The spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus. The Vanderbilt University medical centers denison like this one of the top 20 labs in the world and is studying this disease. For over 25 years they received federal grants for the research into how these viruses make us sick, and they are currently helping with the development of treatment, antivirals, and vaccines to deal with coronaviruses, and especially the covid19. And i am just so pleased with the progress that their making, today i wantt to draw attention to a threat that has again been highlighted because of this coronavirus outbreak. Pharmaceuticals are no different from other products in that they are usually manufactured in pieces. The active ingredients in one place, and the inactive ingredients in another place, and so on. Currently, only 28 of the facilities producing active pharmaceutical a ingredients, ad you will hear these refer to by the acronym, api, only 28 of the facilities producing these apis are in the United States. T
Including some turtles. Thats right. Your tax dollars actually paid for a study that put turtles on treadmills. So here we have our turtles on a treadmill. To no ones surprise, it turns out that turtles are really, really slow. Okay. Thats what our tax dollars went to. In fact, this wasteful study found that turtles moved at nearly the same pace as dead turtles on a treadmill. Arent you glad that washington bureaucrats used your hard earned dollars to conduct this study . Good grief, folks. Now how many of your tax dollars went to this study exactly . Well, folks, your guess is actually as good as mine because there is no legal obligation for most federal agencies to publicly disclose the price of government projects even though the american taxpayers are paying for them. Folks, this is your money, your money. So shouldnt you have a right to know how it is being spent . Its been said before, and i sure believe it, government functions best when it operates in the open. This is the basi
Legacy of his grandparents a george h. W. Bush and barbara bush. Thank you. Welcome. I feel like i probably do not need to introduce my fellow panelists here, because everyone knows who they are, but on my left we have george p. Bush. Speaking on behalf of the bush brand. [applause] susan page is the washington andau chief for usa today author of the bestselling biography of barbara bush called the matriarch. She will be signing copies of it after this. [applause] beschloss, one of our most wellknown president ial historians who has written so many things, so many books, i will be asking you about some of the stuff that i found in my worn copy of character of all. Something i want to ask all of lost given that we have barbara bush and george h. W. Bush so close together, what kind of reassessment do you think this has brought for the country as to what the bush name and what the significance really was of all of the work that they did in so many arenas of Public Service . Looking back
The senate. She says she doubts there will be a fair trial, as if the hearings in the house were fair. Senate leader mcconnell speaks to this at 9 30 eastern this morning. Speaker pelosi holds a News Conference at 10 45. Now, the markets, thats already passed judgment. Impeachment is of no consequence to investors. Its irrelevant. Maybe they actually believe it helps the president in the 2020 election. Look at this. The day after the Impeachment Vote, the dow is going to go up just a fraction at the opening bell, and down a fraction on the s p, down a fraction on the nasdaq. In other words, no selloff at all. Stocks remain right at record levels. Well, it is going to be a fascinating day for politics and money. Statements coming from the speaker and the Senate Leader. Tonight, the sixth democrat debate and throughout the show, you will see the president in fine form at his rally. Varney company is about to begin. After three years of sinister witch hunts, hoaxes, scams, tonight the Hou
Power shutoffs didnt have a huge impact on californias overall economy but says Small Businesses took big hits. Particular jen we could not. In the busy part of the season. The state does offer grants to help those shops in need to really need is pele to coming shop. This weekend. The state will begin sharing the voices of those Small Businesses all over social media. In sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. A couple big winter storm. Saw on this thanksgiving weekend are affecting millions of americans from coast to coast winter storm watches warnings and advisories from one storm have impacted parts of every state out west from arizona up to monta and uh thats more than 20 Million People and that number could grow as the wicked weather heads east. Hundreds of flights have been canceled in dangerous Road Conditions left authorities responding to traffic accidents around the clock in southern california, heavy rains and flash flooding ould cause dangerous debris flows and mudslides nea