alex azar has a breath of experience of both the public and private sectors. his key areas of focus include health care, research and innovation, all of which assume added significance in the coronavirus era. we had a really fantastic forum and it wouldn't be what it would be without you. thank you bro being here. let me start -- thank you for being here. let me start off and ask you, we have had various discussions of coronavirus challenges from the frontline, what is going on in communities, the debate around school. what i am interested in right now are vaccines. there is a lot of confusion out there about we are going to do. vaccines seem to be vital. is there anything you can tell us about where we are addled that front, operation warp speed and your oversight and encouragement about a vaccine that is going to save us? thank you for: asking about lightspeed. the president commissioned us to say, i have heard the final company timelines. i used to be at a pharmaceutical company. i know these timelines. i know they are drawn out. can we, with the full might

part, your job is, in offering this public health guidance like alex azar and others, some of whom will be on today's show, but your other job, part of your job, is the science, is the looking and dealing with vaccine and vaccine development as you have in the past. and we see this mad rush from companies like pfizer and others, and i guess my question to you is, how hardened are you or how confident are you that vaccines are going to ride to the rescue? dr. fauci: steve, i think the durable solution to what we're in right now has to be a vaccine. there is no doubt public health measures are critically important. but i think if you combine the public health measures with a vaccine, and just a comment about that since you brought it up, we're really cautiously optimistic that things are moving along quite well with more than one candidate. there are a number of candidates that are in various stages of development. the one that you mentioned, the motor no one that was -- moderno one, will most likely be going into advanced phase three clinical trials by the end of this month of july. and

alex azar, the health and human services secretary, will join me at the top of that.nd then you get another break and i get another break. and the third and final session, we'll shine a light on issues related to race, affordability, and access, issues that have literally become a matter of life and death. my main guest in that our will be robert redfield, who has been a guest previously. you will not want to miss any of the sessions. before we get underway, a few housekeeping notes. you can tweet us at # thehillhelp. and if your question is short and great, i have asked my colleague, katie, to write them appear and give them to me. w'ell be monitoring those. we will be taking your questions. as with any live screen, you could experience trouble. i do all the time. they say we refresh the page and sometimes fix the problem. good luck with that. my first guest is dr. fauci. he has probably not had a good nights rest since the beginning of the year. the country and the world look to him for counsel, expertise, and hope in the fight against covid-19. we are honored to ha

alex azar, health and human services secretary, will join me at the top of that band. then we get a break and debt 3:30 eastern, we will shine a light on issues related to race, affordability, and access, issues that have become a matter of life and death. my main guest in that hour will be cdc director robert redfield, who has been a guest previously. you will not want to miss any sessions. before we get underway, housekeeping notes. you can tweet us at #the hill health. you can also tweet questions. if your question is short, i have asked my colleague to write them up and give that to me. we will be monitoring those. we are broadcasting live event will be taking your questions. as with any live stream, you could experience occasional trouble. they say, refresh the page and and mow cases that -- most cases that will fix the problem. my first guest, dr. anthony fauci, director of the national institute of health and infectious diseases,, has probably not had a good nights sleep in more than a year. we are honored to have you in our midst. of the 500,000 global deaths,

alex azar joins us later this hour.w will we have a vaccine in place, tested and in use by the fall of this year? i will certainly ask him. drum roll please, big day for ashley. mortgage rates. what have you got, ash. ashley: only, i'm still waiting on oil inventories. i can give you freddie mac. by the way, stu, this is magical moment for you and so many people. 2.98%. this is the first time in 50 years, in fact since the survey first began all the way back in 1971 that we dipped below 3%. look at that. believe it. it's true. 2.98%. a survey said homebuyer demand is continuing to be strong with incredibly low rates. they have noticed there is a little bit of fear because of the rise of the coronavirus that jobs may be threatened. those furloughed could become permanent job losses so on. very quickly, 15 year fixed-rate, 2.48%. that's amazing. stuart: that really is amazing. 2.98% on a 30-year fixed. ashley: incredible. stuart: 2.98, good lord. there is a related news item here. we got the latest read on homebuilder sen

