>>health and human services secretary alex azar says president trump's new health care plan is better than obamacare better care more choice lower cost the administration says the plan will end surprise billing lower premiums and send seniors $200 for prescriptions. the president says the plan is a reworked version of the 2010 health care law. it is no longer obamacare because we've got rid of the worst part of it the individual mandate the america first health care plan still includes a major piece of the a c a protecting those with preexisting conditions azar claims obamacare protections didn't work it doesn't actually provide access to affordable insurance and says president trump's protections will be talking about a total contradiction north carolina democratic congressman david price doesn't trust the president's commitment because it's administration is still working to dismantle the a in the supreme court but after 4 years of failed attempts to repeal and replace obamacare secretary azar tells me the president is working with what he has whether it's the affordable care act or

:50, alex azar. >>> one more check of the market. low of the day. what have we got on boeing? susan: we're looking at those so-called value plays where the money rotated for leading declines, boeing is down. united health down 5%. american express is down 4%. along with other financials. goldman sachs and jpmorgan because of this report in "the wall street journal" about illicit funds getting through the u.s. financial system. i also want to talk to you about some of the better performers so far in september. we talk about big tech, high flying technology stocks that have done well. the s&p is down 5% on the month. what is outperforming, this might surprise you, it really surprised me, think of something called materials. that is considered a value play, underperformed so far this year. not exactly high-flying growth stocks think of sherwin-williams the paint company, also the air product and chemicals, lynne, these are forgotten names. stuart: meanwhile we continue to hit new loss. i see on the board the dow down 792 points. you're

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. >> i'll talk to health and human services secretary alex azar how covid is affecting president trump's re-election chances. our wall street journal poll on covid, leadership and where the presidential race stands with six weeks to go. welcome to sunday, and a spe >> from nbc news in washington, the longest-running show in television history, this is a special edition of "meet the press" with chuck todd >>> good sunday morning and a happy rosh hashanah. in a year of crises, impeachment, and economy, the death of rating bader ginsburg set off a battle a powerful advocate for women's rights and an unlikely cultural icon died friday night days before her death, she dictated a statement to her granddaughter. my most fervent wish is that i will not be replaced until a new president is installed she may not get that wish. challenged with a political environment both president trump and mitch mcconnell seized the moment, the president moved to replace ginsburg, promising to nominate a woman this week taken after antonin scalia died in february than any nominee should await the results of the e

even health and human services secretary alex azar, not practicing what he's been preaching about taking coronavirus precautions. we have this just in. dr. anthony fauci revealing the white house pivoted away from daily task force briefings. we'll talk about that in just a moment but first reelection rally since making the supreme court nomination at the white house. let's get straight to cnn's ryan nobles in middletown, pennsylvania, right now. the president just arrived. what it s the mood there? >> reporter: well, ana, what we're seeing play out here in realtime is the president and his campaign adopting the coney barrett confirmation process as part of his overall campaign strategy. listen to what the president said just a few minutes ago about his nomination of coney barrett. >> i'm just come from the rose garden of the white house where i proudly nominated judge amy coney barrett to the united states supreme court. judge barrett is is a brilliant legal mind, extraordinary scholar. number one in her class. the most respected people. they obviously agree with president trump. they wa

coronavirus is foremost among the president, his aides, foremost as an objection before the election hits, alex azarbe shepherding that vaccine along, or potential multipling vaccines ahead of the election, secretary azar is trying to show that she's in control of his operation, he's had an up and down year, he was leading the coronavirus task force, then he wasn't, michael caputo was installed as the spokesperson without consulting azar. so it's been a tumultuous period at the health department. azar is trying to show that his team has the authority to report. >> appreciate your time as always. >> thank you. congratulations on anchoring your own show. >> thank you. >>> pennsylvania where president trump is holding a rally tonight is one of the many states suing the u.s. postal service over mail delays allegedly caused by recent operational changes. pennsylvania attorney general josh shapiro joins me next. >>> with 42 days until the election here's your latest vote watch, a federal judge in wisconsin is extending the deadline for absentee ballots meaning they can be counted up to six days after nove

