There is a link between head injuries and neurological diseases, but it is clear that this Important Research could lead to a better understanding of such devastating diseases as alzheimers, parkinsons and als. This Critical Research could also benefit our veterans and troops on the ground, far too many of whom have experienced tbi and its painful lasting effects. Again, mr. Chairman, thank you for holding this hearing. With a great panel of witnesses, and i look forward to getting their insights in learning more about the Current Research on this topic. Thank you, senator collins. I want to specially recognize kevin turner. Kevin was a star fullback at the university of alabama. He played eight seasons with the new England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles in the 1990s. Since being diagnosed in 2010 with als, lou gehrigs disease, kevin has worked tirelessly to raise awareness about the disease and its possible connection to traumatic brain injuries. And so, kevin, we thank you very muc
Jennifer humbug. There is big news on the environmental frown front today. So first bp, the worlds Third Largest oil Company Announced it was going to pay 4. 5 billion in fines and plead guilty to 14 criminal charges connected to, of course, the giant oil spill in the gulf of mexico. Thats number one. Meanwhile, in new york, the president surveyed the damage from hurricane sandy. Of course, which was everybody knows, precipitated by Climate Change. He met storm victims in staten island, one of the areas hardest hit by the storm. 23 of the 43 deaths in the new york region related to hurricane sandy. They were on staten island. Obama during difficult times like this, were reminded that were bound together and we have to look out for each other and a lot of the things that seem petty differences melt away and we focus on what binds us together and that we, as americans, are going to stand with each other in their hour of need. Jennifer in fact, there is new political coalitions emerging f
Million confirmed cases with more than 141,000 deaths. But there is a small sign of a bit of encouragement as of today. New cases are now steadier falling in as many states as they are rising. Still, lets not forget hundreds of americans are still dying every single day. Lets get the latest on the pandemic. Our National Correspondent athena jones is joining us right now. First of all, athena, were getting some very troubling new numbers coming out of california. Reporter hi, wolf. As you mentioned youre absolutely right. There are some positive signs, more States Holding steady than in recent days. But there are a lot of reasons for concern depending on where you look. Mississippi reporting a Record Number of cases for the second day in a row. Arkansas setting a new record for hospitalizations. And california now on track to surpass new york in total number of covid cases, just in the next matter of days. Encouraging signs, the tally of new daily coronavirus cases nationwide falling be
That story, walltowall. We, by contrast have not gone insane. We will be bringing you the news as we always do. Stay tuned for that. We begin tonight with a fox news alert. Violence erupted last night in wisconsin. Thats a city of about 100,000 people roughly between milwauk milwaukee. He was charged for multiple including assault. He had extensive runins with the law. That was including arrest for threatening people and committing violence against Police Officers. Yesterday, he refused Police Officers to surrender. Here is the 10second video of the exchange. [screaming] jacob lake is in the hospital tonight. He is expected to survive his wounds. The investigation into what exactly happened is underway. That is the sum total of what we know for certain. We care about this country, so we are not going to pretend to know more than we actually do. Nobody knows. We are going to avoid irresponsible speculation designed to create fear in the population. Theres been more than enough of that a