creative. president sisi and egypt, king abdullah and jordan, the sunni gulf leaders, because we're just not we're just not going to rebuild gaza with hamas back in charge and try to hope and pray and cross our fingers that we're not going to get the same thing we got between 2000 and 5 and october 7th, 2023. >> all right, dan senor, fascinating conversation. thank you very much for joining us. come back. >> thanks, casey. >> see you soon. great. all right. we got 30s left. preston. big picture reaction there. >> illuminating conversation, you know, and maybe. look, maybe it comes down to saudi arabia. comes in, and they're the ones who put all the money in, and they're the ones who developed the land for us to go over. it's very imperialistic for the united states to go over and try to take over. >> gaza yeah, i think that president trump feels like in his first term, he did a lot of good things in the middle east. i'm going to move the american embassy to jerusalem. we've got the abraham accords. i think he feels like he's got credibility in the region to do things that are extremely outside the box, which i think is why you saw what happened yesterday. >> yeah. all right. thank you

all for being with us this morning. really appreciate it. it's very, very busy news day. it's going to be another one coming at you. thank you at home for joining us as well. i'm. >> president trump makes a. stunning proposal saying america will take over war torn gaza, sending in american troops if necessary, moving palestinians out and turning the gaza strip into, quote, the riviera of the middle east. he proposed this break with decades of u.s. foreign policy while standing alongside israeli prime minister netanyahu. the fallout swift. >> all right. >> breaking overnight. >> the cia offers buyouts to nearly its entire workforce. so what does this mean for the future of the spy agency. >> and the u.s. >> postal service is. suspending all inbound packages from china and hong kong posts. how long will this last? as the president

is now facing down a trade war with china? and what does it mean for your mail? i'm kate bolduan with john berman and sara sidner. this is cnn news central. >> happening now. blistering outrage and new fallout after president trump, in a stunning rejection of decades of u.s. policy, declared the u.s. will take over the gaza strip, own it, a move that would force nearly 2 million palestinians from their homes and possibly use american troops to get it all done. >> the only reason the palestinians want to go back to gaza is they have no alternative. they can live out their lives in peace and harmony. instead of having to go back and do it again. the u.s. will take over the gaza strip, and we will do a job with it, too. we'll own it. you have to learn from history. you can't keep doing the same mistake over

and over again. gaza is a hellhole right now. it was before the bombing started. frankly. >> this hour, israeli prime minister, as you saw there, benjamin netanyahu, he is still in washington, set to meet later today with defense secretary pete hegseth. israel's fragile ceasefire deal with hamas is still in the balance after trump also suggested the war torn enclave become the riviera of the middle east. this hour, global shockwaves and stinging rebukes democratic congresswoman rashida tlaib of michigan, saying this president is openly calling for ethnic cleansing while sitting next to a genocidal war criminal. and from republicans, a mixed bag. house speaker mike johnson, hailing trump's bold action, while senator john cornyn of texas has only said, i don't really know what to make of that. we're standing by for more reaction from lawmakers on the hill. let's get right to the white house, though. first with cnn's alayna treene. who is there? you have the very latest on this,

but this has caused huge shockwaves across the world. >> it has. and i. >> think the key question was how long, you know, did did donald trump take donald trump to get to this point? the president how many people knew that he was going to say this? from what we saw, it was clear that the president was kind of moving toward this all day, even before prime minister benjamin netanyahu even arrived here at the white house yesterday afternoon. now, as you said, donald trump, when he got up there on that podium behind that podium next to the prime minister, he said essentially that in his view, he thinks the war in the middle east should end with all of the men, women and children moving out of gaza and allowing the united states to, as you played, own it and turn it into a riviera of sorts. i want you to take a listen to more of how he framed this. >> it would be my hope that we could do something really nice, really good, where they wouldn't want to return. why

