alex azar: yes . would fewer immigrants died and if china did not for the ppe, would fewer americans have died . sec. alex azar: absolutely. >> if china didn't correct the world health organization with your markets have died. yes. if china would not allowed american scientists in a country with fewer americans died . sec. alex azar: practice . >> thank you and i yelled back. >> yelled five minutes to mr. foster. >> thank you manager. the last questions that you just got. if they have plenty. , my wife is grand. she looked at the contrast between that and they got hit hard or an earlier . and we got hit. they have had by contrast negligible number of events . so all the last questions that you just answered apply equally were sec alex azar: i would be glad to discuss the difference in een u.s. and south korea detail if you would like. >> the largest factor is they who listen to the scientists and policies that follow. clarification. last month the f.d.a. guidancener issued new settling the can criteri

alex azar: absolutely not. do you think it would cause even more deaths if people were led to be suspicious of a vaccine because of politics when in fact the vaccine as we know from these great american companies is going to the gold standard process. >> it would be a terrible disservice to create hesitancy year of the. people will die . >> speech of thank you very much . the chair now yields to mr. waters for five minutes. >> thank you very much. for this very important hearing. i would like to ask the secretary, way you describe the increase in the coronavirus infections in this country right now rated and in the states with the increases are taking place . sec. alex azar: sore facing increases at the moment i merrily in the upper midwest and for the west so as we look at montana, wisconsin, i think north dakota and nebraska. the sourcing primary increases with our overcompensating recoiling out some of the decreases we've been seeing on the south outbreak in the south west. >> telus numbers. sec. alex azar:

i would like to turn the podium over to alex azar, secretary azar, thank you for being here.ecretary azar: thank you so much to dr. butler and dr. redfield and things, everybody at cdc for hosting us today. thanks, everybody at cdc for hosting us today. it is an honor to express my gratitude to the incredibly hard-working team here at cdc for their efforts throughout this pandemic. while in atlanta i also had the , chance to learn about the heroic efforts of the staff and everybody at grady memorial hospital as well as emory university hospital's work on clinical trials for regeneron's antibody cocktail and moderna's candidate vaccine. thanks to how we designed operation warp speed, if and when the fda gives the go-ahead for these therapeutic and vaccine products we will have , supplies already manufactured and ready for distribution. in conjunction with operation warp speed, the cdc, as dr. butler mentioned, is leading the effort to coordinate vaccine distribution and administration working with 64 public health jurisdictions they partner with on vaccines each year. i want t

services and human secretary alex azar, and centers for disease control and prevention director dr. robert redfield held a news conference today at the cbc headquarters in atlanta. on theovided an update federal government's response to the coronavirus pandemic as well as efforts to develop, approve and distribute a vaccine. >> all yours. >> all mine? great. good afternoon. ,nd thank you, secretaries are for joining us today at cbc headquarters. it is a privilege to have you with us and we appreciate your leadership throughout this unprecedented response. the most significant public health challenge our country has faced in more than a century. and the pandemic is not over. earlier this week, covid virus cases reached over 40 million globally. here in the united states, we are approaching a critical phase. butler, moments, dr. j cadc director for infectious disease and the former incident cdc'sr of the cbc's -- covid-19 response will provide you an update of our current situation. i know it has been a difficult year for americans, but we are going to come through this on the other s

we're grateful to be joined by the secretary of health and human services alex azar. ex, we're counting on you. medicare and medicaid services, there's a fantastic woman administrator, seema verma. and a friend of mine who has become very popular. i guess that's what that big applause was. i thought elvis entered the room . it was your florida governor ron desantis. >> that's great. by the way, we are some crowd. do you see was still in lawn. you have never seen anything like this. never seen anything like this. of -- we are leaving. supporters.e our gus, great job, guys. and greg steube. thank you very much, greg. thank you. [cheering and applause] thanks as well to fort myers mayor randy henderson. randy? thank you. good job, randy. that is quite a crowd, huh? >> [inaudible] [laughter] that's good -- pres. trump: that's good. we are also tremendously honored to be joined by world war ii and korean war veterans, the very brave guy, wally cortesy. you look good, wally. you are looking good. you, wally. appreciate it. beautiful. thanks, very much. [cheering and applause

we returned to the last part of the testimony from health and human services secretary alex azar. duplicitous and on august date -- this is designed to hurt this president for the reasons which i am not interested in. same e-mail the cdc director homicide read and agree how they wrote it and to ensure it is fair and balanced and complete

