alex azar writes, as i reflect, we could have done more to address vaccine hesitancy. i'm glad former president trump got vaccinated, but it would have been even better for him to have done so on national television so his supporters could see how much trust and confidence he has in what is arguably one of his greatest accomplishments. even that statement, probably too generous. trump did get vaccinated, but he did so in secret. if you'll remember, it happened in january. he didn't announce it until months later. and he never sold the vaccine up until this day like he has anything else. why not? now, think about how many lives could have been saved if trump made the vaccine as much of a symbol of support for him as his hats. but another key development would also be sending the message that the vax is something to take. over 50% of people who haven't been vaccinated say the fda approving the vaccine would make a difference. the "new york times" reports tonight it could be coming by early next month, approval for pfizer. let's take that to a better mind. trump's former

we give credit to the trump administration for doing this, particularly secretary alec cesar -- alex azar, who is a component of that, what they did was make an investment to prepare for phase two and phase 3, even before you knew the -- you knew that phase i worked or not. and to start minified dream. when you do that, you make a major investment in resources. if the vaccine doesn't work, you've lost a lot of money, if the vaccine doesn't work, you have saved a lot of time. and that is exactly what happened. in addition, we have the clinical trial sites that we had built decades earlier for hiv and influenza, which we used to do the clinical trials, and third, unfortunately for us, we -- but fortunately for the vaccine trials, we were in the middle of the summer surge, when the phase three trials were initiated. so next comes the basic and clinical research. both and platform technology and immunogen. it didn't start in january of 2020, when the sequence was put on a public data base. the experiments on mrna approach, predominantly done by the nih and also industry was involved, started

at the beginning of the book one reason alex azar is out-of-favor is he tried to almost lord trump intong the cigarettes and the base went bananas over that so trump was very attuned to policy changes, a lot of times he ended up bending in whatever direction they wanted. >> the question from krista, how optimistic are you about our ability to combat the coronavirus over the long-term with the dangerous variance the keep emerging and stalling and us vaccination rates, what factors make cancer success and what barriers stand in our way? >> great question. the country is in a better place at the vaccine. the vaccines have shown to be highly effective against all the variants so far but with the delta variant in pockets of the country where they have 30% or 40% of the region vaccinated that will be a problem. health officials are anticipating outbreaks in the fall and the tricky thing is the coronavirus is a highly efficient virus so the more it can spread even if you are vaccinated, people are highly protected it will keep mutating among and vaccinated people because as we've seen over the

you know, at the beginning of the book, one of the region that alex azar is kind of out of favor is because he tried to almost lure trump into banning e-cigarettes and vaping and the base went bananas over that. and trump was in tune with policy changes and the base and ended up bending in whatever direction they wanted. and this question is from krista. >> how optimistic are you about our ability to combat the coronavirus with the dangerous variants and the stalling in u.s. vaccination rates? what factors might enhance our success and what barrier stands in our way? >> that's a really great question. i think, obviously, the country's in a much better place with the vaccines and fortunately the vaccines have shown to be highly effective against the variants so far, but i think with the delta variant especially in pockets of the country where they have, you know, less than 30 or 40% of the region vaccinated, that's going to be a big problem and health officials are anticipating outbreaks in the fall. and the tricky thing is that the coronavirus is a highly efficient virus so the more it can

warp speed, and we give credit to the trump administration for doing this, particularly secretary alex azar, what you did was make an investment to prepare for phase two and phase three even before you knew if phase one worked or not and to start manufacturing. when you do that you make a major investment in resources. if the vaccine doesn't work you lost a lot of money. if the vaccine does work you save a lot of time and that is exactly what happened. in addition we had the trial sites that we built decades earlier for hiv and influenza, and third unfortunately for us, but fortunately for the vaccine trials, we were in the middle of the summer surge when the phase three trials were initiated. so next comes basic and clinical research, both in platform technology and immunogen. it didn't start in january of 2020 when the sequence was put on a public database. the data, the experiences, on mrna approach that was funded predominantly by the nih, and industry involved, started decades earlier to develop an mrna molecule that could be used for a vaccine. in addition the vector based approach, s

