joining us now is goldman sach asset management publish investment cio ashish shah welcome, ashish, it'sd t see you. >> thanks, sara. thank you for having me. >> i want to start with th action of bonds today because 10-year yield is below to 60 and so your background, your expertise in fixed income. we're seeing a greater inversion of the curb? what is the message right no from the bond market >> look, i think the bond market is telling you we're seein slowing growth and b accelerating inflation in th marketplace. and so, you know, the market believes that the fed is price in getting tight but they kno that tightness is going to actually slow the economy. down the lin that we're above the neutral rate and so i think what we hav to engage is what are the type of returns that we could get b buying bonds where we're using this to be priced in i would much rather be buyin those higher yields. we were almost 100 basis point higher about a month ago and now the risk return is looking a little less good out the curb >> but do you think we've seen the highs for bond yields this cycle? >> we've p

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ashish jha had to say. picture bottom line is these are substantial up upgrades in our vaccines in terms of their ability to prevent infection, to prevent serious illness, and those vaccines are coming very very soon! so we heard there these could be coming very soon, alisyn. >> and also, we've heard that the cdc director has announced plans to reform the organization. what's that going to look like? >> that's right. that's right. so the plan here from cdc director rochelle walensky is to modernize the agency, and here's what we heard from dr. walensky. she says, quote, in our big moment, our performance did not reliably meet expectations. as a long time admirer of this agency, and a champion for public health, i want us all to do better and it starts with cdc leading the way. she's speaking about criticism the agency has received regarding its covid-19 response. in an effort to enhance public trust to restore public trust, and to really, again, modernize and reform the agency, here are efforts, share scien

ashish jha. dr. jha is the white house covid response court nader and a health policy researcher and the third dean of the brown university school of public health. he has offered practical advice today so we have a lot to go over and we will jump right in. thank you for being with us. dr. jha: thank you for having me here. suzanne: maybe i can start with a broad brush. what is the current state of covid in america and globally? dr. jha: thank you for having me here today. when i look back to where we were 18 months ago when the president took off versus where we are today, very different situation. deaths are down 90%. even if we go back to last summer, we were in the middle of the delta peak. deaths are down 75% to 80%. we are in a much better place. if you ask why we are in a better place, we are in a better place because people have gotten vaccinated and boosted. we have treatments widely available. while we continue to fight this pandemic, and we have a lot of infections out there -- about 100,0

ashish jha met with the cbs morning team to discuss the white house's response. >> the public health emergency allows us to speed up vaccines and treatments, more effectively and efficiently. that's going to be helpful. also helps us get data collected better across the country. we have gotten more vaccines than the rest of the world combined and we are primarily targeting those vaccines to the community where this virus is spreading which is largely among gay and bisexual men who have sex with men. that's where the virus is spreading and that's where most of the localities, most of the cities and states are getting the vaccines out. >> and demand for the vaccine is high. across the country here in the bay area people waited in long lines in san francisco. and in washington some residents are even crossing the canadian border to get the vaccine. >> they were very willing to accommodate anybody regardless vaccine supplies in our country are limited. >> half the available doses have been distributed but there is concern that cases will rise if the feds don't move faster to ship the vac

ashish jha will be discussing the outbreak on "gma" fist thing tomorrow morning. >>> we move overseas now and wnba star brittney griner convicted today. a judge sentencing her to nine years in a penal colony. she's been detained for more than five months now, found guilty of intentionally smuggling vape cartridges of hashish oil into the country. president biden calling her sentence unacceptable. and the administration is again urging russia to accept its prisoner proposal. here's abc's senior white house correspondent mary bruce. >> reporter: this is the moment brittney griner learned her fate. standing in a cage in a russian courtroom, hearing she's been sentenced to nine years in a russian prison camp. earlier, griner emotional, saying she takes responsibility for illegally bringing vam cartridges containing cannabis oil into the country back in february. but stressing it was an accident. >> i made an honest mistake and i hope that in your ruling that it doesn't end my life here. >> reporter: griner choking up as she then apologized to her family and teammates in russia and back in