alex azar will join us to discuss that "squawk box" will be right back.ou can even see how your predictions might affect the value of the stocks you're interested in. now this is what i'm talking about. yeah, it'll free up more time for your... uh, true crime shows? british baking competitions. hm. didn't peg you for a crumpet guy. focus on what matters to you with thinkorswim. ♪ >>> good morning it is 8:00 a.m. on the east coast and we got a very big hour ahead of us. first, we'll hear from united airline ceo scott kirby on the airline industry plus an interview with the health and human services alex azar and a can't miss interview with pershing square ceo bill ackman. his message to ceos. >>> hell is coming okay and i felt -- i never had this experience before in my life the closest was the financial crisis where i said bad things are coming >> we'll find out what ackman thinks four months later as the final hour of "squawk box" begins right now. >>> good morning and welcome back to "squawk box" here on cnbc i'm joe kernen along with andrew ross sorkin

i don't know if you heard my discussion with secretary alex azar earlier, but i asked about their efforts to replace obamacare and whether there was anything real there. he shared that he thought there was. he said, a lot of people worry about pre-existing conditions and where is the trump administration on that? he said, we are absolutely mandating that pre-existing conditions remain covered, that we are committed to it. this is the trump administration. i just want to ask you, do you believe him and do you believe that? rep. underwood: i absolutely do not believe it, but i think it is a very nice sentiment. in the meantime, we have to build the act, the first aca enhancement bill that has passed in 10 years. listen, congressional republicans had four terms since the aca was signed into law to make the improvements they sought. but instead, they try to repeal and diminish and tear down the critical health protections that hundreds of millions of americans rely on every year. and so guess what? we stepped up big time and we are working to lower premiums, expand coverage, expand medicaid,

he's followed by health and human services secretary alex azar. over the next hour, we are going to focus our energies on the intersection of race and access to care. before we get underway, you can tweet us. and webroadcasting live will your questions throughout the program. if you experience any trouble with the live stream, please restart the page. that should be a quick fix. i don't believe them, but you can try. but what iris does not discriminate. from royals to world leaders, everybody is honorable. but racial disparities come into focus. are also color uniquely positioned to have worse outcomes. andy, questions of access affordably care are matters of life and death. issues surrounding racial and social determinants of health have become more vital than ever before. my first guest this afternoon is robert redfield, cdc director. thank you so much for joining us again. i enjoyed our last conversation and i've been telling people today several times in that last conversation, i could feel you simmering when we talked before about the lack of

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alex azar. c.m.s. administrator. both doing a great job. seema verma. thank you, seema. f.d.a. administrator dr. stephen hahn who is really speeding up the prosofse therapeutics and vaccines and i just heard from some of the big drug companies and they're saying f.d.a. has been moving the process along. very important. can you move it faster, please? thank you. great job. appreciate it. and administrator of health resources and service administration tom engels. tom, thank you. thank you very much for being here. we're also pleased to have with us our great governor from the state of florida, incredible state, incredible guy. governor ron desantis. thank you, ron, very much. appreciate it. you're going to say a few words in the end, good. representative matt gaetz, our friend. where -- hi, matt. you're so quiet back there today. never seen you like that. thank you, matt. great job you're doing. appreciate it very much. speaker of the florida house of representatives jose of course liva. thank you, jose. very much. good job. and many other state and local leaders, a lot of them.