would they want to return? the place has been hell. it's been one of the meanest, one of the meanest, toughest places on earth. you take certain areas and you build really good quality housing. like a beautiful town. like someplace where they can live and not die. because gaza is a guarantee that they're going to end up dying. >> rebecca lobach. >> now, sarah, this is not just some off handed comment. we know that the president has used similar rhetoric in the past when referring to gaza and the gaza strip. however, he did go further with this, of course, yesterday than he has before. and not only is this an opposition to what u.s. presidents have said for decades now, but it also could threaten the very delicate deal that is still being worked out. and, of course, the cease fire agreement between israel and hamas. the other question, of course, is where would the 2 million, roughly 2 million gazans go if displaced? the president continues to say he thinks egypt and jordan should take some of

these people in and accept them. but of course, these countries, we've heard them repeatedly reject that notion. now, i do want to just get to a little bit of reaction. we heard some high officials in donald trump's cabinet defend him, including senator marco rubio. i want to read to you what he posted. he said, quote, gaza must be free from hamas. as potus shared today, the united states stands ready to lead and make gaza beautiful again. one pursuit is one of lasting peace in the region for all people. now, we also heard, though some skeptical as well, from both republicans and democrats on capitol hill. i want to read for you one of donald trump's top allies, lindsey graham. this is what he said. he told reporters, quote, we'll see what our arab friends say about that. i think most south carolinians, south carolinians would probably not be excited about sending americans to take over gaza. i think that might be problematic, but i'll keep an open mind. so of course we are waiting to hear more about kind of the fallout of some of these comments and

also further conversations, as the prime minister is, of course, still here in washington. and meeting with top trump administration officials. sarah. >> it is not lost on any of us that this is a president who said that he wanted to stop getting involved in what he calls endless wars. there is no other place on earth that has been so volatile and in such conflict for such a long time. so a real shocker to a lot of people. alayna treene, thank you so much for your reporting there, kate. >> let's get to reaction now. >> overseas, arab. >> leaders in the middle east are calling the president's proposal hard to grasp and digest. they're also warning of profound implications. that it could have on millions of palestinians, as. >> alaina was. >> just getting to already an estimated 90% of gaza residents have been displaced in this war. last week, one palestinian returning to gaza told cnn this, even if it was harder and more difficult than this, i want to live in gaza. cnn's jeremy diamond is in tel aviv, and there's a lot of reaction, i'm sure you are getting this morning. what more are you

hearing, jeremy? >> without a doubt, kate, there has been widespread criticism and condemnation of president trump's suggestion that the palestinians be forcibly displaced from the gaza strip. he is, of course, talking about moving more than 2 million palestinians who live in gaza forcibly outside of the gaza strip, and also suggesting that this would be a permanent move as the united states would seek to take over the gaza strip and turn it into some kind of real estate development. the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas, has now sounded off, saying, quote, we will not allow for the rights of our people, for which we have struggled for decades and made great sacrifices to achieve, to be infringed upon. these calls represent a serious violation of international law. the countries that president trump has said would take in these palestinian refugees, egypt and jordan. they have rejected these calls with the egyptian foreign ministry once again today making clear that egypt is opposed to this and wants to see gaza rebuilt. without this, relocating

palestinians outside of the gaza strip. and it's important to note that beyond, you know, this forced displacement that president trump is suggesting, what he also suggests effectively could close off the possibility of a palestinian state, at least in terms of the gaza strip. and yesterday, president trump was also talking about this notion of saudi arabia, israel normalization, and suggesting that he doesn't believe that saudi arabia actually needs to see palestinian statehood. but the saudi foreign ministry is rejecting that saying in a statement, quote, saudi arabia will continue its relentless efforts to establish an independent palestinian state with east jerusalem as its capital and will not establish diplomatic relations with israel. without that, the only people who are accepting president trump's statements so far in the region are far right. israeli politicians like itamar ben gvir, like the finance minister bezalel smotrich, who are all praising this idea because for months now they have been suggesting forcibly

