faucher she is a yankees fan from the bronx or brooklyn.e has gotten away with over the years dodging the bullet with his talk. a few comments from our social messaging service and social media. host: coming up on 7:30 on the east coast, having this conversation with you this morning, phone lines --(202) 748-8000 free democrats. -- for democrats. (202) 748-8001, republicans. .ndependents, (202) 748-8002 steve, good morning. caller: good morning, america. i don't know how long we will tolerate this nonsense, but dr. anthony fauci, he has been on top of it. with donaldo fight trump over the facts. the fact is that this guy is a liar, a coward, and a thief. end of story for mr. stump. host: why do you say that? caller: the guy is a liar. he has been a liar since they took the pacifier out of his mouth. the guys just incredibly stupid. he's a stupid man. get rid of this kook before we all get killed. if they open the schools before we stop -- if we stop testing, you are not going to know. i don't even know if i have it. i haven't seen my grandc

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faucher repeated that guidance in march. >> there is no reason to be walking around with a mask. when you were in the middle of an outbreak, wearing a mask might make people feel a little bit better, and it might even block a droplet, but it's not providing the perfect protection that people think it is. >> laura: now, he explained his mask flip and he's in favor of them saying those comments initially motivated for concern for saving masks for health care workers. facebook, by the way, now flags the old interview with dr. felty as false information. but he sure seemed convincing. but that is not all, in april study seems consistent with the old dr. fauci has welcome of viral shedding the coughing of a hundred and 11 participants, some wearing masks, some not, the results among the sample collected without a face mask, we found the majority of participants with influenza virus and coronavirus infection did not shed detectable virus in respiratory droplets or aerosol. for those who did shed virus in respiratory droplets and aerosol, viral loaded in both tended to be low. wait, wha

faucher, a member of the white house coronavirus -- dr. anthony fauci e, a member of the white house coronavirus task force, was asked about the use of masks and reopening schools and businesses. this was hosted by the u.s. chamber of commerce. >> good morning, everyone. i hope it is a happy friday in your home. welcome to a special edition of our path forward series. we are thrilled to welcome dr. anthony fauchi. -- he has conducted extensive research and worked to diagnose and treat infective diseases. advised 16 presidents. he is the winner of the national medal of science and the presidential medal of freedom, the highest civilian honor in the united states. we are grateful for his lifetime of a and particularly thankful for his candor and expertise and -- during this time here let me ask you for a broad overview of the pandemic. where are we now? dr. fauci: we are in a difficult situation. we have a large outbreak. as you probably know, there has been close to 140,000 deaths and we have several million infections. that is sobering new

anthony faucher discussing the various outcomes so far of covid-19.ousiddhartha mukherjee,m won the pulitzer prize for a book on cancer. how is covid-19 shaping up as a biological foe? prof: mukherjee: as dr. fauci described it, it is a protean -- are -- in the long span of human history we have just basically encountered this novel coronavirus. and we are still learning things which are really fascinating, somewhat counterintuitive, things we have not thought about before. i'm an oncologist but really my training is an viral immunology. virology arees of very familiar to me. i would echo dr. fauci's opinion on this. in my lifetime i have seen influenza pandemics in mumabi. i saw from a distance, sars. i worked on influenza is a graduate student. i have never seen anything like this. the strain features of this virus are truly something that are out of the ordinary. how do strange creatures affect our ability to conquer it? prof: mukherjee: let's talk about these strange features. the first strange feature is the degree of asymptomatic and pre-symptom

he's also calling infectious disease expert anthony faucher, quote, a little bit of an alarmist area that two men have a great relationship. king has been checked into the hospital in riyadh. the state run saudi press agency reports after being diagnosed with gallbladder inflammation, officials have previously said the king remains in good physical health, dismissing speculation he may abdicate in favor of his son. global news 24 hours a day on air and at bloomberg quicktake powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. >> stocks and futures trade mixed amid a threat in coronavirus cases. let's get into the markets now with mark cudmore. great to have you with us. to give ourselves up for the european open, assets are trading as if we've gotten a deal in brussels. they are up 0.3% on the euro against the dollar. we have seen appetite this morning, yields coming down just a little bit. from a market perspective, what are you expecting to see here? >> the market reaction is spot on. it makes sense to presume there is likely to be a deal. we have seen th

mention coming back on faucher.e's the -- --sent trump's advisors announcing fighting details about statements early in the coronavirus outbreak. fauci asto treat dr. if you were a warring political rival. these grown vocal in his concern about the surgeon cases. -- surge in cases. he's been accompanied by more measured public criticism of officials including the president and it came days after the white house called for school reopening guidelines released by the centers of disease control and prevention overly restrictive. a pattern of the administration trying to sideline recommendations that could slow reopening of the economy. joseph, tallahassee, you're next. >> how are you doing today. sayreason why calling is to to voice my opinion on what should be the reelection to message. realize he is a businessman. most people most people don't have -- don't know much about people they put into office. it's difficult to make a real decision on what should the reelection message be, i don't know what the problems would

the retweet alleging the faucher conspiracy also contains -- the alsoei conspiracy praises hydro clockikora henning -- also praise a it waschloroquine and removed for violating misinformation policies. yesterday, the president was asked about his opinion and asked to clarify his opinion on that drug. [video clip] >> can you clarify your position on the echo of his ski -- on the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine? >> the recommendations of many of the people, including doctors. many doctors think it is extremely successful, the hydroxychloroquine. coupled with the zinc and perhaps something else. many doctors think it is good. many do not. i think it has become political. -- ipen to be leave in it happen to believe in it. i took it free 14 day period. i think it works in the early stages. frontline medical people believe that too, some, many. it has been out for a long time, that particular formula, and that is essentially what it is, the pill. it has been for malaria, lupus, and other things. it is safe, it does not cause problems. i had absolutely no problems. i felt no different. bad. no

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anthony faucher talks about the coronavirus response and the recent spike in cases. later, a house foreign affairs committee on alleged russian bounties for u.s. troops in afghanistan. announcer: defense secretary mark esper and general mark toley were on capitol hill testify on defense department . they were also asked about alleged russian bounties over u.s. troops and military bases named after confederate soldiers. chairman smith: i call the meeting to order. i welcome our witnesses, secretary of defense esper and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff milley. we appreciate you being here today. i do have to read an opening statement here about procedure in light of the fact that we do have members who are participating remotely in his hearing, in accordance with house rules. so i will do that and then a couple other programming notes and we will get started. i would like to welcome members who are joining today's markup remotely. those members are reminded that they must be visible on screen within the software platform for the purposes of identity verification f