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Generics lobby did have powerful allies. not just the president but aarp, unions, and more. but brand name biologics outspent them and worked the system. jim greenwood isnt just the president of bio, hes a former member of congress. youre a former member of the club? >> right. >> reporter: that helps? >> well, it helps in this way. it helps -- i know what people want -- what they need, what kind of information they need before they vote. >> reporter: the result in this committee and others, many...

Have some chance for a return on their investment. >> reporter: and keeping them honest, brand name biologics had major reinforcements to make their case. last year pharmaceutical manufacturers spent more than $263 million in lobbying, do the math, thats more than $721,000 a day. and in 2008 they gave $30 million in campaign contributions, a record half of that to democrats. >> you know, the brand industry with their deep pockets have made some great friends in the democratic party. >> to be sur...

In the democratic party. >> reporter: to be sure, the generics lobby did have powerful allies. not just the president but aarp, unions, and more. but brand name biologics outspent them and worked the system. jim greenwood isnt just the president of bio, hes a former member of congress. youre a former member of the club? >> right. >> reporter: that helps? >> well, it helps in this way. it helps -- i know what people want -- what they need, what kind of information they need before they vote. >> r...

Farrah fawcett. jane fonda said where was farrah fawcett. she should have been included. alana, why do you think she wasnt included? >> i know why she wasnt. i thought it was a horrible oversight. it wasnt. they made a statement and i spoke to the director of the academy. they made a conscious decision not to include farrah because they felt she was more well known for her television show than her movie career. >> larry: bruce davis said she should be honored at the emmies. >> thats right. >> la...

And i actually spoke to the director of the academy myself. they made a conscious decision not to include farrah because they felt she was more well known for her television shows and flips than her movie career. >> larry: bruce davis said she should be honored at the emmys. >> thats right. >> larry: he said she left jean barry off as well. >> i guess they didnt read her bio. farrah did 16 films. she did "the apostle." a highly acclaimed film with robert duvall. she did "extremities." she has be...

On al qaedas sort of promotions, public relations, publicity wing. fredricka? >> nic, do you understand the background of adam gahahn? im looking at his personal bio here. he was born in winchester, california. born adam gadahn. his parents, a goat farmer and a carpenter, living there in california. he married a muslim woman from afghanistan and he reportedly has at least one child, but he was home-schooled until the age 17. at what point, or has his family ever said at what point did he make a ...

Basic package. good choice. only meineke lets you choose your service, choose your savings. like an oil change for just $19.95. meineke. all right. jay leno heads back to his late-night time slot tomorrow night, replacing conan obrien as host of "the tonight show." conan may not be on tv for a while, but turns out you can still find him on twitter. he started an account just this week. so check out his bio here. heres what it reads. it reads, "i had a show. then i had a different show.

Bio is stumping in a major presidential primary state. south carolina senator jim demint abdomd demint announced that he and rubia will make a stump in mid mark. demint is up for re-election. but the two are launching a website together, demintrubo.com. prachs thats a premonition. unbelievable that somebody in rubios position is leaving the state to stump in a presidential state. savannah, results are in from that special election we talked about in tuesday in michigan. six communities in metro ...

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Presupreme choice. president trump can finalize the choice. he narrows the list of candidates to sit on the nations highest court. and no labels? michael cohen changes the twitter bio, dropping a reference of being the personal attorney to president trump after years of defending mr. trump and saying he would take a bullet for him. can s the latest move a sign to cooperate with investigators? wolf blitzer is off. im jim acosta and youre in "the situation room." and this is a situation room s...