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To also address that access dislocation where patients suddenly now cant get access to a drug. we are looking at it. >> a drug used for blood pressure, blood pressure pills, a lot of americans are taking it, a chinese company, it has an ingredient some suspect is associated with higher risk for cancer. how did that get past in the fda approval process you are talking about for imported drugs? >> the short answer is we dont know for sure. a long statement on this, we think there was a manufacturi...

Use in a drug shortage situation to also address that access dislocation where patients suddenly now cant get access to a drug. we are looking at it. >> a drug used for blood pressure, blood pressure pills, a lot of americans are taking it, a chinese company, it has an ingredient some suspect is associated with higher risk for cancer. how did that get past in the fda approval process you are talking about for imported drugs? >> the short answer is we dont know for sure. a long statement on this,...

>> his voice will be missed. across the aisle, democratic leader chuck schumer is introducing a resolution to rename the russell office building after mccain. >> you dont meet many great men through life. john mccain was one of them. and i would like decades from now little children to ask their parents who was john mccain and they will explain his sacrifice and patriotism and fidelity. to do the right thing as he saw it and when he did the wrong thing, to change. >> were told the white house dr...

Piece of that puzzle. >> as this pans out in larger studies this is what we would call a disease modifying drug which is something that the field does not yet have. experts also say theres still a very long road ahead and probably years before 2401 gets approved for patients used. the drug just recently submitted and fda request to initiate the approval process. until then someone in america is diagnosed with alzheimers every 65 seconds. >> mike: gillian turner reporting. as republicans accused ...

Tenured federal judges selected by the chief justice of the u s united states to sit seven-year terms. they hear these kapgss and decides whether the legal standards have been made or not. thats why we had four different judges who looked at this and said that the legal standards were met to go forward. >> charlie, stay with me if you would. i want to take a look at the some of the claims need by the top republican on the house select committee on intelligence. that is devin nunes of california....

Ceo of merck stepped off of one of the advisory boards after the charlottesville debacle. the president took to twitter criticizing him after this was taken. this comes at the same time as the trump administration -- we learned this week -- is exploring importing drugs from other countries. they think that would have lower costs overall. is there an issue in terms of the drugs -- i would assume would not be fda approved. >> thats the big concern. they may have gone through an approval process in...

Meeting was yesterday with nato. we went with something that really was an unfair situation to something that is unified. they had spirit. those people were getting up and in the end we are committing and -- its not like they can go immediately back, they have to go through their parliaments and congresses and their representatives and whoever -- whatever form they have but they have to go through an approval process but ill tell you what, every single person in that room was gung-ho to get it d...

Overestimate how big the meeting was yesterday with nato. we went with something that really was an unfair situation to something thats unified. i mean, they had spirit. they cant go -- its not like they can go immediately back to their congresses and their representatives, whatever forum they have. they have to go through an approval process. ill tell you what, every single person in that room was gung-ho. even before that, as you know, $34 billion. i think the secretary-general is doing a terr...

Supreme court when he gets the opportunity? >> i have a favorite pet, but im not going to discuss who that is. i know one of the judges but im not going to talk about this again. the president has chosen four people and i hope that our senators can come around on the democratic side. i know my florida senator bill nelson said he was going to vote blanket weigh against all four when one of them he had previously voted for. these people need to do the right thing and support the presidents nominee...

Life. it doesnt have to be. we can have affordable housing. we can reduce regulation. we can streamline the approval process. im in the building industry, i can build if i can get my approvals fast. i can build affordable housing. that is what people want. they dont want to pay $5 for gasoline. they want to fill their tank and live their life. >> they dont want to leave the state. there has been this exodus of good people leaving california for other fabulous states. i love all of us, but if you...