mark: last time i checked we have the military in afghanistan and iraq, the military in africa southeast asiaf these places last time i checked are not majority white and the fact is, there is a fable, fiction, a big lie told about this country and the united states military and what we are about and what we do. we'll be right back. ♪♪ welcome to fox news live, i am jon scott. search and rescue operations suspended of the collapsed condo building in surfside, florida and demolition workers have begun boring holes in the building for explosives. demolition work could begin as early as tomorrow due to increasing concern the rest of the structure could collapse on it own in the winds of tropical storm elsa. two more bodies were part of the rubble today bringing the number of confirmed deaths to 24. earlier today tropical storm elsa raced through her baiters as a hurricane damage in homes, gripping down trees and power lines. it is a little more than 100 miles from haiti, sustained winds down to 70 miles an hour. tropical storm watches and warnings are in cuba and florida he is. back now to life,

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africa, southeast asia, and so on. this is a challenge but so far, we have really mitigated those.ly, with the demand, which is really strong, a challenge to face. anna: how much can you mitigate those higher raw material costs? how much can you hedge them of those 12,000 products? how much have you built up inventory? gilles: it is not something we hedge. you can't really hedge raw materials increase. we have faced sharp increases in the past after the big rebound in 2010 after the financial crisis. there was a 15% increase. we had another sharp increase in 2017-2018. in both cases, we worked to pass over to them the increase of raw materials. we have in a way pricing our company means to work with our plans to mitigate the increase in costs. this is something we have done already twice in the past 10 years. anna: there has been talked during the pandemic of trying to adopt healthier diets. how much have you been working with clients to try to make their labels and products healthier? gilles: this is something, in the first place, the whole positioning. we talk about creating for

southeast asia is at an interesting point. it has the lowest rate of vaccination, which is about 9% of the population. among any region in the world except for africawever, southeast asia has the wherewithal, has the resources, the fiscal resources and the operational capability, to increase vaccination rates very quickly. singapore, which is the most prosperous of the southeast asian countries, it's possible that the vaccination rate could be over two thirds of the population by national day. rishaad: so, why are these countries not getting their act together? nirgunan: it is a combination of a number of reasons. one is that the initial -- they lacked the initial operational capacity to roll out the vaccination. however, we must look beyond the current headlines and look at what the situation might be in about 90 days. if you go back 90 days, in the it was at the cusp of a very strong upsurge in the virus outbreak. there was a catastrophic situation in india. today, the situation india is relatively superior to what it was three month ago. hence, we could see an improvement in the situation in southeast asia if we see vaccination rates increase, w

but how many countries can you talk in that fashion, in africa, in latin america, in southeast asia? what i'm wondering is, because you said "we are at the mercy of the international community," so i wonder, do you come to a country like the uk and think that they are being merciful or merciless? may ijust speak as it is? if we were able to produce our own vaccines, if we were able to do stuff, you know, in a global village where everyone is dependent on everyone else, using that word does not mean that somebody is "merciless". itjust means that we need to have equitable distribution, we need to have access. we cannot wait until uk vaccinates all of its population and then say, well, then, the vaccines can be made available to other countries. when nobody�*s safe, nobody will be safe. but the uk is doing that. so, i wonder what you're saying or plan on saying to your hosts while you're here. well, we are grateful for, for example, we have astrazeneca vaccines that we've begun to distribute, and just three days ago we had another lot come into the country. and so we are thankful for w

the cato institute a few months ago and show some countries like albania but in north africa the least and southeast asia there are several that have a huge problem with the religious and liberalism. about a two dozen countries today have blasphemy laws which means if someone says something offensive against the prophet mohammed or others even just illegitimately, he or she may have pinned up in prison for years. unfortunately this happens quite often in pakistan. in a dozen countries there are laws that mean if the muslim publicly gives up the fate to become a christian or atheist or some other conviction he or she may be failed and give a death penalty. it works in another way we have seen in the past several decades in some muslim countries, islamic regimes and so-called. muslim scholars are intellectuals who just have reformist views about islam and can be condemn although they are believers. who condemns them, some groups so they can be targeted, executed. we know that when you silence one person is a tragedy for another because you block the society for rethinking these issues. in these countries s

africa, latin america, southeast asia. more variants are going to come in. giving a third immunization is increasing our levels of virus neutralizing antibody and t and b-cell to make us more resistance to the new variants. the confusion is pfizer felt we need it now because of the delta variant. that's less convincing, at least in the publicly available data. right now we know that pfizer is meeting with leadership of hhs and possibly they're going to show us some additional data that none of us have seen before to convince us to move up the timeframe. the bottom line is we've known for a while a third immunization is going to be likely. it's a question of whether it's later in the year next year or whether it's something that's recommended now. i would also add and as elizabeth pointed out, that for im imimmune compromised individuals, a booster might be valuable for them. >> so you say for the most vulnerable, get your extra boost? >> i would. i'm a little reluctant to get too far ahead of my skis with cdc and fda recommendations, but i think we're headin

