for covid. is that -- what's the difference there after 419 vaccines, barely so-called immunity, if the president had had natural immunity, would he have continued to get tested or promoted if there was an experimental vaccine? >> [applause] i don't know. i do >> i don't know, i may note eye to eye on everything, but i understand why people are angry because they have been lied to time and time again. even recently. the bivalent vaccine we heard from the white house podium, the data is crystal clear, it was approved based on data from eight mice. where's the randomized controlled trial. instead they weaponized research on the government and say here's a non-randomized trial and people who got the bivalent did better. they are a different type of person, they are a different risk profile. that is the ultimate failure of our government, the lack of critical appraisal of important research on vaccines, vaccine complications and on so many other issues like natural immunity. >> i agree with you and

to quote from the lancet covid-19 commission, identify covid-19 origins would provide greater claritythat only the causes of the current pandemic but also the full abilities to future outbreaks and strategies to prevent them. beginning with my service on the house china task force and throughout our investigation on the subcommittee i have that consistent concerns with the nih biomedical research security and how the nih interacts with other elements of our government on research that could raise national security concerns. for this reason, last congress i introduce the safe biomedical research act which did become law off the record both the nih and hhs at large to consult with the director of the office of national security within the department of hhs and the assistant secretary for preparedness and response, the director of national intelligence, the director of the fbi, and the heads of other appropriate agencies on a regular basis regarding biomedical research conducted or supported by the nih that may affect or be affecting other matters of national security. director ratcliffe

kristen: about how many americans i've had covid you think and what percentage have long covid?ort answer is a lot. there was a recent study by the u.s. cdc that reported that up to 6% of americans currently have long covid symptoms. that's more than 15 million people. so quite a large number of people are affected by this and that has a big impact on people's quality of life, ability to return to work, and ability to function within their families and among their friends. kristen: right. i understand the goal of helping those folks, the recovery team tried to provide an expanded working definition of long covid . is that to help with research? is that some put everybody on the same page with regard to language and how we talk about these things? >> absolutely. both of those things. i have been studying long covid for three years now. and one of the biggest challenges for the field and the work i do and my role as a physician is actually being able to say, this is the definition of long covid. there have been hundreds of studies that have used hundreds of different case definiti

vaccines don't cause long covid. vaccines do not cause long covid. natural infection causes long covid. okay? active infection even in mild infections, mild infections causes long covid. let me clear up another misinformation alreadyle stated. yes, vaccines help reduce transmission. they help reduce transmission. it's not 100% you get a vaccines are not going to get infected. it's not 100% not 100% you get a vaccine are not going to spread it somewhere. again, the immune response boosted by a vaccine hopefully is strong enough, rapid enough, to defeat the viral load and how fast it replicates in order to prevent it from reaching a level to where you are symptomatic and you are transmitting it to other people. so what people have that fast on immune response boosted by a vaccine if you're going to go to prevent getting infected and you're going to be able to prevent transmitted to other people. definitely hospitalizations and definitely death. but some people are vaccinated may have received a larger viral load, ad, mutated virus, and thr immune syste

vaccines don't cause long covid. natural infection causes long covid. active infection, even mild infections caused long covid. let me clear up another misinformation already stated. yes, vaccines help reduce transmission. they help reduce transmission. an immune response boosted by vaccine hopefully strong enough, rapid enough to defeat the viral load and how fast it replicates to reduce spreading it to other wpeople. if you're boosted by a vaccine, you're going to be able to prevent getting infected and prevent transmitting it to other people. definitely hospitalizations and deaths but some who are vaccinated may receive a larger viral road, there immune system may not have responded fast enough and still get infected and make transmit it and hospitalization yet some still may die close not black or white, it's understanding the mechanisms of the immune response. when president biden took office, he hit the ground running. his first day in office president biden issues national strategy for the covid-19 response and pandemictr preparedness. the biden