still, health and human services secretary alex azar insists -- >> politics and elections will play no role in the approval and authorization of a vaccine by the food and drug administration. it will be based on data, science, evidence and the appropriate legal and regulatory standards. >> reporter: he explained how it works. the vaccine in a clinical trial is given to half participants. 15,000 in this case. the other half gets a placebo injection. once enough people in the trial get the disease according to a prespecified statistically significant end point, a data and safety monitoring board looks to the numbers for differences in those who got the vaccine from those who didn't. >> if there are enough cases, we can see data in october on a couple of these trials. and if not, we see data when we see it. >> reporter: secretary azar understands that some people may be skeptical. >> we have so many preventable diseases and unfortunately not enough people do get the vaccines and our work is going to be to try to convince them through transparent information, to have a discussion with thei

we're pleased to be joined by secretary of health and human services, done a great job, alex azar. ortantly cms administrator seema verma. thank you, seema. a great friend of mine and a great friend of health care, frankly, senator bill cassidy. bill. representatives michael burgess and greg murphy, so instrumental. thank you, fellas. many, many state and local officials are here with us. thank you very much. since the plague arrived from china, we've seen our doctors, nurses, first responders, scientists and researchers at their very best. we slashed red tape to accelerate the development of

i want to bring in alex azar. thank you so much for joining us. this is a really big issue. the public health communications challenge, the biggest in a century. and this is all happening in the middle of a presidential election, take a listen to what kamala harris and joe biden have said about the vaccine process under the administration. >> i would say that i would not trust donald trump, and it would have to be a credible source of information that talks about the efficacy and the reliability of whatever he is talking about. >> i'm worried that if we do have a vaccine, people will be reluctant to take it. thank god we have it. if i can get a vaccine tomorrow, i would do it. if it would cost me the election, i would do it. >> dana: what do you say to reassure americans that the process is on the up and up. >> dana, thank you for having me. i want to be really clear with the viewers. the president, the its secretary, and officials at the fda will require that any vaccine meet the safety and efficacy standards that the fda has set. they have transparent guidance to say what

alex azar a few days ago. see behind him on the hhs screen there's the words beat the virus, wear a mask. now, this isn't today in the rose garden. he put on a mask briefly, but then he was walking around. you see him in the middle of your screen there, no mask, shaking, fist bumping, very close quarters. it's hard to understand what he was encouraging, saying it's so, so important a couple of days ago and then we see him in the rose garden not wearing this mask and we know that wearing a mask will save thousands and thousands of lives. what goes through your mind as an emergency room figz? >> as an emergency physician, listen, wolf, i worked today in the e.r. i saw dozens of patients, many who i was concerned may have covid. i put a mask on every patient who walks in the door and i wear a mask for the entire time i'm there, both to protect me and protect my patients. we have study after study that shows like you said that 80 to 90ch of the cases could be prevented if everyone was universally masked. it's with

health and human services secretary alex azar, thank you very much.ll be first in line, as soon as i fit into one of the categories where it is recommended for me i'll be first in line to get a vaccine, and i'll ask my family members to do the same from an fda, gold standard, authorized or approved vaccine. absolutely. >> thank you for your time this morning. we really appreciate it. we're going to switch gears now for a check of the weather with mr. roker. >>> thank you, savannah. we'll show you what we have right now. beautiful weather in the northeast, into the ohio river valley we do have a fire risk now in the pacific northwest and also in the western plains. heavy rain due from beta, making its way into the southeast sunshine from texas all the way into the southwest that >> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. let's take a look at our high temperatures for today. we'll see some mid-60s for spots like half moon bay and along the immediate coastline. the temperatures go up to the upper 80s for antioch and as far as the far north bay. as we

. >> health and human services secretary alex azar sat down with research america did discuss the coronavirus pandemic in response preparing for the flu season in research priorities within the department. this is 15 minutes. >> one of your view should be the hhs lease research agenda as it seeks to understand more and more during the pandemic and what kinds of efforts to be sustained "after words". >> as leadership, i think it's really proving to be a valuable part of the coping response. this is such an unprecedented disease in the ends packed on the health system is so unique and were really learning, you can see we are learning how to treat patients with covid, so much

why alex azar is saying about that. >> also, i'll ask the attorney general of the crucial background state of michigan what's being done to speed up vote counting. >> but we begin with president trump and his efforts to try to appeal to voters in the battleground state of nevada. trump is campaigning in the state for a second day after his rally outside carson city last night. he has multiple events in las vegas before heading off to henderson, nevada, this evening. the latest polling on the swing state from "the new york times" has former vice president biden with a four-point lead over the president. nbc's josh lederman is at the white house and joins me now. josh, he lost the state in 2016. what did we learn from trump's rally last night about the campaign strategy? >> well, lindsey, if you were to ask me or pretty much anyone in washington a week ago who the trump campaign was really targeting in these last two months of the election, we would have said the president's longtime political base. largely white working class voters who helped to elect him four years ago. but in the l