ashish jha, saying those revamped shots could be out in three weeks if the fda and cdc both give the green light. >> these are substantial upgrades in our vaccines and those vaccines are coming very, very soon. >> reporter: those boosters expected to be for those who are 12 years and 08der for pfizer and 18 years and older for moderna, with an expectation of the new boosters for younger children to follow. >> let's bring in erielle reshef with us tonight. dr. jha saying the new boosters could be available in three weeks time. that's really soon. so, give us a reality check. do health officials really think it's plausible they'll have the cdc and the fda both signing off on these new boosters in time for families to get these protections, many preparing to go back indoors and many back in school already. >> reporter: well, david, that is the question. the fda is expected to give its green light in the coming weeks. then the cdc advisory panel will meet and the cdc director is likely to sign off shortly after that and officials say they do believe these new boosters will roll out as ea

ashish jha saying today that the new shots tailored to target the most recent variants, including omicron ba.5, could be out in three weeks time. they still need the fda and the cdc to sign off. the fda directed both moderna and pfizer to begin making these vaccines earlier this summer. we'll keep you posted, of course. >>> next tonight here to the shark attack in the east. a 10-year-old boy losing part of his leg off the florida keys. abc's victor oquendo from florida. >> reporter: tonight, a 10-year-old boy is lucky to be alive after a shark attack. >> shallow water, about ten feet of water, boy just having a fun time with his snorkel and go pro and trying to see fish and turtles. >> reporter: jameson reeder jr.'s uncle posting these photos to facebook and telling our affiliate wplg the 10-year-old was snorkeling off a boat in the florida keys on saturday when an eight-foot bull shark attacked him. jameson rescued by another boat that happened to have a nurse onboard. >> we can see the bone. it's a pretty big bite. we've already put a tourniquet on his leg and we're wrapping towels arou

ashish jha says he's not concerned about the virus spreading on surfaces. >> we're monitoring closely. have not seen any cases through playgrounds, not seen any cases through public transportation. but i'm not worried about those as major mechanisms or even minor mechanisms of spread. >> reporter: tonight, the cdc out with a new study breaking down who in the u.s. has been infected with monkeypox. 99% of the cases have been among men. an overwhelming majority have had sexual contact with other men, but the cdc again stressing that anyone can be infected with the virus as long as they have had prolonged close physical contact with an infected person. whit? >> faith, thank you. >>> to the war in ukraine now, and alarming reports of shelling. near the largest nuclear power plant in all of europe. ukrainian officials say high voltage power lines were damaged. both sides blaming each other. abc's senior foreign correspondent ian pannell back in ukraine tonight. ian, good evening. >> reporter: whit, more shelling at the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. russia and ukraine accusing each othe

ashish jha saying today that the new shots tailored to target the most recent variants including omicron ba.5 could be out in three weeks time. they still need the fda and the cdc to sign off. the fda directed moderna and pfizer to begin making the vaccines earlier this summer. >>> next tonight here to the shark attack in the east. a 10-year-old boy losing part of his leg off the florida keys. abc's victor oquendo from florida. >> reporter: tonight, a 10-year-old boy is lucky to be alive after a shark attack. >> shallow water, about ten feet of water, boy just having a fun time kw his snorkel and go pro and trying to see fish and turtles. >> reporter: jam jamison reed jr.'s family telling our affiliate wplg the 10-year-old was snorkeling off a boat in the florida keys on saturday when an eight foot bull shark attacked him. his leg amputated below the knee. it's the fourth shark attack in the keys since april. as our oceans warm, sharks are coming closer and closer to shore. these, spotted off fort luderdale this weekend. but experts say attacks are still rare. >> if you look at how many