reimagine health care, alex azar the health and human services will join us, then you get a break and i get a break. at 2:30 eastern will shine a live on race, affordability and access, issues that have laterally become matters of life and death. my main guest c.d.c. director redford the coronavirus on the him. before we get underway, housekeeping notes, tweet us at #thehi #thehillhelp. if your question is short and great i've asked my colleague katie to walk up and give them to me. we'll be monitoring those. we're broadcasting live and we'll take your questions. with any livestream you could experience trouble, if most cases they say refresh the page, and good luck with that. my first guest, dr. anthony fauci probably has not had a good night's rest since the beginning of the year. the country and world continue to look for him in counsel, exercise and hope in the fight against coronavirus. we're happy to have you in the midst of the deaths in the world and united states. what the most candid terms for the united states right now? >> well, steve, thank you for having me, we're still

alex azar. hey, alex. fda commissioner, stephen hahn. hi, steve. adams. i hope your wife is okay. know she had a little difficulty, but i'm sure she is going to be fine, right? please give her my regards. >> thank you. dr. francis collins, who everyone knows. francis, thank you very much. and dr. anthony fauci. anthony, hi. and deborah. where is deborah? deborah. hi, deborah. good job. everybody is doing a good job. everybody is working very hard. i want to also thank the ceo of american red cross. he has done outstanding work. i've known about it for a long time. gail mcgovern, thank you, gail. really outstanding job too. kate frei. hi, kate. thank you very much. ceo. paul. paul, thank you very much. great job. and ceo of labcorp, adam shatner. thank you, adam very much. we have taken both actions to give americans access to plasma therapies. the fda made the treatment available to patients with life-threatening infections beginning in march. we provided $48 million to support their expanded access program for plasma. we are providing up to $270 million to the red cross and ameri

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i do not know if you heard my discussion with secretary alex azar earlier, but i asked about their efforts to replace obamacare and if there was anything real. he said he thought there was. and he said that -- i asked him, a lot of people worry about pre-existing conditions. where's the trump administration on that? mandatinge are pre-existing conditions remain covered. i just want to ask you, do you believe him? do you believe that? rep. underwood: i absolutely do not believe that. i think it is a nice sentiment. a patient load protection and affordable care enhancement act last week. the first enhancement bill has passed in 10 years. congressional republicans had four terms since the aca was signed into law to make the improvements. instead, they tried to repeal and diminish and tear down these health protections that hundreds of millions of americans rely on every year. we stepped up big time. we are working to lower premium prices, expand coverage, expand medicaid and make sure the american people are truly protected. steven: i want to thank you so much. i want to acknowledge -- you lo

. >> so eventually, alex azar, secretary of health and human services goes to the president to talk aboutis coronavirus issue that is emerging from china. the president is completely preoccupied with other issues. he wants to talk about vaping and the sale of flavored vaping products. and it just shows you kind of how the president's focus was not on this coronavirus issue. >> which is worse, the impeachment hoax or the witch hunts from russia? >> his focus, much of it, was on the u.s. senate. >> and ready to present the articles of impeachment against donald john trump. >> the president went into this year with this view that it was time to get payback for the people who brought on the impeachment crisis for him. and in his view, it was the so-called deep state, people in government who were hell bent to bring him down. so by the time the coronavirus pandemic really started to worsen in the united states and scientists and experts were telling him of the problem, he saw some of these people as just an extension of the deep state. and so that led to i think some of the skepticism that he

thanks also to secretary alex azar, who is with us. senator thom tillis, thank you very much. stand up. good job you have done. thank you very much. representatives richard hudson, david rouser, mark walker, dan bishop and greg murphy. all friends. all warriors. lieutenant governor dan forest who i hear is doing a great job. stand up, dan. great job. north carolina house speaker tim moore. thank you, tim. great job. president pro tem of the north carolina state senate, phil berger. i appreciate it. 's fundingwarp speed an historic pro folio of highly promising vaccine candidates. $483 milliond a a 1.2ct with moderna, billion dollar contract with astrazeneca, a $465 million a 1.9ct with jansen and $5 million agreement with pfizer. tremendous project -- commit his progress is being made. a groundbreaking agreement with pfizer includes a guaranteed to deliver 100 million doses shortly after the vaccine's approval. with the option to purchase an additional 500 million thereafter. not only is operation warp speed accelerating the development of directing we are also a colossal, ind

