modernize the stockpile. >> narrator: nicole lurie was in charge of preparedness and response at the department of health and human services the wake of h1n1, she tried to do something about the dire situation. >> how can we make a better ventilator? how can we make it cheaper? and how, then how can we have enough? and so we contracted with a couple of different companies to make those ventilators. >> narrator: the final contract in 2014 went to a company called philips respironics. the plan at the time washey cou0 machines to the stockpile by mid 2019. >> ultimately, that ventilator t approved for use by the fda. it was small. it was nimble. it was notve. and there was a contract to procure those for the strategic nation stockpile. >> linderman: so philips delivered on their contract? >> no. >> narrator: hhs didn't actually order the ventilators until september 2019, and thenave philips more time to deliver. the delays have sparked questions in light of the coronavirus pandemic. when we spoke to congressman raja krishnamoorthi this past summer, he was leading an investigation into the philips deal. >> although philips had

and we are losing that natural social distancing that happens from being out of doors, people are getting tired. >> reporter: meanwhile, democrats calling on the trumpet medication to take action. demanding the department of health and human services release $9 billion in funding for covid-19 testing and tracing programs. despite the federal government cannot and must not repeat the covid-19 mistakes of the last few months. >> reporter: all this while many states are taking the uptick seriously. with new york in lamenting a micro cluster strategy this fall. >> we are now going to analyze it on the block by block level. >> reporter: melissa rainey, kpix5. >>> an individual who lives in the same vatican building as the pope has tested positive for covid-19. that resident is reportedly a systematic, and is currently in isolation. the vatican says the health of the pope and all other residents are being monitored closely. pope francis, who had one lung removed during a previous illness is tested regularly for covid-19. he had a normal schedule this weekend, including an address to a large group of italian police. >>> a new covid-19 testing option for people who don't like getting their noses swabbed. researchers are trying out a new o

according to an internal memo from the department of health and human services, icu beds are 80% full. in 1/4 of u.s. hospitals. the midwest is still the nation's epicenter for this outbreak. >>> on the campaign 2020 a live look at the sales force tower in san francisco, the top is lit up for election season with one word, vote. kpix 5 shows us what to expect when bay area voting centers open tomorrow morning. betty? >> levi stadium is one of nearly 100 full service centers that will open tomorrow morning through election day. all ready this county has seen record early voting numbers. at the registrar of voters in san jose, this evening car after car dropped off bags of ballots collected from drop off boxes across the county. it was buzzing with activity. kenny garrison decided to vote early for the first time to avoid any hiccups on election day. >> i've always vote richmond the day of. i get up early. i voted in every election since i was 18. so it's important to me. but today wasn't that bad. i really did appreciate having a little bit of flexibility. >> by this time in 2016, the

city ministration just in the last week or 2 of stories of the spokesman for the department of health and human services michael computer 0 and his aides basically challenging scientists and the chief regulators in america responsible for public health at the centers for disease control and other places and challenging them for their public health counseling advice and saying that they were inconsistent with the president's much rosier message about really that this time of cobe it was benign that it was not that serious. the u.s. house of representatives as poss the democrats' $2.00 trillion dollar coated 19 relief bill and now moves to the u.s. senate where is unlikely to pass as republicans oppose it politicians have disagreed about the size and scope of the relief package for months 207000 people have died in the u.s. since the pandemic began armenia says its defense forces have shot down 4 hostile drones that appeared and it says space near the capital yerevan it comes as the conflict between as a judge by john and armenia over the disputed nagorno-karabakh reason continues for a 5th day the drones

this it ministration just in the last week or 2 of stories of the spokesman for the department of health and human services michael computer oh and his aides basically challenging scientists and the chief regulators in america responsible for public health at the centers for disease control and other places and challenging them for their public health counseling advice and saying that they were inconsistent with the president's much rosier message about really that this time of kobe it was benign that it was not that serious i mean it says its defense policy is a shutdown for 'd hostile drawings that are paid and it's has a place near the capitol yerevan it comes as the complex plane as advice on a menial over the disputed nagano how to block region continues for a 5th day that joins a spot it into problems is bordering the capital witnesses in yerevan reported seeing glowing objects in the sky. meanwhile have been reports of an armenian drone being shot down by forces and. was broadcast by turkish t.v. on thursday the flare up in fighting this week is the deadliest in decades and there are allegations mer

