let me give it a specific example of how it played out during the covid era. so united states covid-19 assistance was also transmitted through the established development assistance channels. it relied on the metric for determining the development aid not to mention it. remember development aid is always, political. development aid in the context of the united states was situated on the basis of placing faith in democracies, placing faith in a market economy. it was leading to this kind of metrics. because humanitarian assistance architecture began resembling or was folded under the development assistance architecture, she mentioned a joined the covid era, was also administered through development channels. we find very, very strong relationship between where development assistance with, covid-19 assistance followed. the united states -- also had a lot to do with that. again unfortunately some of the aid did not reach the heirs that office can reach come again followed development channel. you ask community and eight has become an tethered to the same consider

when it comes to, you know, this, how it played out during the covid era. right. so a, we do we did see that beijing, the government and the government agencies were the main actors overseeing in both decisions and implementation of covid 19 assistance and later the distributions of vaccine. again, very, very different from how aid was distributed in the context of united states humanitarian infrastructure. so a lot of those aid packages were state to state in bilateral fashion on the as a side note. so we did a lot of novel data gathering. we systematically collected information on humanitarian aid transfers from china, from the united states, from russia. we did both qualitative and quantitative analysis. and one of the strongest findings that emerged out of all of this analysis is that covid 19 aid went to the countries that had very projects with china. so again, it's kind of it's consistent that in china's thinking humanity oriented assistance is an important piece and parcel of its thinking about development. development is linked to peace and security and h

i think that we saw that in the covid case with all of the vaccine competition. i was wondering and i would open the floor for q&a but i wanted to take the advantage of the first question. how we also seen cases of cooperation and i'm thinking maybe covid but maybe also in afghanistan where there was a time where the three great power wearing much more color interaction on some specific cases. i wanted to launch that as kind of if we move beyond that kind of competition narrative of other cases of cooperation or are they functioning at best -- >> absolute great question. yes. so, as a regulation scholar, i do not see this as the opposite in spirit in fact, sometimes happening through competition. cooperation simply coordinating policies in an effort to achieve a shared goal. and, so, in the book, we do talk about how cooperation possible even at the height of the competition to just remind you during the cold war era, the united states and soviet scientists ended up over the polio vaccine into this day the polio vaccination campaign around the world and africa, a

[dog whines] with covid-19 and my heart disease, i'm not gonna wait. if it's covid, paxlovid.al treatment for adults with mild-to-moderate covid-19 and a high-risk factor for it becoming severe. it does not prevent covid-19. my symptoms are mild now, but i'm not risking it. paxlovid must be taken within the first 5 days of symptoms and helps stop the virus from multiplying in your body. taking paxlovid with certain medicines can lead to serious or life-threatening side effects, or affect how it or other medicines work, including hormonal birth control. tell your doctor about all medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements you take, as certain tests or dosage changes of your other medicines may be needed. tell them if you have kidney or liver problems, hiv-1, are or plan to be pregnant or breastfeed. don't take paxlovid if allergic to its ingredients. stop taking and call your doctor right away if you have allergic reaction symptoms. serious side effects can include allergic reactions, some severe like anaphylaxis, and liver problems. these are not all the possible side effects

line. >> it was even more impressive, our progress in the non-can covid parts of the business -- non-covidess this year. i remind you that our first guidance was 8-10, then we made 1--- 9-11, and now we ended the year with 12%, very strong. this is -- [inaudible] if products that we can speak more in detail. the acquisition which is the migraine beats and exceeded expectation. in general with, the commercial if execution of 2024 was spectacular, and at the same time we took out $4 billion of cost. keep in mind that when you are reducing your costs, usually your revenues are suffering. we were able to do both. and i think only pfizer is in a position to execute so complicated things so well. liz: well, it's great to see this improvement when it comes to the beat on the earnings and the revenue, and we'll be watching all of this, especially relationship that you have in the future with rfk jr. if he does get confirmed. i find this really interesting, especially you make that excellent point that one of the signature successes of president trump's first term, and he would say this, was operat