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we're keeping a close eye on a different room, the top health official, alex azar, is testifying beforeouse subcommittee. right before the break, i think i said azar tested positive, he has tested negative, i want to clarify those statements. we said that at the top of the show. alex azar said he tested negative for the coronavirus. and right off the bat, in his hearing, he addressed the news about his boss. >> this morning, we wish the president and the first lady and every american fighting covid-19 a swift and complete recovery. >> and nbc's leigh ann caldwell is on capitol hill. i want to start about the implications for the president's positive coronavirus on members of congress here. we know that certain white house officials, chief of staff mark meadows, for example, was on capitol hill this week. so was steven mnuchin who we now know tested negative. >> reporter: yeah, hallie. the ramifications of this positive covid test by the president is -- goes way beyond the white house. it stretches all the way down to pennsylvania avenue, to the capitol. all week long top administration

we are grateful to be joined by secretary of health and human services, alex azar.e counting on you. [cheering and applause] i will blame him if the stuff doesn't happen. the centers for medicare and medicaid services, a fantastic woman, administrator seema verma. great job. [applause] and a friend of mine who has become very popular. big applause was, backstage. i thought elvis entered the room. it was your florida governor, ron desantis. [cheering and applause] that's great, ron. by the way, we have some crowd. do you see with going on outside. the mayor said he has never seen anything like that. he has never seen anything. there's a lot of love outside, i want to tell you. that's a lot of love. we are leading in florida. [cheering and applause] by perhaps a lot. also with us, the warriors, representatives, gus. great job, gus. another friend of mine, these are terrific people, greg steube. thank you very much, greg. thank you. [cheering and applause] thanks as well to fort myers mayor randy henderson. randy? thank you. good job, randy. that is quite a crowd, huh?

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. >> and joining me now is the secretary of health and human services, alex azar. secretary azar, welcome back to "meet the press." let me start with something that i think is a bit confusing right now to those of us in the professional press corps, but maybe even plenty of viewers at home, and that is simply, who is leading the public health strategy right now for the federal government as these cases go up? is it you? is it the task force? is it scott atlas? is it deborah birx? is it dr. fauci? there's a lot of confusion about who is leading the public health policy discussions in the federal government level. >> well, chuck, of course, the president's leading the overall whole-of-government response and he's making all of us as public health leaders available to help educate the public, but what matters right now is the message that we're trying to get across, which is cases are increasing. you talked about that in your opening segment. cases are increasing. and we're seeing this happen because we're getting colder weather and we're losing that national social di

alex azar, secretary of health and human services just arrived on capitol hill for a hearing scheduled short time from now. i had spoken to jim clyburn running this hearing. he wasn't aware that azar was at the white house on saturday, unmasked, with a lot of people, with a lot of people who tested positive for coronavirus. so it appears that the hearing is going on. also with us is cnn's julia chatterley. a big miss on the number of jobs created. 600,000. it's good they're being created but a lot lower than we thought it would be. the unemployment rate did drop into the 7s. where do you see this? >> we celebrate every job recaptured because of the work being done, quite frankly, but perspective is everything as christine said. we're still down 10 1/2 million jobs since this pandemic began. i see this as a marathon. we sprinted the first half. we're at the halfway point here and that's great. now it gets increasingly difficult. we are looking increasingly fatigued. you can see that with the slowdown in the jobs that we add month by month. the isotonic drink that we need is for congress

you're also accusing alex azar, secretary of the department of health and human services, of a cover-upst that he knew about the plans for this? >> well, this particular campaign of television advertisements was essentially supposed to start in the run-up to the re-election which, as you know, is happening next tuesday. we, early on, working with jim clyburn and carolyn maloney of the oversight committee brought this to alex azar's attention very early on in september and basically demand documents from him related to this particular contract. he refused to comply to those requests for documents. instead we had to go to the contractors to get these very documents and now we know why secretary azar did not produce the documents, because they have such inappropriate material in them that i don't think they wanted to turn those over to us. >> so this was $250 million for an ad campaign. you said it was out of a specific budget for educational campaigns for the public, right? this money could not have been used for testing or contact tracing? it was designated for this. was it ever used? th

we'll hear from hhs secretary alex azar on the administration 's response and the development of a vaccine after house speaker nancy pelosi answers a question on a proposed 48-hour timeline for reaching an agreement with the white house on a covid relief bill. speaker pelosi: we have to have a national plan. you cannot leave it up to the states to decide how they are going to address the minority community -- >> if you don't get that agreement in the 48-hour deadline you said, what happens? speaker pelosi: here's the thing. the 48 only relates to if we want to get it done before the election, which we do. >> well, don't you? speaker pelosi: yes, so which we do. but we're saying to them, we have to freeze the design on some of these th.

