exclusively on this and huge breaking newsow today, transparency for prescription drugs..r secretary alex azaru for being here tonight. your response to tonight's news before this event at the white house. >> alex: laura, it is incredibly troubling. we have a humanitarian crisis at the border. aus we have got families and kids flooding across the border in unprecedented numbers. i'm full. at hhs, as you know, we have unaccompanied alien children. a 12-year-old girl comes across the border by herself. what do you do with her? give her to hhs him we take care of her in a shelter. we are full and running out of money.h we need this money to take care of these kids periods >> laura: 72 hours transferr hhs facilities but there is no facilities.. >> alex: i can't put a kid in2 a bed that does not exist and i cannot make a bed the government doesn't fund. >> laura: over the weekend check it out. >> if hhs needs $3 billion to improve the conditions to build more housing, wouldn't that alleviate it? you are talking about not giving one more time and that doesn't make sense. >> i wouldn't give them one

here to talk about it, health and human services secretary alex azar. must feel so frustrated in trying to get congress to act. you need emergency funds. you have all of these children that you have to care for and you're having to make some pretty drastic decisions. what are you hearing from congress? >> so, dana, we're facing a humanitarian crisis at our border. if you look at our historic levels, we get about 200 maybe unaccompanied children a day that come into this children that get handed over to us to take care of and place them with sponsors as quickly as possible in the united states. we've been running 350 to 500 kids a day. we were running out of money. we are out of space. we're working with congress. congress has got to pass a supplemental appropriation that president asked for for humanitarian relief so we can help these kids. we don't have any say over whether these kids come across the border. we just got to take care of them. >> dana: something the president has asked for, is that enough to deal with the problem? >> we believe at the cu

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lazar our secretary, alex -- alex azar, don't do a good job, do a great job. obamacare doesn't work but it works at least adequately now. we had that choice to make. nottically, it is probably the best thing i did but it is the right thing for many people. i want to thank you for doing a good job. defending lot of time medicare, social security. we are always going to protect pre-existing conditions. the republicans are totally behind that. if you see anything little bit unusual, it -- we are putting in very strong, taking care of patients with pre-existing conditions. that issay, alex, that a strong foundation of what we are doing and where we are at. we are taking power away from bureaucrats, insurance companies, and special interests. we are giving that power back to patients. we are giving americans the right to know. now we have the right to try , know, negotiate, pick your own doctor, and other than that, what can i tell you? can't do better than that. health care system that is going to do good and work for the people. i want to thank everyone for being

alex azar secretary of house and human services, he talked about the importance of having good public health infrastructure in the u.s. and abroad at the u.s. global leadership coalition state leaders summit, also at the summit former personal officials, talked about how the u.s. can address issues like climate change and global pandemics. >> well, good afternoon, everyone and thank you for

. -- alex azar. bring down prices like we will not believe. explain the president's order and how it will bring down prices. sec. azar: i think we will look back at this executive order as one of the major fundamental ships in american health care reform that we will have ever experienced. for your viewers and folks like us who understand markets and customers, you cannot have a market without price and quality information. ist the president is doing ordering us to have hospitals disclose information based on their negotiated rates they have been consumer friendly, machine-readable format. the is making us put out requirements so insurance companies give you the patient information on the list price, the negotiated price, and your expected out-of-pocket before you go to the doctor and before you go to the hospital so you can make an informed choice. david: that sounds good. with marketsal believe in markets based on the transparency of information. as a practical matter, these things can get complicated. how are we going to make sure the infor

