at fda we are trying to do that.we launched the new era of smarter food safety, the idea we are living in modern times and need modern approaches to regulate food. companies that go from good to great, and we are committed to modernization. those organizations do a really good job setting high performance expectations, high standards of themselves, just like this conversation, we appreciate you have high expectations of us. we have high expectations, too. they do a brilliant job clarifying roles and responsibilities so there is no duplication of effort and you get more done. the other thing the private sector does well is the use of metrics. they measure everything. i know it is something they really want to do. we are doing all these things, but there is more we can do. do i think we are to slow responding to outbreaks? i certainly think there is more we can do. responding to foodborne outbreaks fast is critical. the faster you respond, the quicker you can pull contaminated products off the market would we have to d

why isn't fda doing it? this is food ministration, we'll leave drugs out. >> how i would respond is that we don't have a significant budget to support extra mural research. if we were to take on a mission like that, we are not resourced to do that. >> if i might, madam chairman, then i'll shut up. if you had the money to do it, do you think that the science community might try to stop you from doing that research? >> we always follow the science on anything that we do. >> remember, the science is disease resistant, drought resistant, drug resistant, all good things, all stuff that i applaud as a farmer. but on the other side, if it esn't produce the nd of food effects that you want and nobody is testing it, don't think people get a little bit nervous if you start testing it fothe food, nutrition, qualities? >> when it comes the genetically engineered ones, if they're improving trient content, we require evidence of that when we are looking at those types of submissions. we don't review the regular crops. >>

the fda needs to do better. lack of communication, outdated ways of thinking, and overall lack of leadership have negatively impacted the agency. we have seen that with the recent infant formula crisis. since 2002, the fda has had seven different commissioners. over the last 20 years, fda has gone without a senate confirmed commissioner for almost six years of that time. that is not acceptable. there is no way and agency as large as the fda can be leaderless and not have serious issues. i commend the career employees at the fda. they have forged ahead even when acting commissioners were in charge. the role of this committee is to provide the agencies we oversee with support and resources that they need. fda has had so many different and complex responsibilities. i want to assure you that i'm committed to providing the fda with what it needs to get the job done. with that, i will reserve the time for the ranking member to give his opening statement when he arrives. senator, would you like to make an opening state

fda advisors.y said and unjustifiably high price of $56,000 a year for patients in order to "make history." they have worked on their own investigation into all of this. reporter damien carb day joins us. this report is the result of an 18 month investigation by two house committees. investigators reviewing some 500,000 documents from the fda. investigators concluded the fda went way beyond its normal protocol in bringing the drug to market. tell us more about that. >> as they concluded, the process was rife with irregularity. what it boils down to is in the normal process by which drugs are approved, the fda is a neutral regulator, an oppositional relationship they might have wh the drug company seeking approval. it went to the data very seriously and very earnestly. a person or doctor prescribing a drug can be certain benefits and risks have been thoroughly examined by an independent body. in this case, what we had reported previously is the fda worked more like a collaborator. worked hand in glo

build me street employee ownership act and finally, make burdensome departments put in place by the fda and today i look forward to examining potential impact of this legislation is resurrections congress had sba can take to encourage more employee ownership also excited to hear from her family today, about the benefits of employee ownership in the ongoing challenges in the way this committee to better support the mobile with that i would to go to the ranking member for her opening statement. >> thank you very much chairman it for holding his hearing and we can all agree that a business structuring foundational critically important to their success and longevity and however many requirements should always be viewed with caution cannot be done that considering all possible ramifications and potential unintended consequences i look forward to discussing this employee ownership model this morning but we also must address that we are currently in the fourth quarter and small businesses that i. amy: in north texas, evan battling significant market conditions that threaten our success and the

today's report found that a disconnect between complaint reporting systems delayed the fda's responsethe outbreak when you began to hear the reports about kids getting these bacterial infections, being hospitalized, some dying, what went through your mind? >> i was pissed. i was angry. >> reporter: the crisis brought back painful memories for riley san miguel. >> they removed all of this brain >> reporter: at barely a month old, her son crew, now 3, almos died when a bacterial infection seeped into his spinal fluid and spread to his brain. did you have any idea how he got that infection? >> no one ever said that it came from his infant formula, but crew was not consuming anything else. >> reporter: the fda says the report's findings will inform a new vision for its food program the report now urging the fda to require formula makers provide real-time results of microbiological testing and use its mandatory recall authority more often with the baby formula crisis expected through spring, many parents are still struggling what would your message to regulators be >> do better be better.

