we are all very grateful the nih allows investigatorsor to find most often backfilled the fund. so how concerned are you of the impact of this t pandemic and we worry about the young investigators during the pandemic. >> you bring up such an important point it is very troublesome to us because even prior to covid-19, we were concerned about the lack of consistency offending to the nih and those who rely on funding from institutions like the nih don't know what would happen in two or three years from nowpp particularly when they see their mentors being insecure then you superimpose that we have been fortunate enough with congress over the last several years, not counting this past year because money has been put in for special projects due to covid-19 they have been pretty generous they have been extraordinary with their generosity to the nih led by some real heroes on both sides in the senate and the house. now there is an interruption the only thing i can say to encourage the young people to hang in there and don't give up on what could be potentially and enriching career at th

, 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 awarded the presidential medal of freedom by president obama in 2005. doctor collins in this perilous year of the coronavirus pandemic in the historic effortsts undery to develop an effective vaccine we are honored to welcome you to the national press club and to say that our virtual podium is yours. >> thank you very much and it's a privilege to be your virtual newsmaker here today and it's a special year 2020 where everything is a little different than we thought it was going to be aur year ago, i'm speaking at my home office

we have this public-private cdc,ership with nih, fda, and a bunch of others. we are working in a way that never happened before. a partnership that would normally take two years to put together because i have done some of those. this was put together in two weeks. vaccines is what everybody wants to talk about and i get that. we want to put covid-19 in the rearview mirror. we have to come up with a way our population develops immunity, may be as many as 70% or 80% developing immunity would be enough for this virus to not be able to continue to replicate. it would start to fade away at that point. even in places like new york that had a lot of infection. maybe 20% have gotten immunity because of having recovered. that is not nearly enough. if we were going to get to 70% or 80%, it would be a vaccine. we knew that. vaccines have been such an incredible gift to humanity ever since smallpox was figured out. we have developed ways to do this in the course of the last few years that are much faster than we think, potentially much safer, than previous methods. on jan

institute, i had been an aids researcher before that, fundamentally a chief of a laboratory at the nih, doing clinical research on hiv. when i became the director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases. it became so clear to me that there were so many problems throughout the world that could be addressed both by science, science application, and good public health measures. i became totally committed to that. when you say what drives me, what is the driving force, it is the realization not only of the normative the problem that the fact we can do something about it. it is not an unsolvable series of problems. it is something we can do something about. the second part of your question, the role of government. government at its best can't be responsible for things that individual, private sector components would not be willing to take up. for example, in the united states, and it is not just confined to the united states, we have the realization that there are the need to develop interventions in the forms of vaccines and therapeutics for diseases that may not be th

while we are grateful the nih allows investigators to draw on their grants, we need to backfill those funds. i guess the question is, how concerned are you about the ,mpact of the pandemic on nih in relation to the advancement of young investigators? we worry about our young investigators more than ever during the pandemic. dr. fauci: you bring up such an important point that is very troublesome to us. as you know, even prior to covid-19, we were concerned about the lack of consistency of funding for the nih and young investigators who rely on funding for institutions like the nih, have an insecurity of knowing what is going to happen two to three years from now, particularly when they see their mentors being insecure about getting grants. we have been fortunate enough that congress, over the last several years, not counting this past year because it has been money put into special projects for covid-19, they have been generous with us, the congress has been extraordinary in their generosity to the nih, led by heroes on both sides of the aisle in the senate and house. but now, when yo

nih has whole program there. weise have developed -- we have developed way to new ways to get a test to find whether somebody is infected with this virus and those are many of them what you call point of care test where they can be done and a particular location where you want the answer right away. for instance, a nursing home where you want the staff to be tested before they start their shift to ensure that not brought this into that. so there's a lot happening in the testament and one of my hoped-for urgently needed efforts was to wider and wider asymptomatic test with point appear that gives you quick answer. we could get people isolate before the infected others. let me talk about treatment. you no doubt is seen in cases the president, the treatments were offered in the case of drug called rim does appear as a drug -- worked with the company gilead designed and carried out a very vigorous and early trial so that by may we knew that drug would provide benefits for people are quite sick with covid-19. just thi