alex azar: it is just a very different circumstances then we have ever had before. we know more about this virus, and the mortality rate is going down because we are better at taking care of patients with the virus. our fatality case rate in the united states is among the lowest if not the lowest in the developing world right now. we can reopen our schools safely with what we know. it is really simple practices, common sense, social distancing, is wearing face coverings and you're in a setting that you can't social distance. and it is practicing good personal hygiene. the tools are there to prevent us. and to protect our teachers and staff. in the time to do it is now. pres. trump: thank you and good luck with all of the therapeutics. i know that you're getting very close. that would be an incredible. what are your chances early like in september. alex azar: almost half a billion dollar funding without one, they are one of the most advanced that we have. we have several antibody products that basically take that convalescent recovered patients would donate and bioen

we're going to ask alex azar to respond when he joins us in minutes. plus, big wins for the trump administration at the supreme court today is the justices issue a pair of decisions favoring faith-based organizations and we will know within hours whether they will force the president's financial records to be turned over, previewing that for a legal panel. hello and welcome to "fox news @ night," i'm shannon bream in washington. we begin tonight with the coronavirus pandemic. trace gallagher is taking a closer look at what the data is really telling us about where we stand tonight. good evening, trace. >> good evening, for 3 million plus cases of covid-19 in the u.s., a million of those have come in just the past month. mostly because of significant spikes in states like florida, california, texas, and arizona. but remember, experts say one of the most important metrics is hospitalizations and that's a good news/bad news scenario. for example, in arizona since memorial day, hospitalizations of coronavirus patients are up just 24%. icu admissions also u

we have had very good, consistent lines of communication to folks like him and deborah birx and alex azar and others on that team. this is the time for science to be the basis upon which we make our decisions. i view him as an extraordinary role model. bob: what is your plan for the quarantine policy in new jersey for states around but have seen a spike in cases. is that going to be expended all summer? gov. murphy: yes, for the foreseeable future, unfortunately. new york, connecticut, and new jersey put out a joint statement that if you're coming back from a hotspot state or visiting from a hotspot state, need you to self-quarantine and get tested. we are the united states of america. in a perfect world, i would be building a wall around the place right now. but you can't prohibit folks from traveling from one state to another. so this is another one, where we are asking for personal responsibility. it is going to be a heavy dose of testing and contact tracing. we've got a community core of tracers that we are building by the day. we've already had some examples. this is not abstract. we

health and human services secretary, alex azar. >> we will actually procure and be ready to buy muche than just 300 million doses because not every vaccine will make it. >> reporter: are you worried that you're over promising too much too soon? >> well, we're not making promises, we're setting goals. >> reporter: fast-tracking doses also means ramping up supplies like syringes, needles, and glass vials. the administration has shelled out $5.6 billion, so far, in contracts with more than a dozen companies. some, like corning, have a long history making vaccine vials. others, like s.i.o.-2, have never mass produced them. are there potential hiccups that faibleat isen know about yet?>> along the way e wi definitelye hiccups. >> reporter: hiccups that could lead to catastrophe like production line crashes and raw material shortages. and there's fierce global competition for the supplies, which are already needed for other drugs. prashant yadav is a harvard medical school supply chain expert. >> we may end up having a vaccine that is effective and safe, but not have all the ingredients an

we are joined by the secretary of health and human services, who is doing a terrific job, alex azar. i, alex. fda commissioner stephen hahn. hey, steve. surgeon general jerome adams. i hope your wife is ok, jerome. i know she had a little difficulty but i'm sure she will be fine, right? please give her my regards. thank you, jerome. dr. francis collins, who everyone knows. francis, thank you very much. dr. anthony fauci. dr. anthony fauci. hi. and deborah. everybody is doing a good job. everybody is working hard. i also want to think the ceo -- thank the ceo of american red cross, someone doing outstanding work, gail mcgovern. really, an outstanding job too, ceo of america's blood centers, kate frey. thank you very much. ceo of csl limited. paul, thank you very much. great job. and ceo of labcorp, adam. thank you, adam, very much. to giveken bold actions americans access to plasma therapies. the fda may treatments available for patients with life-threatening infections beginning in march. to theided $48 million mayo clinic to support their expanded access program for plasma. we're pro