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appropriate. >>> the fda is adding sesame to a list of food allergens.d that contains it must state that on the label. it will doing other ingredients like eggs, milk, shellfish, peanuts and tree nuts. >>> a bay area self driving car company is helping to deliver millions of meals where they are needed the most. more now on the food for bay area family strife. >> the san francisco marin mmunity and a village to do that. one of the partners is crews, what do you have? >> i am maddie, we are excited to share that today we have delivered over 2.1 million meals in response to the pandemic food insecurity skyrocketed across san francisco and they have asked what can we do to help? partnering with the food bank was the clear answer. every day we deliver meals to residents in need with all electric self driving cars. >> fantastic, you can see the number of meals. this has to feel good. you have community partners who get the food out. >> it really does. people step up early during the pandemic to ask what they could do and getting food to people earlier has mad

this doctor has repeatedly testified before the fda he has a inside track what the fda was saying abouthe dangers of these vaccines. watch this. >> i don't have a clue, kate, what he is asking for. i mean we have a vaccine that unequivocally is highly effective and safe and has saved literally millions of lives. >> mrna shots safe and effective? well, i would say that from the day these were authorized in december there was uncertainty on, if they were going, if the benefits were going to outweigh the harm. there were four people i believe who voted against authorizing it that day, in a climate of when everyone was scared, almost everyone to vote no on that, so there is uncertainty. there was definitely uncertainty on young people, people with no risk factors. that's clear. there was uncertainty when we thorrized booster. that is clear. we had all the scientists in, nearly all, vote to not thorize it. they voted against authorizing it. then the fda came back, how about just in over 65? then they said yes we'll do it over 65. then the cdc two or three weeks later tries to thorpeize the b

the fda is being urged to make dramatic changes. in the wake of that baby formula crisis, an outside group looking into the fda. has recommended a leadership overhaul or even breaking up the agency. the report suggests putting one person in charge of the fda is food safety programs or creating a separate agency to promote better oversight. the fda has been blamed for not moving quickly enough to respond to reports of contamination at a formula plan which led to a nationwide shortage. more women have come forward, accusing a florida doctor of sexual assault . police in naples say at least 12 women are now reporting criminal or suspicious activities surrounding dr eric salata, who recently died by suicide. thoseti tthe rstta is u drugging and assaulting patients at his medical spot, allegedly taking pictures of some victims. while they were unconscious. we turn now to the attack on north carolina's power grid. authorities fear it could inspire copycats. in the meantime, there are still no arrests. here's a b cs lionel moise. this morn

foster and create stable jobs and empower people to provide for place facilities and we know that the fda has programs access that are far significant and save jobs and keep them rooted in their community only half of this communities, we thank you so more businesses work potentially issue and we look forward to working with you, to help small businesses across the u.s. >> thank you and out recognize mr. rosen for five minutes and after mr. rosen, opening statement, we're going to go into recess with a gold-medal ceremony and reconvene at 12 noon sharp and mr. rosen coming recognize for five minutes. >> thing very much i really appreciated this opportunity to talk to you today and 45 years ago, i was a staff member for the senate small business committee working on the hill to create the small business employee ownership act which would authorize them to make loans in the d.a. did not really do anything on that much like is not done very much on the mainstream act in 2018, the privilege of working with members of both this committee staff and that committee staff, decided to fix these pro