more than 1 million kids have been affected by long covid. that is according to new numbers from the cdc. researchers looked at data from 2023 national health interview survey. that's a survey that monitors the health of the u.s. population. they found more than 1 million kids are believed to have experienced long covid. similar results were found in 2022. long covid is a condition that occurs when patients still have symptoms at least three months after clearing infection. scientists are not sure what causes long covid, but have identified risk factors, including having underlying conditions. a viewer's purchase doesn't arrive twice, so he contacted us. is the third time a charm? i'm consumer investigator chris chmura, nbc bay area responds next, i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. we are tracking rain on storm ranger. we'll show you exactly where this is headed. we have the full hourly timeline, plus a look at one of the largest rivers in the bay area for all those making it big out there... ...shouldn't your mobile service be able to kee

i think just because there's so much scrutiny on the covid side of the business.shadowing what we think is good progress in making elsewhere interesting. but merck is a little more challenging. >> go ahead. yeah. you were saying it's. >> just given the. >> ongoing issues they're facing. i think that's where i think us and others are looking at what can be in the pipeline. there's nothing near-term. if you look out a year, a couple of years from now, there is some stuff. it might just take time to recover from these setbacks. >> understood. appreciate you joining us this afternoon. emil. emil deevon with guggenheim. >> thanks. >> all right. coming up next, could trump actually create a sovereign wealth fund, even with u.s. debts and deficits that are going up? we're going to dive into that hot button issue coming up. and a reminder, we are taking nominations for our 13th annual disruptor 50 list of private venture backed companies. you want to nominate somebody, you go ahead. you scan that qr code right now. unless you're doing something incredibly dangerous, then

we lost over one million people from covid. many of them were disproportionately from minority communities. it does impact kids. kids were not as impacted as older adults but it does absolutely impact kids. so we did recommend that children be vaccinated as well. host: michael, massachusetts, republican. caller: good morning. guest: how are you doing? caller: not too bad. i am curious why everybody is against kennedy because all he wants to do is make the united states healthy again. everyone is against him because they want to expose the mandates. host: dr. benjamin? guest: i am opposed to him for concrete reasons. not properly trained. does not have the management experience. has expressed lots of disin formation. i am in the camp that believes that he was responsible for the outbreak in samoa, at least partially responsible for that where there were many deaths including deaths among children. i think there are many people who can lead our nation to improve our health. having had a job like this at the state level, i know th

during covid, we had 16% of covid deaths in the country. we had a higher death count than any country in the world and when cdc was asked why, they said because americans are the sickest people on earth. the average person die from covid, americans had 3.8 chronic diseases. this is an existential threat. it is a priority for president trump. that's why he asked me to run the agency and if i am privileged to be confirm, that's what i will do. [applause] >> chairman: senator brasso. >> senator brasso: thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate your willingness to serve our country. we discussed our challenges of healthcare providers and patients facing in rural america and workforce shortages and issues of lgbtq -f so, let me start by rural hospitals and the closures of hospitals like that. the there are a lot of challenges facing hospitals and rural communities and frontier areas, we have 33 hospitals in wyoming. six of the hospitals are at risk of clothing and two are at immediate risks of closing and ten have had to cut available services. this

how was he planning to keep china accountable on covid origins? karoline: i have not spoken to him about the covid origins specifically in regards to any actions he may or may not take when it comes to china. as i have previewed quite a few times, he will be implement and get 10% tariff on china tomorrow -- implementing a 10% tariff on china tomorrow. reporter: has the president made up his mind about a timeline on terrace for the you? -- tariffs for the eu? karoline: no. reporter: will it be differentiated among tariffs? karoline: what i can tell you is the president will be implementing 25% of canada, 25% on mexico, 10% on china tomorrow for the reasons i have laid out in this briefing. newsmax, go ahead. no, the gentleman behind. james, thank you. reporter: two quick questions on foreign policy. one ponderous question thereafter. on iran, with her little about the president's iran policy besides his determination to prevent that nation from achieving a nuclear weapons capability. is it the president's objective short of the use of u.s. military

during covid we had 60% of covid deaths in a country. we have 4.2% of the population. we had the higher death count than anyone in the world. when cdc asked why, they said because americans are the sickest people on earth. the average person died from covid, american, had 3.8 chronic diseases. this is an existential threat economically, to our military, to our health, to our sense of well-being, and it's a priority for president trump. that is why he asked me to run the agency. if i'm privileged to be confirmed, that is exactly what i will do. [applause] chair crapo: senator barrasso. sen. barrasso: thank you for taking time to visit with me in my office prior to today's hearing to talk about issues affecting health care in my home state of wyoming as well as the nation. i appreciate your willingness to serve our country. in the meeting we discussed challenges that health care providers and patients are facing in rural america. workforce shortages, issues of owed bd -- of ob/gyn, and painful regulations out of the biden administration hurting our ability to provide nur

