i had people like michael callahan who led me to health and human services, they were talking to me but not giving me details that i craved. it was force, i got to do this, i need to get some documentation and somehow managed to pull it off. >> it has that sense of a gripping story that is developing at a fast pace and that fast pace part of it is your writing style but also it was an insanely fast process. can you talk about that and how a lot of the general public doesn't fully appreciate how quickly this happened and to get these amazingly good vaccines. >> we all know we were told early on in the pandemic we may not need a vaccine or it won't be for 18 months or two years. anthony felt he was talking about that timeline and working with one of the leading vaccine developers on the covid vaccine and they all had a sense of pessimism about the timeline and even i going into this i started with the launch of operation warp speed and we heard this bold timeline, we will deliver 300 million doses by the end of 2020. scientists who developed vaccines in the past were aghast at that idea.

i've been a civil servant at health and human services. i've been a political appointee in the trump administration. and i was a political appointee in the george w. bush administration. i started my work in public health working on hiv policy. i spent time, two years at fda as a special assistant to the commissioner. and i was very privileged to work at two great biopharmaceutical companies, amgen, out of thousand oaks, california, and gilead sciences, where i was in their washington, dc office and worked there for five years. look, gilead transformed hiv treatment and aids in this country. there are a lot of people alive today due to the research and development of gilead. i make no apologies for any job that i've ever had or the way i conducted myself in any of those jobs. i'm very proud of the places that i worked and the way that i performed in them. >> lee is a republican in new york. your turn. >> caller: hi. i was concerned because dr. fauci is being investigated and they're coming up with emails and i wanted to mention a very distu

health care needs, and the loss of work productivity. and now the biden administration is rolling out a $30000000.00 program that will provide attics smoking kits. and according to those close to the project in health and human services, these kits can be used to smoke almost any elicit drug on its website. health and human services says the purpose of this program is to support community based overdose prevention programs, syringe, service programs, and other harm reduction services. it goes on to say it'll help control the spread of infectious diseases. the president claims this program will promote racial equity applicants of underserved communities classified as either african american or l g. b t q will reportedly have their grounds. critize, cities like san francisco and seattle already have programs that hand out smoking kits. but louisville kentucky decided to ban smoking kits they once allowed to be sold in convenience stores over fears. this would enable drug abuse. marilyn law makers scratch the idea of smoking kits after a local law enforcement. an african american leaders spoke out against it. and the so comes at a time when the justice department says it's currently evaluating the idea of more injection

>> health and human services secretary xavier becerra on steps the biden administration is taking to address healthcare challenges exposed by the covid-19 pandemic. he spoke at a healthcare conference hosted by families usa. >> of course we are thrilled to have you along side us, indulge me in saying over more about your amazing record. you have been a long time mind, ally and champion and so many of our partners here today. you have the privilege of working as a member of congress to pass, implementf and when i was helping track this more than a decade ago, i remember trips across rotunda to meet with you, senior staff and you truly were a hero for so many of us. read one of the most active use the power of the attorney general take on healthcare industry abuses, most notably price gouging and monopoly. now we been so busy already fighting hard to leverage the power the department to attack the most vulnerable. a couple of days ago you announced it really important inner agency effort and millions of dollars to support reproductive rights as we watch roe v. wade. you hold the distin

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brings a wealth of experience through her contracting work with dhs and the department of health and human services. she served on active duty in the united states army as a military intelligence officer and is eight decorated desert storm veteran. welcome back, dr. george. you are recognized for your opening comments. >> thank you. chairman peters, ranking member and -- ortman, and the rest of the committee thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today about the state of american bio security preparedness. i am the executive director of a bipartisan commission. they send you their greetings and thank you for continuing to secure the homeland. senator lieberman and government -- governor ridge testified before this committee when our commission released its first report, national blueprint they warned the biological threat to the nation was rising and they informed of this committee that the nation was insufficiently prepared to handle a large-scale biological event. sadly, covid-19 emerged -- >> we will leave this hearing to watch as the senate gavels in for a brief session. no votes expec