alex azar has good news for us. >> we would expect by the end of the year to have enough vaccines toccinate the most vulnerable individuals. >> azar's announcement comes as new cdc reports find that it takes less than 15 minutes of close contact to become infected with the virus. >>> a staggering numbers of cases ravaging the midwest a field hospital in wisconsin set a record for new covid deaths with 48 fatalities in just 24 hours as rural areas struggle with the pandemic for more, here's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: some suburban businesses are facing new covid restrictions by the end of the week in the midwest, the region's second surge is spreading rapidly. >> in my 34 years as a physician, i have never seen so much suffering from a single disease over such a short period of time. >> i'm tired know others are tired. not just our bodies and our minds, but our spirits our fatigue just went up. >> our patients coming are are incredibly sick. >> reporter: a few weeks ago this testing site in chicago was dealing with no more than 600. as day now it's up to more than 1,000 in ohio hosp

he'll have health and human services secretary alex azar and governor gretchen whitmer. that will be an interesting interview. >>> if you watch every week you know coming up in about 30 minutes from now we will talk with our nbc bay area political analyst, larry gerston, for our weekly segment. we'll take a look at thursday night's presidential debate, upcoming presidential debate, and how much debates can change people's opinions and determine the outcome of an election. >>> turning to other news now, it's not something you see every day. atlanta police used a drone to arrest a man. he was accused of murdering an actor. video from the drone shows it hovering outside a second story apartment and when the suspect's door is blown open the drone enters the apartment and moves to the back where police say antonio walks out of a room with his hands up. he, again, is accused of shooting thomas jefferson bird in atlanta on october 3rd. >>> back here in the bay area a warning for people on the peninsula. this mountain lion was caught on video friday night and again yesterday mor

. >> the ultimate authority to grant emergency-use authorizations rests with alex azar, head of health and human services, and a former executive at eli lilly. both area researchers say transparency is critical. >> i would say that if there were some interest in there, that other people need to weigh in as well, besides he. although, he is going to be the ultimate decision maker. >> for his part, azar has promised to ignore politics and base all decisions on the science. >>> and meantime, just a short time ago, the president's physician says that president trump will resume public activities on saturday, as that will be day ten since his diagnosis. >>> oakland's fire department has been awarded a fema grant. the department is one of nearly 2,100 recipients getting a cut of the $700 million assistance to firefighters grant. oakland plans to use the money to buy self-contained breathing devices and face pieces for firefighters. meanwhile, we told you at the top of the newscast about the progress in the glass fire. one sonoma county man lost his home and everything he worked for in that f

. >> health and human services secretary alex azar, and centers for disease control and prevention directorr. robert redfield gave an update on the federal government's response to the coronavirus pandemic and

on c-span2, and human services secretary alex azar testifies before the house select subcommittee oncoronavirus crisis. on c-span3, the house intelligence committee looks at a recent whistleblower complaint that alleges the politicization of intelligence at the department of homeland security. that gets underway at 10:00 a.m. eastern. q&a, the catot on institute's delia shapiro talks about his book "supreme disorder ," on the history of supreme court nominations and confirmations. >> curiously, roe v. wade and the issue of abortion did not play too large a role in the first couple nominations after roe came down. two years later, president ford nominated john paul stevens, who was a moderate republican in his day, but sort of to the left jurisprudential he, but was not asked about that case that had just been decided two years ago. it diddra day o'connor, not play that larger role. it really was not until 1987 that roe assumed the huge roll that it plays in all of our supreme court discussions. ilya shapiro and his book "supreme disorder" on q&a. , lawmakers question pharmaceutical e