even before covid, it started to plateau and drop slightly mostly with the opioid epidemic and covid led to a sharp drop in life expectancy. most of the measures are reporting averages. certainly different groups are being affected differently on that. >> the extent to which we should look at any quality on a range of topics. that occupied quite a bit of time actually. >> then there was a gentleman in front of you. >> hello, i work for european banking group. a small question to do with quantitative data. infant mortality, when you say countries, are you talking about all the countries in the world when you are comparing it? on the world spectrum, it is very poor, we are stuck somewhere between uzbekistan and jordan, i would imagine. >> we are comparing to middle and high income countries. $4500 gdp or above. >> a woman who just raised her hand. >> please speak up, we can't quite hear you. >> sorry. i was wondering if the level of income and wealth inequality affects the way you study pathways out of poverty or social mobility generally? >> i'm sorry, i couldn't hear. that was just m

during covid we had 16% of the covid deaths. clearly have 4.2% of the world population.we had a higher death count that any country in the world. when cdc was asked why, they said is because americans are the sickest people on earth. the average person died from covid. they had 3.8 chronic diseases. this is an existential threat economically toward military, our health, our sense of well-being. it is a priority for president trump. that is why he asked me to run the agency. if i'm privileged to be confirmed, that is what i will do. chair crapo: senator barrasso. sen. barrasso: thank you for talking about the important -- time to visit with me in my office prior to today's hearing to talk about the important issues affecting health care in my home state of wyoming in the bash and the nation. i appreciate your willingness to -- and the nation. i appreciate your willingness to serve our country. we discussed the challenges to health care providers and patients in rural america, financial obstacles, workforce shortages, issues of ob/gyn and new regulations that are painful t

the covid pandemic in 2020 took a lot out of our public health system. public health leadership walked away from that situation demoralized. >> we didn't completely fail, but as a society it was an, hugely disruptive and divisive event. >> while the public health system is still recovering from the pandemic, a new strain of pathogenic avian influenza has been appearing in from animals and dairy products. >> not sure we are ready to face another pandemic at this point. >> meanwhile, high containment laboratories studying pathogens continued to proliferate around the world. >>. >> we are seeing the development of laboratories where people are researching these pathogens trying to identify whether or not there is a dual use for them, whether the dual use is a positive one or a negative one. >> technological innovations like jeni iai have rekindled great power competition, which is increasingly occurring in space and reading tensions. complicating this dynamic is the private sector. >> the private sector is taking this over. it is taking over a lot of space-

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rachel: during covid we saw that.let's turn to your headlines with a fox news order, trump's special mission envoy, richard grenell securing the release of six american hostages after he was in venezuela, those hostages, being accused of plotting a coup. rick grenell posting this photo with americans writing they just spoke to donald trump and couldn't stop thanking him. to venezuela, must accept deported criminal migrants including gang members, can't wait to speak to him on how that conversation went. democrats are set to elect to their new party leader today after losing control of the white house and congress in the 2024 election. the dnc chair election after house minority leader had keim jeffries making controversial remark about fighting the trump agenda. >> we are going to fight it legislatively. we are going to fight it in the courts. and fight it in the streets. rachel: there it is. the white house issuing a response saying, quote, this unhinged violent rhetoric is dangerous. leader jeffries should immediate

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it started more or less with covid but actually even before covid. it started with covid. they did not come back. biden let them get away with murder. and we had a federal workforce, like 4%, coming into the office, and that just doesn't work. you have to be unified in a group in the office. it was crazy. you don't know what they are doing. and then, at some point, we may ask them to certify that they did not have two jobs, meaning were they really getting a check from us and also working a second and third job? and many of them will say that they did, you know? which is not legal but it's a problem. we want to clean it out. you know, people have been trying to reduce federal government now for 40 years, 45 years, and they have not been able to do it. this is a way of doing it nicely. sort of a buyout too. i think we are treating people very good. but people don't come to the office, and they won't have a job starting on that special date. nobody knows how that will turn out. everybody might show up to the office and maybe a large number won't show up. but if they don't sh