you mentioned the vaccine, alex azar up to speed on that, also the vice president, but we are talking about pfizer and moderna had possibly said, possibly they will have enough data by the end of october to have a vaccine approval possibly, then you've got astra-zeneca which has delayed a little bit because of the testing issue they had, their phase 3 trials back open in the uk there. and the others, johnson & johnson coming in and novavax coming, johnson & johnson at the beginning of next year, novavax possibly at the end of this year. so positive signs moving forward related to a vaccine on all of this, as we wait for the president. now we will hear the testing side of this and see how we can trace this in the united states. you know, officials have made a very big deal about if you could track and trace this, then you could isolate the communities and the other communities can then thrive more than they are thriving now. as we saw today, indiana opening up fully, florida also opening up more of their economy. cheryl: yeah. edward, if our viewers are just joining us, want to remind

alex azar is here, joining me with more on the race for a vaccine. for covid-19.inistration, the emergency injunction the company filed with their u.s. download ban set to take effect this sunday. and new year's going virtual in 2020, one major celebration takes on a different look this year. "mornings with maria" is live right now. european markets this morning are mixed as well, take a look. the fq100 down 16, cac down just about a point, the dax is higher, up 32 points. in asia, red across the board. asian markets finishing as you can see in the red with the worst performer in korea and china. joining the conversation all morning this morning, dagen mcdowell and mark tepper. great to see you guys. we see this huge selloff underway yesterday, continuing this morning. dagen, it feels like market participants are expecting things are sort of on standstill until we get through ruth bader ginsburg and the cherishing of her life and perhaps the president's pick this saturday. dagen: that and also really waiting for more rescue money from congress. nancy pelosi has no

i have to get your take on seeing alex azar today. he wasn't wearing a mask. was fist bumping, in close contact with a lot of people at this event. he's supposed to be one of the leaders of the pandemic response. what goes through your mind seeing this image? >> there's the obvious, that he should be modelling the type of behavior that we expect everyone to have at this point. he represents all the agencies that fall under hhs. the cdc, the nih, all of these top scientists and public health officials, what's going through their minds as they watch the leader flaunt the advise they're giving. he has a responsibility to represent that publicle th guidance to the president. this cabinet secretary in charge of health and public health is not following these very guidelines. the state of florida has the third highest case count. the governor is going to allow restaurants and bars to reopen, no state restrictions, and he also mentioned he wants a full super bowl party by february. is florida in a good position to take this next step? >> no. and let's remember where

next, health and human services secretary alex azar. he sat down with research america to discuss the coronavirus pandemic and response, preparing for the flu season and research priorities within the department. this is 15 minutes. this is 15 minutes. in your view should be the hhs led research agenda as the nation seeks to understand more about what has happened during the pandemic and what kinds of efforts should be sustained afterwards? provenar: i think >> has to be a valuable part of the covid response. this is such an unprecedented disease and its impact on the health system is so unique. we are really learning. you can see we are learning how to treat patients with covid so much better as the time has progressed over the last several months. one of the key things we are doing as a funding opportunity with investigations as you mention, telemedicine and also treatment pathways and protocols in the idea would be to fund investigations to get information out on a short four to six month timeframe so we can replicate that and enhanc

. >>> secretary alex azar has barred the health agencies including the fda from signing any new rules medicines, and other new products including vaccines. according on to a memorandum obtained by "the new york times," power is reserved to the secretary. it's unclear or how it would change the approval vetting for the coronavirus and vaccines in the u.s. health and scientific agencies are undergoing deep politicization. but before we go to break, we want to know why are you awake? email us your reasons for being up with us watching@"way too earl early"@nbc uni.com. and still ahead, senator joe manchin will be our guest as the senate continues to battle over the supreme court vacancy left by justice ruth bader ginsburg. we're back in just a moment. rug we're back in just a moment. you hope the more you give the less they'll miss. but even if your teen was vaccinated against meningitis in the past... they may be missing vaccination for meningitis b. let's help protect them together. because missing menb vaccination could mean missing out on a whole lot more. ask your doctor if your teen