now health secretary alex azar said he didn't know about the reported santa pr plan which is now under review. andrew? >> elizabeth, thank you. >>> overseas the crew of an oil tanker off the british coast is safe after what was initially called a suspected hijacks. british military forces boarded the ship. seven people were taken into custody. the tanker left nigeria thr weeks ago carrying oil. >>> tropical storm zeta appears to have new orleans in its sights and could soon become a hurricane. the system is moving through the gulf off the eastern coast. the system is on track to reach louisiana wednesday. it's expected to gain strength and become a category 1 hurricane. >>> time for a look at your monday forecast. the strongest santa ana winds of the season are raising fire fears in california. concerns have forced pacific gas and electric to cut power to about 1 million people. wildfire conditions in colorado have given way to snow. take a look at that. more than a foot fell in locations north of denver. windchills are below zero. checking today's high temperatures. only the mid teens

no one is immune to this but at a friday hearing health and human services secretary alex azar would not say if the president's rallies help spread the virus do you think that the president's rallies that he has gone to where people are not social distancing does that contribute to the increase we have consistent advice which is the practice 3 w's for all individuals wash your around your distance wear face coverings avoid settings where you can't not applies to any setting but the virus continues to spread in washington republican utah senator mike lee who was at the white house saturday also tested positive and is now in quarantine. >>in washington raquel martin. >>democratic presidential candidate joe biden has tested negative for covid he tweeted this out today saying i'm happy to report to live tested negative for covid thank you to everyone for your messages of concern. i hope this serves as a reminder. wear a mask keep social distance and wash your hands. now campaign staff will continue to be tested all throughout biden's campaign and he's been pushing for wearing the masks a

services and human secretary alex azar, and centers for disease control and prevention director dr.dfield held a news conference today at the cbc headquarters in atlanta. on theovided an update federal government's response to the coronavirus pandemic as well as efforts to develop, approve and distribute a vaccine.

. >> health and human services secretary alex azar, and centers for disease control and prevention director dr. robert redfield gave an update on the federal government's response to the coronavirus pandemic and efforts to develop, approve and distribute a vaccine. this is 30 minutes. >> all yours. >> all mine? great.

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. >> that's secretary alex azar.resident blames testing for the rapid rise -- >> cases are increasing. we're seeing this happening because we're getting colder weather, losing the natural social distancing that happens from being out of doors. >> azar also responded to the indoor event in ft. myers, florida, where he spoke to seniors who are, of course, the most vulnerable in this pandemic. >> i wish everybody would have worn face coverings and maintained social distance. >> we mentioned atlas who completely dismissed masks and their effectiveness, cnn reports that dr. deborah birx was relieved twitter removed the dangerous post. "the washington post" is reporting that she wants atless off the task force, a request she took to vice president pence, who has declined to interview, at least in one disagreement. another task force member, dr. steven hahn has recently been establishing guidelines to ensure its safety. and of course there's dr. fauci, the most vocal and blunt member of the task force, not coincidentally th

to that end, his hhs secretary alex azar and white house covert advisor dr. scott atlas held a roundtable that happened earlier today to discuss a pandemic plan that was put together by the world's top epidemiologists. current lockdown policies are producing devastating effects on short and long-term public health. those who are not vulnerable should be immediately allowed to resume life as normal. schools and universities should be opened for in-person teaching. restaurants and other businesses should open. arts, music, sports and other cultural activities should resume. tonight, two of the world-renowned scientists who wrote those join us exclusively. stanford university epidemiology professor. biostatistician. oxford university epidemiologist professor. doctor, let's start with you. why has there been so much resistance to reopening, given what we are seeing in europe right now. >> it's stunning. it's what you do if you follow basic public health practice. there is sort of a perception that lockdowns and contact tracing is something the scientific communit

alex azar, the secretary of health and human services, we saw him at that apparent super spreader event at the white house not wearing a mask. and the fda commissioner also rarely gives briefings, the president has accused his agency of playing politics by rebuking trump's push for a rush on vaccines. of course there is dr. anthony fauci targeted by both the president and his campaign even as they use his words to indicate that fauci thinks the president's coronavirus response has been good. >> i think it's really unfortunate and really disappointing they did that. it is so clear that i'm not a political person and i have never either directly or indirectly endorsed a political candidate. and to take it completely out of context statement and put it in, which is obviously a political campaign ad i thought was really very disappointing. >> now, fauci also said the white house determines which media outlets he is allowed to talk to. they are limiting his profile as he tries to warn people of a deadly virus about which information is constantly changing as doctors learn more about it. not