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they have spent decades amassing a, a, a staff, a personnel, a workforce that is incredibly expert in what they do. the value of cia case officers and analysts is the depth of their knowledge on the targets that they track around the globe, whether those are foreign spies who are trying to steal our most sensitive information, or foreign terrorists who are trying to kill americans here and abroad, and to release those people to encourage them or badger them into leaving the agency in mass would create a significant drain of not just capacity, because of the numbers of folks that might go, but also deprive the agency and the country of the expertise and the unique perspective that these folks have because of the work that they've been doing. that is not a source that you can just tap in the private sector and bring people in. this is something that's built up over years and years of really hard

work, and it would be very, very damaging to the agency's ability to continue functioning at a high level. >> what does it do whether people take the buyout or not? what does it do to morale? what does it do to the ability to keep the united states safe today? and the same goes for the fbi, where there's all sorts of things going on with, with, you know, requests for resignations there and lists being handed over. what does that do to the security posture today? >> well, you know, it's it's really kind of the first step in this coercive process of trying to reduce the size of these different government agencies. right. it's an offered buyout, but it comes with the implicit threat that if you don't take this buyout after the offer is no longer on the table, you might be subject to termination. so even those people who take it, many of them, will do so out of fear, and that subjecting people to that sort of process on its face is wrong. but it

ultimately introduces these concepts of instability and insecurity, of your job, of your position that even for those people who remain in the organization, they will continue to do their work, but they'll do it constantly, looking over their shoulder, worrying about giving answers to people in power that they may not like because of the the, the focus and the scrutiny that providing, let's say, information or analysis on a critical national security threat that, you know, the president doesn't want to hear. there are many categories of information that fit that description. are those analysts whose raw and accurate and truthful. statements and documents are absolutely critical to protecting the country. how comfortable are they going to be even providing that sort of analysis and advice when they're constantly afraid that their job security, their income, their family's health insurance may be on the line? it

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head, and the fans are swarming the city these days. a new arrival in the mahomes household is providing a little extra motivation to the chiefs quarterback. cnn's coy wire is in new orleans, following all of the action for us. good morning to you. it looks like you may have had a fun night last night. i suspect. >> what are you trying to say? is my hair all messed up? sarah. >> what's going on here? good morning to you. listen. yes. one of the. >> biggest talking points around this. >> week and will. >> continue to be, is this. >> patrick mahomes? can he further his status towards becoming a goat? the greatest quarterback of all time. already five super bowls in seven seasons, three of them wins. he's not even 30 years old yet. he's doing a great job of kind of tamping down all those expectations that added significance and hype. but he did tell me yesterday that there is one thing bringing added motivation and significance to this game, and that's having his third child, newborn baby, at

home with his wife brittany. baby golden. he told me this will be her first ever football game, super bowl sunday. here he is talking about it. >> it's always. >> motivating whenever you have another baby. i mean, just because i want them to have the same experiences that the other two have and she's she's been amazing. she's been sleeping well. mom's been extremely happy and i'm excited for her to be able to, to come to. i think this would be her first football game at the super bowl, and hopefully we can get her a win. and if they will get a win, it will be a first ever three peat as champions. now, on the other side of the equation, the philadelphia eagles, their star running back saquon barkley has a very significant day as well. super bowl sunday is his birthday. he put together one of the greatest seasons we've ever seen from a running back. he's an mvp candidate, came just a few yards shy of breaking the all time single season rushing record. here he was talking about the added hype around this

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first group of migrants to guantanamo bay, cuba. a military flight landed yesterday. carrying what? homeland security. a homeland security official said, were ten migrants with criminal records. immigration advocates, though, quickly jumped to condemn the move and questioned its legality. cnn's priscilla alvarez, following this step. and it's a big one as it is the first flight that's landing in guantanamo bay. priscilla, does the administration this has to do with space. they say, what does this mean? >> well, capacity for immigration and. >> customs. >> enforcement is maxed out. they have had limited resources for some time now, and they just don't have enough detention space. but this is still an extraordinary move to send migrants on u.s. soil to guantanamo bay. and here's why. there is a base in guantanamo bay called the migrant operation center now that has been used in the past, actually for years, for those who are. interdicted at sea. so people who haven't reached u.s. soil yet, who are