deaths are on the rise, fueled by chronic outbreaks in latin america, and surging cases in southeast asia, africa, and the middle east. the world health organization is warning of exponential rises in libya, iran, iraq, and in tunisia, where medical workers report they've run out of oxygen and beds for coronavirus patients. >> we don't have any vacant place to receive y patients. we are waiting for someone to die to leave their place for the next patient. the situation is catastrophic. the number of patients outside waiting for a place in the emergency room is huge. where will we put them? amy: indonesia continues to set records and overtaken india as the regions biggest covid hotspot. malaysia has logged the third straight day of record infections. in paris, teargas was fired for those who march against president mark krohn -- macron. people would be required to show proof of vaccination or recent negative test result. in greece, more than 5000 anti-vaccine protesters rallied in athens against the country's maths vaccination program. the cdc says u.s. drug overdose deaths skyrocketed to a record

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three-continental sweep we are seeing today in terms of the surge hitting now surging in africa, but extending into southeast asia, south asia, and across latin america. obviously here in the united states, we've had major gains in vaccine coverage, but we are struggling. we are at a moment of fear and uncertainty. what are we seeing in much of the world, much of low and middle-income countries? we're seeing gross inequity in terms of access-- affordable access to vaccines and to critical input, oxygen. we're seeing critical shortages in the health workforce. there's enormous uncertainty surrounded what are the gains achieved through vaccines and there's disproportionate impacts on key populations, on women and girls, and the health impacts. we'll hear more about this today in terms of the disproportionate impacts of people living with h.i.v. we know that many countries have acute lack of readiness in terms of financing and delivery mechanisms. as we move towards greater abundance of vaccines, there's this question of how are these countries going to manage that. we're seeing rising instability. as a cascade of t

reflected the vaccinations that i needed to demonstrate that i had to travel to parts of southeast asia and africaave forms of this that are frankly very low-tech. how to balance that with privacy issues is a charge. we have decided it is not the federal government's job to establish these kinds of requirements but it is important to make sure that there are ways for people who want to demonstrate that they are vaccinated to prove it. we have seen a lot of third-party and private sector ways to do this and i think that's going to continue to develop, and needs to have continued support at the policy level. tom: what is your biggest headache right now in getting this infrastructure plan throug? i know you are managing a message every day and certainly we have seen that with president biden. this is an emotional piece of american legislation. how do you get it through a fractious senate? sec. buttigieg: the biggest thing is not to let the politics get in the way. people are impatient for this to happen but it has been infrastructure week for a good decade, and we need to demonstrate it is going to g

we're doing a non-job in africa and south america and southeast asia. we're extremely vulnerable to lots of variants coming in. a third immunization at some point maybe in the fall or next year would be likely needed to provide greater resistance to the variants. point two, it looks like the two doses of the current vaccine are pretty robust against the delta variant. you cite that 64% number in israel, but in terms of severe illness, it's well over 90%. and, by the way, in the uk and scotland and in canada, there are now three studies showing over 80% protection. so pretty chose lose to what we seen. and that's the reason we don't need to be concerned about getting the booster. the protection against the delta variant is pretty robust. yes, we'll need a booster but not now and not for the delta variant. the press release as i've been saying all year and it's not only for pfizer, it's for the others as well p when the company sends out the press release, it's not for me, it's not for you, it's for their shareholders and to increase stock prices. this ha

as good a job as we're doing overall in the u.s., we've done a terrible job in africa and latin america and southeast asiatunity to arise and emerge. so by giving that third immunization we'll have higher levels of virus neutralizing antibody. i've been saying for all of 2021 so far we'll likely need a third immunization i would imagine next year. that's point one. the confusion, i think, is the press release from pfizer that says we need that third immunization because of the delta variant. that's not necessarily so. it looks like the two immunizations for most people are quite rbust against the variant. over 99% are actually unvaccinated individuals. i think the one exception potentially are certain classes of individuals, extremely older americans in the late 80s, 90s, potentially don't respond quite as well, and people who are immuno compromised. that's where i think we could move a little faster on a third immunization. i was a little surprised that wasn't specifically mentioned. i think that's what we might look to in the coming weeks. >> dr. fauci just spoke to my colleague andrea mitchell about th