we saw this during covid. what can congress do to help ensure we strategically support those most at risk in a public health emergency including people with disabilities, older people, children, and families? sec. o'connell: senator murray, this is top of mind for us too. we just released a five year plan where we make clear that the country is not prepared until we are all prepared. all communities, though set greatest risk -- at greatest risk need to be accounted for. as part of the fy 24 budget there is an authority to start a human services response fund to quickly move money into various communities to be sure that we have boots on the ground able to respond to the various populations most at risk. i had a wonderful conversation tuesday with the head of our a.c.l. about how important this is. we have been in communication within the department about making sure that the human services side of our shoppers -- shop is also prepared and ready to respond to account for at-risk populations. as part of the last

one point was long covid. kate says she had long covid for the last 1.5 years.r of incoming patients at the local long clinic is as high as ever. what do you fosee the impact of long covid on american life? has there been any progress in understanding who is at risk of getting long covid, how to prevent it, and treat it? >> long covid is a thing. delitating to americans. about 6 million americans are suffering from long covid. the more the virus changes and transmits, the more possibility to get more people who have long covid. we have good news with immunity, it seems our risk of long covid is if you get an infection. same with treatments, paxlovid reduces treatment of covid. omicron is reducing the risk of long covid compared to delta. we are understanding the patterns. females are more likely to get long covid than males. younger people are more likely to get long covid than older people. we really are on the surface of our understanding of long covid and have a long way to go. >> your local epidemiologist, thank you very much. >> thank you for having me. >>

government was responsible for funding the covid vaccine from before covid even emerged, through the isolation of the key spike protein, through clinical trials and up through the development and production of the back -- the vaccine. barda impose effectively no restraint -- restraint on how moderna and other partners would operate. the result was that while moderna executive became billionaires, taxpayers were price gouged. hundreds of thousands or millions of people lost their lives because we had a global shortage of a vaccine that could have been avoided if we have shared technology. now moderna announced it plans to quadruple cut prices, further limiting access, further gouging consumers, further gathering the taxpayer. if everyone agrees, we need to learn lessons from the pandemic period and do better going forward. we need poppa, barda, and need to do better. first, more transparency in the contracting process. taxpayers should know who they're providing games too, who are they making acquisitions from, and on what terms? vaccine makers are making coinvestment in products. tax

covid-19. covid-19. he proves it worked the world health organization or help develop surgeons checklist which is help reduce surgery related deaths around the world. he completed his medical training at georgetown johns hopkins and is the author and co-author of over 250 250 peer-reviewed papers. dedicate that right? pretty impressive. look for hearing from you today. thank you for joining us. thank you. thank you, senator sanders, thank you ranking member cassidy and thank you, senator markey that it's a privilege to present. i speak him have a soft and not johns hopkins university for the national academy of medicine of which i am a member. congress should avoid the false narrative that insufficient federal findings were to blame for our pathetic covid response. take for example, one johns hopkins student created a cobra tracker that the world used, and it was not created by the 21,000 employees at the cdc. as a bad effect when hhs met with the cdc, they said it would take months to create s

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there are trials for a combined covid and influenza vaccine. we have not heard updates, but there should be eating this summer to see if the current bivalent vaccine will be the same or will it have to be re-tailored. kristen: always great talking with you, don't you learn so much? i remember our first segment, we started when covid was just starting, it feels like so long ago. thank you for joining us, don't go away. we will talk about the california exodus, the numbers don't lie. kristen: new data is giving us a first look at the population this year in cities across the state. are people really leaving california? or is that a myth? our media partner at the san francisco standard is digging into these questions with a new article. they are looking a close -- they are taking a close look at the numbers. the town seeing the biggest growth is in the bay area. joining us live now to talk us through the numbers is noah boston. the california departm finance compiled this data using what and why? noah: this is a process they twice a year, they com

