by the end of this month after 12 years, francis collins is stepping down as n.i.h. director, but thankfully he's not stepping away from science. in a signature collins move, the doctor is going back to his research roots, back to head a laboratory at the n.i.h. on the human genome institute where he hopes to find treatments and cures for cystic fibrosis, diabetes, and other devastating illnesses. he's led n.i.h. for 12 years under three presidents, democrat and republican, making him the longest tenured head of the agency since presidents began selecting n.i.h. heads years ago. what distinguished collins was not his length but his extraordinary ambition and record of achievement. my friend, former senator barbara mikulski who chaired once the senate appropriations committee, famously said the initials n.i.h. stand for the national institute of hope. as n.i.h. director, francis collins worked tirelessly to live up to that ideal. as "the washington post" wrote, he brought together scientists across disciplines and championed the hunt for biomedical sciences in hopes an

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francis collins, president of the national institutes of health. rita braver has his story. >> reporter: so this building on the left is our clinical center. >> see nih like i have never seen it before. >> reporter: for dr. frances collins, the adventure of owning a harley is nothing compared with the challenge of running the sprawling national institutes of health. >> so we have 27 institutes and centers. they range everything from institutes that are focused on a disease. the national cancer institute. to some that are focused on organ systems. the national eye institute or infectious disease, heart, lung, and blood. i had a pretty good time getting the best people in the world to come and lead those institutes. >> reporter: but after 12 years on the job, one of the longest runs in history, dr. collins will step down today. >> i have loved this role. but 12-plus years is a long time to have a single leader of this largest support ever of biomedical research in the world. it's good to have new vision. >> reporter: it was collins's own vision as on

francis collins. the outgoing director of the national institutes of health come on his departure and legacy. introductions underway. >> i want to talk to you about omicron. it is spreading like wildfire across the country with cases doubling every 2-4 days. what is your concern, going into the holidays? >> i am concerned, because this is a variant, omicron, that has more than 50 mutations, compared to the original virus, from wuhan. it makes it apparently very contagious, with this doubling time that you just mentioned, 2-4 days. that increases the numbers by a factor of two. we saw that in africa, the u.k., now we are seeing it in the u.s. that is much faster than delta, which we thought was already really bad. but this is going to be potentially the dominant viral strain in the u.s. in just two to three weeks, at the rate it is going. >> i guess we should add [indiscernible] what is your concern about these two things searching together? >> your right to mention delta, even though we have a lot of

francis collins, thank you very much for talking with us. >> glad to be with you right here at n.i.h., here we are in the middle of the worst pandemic this country has faced in a century and you have announced you are retiring as the head of this essential medical public health institution, n.i.h. does that compute? >> well, it better because it's happening. i think it does, judy. there will never be a perfect time to say it's time to step down. i've been n.i.h. director now for more than 12 years, serving three presidents. that's never happened before. n.i.h. directors are appointed by the president and they generally leave when the president does. so, i've outlasted my shelf life by about a factor of two, and i decided back a few months ago that if i wasn't going to stick it out for the indefinite future, i need to give a chance for president biden to identif a new director and nominate that person. and let me reassure you, as far as covid, the science at n.i.h. has done in the last two years s been astounding, the people leading that effort, they're not going anywhere. and the team

todd: former nih director francis collins doubling down on dismissing the covid lab leak theory.ins if they win back the house next year, brooke sigman joins us with more. >> reporter: francis collins is not holding back on how he really feels about the wuhan lab leak theory on his last day as director of the national institutings of health. >> i'm sorry the lab leak has become such a distraction for so many people. we still don't know. there is no evidence that this was a natural way in which a virus left a bat, maybe traveled through some other species and got to humans. >> reporter: former president trump is adamant covid originated in wuhan. >> i think the origins are so obvious. they came out of the wuhan lab and i think if anybody thinks anything differently, they're just kidding themselves. >> reporter: fox news medical contributor dr. marc siegel joined "fox & friends" first to weigh in. listen. >> if it does more and a more things we're not expecting it to do, if it spreads asymptomatically like they weren't expecting, if it causes for inflammation and disease, it makes