this it ministration just in the last week or 2 of stories of the spokesman for the department of health and human services michael computer oh and his aides basically challenging scientists and the chief regulators in america responsible for public health at the centers for disease control and other places and challenging them for their public health counseling advice and saying that they were inconsistent with the president's much rosier message about really that this time of cope it was benign that it was not that serious and so you're absolutely right i don't know how the white house can not now finally after it's hit so close to the president doesn't have to do a complete back flip and really reverse course in its messaging to the nation maybe this ends up being a good thing let's talk about that backflip that they might potentially do the democrats polished a $2.00 trillion dollar coronavirus aid package a stimulus package for the economy it's likely that the republicans are going to reject it when it gets to the senate do you think that might change now. look i don't know what the tolerance level is

former senior official with the old department of health and human services. ntlemen, good evening and welcome to you both. mr. gibbs, i'm psyched to hear that normal life is coming back. i would like to hear a target date on that. but the waiting is over. where do you put this race as f 11:25:50 on wednesday night? >> i think it's very different than 2016. biden is a popular candidate. his favorability is positive. donald trump is battling a negative job approval. and quite frankly, it's joe biden's race to control at this point. there are a lot of states that he's added into play. places like georgia and texas and iowa and ohio, which were not really on the map just a few months ago are now places that are not only on the map, but are seeing visits by the former vice president. so if you look at this race, it is joe biden's to lose right now. i think he's in the lead. and i think you're going to see a pretty confident campaign over the next few days working hard to get its vote out and make sure they don't have any problems with mail-in ballots or surprises w

of that party, and some 270 people were put under quarantine. >>> i'm bian-- the state's department of health and human services reported 26 new outbreaks mondayh 12 schools and colleges, the largest at kalamazoo college. in total, more than 80 schools across the state are currently experience been outbreaks. an emergency order went into effect last week, requiring all k through 12 schools to report new cases one 24 hours. governor whitmer reminding residence, quote, if we drop our guard, we're going to see community spread. we're already seeing that a bit. >>> it is the top of the hour. i'm brianna keilar, we're seeing a disturbing trend. no states are trending in the right, as 36 states records surges of new case. the nation has reported nearly 8 million total infections, more than 216,000 people hav

committed to doing with public schools around the nation in partnership with the department of health and human servicesnd i believe if the data from the early examples comes back successful as we hoped when expected in america should commit itself to making sure every american child more or less gets a chance to go to school next semester. neil: i want to talk about the recent report you have on widespread cave 12 opening schools, the upside of this report is testing this key the approach that is priority for rockefeller and when you look at countries like new zealand, south korea, germany, they were able to keep their economy in schools open because of the very strong widespread rapid testing plan but when it comes to schools, we know affordable testing is a challenge, how can you make it easier for schools to do the testing so they can reopen? >> first, you are absolutely right, testing is only way out if we are going to reopen schools next semester beyond the mask wearing and social distancing i just described, you're also right to point out the nations that have done this successfully have made las

department of health and human services reported 26 new outbreaks monday in both k through 12 schools and colleges, the largest at kalamazoo college. in total, more than 80 schools across the state are currently experience been outbreaks. an emergency order went into effect last week, requiring all k through 12 schools to report new cases one 24 hours. governor whitmer reminding residence, quote, if we drop our guard, we're going to see community spread. we're already seeing that a bit. >>> it is the top of the hour. i'm brianna keilar, we're seeing a disturbing trend. no states are trending in the right, as 36 states records surges of new case. the nation has reported nearly 8 million total infections, more than 216,000 people have lost their lives to coronavirus. hospitalizations are also climbing nationwide, as are the percentages of people testing positive. despite this, the president is describing a rosy state of play that simply doesn't exist. >> we'll beat this virus and we'll eradicate this pest lens and all of the things that happened to our country, our lives and our planet,

this is in keeping with what the department of health and human services said. be enough vaccine starting with the most vulnerable by the end of january and enough doses for every american who wants to get vaccinated by april. the race comes as infection rates are reaching new highs across the country especially rural areas that were previously spared. >> it's very clear in the data we are in the third wave. number of cases are exceeding the number of cases in the past. >> nevada, washington, oregon and washington state will have experts review any vaccine before it's given in their states. critics say that will slow things down but governors say it will make sure that vaccine are released on science and not politic political deadlines. >> dana: thank you very much. thanks for joining us. i am dana perino. see you on "the five." bill hemmer. >> bill: got it all. thanks. see you later today. rock 'n roll here we go. i am bill hemmer. fox news alert, president trump in the first of two rallies today. this is crunch time and every stop matters. later he hits the tow