fda approved. there should never be a debate six months a year or two years later on if drugs that are already fda approved work like hydroxyl -- ivermectin. these drugs were safe, given to billions of people throughout the world already. fda approved. they have mechanisms of action which is a medical science term for it should work in the lab works, prevents viruses from entering south. these are sort of obvious clinical trials. they were never done. that's a responsibility nih in the fda. that's a massive failure. from the other and most important damage of dr. fauci, this is before i get into the news yesterday. or the day before. is the massive and lasting damage to trust now in institutions. there is a massive loss of trust by the public. in public health guidance. in science itself. science has become politicized. we have lost a trusted university experts. universities are important because they supply the experts to the government. when people look for experts, they often look at university

the fda is moving to regulate cbd. cbd is a compound derived from cannabis or hemp. >> and used for a host of products, including pain relief and sleep aids. according to the wall street journal, the agency's deputy commissioner expressed some concerns about the safety of cbd and suggested for the regulation is needed for its use in food and dietary supplements. the commissioner says that the fda is working to establish a framework on how to regulate cannabis. and it's derived products. >> still ahead, as people in buffalo, new york continue to try to dig out of one of the deadliest storms in decades tonight. officials are fearful of what warmer weather could bring to that area. >> police in buffalo have arrested at least 8 people accused of looting during the deadliest storm in western new york and at least 2 generations video taken from inside a family dollar store shows merchandise scattered all over the floor and then shelves are left empty. the mayor says that people were not looting for necessities like food and

wait one second, says the fda.ines might give some people some fear even though the data shows it is perfectly safe. surgeon quality and experience are what really matters and at the end of the day, people have questions, they should talk directly with their surgeons to know the risks and benefits. dan: i think that is always the case with any procedure. i had the initial one as i said 27 years ago. the technology has changed dramatically in the years since, but as you suggest, problems can be serious, but they are not that common. again, i had a great result, but i do have very dry eyes and they did get worse after having the procedure. let's move on and talk about other things, let's talk about the winter flu and the virus is going on right now, rsv, the covid surge and now the flu which is so serious. >> absolutely, we are looking flu hospitalizations with numbers we have not seen in almost a decade. if you go to the cdc website and look at a map of influenza-like illness reported in this country, the entire cou

the updated boosters have been used for all booster vaccinations since the fda approved them in early september. according to the fda, pfizer's updated shot can now be given as the 3rd dose to those aged 6 months to 4 years who have not yet completed their primary vaccination series, children who have completed their initial three-dose vaccination would pfizer's original shot are not yet eligible to receive the bivalent booster. the agency plans to review safety data for a 4th dose for children in january. it's a good sign that these are. >> times when vaccines are evaluated for safety there be there south found to be very safe there. still. >> effective. and i think it's just the next step. and we've come a long way in just about 2 years. so i think remember 2 years ago, we didn't have any vaccines. >> and doctor maldonado adds another reason why she's urging people to get vaccinated protections against payment for the covid vaccine are going to be ending soon. and it's not clear if the vaccines will be free any much longer. gayle ong kron, 4 respiratory illnesses are even keep in sa

and more mundane things like generics, on how to get the fda shipped to turn more quickly.he had all the experience to bring the bear -- once we had a thing called warp speed. >> absolutely, in october, not convention, this is one of eternal meetings, i was reading the actual contractual of vacations of logistical deliveries. i wasn't winning it and making it up and press conferences. and brics turns to me in front of everyone and say, you can't say we're gonna have that vaccines doses ready. you can't announce that. even though, and the question is why? why was she saying it's not possible? it is possible. it was the numbers. and i turn to paul mangled, the adviser to azar, and i said paul, am i right or wrong here? he said, no you're exactly right. this was the -- i was just reading the numbers. there was a specific, explicit attempt to stop good positive news from being disseminated to the american public during the month of october, which has a certain time significant during 2020. >> to wind up, i'm reminded of my rule that i will start every class and all in the sessi