. >> on monday, a discussion on the global aid response to the covid-19 pandemic and political relations from george washington you can watch it on c-span 2, or online at c-span. org. earlier friday, the national transportation safety board talked about the search and recovery efforts regarding wednesday's helicopter and jet collision and todd inman and the black box. this is about 20 minutes. this is an investigation in regard to the c.r.j accident. and let me start as usual, our hearts go out to the families of the victims. our job is to come out with the probable cause and more importantly make recommendations so that this type of tragedy never occurs again. today, i know yesterday, you saw the chairman and myself and all the board members here. i just want to let you know they are actively involved in this and we are dividing and conquering and we had multiple conversations today and making sure we have the information we need and working to help our people. i would like to start thanking the first responders. when this first happened, a unified command was set up and we had a lot of

we saw it all throughout covid.completely their attention is completely diverted onto what really matters for the safety of our country. one of the things that i am a little concerned about, i do echo what lindsey graham was saying about kash patel. i think he was a very strong pick by president trump to lead the fbi. but he's in the middle of those confirmation hearings. he's awaiting his votes right now. my concern is these forced resignations right now may cause some of the senators who might be on the fence, probably not any of the gop ones. but if he was going to get any democratic votes, are they going to question even more the independence of the fbi under kash patel's leadership? and it's really just making kind of a contentious situation a little bit more complex. i would have liked to see these forced resignations come under kash patel's direction once he takes his role as fbi director. >> i think that's a really fair point, but unfortunately, we're trying to focus on what i would argue is the ignorance of

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that's what he continued to do when it comes to government turtle is all play back in 2020 when the covidc began to refuse to fight with president trump of the time any time the media tried to engage in any sort of fight when it came to covid he would say all i care about is making sure people stay alive and its work for him. >> the new head of dnc said they don't have an issue probably have a messaging problem, think so? >> this again to go back to my simpleton approach in the first block the answer is simple. america was going to rates. great spirit one party came in and screwed it up over four years the party's ever going to undo all the things i got screwed up, they won the election but what more do you need to fear the democratic party? they love to do analysis just give the people what they've grown accustomed to it and stop trying to change things for the worst. literally is that simple. >> was out literally they're trying to decide was when you head the dnc said the reason i did not w when is because of massage it and the last two things common sense and the american worker. they'

there's covid drug was remarkable. everybody benefited from it. would you ever say to the president, you know what? maybe you should buy our our covid vaccine? >> i don't think that i want to sell it. i think it is a great asset. i think it's related with our legacy. and by the way, the president is very proud for the development of this vaccine because it was developed during his term and it was developed during the operation, of course. >> well, i got to tell you, i am mystified. i think it was an excellent quarter. i think you're doing everything you promised and more, and that's why you buy a stock. so i want to thank doctor albert bourla, who's chairman and ceo of pfizer. sir, i'm glad to have you on post the disappointing period that you yourself admitted. >> thank you. >> very much. >> great to see you. yeah. thank you. >> coming up, it's all fun and games until trump threatens tariffs. cramer tackles the toy chest with mattel's ceo fresh off company earnings next. >> did you know taking. >> xyzal at night. >> relieves allergies. >> while y

loeffler: this is critical because we are over 4 years passed covid. the last administration took a pass on rooting out fraud in these programs. i appreciate your work and legislation, continuing covid collections to make sure we go after those that want to defraud the government. as i said, we will have a zero tolerance policy toward fraud but also toward waste and abuse, and we will do that out within the agency and those who seek to exploit the programs. chair ernst: very good. thank you. at this time, i will turn the gavel over to senator curtis while i go vote, and i will recognize ranking member markey for your questions. senator markey: monday night, president trump's budget office issued a memo that directed agencies to cut off all federal spending outside of payments to individuals. the trump administration issued this order even though the spending was authorized and appropriate by congress and intended to benefit the american people. my first question is very simple . do you believe that this action by the president to cut off federal fundin

we got you get $30 off at ro covid day. >> today. we're following breaking news on another plane crash. this one a small medical transport jet carrying six people, including a pediatric patient. it crashed into a northeast philadelphia neighborhood last night less than a minute after takeoff. we're going to get the very latest from the crash site. we do know now that there are injuries at the crash site, people who were on the ground. plus, growing fears about air traffic around reagan national airport as the investigation continues into wednesday night's deadly mid-air collision between a passenger jet and an army blackhawk helicopter. and then we'll go live to tel aviv as a fourth hostage. prisoner exchange is taking place this morning amid a fragile ceasefire between israel and gaza and some of donald trump's most vulnerable and arguably most dangerous national security and intelligence nominees are now working their way through the senate confirmation process, just as a purge of career fbi officials appears to be underway. all of