say though this as a whole of america approach, and we will exceed because of the unparalleled expertise of health and human services scientists and logisticians, department of defense planning and logistics capability as well as american industry ingenuity and innovation from the academia. it's this collective effort that will really ensure we are successful in our end-state, and i'm proud to be a part of it. i would like you to think of it this way. the world's best scientists and doctors working beside the world's best military with the support of american industry and academia, that is operation warp speed. and we really proud to be working together as a collective team to drive towards a solution of safe and effective vaccine for the american people. and i am very confident that we are going to be successful to this end. and today we would like to talk to you a little bit about our approach and where we are at in this herculean task that we've been working on for the last four to five months, and we are really just at the brink of finally seeing the fruits of our labor. so more to follow from the but i took it back over to you, generals for. >> -- to

you're also accusing alex azar, secretary of the department of health and human services, of a cover-upst that he knew about the plans for this? >> well, this particular campaign of television advertisements was essentially supposed to start in the run-up to the re-election which, as you know, is happening next tuesday. we, early on, working with jim clyburn and carolyn maloney of the oversight committee brought this to alex azar's attention very early on in september and basically demand documents from him related to this particular contract. he refused to comply to those requests for documents. instead we had to go to the contractors to get these very documents and now we know why secretary azar did not produce the documents, because they have such inappropriate material in them that i don't think they wanted to turn those over to us. >> so this was $250 million for an ad campaign. you said it was out of a specific budget for educational campaigns for the public, right? this money could not have been used for testing or contact tracing? it was designated for this. was it ever used? th

and will not be asked about immigration status. this as the trump administration says it is ramping up the distribution of rapid coronavirus testing. the department of health and human services said that states are on track to receive close to 37 million tests by the end of the week. for a full list of all the testing sites across the bay area head to the website. >>> back to school for nearly a thousand students in san rafael. that's after they all got tested. now seven elementary schools will open for in person learning. the city district plans to launch a hybrid learning and transitional kindergarten through 2nd grade. third through 5th will launch the same plan. >>> a lot of people are blasting the state's guidelines for celebrating thanksgiving during coronavirus. the state is telling people to eat those thanksgiving meals outside. no more than three households should be present and no longer than two hours. >>> new this morning florida's strike teams made a surprise visit to the theme parks near orlando yesterday. the inspectors did see some guests not heeding the face mask rules but park employees work to enforce them. the fun spot theme park was listed as noncomplian

according to the department of health and human services assistant secretary preparedness and response. the administration is quote accelerating production of safe and effective vaccines to ensure delivery starting in january of 2021. and quote doctor fauci says that timeframe seems accurate. >>we can make a reasonable projection that we will know. by some time in november and december whether we have a safe and effective vaccine by the time we get to the end of the year the beginning of 2021. we will likely be able to start vaccinating people we'll be able to vaccinate everybody in the united states. but you could start vaccinating people like health care workers who need vaccine because they're putting themselves in harm's way by taking care of sick people as well as people who are vulnerable to the deleterious affects of infection like people with underlying conditions. the elderly et cetera. >>asked if he would be confident enough in the vaccine too get a shot in january fauci said if it's available. yes, i will. >>definitely. that whole week leading up to. giving birth a. emotiona

tests, the state deemed to be inaccurate the decision coming up to the united states department of health and human servicesent a letter to state officials threatening swift action if the border was not returned and over 100 protesters rallying outside of the texas governor abbotts home in austin they are upset about his handling of the pandemic including his mask mandate and the shutdown of the state's economy. jon: live from atlanta. thank you. a private security guard is in police custody accusing the death of a man and dueling protest in downtown denver yesterday 30-year-old matthew is being held on suspicion of first-degree murder, he has not been formally charged yet, he was hired by a local tv station to protect staff who were covering the protest, christina coleman is live in los angeles with the latest on that. >> he was taken into custody immediately after the shooting, he was working as a private security guard for a denver tv station at the time, it's a fairly common practice for tv stations to hire security when they're covering events with the potential for violence. police have not confirmed