health and human services secretary alex azar. thank you, alex.nsportation secretary elaine chao. thank you, elaine. we had a great day in georgia yesterday. cutting regulations like nobody has ever seen before. epa administrator andrew wheeler. thank you very much. director -- omb acting director. small business administrator. thank you. administrator. great people. i want to thank the state and local tribal leaders that join us in this great cause. what we have achieved together is truly without precedent. never happened before. the previous administration handed over 16,000 pages of heavy-handed regulations through the federal register. under my administration we have removed 25,000 pages of job destroying regulations, more than any other president by far in the history of our country, whether it was four years, eight years, or more than eight years. the prior administration piled up more than 600 major new regulations, a cruel and punishing regulatory burden that cost the average american worker and additional $2300 per year. $2300.rage americ

alex azar says this will be free and they decide who is first in line, how to secure millions of vilesyringes, and then convincing millions of americans to get the shot once it's there. >>> overnight, the portland city council mayor vowing to end cooperation between the agents and citizens. they have ordered the agents to tamp down security in that city. last night tensions flared again with ted wheeler. he was tear gassed, along with everyone else, but the reaction was mixed. he urged them too long to chicago and other cities. >> my first duty as president is to protect the american people and today i'm taking action to fulfill that sacred obligation. >> the federal intervention is drawing a raw backlash. listen to a former republican secretary of homeland security. >> i'm disappointed in my president because it seems like it's a reality tv approach towards dealing with a very, very serious problem. i doubt if there's a republican governor, it wouldn't test without coordination without state and local law officials. >> meanwhile, chicago's mayor spoke last night. >> sending in unknown

we're joined by secretary of health and human services, who is doing a terrific job, alex azar. alex, hi, alex. fda commissioner stephen hahn. hi, steve. surgeon general jerome adams. and i hope your wife is okay, jerome? i know she had a little difficulty but i'm sure she's going to be fine, right? please give her my regards. thank you, jerome. dr. francis collins, who everyone knows. thank you very much. nih. and dr. anthony fauci. anthony, hi. and deborah, where's deborah? deborah. hi, deborah. good job. everybody's doing a good job. everybody's working very hard. i want to also thank the ceo of american red cross, someone who's done outstanding work. i've known about it for a long time. gail mcgovern, thank you. really an outstanding job. ceo of america's blood centers, kate freh, thank you very much. ceo of csl limited, paul perrault, thank you very much. great job. and ceo of labcorps, adam shefter. thank you very much. we have taken bold actions to give americans access to plasma therapies. the fda made the treatment available to patients with life-threatening infections b

forum hosted by the hill, health and human services secretary alex azar talked about developing a vaccine for the coronavirus. we will also hear from illinois representative lauren underwood who spoke about equipment for health-care workers and health disparities among minorities. >> >> hello, and welcome back. i'm steve clemons. we are delighted to have you join us for the second hour of the future of the health care summit. i would like to thank the support for today's great program. we are going to expand our lens in the session to look at policymaking breakthroughs and innovation in the face of seen and unseen challenges. before we get underway, a few housekeeping notes. you can tweet us at #thehillhealth. if you experience a problem with the livestream, refresh. it should be a quick fix.