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alex azar secretary of house and human services, he talked about the importance of having good public health infrastructure in the u.s. and abroad at the u.s. global leadership coalition state leaders summit, also at the summit former personal officials, talked about how the u.s. can address issues like climate change and global pandemics. >> well, good afternoon, everyone and thank you for having me here today. i would like to thank the u.s. leadership global coalition for welcoming me and convening this important gathering about how the united states can and does lead in health care around the world. this is not necessarily the kind of stage i expected to be on when i was a young washington lawyer two decades ago before my first job at hhs, many of you may never have expected for me to attend gatherings like this either, but we are united here by the shared recognition that american leadership on the world stage is indispensable to american prosperity and peace at home. when i was first asked to serve at hhs in 2011 as general council i didn't imagine that foreign policy would becom

health and human services secretary alex azar gave us a brief, guided tour. we saw orderly lunch lines, packed and boisterous classrooms, and children moving about the sprawling campus single file. some people might look at this youwonder if you're showing us a sanitized version. on no. you're seeing what i see when i come here. >> reporter: azar is pushing back against criticism after disturbing reports about conditions at border patrol facilities, which are not part of his department. >> well, there's been a lot of factual misrepresentations or just ignorant statements made about homestead, and, frankly, gre broader program that we run at h.h.s. >> reporter: but attorneys who previously inspected homestead ynd spoke to children said many complained about the treatment here, too. one of the things they allege is prison-like rules where children, according to one ndtorney, expressed fear and sxiety around the enforcement of shelter rules, and in some cases, we're told that if they stepped out of line, it could affect their immigration case. e. that happening?

without some version of immigration funding, alex azar says that the effect on hhs would be, quote, like a government shutdown. >>> help is coming immediately for nearly 250 migrant children held at a customs and border protections agency in clint, texas. these charn will be shifted into its shelter system by today. this comes days after cnn roshted on a team of lawyers, doctors and advocates warning of what they called major health and hygiene problems at that clint facility. our jay tapper asked vice president pence about those conditions. pence quickly pivoted to politics. as of june 10th there was a 60% increase from dhs to hhs. >>> we are counting down to the first democratic debate. round 1 is tomorrow night. it features elizabeth war represent and beto o'rourke center stage. o'rourke wants non-military households to help cover costs of health care for veterans of new wars. the first two debates offer the lower tiered candidates a chance to break out of the pack. most of them have kept a light campaign schedule over the past few days to prepare for what could be their make or break

[applause] >> a man who has been working very hard for this day secretary alex azar, thank you, alex.ll business administration chris pelkinton, chris, hi, congratulations, by the way. congratulations. you are liking it, i hope you're liking it, i hear you are and treasurer of the united states jovita carranza, thank you. i want to extend a special welcome to the many small business owners who are here, we have a lot of them, this is a big event, it's for you and something where you can take care of a lot of great people are going to be taken care of so thank you all for being here, thank you very much. small business optimism is soaring in our very blooming and big economy and today we give you even more reason for success in the future, two years ago in october 2017 i signed an executive order to increase healthcare choice and competition all across. since that time my administration has worked tirelessly to expand options and drive down the cost of health care for the american people. we took swift action to open short-term health plans and association health plans to millions and

a man who has been working very hard for this day, secretary alex azar. thank you, alex. also with us are acting administrator of the small business administration chris pilkinton. good, chris. hi. congratulations, by the way. congratulations. are you liking it? i hope you're liking it. i hear you are. and treasurer of the united states, jovita curanza. that ink you very much. i want to extend a welcome to the small business owners who are here. we have a lot of them in our midst, and thank you very much. this is a big advantage for you and something where you can take care of -- a lot of great people are going to be taken care of. that eng you very much. small business optimism is soaring in our booming big economy and today we give you even more reason for your confidence in the future. two years ago in october 2017 i signed an executive order to increase health care choice in competition all across our nation. since that time my administration has worked tirelessly to expand options and drive down the cost of health care for the american people. we took swift action to

joining us right now with more of the details is health and human services secretary alex azar mr.ith us today. >> glad to be with you thank you. >> transparency has been a part of your mission, something you've been working for on a lot of different fronts. explain how this executive order would work >> this executive order will go down as one of the more important events in the history of american health care reform what president trump is demanding is that hospitals post information based on their negotiated rates so that we and others have the information to shop and basically drive greater efficiency in the health care system but also that we require insurance companies to provide patients with information about list price, negotiated discounts, and what they're expected out of pocket would be, before they get services then we're also going to publish claims data, identified patient safety protected claims data from across the federal government that will be a rich pool of big data available to help systemic improvement of our health care system but also creating consumer usab

