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, and university partnerships, attracting the talent and companies of tomorrow. like in utica, where a new kind of workforce is being trained. and in albany, the nanotechnology capital of the world. let us help grow your company's tomorrow, today dari: former nfl running back eddie george has replaced his cleats with a pair of dancing shoes. he's headed to broadway to take over the role of billy flynn in the long running musical chicago, the same role richard gere played in the movie. george is a former heisman trophy winner who once led the titans to the super bowl and he says appearing on broadway is right up there with all of his field. >> of all the things i've accomplished, having a poster up in times square promoting a broadway show that i'm starring in is quite an accomplishment and is definitely up there with all the football accolades that i've won in my lifetime. steve: amazing. dari: really is. imagine your picture up on broadway. he makes his debut tuesday at the ambassador theatre. steve: they were the band behind big shot. [music] you had to be a big shot didn't you? you

, and university partnerships, attracting the talent and companies of tomorrow. like in utica, where a new kind of workforce is being trained. and in albany, the nanotechnology capital of the world. let us help grow your company's tomorrow, today christina: martin shkreli is the pharmaceutical executive who sparked outrage when he hiked the price of a life saving drug taken by people with cancer and aids. steve: he was arrested in a separate fraud case. despite the accusations, he says he's not the bad guy he's been made out to be. i sat down with him for an interview you will not see anywhere else. >> last night i was walking down second avenue. a bunch of people started chanting free martin shkreli. >> reporter: he's free on $5 million bond. he's due in federal court this week after being arrested in december on securities fraud. >> this started five years ago. and isn't it ironic the day they charge is a few months after the pricing? steve: it's the 5,000 percent increase that transformed him into the poster child of capitalism run amok to millions. continues to stand behind. >> i t

talent and companies of tomorrow. like in utica, where a new kind of workforce is being trained. and in albany, the nanotechnology capital of the world. let us help grow your company's tomorrow, today at business.ny.gov dari: teaming up to treat concussions. steve: lidia curanaj shows us what's being done in make sure that injured athletes get the >> during the flash and blackout, i remember lining up and then i remember waking up in between my dad and my coach. >> reporter: scott, a high school football player, didn't know it then, but he had suffered a concussion, a brain injury caused by a blow to the head. >> for two months after that, i had to miss school. i basically stayed in a dark room, fading in and out of tv, falling asleep, waking back up and doing nothing. >> i want kids playing sports all over westchester county. >> reporter: on monday, rob astorino announced a safer sports task force. it outlines a 10 point plan schools should follow in response to a concussion. >> i found a disease no one has ever seen. >> reporter: the topic of concussions is so popular, there's a movie

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tomorrow. like in utica, where a new kind of workforce is being trained. and in albany, the nanotechnology capital of the world. let us help grow your company's tomorrow, today at business.ny.gov ernie: it is tuesday night. good evening, everyone. i'm ernie anastos. we thank you very much for joining us. we start tonight with president obama's last state of the union in other ways. not only is the president promising a different message, but the white house is introducing new ways to watch. especially young people. mac king joins us from the newsroom. should be a very interesting night. >> reporter: yeah. 50 members plan to answer questions on twitter, but it's the opportunities to follow along before and during the speech that allow viewers more access in more places than likely ever before. the average member of congress in this country is a 57-year-old white male. every american older than 18 gets to vote for or against that congressman or woman and one research company expects the majority of those to stop paying for cable in the next decade. >> i watch internet-based stuff. >> the ide

of tomorrow. like in utica, where a new kind and in albany, the nanotechnology capital of the world. let us help grow your company's tomorrow, today at business.ny.gov steve: in fox 5 health news, the manager of the eagles says glenn frey's death. he made the claim in an interview with "the rap." dari: dr. manny in the house. your thoughts? >> we don't have all the facts about the medical case. let's put that first because we don't know exactly what medications he was taking. we don't have access to the medical records. however, a lot of people with arthritis do take a new classification or drugs called biologics, humira -- dari: oh, sure. >> these are the last source of treatment for rheumatoid arthritis because they're effective in controlling the symptoms. they don't cure arthritis, but they control the system. what they do is they suppress by suppressing the immune system, you can get pneumonia, inflammation of bowels. those can lead to death. steve: sounds like a horrible way. he's been sick since november. colitis, stomach pain -- >> if you look at some of the things that in t

decades, and university partnerships, attracting the talent and companies of tomorrow. like in utica, where a new kind and in albany, the nanotechnology capital of the world. let us help grow your company's tomorrow, today steve: an update on the sonic the navy tells shepard smith that f-35s were likely the cause. tremors were felt from southern new jersey all the way to long island. looks like that was a fighter jet. dari: fox 5 health news. and say it isn't so. bedbugs could be gaining on us. a new study finds that the bugs have developed a resistance to key insecticides that are used to control them. they don't work. steve: joining us, dr. doris day from nyu medical center. this is how nature works. we find something that works. they figure it out. and it doesn't work as much. >> exactly. this class of drugs call neonics have had a lot of resistance by bedbugs. i see people come in panicked that they have bedbugs and bites on their body and anything they see, they're worried they have bedbugs. in reality, i worry more about mosquitos and other bugs than bedbugs. they don't carry d

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the talent and companies of tomorrow. like in utica, where a new kind of workforce is being trained. and in albany, the nanotechnology capital of the world. let us help grow your company's tomorrow, today dari: now i know why my kids were late for school. fox 5 had the only camera there this morning when some nypd officers helped deliver a baby during the morning rush. steve: there it is being brought into the ambulance right there. jessica spoke with the officers fdr drive. >> reporter: mommy and baby were brought here where they're doing fine. the 7 pound, 6 ounce baby boy just couldn't wait to make it to the hospital. it was rush hour, almost 8:00 in the morning. traffic was heavier than usual on the fdr drive northbound because this precious little boy, who decided to come into road. >> i was in route to traffic court in manhattan. the call came over for an active woman in labor on the side of the fdr >> reporter: detective michael sharp rushed to the scene. little did he know he was going to make a special delivery. >> the father was kneeling on the driver's seat, assisting his