if we buy 2 billion covid vaccines, maybe we should have some equity and these companies and have that growth for the american people so we bring all these things together, we will create an amazing country. >> other countries have more and they are not and we have tremendous detention on this country. this and just a short period of time. tik tok, we are perhaps doing something. if we make the right deal, we will do it otherwise no. we might put that in the sovereign wealth fund the partnership with wealthy people. we could put that is an example and we have a lot of things. in a short period of time we have one of the biggest funds. some are pretty large like the saudi arabia fund. eventually we will create a lot of wealth for the fund. gentlemen are going to work very closely and they will do a great job, highly respected men who are doing a great job in the real world. >> i think it will create value and be of great importance. >> he's got access only to letting people go he things are no good and it's only if we agree. he's a very talented guy and we put him in charge of seeing wh

francine: but are pharma companies having a harder time after covid?here seems to have been an explosion of not trusting pharmaceutical companies. even, you know, vaccines being questioned. have you felt any backlash? lars: yes, and to me, that's a really, really sad situation to be in, because, had it not been for some of the, you know, very innovative small biotechs who came up with vaccines and then teaming up with some of the largest forces of our industry to, in record time, get approval and scaling manufacturing, i think the world would have looked much different today. and i respect there are some who do not like vaccines, but the majority of us had a number of shots, and that led to a lot of debate about, are patents really needed? and unless we have, you know, an ability to patent innovation, there's not going to be any innovation, so there'll be no new products. so, i think there is something about equality, how we distribute products. and, honestly, i think a lot of the rich countries ended up grabbing products for their own population at th

p said covid was what? -- he said covid was what? a democratic hoax.ne of my sister-in-laws died from covid. host: we will go to veronica in fredericksburg, virginia. the line for democrats. caller: good morning. thank you for having me. i was calling to ask the republicans -- i'm calling is a democrat -- when they are stating that biden left the country in a mess, what do they mean by that? what is the mess? the economy was turning around. i would ask them to do their research. when they talk about dei and they say that needs to go away, why did they -- why don't they use their intelligence or google or the internet and research what dei really means? who it affects? fluid benefits? -- who it benefits and realize everyone will be affected by the removal of dei? i was going to speak about work but i forgot the point i was going to make. thank you for your time and i enjoy your show. host: a couple of callers breaking up the treasury department in this article from the washington post. senior u.s. official exits after riff with musk allies overpayment s

marin county's public health office reporting a covid outbreak at a housing complex for seniors. the county says this cluster of covid cases involves 58 residents and 14 staff members at the tamalpais marin senior center in greenbrae. the health department is calling this one of the largest covid outbreaks in marin county during the past year. it is still not clear if anyone living in this facility has become serioly ill from contracting covid. >> rainy roads in rush hour a tough combo for drivers across the bay area. what conditions are looking like this morning? from puddles to close calls will take a look at some of the biggest dangers. >> then, the largest home insurance company in the state is making an emergency rate hike request. why? state farm says the los angeles wildfires have led to a dire situation. >> plus, a trade war may have been averted with canada. >> and mexico for now, but the situation with china is still up in the air. the country is responding to president trump's tariffs on chinese goods. >> live from jack london square. this is mornings on two. the nine.

over one million americans died as a result of covid-19. the covid-19 vaccine saved lives, yet less than a year ago you promoted unregulated, unproven, unscientific supplements to reverse the effects of the vaccine on truth social. you told your followers these supplements were -- would detox them of the covid-19 vaccine. did you make money by promoting these supplements? mr. patel: do you know individuals who died as a result of complications? because i do. sen. hirono: are you unable to answer my question? did you make money by promoting these supplements? i would like to hear your answer. did you make money? mr. patel: you have that information. sen. hirono: so you refuse to answer the question. no answer. yet you spread dangerous misinformation. mr. patel, the fbi is the primary agency responsible for investigating election related crimes, including fraud and the denial of voting rights. being able to separate fact from conspiracy theories around elections is an important thing for the fbi director. i have a question to see if you can d