. >> now health and human services secretary xavier becerra on steps the biden administration is taking to address health care challenges that were exposed by the covid-19 pandemic. he spoke any healthcare conference hosted by families u.s.a. >> and, of course, we are thrilled to have you alongside us. indulging saying a little more about your amazing record. you have been a longtime friend, al and champion and submit for partners that are here today. you've had the privilege of working with you as a member of congress, as an attorney general of california, to pass implement and defend affordable care act. when as helping more than decade ago i member several trips across the rotunda to meet with you or your senior staff, and you truly were here for so many of us. as age of california you weren't one of the most active, use the power of attorney general to take on healthcare industry abuses. most notably the price gouging by -- now i secretary of hhs you have been so busy already fighting hard to lever the powers come for example, couple days ago you announced a really important in agen

. >> health & human services secretary xavier becerra on steps the biden administration is taking to face health care challenges that were exposed by the covid-19 pandemic. he speaks at a conference posted by families usa. >> secretary becerra, we are thrilled to have you beside us. indulge me to say more, you have been a longtime friend and champion of so many of our partners. we have had a privilege of working with you as a member of congress, as attorney general of california, to pass the affordable care act. more than a decade ago, i remember several trips to california to meet with you or your senior staff. and you were heroes for so many of us. in california, you used the power as attorney general to take on health care industry cases, notably price gouging by the sutter health monopoly. and as secretary now, you are so busy already fighting hard to leverage the power of the department to protect this. a couple days ago, you announced an important enter agency effort and millions of dollars to support reproductive rights as we watch roe v. wade. the unfairness of health care mo

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. >> now health and human services secretary xavier becerra on steps the biden administration is taking to address health care challenges that were exposed by the covid-19 pandemic. he spoke any healthcare conference hosted

tim johns stopped by several spots in san francisco to show us xavier becerra preparing. reporter: both fans -- we are so excited. -- both fans -- >> we are so excited. reporter: expecting his bard to be standing room only for most of the day. >> we are making sure that we have enough inventory, enough chicken wings. >> it was a similar story at harry's bar. >> but i did was for tomorrow's game, i rented additional chairs. reporter: covid safety wrter: co the mind of many of the establishment. >> we sanitize the menus after every use. >> i>> i>> i>> i>> i>> i>> i>> i make up some of the loss from the pandemic. >> the 49ers definitely helped. reporter: everybody is confident that the niners will bring home a win. >> we we we we we we we for a win. liz: retiring after seven championships. that is according to espn. brady's father has told organizations that his son has not yet made a decision about his future. espn reports that the quarterback east his decision on his health and his family. he is a graduate. he will always be a legend in the bay area. >> savor this moment.

. >> health & human services secretary xavier becerra on steps the biden administration is taking toace health care challenges that were exposed by the covid-19 pandemic. he speaks at a conference posted by families usa. >>

maria: i want to get to the letter you sent about to xavier becerra in a moment.other day that representatives on the floor of the house were getting masks made by china. i want to get your take on this whole chinese component here, because the ccp has made it very clear it wants to overtake the united states as the number one superpower. we know all the circumstantial evidence points to a lab leak out of wuhan, and yet joe biden has yet to raise any of this with xi jinping. four phone calls with the leader of the chinese communist party, xi jinping. >> yeah. no, i think, again, just another example of just how weak this administration is. and contrast it to president trump. president trump was the first president to truly stand up to china, to take the fight to china and say we're not going to tolerate all the things you're doing in international trade. we're going to stand up and project strength from the oval office. and then now you have joe biden where we get masks from china, and you -- i would go back to early on in the administration when our secretary of

senators burr and blunt roach to hhs secretary xavier becerra demanding answers. bret? >> bret: jacqui heinrich live at the white house covered in white snow, thanks. the holiday nightmare at america's airports bleeding into the new year. for the second day in a row more than 2700 domestic flights have been canceled. omicron surge and winter weather fueling the chaos. senior national correspondent rich edson at arlington national airport in arlington virginia. good evening, rich. >> good evening, bret. this was the worst of it. 85% of the flights scheduled from reagan international airport today never left. that's because what you have had is early wet snow blanketing the area. it was a mess even getting to the airport. from here the roads were a total mess, closing schools, ernment offices. red flight boards greeted hopeful travelers here at national airport. many left without boarding a flight costing them more time and money. >> that's more money they have spent, more unnecessary money. and it's just a lot. it's a lot going on. people having confusion over here. work