atlas and alex azar who tweeted "we heard strong re-enforcement protecting the vulnerables while hoping schools ening schools." what he did not do and what dr. atlas had not done of reaching herd immunity could put thousands of lives at risk. take a look at tieonight's crow. how many young people you see live with or coming in contact with young people. who among these people may get the disease and recover and suffer long-term complications. there is a lot of healthy people who had mild cases. >> heard immunity is another word for mass murder. that's what it is if you allow this virus spreading. we are looking to two to six million americans dead. not just this year but every year. there is no such thing as herd immunity. these viruses come back year after year and infect the same people. >> that's professor william, who unlike dr. atlas does specialize special diseases. he's not alone on herd immunity. this is perhaps the world's most medical journal. isolating that many people as they say scientifically and ethically problematic. we can't afford distractions and undermine an effectiv

. >> reporter: health and human services secretary alex azar believes there will be enough vaccine doses all seniors, healthcare workers and first responders by the end of january with the rest of the country getting access by march or april. the first covid-19 vaccine could be ready by the end of the year. several companies under operation warp speed working towards finishing up their vaccine trials. todd: on the other side of brooklyn restaurant owners speaking out after a sketchy covid-19 summons. >> reporter: it is getting ridiculous in new york city. of brooklyn restaurant owner claims his business was unfairly ticketed by the city. i've heard a lot of these stories. this video shows the inspector ticketing the diner because the door was open. >> we work so hard and struggling to begin with because of covid-19. it is disheartening when your business is slow because of this and somebody walks in and issues you a citation, called me up on the verge of tears not understanding what is going on. the debate whether to stay open or not to begin with, it is amazing. jillian: only takeout an

h h s secretary alex azar meeting with oxford and stanford, these particular epidemiologists believe america should pursue a herd immunity strategy to be covid-19. that mean allowing the virus to spread among young people while protecting the sick and vulnerable. plenty of critics out there tonight, nobody the president's mask removal on the white house balcony but the decision to let them out of the military hospital. rick leventhal is tracking the latest for us tonight. >> reporter: when the president found himself alone on the balcony, took his mask off it sparked outrage from his critics including members of the press. nbc's andrea mitchell tweeted donald returns to the white house and immediately takes off his mask. i have no words which is 15 years versus twitter handle. kevin collins, the president saying only days into his diagnosis the first thing donald trump does is take his mask off. that is washington post columnist jennifer rubin who blasted the medical team at walter reed for the the president leave. she wrote, quote, any doctor who public endorses this insanity needs

house secretary alex azar blaming the mitigation fatigue. >> we are seeing this happen because we are colder weather and we are losing that natural social distancing that had happen from being out of doors and people are getting tired. the american people, they have given so much, we are seeing the mitigation fatigue right now. >> he also said he wished more seniors, they had worn masks at the indoor event that they held in fort myers, florida on friday. well twitter, they blocked a post from one of president trump's advisers, a message against masks. and it came from dr. scott atlas who was a part of the coronavirus task force and yesterday, he tweeted masks, they will work, no. he went on to question the science behind face coverings preventing the spread of the virus. well twitter, they say they violated the company's policy on sharing false misleading information. dr. atlas called their action censorship. >> all right, a live look now atcapitol hill. deadlocked on another round of coronavirus stimulus funding. however, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says lawmakers will vot

. >>> alex azar will join us.nd out when he believes a coronavirus vaccine will be available for widespread use. >>> in our more perfect union series, the 12-year-old who composed music for new york philharmonic. how she's hoping to inspire more diversity in classical music. all of that is coming up when we see you at 7:00. >> see you then. already inspired. thank you. >>> a trial run for the digital health passport book flight yesterday, aimed at making it easier to verify test results while traveling internationally. passengers take covid tests up to 72 hours practice flight and input results from a certified ad on an (. >>> let's get a check on traffic with gianna. >>> if you plan on heading out the door and taking bay bridge, metering lights are turned on. they've been on for about 45 minutes. you are backed up to the foot of the maze. west bound 80, brake lights around the emory ville area, starting to slow down there a bit. you will see stop and go conditions on the upper deck itself as you head into the cit