francis collins joining dr. t a huge distraction. what was your reaction? saying this months after collins said yeah, it should be looked into. >> it could be the discovery of emails from last year where they were trying to downplay the great barrington resolution, that was the three, the stanford, oxford, harvard doctors came out said, let's look at this pandemic from a common sense viewpoint. let's do less lockdowns and focus on the most vulnerable, try to get back to a more normal life. it looked like he was trying to suppress that. maybe he has a hand in this same funding that went to the wuhan lab. this has already been proven. i'm wondering if he feels guilty. then of course he went out singing you know a rendition of "somewhere over the rainbow" where sometimes past the pandemic, a name like that which was kind of creepy i might add. i feel like there might be some culpability and guilt coming out of dr. collins. i would like to see more investigation if he actually has got some involvement with dr. fauci.

francis collins. dr. collins, good to see you, sir. >> nice to be with you, chuck. >> let me start with what researchers are learning every day. it seems like we learn something new about omicron. so this development, this idea that is fused with the common cold, it -- i can't believe i'm saying this. could this be good news? weirdly enough? >> well, it's a bit of a stretch. >> yeah. >> okay, i'll take good news right now. i'm not sure i can claim that this is going to be reliable. it is a bit of a stretch. the genome of this omicron variant and try to predict how it's going to behave when it affects people around the globe. but it is interesting. it looks like this is a recombinant that has part of the sars-cov-2 that's undergone a lot of mutations and, also, it's possibly crossed over and picked up more of another virus. it's an interesting observation. much more important is to find out what's really happening. in the real world, does this, in fact, turn out to be less dangerous and how good are our va

francis collins, thank you very much. >> nice to be with you, judy.chlts >> woodruff: the latest jobs report today offered mixed signals about the state of hiring. but one thing was clear-- more people are trying to get back into the labor force. supply chain issues are one key challenge, as companies compete for workers. economics correspondent paul solman visited one of the busiest ports in this country, the port of los angeles, to find out more about what's happening. >> reporter: the supply chain symbol of 2021: container ships, languishing off the california coast, waiting weeks on average-- some, for two months-- to get a berth at the ports of los angeles and long beach. this ship's main use at the moment? a sea lion's sun spot. >> i've been doing this for 25 years, and this is unprecedented times. >> reporter: port x logistics founder brian kempisty. >> containerized shipping started in 1956. we've never seen anything like this. >> reporter: pre-covid, ships rarely anchored offshore. now, they're commonplace, many dozens of them, loaded with th

francis collins, the last week as the director for the national institute of health. planned. but in the meantime, if i can, director collins, officials have been saying omicron doesn't appear to cause more severe disease but if it has a doubling rate of two days, where does that leave us heading into the holidays? >> well, not in a good place. in terms of what we could expect to happen in the next two or three weeks. and this is very much what was also seen in south africa where omicron first emerged. and seeing right now in the united kingdom where something like 44% of cases in london are now omicron and again doubling about every two or three days. so the bad news is this is a very contagious virus, it spreads more rapidly than delta or the original virus from wuhan. it is just really good at getting from one person to the next. the somewhat more encouraging news is it seems not to be causing disease that is quite as severe. although we need better data about what that is going to look like in the u.s. the other news of course is are we protective from this, from

francis collins.ning, and before we begin, doctor, i want to note that this is your last day as director. you're not retiring, but you're stepping aside from n.i.h. thank ou for your service to the country. >> doctor: thank you, margaret. it is great to be with you this morning. >> brennan: as you step aside, it seems like the virus, though, is not going along with you. in fact, this omicron variant seems to be raging around the world. did you see this mutation coming, and is our health system prepared for what is about to hit? >> doctor: yeah, this is a big challenge. it's a brand new version. and it is so different that it has the properties to potentially be evasive of the vaccines and the other measures that we've taken. i'm glad to say it is not totally successful at that. a big message for today is: if you've had vaccines and a booster, you're very well-protected against omicron causing you severe disease. so anybody listening to this who is in that 60% of americans who are eligible for a booste