fiduciary questions were expecting in the lost said that the fda should make things under loans available through preferred lender lender programs of the company say, will do and really want to go to enter through this detailed bureaucracy with the fda to try to get one of these loans and for many people is just not worth it pretty in the fda is asking the companies to get a letter of determination before the due these and that is not practical either. i don't these things have made them employee and employer to failure the relations that are proposed to try to fix this problem, don't even address it in thank you very much and i really appreciate this opportunity. >> thank you mr. rosen without recess reconvene at 12 noon sharp and with that, you will see you in an hour. [background sounds]. [background sounds]. >> welcome back everybody will call me back to order, and begin with mr. butcher, a recognized for five minutes work or opening from a mr. butcher. >> thank you and good afternoon to everyone in my name is keith butcher and i am the founder of one of the founding partners of mosai

a common food ingredient is joining the fda's list of major food allergens.t it is and the changes you'll see. mckenzie: eliza, she's the little ray of sunshine. her laugh is full of joy and love. i'm so blessed to be her parent. brennon: i think she's the most beautiful girl in the world. you know i love her with everything in me and she's so tough. mckenzie: eliza is diagnosed with bilateral retinoblastoma at four months. it's cancer of the eyes. it's aggressive and it's fast growing and as a mom hearing that, i still cry, because you want to take away all of the pain and you don't want your kid to be sick, obviouy. brennon: it just breaks you. and with what we've been going through, i don't know how we would have made it without st. jude. - st. jude children's research hospital works day after day to find cures and save the lives of children with cancer and other life threatening diseases. mckenzie: the care that she's gotten at st. jude, it's seriously saved her life. - good job. mckenzie: and it's amazing that we don't receive any bills from st. jude. we

because the fda is not taking any action yet. it is still investigating the findings.eevaluate the vaccine doses on january 23rd. what is your take on this? >> well, liz, i did read that study in depth. i tell you the outrage in the scientific community we're learning about this now. up to 50% increase in pulmonary embolism. answering the question, if you have a serious adverse event right after the vaccine, is it random or is it linked? this shows a clear linkage here. it this an undercount, does not count those who died at home in the german study, where a link to vaccines proven in the autopsy. there are concerns out there. if you're high-risk maybe worth the risk. if you're young and healthy,. elizabeth: informed consent. you've been advocating that. dr. fauci, dr. francis collins early in the covid pandemic this was not a man-made virus. dr. fauci testified in the attorney general's lawsuit in indian and missouri, he did that blaming the chinese for the pandemic would increase tensions, reduce cooperation with china, the truth china would never let us into his lab

should the fda share some of that blame? the agency suffer from political politicization and groupthink? >> delay to discuss this issue, it is an extremely important issue because there will be other pandemics later this century and we need to have better response than we had but the cdc certainly did not cover itself in glory and we look at a few things i have covered as a reporter over the last two years. first of all the testing failure you mentioned, essentially compared to south korea and what happened here, the cdc insisted on developing its own test, refused to allow anyone else to do it, failed to develop the test and then prevent anybody else from doing it. by contrast, the cdc in south korea immediately after they identified four cases called for 20 biomedical companies to meet with them and develop tests, and within a week they had a private company test. south korea covered itself in glory. and we got surveillance on this because we had no tests among many other things and because of data failures there was no wa

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this was before the fda looked at the data suggesting whether the boosters are safe and effective anduld get them. as a result of the words coming out of his mouth, two high levels of fda who retired early because they could not be within the fda because the pressure coming from the white house. >> kara, what do you think? he doesn't have control of what is coming out of his mouth but i'm not sure if it is that. >> he uses that excuse over and over again. he had to drop out of the presidential race. biden is a liar and not good, uncle joe but a lot of people will excuse him because he is the guy who shuffles around in the corner and smiles at people. no, not at all. this is who we is, his character and something, the king and thee in the democrats armor. everybody falls in line. we were talking about the disarray and the conservative party. we have ideas and the best one wins out. joe biden is only one guy they can't control or them. but i think the american people don't benefit because of that. >> that is a good point. we have to leave it there. the police departments across the coun