meanwhile, secretary alex azar meeting with three doctors from prestigious schools, harvard, oxford,ould mean allowing the virus to spread among young people while protecting the sick and vulnerable. plenty of critics out there tonight. of not only the president's mask removal on the balcony and come up with the decision to allow him out of the military hospital. senior correspondent rick rollins all eyes tracking that all tonight. >> good evening, shannon. it sparked outrage from his critics including the members of the press. "i have no words" which is actually 15 words" tomei. only days into his diagnosis, the first thing he does when he gets back to the white house is take his mask off. then there's "washington post" columnist who blasted the medical team at walter reed for letting the president leave. she wrote "any doctor publicly endorses this insanity needs to lose his or her license." the part-time contributor added "congress might want to defund walter reed, it is a public health hazard." a response, walter reed is where heroic military men and women go to be treated after

we'll be listening to do alex azar and dr. when they have been made fun of for wearing masks. how optimistic are they there is going to be a vaccine by the end of the year? jake? >> secretary azar and jerome adams both shared personal stories about how the pandemic has affected them. what did they have to say? >> reporter: yes, it was actually very touching, jake. so dr. adams talked about how his wife has cancer, sadly, and how they are diagnosis was delayed because of covid. so he shared that story. secretary azar revealed that his father had died during the pandemic and that he didn't get to spend his final months with him, and that he didn't get to mourn communally with other people as we like to do. so sharing those stories, i thought, was very touching, because people learn from people. and i thought that was very touching, especially since, again, their boss, president trump, has repeatedly said, oh, this virus is nothing. he makes it sound like not a big deal. these two men were saying just within their immediate famil

. >> health and human service secretary alex azar reiterated that a vaccine could be available to allmericans by april, april 2021. what information and statistics will you be looking for to ensure a vaccine is safe? >> that seems like an aggressive time line to me. certainly i would love to see that happen. i will be looking to the scientific evidence, to data from the fda that has been reviewed by the scientists, reviewed by the advisory committee on immunization practices. and so certainly, you know, i would like it quickly. but to all americans by april seems rather ambitious. the first thing i would like to see is we have a safe vaccine that has some efficacy. the next thing i would like to see is follow national academy's guidance on how it's going to get rolled out. to claim all americans are going to have it by april i think is aggressive. >> dr. walensky, good to see you as always. >>> president obama not showing ring rust when it comes to giving stump speech but does the former president's blistering attack play right into donald trump's hands? stay with us. to stir that fir

. >>> alex azar is floating a plan to get rid of the fda's steven hahn. this stems from hahn's insistence that any potential covid-19 vaccine needs to pass more rigorous safety guidelines than normal. joining me now is the president of axis health international dr. william hazelton. doctor, i want to get your reaction to this report. it says a feud between hhs and the fda has disrupted efforts to combat the virus. talk to us about the danger in these agencies butting heads. >> of course it's dangerous in the middle of a pandemic to have a fight with the people who are meant to control it. let me say that it's like attacking the fire department when your house is on fire. it's not a good thing to do. this is unwise and a virus is a natural phenomenon. it's like an earthquake. it's like a volcano. you can't shove it into a political box which is convenient for your re-election. you can't do that. the virus will do what it does. you have to look at it kwarsqua and you've got to use our best institutional tools -- the cdc, the fda and put your trust in them w

an optimistic tone sounded by the cdc and the health and human services secretary alex azar hinting up potential remedies on a limited basis by the end of the year. they outlined an aggressive roll-out of vaccines in the early part of next year. they have committed billions to this effort, particularly with astra zeneca and johnson & johnson that could put them in many more than 100 million hands in the early part of next year. the numbers are dicey on this, but they're optimistic something could be had and seen. the read on this from dr. bob from st. joseph's university. he's the chairman of medicine there. doctor, what do you think of what they're stating here? they're not limiting or minimizing the threat that remai remains warning people to continue wear mask and wash your hands. they're hopeful that something could come down the pike even in emergency use by the end of the year. you think that is true? >> i do think that is possible, neil. i'm very happy to hear the cdc speak. they're speaking to science, which is what we should be using to guide ourselves in this dilemma. people