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in an e-mail sent in october of last year, francis collins told fauci that a, quote, quick ande was needed for a group of scientists who signed a document questioning lockdowns because of the effect on physical and mental health. they sound like the mafia over there, these creeps. that declaration was signed by international ivy league scientists but collins called these doctors, quote, fringe. they were the last things they were. he, it turns out, was fringe. we've been following the details of this and many other covid stories. thanks for coming on. it sounds like you're reading about mafia family leaders talking about crushing an opponent over a cement contract, i mean, really. >> it's -- it's unbelievable that i real -- but i really hope americans watching this story will understand how truly scary and devastating it is that the -- that such senior scientists and researchers who are responsible for allocating billions of dollars in research were taking time from their jobs, which is to fund research to single out individuals who were telling us the truth in doing their jobs as epidemio

shocking new emails show the nih's mute lead men, doctor fauci and doctor francis collins coordinated a smear campaign against a group of scientists who oppose covid lockdowns after they appeared on this show. matt kim has that next. >> emails from fauci and collins were sent 3 days after a group of epidemiologists and scientists appeared on the ingraham angle discussing the barrington declaration which was signed in october last year by dozens of public health experts and scientists from around the world urging against lockdowns rating and partly have grave concerns about the damage prevailing policies. current lockdown policies are producing devastating effects on short and long-term public health. our goal should be to minimize mortality and social harm and reach heard in the unity. outside declaration outgoing national health institute director doctor francis collins email doctor fauci writing their needs to be a quick and devastating takedown of its premises. i don't see anything like that yet. is underway? collins called scientists and doctors who signed the declaration fringe e

francis collins emailed dr. anthony fauci writing in part, there needs to be a quick and devastating takedown of its premises. i don't see anything like that online yet. is it underway? collins also called the scientists and doctors that signed a fringe epidemiologist. passing some articles that debunked the great barrington deck relation. one from wired titled there is no -- another from nation with the headline "focus protection, herd immunity, and other deadly delusions." collins was asked about the email exchange yesterday and he says he stands by his. >> this is before we had vaccines. and basically, i will call them fringe epidemiologist who really did not have the credentials to be making such a grand and sweeping statement were saying just what the virus run through the population and eventually then everybody will have had and it will be okay. hundreds of thousands of people would have died if we had followed that strategy. >> he wrote another email to dr. fauci on october 13th with a link to a "washingt

francis collins the director of the national institutes of health celebrated the end of hi 12 year runthis but after people herde they wrote santa and ask for hearing loss. ♪ there's a life i remember ♪ full of activities. >> i just noticed they were signing that. so you want to punish the deaf to? it's official we found somethin worse than covid. if so take the rowlett lit, francis. it would be better than listening to your song. ♪ somewhere past epidemic ♪ masks will come off ♪ no more need for a nose swab every time we cough ♪ >> he is no weird al. appeared we should have played that at the start of the pandemic. one more time. ♪ somewhere past the pandemic ♪ we'll hug our friends ♪ and think the people and scienc that brought the pandemic down. >> i love it. >> you watch the whole thing, didn't you? >> i watch the whole thing on the plane coming here. >> what did you think? >> it was fortunate i didn't have my wheelchair out of the plane because i would've jumped off a. i was i was getting off the plane, and my wheelchair rubbed up against the railing and i made a better melody tha

>> i think not only protected by the media but protected by higher ups at the nih, francis collins bossently said spreading misinformation which he included dog tests as misinformation even though they are true should be brought to justice. if you have the washington post saying reporters at the posting attacks on fauci for dog testing are right wing hate and other post columnist calling the campaign dog testing this information so he is surrounded by people both at his agency and the media who will defend him at any cost. kennedy: characterizing things in a certain way because you don't like them or they are inconvenient truths, caps on reputation. that in no way goes to give evidence he was doing something to the contrary and it's indefensible if you look at society that values and clubs dogs. it's essentially a good society, the kind of place you want to live in and what you want to be part of and when people hear about this, they are very angry and should be just as angry, if not more about gain of function research is agency funded and how and francis collins and others lied about