just this last week we at the biotechnology innovation organization called on the department of health and human services to release this guidance. why are we delays information that could help manufacturing es speed the the development of a vaccine at this crucial time. >> you wrote a letter on thursday to secretary azar about this, because you were expressing the concern that reg lay lay people like me that have concerns. i got my yellow card of vaccinations, i get everything they tell me to get. this would be the first time in history i start calling people like you when they come out with a vaccine and say, should i take this? >> and that's a shame. this is undergoing more scrutiny and more consideration than any vaccine development program and it's going quickly, question. i under the people has given some people cause for concern. the people is because so many scientists have pivoted to work on this problem and find a solution. just since january we track all of the development programs globally, and our industry has started over 180 programs just focused on trying to develop a new vaccine. luckily

for blowing the whistle on president trump's promotion of untested drugs for covid-19 and nepotism in the department of health and human services. in an amended whistleblower complaint, dr. rick bright says he'd been assigned no meaningful work in over a month because of political grudges. mimike pence and kamala harrrrie seset to square off ththis eveng in a vice presidential debate, despitite concerns that pence my be infecteted with the coronavirus. pence's team says the vice president continues to test negative and claims he doesn't need to quarantine since his recent contacts with the president and other infected government officials weren't close contact as defined by the cdc. on tuesday, pence's team dropped its opposition to a having a plexiglas barrier erected next to him at tonight's debate. earlier this week, pence's s top aidede katie miller mocked kamaa harris for trying to build a fortress around herself by demanding a plexiglas shield. katie miller's husband, stephen miller, has since tested positive for the coronavirus. meanwhile, president trump tweeted from the white house tuesday that he looks forward to deba

department of health and human services, the fbi and dhs actually issued a 15 page intelligence productreal actionable intelligence that health care facilities should undertake immediately. small and large. and what they did, they highlighted the fact that the reason why they published the report is because they were worried about these ransom ware attacks targeting health care facilities leading into the election. and they had every reason to be concerned about that. wh in 2016 when i was with the fbi, these attacks are exactly what we were concerned about. fast forward to today, not only are we seeing ransomware attacks targeting hospitals during a global pandemic, but also a 20-year-old kid who is doing exactly what the senate intel report highlighted a few years back. it said that russia was exploiting the seams of our electoral infrastructure. that is exactly what this 20-year-old kid did. he didn't hack into the vote erd base in the twra digraditional . he exploited the seams of the system and changed the information. this 20-year-old kids was able to do it quickly and easily from

. >>> according to the internal memo from the department of health and human services, icu beds are in use it full and in the midwest that is the nation epicenter for the outbreak. >>> anyone living, working our learning at any university of california campus has been ordered to get a flu shot by tomorrow. the uc president michael drake made the announcement in an executive order. those with medical disability or religious accommodations can request an exemption. >>> the state has a new weapon to coronavirus, and governor newsom toured the 100 may dollar facility and took a test himself. the new lab in los angeles county is said to not only increase capacity for testing but driving down the cost from $150 to $30 and it is expected to speed up testing results times. >>> on a different note, the hollywood icon sean connery died at the age of 90. he was of course famous for the role as james bond, and the first to bring the world to the big screen. the scottish actor had a long career and awarded an oscar, two bafta and golden globe awards and celebrated his 90th birthday in august . >>>

the state's department of health and human services reported 26 new outbreaks on monday in k-12 schoolsat kalamazoo college. 21 reported cases. in total, more than 80 schools are reportedly experiencing outbreaks. governor gretchen whitmer saying, quote, if we drop our guard, we're going to see a community spread and we're already seeing that a bit. >>> i'm erica hill in new york. for the first time in its 178 year history the new york philharmonic is canceling its entire season. that goes through june of 2021 noting mandatory city and state health guidelines make indoor concerts basically impossible. they're calling the health and financial challenges profound and said the cancellation itself is dreadful. >> just something, isn't it. >>> 15 new countries have been elected to the u.n. human rights council. several of them are accused human rights abusers including china, cuba, pakistan, uzbekistan. this is responsible for the promotion and protection of the human rights around the world. trump pulled the you saunited s out of it. >>> concata ferrell has died. her career spanned five dec