been in contact not only with hope hicks but the president last new days-- mike pence, bill barr, alex azarnany. should they be in quarantine right now, regardless of their tests? >> you know, it depend whether they were felt to be in close contact, and that's up for sort of a little bit of judgment call. supposedly it means within sex feet for 15 minutes. there's no strict rule about that. but if they were in close contact, then they really should be tested to see if they-- they could potentially be infecting somebody else, and then they should go into quarantine. there's confusion about the terms. if you're infected you go into isolation. if you are exposed to somebody who is infected, you go into quarantine. >> stephen: okay, okay. as a doctor, i'm sure you've had a lot of patient overs the years who do not take your instructions. >> a couple. >> stephen: and-- and a lot of americans aren't taking masks or social distancing seriously. do you think that this might be an opportunity to depoliticize the teaching over how to keep covid from spreading here, to take masks away from left-right,

here is secretary alex azar testifying this morning.e is tweeting ahead of his testimony that out of an abundance of caution, i was tested for qandil -- for covid-19 this morning prayed the result was negative. we are seeing the president and first lady -- we are wishing the president and first lady a swift recovery prayed he will testify in 10 minutes, c-span two, 9:00 a.m. eastern time -- swift recovery. he will testify in 10 minutes, c-span two at 9:00 a.m. eastern time. dr. fauci said he has not spoken with president trump since the positive covid-19 testers all prayed we have a call from nancy. she is in evans, georgia. nancy, what would you like to say? caller: i thought these calls that were coming in were supposed to be about covid-19. my entire family is in medicine. my husband is a pr trauma doctor. my doctor is an icu nurse. covidhew was a -- runs a lab in a large city. we have been living this on a daily basis ever since it started. it was in this country before the cdc let us know it was here. as far as the masks goes, this

embraced by the president's controversial science adviser scott atlas who along with hhs secretary alex azar, attended a meeting with scientists who allow for the virus to spread. saying we had strong reinforcement of the trump administration strategy of aggressively protecting the vulnerable while opening schools and the workplace. "the new york times" reports that two white house officials embraced the strategy. both spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to give their names. here's how "the washington post" quoted one of the officials on the call, quote, we're not endorsing a plan. the plan is endorsing the president's policy for months. the president's policy, protect the vaulnerable, prevent hospitl overcrowding and open schools and businesses and he's been very clear on that. everybody knows that 200,000 people died. that's extremely serious and tragic. on the other hand, i don't think society has been paralyzed and we know the harms of confining people to their homes. meanwhile, covid-19 cases continue to rise nationwide. infections are spreading rapidly in the midwest. st

health secretary alex azar this week taking a meeting with three of the leading proponents of the idea that everyone should get it, that we should aim for herd immunity. masks are a bad idea. social distancing is a bad idea. closing anything is a bad idea. get everybody together. the more infection we all get, the getter. that will give us herd immunity and never mind that it might kill millions of americans along the way. these guys really are the flat earth society of covid-19. but the secretary of health and human services met with these people on monday, touting that he was meeting with them. these are the people promoting mass infection of as many americans as possible. health secretary tweeted this after that meeting. quote, we heard strong reinforcement of the trump administration's strategy. oh, good. the president is positive and has been hospitalized for it within the past week. the president is now refusing to do the next presidential debate, but he is threatening to start up his mask-free rallies again. the president's behavior and statements are erratic enough right now ev

we will hear from hhs secretary alex azar on the administration response and the development of the vaccine after house speaker nancy pelosi answers a question on a proposed timeline for 48 hour reaching an agreement on a covid relief bill. >> you have to have a national plan. you cannot leave it up to the states. if you don't get that agreement in the 48-hour diet -- deadline, what happens? >> the 48 only matters if we want to get done before the election, which we do. were saying we have to phrase the design on some of these things, and what is the language.

health and human services secretary alex azar explained what was behind the new coronavirus surge earlier this morning. >> cases are increasing. we're seeing this happen because we're getting colder weather and losing that natural social distancing that happens from being out of doors. people are getting tired. the american people have given so much. we're seeing mitigation fatigue right now. >> perhaps the most fatigued is president trump. >> we're rounding the corner. you'll see it. we're rounding the corner, but you have to open up. you have to get the place going. >> and here he is, heeding his own advice, attending clarnlg gatherings like church this morning in las vegas where you can see very few masks are being worn there. no social distancing whatsoever. here's his rally in carson city set to start a short time from now. same scenario from there. cnn medical analyst, chief of the infectious disease division at massachusetts general hospital. doctor, do you think is that it, mitigation fatigue, is that to blame are for the new surge in cases? >> i think mitigation fatigue is certai

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