what we are very grateful the nih allowed investigators to draw on this. be silly to backfill their fund funds. i guess the question is how concerned are you ono the impact of the pond them jim pandemic interning external? express -- especially young investigators, we worry about them during the pandemic. >> guest: you bring up such an important point, mackenzie, this very troublesome to us. you know with covid-19 we were concerned about the lack of consistency of funding for the nih and young investigators who rely on funding from institutions like the nih, haven't insecurity of not knowing what is going too happen two or three years from now. particularly when they see their mentors being insecure about getting rent. then you superimpose -- we've been suit with the congress of the last several years, not counting this past year because it has been money put into special projects for covid-19. they've been pretty generous with us. the congress has been extraordinary in theirs, generosity to the nih led by some real heroes on both sides of the aisle of the

likely it was founded from nih. quickly explain how that works. most of our budget, 82% of it goes out and grants across the country, they send out the best ideas. if they have the resources to support it, we put this in the process, the only still can fund out of five of the applications so that is the cream of the crop with the resources go out and make discoveries that are transforming our understanding of how life works and that is why this is such a remarkable moment, understanding things like how the brain works, what it means about alzheimer's disease and figuring out how you can read the instructions and individual cells, gene editing approaches like the one that won the disease like sickle-cell, there is a lot going on. being the worst global pandemic more than a century, our focus has turned very intensively to the effort to try to figure out how to get the best science diet stocks is therapeutics from vaccines. against the virus, coronavirus, this guy, which i show you a model of, circular little double here on the surface, the proteins

to the nih, demoted, ridiculed, as you said, disparaged in every way, called a deserter.y right there. i have more questions for you. i'll be asking more about the whistle-blower complaint and why bright says this winter could be the darkest winter in modern american history. stay with us. economics? algorithms? magic? turns out, it's you. doing your thing. dreaming dreams. building new worlds. it's why we built our workspace technology. to help you do your best work and to see what you can become. you're made for bigger things. and to see managing you're on it.es? staying fit and snacking light? yup, on it there too. you may think you're doing all you can to manage type 2 diabetes and heart disease... ...but could your medication do more to lower your heart risk? jardiance can reduce the risk of cardiovascular death for adults who also have known heart disease. so, it could help save your life from a heart attack or stroke. and it lowers a1c. jardiance can cause serious side effects including dehydration, ...genital yeast or urinary tract infections, and sudden kidney pr

these are career people from defense department from hhs and nih driving this. >> correct. it is white house oversight that i give no credit to. thank you and i yield back. >> gentlemen's time has expired. mr. raskin, you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, madam chair. sec. azar, tell me if you agree with the statement when younger healthier people get infected that is a good thing because that's exactly the way that population immunity develops. >> i don't want anyone to get infected, congressman. >> you disagree with that statement? >> i'm not a physician or an epidemiologist. >> you're the secretary of hhs. >> my mission is to keep people from getting infected with coronavirus as few as possible. >> the quote comes from scott atlas who was a top member of the white house coronavirus task force who has been promoting the ideology of herd immunity which seems to have affected the president who said on september 15 that the coronavirus will disappear even without a vaccine because people would develop quote, a herd mentality which is a telling freudian slip but

how the data about safety monitoring board, which nih is generally involved in for the trials, nih expertise, cdc expertise, and cdc drying in a whole set of independent exports -- experts on immunization practices, which will also provide our review of part of this well-established process. inis a system like no other the world. we are very lucky to have it in the united states. we are hearing internationally that russia has a vaccine they are ready to push , and china. tell me how their systems work in contrast hours? dr. mcclellan: -- contrast to ours. their processor not anything like ours. these large trials has to prove and demonstrate that the vaccine reduces the number if infections , it reduces severe infections, it has very large databases, tens of thousands of people have been followed after they get the vaccine, it has the fda on top of that, it has additional monitoring on the people who are first to get the vaccine, the first responders, health professionals, and others who are at big risk to getting it because of the ongoing pandemic. it's a system that is really setting the s

the trials and nih expertise, as you just mentioned.cdc expertise and cdc drawn in a whole of independent experts through their advisory committee on immunization practices which will also provide a review as part of this well-established process. it is a system like no other in the world and we are very o lucky to have it in the united states. >> we are hearing internationally that russia has a vaccine there ready to push out and china. tell me how their systemswork in contrast to ours . >> mister ranking member, in china and russia there are people getting vaccines now that have not been through anything like the process we've described . these large so-called phase 3 trials approved and demonstrated a vaccine reduces number of infections. it reduces severe infections, they have these very large databases, tens of thousands of people who've been followed after they get the vaccine that have the fda's authority on top of that to set up additional monitoring on the people who are first to get the vaccines. our first responders, our heal