francis collins is not holding back on how he really feels about the wuhan lab leak nearly on his lastn his last day as director of the national institutes of health. listen to this. >> i'm sorry the lab leak has become such a distraction for so many people. frankly, we still don't know. there is no evidence that this is a natural way that a virus left a bat, and got to humans. >> reporter: former president trump is adamant covid originated in wuhan. >> i think the origins are so obvious. they came out of the wuhan lab and i think if anybody thinks anything differently, they're just kidding themselves. >> reporter: meanwhile, axios is reporting that house republicans are mapping out potential investigations. if they win back the majority in 2022. gop members want to look into the origins of the virus. a previous investigation by the world health organization came up inconclusive due to china's lack of cooperation. the probe would look into communications by the cdc about school he closures and mask mandates, coming on the heels of a newly surfaced e-mail from collins to dr. anthony fau

stephen, your thoughts on this or francis collins? >> i am back.ional sports league, it can really get us out of the hand panic induced by journalists in new york city not catching a virus they only thought unmask washers caught. he saw the nfl cancel games and reschedule and they said we are changing our testing, testing some dramatic players from you're free to go back to the team and that is what we should be doing, it should be institutions and schools, universities and government, everything which we are going to catch this eventually and you are vaccinated and boosted, you probably have good protection against this and we need to learn to go about our lives and live our lives it's going to be with us forever and we need to start thinking in those terms and right now almost no one in charge of thinking in those terms, they are still counting cases and quarantining and backing off and you've got to shrug it off and say this is how it's going to be and thanks china. thank you for health alliance and doctor fauci. kennedy: they were all working i

i first saw this clip on gutfeld and i thought that's a good impersonator of francis collins and thenasn't an impersonator. it was literally the head of the national institutes of health. it doesn't necessarily inspire confidence in public officials. reminds me of fauci who never met a camera he didn't like. we were in the white house working on covid-19 and he is posing for in style magazine and there's a picture, emails about how he looked like brad pitt and looked exactly like me when brad pitt impersonated me on "snl." these are public health officials, americana. america. >> emily: does it inspire confidence? >> harris: i was looking off to the side, in the studio where i am, fauci was bigger than i am in the seat because the wall picture is so big and so close. for a second i thought he was here with those fancy socks. mixed messaging doesn't do anyone any good. anyone who is potty training a little one knows that. they are doing mopping and cleanups. these messages are colliding people don't know what to do. sean is right, scientifically speaking. i have done 11 pandemic specia

joining me now doctor francis collins outgoing director of the national institute of. l come back to fox news sunday. >> it is nice to be with you, bret. it is my last days nih director. glad to jody for part of it for. >> we appreciate your last stop being here. doctor, on that note, it does seemed like we're going backwards here. >> omicron is certainly providing a very serious challenge. this variant of virus, with its 57 mutations certainly a difficult one for us to cope with because it is so contagious, more than delta, more than alpha-beta. all the other previous variants of pale by comparison in terms of the rate this one is spreading. doubling every two -- three days first in south africa at now parts of europe and the u.s. is on that exponential curve right now. so we are in for a world of trouble i am in a freight in the next month or two pair there are things people can do i hope we can talk about that. this is not one of these situations where we are helplessly facing the oncoming virus. we have things we can do and especially vaccine, boosters being careful

francis collins is the outgoing director of the national institute of health. he joined the washington post for a discussion about the covid-19 pandemic and his retirement from the agency. this is about a half hour. i am really glad to have a chance to talk to you today. >> we are unrelated i think. >> as far as we know. i am looking forward to talking about your tenure at the home but first, some headlines i want to talk about. omicron is spreading like wildfire. new york reported 18,000 new cases. what is your concern going into the holidays? >> i am concerned because this is a variant that has more than 50 mutations compared to the original virus. it makes it apparently very contagious with this time that you just mentioned, to the four days. we saw that in the u.k. and now we are seeing it in the u.s.. that is much faster than delta which we already thought was very fast. this is going to be the dominant viral strain in the united states. >> omicron is coming in and then we should add those things. what is your concern about these two things surging togethe