vice president pence, hhs secretary alex azar. commerce secretary wilbur ross. also the president's press secretary kayleigh mcenany who voted by mail more than ten times. so is this about stopping mail-in voting? no. this isn't about stopping mail-in voting. this is about stopping voting. the harder to vote, the easier it is for trump to win re-election. the more confusion there is around legitimacy of the result even months before the election, the more people are likely to think, maybe the vote doesn't matter. maybe there's no point in voting. it makes it easier for the president to question the outcome. it is deeply cynical and nothing brings that into relief more than a day like this as americans are saying good-bye to congressman john lewis, whose life was dedicated to fighting efforts to make voting harder. i want to bring in former republican presidential candidate and former illinois congressman joe walsh, jason mayorasong, assistant attorney general in minnesota who researched the 1918 flu pandemic while a law professor and cnn political commentator an

as i read your story, i was thinking something alex azar, hhs secretary said, he said we have to reopen for health. our mental as well as physical health. would you agree? >> yes, most definitely. i know four people that died within one week that died of an overdose. >> raymond: i want to read this. here's what "the detroit free press" reported in april. "the coronavirus created a shortage of available beds in residential treatment centers. oakdale recovery center in canton, michigan, used to be able to accommodate a total of 45 patients. now limits its patient population to 32. fewer rooms mean longer wait times for treatment." joanne, this seems like a disaster in the making, and again if this is really about not only the treatment facilities but the isolation people are feeling. your son said "my trigger is depression." we know that isolation leads to such depression. is that what caused his death, that isolation? >> most definitely. most definitely. most definitely. >> raymond: our hearts and prayers are with you tonight, joanne, and many other families that are grieving particularl

shame on alex azar for giving epstein the deal he did and the u.s. attorney in florida. you watch the netflix series filthy rich about epstein, it will make your stomach turn, it will make you absolutely sick. you don't have to be a parent of girls. i have two girls and it made me so incredibly angry, not only at epstein who is waiting but also ghislaine maxwell who abuse these children herself and knowingly for years and years extended this cycle and potentially ruin their lives and they help the victims have their real day in court and they get to look her in the eye and their testimony is the nail in her coffin. >> amen to that. i don't care what political party they are associated with because these are nasty people. the head, hillary clinton is back complaining about president trump and a new campaign ad calling out biden up next on the five. >> this is a fox news alert, the president of the united states at mount rushmore, take a listen. speak i will see on the airplane, thank you, see you on the airplane. >> of course, his estimation of where the american economy

. >> dana: i want you to listen to secretary alex azar.s the health and human services secretary. he had this to say about safety and schools. listen. >> more and less risky activity, like keeping kids in the same classroom versus changing classrooms. avoiding large gatherings and doing activities outside whenever possible. at home kids aren't benefiting from social stimulation. they may be falling behind, they may not be getting special services they need. they may not be getting the nutrition they get at school. >> dana: we know schools obviously provide a lot. not just reading, math, and writing, but when i think about getting them back safely, is it realistic to think about kids wearing masks all day? >> i think it's a very difficult prospect, but given the fact that in a precovid days we had urban schools that did not have running water, bathrooms that were not functioning, we didn't have toilet paper or so. while there is a deadly virus actively circulating in our society, we can trust these pools to do an adequate job of disinfectio

as i read your story, i was thinking of something that alex azar, the hhs secretary said, we have toen for our health, for our mental as well as physical health. would you agree with him? >> yes, most definitely. i know four people who died within one week of an overdose the same time my son passed. >> raymond: i want to read this for you. "the detroit free press" reported back in april, "the coronavirus created a shortage abof residential beds inrs residential treatment centers. oakdale recover ari center in canton, michigan, used to recovr a total of 35 patients. it limits it now to 32. fewer rooms mean longer wait times for treatment." this seems like a disaster in the making and it's really not about the treatment facilities but the isolation people are feeling. your son said, my trigger is depression. and we know isolation leads to such depression. is that what caused his death, that isolation? >> most definitely come up most definitely most definitely. >> raymond: our hearts and prayers are with you tonight and the many other families who are grieving particular at this time an