of the public servants, attorneys and investigators and support staff from the commercial litigation branch and consumer protection french -- protection branch. federal bureau of investigation, the department of health and human are services, personnel of management on these matters to achieve these tremendous results. i would like to give a special shout out to the efforts of my two deputies. thank you. ok. at this juncture, what we do is open it up for questions. will call on folks as needed, but i will try to mediate. whenever the questions are ready. >> we will know big and the question-and-answer session. task a question, you may ask star then one on your touchstone phone -- touch tone phone. to withdraw your question, please press star, then two. we asked you limit yourself to one question. we will pause momentarily to assemble the roster. our first question today will come from susanna with politico. please go ahead. a two-part question. the first was timing wise, when did doj start this probe into peru -- into purdue? could describe the timing of that. you have any response? i know last week, 25 state attorneys general rejected the idea of a public benefit company with some criticism of taxpayers being a part of t

. >>> "the wall street journal" reports the department of health and human services is dropping a holidayign that would have offered santa claus performers along with mrs. claus and elf performers. the campaign was to cost $250 million. but we hear everything else at the north pole is still on track. >>> trending there morning in case you need a monday reminder halloween is this saturday. maybe a little more concerning with your candy buying and trick-or-treating mostly on hold. the "l.a. times" is releasing the annual power rankings to help you out. top of the list, reese's peanut butter cups. second is kit kat followed by butterfinger. twix is in fourth place. the "today" show has been doing their own as well. a job with some amazing perks. >> you have to see this. a u.p.s. driver in new orleans on his rounds makes it a point to snap selfies with pets. he started about two years ago. this is so cute. he started taking pictures every friday. now it's gone viral. he says he gets thousands of likes on instagram. i just followed him myself because i could use a little dose of that on my fri

the reality of the situation is, just like we saw and i reported in my book, within the department of homeland security, just like we saw within the department of health and human serviceshappening. at the very least, they raised jerks about this and trump appointed political officials, pushed it through and it's the same exact story in the department of justice, and that's what this draft inspector general report reveals. >> and is it -- was it just for punishment? did they just see this as punishment and deterrence, we'll punish these families by taking their kids and more people will know that that's what america does and they won't send -- they won't come here? >> that's what this report makes crystal clear, but i don't think it was a surprise to any of us there at the time. manuel padilla said as much to me at the height of the policy. >> serge thank you so much for being here and welcome to the show. >> thank you. >> the united states is no longer part of the u.n. human rights council. the trump administration pulled us out of it in 2018. we're not a part of that. the u.s. is also not a part of the international criminal court. however, this is considered torture,

of health or nih a part of the u.s. department of health and human services is our nation's medical research agency, the largest public funder of biomedical research in the world investing more than $32 billion a year to enhance life and reduce illness in disability it comprises 27 different components each with its own specific research agenda often focusing on diseases or body systems, all but three of the components receive their funding directly from congress. the office of the director is a central office responsible for setting policy for nih and for planning, managing and coordinating the programs and activities of all of the nih components, and 2009 doctor francis columns was appointed by former president barack obama to serve as the 16th director of nih and he was selected by president trump to continue in that position in the current administration, doctor collins is a physician geneticist noted for his landmark discoveries of disease genes, he served as director of the national human genome research institute at nih in 1993 through 2008 where he led the international human genome project for his efforts he was awa

exchange they would have had early access to a vaccine before the general public but the department of health and human servicesan is going to be scrapped. >> the advice is be creative. there's no such thing as zero risk today. according to the cdc virtual events or events done at your home with the people with whom you live are the safest thing this year unfortunately. >> coming up at 7:00 on "gma," more tips on how you can enjoy halloween and do it safely this weekend. >>> well, you could create a very 2020 costume like this dad did. i didn't know what i was seeing when i first looked at this. after looking at it more closely, i finally get it. so we're seeing his actual daughter in the center screen. that is her real face. she's holding a big board and all of the other items are pictures that are showing her dressed up in various halloween costumes. it's a zoom costume. one box is even reserved for the so-called next victim. so if someone gets close enough to her, they're going to appear in the box thanks to an ipad she has with a front-facing camera, which is taped to the board. >> because you can see him t