francis collins is the outgoing director of the national institute for health. he talks about his retirement from the agency. this is about half an hour. >> hello and welcome to washington post live. today we are going to be continuing our series, leadership during crisis. our guest is the outgoing director of the national institute of health. a warm welcome back to washington post live. >> next to with you. i think we previously reflected on the similarities of our names. i am really glad to have a chance to talk to you today. >> we are unrelated i think. >> as far as we know. >> i am looking forward to talking about your 12 year three president tenure as head of the nih. but first, some headlines i want to talk about. omicron is spreading like wildfire. new york reported 18,000 new cases. what is your concern going into the holidays? what is your conceo the holidays? >> i am concerned because this is a variant that has more than 50 mutations compared to the original virus. >> i am concerned because thisit is a variant that has more than t you just mentioned, t

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francis collins. first of all, what do you make out of what the israel health minister said that there are indications that people with the covid vaccination are protected against the omicron variant, no specifics. is that different from what we have heard in the last several days? >> not really. i think it is very early days and they're trying to see the first hints whether vaccinated people seem to have an easier time with omicron than the people who weren't, but the numbers are very small. i would not want anybody to look at that announcement from israel and say, well, now we know the answer. we are going to take several more days, look at lots more cases, try to really size up how much protection is coming from the vaccine and how much could come from the boosters. >> does south africa have anything to teach us in terms of that because sanjay was showing figures of hospitalization rates in the province johannesburg is in that show hospitalizations going up. he said he believed that the majority of

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francis collins discusses his long career as he leaves the top job at the national institutes of healthovid and mapping the human genome. >> now it's written in a language. we're still trying to figure out how to read accurately so the work on the human genome will be

but i want to thank francis collins. you have done an equivalent job. you are one of the most important scientists of our time. i am not exaggerating a bit. after i was elected president, dr. collins was one of the first cause. i think you were the second call i made to ask that you would stay on. that is because when i was vice president, i got to know dr. collins very well when i was given the opportunity to manage the cancer moonshot initiative. dr. collins is an incredible resource for our nation. i am grateful. i am grateful for everything he has done for this pandemic and advancing all kind of medical breakthroughs. he recently announced he will step down this month after a truly consequential tenure. the good news is dr. collins will return to the lab. we look forward to his unmatched ability to unlock possibilities in our rates. the bad news for you is you are not getting rid of me. i will keep calling all the time because there are a lot of things you can do to help me get this done. you just point me in the direction and i will follow. i just

. >> reporter: francis collins who retired as nih director believes the u.s. could be seeing over a million cases a day. >> the question is are those million cases going to be sick enough to need health care and especially hospitalization. >> reporter: this latest surge is hitting as millions of americans prepare to travel somewhere for christmas. >> if you're not vaccinated, i would say travel is really not a great idea because you are in a very vulnerable place now with omicron. >> reporter: experts say even fully vaccinated people should wear masks at all times inside airports, train stations, and other public spaces. anne-marie, the white house is going to address this issue tomorrow. president biden will speak. he will continue to urge americans to get their vaccinations and get their booster shots when eligible. >> all right. courtney kealy, thank you so much. >>> meantime, new covid restrictions are prompting protests overseas. in london demonstrators taking part in a so-called freedom rally clashed with police. they are against vaccine passport and oth

francis collins, the outgoing director of the national institutes of health. dr. y." >> dr. collins: nice to be with you, bret, it's my last day as nih director, glad to be part of it. >> bret: we appreciate your last stop being here. doctor, on that note, it does seem like we're going backwards here. >> dr. collins: well, omicron is certainly providing a very serious challenge. this variance virus with its 57 mutations certainly a difficult one for us to cope with because it is so contagious, more than adults or, more than alpha, beta, all of the other previous variance tale by comparison in terms of the rate at which this one is spreading, doubling every two to three days first in south africa, now in parts of europe and the u.s. is on that exponential curve right now, so we are in for a world of trouble, i'm afraid, in the next month or two, but there are things people can do and i hope we can talk about that, because this is not one of those situations where we are just helplessly facing the oncoming virus. we have things we can do, and especially those are vac