were scientists working hard on a guidance document and then essentially the deputy of health and serve human services secretary came in, rewrote the whole thing and that's what went up as if it had been written by cdc scientists. that's the one extreme of political interference where they're just being completely railroaded. the biden administration is a little bit different in some ways, a little bit subtler end result is similar in that they got so far ahead of the conversation on boosters, president biden went up there and said boosters for everyone way before any of the federal scientists have had a chanceto review anything . so it's like a faith company. they couldn't have done anything else, they had to apply boosters because otherwise tthey would have created a lot of confusion for the public. you would have shown some level of dissension within the government. it would have been uncomfortable not just for the administration but for all citizens. do we believe the white house, do we believe the fda? tone of the things that i've been fascinated by in the last few weeks two months is that indivi

and saves a lot. like a lot, a lot. >>> new this morning, a cnn exclusive report that the nation's top health adviser, becerra, is fighting back after a recent string of stories painting the health and human services the biden administration are working to boost his visibility. look, any secretary -- this isn't the story. this isn't the narrative that you want to be fighting against here, isaac. how did becerra end up in this situation and what does the president think about what's going on here? >> reporter: the president was very intent coming off the way things were with the trump administration he wanted the doctors and the scientists front and center. putting that scientific medical advice out. it was accentuated by the fact that becerra's confirmation was held up two months by senate republicans claiming he wasn't a doctor in a pandemic. it should be noted only three previous health secretaries had any medical experience at all. so that put becerra behind the ball in being involved. and he has taken a hands-off approach to setting the direction of the pandemic response. he's been doing a lot of the operational work in the health department. but not the one making the decisions where most has

. >> sandra: with inflation surging, the health and human services department indicating we need morey authorized since the pandemic hit? we're talking about asking for more money, but we haven't even spent the money allocated to covid in the first place. right, chad? >> that's right, sandra. omicron is waning, but covid spending may be waxing. the department of health and human services tells congress that they need $30 billion in new spending to address the pandemic. nothing is in writing. but democrats are ready to spend. >> they haven't sent us a relief package yet. obviously we'll have to do something. >> whether it's restaurant relief, ppp, fda, whichever vehicles that we're using to make sure that the folks that need it the most are getting it first. >> the committee for responsible budget says there's at least $200 billion in unspend health dollars. lawmakers from both sides are leery of more spending as inflation spikes. >> i don't think that they need more money. i think they need to spend the money that's been appropriated with various bills, more than half bipartisan in a

. >> the health and human services department did issue a statement saying staff reached out to sausalito this morning to understand the incident. we will continue to assist sausalito with overall efforts to address homelessness. the county has provided financial resources, programs, and found nearly 50 residents are eligible. these residents ended up making a move they did not want to make. >> their main priority is rich people do not want to look at poor people. >> due to human waste found in a grassy area the residents were moved to the tennis courts a few miles away, leaving many still hoping for a permanent solution. >> putting everybody into what looks like a fenced in concentration camp is asking for trouble on top of trouble. >> a 61-year-old resident was arrested for starting the fire. two tents were destroyed. luckily no one was hurt. >>> coming up, bay area relieved for commuters. the long-awaited effort to release gridlock will finally be complete. >>> and what all the warm weather is doing to the snowpack in the sierra. we will be right back. >>> looking live at the south bay

california health and human services secretary dr mark alley is giving us an update at one o'clock willrse stream of his update for you on ktvu dot com and the ktvu news app and under new recommendations from the cdc, masking is becoming optional. for most americans. reporter jonathan syria has a look at the restrictions. now being lifted in some parts of the country. the cdc easing it's masking guidelines leaving around 70% of the us population living in areas where indoor face coverings are no longer recommended. instead of transmission. the new guidelines now focus on hospitalization, rates and capacity as well as new cases per 100,000 people over the last week. under previous criteria 95% of counties in the country were considered high risk. now that number drops to fewer than 30% this is the way we need to go. i think this is taking us forward with a new direction go onto the pandemic, but we're still focusing on safety, one of the biggest shifts under the new guidance masking in schools, universal masking was previously recommended. but the new guidelines recommend mask wearing on

. ♪♪ >> health and human services secretary xavier becerra on steps the biden administration is takingallenges that were exposed by the public pandemic. he spoke a healthcare conference hosted by families usa. >> of course your throat to have you along with us, and both he and seymour about your amazing record, you've been a longtime friend, and champion so many of our partners from if you have the privilege of working as a member of congress from attorney general of california to pass, implement defend the affordable care actrd bars helping to draft more than a decade ago, i remember meeting with you and ur