i've got a department of health and human services that has additional orders. use every power to keep people safe but these efforts and actions from the white house undermine all of that work happening across the country. >> just curious, as we all remember four years ago, then candidate trump carried your state of michigan. it was a big surprise as we all remember. how does it look right now from your perspective? >> well, we're seeing incredible turnout when it comes to people that have requested absentee ballots have have already turned them back in. in michigan you can show up today and vote in person. that's a tool that was not available to us just four years ago. i really believe we are going to see an unprecedented historic turnout. when the president won by less than 11,000 votes, two years later i won by more than 400,000. this increased turnout gives me lots of reasons to feel optimistic. however, we can't take anything for granted as we learned four years ago. >> that's absolutely true. governor, as usual, thank you so much for joining us. we apprecia

rockefeller has committed to do with public nation, inund the partnership with the department of health and human servicesckieve if the data comes as successful as we expect it to, america should commit itself to make sure every child gets a chance to go to school next semester. >> i want to talk about this recent report you have on widespread k-12 reopening. the upside of this report is that testing is key. is an approach that is priority for rockefeller. when you look at new zealand and germany, they were able to keep their economies and schools open because of strong widespread rapid testing. when it comes to schools, we know affordable testing is a challenge. how can you make it easier for schools to do the testing so that they can reopen? >> you are right. testing is the only way out if we are going to reopen next semester, beyond ask wearing and social distancing. you are also right that nations that have done this successfully have made broad, ubiquitous, and fast results testing free and accessible to all. america has not been one of those nations. actionsud some of the that -- has taken in terms

joining us now for more perspective's former chief medical officer with the department of health and human services and a professor at stanford school of medicine. dr. singh good to have you on here this afternoon as we watch these remarkable events unfolding in washington, d.c. president trump airlifted to walter reed medical center just minutes ago here. the white house saying this is done out of an you, anything about the seriousness of his condition? >> so of course if president is infected which he is, that in and of itself is serious, and all precautions should be taken. i agree with that, i was there as a medical student at walter reed and had a teaching appointment there and i know that the medicine is excellent, something that we need to ensure that the president gets. we also know today that he received a regeneron cocteau and all of these provisions are being done for the president and they are absolutely necessary given the gravity of the situation. >> but if the president is at the white house and is doing relatively well, his symptoms described by white house officials as being mild w

of more than 200 billion synthetic rubber gloves needed for health care workers on the front lines. the government accountability office's director of health care tells nbc news her team pressed the pentagon, the department of health and human servicesma over the summer about what they were doing to secure more equipment and even recommended the federal government come up with a plan. no such plan materialized. hhs set a goal to have on hand a 90-day supply in the stockpile or 4.5 billion gloves. but as of this week, it only had 2 million, according to department officials. the department estimates the current demand to be at 8.7 billion per month, or 104 billion gloves per year. yikes. >>> meanwhile, the final debate between republican senator david perdue of georgia and his democratic challenger, jon ossoff, has been called off. ossoff tweeted last night that perdue canceled the event. the news came one day after the two faced off in a second fiery debate. a spokesman for senator perdue confirms that he did cancel the event but says it's because president trump will be in georgia campaigning and perdue intends to be by his side. on wednesday night, ossoff repeatedly attacked perdue for his response to the coronavirus pandemic in t

of the nation, health experts are concerned. abc news reporter karina mitchell has more. >> reporter: cases in the u.s. have increased by double digits this week according to an internal memo from the department of health and human servicesise. more than 218,000 americans dead from the virus. including 51-year-old veteran and ems first responder jerry jones. one day earlier his 41-year-old sister also lost her life to covid-19. >> i had to call jerry's mom and tell her that her child didn't make it after the day before she had gotten the phone call about her daughter not making it. two blows, two devastating blows. those were their only children. >> but new hope in the race for a vaccine this week, pfizer saying they could have one ready for emergency authorization after the third week of november. in the meantime experts are warning we need to think twice about family gatherings. dr. anthony fauci speaking at the johns hopkins university health policy forum yesterday. >> we're going to start doing a lot of things more indoors, rather than outdoors. >> at least 38 states battling a rise in cases, 39 with an increase in hospitalizations. yesterday former new jersey governor chris christie urgedeers to wear a mask after he