later today the hhs secretary l alex azar responded. we'll show you the response in a moment.sebelius, the health and human services secretary under president obama. thank you so much for joining us. let's get right to this issue. senior administration official tells cnn michael caputo, former trump campaign official, now the chief spokesman at the health and human services, demanded along with his team to see reports out of the center for disease control and prevention before they were released to the american public. what's your reaction to that? >> well, i find it shocking, wolf. published weekly by cdc have been around for decades. and they are really critical public health reports that not only go to public health departments all over this country but all over the world as well coming to washington and informing what's going on. the notion somebody is sitting in the hhs office, a campaign flunky would suggest that he should be able without any scientific background without any scientific information to edit reports, so that they fall in line with trump's talking points is

. >> health and human services secretary alex azar sat down with research america did discuss the coronavirus pandemic in response preparing for the flu season in research priorities within the department. this is 15 minutes. >> one of your view should be the hhs lease research agenda as it seeks to understand more and more during the pandemic and what kinds of efforts to be sustained "after words". >> as leadership, i think it's really proving to be a valuable part of the coping response. this is such an unprecedented disease in the ends packed on the health system is so unique and were really learning, you can see we are learning how to treat patients with covid, so much better are the time has progressed over the last several months, one of the key things is a funding opportunity with investigationsti as you mentiond telemedicine but also treatment pathways and protocols in the idea would be to fund investigation and get information out on a very short 4 - 6 month timeframe so we cann get that out there and replicate it and enhance learnings. we saw one of the key impacts of this with the

joining me is hhs secretary alex azar. being here this morning. >> thank you. >> want to start with something you said to me the last time you were on on june 28th, take a listen. >> the window is closing. we have to act and people as individuals have to act responsibly. we need to social distance. we need to wear our face coverings if we're in settings where we can't social distance particularly in these hot zones. >> so you said that on june 28th. we were at approximately 121,000 deaths then and we've had 80,000 more since. is the wind oow closed? >> absolutely not. they practiced the three ws of wash your hands, watch your distance, wear your face coverings. we've seen an almost 50% decline in cases and 50% declines in hospitalizations and an even greater decline in fatalities since the high point. so the american people have stepped up to the plate any responded to president trump's and my call to action to individual responsibility and that's what's bridging us to now the real promise that we have of next generation t

he was apologizing for putting the department in a bad light, embarrassing the hhs secretary, al alex azar. there are others in this administration, even from the president himself, that do believe there are government scientists working in this administration who are actively trying to undermine any kind of effort to produce a vaccine or therapeutics because it could hurt the president. that is a sentiment people in the white house and this administration overall do believe. i believe what we've seen is caputo is he said he would consider taking a leave of absence for physical issues he's going through. it's not clear if he's going to do that. it doesn't seem that a decision has been made. he is someone who was brought on early on during the coronavirus basically to serve as a check on the hhs secretary alex azar when there was distrust of him. he is someone who is a political ally of the president, a long-time friend of roger stone, that kind of person. the question of whether or not he's staying or going is still to be determined. overall the response on coronavirus here is still being

better we have the latest >> reporter: the senate's top democrat tonight demanding health secretary alex azar resign over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic >> we need a secretary of health and human services who will look out for the american people not president trump's political interests. >> reporter: senator chuck schumer furious about a report top hhs officials tried to modify nonpartisan weekly data updates that show how the fight against covid is going. in one case an aide to the agency's communication chief michael caputo berated the cdc for trying to hurt the president with its reports according to politico. a white house aide called it stunning schumer wants azar to step down in the middle of a pandemic but did not comment on another hhs official in the spotlight tonight, michael caputo in a now deleted facebook live video caputo plugged conspiracy theories according to the "new york times" accusing cdc scientists of sedition or inciting rebellion against the president, forming a resistance unit to undermine him and accusing left wing agitators of plotting violence if preside

byare thrilled to be joined vice president mike pence, secretary of health and human services alex azar, secretary of education, betsy devos. hi, betsy. services, seema verma, and admiral jabbar, who has done such an incredible job. thank you, admiral. we are also joined by mississippi governor tate reeves. you had a to mentis victory. we are -- you had a tremendous victory. and abbott ceo, robert ford. robert, great job. today, i am pleased to announce our plan to announce millions of abbott rapid tests. in the coming weeks, very soon. this will be more than double the number of tests already performed, and here is our plan. 50 million tests will go to protect the most vulnerable communities, which we have always promised to do, including millions for nursing homes, 15 million for assisted milling facilities, 10 million for home health and hospice care agencies, and nearly one million for historically black colleges and universities, and also tribal nations. 100 million rapid point-of-care tests would be given to state and territories to support efforts to reopen their economies and sc