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happen with some countries quite quickly, with others not as much. now, president trump did talk about this briefly in the oval office yesterday. here's what he had to say. >> there's a lot of space to accommodate a lot of people. yeah. so we're going to use it. >> can you talk. >> a little bit. we have it. it's already up. it's we have it for nothing. but we can do less expensive and even more secure. we've had other countries come to us saying we would love to do that. we would love to take your criminals and we'll maintain that. we'll, you know, we'll be there jail. and i'm only talking for the most severe cases. i'd love to get them out. along with the illegal migrants. the migrants are rough, but we have some bad ones, too. i'd like to get them out. >> now. the last part of his answer. there appeared to be a nod to an agreement that was struck with el salvador. el salvador had offered to take migrants with criminal records who may not be from el salvador, to house them in their jails.

there, they also floated the possibility of u.s. citizens. of course, that is a massive concern for legal experts, because you can't deport u.s. citizens. but that seems to be what the president was nodding to there, also saying that other countries have offered to take other nationals. but he did not elaborate on who exactly that is. certainly. however, kate, this is part of the grand strategy from the trump administration to try to find space in other places. >> priscilla, thank you for your reporting. as always, john. >> all right. new this morning, the u.s. postal service says it has suspended incoming packages from china and hong kong, threatening the business models of several online giants that rely on them to ship to their u.s. customers. cnn's matt egan is with us now. so the post office just like saying no to stuff from china in hong kong. >> yeah. >> that's right john. >> this is. >> obviously a really. >> big deal. >> and it shows the implications here of this rapidly moving us-china trade war. so last

night, the u.s. postal service said that effective immediately, they're going to stop accepting parcels from both china and from hong kong. they said that letters are fine but not packages. and they did not explain why they're doing this. cnn has reached out. they haven't provided any further information. but look, this came just hours after president trump's executive order on china. now, while most of the attention was focused on the tariffs and whether or not canada and mexico were going to get caught up in this trade war, spoiler alert. not yet right. what didn't get as much attention was the fact that trump was also closing this long standing loophole, right? it's called the day minimis exemption. it's been around since the 1930s, and essentially it lets cheaper goods come into the united states free of tariffs, free of fees and taxes. now, this threshold was at $200 back in 2016, but then it got increased significantly to $800. and what's happened is this has

allowed cheaper goods to flood into the united states, largely from china. right. there's federal data that shows that as of 2021, we had $45 billion of de minimis imports just from china alone. i think that charts really shows that one, most of this is coming from china and from hong kong, and it is growing rapidly. so when you combine these two things, right, the termination of this loophole plus this announcement from the u.s. postal service, it really does pose a significant threat to some of those e-commerce giants that have exploded in popularity. when you think about shein and temu, because obviously, if you take away that loophole, there's just not enough manpower to physically check all of these parcels and know whether or not they're under that threshold and whether or not you have to apply tariffs. so. >> so a great man just asked, you know, what happens to the socks i ordered from temu? >> yeah. well, i guess it depends on when you ordered them. but look, i mean, this is this is a big deal when you think about it. because there's two reasons why these platforms have just gotten so popular.

right? one, they're fast. two, they're cheap. but this trade war really undermines both of those things because at a minimum, it's going to take time to check these packages, but there's not enough people to do that. plus, you're going to have to apply tariffs. so this is really significant. and john i do think it just kind of shows how the trade war has expanded right. i mean first we're talking about tariffs. then we're taking away loopholes. yesterday google and the owner of calvin klein were caught up in investigations. so this is really moving very quickly. and you could see how this kind of thing could escalate. >> and how people could feel it very, very quickly. matt, thank you very much for that. sarah. >> all right. thank you, john. millions of federal employees who don't accept president trump's resignation offer could be fired as soon as tomorrow. administration officials tell cnn the layoffs are expected to begin soon after thursday's deadline. workers have until midnight to accept the terms, which elon musk says means they would be paid through september