one year in, he's not fixed the supply chain crisis, and he did not save christmasment xavier becerrad the former attorney general of california. he got driver's licenses for illegals in that state. despite being in charge of fighting the pandemic, he's nowhere to be seen. he has yet to appear at a white house covid event. i would call that awol, incompetence. but don't expect anyone to be fired. if you dismiss an official who can tick an identity box, you diss voters who share that identity. so whatever the political gain from identity, biden is locked into incompetence. the president is also playing identity at the federal reserve. he's nominated two women and an african-american man all in the interests of guesserty. one of -- diversity. one of the women, sarah bloom raskin, wants to stop capital -- money -- flowing to oil and natural gas companies. that has already produced surging price inflation. identity is helping politicize the fed. that's not good. identity and diversity are political constructs. they don't deliver good, competent government. second hour of "varney" just get

xavier becerra, health and human services, in charge of the fight against covid. these folks had been in the trump cabinet -- [laughter] it's laughable, they wouldn't have lasted a week, much less a year. this president never fires anyone. that's one of the reasons his first year has been a actually your. he tolerate -- has been a failure. he tolerates incompetence. second hour of "varney" just getting warmed up. ♪ ♪ stuart: all right. liz peek back with us this wednesday morning. what are you expecting from president biden's first press conference in months? >> well, i would love to see him be asked some real questions, stuart. it's unlikely, but you can never give up hope that the mainstream media's going to actually ask things that voters care about like why is there a vaccine mandate that is driving labor shortages when we know that vaccines don't protect us against the transmission of the disease? if or how about why oppose voter ids when almost everyone in the country thinks it's a great idea including african-americans? or why is the georgia law, the voting

i can't pin that on xavier becerra.at the governor is pushing. the assembly democrats are actually pushing universal health care in california and doubling our taxes to do that. so p gavin newsom is calling this an incrementalal approach. i don't think it's very incremental. it's obviously going to encourage illegal immigration into our state. and to your prior question, it is already legal in my city here in san francisco for illegal aliens to vote in the school board election if they have a school-aged child, and san jose is proposing voting for noncitizens as well. really what this boils down to, stuart, is there are some cities and municipalities in california and in other states like we just saw in new york where supposedly it's not against the city charter to do this. it may be against state law. it's not against federal law either, so this is something that republicans need to look at on a national level. stuart: this is why we have an open border, i believe. harmeet dhillon, thank you very much for joining us. >

host: health and human services secretary xavier becerra. did you feel them during the pandemic? we're asking you this morning your experience with healthcare during the pandemic. here's how we've divided the lines regionally this morning. so dial in, eastern and central part of the country, mountain/pacific. you can also text to 202-748-8003. we'll take some of those texts and your tweets with the handle, @cspanwj or go to facebook.com/cspan. another issue is telehealth. that became a bigger issue during the pandemic. here's a headline from the "new york times." telehealth became a lifeline for older americans, but it still has glitches. the commerce committee last fall held a hearing on expanding telehealth. we want to show you a portion of that hearing. here's republican senator john thune. as a resident of a rural state, i've long been a proponent of telehealth. if you live in a major city, you usually don't have to think too much about where you'll find a doctor if you need one. that's not always the case for americans in rural areas. the smallest towns in america access to

host: health and human services secretary xavier becerra. did you feel them during the pandemic? we're asking you this morning your experience with healthcare during the pandemic. here's how we've divided the lines regionally this morning. so dial in, eastern and central part of the country, mountain/pacific. you can also text to 202-748-8003. we'll take some of those texts and your tweets with the handle, @cspanwj or go to facebook.com/cspan. another issue is telehealth. that became a bigger issue during the pandemic. here's a headline from the "new york times." telehealth became a lifeline for older americans, but it still has glitches. the commerce committee last fall held a hearing on expanding telehealth. we want to show you a portion of that hearing. here's republican senator john thune. as a resident of a rural state, i've long been a proponent of telehealth. if you live in a major city, you usually don't have to think too much about where you'll find a doctor if you need one. that's not always the case for americans in rural areas. the smallest towns in america access to