. >> i'm pamela brown in washington, first on cnn, president biden's health and human services secretary is in the firing line tonight as critics blast him for being absent during the pandemic. what he's saying. >>> more u.s. troops arriving in eastern europe to bolster allies against possible russian aggression. >>> training tragedy, navy identifies a seal candidate who died during his rigorous hell week, ex-navy seal and war hero jason redman joins us live. and. >>> mike pence's chief of staff on the attempt to steal the election on his inner circle. >> president had many bad advisers who were basically snake-oil salesman. >> you're live at cnn news room on this sunday, great to have you along with us tonight and we begin with a cnn exclusive, president biden's health and human services saeshlgt basera is looking for a reboot after being hit with accusation that he's been largely absent during this once in a century pandemic, saying the administration is trying to beef up his role. they acknowledge his yet to appear at a white house press briefing and yet to have a substantive meeting

and health care settings. also correctional facilities and jails. the mask will still be required in schools across california, health and human services.retary doctor mark galli says that the state will reassess the mask requirement for students at the end of the month during the next couple of weeks. the state will keep an eye on vaccination rate and covid conditions to decide how best to move forward. >> nationwide, we have seen a decrease in both covid cases and hospitalizations. that's according to the cdc director, doctor rochelle walensky who spoke at a white house coronavirus briefing earlier today. she noted there are still more than 2000 people dying in the u.s. every day. she notes that is down about 9% from last week, even with the decline in cases and deaths in the easing of restrictions. doctor walensky says there are still some places where people should be wearing masks. >> our list of the level of disease burden in your community. there are still very important times to continue to wear your mask. if you're symptomatic or feeling unwell, you should wear a mask. if you're in the 10 days after a covid diagnosis, you shoul

. >> reporter: health and human services issued a statement tonight saying hhs staff reached out this morning to understand the incident. we will continue to assist them with their overall efforts to address homelessness. the county has provided financial resources, programs, and found nearly 50 residents are eligible for permanent housing. these residents ended up making a move they did not want to make. >> the main priority is rich people don't want to look at poor people. >> due to human waste found on the grassy area of the park, the residents were moved to the tennis courts a few yards away. leaving many still hoping for a permanent solution. >> putting everybody into what looks like a fenced in concentration camp is just asking for trouble. you are putting trouble on top of trouble. >> reporter: a 61-year-old resident of the encampment was arrested for starting the fire. two tents destroyed but luckily no one was hurt. back to you. >>> still ahead tonight. details just in on that shooting at a san francisco b.a.r.t station. >>> tesla issues its fourth recall in two weeks. the la

the health and human services secretary is expected to give more information on the latest covid-19 cases, and vaccination rates, which should also impact this development today. back to you. >> wow! so interesting. just coming in. thank you. >>> now from booster mandates to mask rules, we're tracking all the health orders for you and every bay area county. go to our website and click in the link in the trending bar. >>> cleaning up the streets in san francisco following years of investigations and stories. our i-unit dives deep into the crisis in the city by the bay. we'll show you a sneak peek of our brand new series, saving san francisco. >>> right now, sunny skies around san jose. 60s at left a at this hour. we're tracking mid 70s in the forecast moving forward and rain chances in the seven-day forecast coming up. >>> like most parents with older kids, access hollywood's kit hoover said kids can get a little embarrassed by their mother. the big rule they've set for her and how she really feels about them trolling her on social media. you can watch it on kelly clarkson at 3:00 this aft

health care and prescription drugs during a visit to a community college in culpeper, virginia. this is just under 40 minutes. ♪ >> please welcome the secretary of the department of health and human servicesxavier becerra. [applause] secretary becerra: thank you, and good afternoon to everyone. it is great to be here at germania community college with congresswoman abigail spanberger, president biden and all of you. culpeper is supposed to be the prettiest town in virginia. mayor reed is right here, it is the prettiest town in virginia. congratulations. i hope it is. a little bit more than a year ago, president biden was sworn in not far from here, at the u.s. capitol, and he promised to make health care more secure and affordable for all americans. i am proud to tell you that days ago, we announced that our record-breaking 14.5 million americans got themselves a health insurance plan they could afford through the affordable care act and its recent open enrollment period. let me go ahead and take off this mask. that is an important number because, while 14.5 billion is big, what you want to know here in virginia is that more than 300,000 of those americans are virginians who now have heal

