She was telling us that this individual had parkinsons before he knew, before anybody knew, so then i really started to believe her, that she could really detect parkinsons. But this is also a story about one womans promise to her dying husband. He said to me, you wont let this go, will you . You promise you will do it . Im doing it. How doesjoy do this . Could her ability really change the lives of people with parkinsons people with parkinsons . Bbc scotland has been following the scientists who will answer those questions. Im really excited. Im also incredibly humbled because in the end these come from patients and the story comes from joy, who lived with les for a very long time and now he isnt here any more. Its an amazing story, offering hope to millions of people around the globe. It was a really strange sensation that day. I have to take a deep breath every time i come in this room. I could smell it all around me. Joy milne is remembering the moment that changed her life. Shed t
Subcommittee examine the longterm threat from the zika virus in a hearing wednesday. And a speakeror of the National Institute of allergy and Infectious Diseases were among those who testified. They outlined efforts to curb the spread of the virus and discuss a possible vaccine. This is just over an hour and 45 minutes. The subcommittee will come to order. Welcome. In 1947, in a remote area of uganda, scientists discovered a virus, called the zika virus in for the forest of which it was found. It is an epidemic for africa and southeast asia. It is spread almost exclusively through the bite of a mosquito, an aggressive daytime biter. It significantly diminished in this hemisphere until the recently resurfacing of the disease. We know a great deal about these disease factors, but there is much scientists do not know about the virus itself. Lack of knowledge and misinformation has created fear among many. According to the World Health Organization, the reason we do not know or about this
Same words he would use every day as my chief of staff, mr. President , thank you for the privilege of serving. Did you say that i did. Sometimes it was a variation of it. Visited of staff, i with the president first thing every morning. He typically got to his desk about 6 45. I would give him about five minutes to get settled. Persondition was, first that the president sees is the chief of staff. I would walk in at about 6 50 in the morning and i always said something to the effect of, thank you for the privilege of serving. It wasnt intended to flatter him or to thank him. It was intended to remind me and help me remind everybody else what a privilege it was to be inside the white house. So i just made it a habit. I am glad i did. It was a privilege everyday. What did he say back . Nothing. He would just move on. President who i think really understood the presidency, understood both the responsibility and the privilege of being in the oval office. So he didnt need the reminding. He
He did every day in my chief of staff. Mr. President , thank you for the privilege of serving . Did you say that . I did. Sometimes there was a variation of it. But i did as chief of staff, i visited with the president first thing every morning. He got to his desk at about 6 45. And i would get five minutes to get settled. Our tradition was the first person the president sees was the chief of staff. I would walk in at about 6 50 in the morning. I always said something to the effect of, thank you for the privilege of serving. And it wasnt intended to flatter him or to thank him, it was intended to remind me and to help me remind everybody else what a privilege it was to be inside the white house. So i just made it a habit. It was a privilege. What did he say back . He would just move on. He was a president i think really understood the presidency, understood the privilege of being in the oval office. He didnt need the reminding. He probably didnt even need the reminding that i was appre
Myself. When you think back about the last three years, whats the first thing that comes to your mind. The last three years of the Bush Administration. When you were chief of staff. Whats the thing that flashes in front of you . Boy, a lot of things flash in front of me. Theres a trauma and a recency effect to the financial crisis. That was the last thing that happened on the way out the door. For the Bush Administration. You remember we went through 7 1 2 very difficult tumultuous years, hugely consequential, dramatic changes in the world and in the united states. You know, wed had a recession. We had a crisis of confidence in american business. We had the 9 11 attacks, the war in afghanistan, the war in iraq, hurricane katrina. All of these things. So when we approached the last year of the Bush Administration, as we got to 7 1 2 years in, most of us thought lets try to wrap this up in a responsible and effective way and for whoever wins the presidency, leave the country and the whit