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. >> other majors that we've taken doctor francis collins of the national institutes of health explains that while more people are getting breakthrough cases of omicron. >> it's still vital that people get vaccinated and boosted when eligible, if you've had vaccines and booster you're very well protected against omicron causing you severe disease as litigation continues regarding the vaccine mandate for businesses. officials are hoping this latest surge of a very contagious variant will encourage more people to get the necessary shots voluntarily. there's certainly some chance so that our hospitals are going to be pretty stressed. they already are with delta, of course, a government is prepared now to start sending out surge teams as needed. >> now several petitions have already been filed asking the supreme court to step in and intervene when it comes to that vaccine mandate for businesses. so while that last ruling was in favor of upholding that mandate. this legal fight is not over. noel, back to you. hard to believe. we're back here to this type of a concern. alexandra, thank you fo

francis collins talks about his tenure at the national institutes of health. that is live from the washington post at 2:15 p.m. eastern on c-span. you can watch everything on c-span.org or on our free video app, c-span now. >> washington unfiltered. c-span in your pocket. download c-span now today. >> mitch mcconnell is traveling around his home state of kentucky to look at damage from last weekend's tornadoes. before leaving washington, d.c., he held a press conference. he also talked about passage of the 1.2 trillion dollar infrastructure package as a sign of a bipartisan agreement. >> merry christmas, everyone. it looks like it is getting close. i thought this would be a good time to sum up my view of the year. with regard to the tornadoes in kentucky, i got off the phone with the head of the red cross down there about what they are involved in which is to make sure everybody has a place to be. we think everybody is under a roof somewhere. i will be going down tomorrow and again on saturday to tour the sites and check with first responders and local officia

francis collins, dr. rochelle walensky, dr.nthony fauci, the surgeon general, the assistant, secretary and so many other leaders who have helped the department improve the health and well-being of the american people. finally, i want to recognize the generation of activistss, the game changers, the people who made things happen, who have made their voice heard in this fight against hiv over the years. people like pedro zamora, who died of aids related complications. he asked the lord a simple question -- world is simple question. i wonder now, as i look around me, who's going to pick up my torch? today, we are still fighting to end the hiv epidemic, but we have not let pedro's george extinguish -- torch extinguish, nor have we forgotten the 36 million people who died from aids related illnesses around the globe. as secretary of health and human services, i am proud to lead a department and administration that is confronting the hiv epidemic head on. look no further than the new strategy that president biden released today. , ov

addressing whether or not we're going to be able to handle this on nbc's meet the press doctor francis collinsad of the national institutes of health encouraged americans to mask up for 80% plus of counties. you're indoors. yes, should be wearing a mask with other people and even get tested before celebrating there are now 8 home tests that are out there. but your pharmacy, you'll see them on the shelves. >> last week. the biden administration announced plans to make at home. rapid tests free for more american is likely. if you get one of these home test you can file with your insurance company and get reimbursed for it. and if you don't have that kind of some 50 million tests being distributed out in places like food banks right now, the white house is not announcing any further travel restrictions and say the delta variant remains the nation's biggest threat. >> and cdc director rochelle walensky said it's important to keep in mind that 99.9% of cases in the u.s. right now are from that delta variant and it's why she and others are still encouraging americans get vaccinated as soon as possib

francis collins from the national institutes of health, and d.e.a.s this administrator, anne milgram.your dvr so you can watch us later. that is tonight's "cbs evening news." i'm norah o'donnell in our nation's capital, wishing you a happy holiday. good night. captioning spo >> announcer: a young couple's struggle. >> our electricity was shut off. we couldn't pay that. we tried to gather the money. we couldn't gather the money for rent. >> judge judy: clearly, money was tight. >> announcer: but should his girlfriend... >> judge judy: the plaintiff never paid any rent? >> no, ma'am. >> announcer: ...have stayed home? >> my mother knows the agreement that we had. >> judge judy: no, don't tell me what your mother knows. are you her mother? >> yes. >> judge judy: well, she's not old enough to be on her own. >> i know. >> announcer: "judge judy." you are about to enter the courtroom of you are about to enter the courtroom of judge judith sheindlin. captions paid for by cbs television distribution 21-year-old caroline dillow is suing her former live-in boyfriend, 23-year-old evert byus, for