department of health and human services in 2000, 19 suicide was the second-leading cause of death for-americans between the ages of 15 24 and suicide for black men was 4 times higher. then for black hi one because it has been a barber since 1998. with the help of the confess project and other mental health he has more than barber tools to provide hope and resources and he's not afraid to ask tough questions. do we have reached out for help that we have or, you are you open? so you'll ask them? yeah, i'll ask point blank how many actually say yes, i have. yes, i have several. i have several. he tells me one of his clients was admitted to a mental health facility. >> after he convinced him to get help. that >> the also moment because i felt like. he was at his breaking point. felt like he was about. to just give up on life resistance to mental health treatment connected to gill, a lot of that would pertain to a black man is. >> but many have so much stoicism. a little too strong and powerful. it's only when you not think we break through and understand this is about us getting our power

they are reacting are health and human services secretary dr. mark g.'announcement today that the school mask mandate stays for now, but he will revisit the question in two weeks. when a lifting date may be announced. >> to remind students' families that this is a great chance to get vaccinated. that vaccines are free, safe, and effective. they do a lot to help protect not just individuals, but the community at large. we are going to look at all these different factors as well as trends around the globe in the nation and sharing that we are not seeing upticks and increases down the road. kristen: so, doctors, if mask wearing in schools is no longer a state mandate, can individual counties or a school district require their students to wear masks still? >> yes, definitely. i think despite whatever guidance comes from the state, individual school jurisdictions can still make their own rules depending on the situation. kristen: when it becomes optional, do you think kids should wear masks in schools? maybe you can offer parents some advice. may be looking a

that's not going away, the governor and the state's health and human services secretary, revealing that new plan today and they say they understand that balance needs to be a key component of this plan. the balance between the healthy, humble respect of a virus that has wreaked havoc on our lives that when we think we know about it, we learn we don't it shape shifts. it comes at us in a lot of different ways that infects people who don't know they have it. our political reporter greg lee shares with us how the state plans to move forward to an endemic stage of virus fighting. by all accounts, california will still take a cautious approach, moving forward, the state's top health officer, dr marc galle, described it as moving forward, not moving on from the virus. these guide posts coming up a day after the state's indoor mask mandate for vaccinated people expired. the state calls this plan. it's smarter plan, an acronym that stands for a focus on shots. ramping up of vaccine delivery, especially focus on getting them to younger children as they get approved. masks governor newsom says th

department of health and human services is giving. >> nearly 55 million dollars to community health centersney will expand digital technology and increased virtual care. federal officials say virtual services should be the standard beyond the pandemic. last year, federal officials awarded 19 million dollars to expand telehealth nationwide. and pediatricians tonight are warning parents about their children's screen time. a new report from the university of calgary claims more than 60% of kids under the age of 5 are getting too much screen time. the american academy of pediatrics recommends no screen time for kids under the age of 2 and only an hour per day for kids ages 2 to 5, too much screen time has been linked to obesity. irregular sleep patterns, an emotional delays in development. researchers recommend parents limit screen time by setting aside activities away from computers and tablets. still ahead, our sports director jason dumas will join us with the latest developments on the mlb lockout. when we could see a deal reached between the league and ♪ thousands of women with metastatic b

the state health and human services director says it could be lifted if case rates and pediatric hospitalizations improve more. >> in two weeks, confirming that the data is where it is, taking the time to work within the school community and communities at large, that we anticipate making the change at that point. >> in response, the republican national committee issued a statement saying, quote, the decision to force students and teachers to continue wearing masks in school is not only out of line with science, but is hypocritical and dangerous for the education of california's children. the gop went on to say that people should be upset that the state will not change the rules , after celebrities and lawmakers were seen on camera ignoring the rules at sporting events. they pointed out that plenty of people were seen mask let's at last night's super bowl. in the meantime, almost all bay area counties following the state dropping indoor mask mandates on wednesday. santa clara county is the only holdout to that. the state public health officials are still recommending face coverings in crowded ind

the rumors came after the department of health and human services discuss plans for safe smoking kits. the agency says the kits are part of a 30 million dollar harm reduction program and don't contain pipes. some republicans aren't convinced they're proposing legislation to prevent any federal funding of crack pipes. >> still, they got caught. free government crack pipes. and other drug paraphernalia and heads are exploding across % this nation. as we learned that this administration is giving crack pipes to crack heads. what we're really talking about here is steps that we're taking as the federal government to address the opioid epidemic. the white house insists the pipes were never a part of that kit and they blamed inaccurate reporting. >> next on kron, 4 news at 6 under the pandemic. how one bay area tech company is taking a unique approach, encouraging its employees to have more face-to-face interactions and the tanforan mall in san bruno has been sold. what the new development plan care coalition, it's so good to see you all! alright! let's brainstorm. any ideas for new members