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all this comes as some people still continue to get sick with covid with the new covid variant makingsence felt here in the bay area. infections from this new variant rose to 12% currently, so the doctor says if you have not gotten a new booster since it came out, it's time to get one. if you are 65 or older and are four months beyond your last booster, get boosted again. if you have kids six years or younger speak to your pediatrician, because doses may vary and it's important to get our young ones vaccinated as well. the big takeaway, dr. peter says, as we ease away from this emergency declaration, people still need to remain flexible because as we have seen in the past with different surges and the colder months ahead, things could change with the infections. >> and washing hands should be a way of life as well. >>> an overnight train derailment in pennsylvania is under investigation. this happened around midnight in new castle, which is near the border of ohio and about an hour away from pittsburgh. nine railcars out of more than 200 went off the tracks. none of those cars were ca

but covid is over. he seems to be perhaps unduly focused on the disney corporation with, that battle that he has, over cultural issues. he has to broaden his appeal, and something he has yet to accomplish. >> well, a number donors first got behind ron desantis but have recently flipped. and they say they want to get behind trump because of corruption, that we've seen we spoke with kellyanne conway, fo adviseer. >> desantis has to win maga voters how is he going to do that talks covid the idea, that in 204 republican primary voters want to talk about covid, is silly. a little too much on the woke. maria: who do you think is going to be gop candidate. >> donald trump. >> ron desantis wasted six months, conservative governor in this session, but trump so far ahead, and the base loves trump will be there with him. maria: don your thoughts? >> well, i think right now doesn't look good for ron desantis i don't know how he makes up for ground that he lost to donald trump. and, you know, the only thing going fo

to keep our eye on covid-19. in some cases cdc will rely on data we have demonstrated are a reasonable surrogate but there are day that we will no longer havee available because they wl no longer be submitted to us. for example certain data for national picture of health disparities both for race and ethnicity long urban and rural lines but we will make do. however this should worry us all. primarily because what it says about the visibility we will have it to the nextwi outbreak. we will be back to square one having to build and negotiate surveillance capacity while we fight a pathogen. i don't members of this committee are interested in advancing policy to close the gap in her public health response to be better prepared for what comes next. fort cdc this means supporting public health workforce by allowing us to recruit the best ofof the best there improvements in student loan reimbursement authority. we must also be able to serve staff when needed to simple changes to direct hire legislation sufficient budget

he over to the covid inquiry for the adjuster reminder this covid inquiry is due to get under way inficant inquiry. it is looking at how the government handled the covid—19 pandemic, what he did well, what it didn't do so well and lessons to be learned for the future. there was a bit of a debate about what exactly should be handed over to the inquiry, what materials. i once had an argument about cabinet responsibility, privacy, being able to try to keep conversations that were directly relevant private. on the other, the inquiry saying is up for them to decide what is relevant and what isn't relevant to the covid inquiry. all that now in the past though because we have the statement from the man you are seeing on your screen. this is archive footage, this is not today but this is boris johnson. the prime minister saying the material included what's apps and notebooks that were requested have all been handed over to the cabinet office, the government department in full and in unredacted form. that is the key phrase here, in full in unredacted form. mr johnson urges the cabinet to urge

>> covid is not over.re are still more than 1,000 people a week dying from covid in the united states alone. we are definitely not out of the woods yet. all the advice that the cdc and others are giving about getting boosters, that applies, and i don't think it's a good idea for people to say, you know what, out of sight, out of mind. >> reporter: there's a new normal. it may mean no more covid dashboards, no more white house briefings, but in its wake, more than 100 million americans have died. there have been more than 100 million cases, and while americans no longer have to mask up, dr. john lapook warns not to let your guard down. >> people who are vulnerable are still going to have to be careful. they could have a bad outcome. the people who are vulnerable tend to get left out. >> reporter: next week, the white house will end some vaccination requirements and covid policies. the doctor warns millions of people no longer insured will no longer have access to free testing. >>> still ahead on the cbs wee