exchange they would have had early access to a vaccine before the general public but the department of health and human services said the plan is going to be scrapped. >> santa's vip. >> it's tough to talk about santa on the news. i prefer not to. >> okay. let's talk to mike. hi, mike. >> hi. we'll diverge from that subject for now and talk about the weather once again. we're looking from sutro tower, clear conditions out there. our fire danger is highest right now through about 11:00. then we'll move it out of the lower elevations and put it back up in the higher elevations where it's going to remain through at least 5:00 tomorrow afternoon. calmer and much cooler nights ahead. not necessarily tonight but watch out wednesday and thursday morning. temperatures in the 30s and 40s everybody where. no tricks, all treats this weekend. it looks like a nice weekend. the last couple of halloweens we had the threat of wet weather. not in this case. that's a positive byproduct of what we're dealing with. look how progressive this jet stream is, going from honolulu up to nearly the arctic circle, but once it gets up ther

department of health and human services, more than 130 people overdose on opioids every day. 130 a dayy good? for more on that we're joined by robert field, the professor of law and public health at drexel university in philadelphia. professor field, welcome to the program. >> thanks. happy to be here. >> explain the settlement to us. how does it work? >> the biggest part of the settlement is a lot of money. $8.3 billion sounds like a lot to most of us. most of that goes towards criminal and civil penalties for the company, that it broke the law and committed some pretty serious crimes. the question then is what do we do with the company? we have a company that's a criminal, they've done some horrible things but we still need their product at least to some extent for legitimate uses and also to help wean people off their addiction. the idea is to restructure into a public company to help we dues the opioid epidemic. >> how unprecedented is this? i thought that pharmaceutical companies were supposed to be working in the public interests anyway, healing people and not helping kill them.

he was demoted because of a whistle-blower complaint alleging nepotism within the department of health and human services cnbc has reached out to the hhs but has not yet heard back. >>> breaking records, at gulf states prepare for hurricane delta. this will could mark the first time in our recorded history that ten named storms hit the u.s. in one season >>> a hurricane is going to strike the state of louisiana. >> delta is a major storm and getting stronger, barreling towards the gulf tonight the target area, and can the gulf south survive another devastating hurricane? covid in the classroom how parents are coping with school closures as america's largest cities struggle to stay one step ahead of covid-19. >> all of a sudden people say i've got to upgrade my home and the floodgates kind of open. >> construction companies struggle to keep utyy 65 >>> a disaster is brewing, a major category 4 storm and that one is named delta of the right now it's churning towards the yucatan peninsula and the western tip of cuba. then it's projected to head into the gulf of mexico before targeting the battered northern

of the nation, health experts are concerned. abc news reporter karina mitchell has more. >> reporter: cases in the u.s. have increased by double digits this week according to an internal memo from the department of health and human servicesbtained by abc news. deaths also on the rise. more than 218,000 americans dead from the virus. including 51-year-old veteran and ems first responder jerry jones. one day earlier his 41-year-old sister also lost her life to covid-19. >> i had to call jerry's mom and tell her that her child didn't make it after the day before she had gotten the phone call about her daughter not making it. two blows, two devastating blows. those were their only children. >> but new hope in the race for a vaccine this week, pfizer saying they could have one ready for emergency authorization after the third week of november. in the meantime health experts are warning we need to think twice about family gatherings. dr. anthony fauci speaking at the johns hopkins university health policy forum yesterday. >> we're going to start doing a lot of things more indoors, rather than outdoors. >> reporter: at least 38 states battling a rise in cases, 39 with an increase in hospitalizations. yesterday former new jersey

of the country, health experts are concerned. abc news reporter karina mitchell has more. >> reporter: cases in the u.s. have increased by double digits this week according to an internal memo from the department of health and human servicesbtained by abc news. deaths also on the rise. more than 218,000 americans dead from the virus. including 51-year-old veteran and ems first responder jerry jones. one day earlier his 41-year-old sister also lost her life to covid-19. >> i had to call jerry's mom and tell her that her child didn't make it after the day before she had gotten the phone call about her daughter not making it. two blows, two devastating blows. those were their only children. >> reporter: but new hope in the race for a vaccine this week, pfizer saying they could have one ready for emergency authorization after the third week of november. in the meantime experts are warning we need to think twice about family gatherings. dr. anthony fauci speaking at the johns hopkins university health policy forum yesterday. >> we're going to start doing a lot of things more indoors, rather than outdoors. >> reporter: at least 38 states battling a rise in cases, 39 with an increase in hospitalizations. yesterday former new jer