ashish jha pressed over concerns of rebound cases of paxlovid.ut he said they are relatively small. >> the clinical data suggests that between 5% and 8% of people have rebound. >> reporter: but health officials urge paxlovid is preventing severe outcomes, with people who took the pills five times less likely to be hospitalized and ten times less likely to die from covid. and now the fda reviewing pfizer and moderna boosters that specifically target omicron and its dominant subvariants. with officials saying those shots should be available soon after labor day. and david, we reached out to the white house tonight. they are standing by those paxlovid rebound numbers, saying that cases remain low, but they say there are still ongoing studies. david? >> they still it's still worth it, even if there is a rebound. erielle, thank you. >>> there was also one more moment from president biden's time before the cameras today, as we await decisions from two different judges after the fbi searchal mar-a-lago, one who will rule if any of that affidavit will be

ashish jha, the white house covid response coordinator good to have you here. before we talk about the updated vaccines let me ask you about this admission by the head of cdc that the agency missed the mark in its covid response especially when it came to communications but is it just the cdc? in your opinion has the whole of government failed on some levels here >> let's remind ourselves dr. walensky the director of the cdc asked for this review of the cdc. i think that review was very well-done it laid out areas where the cdc needs to improve, and the bottom line is that she's committed to making those changes, and i think that's really important to your broader question, yeah, you know, our government agencies weren't designed to manage a once in a century crisis like this i think while many of them performed admirably there's no question in my mind that these agencies could have done better >> if i can let me turn to the vaccines now. we've been told a dual strain version if you will covering older variants as well as omicron may be ready in just a few week

ashish jha. >>> senate breakthroughs, democrats reach a deal with holdout kyrsten sinema on the massive economic plan and what got dropped from the deal to get her vote and what happens now. >>> brutal heat. the hot temperatures intensify across the country, breaking records across the northeast. >> today is the hottest day ever. >> and extreme storms including the lightning strike near the white house that sent four to the hospital. >> it's surreal. i have never seen anything like this in my entire life. >> al's forecast straight ahead. >>> all that, plus to lease or to buy, a touch choice for car shoppers facing record prices. this morning, what you need to know before you head to the dealership. >>> and camera-ready. exclusive and adorable new images of the cincinnati zoo's newborn hippo. we will take you there live to tell you how you can name this very big baby, today, friday, august 5th, 2022. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today," with savannah guthrie, and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning, everybody. welcome to "today." it is friday mo

ashish jha, he is white house covid response coordinator.ng. what do americans need to know about warning signs or prevention with monkeypox, and how prevalent is it? 26,000 cases, what does that mean in the grand scheme of things? how dangerous is it? how easy is it for it to contract? >> yeah, good morning. thanks for having me on. those are fabulous questions, so let's talk about what we know about monkeypox. this is a virus we've known about for 50, 60 years, so it is not a novel virus. we have 6,600 cases in the united states. thankfully, no one died of this disease. we hope serious illness remains low, and we'll do what we can to make sure that happens. 98% of the cases are among gay and bisexual men, spreading through prolonged skin-to-skin contact. so it is not something that i think the average person needs to be concerned about contracting -- you know, getting, contracting. it is not easily spread. there's a theoretical risk it can be spread through surface, but that's not what we're seeing. right now, we're really seeing almost al

ashish jha spoke at an event sponsored by the u.s. chamber of commerce foundation. >> getting us out of that acute emergency phase, find the treatment, find the diagnostic test. we need to get out of that business over the long run. my hope is in 2023, you're going to see the commercialization of almost all of these products. some will begin this fall. amy: in colorado, a grand jury has launched an investigation into a denver police shooting that left at least seven people injured in july. recently released body camera footage revealed new details of the chaos that impelled him. denver police previously admitted -- reportedly previously omitted to report key facts from previous descriptions of the shooting, including that the man they were pursuing, 21-year-old jordan waddy, was throwing away his handgun when police shot him anyway and that he had raised his hands when police first approached him. six bystanders who were standing nearby were also wounded. in tennessee, federal judge has ordered the coffee giant starbucks to offer to r