health care settings in general, the dentist, the doctor also correctional facilities in jail still require masks for everyone and everybody in schools across california will still have to wear them. health and human services secretary doctor mark ghaly says they will reassess the mask requirement for students at the end of the month during the next 2 weeks, the state will be keeping an eye on vaccination rates and covid conditions. he says to decide how to move forward. >> more bay area news tonight. 2 of 3 oakland firefighters who were injured in a huge fire are now out of the hospital. oakland fire tells us that one firefighter was released last night and another one released today. the 3rd firefighter remains in the hospital in stable condition. we're also waiting for an update on to other people who were also injured in yesterday's fire. this is video of that fire from the citizen app. it broke out just after 4 o'clock between 7th and 10th street on in downtown oakland. the fire currently under investigation. in santa cruz county. cal fire quickly got a handle on this small fire burning near the redwoods. you can see. so little plume of smoke here. rising from the forest, cal fire called it the wester

relationship but some people towards the pending gear like michael callahan eventually led me to health and human services, they weren't giving those details that i craved with somebody in the room so it wasn't you know, just brute force of like i'm going to do dthis and i need to go back to this person i need to get the documentation of that and somehow managed to pull it off. pull itnk you more than off and really has a sense of gripping stories that developing it, very fast pace and actually part of it is also an insanely hot process so we have not seen vaccines come out this quickly and can you talk a little bit about that and how i think a lot of the generalia public maybe doesn't fully appreciate howly quickly this happened and to get these amazingly good vaccines until it's a little bit about that. >> we all know that we were told early on the pandemic you know would be the need a vaccine we do is not going to be for 18 months, and the doctor was talking about the very early in the spring of 2020 is working at the leading vaccine t developers and felt sort of had this pessimism about the timeline a

. ♪♪ >> health and human services secretary xavier becerra on steps the biden administration is takingess healthcare challenges exposed by the covid-19 pandemic. he spoke at a healthcare conference hosted by families usa. >> of course we are thrilled to have you along side us, indulge me in saying over more about your amazing record. you have been a long time mind, ally and champion and so many of our partners here today. you have the privilege of working as a member of congress to pass, implementf and when i was helping track this more than a decade ago, i remember trips across rotunda to meet with you, senior staff and you truly were

the state's health and human services secretary doctor mark ghaly there on the left says they will be reassessing the school masking requirement in 2 weeks on february. 28th by keeping an eye on vaccination rates and covid conditions to decide how to move forward. doctor ghaly did not say if there is a specific benchmarks. state leaders want to reach before dropping mask mandates in schools. and should not here. >> that we are making a move. you're taking a little bit more time. consider the information work with our partners across the state to make sure when the move is made that we doing it successfully. >> doctor ghaly update comes as covid cases hospitalizations and the state's positivity rate of plummeted over the course of the last month or so. this update comes as governor newsom's administration is preparing its shift from a pandemic strategy to an endemic on the governor has said those details could be coming out sometime later this week. >> reaction to the decision to keep the masking requirement in schools for now is getting a decidedly mixed reaction he's been speaking to

schools across california, even as the statewide indoor mask mandate lift starting tomorrow, health and human services secretary doctor mark ghaly says that they will be releasing the mask requirement for students at the end of the month. but during the next 2 weeks, the state will keep an eye on vaccination rates and covid conditions and decide how to move forward. doctor ghaly didn't say if there was a specific benchmarks that state leaders want to reach before dropping masks in schools. >> and should not here that we are making a move that you're taking a little bit more time. consider the information work with our partners across the state to make sure when the move is made that we doing it successfully. >> again, they'll be reassessing the mask mandate for schools at the end lf the month. doctor galley his update comes as state covid cases and hospitalizations are declining and have been doing so over the last month, california is preparing its shift from a pandemic strategy to an endemic one. and the governor has said that those details would be coming out sometime this week. so we'll let you kn