the trials that are going on, especially the ones that are being held by the nih, are undergoing rigorous safety protocols. i think people should be more confident in the vaccine. we need at least 80 to 90% of the population to be vaccinated to have some sort of ending this pandemic, ending the transmission. >> it's not a matter of if but when there's a vaccine. if there's a vaccine, nobody takes it -- >> that could be problematic. we're already seeing governor cuomo outline a draft of how he would like the vaccine to roll out, starting with essential workers, health care workers and those that are high risk, then going to lower risk essential workers and then the general population. >>> coming up, the love story we all need to hear. >> how molly and ryan found each other while being treated for the same type of cancer and then fell in love. eing treated for the same type of cancer and then fell in love. dr. dto do a lot right now. that we're asking americans so we're asking everyone to be selfless for others so that we can protect those who are most susceptible to this virus. dr. jerome

to mention, the undermining of superb scientific agencies from the federal government, such as the nih, the cdc, even the fda. these are examples of where government does work and works rather well. and they have all been stymied. we have career scientists who have been overridden and stymied in a way that is not only inappropriate, it is actually quite dangerous. -- cheering]nd hello.en: thank you, thank you, thank you. it is great to be here. there is a reason why hv you posit are doing really well. they will do even at her. i tell you what stop -- what. you are making your family proud, ma'am. the speakersnk ahead of me. soon to be commissioner, jessica holmes, i know you are here somewhere. iste representative louis here. [honking] and a great coach. my granddaughter is with me today and went to a school coach lawson went to for little while in washington. she is recruiting some of the girls basketball team for my granddaughter went to school. a video you were were you made a competing inetween the heart of winning. hardalked about working and competing. everyone works hard but you

rather than trusting the nonpartisan expert at nih, cdc and fda he's putting politics before science. he said he will not recommend new yorkers get vaccinated until his team conducts a second review. that's going to lead to people dying. it's despicable. the fact is he has lost all credibility. the columbia university study also that if you can check them to return your 20,000 people be alive. doctor friedman said, former commissioner new york city health department, head of the cdc told the "new york times" that new york city death toll could of been reduced by 50-80% had social distance measures been a place a week or two earlier. trump even had to threaten a quarantine of new come rumor that? i do and has that. governor cuomo so badly botched the response. additionally his idiotic order sent covid positive patients back to the nursing homes against cms guidance likely contributed to thousands of elderly deaths in new york state. my fellow gop colleagues and i requested that the subcommittee investigate that. unfortunately no answer. they don't want to hold her fellow democrats acco

we work hard with nih and the public sector to come up with ways who get that sick. we just announced today a new trial, immunomodulators to help people who are the sickest to get dthrough that, but the best thing is to have fewer people falling ill. especially in the midwest like wisconsin and the dakotas and montana, it's really troubling to see how things are going up so steeply and we have a lot of work to do to get this turned around again. >> hard to believe the united states has had more confirmed coronavirus cases than any other country in the world. your colleague, dr. fauci, said it's not too late to turn things around with basic public health measures, without necessarily resorting to the kind of broad state orders we saw earlier in the pandemic but clearly americans have not universally embraced the basics, so why should we expect that to work now? >> let's step aside from political perspectives and look at the evidence. wearing a mask is the best way to keep yourself from transmitting this illness, even though you might not know you have it. you might to

statement or support from any of this kind of big organization of scientific world, including w.h.o., nihor others. and actually i got out -- misinformationot attacking me fm some scientists. >> tucker: yet. i just wanted that to be reallyt clear to our viewers, so what we are watching is the death of free inquiry, of science itself. we are not endorsing your findings, they are in the public for people to assess. they are in english, the papers are online and anybody can read them, rather than debate them, we are trying to squelch them and our scientific community isc standing back and watching it happen. you are a brave person, doctor, i appreciate you coming on the show and godspeed to your family and to you, i hope you're safe, thank you. >> thank you. i will publish the next scientific report very soon, thank you. >> tucker: good, and we will be watching. an update to a story we did in june, riders from black lives matter stormed onto mark and patriciaed mccloskey's propertyn st. louis. the rioters broke their gait and they say threatens their lives. there's a major development tonigh