. lm that social workers away, suggested he had covid-_ he had covid.interru -t he had covid. i'm 'ust going to interrupt you. — he had covid. i'm 'ust going to interrupt you, we _ he had covid. i'm just going to interrupt you, we are - he had covid. i'm just going to interrupt you, we are seeing i he had covid. i'm just going to i interrupt you, we are seeing the feed live from a derby crown court. just to let you know, because of the way this footage is broadcast, you will only see the judge giving her sentencing remarks. you will not see the wider courtroom, defendants, but he will be able to see the judge as she makes her sentencing remarks. she has just come she makes her sentencing remarks. she hasjust come into she makes her sentencing remarks. she has just come into vision and we will go to her as and as we can. like i say, some of these events and details you may hear are distressing and there is the bbc action line if you say require it which gives you advice and direction of where to go forfurther advice and direction of where to go for furth

to get long covid. there was some thought that we could predict that based on a response to the first bout of covid, or the responsiveness to, maybe even how they responded to vaccines. we do not really know all the details about who gets long covid, or why. there is certainly an impact. individuals can be deeply affected or more mildly impacted. but if that keep them out of the workforce, or keeps them from returning to their typical activity then that can be a real problem. we also don't have good treatment modalities yet it seems like there are multiple symptoms associated. we are still doing research, not the ac as, but research is doubling down on the impact of long covid. it is something to be concerned about. >> let's go too far rockaway new york now. robert, what is your question or comment? >> good morning. thank you for taking my call. >> hi, we just had a question. the covid-19 vaccine has been shown >> it does not stop you from getting covid. or it doesn't stop you from transmitting it? shou

covid-19 is still certainly around. >> certainly is.ll know that. how do you get those tests now? >> consumer investigator, chris chmura, explains for us. >> for a long while covid tests were able to get them for free, and now let's look at how you can get covid-19 tests based on your health coverage. we will cover private health insurance, medicare and medicaid. for medicaid, tests will remain free through september 2024, and with medicare, covid-19 tests are no longer covered or free, but tests ordered by your doctor should be covered. and then cinthia cox says health care plans will decide whether or how much to cover. it may require a doctor's office. to figure out what your health care plan covers, ask them what you will have to cover. check with your health department, as they may have free tests. and the tests in your cupboard, scan this qr code to find out if the manufacturer extended the expiration date. >>> a passenger was stabbed and robbed yesterday on a bart train. i will tell what you bart is doing to aress public safetddy

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covid, the acute emergency is over, the emergency declaration is over but the tolls of covid, includingcontinue. in my view, those tolls remain unacceptably high and really point to the need for continuing to work to reduce those tolls and also, crucially, to make sure we are never again left as vulnerable to a virus as this one made us. william: to that point, the virus is still with us. do you think we have the right eyes on this situation right now? are we doing enough monitoring so that if a new variant emerges if cases were to tick up again, , we would be able to see it in time? dr. nuzzo: i'm quite worried about our abilities to pick up future emergencies. that may include a future covid variant, but it probably also includes other viruses that we have yet to discover that could emerge and calls pandemic threats. much of that progress is at risk now with the end of the emergency. we are scaling back the types of data that we're collecting, and that generally gives us less insights into what's going on with covid. but it also means that we will have less ability to pick up new pand

number of official covid deaths could be higher.id deaths could be higher. have a listen. the fiaure on could be higher. have a listen. the figure on the _ could be higher. have a listen. the figure on the who _ could be higher. have a listen. the figure on the who is _ could be higher. have a listen. the figure on the who is report - could be higher. have a listen. the figure on the who is report says i could be higher. have a listen. the. figure on the who is report says the excess mortality is likely 20 million or higher. i think that is the honest truth in terms of, many cases were confirmed. covid right now, regardless what they say about lifting the global health emergency, at the same time today said that they are air still outbreaks in many parts of the world, middle east, africa. in the actual true emergency could still re—emerge and many parts of the world could still see surges later on this year. do of the world could still see surges later on this year.— later on this year. do you think this lowering _ later on this yea

but the move doesn't mean covid has disappeared. foxes amy kellogg has more covid-19 is down, but not out. that's the word from the world health organization, which announced on friday it is downgrading the pandemic. covid is no longer a global health emergency, thanks to an uptick in vaccinations that stopped large scale outbreaks in most countries. three classification marks a symbolic and 23 years of pandemic that triggered one of the biggest health crises in world history. the situation as markedly improved with less mortality and an increased immunity against the virus. but the w. h o also warns this new designation doesn't mean the outbreak is over. globally we're still averaging a new covid death every three minutes and the appearance of new variants means world governments can't let down their guards. this virus is here to stay. it's still killing. and it's still changing. the risk remains of a new of new variants emerging in the us most covid era restrictions have already been lifted, and the white house now faces a congres

