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Espn First Take, Thursday 24th September 2015

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Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith debate about Redskins-Giants, the status of Chip Kelly's offense, the end of Kam Chancellor's holdout and more.

1:01 Washington Redskins vs New York Giants ?
10:55 Has the NFL figured out Chip Kelly ?
24:24 What did Kam Chancellor gain from the holdout ?
37:00 Are you okay with Patrick Kane playing during this investigation ?
50:40 Tom Brady overlooked as player of the week again
59:55 Washington Redskins vs New York Giants ?
1:11:57 Are you ok with the 2 kids returning to school ?
1:20:55 Do you expect a turnaround from the New Orleans Saints ?

The Dying vs. The FDA: 'Right to Try' Laws Give Patients Hope

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David Huntley was an iron man athlete, a professor emeritus at San Diego State University, a father, and a husband. In 2013, he was diagnosed with the deadly genetic illness ALS, more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.

Before he passed away on July 4, 2015, Huntley wanted to try a promising new drug called GM604, but it hadn't been approved yet by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Huntley was denied access to GM604.

"How is keeping a potentially life saving drug saving my life?," said Huntley. "The decision to use an investigational drug to fight a fatal disease should be between a patient and his or her doctor."

Two years ago, The Goldwater Institute, a free-market think tank based in Arizona, designed a model bill for states that's changing the law to allow terminally ill patients to go around the FDA approval process. The initiative is called "right to try."

Female Priests Stage Die-In Outside D.C. Church Urging Pope Francis to Open Priesthood to Women

Female Priests Stage Die-In Outside D.C. Church Urging Pope Francis...

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The pope’s visit has also drawn criticism over his position on women’s leadership within the church. Seven activists have been arrested in a civil disobedience in Washington, D.C., to call for Pope Francis to recognize the rights of women to be ordained. Among those arrested were four women priests who staged a die-in near St. Matthew’s Church. We speak to Janice Sevre-Duszynska, an ordained priest with the Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests.

"We Are Living at a Critical Moment of History": The Pope on Poverty, Immigration & Climate Change

"We Are Living at a Critical Moment of History": The Pope on Povert...

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Pope Francis heads to Capitol Hill today to become the first pope ever to address Congress. On Wednesday, he spoke at the White House, then addressed hundreds of U.S. bishops at St. Matthew’s Cathedral. He later canonized the controversial 18th-century missionary, Father Junípero Serra — a move protested by many indigenous groups. The pope also made a previously unannounced stop to visit nuns at the Little Sisters of the Poor, which sued the federal government over the birth control mandate in the Affordable Care Act. At the White House, Pope Francis spoke about poverty, immigration and climate change. "Mr. President, I find it encouraging that you are proposing an initiative for reducing air pollution," Pope Francis told President Obama. "Accepting the urgency, it seems clear to me also that climate change is a problem which can no longer be left to a future generation. When it comes to the care of our 'common home,' we are living at a critical moment of history."

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How A Fluke Got Volkswagen Caught

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Volkswagen has been putting software into its cars for seven years that allowed them to cheat emissions tests — and it very nearly didn’t get caught. The revelation came about because a niche environmental group was trying to encourage Europe to adopt more rigorous emissions standards. In open-road tests year after year, diesel cars from Volkswagen and other manufacturers emitted illegal levels of harmful exhaust, even though they passed lab tests. A small NGO called the International Council on Clean Transportation commissioned a study to prove to Europeans that in countries like the U.S. with more rigorous standards, cars would pass a test in the real world, too. When an open-road test in California revealed that the Volkswagens spewed as much as 35 times the pollution allowed under the Clean Air Act, the researchers were shocked.