the times is reporting that the health and human services secretary, alex azar, signed including the f.d.a. from signing new rules, including vaccines. the times reports when you were running the f.d.a., you actually tried to stop this kind of power grab. it happened. what's the political implication? what's the reality now? >> doctor: this is unfortunate because i think it sends exactly the wrong message at a time we want to reaffirm the independence of these agencies. this does create an implication, or at least a spector, that the independence of that agencyeingn influenced. that is not the practical affect in terms of what this will do to the covid response. this is a major dos is basically say that only the secretary can codify rules. if he is asserting that right now, that could call into question all of the rules that were implemented where lower-level people were delegatrity to sn thosees. in fact, on my second to recodified the tobacco regulation because i was concerned they could take this kind of step and use it as a basis to call into legitimacy the codification of that r

my interview with the secretary of hhs, human health and services secretary alex azar on the race forf the election today. but first, let's take a look back at some of the week's big moments on

health secretary alex azar as part of what beijing has condemned as a dangerous trend.the control china using taiwan as leverage or solicit foreign support, it's all wishful thinking and destined to be a dead-end. those who play with fire will burn themselves. reporter: once again, taiwan is caught in the middle of worsening china u.s. relations. >> increasingly, the u.s. is stepping up to back taiwan for a range of regions. to counter china regionally, mainly. taiwan is a democracy as well as its critical geographic location. an increasingly more important role in u.s. strategy in the indo pacific. we are likely to see an increasing ratcheting up of tension in the taiwan strait. reporter: diplomacy with taiwan seems to be part of a wider effort by the u.s. to rally an international coalition against what it sees as increasing chinese belligerence. mounting criticism of beijing's actions in xinjiang and hong kong and its response to covid-19 as well as territorial disputes with its neighbors as a growing list of countries sharing an anti-china grievance. china has shown

next, health and human services secretary alex azar. he sat down with research america to discuss the coronavirus pandemic and response, preparing for the flu season and research priorities within the department. this is 15 minutes. this is 15 minutes. in your view should be the hhs led research agenda as the nation seeks to understand more about what has happened during the pandemic and what kinds of efforts should be sustained afterwards? provenar: i think >> has to be a valuable part of the covid response. this is such an unprecedented disease and its impact on the health system is so unique. we are really learning. you can see we are learning how to treat patients with covid so much better as the time has

joining us now is health and human services secretary alex azar.at to have you here this morning. nancy pelosi responded saying it's an insult to the american people. she says it is not worth the paper that it is signed on. why is this not being met with support from democrats? how do you address their concerns? >> i don't understand how they can be opposed to the notion that the policy of the united states that people with pre-existing conditions will receive access to affordable coverage. perhaps it's because they believe their lies about the affordable care act that it guaranteed protection against pre-existing conditions for people. that promise was made in the affordable care act. for 30 million americans priced out of the individual market by the excesses and infirmities of the affordable care act it doesn't solve their problem. for those in the affordable care act let me give you an example. a 55-year-old couple in missouri making $70,000 a year will pay $30,000 in premiums and have a $12,000 deductible. that's not coverage of your pre-exist

alex azar. thank you. and very importantly, cms administrator. >> ♪ >> hello. am juan williams with kennedy, jesse watters, dana perino and greg gutfeld. it's 5 o'clock in new york city and this is "the five." >> ♪ >> ♪ >> president trump in north carolina giving a speech on his healthcare plan. the president promising to always protect pre-existing and accuses democrats of pushing socialized medicine. and the president ignited a fire storm about mail-in ballots. >> we have to be careful with the ballots. the ballots are a scam. we want to make sure that the election is honest. i don't know that it can be with this whole situation. unsolicited ballots. millions sent to everybody. >> the white house said president trump will accept the results of what they call a free and fair election. some republicans condemning the president's words while joe biden and the democrats are outraged. take a look. >> [muffled audio]. what country are we in? >> president trump, you are not a dictator and america will not permit you to be one. >> i would say to any republican of goo