30th. so far, at least 20,000 staffers have accepted the offer to resign, according to an administration official. that's just 1% of the roughly 2 million federal employees whose jobs are on the line. the white house has a target between 5 and 10%, or about 100 to 200,000 employees. several unions representing federal employees are seeking a temporary restraining order from a massachusetts district court to pause the looming deadline. this morning, we're getting a real time look at how this is playing out across dozens of departments. now. usaid ordered all staff around the world to be placed on administrative leave as of 11:59 p.m. this friday and ordered to return to the u.s., a statement posted on the agency's website ends with thank you for your service, john. >> all right. new this morning. swift rejection from around the world of president trump's proposal that the u.s. take ownership of gaza, that 2 million palestinians should be

removed. >> i envision a world people living there, the world's people. i think you'll make that into an international unbelievable place. i think the potential in the gaza strip is unbelievable. we have an opportunity to do something that could be phenomenal, and i don't want to be cute. i don't want to be a wise guy. but the riviera of the middle east, this could be something that could be so bad. this could be so magnificent. >> there we go. >> all right. with us now is senator chris van hollen, a democrat from maryland. senator, thanks so much. it's been a few hours. this has had a chance to settle in. so my question to you is, what now? what is the impact now of this proposal from the president? >> well. >> john, this is an insane proposal. and there's been a huge backlash already because the president of the united states was saying that. he would

use u.s. military. >> force, if necessary, to forcibly remove 2 million palestinians from gaza. that's ethnic cleansing by another name, so that it could be redeveloped. you've seen very quickly that our partners in the arab world have said this is a nonstarter. it's really a gift to our adversaries like iran, because this is just pouring gasoline on an already burning fire. >> there's a quote in axios this morning that comes from a longtime adviser to donald trump, and i think it's meant as praise. it says, quote, he's moving the goalposts of crazy. a longtime adviser told axios. this time around, he's not intimidated by headlines or pundits. he's going to throw out there whatever he feels like throwing out there. the idea being that maybe he's just shifting the parameters of discussions. what do you think of that?

>> well, what he's saying is dangerous because it will put u.s. interests in the middle east at risk. it could put u.s. embassy personnel at risk because while he can try and dress it up in nice language, he wants to provide a great life for palestinians. the idea that you're going to take 2 million people and send them out of gaza obviously doesn't accomplish that goal. so this is why you're seeing such an immediate and fast reaction from, for example, saudis, saudi arabia, who are very clear that they are still very focused on the long term resolution of the israeli-palestinian conflict, requiring that we have security, peace and self-determination for both peoples. and as they've said, that requires the establishment of a palestinian state and a two state solution. >> so this is a question that i think you face now for for two weeks, and i guess two days now,

almost every day. what are you going to do about this? what can you do about this? >> well, with respect to this proposal, you know, if the president really tried to use us, you know, forces the men and women of the u.s. military to take action to own gaza, then that would clearly trip the war powers requirement to send our our folks into conflict for that purpose. so with respect to that proposal, that would, i hope, generate an outcry. in fact, i have seen some of my republican colleagues in the senate say, you know, we don't think it's a great idea to send u.s. armed forces to gaza for this purpose. >> josh hawley, lindsey graham of both voiced some skepticism, and we're waiting for reaction from more. you are the. you were born overseas. the child of of of diplomats a little before

usaid was founded. but i know you saw usaid at work over the last several decades, and you've got strong feelings about this move from elon musk and the president to basically shut it down. >> i do, because aid is a very important instrument of u.s. national and security policy. so when the president is talking about shutting down aid, this is another case, john, where our adversaries are cheering, china is cheering, russia is cheering. in fact, one of putin's cronies tweeted out right away, you know, good work, elon, because they would like to see the united states retreat. these development programs are a tiny part of our budget. but if you ask anybody in the united states military, they will say that those investments are a force multiplier. and so this is another case where the president

is serving the interests of our adversaries, and they're doing it in an illegal manner. so you asked also what we could do in this case. there are lawsuits that were filed and successfully filed with temporary restraining orders when it came to the president's effort to withhold funding from our communities. you're also going to see lawsuits going forward on these other issues. courts are putting up a big red light to a lot of president trump's proposals. the key now will be whether or not he actually, um, actually, you know, supports and respects the court order. if if he doesn't, we're in a whole different world of of problems. >> by friday. it seems like all these people will be not showing up to work anymore. senator chris van hollen, thank you for your time this morning. appreciate it. sara. >> all right. thank you, john, how a senator who spent years pushing for vaccines ended up voting in support of vaccine clinic rfk jr.. s nomination to be the next health and human