secretary, the website of the department of health and human services states this mission, and i'm quoting here, is to enhance the health and well-being of all samaritans by providing the executive health and human services and by fostering sound sustained advances in the sciences underlying medicine, public health and social services. i endorse this mission. they must use sound science and sound science alone to enhance americans health and well-being. do you, mr. secretary, believe that you and other political appointees in this administration have fulfilled this mission during this pandemic? >> i do believe so, yes. i have stood up for science data evidence. these doctors have become household names. they have made direct access to the american people in ways that have never been done before to ensure right out of the scientists mouth the best information that they have. we have made sure that they have access to the president. a multitude of the best. i ensure that. i do not like to meet with the president without one of those top scientists being there or all of them being there. i tr

. >>> the department of health and human services has apparently scrapped a $250 million public service campaign that would have santa performers promote the benefits of a covid-19 vaccine in exchange for early access. this is according to "the wall street journal." it reports that an hhs assistant secretary came up with a plan to include santa, mrs. claus and elf performers. the chairman of the fraternal order of real bearded santas testified at an hhs meeting, urging early vaccinations for the performers. well, drew, what do you think about that? early access. >> wait, i'm confused. explain this to me again. >> it sounds like they would have been part of this promotional campaign, ho ho ho, you know, and then -- >> uh-huh. >> then they would get early access to the vaccines. >> am i the only one that did not understand this? i'm having a hard time figuring out -- >> i'm still stuck on the fact that there is a fraternal order of real bearded santas. >> right. there is just so much in that topic that i'm very confused as to what they were going to do. i'm so sorry. >> we can -- we can m

the department of health and human services is dropping a a holiday ad campaign that would have offeredlaus performers along with mrs. claus and elf performers early access to the vaccine in exchange for promoting the benefits to the public [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that was their plan? [ laughter ] mall santas? yeah, 'cause before making any important medical decisions, i wanna hear what a drifter with whiskey breath has to say. [ laughter ] seriously, nothing says trustworthy quite like a man sitting outside a hot topic, asking you to sit on his lap [ laughter ] have you ever seen a mall santa? coronavirus is like tenth on the list of things they need vaccines for [ laughter ] speaking of the holidays, halloween is almost here and last night, the trumps hosted trick-or-treaters at the white house where they were greeted by two kids who dressed up like them look that. well, at least one trump is wearing a mask [ laughter ] but this was crazy at one point, trump fled to his bunker when he saw a little girl dressed as lesley stahl [ laughter ] yup, this halloween party was a little differen

of essential medical items and investments to pass the expansion for the medical industry. the following initial investments for the apartment in coordination with the department of health and human services or hhs and the federal emergency management agency or fema leveraged defense production act bpa title iii funds to mitigate adverse covid impacts. dod continued to provide vital contracting support to expand domestic productions of medical resources leveraging hhs funding that congress had provided for a purpose. of the nearly $658 million dod has invested in expanding medical resources and capacity $213 million comes from dca title iii funds, 427.5 million comes from hhs cares act funding and 17.6 million comes from the healthcare enhancement act. dod has obligated $6.57 billion for the federal covid-19 effort and just over 62% of these obligations have gone to small businesses $4.07 billion. over 75% of the dod small business spending has been obligated in the medical category, including: jugs of biologicals, surgical instruments, equipment and supplies, hospital and surgical clothing, related special-purpose items, and other products for items. congress appropriated $1 billion for

is the highest the country has seen since july 30th, and according to an internal department of health and human services memo obtained by abc news, 24% of hospitals across the country have more than 80% of their icu beds filled. that is a critical marker. abc's trevor ault is outside a hospital here in new york city with the latest. good morning to you, trevor. >> reporter: well, eva, good morning. the u.s. has now hit 8 million confirmed cases of covid-19 but even more concerning than the magnitude of that number is that once again the spread of this virus appears to be intensifying across huge sections of the united states. this morning, america's healthcare workers sounding the alarm as coronavirus cases surge across the u.s. >> there's a huge disconnect i think with what the community thinks is happening and what we see happening in the hospital. >> reporter: this week, 11 states hit new record high case totals, 13 hit record hospitalizations. two hit record deaths. in wisconsin, now averaging more than 3,000 cases a day broke records in all three categories. >> particularly in our rural areas in no