the state's health and human services secretary doctor mark galli confirmed monday masks will still be required in schools. for now. galli said state leaders will reassess the requirement in 2 weeks on february. 28th. >> keeping an eye on vaccination rates and covid-19 conditions to decide how to move forward. galley did not say if there's a specific benchmarks, state leaders want to reach before dropping masks in schools. parents should not here. >> that we are making a move, you know, taking a little bit more time. consider the information work with our partners across the state to make sure when the move is made that we doing it successfully. galleys update comes as covid-19 cases hospitalizations and the state's positivity rate plummet over the last month. >> it also comes a day after los angeles hosted the super bowl which provided numerous images of celebrities and politicians maskless at the mega sporting event with more than 70,000 people after galleys update, california republican party chairwoman jessica millan patterson tweeting in part, this is an absolute disgrace with our

. >> the county responded saying their health and human services staff reached out to understand the to assist the city with further efforts to address homelessness. >>> president biden is backing up the cdc's recommendation of masking up while inside pu spacof the country, but only eight states require a mask. five sayvaated. the mixed messaging leaves a nfo have all the vaccines and boosters needed, all of the protection that is needed. >>> the us surgeon general says that he understands why some states are pulling back on restrictions, even as the cdc holds off. he says on a national level there still needs to be a plan to protect those most notable. he does envision a time when the virus becomes less of a threat to the general population. >> i can see a future where we can live our lives and where we treat covid like other respiratory viruses. we stay home if we are sick. we may even choose to wear a mask if we are sick so that we protect others. we wash our hands and try to ventilate buildings better. >> dr. murphy says he is not sure exactly how many months this will take. >>>

for example, the fw '22 labor health and human services bill includes a staggering 36% increase over current levels.y health and human services bill includes a staggering 36% increase over current levels. the majority also removed long-standing bipartisan pro life protections that have been included for decades. the list goes on and on. as appropriaters, we know it takes bipartisan cooperation to craft spending bills that will be signed into law.ors, we know takes bipartisan cooperation to craft spending bills that will be signed into law. counter to what the majority has said republicans are ready and willing to negotiate. we simply ask that the majority agree to the same terms that have allowed us to complete our work quickly in the past, drop controversial language and restore long-standing provisions. if majority would agree to these terms, i will clear my schedule and happy to begin negotiations needily following this hearing. madam chair i yield back. >> thank you. bottom line is people need to get to the table and talk to each other and that in leadership in both the house and

eunice serves as the chief of staff and deputy director of programs for the south carolina health and human services. the state department of hhs is the agency responsible for running our medicaid program, which provides health coverage to more than one million south carolinians. the department operates the healthy connections prime program, which coordinates care for south carolinians who are duly legible. her testimony today comes from her more than 18 years of experience working on this issue in south carolina and florida where she moved from. she has dedicated her career to working on behalf of older americans and americans with disabilities. those who are our most vulnerable and need this assistance the most. she is one of the thousands of public servants who work every single day to make the lives of south eric -- south carolinians better. welcome to this hearing and welcome to south carolina. sen. casey: next, i will introduce dennis heaphy. dennis is a health justice advocate and researcher at the disability policy consortium. dennis is also a commissioner on the medicare and chip payment ac

i've been a civil servant in health and human services, a political appointee in the trump administrationt was a political appointee in the george w. bush administration. i started my work in public health working with hiv policy. i spent two years at the fda as a special assistant to the commissioner. and i was very privileged to work at biopharmaceutical companies. one out of thousand oaks california, and another where i was at the washington, d.c. office and i worked there for five years. gilead transformed hiv treatment and aids in this country. there are many people alive today because of the research and development of gilead. i am make no apologies for any job i have ever had or the way i have conducted myself in those jobs. i'm proud of the places i worked and the way i performed in them. host: lee republican from new york. caller: i was concerned because dr. fauci is being investigated and they are coming up with emails. and there was a disturbing video i saw several weeks ago. it was dr. fauci speaking with the nih director. on the upper left-hand corner was the date, 2017. fauc