but how many countries can you talk in that fashion, in africa, in latin america, in southeast asia? the uk and think that they are being merciful or merciless? may ijust speak as it is? if we were able to produce our own vaccines, if we were able to do stuff, you know, in a global village where everyone is dependent on everyone else, using that word does not mean that somebody is "merciless". itjust means that we need to have equitable distribution, we need to have access. we cannot wait until uk vaccinates all of its population and then say, well, then, the vaccines can be made available to other countries. when nobody�*s safe, nobody will be safe. but the uk is doing that. so, i wonder what you're saying or plan on saying to your hosts while you're here. well, we are grateful for, for example, we have astrazeneca vaccines that we've begun to distribute, and just three days ago we had another lot come into the country. and so we are thankful for what we can use. but it's tiny. i mean, the numbers are tiny relative to the need. for those who get help, it's never too late. we will ma

we're doing a terrible job in africa that is largely unvaccinated, latin america and southeast asia sohey come into the u.s. will be important to do that third immunization down the line. that's point one. point two is as important as that is, it's not really clear we need to do this for the delta variant. the two doses where most individuals give adequate levels of virus gneutralizing anti bodties and if you look at the people going into the hospital or losing their lives, 99% roughly are unvaccinated individuals. so that's still quite robust. i think the one thing i'm surprised about is israel said today they are now recommending a third immunization for patients receiving immune know suppressing therapy, bone marry ch -- bone marrow transplants. that makes sense to me. >> it keeps putting forth a very clear, you know, and they're aware of this story line that pfizer says one thing and administration science team is saying another from hhs and the cdc. so let me ask you, dr. hotez, if the third booster shot of the pfizer vaccine is recommended, it will be under what's called an eua,

which is worrying but not as worrying as entire regions, like africa, being more like 2% vaccinated. the surges in southeast asia, in particular indonesia. how urgent is the need to get more vaccines to underserved regions? it's in everyone's interest and yet we have seen thousands of unused vaccines thrown out in the u.s. >> in the u.s. and canada and the uk have ordered three times the amount of vaccine that we could conceivably use, if we vaccinated everybody, twice. i -- i think the time is to get real. i think that the major-economic powers in the world have got to start figuring out how to export vaccine-manufacturing factories. just as we did in smallpox and polio. i think we need to have multicenter production of vaccines. we have 100 countries, right now, that have less than 1% of their population vaccinated. they can't depend on the u.s. they can't depend on our manufacturers, as good as this magical vaccine has been. they're not getting it. we need to be able to move factories and move manufacturing all over the world. if we don't do that, then our countries are going to be importers of all the new va

africa is totally unvaccinated. latin america is unvaccinated. and southeast asia. new variants will continue to arise.g a third immunization we'll develop for antibody, more robust cellular immunity, making us more resilient to variants. the problem with the pfizer release was they specifically said -- and again, even a little bit vague, that we need to get -- do this now because of the delta variant. that's really not true. it looks like the two doses of either of the mrna vaccines gives good protection. they cited israel data showing 64% protection. but it's more than 90 something protection against is serious illness. and the numbers out of the uk and scotland don't back it up. it's much higher. so the company should -- release -- i think the fda and cdc was right to put it back. but it's nuanced because we need a third immunization at some point but not for this particular indication. and then confusing it all is the fact that it was done through emergency use authorization which we've never done for a boost. we need to step up full approval of all vaccines. that has to be a private. >> will that

performance of southeast asia currencies, check the mood of the world and see whether they have stabilized. that is one thing. you have the covid situation in places like russia and south africaecause they have the commodity backing, they can hold those southeast asian currencies. you have the tightening cycles and inflation coming out. also emerging market currencies in europe. inflation has been higher-than-expected. this year it has been places like hungary, perhaps poland as well. we like those currencies. central banks are reacting with tightening cycles. anna: thanks very much. thanks for your thoughts so far. we will get further thoughts from chris on this program. let's get a bloomberg first word news update. >> bloomberg has been told russian government hackers breached the computer systems of the republican national committee last week. sources say they were part of a group known as a been. . tied to the kremlin. an rnc spokesperson denied their system had been breached. a covid-19 verification system on passengers arriving into london heathrow airport. the aim is to prove airlines can check status before the passengers reach border control queues. italy will play a

southeast asian region is becoming the new virus epicenter. with that growing situation, we can see they are really in a not so good position because the vaccine rate is only better than africa and central asiathe world. so for them right now the big question is whether they can act quickly enough to erase a variant strain. shery: of course were seeing that variant spreading rapidly across australia. melbourne is the latest. >> they are having a five day lock down like's always sydney a few weeks ago. the governor decided to take this action because the delta variant is what they really worry about spreading quickly. so they want to escalate early enough. that is another issue with their vaccination rates, also very slow compared to other developed places. they don't want to have a situation like happen to sydney which is already locked down for several weeks. they really need to do something. it really highlights the situation for those covid zero places in asia, that there starting a cycle of lockdown and reopening and when they find smaller clusters, they have to lock down again. we really need to see how quickly it can ramp up. shery: the latest there on the coronavirus pandemic across a