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ashish jha, and, dr. jha, thank you for joining us this morning.took 78 days for the white house to declare a public health emergency after the first confirmed case of monkeypox in the u.s. should this have happened sooner? >> yeah, good morning, michael. first of all, thanks for having me back. look, since the first case we began working immediately to try to respond to this virus, right, so started ordering vaccines, making sure tests were becoming widely available, making sure treatments were widely available so the white house has taken this very seriously from day one. you know, the public health emergency adds extra tools to our toolbox, allows us to speed up vaccines further, allows us to unlock new funding, so there are a lot of good reasons to do the public health emergency now. but i think we've been taking it pretty seriously since day one. >> and, janai, she just reported on the new vaccine approach that could see vials split into smaller doses. if they are split, are they as effective, and are they being split because the administratio

that was goldman sachs' ashish shah today's stealth mover, amgen buying a biotech company for more thanbillion in move they make a reecently approved drug for a rare immune disorder. the ibb biotech index is up about 2.5% it's made a move lately. it's still down sharply this year but there is excitement around m & a finally a lot of investors waiting for this the merck close to getting a deal with cgen a lot of people have been bullish and waiting for a while. >>> up next, the ceo of zoetis discusses how generic drug competition and currency fluctuations are impacting that business the dow is down about 64 points. we'll be right back. >>> breaking news out of washington on the inflation reduction act. ylan mui with the story. >> reporter: sara, the senate will now vote on the inflation reduction act starting on saturday afternoon that's according to a statement from majority leader chuck schumer. that sets up a timeline that would put final passage of this bill sometime likely on sunday or monday, but it remains unclear if the senate and democrats have enough votes to actually pass it i

. >> not was doctor ashish jha on friday, what can happen now the monkeypox has been declared a publicthe announcement on thursday. that announcement comes as cases continue to rise across the u.s.. a period every state except montana in wyoming. it also comes weeks after the world health organization declared monkeypox a global health emergency. joining me now is doctor -- she is the ceo of advancing health equity and as a msnbc medical contributor thank you so much. for joining me, i want to ask you, it's like the biden administration 13 days to clear covid a public health emergency. and i took them 70 days to declare monkeypox one. why such a delay? >> thank you so much for having me and i think that such a critical question and i think we probably will not know the answer but we know that we are already behind. the fact is that monkeypox his own signs that it is another pandemic and we are seeing outbreaks in over 80 countries and so by definition that is a pandemic and i think the w.h.o. declared it, the u.s. should've declared a public health emergency at that time because with t

ashish jha was asked about it on the "today" show. >> there is one small company in denmark that makesof the world combined, but we've got to do more. we're looking at and work on expanding it to american manufacturers who can make those vaccines. >> joining us now is msnbc medical contributor and critical care pulmonologist, dr. vin gupta. when did this start? this goes back years? they didn't take it seriously enough, because they were worried about smallpox or anthrax or other biological attacks, fatal diseases, or is this like, they weren't ready for covid, so they weren't ready for this? >> andrea, good morning. it's always great to see you, you know, there was a slight miscalculation up-front. but the announcement yesterday is critical on multiple fronts. and for your viewers here, just to emphasize key points here. number one, the commissioner of the fda announced something that's really interesting. that cuetaneous vaccination, if you're going to get vaccinated with this vaccination for monkeypox, we'll give it superficially, that mode of administration might allow us to extend

ashish jha. sir, what do you make of this? 42% increase in one week. how concerned are you? >> good morning, and thank you for having me back. a couple of things are going on there. obviously we're tracking that very, very closely. part of it is infections are increasing, but also we have done a lot to ramp up testing, testing is now much more widely available. obviously we know as you get testing more widely available, you'll see cases go up. i see that as a good thing, it means we're identifying infections. i expect in the days and weeks ahead we'll continue seeing cases rise. over time, we'll see that slowing. over time we want to make sure that is starting to turn. but right now i think a lot of it is being driven by testing as well as increases in infection. >> you do not have enough vaccine for this. far from enough vaccine. and we're learning that the u.s. could have. "the new york times" is reporting that dhs failed to ask that bulk stocks of already made vaccine be bottled. how did that happen? >> let's talk about vaccine vaccine supply. there is one small manufactu