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say some of those drugs we have been using for years actually don't work, and now they're urging the fda to pull them from store shelves. nbc bay area's ian cole spoke with local doctors about i, and ian, what kind of drugs are we talking about? >> doctors say it all has to focus on the frequent phenylephrine. some versions of benadryl, mus an ex, and tylenol use it. four studies concluded the medicines don't help your stuffy nose. i spoke with two doctors about this today. they both agree. >> we don't recommend that for our patients, and we haven't for over 20 years. >> i believe that if there was an application for approval with the fda today, it would never be approved for a number of reasons. first, it has limited benefit. second, it has a long list of adverse effects. >> so, what are some of those adverse side effects? what do the drug makers say? >> well, dr. wolfe, who you heard from there, says it can cause insomnia, elevate blood pressure. he recommends an anti-histamine and a day or two of afrin spray. have your kid blow their nose. we reached out to johnson & johnson, which se

they want the fda to pull it from store shelves. >> honestly, we don't.don't recommend that for our patients, and we haven't for over 20 years. >> i believe that if there was an application for approval with the fda today, it would never be approved for a number of reasons. first, it has limited benefit. second, it has a long list of adverse effects. >> those doctors suggest an anti-histamine or saline spray to treat a stuffy nose but the best advice is ask your family doctor what they recommend. johnson & johnson responding today, saying, "phenylephrine is a well-established decongestant recognized to be safe and effective." >>> well, it is the time of year for giving back and the oakland police department is getting into the spirit. hosted a holiday celebration called toys for the town. free event took place in front of the department, featured free food, photos with santa, and perhaps most important, nice toy giveaway. >>> okay, up next, an iconic restaurant saying good-bye, why it's closing its doors. >>> a live look inside 30 rock at the control room

. >> well, pfizer is asking the fda to authorize is updated covid vaccine for children younger than 5. the youngest group is already supposed to get 3 small extra doses of the original vaccine pfizer. now, once the updated vaccine to be used for the 3rd shot, the original version would still serve as the first 2 doses. the fda has already cleared covid vaccines that target omicron as boosters for everyone at age 5 and older. now, the secret service says since the pandemic began, chinese hackers have stolen tens of millions of dollars or to covid relief money in the u.s.. they say the group responsible conducted a mix of experience in government hacks and they were financially motivated data breaches. officials estimate the hackers made off with at least 20 million dollars fraudulent small business loans and unemployment benefits. this is the first pandemic fraud tied to foreign state-sponsored cyber criminals. and because of respiratory illnesses up across the nation, they're increasing the demand for children's pain killers, ocer-the-counter children's medicines are flying off the sh

. >>> a group of doctors is urging the fda to pull certain medications in the shelves. the list includes several medications you've likely been using for years, probably decades. >> but these doctors say while they're perfectly safe, they don't work as they claim. here's nbc bay area's ian cull. >> when you or your kids get a stuffy nose, there's likely an over-the-counter medicine you turn to. some doctors say some versions of benadryl, mucinex and tylenol rely on phenylephrine to clear up stuffy noses. at least four studies concluded the medicine doesn't relieve congestion. two doctors groups with calling on the fda to pull the meds from store shelves. >> we should really look at the data and see if what they're claiming is true. >> reporter: this doesn't include things like acetaminophen or ibuprofen. dr. julie kim is a pediatrician in los gatos. >> honestly, we don't recommend that for our patients, and we haven't for over 20 years. >> dr. james wolfe went a step further on phenylephrine. >> i believe that if there was an application for approval with the fda today,

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and we say, this is insane, they bypass the technical expert vote of the fda. we read these all the time. there's a group of maybe 20 of us. no one ever talks politics in our group. we have all come to the same scientific conclusions. there are a bunch of bernie sanders people there, it came up in passing in one conversation. conservatives are people who are independent like myself. the question is are we going to abandon the scientific process and have political allegiances. american academy of pediatrics kind of formally has taken this position now. we are 100% on this party line agenda. we have engaged in formal tribalism. i think what we need to do is get back to the scientific open form of honesty but we cannot do that when the media only platforms certain doctors and doctors -- if you look at one doctor that came out last night, he was fighting for children and schools to be open and twitter blacklisted him. they wouldn't give him a blue check for verification. he had imposters putting other stuff that made it looked like they were posing as him. he repor