how do you get free covid tests moving forward?et's bring in chris chmura. >> reporter: for a long while, covid-19 tests were everywhere. easy to get and often free. at clinics, at drive-thrus, by mail. now that the public health emergency is over, how and where you can get covid-19 tests based on your health coverage. we'll cover private insurance, medicare, medicaid. with medicaid, covid-19 tests will remain free through september 2024, both over the counter and lab tests. with medicare, over-the-counter covid-19 tests are no longer covered, no longer free. but tests your doctor order should be covered. people on regular insurance, free covid-19 tests are no longer guaranteed. health policy researcher cynthia cox says health plans will individually decide whether or how much to cover. she notes some health insurance might require a doctor's order. to find out what your health plan covers, ask them, what are you going to pay for? do i have a co-pay or deductible? if you're uninsured and can't afford a test, check with your local l

covid is not going away. the genie is out of the bottle.uture there will be another outbreak and hopefully we respond accordingly. my family has been able to honor my father, we have been able to have a little more closure. we are very, very fortunate for the father we had. there was a lifetime of love. william: many of the federal programs set up in response to the pandemic are now ending with the expiration of the emergency order. so where does that leave us? for a closer look at that, we are joined again by dr. jennifer nuzzo. professor of epidemiology and director of the pandemic center at brown university school of public health. great to have you back on the newshour. i mean, we have been talking on and off for three years of this pandemic, through some of the worst periods of time, and now as the light seems to be at the end of this tunnel. where'd you see this moment we are at right now? dr. nuzzo: i think as you said, it is a complicated time. i mean, we are in a complicated time. covid, the acute emergency is over. the emergency d

- the new not normal of the popost-covid economy, this week on "firing line". [siren wailing] the covid emergency may finally be over, but it left in its wake an economy transformed. inflation, a changing labor market, and millennials focused on new types of investing. - we have a brand new world now that i don't think most people really understand how different it is. - [margaret] financial journalist felix salmon has been documenting it all as axios's chief financial correspondent on his slate money podcast. - [felix] your guide to the business and finance news of the week. - [margaret] and in his new book, "the phoenix economy". - there'll be upsides and downsides and it's going to be very disconcerting. - [margaret] plus, he's following the showdown over the debt ceiling and some of the radical ideas like the trillion dollar coin to avoid a us default. what does financial journalist felix salmon say now? - [announcer] "firing line" with margaret hoover is made possible in part by robert granieri, charles r. schwab, the fairweather foundation, the margaret a

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and more miles after covid-19. this virus is here to stay. he still killing and still mutating , there is a risk that new variants will emerge that will lead to new spikes in disease and death. the covid-19 pandemic was caused by the spread of the coronavirus, sarskov, 2, the outbreak of the virus was first recorded in wuhan, china. in december 2019, january 30, 2,000 emergencies of international concern march 11, pandemics, as of may 4, 2023, over 765 million cases have been registered worldwide, almost 7 million deaths have been officially confirmed. the covid-19 pandemic is considered to be one of the deadliest in history. in addition, it has caused serious socio-economic consequences for marine pandemics. this was accompanied by an almost complete halt in international passenger transport communications due to the pandemic , sports, political and cultural events were canceled, people all over the planet lost the opportunity to travel, as well as visit museums and theaters to walk a hundred. and to the gym and spend time with friends in ca

if it election is about covid there is one governor in america who was principled on covid that was kristi noem of south dakota, she said, i'm not pit putting in the mandates, because i don't have the power, in desantis and trump want to get into a fight over, that you give it to kristi noem. kennedy: i don't think she will get nomination, she has no foreign policy credentials, further from covid less name recognition and poll. >> but you agree with me on covid stuff. kennedy: i don't disagree with you on that, very few governors lead by example. lesley, who do you like? who do you think has best shot or is democrat who would you like to see run against your nominee? >> i don't want to see anyone run against my nominee. kennedy: darn that democracy. >> i think it is -- the better horse to bet is when you have a sitting president. that is not my opinion that is numbers, history. when we look at g.o.p., i think that donald trump has a great chance to get the nomination. i think that three others, simply because of name recognition, that is the number one reason that people vote regard