ashish jha. >> a public health emergency declared by the secretary of health and human services unlocks. allows us to speed up vaccines and make treatments more easily available. allows us to gather more data efficiently. >> the decision comes as cases top 7,000 nationwide with a quarter of those cases in new york state alone, and as headlines across the country continue to warn of vaccine shortages. joining me now, ammish hadala new york council member eamon vecher. doctor, this comes two weeks after the w.h.o. declared a public health emergency, new york, california, illinois followed soon after. did the biden administration wait too long? is it no longer possible to contain monkeypox in the u.s.? >> i still think it is possible to contain monkeypox if we are able to see competent delivery of vaccine to high-risk individuals. i think what ended up happening is the public health emergency became the only means to cut through all of the bureaucrat red tape and find a path to take the actions necessary for people on the ground to contain this outbreak. i think it is sad we have to go to

and in a discussion with the chamber of commerce, white house covid response coordinator, doctor ashish. we do nothing and just sort of hope for the best. i think we could end up getting into a lot of trouble to prevent that. doctor jha says the biden administration is facilitating the development of a new variant specific vaccine, which could be ready as early as next month. >> it's going to be really important that people this fall and winter get the new shot. he also says it's critical for schools and businesses to update their indoor ventilation and for covid treatments, masks and testing to be widely available. if all of that happens, i am confident we keep every business open keep every school open. we don't have to like how hospitals that are overwhelmed and can't take care of other people. but long-term doctor just says he thinks the u.s. government shouldn't be the ones funding the covid fight. and that treatment and prevention should become part of the commercial health care system in washington. i'm hannah brandt. >> for your help this afternoon, millions of americans can soo

we're just hearing from the companies themselves at this point, we'll see what the fda says, but ashishsecond booster could be available. >> and, also, sanjay, before we let you go, dr. fauci announced he is leaving government, his role with the biden administration is the chief adviser, but also this larger role that he had in government that spans decades. and it is not that surprising, we knew it was coming, but now that he has made it official, what is your reaction? >> yeah, i feel the same way. i think that we knew this was coming. i think, you know, my reaction is he has had some 40 years of experience in this job. i think that's -- no matter what, that's really hard to replace. that knowledge, the nuances that he has gained over time, the ability to sort of navigate through all the various infectious diseases. people got to know him around the world because of covid. you talk about zika and ebola and even going back to anthrax days. one of the first interviews i did at cnn 20 years ago was with dr. fauci and at that point he told me what keeps him up at night was a respiratory v

ashish jha. this updated shot will specifically target the highly contagious omicron sub variants ba.4 and b 5. let's talk about this with the director of vaccine education center at the children's hospital of gill fill dr. paul offit. he is also a member of the fda's vaccine advisory committee. great to have you this morning. this timeline it's pretty quick. this realistic? >> again, i think we the fda vaccine advisory committee were presented data on a vaccine on june 28th. at that time the vaccines presented by moderna and pfizer had the omicron variant. so in other words it was ba.1, not the ba.4, ba.5, but the data were pretty underwhelming. i think if we're going to launch this program in september or opt using a vaccine containing ba.4, ba.5 we will have to see data in people showing that you have an immune response that is dramatically better than what we saw at the end of june before we do that. i think the american public is owed that. >> so it's not really that much better at fighting

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ashish jha says these updated boosters that were created with targeting the latest covid variants could be available in about three weeks or so. that would come if the cdc and fda authorizes those boosters. dr. jha says this would be significant upgrades, and he's hopeful there will be enough doses for any american who wants to get one. that would include people under 50 who have not received a second booster. that supply would come despite some funding squabbles that led the federal government to only order enough doses for those most vulnerable. so far 79% of the american population have received at least one dose of the vaccine, and in the past week, we saw the number of infections dip a little bit around 12% from the week before, but we are still averaging at least last week 98,000 new covid infections every single day. amy? >> all right, trevor. thank you for that. >>> we turn now to that surprise development in the nuclear secrets case against a navy engineer and his wife as the judge rejects the couple's plea deal. kenneth moton has the latest. >> reporter: this morning, a federa