the fda now expanding its vaccine for kids to try and combat it. and here's a quick live look up in the sierra with the national weather service asking you not to travel to talk about this weekend unless maybe you can get up there right now. today, be the day. we'll get the john. yeah, if you get up there, you like it snowed in because that snowfall is going to be piling up right now. we're pretty calm. so if you do need to travel, it is indeed the day for it. there's that system to the north and west of us will be talking about what it means for us. still to come and in the rose on this friday morning, we're staying on top of your commute. will have. >> a look at those drive times. once we get back from break. >> 6.14, right now and let's check out this year alive. ad is soda springs. cars are moving at a pretty good clip to look at all that snow right now. caltrans got its work cut out for this weekend trying to keep everything clear enough that >> people are safe on the roads, although it's going to be a tall order because we're fighting a lot t

fda and nih proceeded to request comments and the fda in particular every single biomedical group said this is a disaster. this is crazy. these are using the standard racial classifications would be a nightmare. but, you know, if you're in the fda's position, what are you going to do? you're actually going to gather anthropoid allergists, geneticists and so forth, have a conference on what is race that would just, you know, the political consequences. that would obviously be a nightmare. so they just use the crude classification lens, which has had, i think, tremendous negative. it has stifled because their opportunity costs outweighs they are less likely to actually look at actual genetics. so it leads to stereotyping among doctors and medical researchers. when you go to the doctor, they you your race they really shouldn't because odds are your racial heritage is going to be actually useful in determining is pretty slim. and you know the fact that one self-identifies as native american or as bob was saying, you could have very little african ancestry, be african american. and so you'r

after a break, we'll speak with former fda commissioner dr.uned, you're watching "squawk box" on cnbc the first time you connected your website and your store was also the first time you realized... we can do anything. cheesecake cookies? [together] the chookie! manage all your sales from one place with a partner that always puts you first. godaddy. tools and support for every small business first. >>> welcome back to "squawk box. the fda is examining whether cannabis-derived ingredients like cbd is safe in food and supplements. it's gearing up to make recommendations. joining us right now to talk about this, as well as china's covid surge, dr. scott gottlieb, former commissioner of the fda, serves on the boards on pfizer and ilumina. let's talk cbd it has become one of the most popular -- i mean, the popularity just exploded, but do you have medical concerns about it >> well, look, there are medical concerns this is a substance that's approved as a prescription drug in a highly-concentrated form which was approved by fda, i believe, in 2018 f

. >>> the fda is under fire today.d safety crises in the future. here's nbc's priscilla thompson. >> reporter: a scathing new report criticizing the fda's food program for a culture of indecisiveness and inaction in a department perceived to be in constant turmoil. it comes after months of fallout that left stores struggling to stock shelves and parents debt separate to feed their babies. >> this is really scary. >> reporter: in february, abbott, the nation's largest formulamaker shut down its michigan plant after four babies were hospitalized and twtwo die from bacterial infections after drdrinking forormula made e the. the companany says thehere's no evidencece its formumula made t babibies sick, b but voluntatar recalled several formula brands prompting a nationwide shortage. the report found that a disconnect between complaint reporting systems delayed the fda's response to the outbreak. >> when you began to hear the reports about kids getting these back material infections being hospitalized, some dying, what went

again, it is fda approved for weight loss.ople who don't really need to lose weight for medical reasons. i want to give you some numbers that show that. so a version of this drug, it's called ozimpic, a version of this drug is approved for people with weight loss. there are rules and guidelines. you're supposed to use this if you are over weight and have medical weight problems for the left hand side, the right hand side are the guidelines. the issue is that people who are likely below these weights are getting this drug when really, they don't need it for medical reasons and they should be leaving it alone for people who do need it for medical reasons. >> for those people who do need it for medical reasons, how effective is this drug for weight lose as they work through their potential health concerns? >> right. so for these folks, they're seeing pretty em pimpressive we lose 10 to 15%. that's more than many other weight lose drugs. again, this is supposed to be used by people that need to lose weight for medical reasons beca