to test for covid. talking dogs here. dogs are part of a copilot testing program at california schools. we'll introduce you to scarlett and rizzo. they live in the east bay. they're trained by early alert canines in concord. turns out when we get covid, our bodies give up volatile organic compound, voc, and dogs can smell it, especially around our feet and our socks. so how does it work? well, the test works. people line up, standing about six feet apart, and then scarlett and rizzo, they do their thing. they sniff each person's ankles and feet. when they detect something, the dog sits down. the person is contestanted with an antigen test to confirm. according to a newly published study by the california department of health, the dogs had an overall accuracy rate of 90%. how about that. joining me is victoria briskin. nice to see you. how did this covid experiment come about? >> we have the ability to collaborate with the california department of public health in a pilot program to determine if dogs cou

in new york. >> yeah, that was some fuzzy math from the former president on covid. separating the seniors. putting the focus as desantis ask obligor making sure the seniors were quarantined and not mixed in with the overall hospital population where we saw the highest deaths in new york because cuomo was panicked and did not take those precautions. so, the numbers don't match the president's -- former president's rhetoric and the actual actions that desantis did are what made him unique in that respect. >> bret: it seems like an interesting one to go down the attack line on, stef, is he vulnerable on covid the former president on some of that action, especially in a republican primary. >> i certainly think desantis and his team think's it's a topic. >> bret: they have a video after video how is he closing things down. >> exactly. and we heard him mention dr. fauci. that's going to be a folks fuction of the. desantis latch on to a few satchel topics and efforts to break into the former president's lead right now when you look at the polls. it will be interesting to s

or a post-covid curve.id levels, we are going up the post-covid curve and we are flooding it out basically freezing spending for two years for a $4 trillion debt increase. my constituents at home do not want that. so i'm going to be making that loud and clear to my republican colleagues. >> mike: here are some of the arguments before the package way gets to the house for. >> more than 95% of all those in the conference are very excited. >> if you vote against this package, you don't get something better. i mean, some of these people maybe very new to politics and they don't understand when you voted no, you make yourself irrelevant and then you end up with democrats getting more votes on this sort of thing. >> mike: what about that argument? >> 95% number and it ain't 95% of the republicans. when you have a cheerleader session on memorial day weekend saying this is the deal could take it or leave it, it is going to be what you hear. this point about, what are you going to do? i heard that strength -- rememb

where did covid come from? john sudworth, bbc news, new york.igins and starts today, with new episodes weekly on radio 4 and bbc sounds. i'm joined now with sirjohn bell — regius professor of medicine at the university of oxford. thank you for being here, your assessment of the significance of that intervention from the top chinese scientist? i that intervention from the top chinese scientist?— that intervention from the top chinese scientist? i know him well, he worked on _ chinese scientist? i know him well, he worked on my _ chinese scientist? i know him well, he worked on my lap _ chinese scientist? i know him well, he worked on my lap for _ chinese scientist? i know him well, he worked on my lap for five - chinese scientist? i know him well, he worked on my lap for five years| he worked on my lap for five years in the uk before he went back and now has recently, up untiljanuary this year, has headed china cdc. he is preaching a lot of data that they have generated and i think his conclusion is probably right, although there is quite a lot o

bud values about 8% lower than they were before covid.— were before covid.erest - were before covid. and you. mentioned the interest rates because of the ukrainian war, the global slump that we are having an impact on the commercial space, having an impact on the commercialspace, but having an impact on the commercial space, but there is potentially a saviour comes to retail. experientialshopping. can you tell us about what that is and how it might help? there is and how it might help? there is been a trend _ is and how it might help? there is been a trend towards - is and how it might help? there is been a trend towards online i is been a trend towards online shopping and it has peaked during covid to about 38%. 20% of shopping pre— covid was online. it's doubtful about to about 25% despite people say they thought online shopping would continue at the same level during covid. that's because people want to get it back to physical stores. but 50% of consumers want to go back into physical stores, seven out of ten product types people want to be able to touch

