apparatus of the Foreign Policy was putting pressure on the developing countries to extend and put in place monopolies on pharmaceutical drugs so wha a lf developing companies have excluded the pharmaceutical drugs from the patent system and you could buy drugs from argentina and others and at that point also from brazil and the u. S. Was pushing all these countries to put those in place but also going way beyond that. And i remember when i was at arge
Whoosh. A great animated joke. That makes the smith center exciting. Very extreme. Welcome into the morning blend. Good morning. I feel like we have to address something off the top. Im in the middle of an online beef. Oh, yeah. An online feud. Its going down here. Its causing me great grief. Last week we were talking about our special skills 0, which of mine, i can do a stitch impression. The disney movie. You can do a lot of great voices but thats one. Its fantastic. Its the best. Might as well be the voice of stitch. Heres a refresher. See, was i right . I love the face you make when you do the voice. I good on facebook and this kid named Aaron Belcher comes out away is from missouri. The kid is from missouri. Not even within the broadcast section of vegas morning blend, and he saw my imexpression had something to say. Unbelievable. You in your interview was nobody is left behind. Lets get it started. [laughter] this is amazing. This guy is calling you out from his bedroom on his ph
Quick look at the fox 5 weather 247 forecast. Fall arrives thursday morning with a strong low is moving over our area. Its bringing strong winds for the next 24 hours. A wind advisory goes into effect at noon Las Vegas Area could be as high as 40 plus miles per hour, more than 50 mph on mount charleston. Those winds stick around until friday morning. In the wake of the trough daytime temperatures will drop to the low 80s, into the upper 50s overnight. By saturday High Pressure takes over with temperatures starting to climb. We will remain below normal daytime highs until tuesday. Here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps back to the news desk. Overnight. A fire at an abandoned home downtown may have been caused by squatters. Firefighters were on the scene around 4 30. On Casino Center near utah. The fire took a very short time to put out. Investigators b
But just a few hours earlier, the scene was very different. A second night of unrest gripped the city. As protesters angry over the death of Keith Lamont Scott vented their rage scott was shot tuesday police say he brandished a weapon but his family says he was reading a book in his vehicle. Amid the unrest wednesday evening, north carolinas governor declared a state of emergency and said hed deploy both the National Guard and the state Highway Patrol to charlotte. One person was shot by another civilian, according to authorities, and is in the hospital on life support. Several Police Officers were injured. Journalists were caught up in the chaos. nats Boris Sanchez gassed one reporter was knocked to the ground by a passing man. nats ed lavendera knocked over the police line in an effort to maintain peace. And there were those who tried to calm the tensions. Toussaint Romain public defender im trying to prevent people from being hurt, my brothers are out here too theyre trying to do it
Joyce koh, news 19 wltx. All right. Thank you very much. The states longest serving representative says she retiring. Gradey brown made the announcement today on the senate floor. He is among 8 lawmakers not seeking another term. All house and senate seats are up for election this year. Candidates must file with the state Election Commission between march 16 and march 30. Primaries will be held june 14. Tonight a Richland County deputy fired and charged with misconduct in office. Kaleb broome. Deputies say last tuesday he responded to a home to assist a dispute. While he was at the call he defaced a poster of africa in the victims garage with a racial slur and then stole a double sided piece of tape from the victim. Charged him today. He took the word nigeria and circled it and made a racial slur. The use of a racial slur is against our policy. He is charged with a criminal offense which is defacing that poster and for stealing something. Kaleb broome has been with the Sheriffs Departm