Endeavor. The n. I. H. Is responsible for early concept development, something we did relatively alone, because of the of interest on the Industrial Partners of making interventions. We partnered with someone, who you will hear from shortly, with dr. Robinson, and then we partnered with industry to ultimately, in collaboration with the fda, get the approval products. Next slide. Youve heard a lot about therapeutic interventions. Momentt like to spend a talking to you about a few of them. First, its important to realize experimental. All none of them have proven to be effective. If so when you so when you giving a drug that has a positive effect, we do not know at this point, a, is it a effect, or b, is it causing harm . And thats the reason why we carefully at these the same time we rapidly can make them available to the people who need them. The first one on the list is zmap. To dr. Brantley and nancy. It looks very good in animal model. Still needs to be proven in the human. There is
Youve heard that already. But the Supreme Court showed how important that is once again today, because the senate controls judicial appointments, and the courts have the final say on the important laws of our land. When you woke up this morning, 19 states allowed samesex marriage. As of yesterday, there were 19 states that granted samesex marriage. A major surprise by the Supreme Court. On the very first day of its new term. The justices decide not to hear five same sex marriage appeals. The justices denied appeals from five states. First, the number of five. Seeking to ban same sex marriages. Indiana, oklahoma, wisconsin, virginia and utah. Those five and will soon become 11. Colorado, wyoming. North carolina, South Carolina, west virginia. So we can expect marriage to start soon in those other states. State officials began issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples for the first time in virginia. The total now stands at 30 states. All as a consequence of what the Supreme Court did
Washington. We will monitor this hearing and get back to it. Its 1 00 p. M. In washington, 7 00 p. M. In brussels. 2 00 a. M. Friday in tokyo. Wherever youre watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. The ebola crisis certainly the top priority today for so many leaders here in the United States as well as elsewhere around the world in africa and europe. This is the scene right now on capitol hill where members of congress are holding a hearing on the u. S. Response to the Ebola Outbreak and cases here in the United States. Several lawmakers are particularly outraged at how the centers for Disease Control and prevention in atlanta has handled the infections at Texas Health Presbyterian hospital in dallas and demanding answers from the cdc director tom frieden who is testifying today. There you see him on the left part of your screen. Frieden admits his agency should have sent a larger Response Team to dallas when the first ebola diagnosis was made there, but today
Say on the important laws of our land. When you woke up this morning, 19 states allowed samesex marriage. As of yesterday, there were 19 states that granted samesex marriage. A major surprise by the Supreme Court. On the very first day of its new term. The justices decide not to hear five same sex marriage appeals. The justices denied appeals from five states. First, the number of five. Seeking to ban same sex marriages. Indiana, oklahoma, wisconsin, virginia and utah. Those five and will soon become 11. Colorado, wyoming. North carolina, South Carolina, west virginia. So we can expect marriage to start soon in those other states. State officials began issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples for the first time in virginia. The total now stands at 30 states. All as a consequence of what the Supreme Court didnt do today. Todays decision by the United States Supreme Court will bring Marriage Equality to 11 more states. The Supreme Court declined to hear appeals to federal Court Deci
Duncan. Because of that trip fellow passengers are now being contacted and a number of schools have shut down in both ohio and texas out of fears that students, parents and faculty members may have in fact come in contact with vinson. Now, also tonight airports are ramping up screenings including Dulles International outside of d. C. And thats where we find tonight foxs own Shannon Breen with the very latest. Shannon. Sean, four additional airports did start those beefed up screenings today including here at Dulles International airport outside of washington. The Administration Says the heightened screenings are proof that it is keeping up with things and adapting and changing as we learn more about the ebola threat. The improved or strengthened screening measures are indicative of our commitment to constantly evaluating our policies and where possible putting in place measures that would strengthen them. The screenings have already been taking place at jfk. Passengers are met by custo