you know, just to follow up on what alex azar said about the positivity rates, it is also important toemember the test does not give you the disease. it doesn't lead you to be hospitalized and die and we are seeing increases in hospitalizations and deaths and concrete markers that the disease is going up. one thing we learned from the recent protests is we haven't seen a big surge in cases resulting from those outdoor gatherings and protesters largely wearing masks outdoors and if you wear a mask, outdoors, try to remain six feet away from other people you have really done a lot to protect yourself and reduce the risk of transmission. >> doctor, thank you. happy early fourth to you. stay safe. be well. thank you. >>> better than expected june jobs report showing 4 million jobs added but do the numbers tell the full story? >>> cnn goes inside a texas hospital just overwhelmed with coronavirus cases. you don't want to miss this. the gripping look at life for staff and patients. gillette proglide and proglide gel. five blades and a pivoting flexball designed to get virtually every hair on

alex azar is here. thank you, alex. governor ron desantis doing a fantastic job. rick scott, representing florida very well in washington. i just spoke with marco rubio and likewise he's doing a great job and he sends his regards. state senator wilton simpson, thank you very much, senator. state representative daniel perez. daniel, thank you, daniel very much. the county commissioner kathleen peters. thanks very much. ceo of safety net hospital alliance of florida. thank you. thank you, justin, very much, for being here. we continue to take a very aggressive action to combat the virus in florida. your state of the shows are amazing. they've been working so hard. the rate of positive cases in florida has now declined. it's declining. hospitalizations are declining in most places, pretty steadily. we think there's going to be a big decline starting very soon. there is currently over 21 present inpatient hospital bed capacity available. plenty of bed capacity. plenty of icu capacity available and that's going to be emptying out as people get better and they do get be

health and human services secretary alex azar. thank you, alex. secretary elaine chao. thank you. we had a great day in georgia yesterday cutting regulations. like no one has ever seen befo before. epa administrator, andrew cuyler. thank you, andrew. thank you very much. acting director ross vote. thank you. and small business administrator. i love her name, jovita carranza. thank you very much. thank you. cms administrator seema verma. thank you, great people. and there was a great people. they do an incredible job. i also want to thank the many state and local tribal leaders who join us in this great cause. thank you very much and thank you for being here. we appreciate it. thank you all very much. but we have achieved together is truly without precedent. it never happened before. the previous administration added over 16,000 pages of heavy-handed regulations through the federal registry. that is why nothing got done. under my administration, we have removed nearly 25,000 pages of job destroying regulations, more than any other president by far

secretary of health and human services alex azar claimed yesterday that health care workers do not get because of the appropriate safety precautions they take. >> we have health care workers. they don't get infected because they take appropriate precautions. they engage in social distancing. they use face covering. they use good personal hygiene. this can work. you can do all of this, there's no way schools have to be any different from the rest of us reopening ourselves up. >> well, let's see, in reality, 765 front line medical workers have likely died from coronavirus after helping patients during the pandemic. this according to a study by kaiser health news and the guardian. let's get to weather and a look at your forecast. to do that, we're joined by meteorologist, bill karins. hello, my friend, what's it look like other than hot and summery? >> yeah. it's july. the only thing i like to watch this time of year as we get deeper into our hurricane season, these things can pop up more quickly. we've been watching the tropical depression moving through the southeast. right now, it's ju

[applause] health and human services secretary alex azar. thank you, alex. [applause] transportation secretary elaine chao. thank you, elaine. [applause] we had a great day in georgia yesterday, cutting regulations. like nobody's ever seen before. epa administrator andrew wheeler. thank you, andrew. thank you very much. [applause] omb acting director russ vought. thank you, russ. small business administrator i love her name, jovita carranza. i love her name. cms administrator, seema verma. those are great people. they're doing incredible job. i want to thank the many state, local tribal leaders join us in the great cause. thank you very much for being here. we all appreciate it. thank you y'all very much. what we have achieved together is truly without precedent. never happened before. the previous administration added 16,000 pages of heavy-handed regulations to the federal register. that is why nothing got done. under my administration, we have removed nearly 25,000 pages of job-destroying regulations, more than any other president by far in the history of