has any group in the united states, scientific group, the so-called scientific community, nih, cdc, worldorganization, has anyone issued a statement in support of your right to present your research without being punished for it? >> first, i want to clarify that this time my mom get arrested is because i went to fox news last time and also your interview. they are angry. and the other thing is, for my publications, the first one, it was the next actually, already previewed by the people, the senior people in the top expert from u.s. government before published. [indiscernible] in a positive feedback but i didn't get the public statement supporting it from any kind of big organization of scientific work, including w.h.o., nih, cdc or others. and actually i got a lot of misinformation attacking me from some scientists. >> tucker: you. i just wanted that to be really clear to our viewers, so what we are watching is the death of free inquiry, of science itself. we are not endorsing her findings, they are in the public for people to assess. they are in english, they are online, anyone can read

february 202 2020 proposal 7 pet to the nih.me give credit to president trump for any of this of the achievements of the site is when he has cut the budget for most cuts year after year after year. sec. alex azar: president trump is the one who actually has backed this historic effort. it pains me that you denigrate the operation work speed and the efforts that are happening there. these are career people from hhs from nih driving this. >> that's right is the hot white house oversight they give no credit to . >> your time is expired. next. >> thank you very much manager. secretary, to me if you go with the statement. when helped him a people get infected, that is a good thing because that's exactly the way the population immunities develop. sec. alex azar: i don't want anyone to get infected congressman. >> 's you disagree with that statement . >> so what i'm not a physician on an epidemiologist. i'm going to tell you my mission is to keep people from getting infected with the coronavirus. >> so the quote comes from scott alice,

to even say how long because people look at me and say why is he still standing but i've been at the nihst 50 years and i think just the activity that's going on with covid-19, and what i've been doing with that, with my team, which is an amazing team here at nih, i think that's probably the thing that triggered it, but you know, john, it feels a little bit strange to be getting a recognition, when we're still in the middle of a really important historic battle, so although i'm pleased and humbled by the recognition, what i'm going to do in a couple minutes when we're finished here is to just get back to the compelling issues that we're dealing with, with covid-19. >> you have talked about what a difficult time, unprecedented time it has been to do this job. as a federal worker, as a government scientist, what pressures are you facing that you've never had to face before? >> well, i've been involved, as you probably know, john, in a number of very important outbreaks. i started off way back when i became director of the institute in the early 1980s, it was the very beginning of the hiv/a

really world-class scientists working in the private sector, working with nih to do what i think is an unbelievable job in bringing a vaccine forward in record time of the problem is that when i speak to people working on the clinical trials, they cannot give me a date. they don't know when a vaccine is going to be ready. there are processes for looking at the data. there are independent boards that are going to be different. what we all want is we all want a vaccine yesterday, but we want a vaccine that is going to be effective and we've got to let the science lay that process out, and it makes me very anxious when i hear ceo's of companies who technically don't have access to the data or political leaders who are picking specific dates and saying we will have a vaccine by a specific date. i know they don't know what they are talking about. but it makes the american people deeply concerned because they safeguardsall of the , and we all worry those will be undermined. what i've been asking is for politicians to basically be quiet, to knock it off, to stop talking about dates. let the s

places like the nih does that and i think your question of how you bring it all together is an important one. one of the things that asthe who moves forward as he said , there were things that were challenging and things that they did right. one of the places the who needs to continue to improve his the willingness to think about partners that are broader than governments that are those that mainly fund them although philanthropy also contributes, the bill and melinda gates foundation has historically also supported the world health organization and making sure it does have capacity to do things so i think what we need is we need places where those conversations can occur with the private sector, with philanthropy and with governments at the table important issues from vaccine. >> we seem to have lostsylvia for a moment . let's while we wait to get her back let's go to the next question. >> our next question will be from brad . >> thank you and i should maybe note that i'm with the gates foundation but my question was about financing and i was curious to hear your perspective on public f