particularly, secretary alex azar who's an important component of that. biden administration is doing their vaccine push. the pentagon is looking at plans to mandate 1.3 million active duty troops to be required to get the shots. elvis presley, take a look at this, 60 years ago. this is important stuff, we can keep learning together. we have special guests tonight after our shortest break, i will see you in 60 seconds. break, il see yoinu 60 seconds. tired of clean clothes that just don't smell clean? what if your clothes could stay fresh for weeks? now they can! this towel has already been used and it still smells fresh. pour a cap of downy unstopables into your washing machine before each load and enjoy fresher smelling laundry for up to 12-weeks. at usaa, we've been called too exclusive. because we only serve those who honorably served. all ranks, all branches, and their families. are we still exclusive? absolutely. and that's exactly why you should join. [engine revs] ricky bobby, today the road is your classroom. [engine revs] now let's go borrow a b

alex azar said president trump might get involved. he said i'm glad he got vaccinated but it would have been better to have done so on national television to see how much support and trust he is in one of his greatest accomplishments. would you like to see the former president come out more robustly and endorse the vaccine? >> he has endorsed the vaccine, president trump has. anything that he can do -- he has an incredible -- tens of millions of loyal followers. going back to whether he should have been vaccinated on national tv, given the track record of other networks, not fox, i doubt if they would have carried it. we had a four-house white house summit all meant to propose vaccination. get the only network that carried it? fox. i appreciate that. lost opportunity. i hold the biden administration partially to blame for that. >> if they carried it, would they have said negative comments? the answer is yes. lastly, the military. mandating vaccines for the military. a former doctor said the following. as an emergency medicine physicia

remark was about simone biles on the olympic beam and then he launched into a tirade about trump and alex azarsive scandal. >> leo: i did the same thing. let me tell you, what is so troublesome about this. it's an an inherent conflict of interest. cnn is basically part of this confidence. they allowed chris cuomo to use their network to protect his brother. what happened last night, the absence of a number one major news story that allow him to come on on the air and broadcast everything but the misconduct about his brother is outrageous. it's wrong. what is going on? what will happen today and in the future? chris cuomo can never, never, never, did i say never, never talk about issues of sexual harassment, sexual misconduct because he has no credibility given the fact he refused to look at the subject involving his own brother. >> kayleigh: it was amazing which is why i quickly turned back to our good friend sean hannity, leo. the best. kennedy, what's amazing to me is that he was moonlighting as a political consultant in the background literally drafting statements for his brother, andrew cu

president bought meadows had a good sense of what the base would go for, book onening of the reason alex azaris out-of-favor is because he tried to lure trump into banning e cigarettes and they went bananas over that so trump was very attuned to changes and how they would affect the base and a lot of times he ended up bending in whatever direction they want. >> this is from krista, how are you about our ability to combat the coronavirus long-term dangerous variant that keep on emerging and u.s. vaccination rates? what factors might enhance our success and what barriers stand in our way? >> that is a great question, are you think thete country is in a better place with the vaccine and fortunately vaccines have been shown to be highly effective against the variant but i think with the delta variant especially in parts of the country where they have less than 30 or 40% of their region vaccinated, it's going to be a big problem and help officials anticipate outbreaks in the fall is, the,ricky thing bryce is a highly efficient virus so the more it can scrape even if, they are highly productive, it

american household which yanks off the agenda because people are ridiculing the health secretary alex azar look like underwear or a training bra on your face chief of staff yanks off the agenda and say we are not doing this. then the summer cases pickup but i was b a pretty goo y opportunity -- >> want to stop you because there's a question related to that, who in your you is the primary decision-maker to not send a masknd to the public? >> tell me if you disagree, i think mark sure was the primary decision-maker because he was the one who went toci the vice president and set but take it off the agenda and they were angry because they felt like the hhs emergency preparedness team who came up with the idea freelancing and haven't gotten approval from the white house for how much it would cost. >> that makes sense, sorry. continue. >> there was a time in august when we were back down to 20 or 30,000 cases a day, another opportunity to try to crush it before it picked up in the paul, of course that was wasted because they were starting on thee campaign focused again, thy think it's going to b

which gets yanked off the task force agenda because people are ridiculing the event health secretary alex azaras modeling the mask thing they look like underwear on your face or a training bra, as a vice president chief of staff yanks it off the gin and says we are not doing this. then you've got the summer where cases start picking back up but that was a pretty good opportunity -- >> hold on bravely. i want to stop it because as a question related to that finance u.s. who in your view is a primary decision-maker to not send the masks to the public? >> damian come to him if you disagree, i think mark short was probably the primary decision-maker because he is one who went to the vice president said this is a ready, let's take it off the agenda. they were also anger because they felt like hhs emergency preparedness chief would come up with the idea was freelancing and had not gotten approval from the white house for how much is going to cost. >> sorry, continue. you're moving on to the summer i think. >> there was a point in august where we are back that like 20 or 30,000 cases a day. that was