. >> barbara is next out of deerfield beach, florida. good morning. democrat. >> caller: good morning. my name is barbara. today is my birthday. >> happy birthday, barbara. >> caller: i'm 193. i was 14 for pearl harbor day. i was having a birthday party. we didn't know what pearl harbor was. and then we were at war for almost four years. and it was terrible. but we pulled through and we're stronger today. but of course in those days we didn't have social security, we didn't -- >> we take you live now to remarks by president-elect joe biden. he'll introduce his picks for a number of health-related positions in his administration, including xavier becerra to serve as health and human services secretary. you're watching live coverage on c-span3. >> good afternoon. today i'm very proud to be announcing our health care and covid team at a critical time as we near the end of one of the toughest years we faced as a nation. more than 285,000 dead americans because of covid-19 and counting. last week, covid-19 was the number one cause of death in america. for

host: michael from deerfield beach, florida. caller: good morning. this is a matter of trust. i can't believe i'm saying this myself and i'm sure the rest of the country has the same feeling. i can't believe medical doctors don't have our trust. there are a lot of people who don't work for government and have a strong background in a technical field. the reason we are terrified of the cdc is some of the things that happened. like in florida we downplayed surveillance, we downplayed masks. my question for you, to bring that trust back it looks like the government is literally doubling down on herd immunity. down here it looks like they are playing with our numbers. my question for you is to fix this even a layperson knows that humans herd immunity in is the very definition of genocide. we know that. it is the dictionary definition. it is not a gray area whatsoever. if you apply natural herd immunity to the human population you are without any doubt committing a crime against humanity and genocide. science,t bad is mass murder and you are calling it bad science? that terrifies t

host: barbara is next out of deerfield beach, florida, democrat. caller: good morning.ventura.bara host: happy birthday, barbara. was 14 onam 93 and i pearl harbor day so many years ago. i was having a birthday party and we didn't know what pearl harbor was, we didn't know it was part of the united states. then we were at war for almost four years. it was terrible. through and we are stronger today. days, we, in those didn't have social security, we didn't have unemployment haveance, we didn't anything. we are so much better off today. that.e to be happy about let's hope the pandemic goes away and we will all be safe and happy again. host: can we ask you a couple of questions? caller: guest: i want to know how you're being safe in the pandemic but my mother is 90 and she likes to go out to places to eat. outsideom you cannot be without a mask and she's doing that stuff she is a psychologist and she's being patient. people at that age, people don't want to be super isolated and it's challenging. alsoant to be safe but you want to feel connected to the people you love whe

. >> from deerfield beach -- >> in new jersey - >> a happy, healthy holiday. >> hi, savannah.rprise. >> hi. >> nice to have you with us. it's friday. we got here. craig has the morning off. hanukkah began last month. we're two weeks to christmas celebration season in high gear. >> we are something we're so excited about. we were looking at those long food bank lines. a lot of people are desperate this holiday season. we thought this would be a perfect time do something about it so many people are impacted in so many ways >> so many people are watching and thinking what can i do we're trying to zero in on that, whether it's the hardship of losing a job, food insecurity. nearly 50 million people are facing this year, and people do want to help especially our "today" show viewers. we want to step up we want to help, and we want to help you do so, too. >> here it comes next week on "today's" season of giving, we're teaming up with feeding america to help make a difference since the start of the pandemic, that incredible organization has distributed more than 4 billion with a "b" m

host: hubert, deerfield beach, florida, independent line. caller: good morning.indiscernible] i have always voted democrat. i believe the democrat offers a lot more to the american people. [indiscernible] i wasn't able to contribute anymore. i tried on many occasions. i was not able to do so. [indiscernible] time and wente down there to see if i could reestablish contact with them. unfortunately, because of covid, the office was closed. i am a composer. support ofong in president-elect joe biden and the vp, kamala harris. i would like to start a contribution. host: we don't have time for the song but we haven't talked about the incoming administration. what are some early things he would like to see the administration tackle? guest: i am hopeful the administration will address the covid pandemic and get us through this moment by having a coordinated, national response to the pandemic. when i worked at dod, i worked on pandemics. we were preparing for the avian flu. we dodged the bullet at the time. i know how important it is to having a governmental approach in c

host: michael from deerfield beach, florida. caller: good morning. this is a matter of trust. can't believe i'm saying this myself and i'm sure the rest of the country has the same feeling. i can't believe medical doctors don't have our trust. there are a lot of people who don't work for government and have a strong background in a technical field. the reason we are terrified of the cdc is some of the things that happened. like in florida we downplayed surveillance, we downplayed masks. my question for you, to bring that trust back it looks like the government is literally doubling down on herd immunity. down here it looks like they are playing with our numbers. my question for you is to fix this even a layperson knows that humans herd immunity in is the very definition of genocide. we know that. it is the dictionary definition. it is not a gray area whatsoever. if you apply natural herd immunity to the human population you are without any doubt committing a crime against humanity and genocide. science,t bad is mass murder and you are calling it bad science? that terrifies tho

. >> barbara is next out of deerfield beach, florida. good morning. democrat. >> caller: good morning. my name is barbara. today is my birthday. >> happy birthday, barbara. >> caller: i'm 193. i was 14 for pearl harbor day. i was having a birthday party. we didn't know what pearl harbor was. and then we were at war for almost four years. and it was terrible. but we pulled through and we're stronger today. but of course in those days we didn't