and my mother was actually an adviser at nih. i remember, you know, this kid growing up in california, i would hear about this place called bethesda. i always knew mommy was going to bethesda. so this is perhaps personal for me in addition to being professional, which is we must trust the scientists. these are people who have dedicated their lives to this work. they could care less about who voted for who in the last election. they just want to focus on what is necessary to save lives and to help people and be relieved of pain. and so the first step is to trust them and to let them know we trust them and to leave them to do their work. leave them to guide our decisions and our policies when it comes to things like a pandemic. and joe and i feel strongly about it. remember, joe, even after the presidency when he was vice president with president barack obama, started this whole effort he referred to as the moonshot, right? joe cares deeply about science. i've sat in briefings with joe with worldwide experts on these issues, and he

fauci, the director of infectious diseases at the nih. dr. fauci, good to have you back. i do have to ask you about this trump campaign advertisement where you're on camera saying i can't imagine that anybody could be doing more, you quickly came out a with statement that noted that sentence had been take b out of context you were talking about the whole of government response not president trump you have never endorsed the presidential kachcandidate. should they take the ad down? >> i think so. i think it's really unfortunate and really disappointing that they did that. it's so clear i'm not a political person. i have never either directly or directly endorse d a candidate. to take it completely out of con text statement and put it in, which is obviously a political campaign ad, i thought was really very disappointing. >> what would you say if i told you i heard the trump campaign was preparing to do another ad featuring you? >> you know, that would be terrible. that would be outrageous if they do that. that might actually come become to backfire on them. i hope they don

nih director frances collins. i mean, that appears to be exactly what it is. but apparently the trump administration is now willing to admit to reporters this is what the trump administration is pursuing as national policy. this is what they want for it country. and you can see it in action. you don't necessarily just have to take their word for it, and you never should. they're not only admitting it, they're also showing you what they mean. they're demonstrating this principle at the president's events. at his no masks, everybody packed together events like the one he did last night in sanford, florida. he's been holding another one of these very similar events look at this tonight in pennsylvania. there's another one scheduled that'll be just like this tomorrow in iowa. the president has started bragging at these no social distancing, no mask events, that he's sure he's immune now from getting covid since he has had it. that's basically what they're promoting now for the country, everyone should get it. you should get it, it'll make you immune. this is what

birx, the hhs secretary, the cdc director, the head of nih, the head of the fda and president's doctor or the chief of staff, the national security advises, eye ivanka trump and more but they reviewed for join us today. the president's daughter-in-law is lara trump. president trump said yesterday that michigan governor gretchen whitmer needed to lift coronavirus restrictions and the crowd started chanting lock her up. take a listen. >> lock 'em all up. >> lock her up! >> i guess they said she was threatened. right? she said she was threatened. and she blamed me! >> this comes, of course, lara, 11 days after a dozen men were arrested in connection with the domestic terrorist plot to kidnap her. whitmer responded this kind of rhetoric puts her life in dangerous and needs to stop. i understand he disagrees with her policies to contain the virus. why does he continue to use such heightened rhetoric at a time when her life was literally in danger according to the fbi? >> well, thank goodness that she is okay and i want to say thank you, jake, for having me on. you listed all of the people y

and nbc news said today it received a statement from the nih including dr. fauc concluding with a high degree of confidence that the president is not shedding infectious virus lester >> geoff, thank you. >>> troubling new warning signs tonight about the pandemic and the number of cases rising in dozens of states some areas running low on icu beds as a drug company ceo discusses the timing of a vaccine our miguel almaguer has more. >> reporter: tonight as the troubling number of new covid infections soars across the nation, one third of our country is now reporting some of its highest case counts since the start of the pandemic. in oklahoma city, there are no open icu beds states like utah with a dangerously high positivity rate on the brink of crisis. >> utah's facing the most dire episode yet in this epidemic. >> reporter: with the number of americans hospitalized in midwest states like iowa hitting new records, the nation is set to soon break 8 million confirmed infections, the bill and melinda gates foundation has pledged $125 million to fight covid >> th

birx, the hhs secretary, the cdc director, the head of nih, the head of the fda, the president's doctorr the chief of staff, the national security adviser, the white house communications director, jared kushner, ivanka trump, the secretaries of state or treasury or defense, and on and on. the white house declined to make anyone from the trump administration available to answer questions about the pandemic today. joining us now to talk about the campaign for the president's campaign, senior adviser and the president's daughter-in-law lara trump. lara, thanks so much for joining us. let's talk about some campaign activities. president trump said yesterday that michigan governor gretchen whitmer needed to lift coronavirus restrictions and the crowd started chanting "lock her up." take a listen. >> lock them all up. >> and then i guess they said she was threatened, right? and she blamed me! >> this comes, of course, lara, just 11 days after more than a dozen men were arrested in connection with a domestic terrorist plot to kidnap her. whitmer responded that this kind of rhetoric puts her li