. >> hhs secretary alex azar said this morning that masks are a bridge until you get a vaccine, but we dr. redfield and others, even when we get a vaccine, masks will still be important. help us in terms of setting our expectations. >> i think they're both right. masks are definitely a bridge to the time when we have a vaccine widely available. however, if the vaccine is only 50% to 70% effective, there's still a risk. so in that situation, we may find ourselves lining up to get vaccines, but at the same time still wearing masks including during cold and flu season. >> good information as alway thank you. >>> russia is watching from afar. they've got to be loving it. we'll check in with james clapper. he'll join us live right here, on the security risks 44 days out from the election. for my mouth to aim at. oh, hiding, huh? the new grilled buffalo chicken papadia - tangy buffalo sauce, grilled chicken, and melty cheese for just six bucks. papa john's. asome companies still have hr stuck between employeesentering data.a. changing data. more and more sensitive, personal data. and it does

alex azar. thank you. and very importantly, cms administrator. >> ♪ >> hello.dy, jesse watters, dana perino and greg gutfeld. it's 5 o'clock in new york city and this is "the five." >> ♪ >> ♪ >> president trump in north carolina giving a speech on his healthcare plan. the president promising to always protect pre-existing and accuses democrats of pushing socialized medicine. and the president ignited a fire storm

health and human services secretary alex azar said thanks to operational at warp speed we will have millionsine doses by year's end. >> we feel it is extremely credible that we will have tens of millions of doses of fda gold standard vaccine by the end of the year. we will get data whenever clinical trial end points are met and whenever the report out report out the ceo of pfizer which was one of the two earliest vaccines in late stage clinical trials said he might see data in october driven by data and evidence and nothing else. >> in july the dod and hhs announced $1.9 billion agreement with pfizer to produce 100 million doses of the covid-19 vaccine. rob: the senate will vote on a skinny coronavirus illegal, mitch mcconnell unveiling a $300 billion bill that includes federal unemployment benefits, more funding for the patient protection program, money for a vaccine, it does not include a new round of stimulus checks. jillian: democratic leaders said the bill is headed nowhere. only pushing it to protect republicans, breakdown the bill when economists peter morici next hour. the time is 26

we are joined now by health and human services secretary alex azar. crucial moment in the fight against the coronavirus. the reality as well, more than three out of four americans are worried about the safety of the vaccine. and they're worried that politics is leading it and not science. i'm hoping you can alleviate some of the fears. let me start with why do you think november 1st is a date that could be met and how likely is it? >> thank you. and thank you to president trump's leadership we're making historic progress toward a vaccine. we have three vaccine candidates in that late stage phase three clinical trial with tens of thousands of people getting enrolled. when that data comes in and we don't know when that data will come in. it's going to depend on actually the rate of infection in the community, where that vaccine, and the placebo are being administered. when the data comes in that will be reviewed by a monitoring board, an independent board, and the data at the appropriate time will go to the fda. president trump made it clear and i've ma

that was alex azar's response to allegations that trump employees altered cdc reports to not undermine the president. this is according to a federal health official who says michael caputo -- the venerable mmwr is the cdc's primary public health information. it has been around in some form since the 1870s. this after we learn the president has known the truth all along about just how deadly and dangerous this virus is. he's been intentionally downplaying the severity of it. as his own voice revealed conversations he had with bob woodward. let's go to minden, nevada, boris sanchez is standing by. before we talk about what you're seeing on the ground. let's start with this new report about altered cdc reports. what more are you hearing now from trump officials. >> trump officials are trying to discredit this source that is in the administration that reported this to cnn. the allegation that administration officials appointed by president trump were altering reports from the cdc in order to make sure they weren't correcting the president's public line on coronavirus. they specifically men

those sentiments were echoed by health and human services secretary alex azar. >> we will not compromisethe safety and efficacy of a vaccine even as we move under president trump's leadership to get one as quickly as possible. >> the nfl announced one player and seven staff tested positive over the past week. the kansas city chiefs hosts the houston texans with fans limited to 22% capacity in arrowhead stadium. >> bret: other countries struggling with how to the open schools safely. benjamin hall has that part of the story from london tonight. >> welcome back everybody. >> schools are open and pupils are back and read to learn. for the last few months or has been a growing consensus that keeping children out of school is more dangerous than sending them back. >> not right that kids should invest more time out of school, it's much, much better for the health and mental well-being. and obviously their educational prospects, if everybody comes back to school full-time. >> there are changes. start times are staggered in the bliss have been set up to help grab some overlap thing and people ha