health and human services secretary alex azar weighing in on the victory. >> donald trump, mike pencer part of a pro-life administration. we stand for protecting the sanctity of human life from conception until natural death. congress has said you cannot support abortion in family-planning. we are enforcing it. heather: planned parenthood calls a devastating blow. democratic presidential candidate kirsten gillibrand is vowing to fight back tweeting the decision is a, quote, violation of human rights. the ruling comes as the last abortion clinic will discover its fate. a judge must decide if planned parenthood will have its clinic license renewed. it was kept open earlier this month as health officials reviewed what the governor called, quote, a series of deficiencies. if it closes missouri will become the first state without a legal abortion clinic. florida city hit with a major cyber attack leaving their official email and official 911 dispatch compromise as riviera beach officials agreed to pay $600,000 bit coin ransom to the hackers who took over their system. the rest of america b

. -- alex azar. bring down prices like we will not believe.

plus we have a "fox news @ night" exclusive with hhs secretary alex azar as a from administration snagseft-leaning ninth circuit.

and here to debate it ultimately secretary alex azar with the response to the latest immigration controversy and great news on drug pricing transparency, wow and plus avenue some about masculinity, one psychiatrist saying he's looking to start a war between the sexes. and we speak to the reporter who spent five days and congressman ilhan omar's district and what she discovered will shock you. but first, and nancy's magnet, that is the focus of tonight's angle. >> over the weekend nancy pelosi convinced the president to call off its promised removal of illegal immigrants who refused to appear for deportation. despite outstanding court orders. now, these are not people awaiting emigration or asylum hearings contrary to what you think speak no truth pelosi. >> so i spoke to the president and i said look, i am a mom and i have kids. i have nine grandchildren. and your children are scared. and i do think that someone thinks these groups weighed in with the president. i hope so. we have to continue to keep that pressure on. >> sean>> laura: notice her typl ploy, her children, to get her way. excep

we are joined by health and human services secretary alex azar.sentially what this does, the trump administration has a regulation that reroutes money away from clinics that perform abortions, send that money to other clinics, critics say the patients are in danger. saying they won't stand for this attack on millions of people across the country and news out of the ninth circuit this morning is devastating for the millions of people who rely on title x health centers for cancer screenings. hiv tests, affordable birth control and other critical primary and preventive care. what happens to those people? >> let me be really clear, donald trump and mike pence and i are part of a pro-life administration. we stand for protecting the sanctity of human life from conception until natural death. part of that is this regulation you mentioned that prevents these title x family-planning moneys from going to supporting the abortion enterprise. for too long that money has been used to subsidize the provision of abortion contrary to statute. congress has said you

. >> without some version of emergency immigration funding, health and human services secretary alex azarbe, quote, like a government shutdown. >>> help coming immediately for a customs and border protection agency in clint, texas. hhs says the children will be shifted into its shelter system by today. our jake tapper asked vice president mike pence about poor health conditions and pence pivoted to politics. >> would he have money to give toothpaste, soap and blankets to these kids in el paso county right now. don't we? >> of course we do. >> why aren't we? >> my point is it's all a part of the a appropriations policy. >> as of june 10th more than 52,000, 52,000 unaccompanied children have been transferred from dhs, department of homeland security, to hhs, health and human services. that's a 60% increase over last year. >>> an extraordinary denial from president trump in the face of a rape allegation from the mid 1990s. according to the president, writer e. jean carroll is totally lying when she claims he sexually assaulted her in a new york city department store. mr. trump tells the hill