health and human resources secretariasecretary alex azar ws an update on the coronavirus. the testing. when is all this going to slow down? we'll have the latest. we're going to hear from the white house trade advisor, peter navarro, how he got the big editorial in the usa today. with less than 100 days until the election, how is the race shaping up? we're going to hear from ronna mcdaniels. also on deck, senator tom cotton, people are critical of him. he's critical of the 1619 project. dan crenshaw will talk about protests that are ravaging city after city after city. what's behind it. plus, john tapper, how to open up your restaurant safely. charles payne, do we believe the market or the unemployment numbers. dan bongino on the unrest, especially in chicago. lawrence jones after his great special last night. and jack brewer, on many things, including how the nfl plans to get back to work. all those people plan to be on this show. my plan is to get them all in and to look this good. guys! guys! safe drivers save 40%!!! safe drivers save 40%! safe drivers save 40%!!! that'

first it is secretary of health and human services alex azar and then deborah birx. >> children are must less susceptible to severe outcomes than adults. >> until we know how many have been infected we have no evidence that there is significant mortality in children without crowe existing diseases. and that is what we're looking for right now, is to really make sure we've overturned every rock and understand that in deep detail. >> and dr. birx was saying there is a lack of testing which means data in terms of children and the -- and the disease. why do we know so little about the virus and how it impacts kids? >> i think actually the reason we know so little about the disease and children is that it is milder in kids. and they are less likely to get infected. and so people tend not to test them. a., they're most likely to get infected, under ten is less likely to get infected and have severe disease so people don't test them. and when they do test, they're outcomes have been better. so it is a surprise. this is very different than in -- where children are the vectors who carried it thro

alex azar. cms administrator, both doing a great job. seema verma. thank you, seema.da administrator dr. steven hahn. steven, who is really speeding up the process of therapeutics and vaccines and i just heard from some of the big drug companies and they're saying fda has really been moving the process along. very important, steven. can you move it faster, please. okay? thank you. great job. we appreciate it. and administrator of health resources and service administration, tom engels. tom, thank you. thank you very much, tom, for being here. we're also pleased to have with us our great governor from the state of florida, incredible state, incredible guy, governor ron desantis. thank you, ron, very much. appreciate it. you're going to say a few words in the end. good. representative matt gaetz, our friend. where -- hi, matt. you're so quiet back there today. i have never seen you like that. thank you, matt. great job you're doing. appreciate it very much. speaker of the florida house of representatives, jose oliva. jose, thank you, jose. very much. good job. and many

listen, doctor, hhs secretary alex azar addressing the pfizer deal. here it is. listen to this. >> we're not concerned about supply chain and its domestic manufacturing across the portfolio that we're investing in. we've even gone already to ensure fill finish capacity, syringes, needles, et cetera. >> so we have seen how much the government has struggled to scale up testing and contact tracing. could the same happen with vaccines? >> oh, i wish we would scale up contact tracing and testing at this level. that's the problem. making vaccines takes all the oxygen out of the air. but we do need it and it is the right thing to do. i just wish it was in addition to not instead of contact tracing and isolation. no, i think this is a great thing. i think this is science moving at, you know, the same speed, the exponential speed of the virus, and we have a lot to be grateful for that we'll have vaccines as soon as we will. but anyone who tells you the date's certain or the result of these trials before they're done is not -- not really watching very closely. >> dr. brill

take a listen to health and human services secretary alex azar earlier today. >> we're not concerned about supply chain and its domestic manufacturing across the portfolio that we're investing in. we will ensure that any vaccine that we are involved in sponsoring is either free to the american people or is affordable. >> i mean, from his mouth to god's ears, i guess, let's assume that there is a vaccine that passes the phase three trial and is approved by the fda for use. are you confident that everyone who needs a vaccine, particularly the elderly or front line health care workers, they will be able to get it soon, quickly? >> there are so many steps in operationalizing that plan that i think if i said i was confident, i would be cautious. i am cautiously optimistic that with the investment that's being made and with the groups that are rallying around to make this happen, i mean, you do have cdc. you have state and local health departments. you have academics who are really, really putting their skin in the game here. you have public health agencies. so, i think that if we build on