they recommended cdc and nih building evidence-based vaccine promotion and acceptance. emphasizedendation the need to engage with the community to understand the concern, develop appropriate messages, and identify appropriate messengers. more federal coordination reflecting our need for recommendations to be fully implement it and for the full potential of the covid-19 vaccination program to be realized. 2009, and every large public health emergency since then, cdc hosted media briefings and health care provider webinars to provide clear and consistent updates, guidance, and message is. betweend -- estimated $6 billion in a billion dollars are needed for vaccination efforts. without this coordination and support widespread vaccine hesitancy will continue. communities of color be disproportionately impacted by covid-19. next slide. although federal coordination and funding have been related to date, some has already happened. state health officials have begun this work. they submitted to cdc their immunization plan, which included the communication plan and the engagemen

fauci got words of support from his immediate boss, nih director frances collins, who called it heartbreaking that dr. fauci has received death threats and that the simple act of wearing a mask has become politicized. >> let's stop turning this into some kind of demonstration of how free or how macho we are. it's how we go about helping our neighbors. >> reporter: signs of the ongoing pandemic are everywhere. here a polling site in benton, county, arkansas, is sprayed with disinfectant. but it hasn't stopped people from turning out in record numbers. today, long lines of voters in green bay on the first day of early voting in wisconsin. vice president biden was off the campaign trail today, as he prepares for thursday's debate. in an effort to limit the kind of interruptions that dominated the last debate, this time the microphones will be muted, at least some of the time, when it is not the candidate's turn to answer questions. >> that got a lot of attention, so, let's get right to jon karl this evening. people talking about what's being called the mute button at the debate. i know the debat

. >> reporter: bright was the nih whistle-blower who says he was sidelined after raising concerns of hydroxychloroquine, a drug also touted by the president and given emergency approval the president called him disgruntled but published research later concluded the treatment wasn't effective and could be dangerous. doctors point out the president took several different medications so it's impossible to know what impact the antibody treatment may have had the stakes are high. stephanie landaverdi's grandfather died of covid just before the president's diagnosis. >> he felt that if the president isn't wearing a mask then we're fine you know he listened to him because he's our leader, right? he is our president. >> reporter: his family now in mourning, worried covid-19 victims are falling prey to politics kristen dahlgren, nbc news, new york. >>> in 60 seconds, making sure your vote counts, our in-depth look at key issues and potential problems as a record number of us vote by mail >>> now to our vote watch series and the questions on many peoples' minds why is mail-in voting considered

nih the scientists have been recognized for their break 3 with the nobel chemistry price. yeah i feel extremely new. to receive these ideas from cognition from sweden it's a great discovery and not very happy to be one of the 5 years. of cease discovery for. the 2 scientists figured out how bacteria defend themselves against invading viruses in the process they discovered that this natural mechanism can be used as a tool to modify d.n.a. . the result was the crisper cast in genomes that there's. a simple quick and precise tool to change the genome. here's how it works the sensors are actually a protein which is given a kind of search term for example e.g. seen in this simplified model our d.n.a. is made up of lots of different combinations of codes like these the says are proteins scans a copy of the d.n.a. and when it's very in the search word says are activated and they cut the section i . then a different section of d.n.a. can be inserted. what i think is is what is the most interesting and fascinating about this discovery is that you you dig into the nature and you try

important it is for us to work closely with health care authorities, whether it is the cdc, barda, nihagencies outside of the united states to follow appropriate protocols. secondly, it will take a lot of education. that is not only the responsibility of the pharmaceutical industry, but it will require the government, perhaps even businesses, other stakeholders to make sure that we are sharing the facts. i am cautiously optimistic that as we provide more data, more information, as people see the potential impact, positive impact this could have in terms of returning back to a more normal state in some way that people will find the comfort and confidence to have a vaccine, because ultimately it will be very important as we think about returning to a new kind of normal. david: the federal government has poured billions of dollars into getting a vaccine developed and provided you and other companies without money to help you facilitate the production. do you think the taxpayer should get a benefit by either getting very low cost vaccines or free vaccines? alex: i think it is in the best i