how did the covid pandemic start?will speak with our correspondent about a special bbc investigation. welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. we start with the war in ukraine. we are talking about an attack on russian soil. tuesday saw the very first time moscow has been targeted by multiple drones since the invasion began. it happened in an exclusive moscow suburb home to senior officials. authorities said eight drones reached the russian capital, causing damage. ukraine has deed any involvement. our russian editor heard the explosions and sent this report. >> russian television says this is the moment moscow came under attack. the bbc has not independently verified the images russian tv showed. but from early morning, people in and around the russian capital did report hearing explosions. i heard them, too. at home, my windows shook from the force of the blasts. russia's defense ministry accused ukraine of carrying out the attack. but said russia's military had downed all of the drones. ukraine ha

in addition to title 42, other covid-era policies are ending. border officials say that will allow them to add additional beds and process migrants more quickly, as they won't have to go through covid screenings. true petrimoulx, nbc news, washington. >>> negotiations about raising the debt ceiling have proven unsuccessful so far. when it expires at the beginning of june, there's worry the government could default and be unable to pay its bills, like social security. the congressional bucket office issued some optimism today. it says if the limit is not raised, the u.s. will still get a big cash injection from tax revenues in the middle of june and could continue operating on that money through the end of july. there's still risk, though that the government could default as soon as the ceiling expires. >>> tough week for the stock market ending in disappointing fashion. investors concerned about the economy, the debt ceiling, interest rate hikes, regional banks. all three indexes finished in the red, losing just a hair. >>> new calls to clean up

in january, around 41,000 global deaths per week were covid related. by april, down to 3,500 per week. the w.h.o. director general said the change doesn't mean covid is gone. >> this virus is here to stay. it's still killing and it's still changing. there is remains of new variants emerging that causes new surges in cases and deaths. >> the u.s. will end its covid public health emergency next thursday, so what does that mean when that public health emergency ends? the government will no longer require states and labs to report covid data to the cdc. after next thursday, that will just be a recommendation. moving forward, the cdc will no longer have the covid transmission rate at the county level. it will be relying more on covid-related hospitalizations. >>> that's not the only change. cdc director walensky is stepping down. she took on the role in 2021 and since then led the pandemic response for the biden administration. she'll officially step down at the end of june. it's not clear who will take over as director of the agency. >>> an exclusive insid

they spent 2.2 times more on aging research than they did on covid research. i'm all for aging research especially as a i get older but not during a global pandemic when 3,000 americans are dying each day. much of the research was misguided, and our study that i included in the package showed that it took after they decided to fund the research study it took them five months to give the money to thehe researchers. if that doesn't work during the health emergency. while they are out of the scope of the reauthorization, i think the public has the right to ask what have they done for them in preparing. how many lives were saved and what is the single biggest investment they made with the roughly $20 billion before the pandemic? it saved lives during the pandemic. i think it is peer to ask those questions how many beds are available today, do we track the number, we will have more catastrophes not just viral pandemics, but mass shootings, floods and other natural disasters. we've spent a lotot of money making hospitals a lot of money, private startup companies, co

finally, reclaiming billions in unobligated covid funds. that is the peanuts on the floor. $50 billion of unobligated covid funds. it drove up inflation. we have an obligation in this house to do our job to stop spending money recklessly, to stop printing money, stop driving up inflation. when everyone goes around memorial day weekend and they go salute the fallen and go to arlington national and cemetery at our national cemeteries, what did they fight for? did they fight for us to cut a deal because i'm pretty sure the boys sitting in a fox hole weren't interested in moving that line back to normandy. hold the damn line. don't back off, republicans. stand up for the country that you go out and campaigned for. hold the line for the american people, because the bill we passed in april, i'm going to be honest with you, it's a downpayment of what we have to do. it's just the beginning. and if we walk away from that, if we walk away from that because people get weak-kneed, they are crying, we are not going to make our debt payments, yes, we are