[applause] a man who has been working very hard for this day, secretary alex azar.uch. [applause] and also with us our acting administrator of the small business administration, chris pilkington. congratulations. you like it? i hope you like it. i hear you are. [applause] and treasure of the united states jovita. thank you very much. and i want to extend a special welcome to many of the small business owners that are here. we have a lot of them in our midst. thanks very much. this is a big advantage for you and something where you can take care of a lot of great people that will be taken care of. thank you all for being here. thanks very much. small business optimism is soaring in our very booming and big economy. today we give you even more reason for your confidence in the future. two years ago in october 2017, i signed an executive order to increase healthcare choice and competition all across our nation. since that time, my administration has worked tirelessly to expand options and drive down the cost of healthcare for the american people. we took swift action t

people are getting vaccinated against the measles, and even health and human services secretary alex azar that this week, and says more work needs to be done, and he said and i'll quote the 1,000th case of a preventible disease like measles is a troubling reminder of how important that work is to the public health of the nation. the cdc alongside others across hhs will continue our efforts to support local health departments, and health care providers, in responding to this situation. end quote. so as you can see, a lot of efforts are being made. and officials are on high alert to make sure that we do get people vaccinated. >> are there areas of the country that are overwhelmed? i mean when you talk about what the health community is doing to try to, to try to kind of stop this? >> in those 26 states where we are seeing several cases, new york is one area, california is another area, and even, you know, as we mentioned, in l.a., we're seeing several cases, and so that is why there is a lot of effort nationwide, across the country, to really, really contain and fight this outbreak. >> and

i spoke with the hhs secretary, alex azar, yesterday.ed that what would happen if congress did not pass fundin funding. >> we need to be in this together. is not about politics, it's getting money so that we can house these kids and get extra capacity. i'm going to have to start running this program with people who aren't getting paid and with grantees who are getting ious. >> it's almost like a government shutdown. >> basically functions like a government shutdown, that's a problem. >> harris: you have already given your reaction if the president does in fact veto it. let's talk about the situation in texas. what's going on with these migrant centers? i have read that the center where children were moved out of yesterday was never intended for children. what can you tell me? >> i think all of the resources in the entire continuum, both at the border, but for the longer-term custody and the hhs, the grantees and the children as they run for these in the company children, everybody's being overwhelmed. so resources need to be in place for

i want to put what alex azar, the hhs secretary.his is the line you hear a lot saying basically this is a situation where the boarder is being overwhelmed and it's up to congress to fix. listen to what he said. >> well, harris, the problem is that our system was not built at the borders to be housing tens of thousands of unaccompanied kids coming across the border. the system's just completely overwhelmed there. these are fought good conditions for kids to be in. and our facilities at the department of heldment and human services where we get the unaccompanied kids, the kids that come across the border by themselves, we are now functionally full. we are going to run out of money in july. congress must act to fund us and fund the department of homeland security. it's just that simple. >> so, in terms of that response, i think the senate was 30-1 on this funding deal last week. it sounds like there might be more reservations from democrats in the house. is that something democrats, though, in terms of this funding bill, increasing cap

health and human services secretary alex azar gave us a brief guided tour. we saw orderly lunch lines, packed and boisterous classrooms and children moving across the sprawling campus. people look at this and wonder if you're showing a sanitized version. azar strikes back about criticism of the border facilities, which is not part of his department. >> there's been a lot of factual misrepresentations or ignorant statements made about homestead, and frankly the broader program we run at ahs. >> reporter: but those who spoke to the children said many complained about the treatment here, too. >> one child expressed fear and anxiety around the enforcement of the shelter rules, and in some cases told them if they stepped out of line, it could affect their migrant case. is that true? >> the staff were told that any such statements would be wrong and subject to discipline. >> reporter: there are currently 5, 2k5 5,500 minors in homestead's care. they have smaller halls that can accommodate 140 beds. >> we asked the kids what they prefer, and they actually prefer th

speakers include health alex azar, former michigan governor jennifer granholm and former pennsylvaniator rick santorum. at 4:00 on c-span two, "the washington post" hosts a summit on free speech. texas senator ted cruz is among the speakers. this weekend on "booktd," at 6:45 eastern, we visit the home authorsusband-and-wife to hear how they maintain their relationship despite opposite political views. >> it is a case to me of what matters in life edits called the chemotherapy test. lying on a hospital , you do not care the party affiliation of the person standing next you getting you fluid. >> the difference between the modern media today and the patriot media that helped found this country is the patriot media, the men with the printing presses, with the pamphlets, 30-some newspapers -- that was it, they were trying to fundamentally transform government. they wanted representative government and they did not even want a lot of that. today, the press is trying to fundamentally transform us. >> at 9:00 eastern, chief white acostaorrespondent jim offers his first-hand account of coverin