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>> this morning. new radar data from reagan national airport is providing some critical information about the altitude of the army helicopter when it collided with the american eagle passenger jet. and the recovery operation is also making progress. the bodies of all 67 victims in that tragic midair disaster have now been removed from the potomac river, and crews continue to work to clear the mangled wreckage from that crash. cnn's pete muntean has more. here is the big new headline from the national transportation safety board. they were able to get new radar data that shows the radar scopes and the control tower here displayed the black. hawk helicopters altitude at 300ft. that is interesting because the altitude restriction. >> on the. >> helicopter corridor here. >> is. >> about 200ft. not a smoking gun, just another key piece of data. as this investigation is still in its infancy. the other big pieces of data are coming from the big parts in the

potomac river today. the salvage operation was able to recover not only major parts of the fuselage. also, most of the wings. and the ntsb says they now have most of the cockpit of american airlines flight 53. 42. that will all go to a hangar here at reagan national airport, where they will lay out those parts to continue this investigation. one update we were anticipating but did not get was about the black hawk black box recorder. it's a combined function. it's a data recorder and a voice recorder. the ntsb says it still needs more time to go through that before they pull out some bullet points. about what that data shows. the big thing investigators are underscoring right now, this investigation still is very early, and it is way too soon to draw any major conclusions. >> all right. on our radar for you this morning, the far right proud boys, some of whom took part in the january 6th insurrection, no longer own their trademarked name. a d.c.

judge ruled that it be handed over to the black church, that members of the group vandalized four years ago. the ruling means the organization must now get consent from the church to use the mark, or sell any merchandise that has the mark on it. it also means that any money the group makes through the trademark must be paid to the church to help satisfy a multimillion dollar default judgment owed to that church. all right. you know, you've noticed this egg prices are going up, and it might be driving some folks to some extreme measures. some thieves in pennsylvania managed to steal about 100,000 eggs from the back of a distribution trailer. that's about $40,000 worth at today's prices. of course, the egg industry facing challenges after an avian flu outbreak has killed millions of hens driving up those prices. and two people who were taken into custody tuesday after the fbi raided a

pawnshop in connection to that investigation into a number of high profile break ins, including the homes of cincinnati bengals quarterback joe burrow. two men were charged with conspiracy to receive stolen property, according to the u.s. attorney's office for the eastern district of new york. the men allegedly received stolen luxury items taken by south american gangs that operate across the united states. kate. >> as of this morning, 11 of president donald trump's cabinet nominees have been confirmed, and today, attorney general pam bondi. it's her first day on the job, confirmed by the senate last night. now, the nominations of two of the president's most controversial cabinet picks are now a big step closer to confirmation as well. tulsi gabbard and robert f kennedy jr.. they're now headed for final floor votes after their nominations were voted out of committee yesterday, with rfk jr.. the big question mark had been republican senator and physician bill cassidy. he ended up voting for rfk as the next hhs secretary and committee,

explaining his vote afterward on the senate floor. >> now, mr. kennedy and the administration reached out, seeking to reassure me regarding their commitment to protecting the public health benefit of vaccination. to this end, mr. kennedy and the administration committed that he and i would have an unprecedentedly close, collaborative working relationship if he is confirmed. these commitments, and my expectation that we can have a great working relationship to make america healthy again, is the basis. >> of. >> my support. >> joining me right now is doctor paul offit. he's the director of the vaccine education center at children's hospital of philadelphia. doctor offit, thanks for coming back in. you have been very clear about how dangerous you and so many other doctors and public health experts think rfk would be heading up america's public health agencies as this now

