jha: yes. i'm very, very worried about this.ecretary kennedy said he was pro-vaccines, and yet his, short tenure as the health secretary of our country has not been reassuring. he has been incredibly i think the most generous thing we can say about the way he's talked about vaccines is that it's been confusing. but the bottom line here is, we need a secretary who's really committed to modern medicine and vaccines to keep americans safe. geoff: dr. ashish jha, always a pleasure to speak with you. thanks for making time for us. ♪ amna: january's wildfires in southern california killed at least 29 people and left thousands without homes, juggling insurance claims, and questions over whether to rebuild. another huge loss amid all the rubble, the legacy of historic buildings throughout los angeles county. senior arts correspondent jeffrey brown has this look for our arts and culture series, canvas. jeffrey: first, of course, come the individual lives, livelihoods and homes, an enormous devastation measured in thousands of very specif

doctor ashish jha weighs in on that, and new concerns over a measles outbreak and a little lol from snl. >> i can't believe this is the guy you've given access to the entire government. he's not an elected official. >> i know. >> you are, but what am i? >> i'm jonathan capehart, this is the sunday show. >> to be. >> or not to be. that is the question, wrote shakespeare and his tragedy hamlet. but if you're writing about the recurring tragedy that is washington budgeting, the question is more like, will there be or not be a government shutdown? and with just five days until the latest deadline, we have no idea how this is going to turn out. yesterday, house speaker mike johnson released the text of a continuing resolution that would fund the government through september. the cr would boost defense spending by $6 billion while reducing other spending, other programs by $13 billion under normal circumstances, with a 218 to 215 republican majority, speaker johnson can only lose one vote until and still pass legislation. but two lawmakers, congressman thomas massie of kentucky and congressma

ashish jha, dean of the brown university school of public health.sponse coordinator at the white house for former president joe biden. thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me back. geoff: it is easy to think of covid as something in the rearview that we moved beyond. 6500 americans died from covid since the start of the year. what bastions remain about the disease -- questions remain about the disease, the virus and treatment? >> we are in a better place than we were five years ago. while it continues to be around, the population is largely affected -- that is largely affected our elderly and immunocompromised who are not up-to-date on vaccines. we have a strategy how to manage the virus moving forward that is not disruptive and doesn't have to because serious illness and death. geoff: what about long covid? what progress has been made in treatment on that front? >> this is something we haven't made as much progress as we need to. let's talk about long covid. most people who have long-term effects of covid got infected relatively early in