. >> health and human services secretary alex azar was speaking yesterday and telling nbc news that almosthave been removed from a border patrol detention facility in texas after reports of dirty and potentially dangerous conditions. the children who were removed were being held at a border station in clint, texas. according to the director of the immigrants rights clinic at columbia law school, some were wearing dirty clothes, covered in mucous or urine, teen age children were stained with breast milk. and no soap and they had not showered or bathed since they crossed the border. some of them more than three weeks ago. there was a stench that emanates from some of the children because they haven't had an opportunity to put on clean clothes and to take a shower. dhs officials tell nbc news the children have been taken to a tent detention camp in el paso, texas, where they'll remain under the custody of border patrol until they can be placed with the department of health and human services. >> gene, your latest piece for "the washington post" is entitled this is the reality of trump. it's c

we have a man named azar, our secretary who's fantastic man, alex. a total pro. i could have managed obama care so it would have failed, or i could have managed it the way we did so it's as good as it can be. not great but it's too expensive, the premiums are too high. i had a decision to make. i could have politically killed obama care. i decided not to do it. but still it's not good. we're going to come up with great health care if we win the house, the senate and the presidency. >> are you prepared to lose? >> no, probably not. probably not. it would be much better if i said yeah. much easier for me to say oh, yes. no, i'm probably not too prepared to lose. >> you didn't like the fact that you lost the popular vote? >> i say something that again is controversial. there were a lot of votes cast that i don't believe. i look at california -- >> that's surprising. >> take a look at judicial watch where california admitted to 1 million votes. >> of what? what are you talking about? >> judicial watch made a settlement -- >> about what? >> but let me tell you about p

we have a man named azar, our secrary, a fantastic man, alex. a total pro.could have managed obamacare so it would have failed or i could have managed it the way we did so it's as good as it can be. not great but it's as -- it's too expensive. the premiuhi are too . i had a decision to make. i could have politically lled obamacare. i decided not to do it. but still, it's not good. we're going to coming up withth great healare if we win the house, the senate and the presidency. >> are you prepared to lose? >> no, probably not. >>air enough. >> probably not. >> you choke -- >> it would be much better if i said, yeah. it will be much easier for me to say, well,y he. no, i'm probably not too prepared to lose. i haven lost that much. >> you didn't like the fact you lost the popular vote. that bothered you, didn't you?sa >> i'l something that, again, is controversial. there were a lot of votes cast that i don't believe. i lo at california -- >> mr. president -- >> excuse me. take a look at judicial watch. ttake a look a their settlement. california admitted to a m

we have a man named azar, our secretary, a fantastic man, alex. a total pro.so it would have failed or i could have managed it the way we did so it's as good as it can be. not great but it's as -- it's too expensive. the premiums are too high. i had a decision to make. i could have politically killed obamacare. i decided not to do it. but still, it's not good. we're going to coming up with great health care if we win the house, the senate and the presidency. >> are you prepared to lose? >> no, probably not. >> fair enough. >> probably not. >> you choke -- >> it would be much better if i said, yeah. it will be much easier for me to say, well, yes. no, i'm probably not too prepared to lose. i haven't lost much. >> you didn't like the fact you lost the popular vote. that bothered you, didn't you? >> i'll say something that, again, is controversial. there were a lot of votes cast that i don't believe. look at california -- >> mr. president -- >> excuse me. take a look at judicial watch. take a look at their settlement. california admitted to a million votes. >> mi