moves to a full, full, full senate vote likely next week. you call this a sad day for public health? why? >> well. >> i think it's sad. >> to me that. >> senator cassidy believes that robert f. kennedy jr. will be anybody other than what he's been for the last 20 years. i mean, rfk jr. has said he thinks no vaccine is a benefit. he thinks vaccines cause autism when he sees a parent carrying a child on a hiking trail or running path, he goes up to them and says, don't vaccinate your child. now he's reassured that rfk jr. is going to be somebody completely different than who he's been for the last 20 years. this is an anti-vaccine advocate and a science denialist who now is about to head the largest public health agency in the united states. i think it was a sad day for children in this country, as he appears to move forward into that position. >> senator cassidy cares deeply about and understands the value of vaccines and vaccinations. that was a huge part of the committee hearing and his

questioning of rfk, with cassidy saying he will support him because of commitments that he's received from rfk and things like saying he's committed to an unprecedentedly close, collaborative working relationship between him and rfk, is what rfk assures him. is that reassuring to you at all? should it be reassuring to anyone? >> no it's not. rfk jr.. misrepresents things all the time. and he lies. i mean, he he says, for example, during that hearing, when he's confronted with statements that he's made or confronted with things that he's written, he'll say, well, i never said that. i never wrote that. when in fact he did. and the evidence is there that he did. so he's willing to say whatever he needs to say to try and get this position. and i just am surprised that senator cassidy, who told a great story about how he took care of a patient, an adult patient who had hepatitis b virus associated cancer, liver cancer, and robert f kennedy jr. has said he doesn't think the hepatitis b vaccine works. and so he

confronted him with that. and so he he the stories he told were emotional and real and heartfelt, and he chose to believe that rfk jr. is not going to be the exact same person he's been for the last 20 years. and i just think it's a mistake. >> to anyone who would ask doctor offit, do you have an ax to grind? what is it? what do you have against rfk? you have talked to me about how you have been encountering and correcting the misinformation, countering the misinformation from rfk for, i think, more than two decades now. explain to people. >> no, my ax to grind is that i see myself as an advocate for children. i was in a polio at age five, and i remember that disease. i remember iron lungs. i remember children in traction screaming in pain when they would get these hot packed treatments. it was a dickens novel like experience. it was one visiting hour a week. it was awful. and so i saw children as vulnerable and helpless and alone. and i guess the statement

is, you know, the scars of your childhood invariably become the passions of your adulthood. so the passion of my adulthood is standing up for children. and i see rfk jr. as someone who does exactly the opposite. i think he will put children in harm's way unnecessarily by doing everything he can to destroy vaccine programs in this country. >> i have heard people ask, how much damage can one person really do? he would be the head of hhs. he would be the head of 13 different, very important agencies. but each of those will have its own leader who then answers to rfk. how much damage, how much influence could a secretary, rfk jr.. have? >> well, he he would be the person who would be distributing money from the vaccine for children's program, which purchases 55% roughly of all vaccines in this country. he would have influence over the vaccine injury compensation program. and here's a man who routinely sues pharmaceutical companies and who has that money

that he's he's he's gotten from those lawsuits being his primary source of income. he could rig the system. he could pull vaccines out of the vaccine injury compensation program and leave them open to the slings and arrows of civil litigation. he could change compensable injury list to make it more easy for his his personal injury lawyer friends to also cash in. i don't trust him for a second and all his actions over the past 20 years should make every senator who sat on that committee also not trust him. this is going to be hard to watch. i mean, some of his ideas about, you know, sort of processed food and eating better and trying to decrease the incidence of obesity and the consequences of obesity, like type two diabetes. great idea. there are a lot of people in this country that can do that. but with this man, you're getting the additional baggage of the fact that he is a virulent anti-vaccine activist who means it, he means it. and you're going to see you're going to see how much he means that soon. >> doctor paul offit, thank you so much for coming in. a new hour of