if you look at the nih's own treatment guidelines for the novel coronavirus, remdesivir of course iswith the most evidence behind it it has emergency use authorization. now the guidelines acknowledge that there had been limited supply of remdesivir and the recommendation right now is to use it in hospitalized patients. they say there's insufficient data on remdesivir in mild to moderate patients for them to make a recommendation. of course, as dr. gottleib said, the expectation for a drug to work the way remdesivir works would be successful when given earlier. this is the president of the united states. he's going to get the best care no matter what on top of that, just yesterday there was news remdesivir is no longer in limited supply it is, of course, likely the president could receive that drug in terms of other medicines that are available for the coronavirus, dexamethasone has been proven and that is specifically for patients who are on oxygen, who are in severe stages of the disease and not recommended for patients in the earlier course of the disease, mild to moderate patients

now hearing from the nih and from dr. anthony fauci whose name carries a lot of weight this is going to provide a lot of reassurance for people in contact with the president especially ahead of the town hall tonight that the original debate was scheduled to take place. >>> turning now to yet another setback in the against coronavirus, another set of clinical trials put on pause the latest an antibody treatment similar to the one used to treat the president. nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer has that story. good morning, miguel. >> good morning. drug maker eli lilly says it's pausing enrollment on the experimental covid-19 antibody treatments now at the critical phase three stage of the process. it's the latest obstacle in the development to race to find a vaccine or treatment for covid-19 as much of the nation is facing a new surge of infections >> reporter: this morning on hold, eli lilly's antibody treatment for hospitalized patients has now been paused because of a potential safety concern. the company says th

initially considered it as an option earlier nih the scouts the issue with a panel of experts. herd immunity is it really such a bad idea i think it is really a bad idea one of the primary reason is that we don't really know a lot about this why this humanity against 4 lives is not long lasting the mexico what we can expect as we year so this means that we have to go through this process over and probably will be very costly and probably optical that gets the basic idea that we that we hoping to achieve some level of immunity within the population indeed the herd level of immunity is just how do we get the do we get the through a vaccine or do we get the true through natural infection and what's going to be what's going to cause least to us society's overall they w.h.o. it hasn't been perhaps as clear as it could have been particularly this week it also said that locked islands are bad are they contradicting themselves how do you see this this advice a lot of the information that's coming from governments and from world health organizations and agencies are are really confusing

any nih the scientists have been recognized for their brief 3 with the nobel chemistry prize. yes feeding the extra meaning you know. to receive these ideas from cognition. from sweet and easy it's a great discovery had not been very happy to be won over the years. of cease discovering. the 2 scientists figure dietary bacteria defend themselves against invading viruses in the process they discovered that this natural mechanism can be used as a tool to modify d.n.a. . the result was the crisper cast genome says there's. a simple quick and precise tool to change the genome. here's how it works the sensors are actually a protein which is given a kind of search term for example e.g. seen. in this simplified model our d.n.a. is made up of lots of different combinations of codes like these this is your protein scans a copy of the d.n.a. and when it's found the search word says are activated and they cut the section i. then a different section of d.n.a. can be inserted. what i think is what is the most interesting in fascinating about this discovery is that you you dig into the natur

the trials that are going on, especially the ones that are being held by the nih, are undergoing rigorousafety protocols, so i think people should be more confident in the vaccine. we need at least 80% to 90% of the population to be vaccinated to have some sort of, you know, ending this pandemic, ending the transmissibility. >> our thanks there to dr. imran ali. >>> the world series got under way last night at the first neutral site in series history. the dodgers beat the rays. games are being played in arlington, texas, due to the pandemic. game two tonight. >>> prince william's bizarre visit to kfc. >>> but first nasa does something in space that it's never done before. at chick-fil-a carraway village, we always look forward to seeing ellie. nick, also. ha-ha-ha! ellie just gets excited and bolts right towards them. she loves to come and get the bag, and trots right back to nick. we never even had to ask them to hand her the bag, the team members just automatically knew to do it. it was just that little thing, that level of customer service that kind of blew my mind. we're just really g