>> carley: also we are learning hhs, health and human services is considering spending $30 million on, handing out crack pipes to drug addicts, the goal is to make smoking crack safer and also, advance racial equity, so yeah, you are right, imagine all the tax money that you pay and the fact that a portion of that money could be going to programs, controversial. >> todd: combined with what is going on at the southern border, we are a country of drugs and that is not good. >> carley: and new york city opened up legal drug use centers and the surrounding areas, the businesses say that siproblem with homelessness and a lot of issues and crime around the areas. certainly contlo versial. we'll keep an eye on those stories for sure. the los angeles department is set to move 4000 employees due to covid vaccine noncompliance, of those, 3000 are sworn deputies, that is a big number. like other major cities, los angeles is dealing with a surge in violent crime. sheriff alex vilanueva, argues the termination of so many sheriff department employees would be a threat to public safety. >> todd: for

this administration owes it to local law enforcement and local health and human services and all the people affected by the decision to be dipped transparent and they need to be held accountable for the movement of anybody near the border. >> carley: meanwhile at the white house white house vice president kamala harris shrugging off responsibility of border claiming the state's top priority. she tells telemundo, the first piece of legislation sent to congress was immigration reform, literally it was our first initiative to say we must have a pathway for citizenship. the problem is if congress is not acting. the officials are pointing fingers, the border patrol agents have become targets. agents are being fired from mexico. it is the same area where shots were fired at the national guard last month but the entire word waiting for the biden administration's next moved as reports role in that immigrants from around the globe are arriving at the southern border and also still waiting for the e late ice report for 2021 which ended september 20th and januare report was in its final review

. >> this administration owes us to local law enforcement and local health and human services and all people affected by these decisions to be transparent. they need to be held accountable for the movement of anybody out of detention centers at the border. >> meanwhile at the white house vice president kamala harris seemingly shrugging off her responsibility as border czar claiming the administration's top priority. she tells telemundo "the first piece of legislation sent to congress was immigration reform, literally, the first initiative to say you must have a pass for citizenship here the problem, she says, congress is not acting. acting. while officials are pointing fingers, the border agents have become targets. cpp confirms agents fired from mexico. it is the same area where shots fired texas national guard last month. the entire world waiting for the biden administration's next move as reports role in that immigrants from around the globe arrive at our southern border. we are also still waiting for the latest ice report for fiscal year 2021 which ended september 30th. the latest

. >> marin county responded saying their health and human services staff reached out to sausalito to understand the incident, and plans to assist the city with further efforts. >>> the us is experiencing the highest inflation in four decades and many across the bay area are feeling the impact. the surge was driven by a 40% hike year after year. while the national average is $3.47 per gallon it is worse. in california the averages $4.68. nationwide electricity costs are up. analyst say the average american family is paying an extra $276 per month right now. >> your purchasing power, the amount that you can spend is diminishing. that means a lot of americans are falling behind every single paycheck. >> president biden says he will work hard to bring down gas prices. >>> this year is in the midst of a record setting dry smell -- spell. >> we have received about 73% of what we would expect for an entire's winters worth of snow contrast to december when the lab recorded the snowiest december on record at 214 inches. the sierra is about 80 inches away to reach an average level of snow pack.

kennedy: just ask the secretary for health and human services or anthony fauci, they will tell you thatberties are an inconvenience and you are not entitled to all of them and i think that nonsense. i said earlier in the show, this is just the starting. they might lift a mask mandate here or do less zoom in a room and do squat there but they are going to go for more. they are already doing in india with remote learning one day a week to cut down on smog and politicians noted there's less air pollution and lockdowns and that will be the future. it's not actually finding resources and technology, it is punishing us for oppressing them. >> i wrote about this recently in the hill, covid may have been the opening act and we may be looking at a future where politicians put in place climate lockdowns and you are right, we see left-wing groups like the eu climate surface quoting covid restrictions and lockdowns may have saved hundreds of lives and hurting carbon emissions and the lockdowns, they could be soft lockdowns with carbon taxes that basically forced millions to work from home by punish

the department of state has a role to play as well as is the department of health and human services and others. >> the chance their caring and up the research? >> i know we partner, we partner with a number of countries around the world on pandemic preparedness. share best practices as appropriate with countries around the world, share practices when it comes to safeguards, when it comes to disease protection and surveillance around the world is certainly a priority. >> advanced there is a briefing on the hill and some criticism after words, there's a senate republican report to probably critical. let me pause that you successfully evacuated 120,000 people after the fall of kabul which is an extraordinary number. but you have since seen georgia parker purporting in the atlantic japanese notes from august 14 deputies meeting at the white house which is the day only hours before kabul fell that night. so let me ask you how late it was done from that memo the planning was just starting to get afghan out local personnel out, highview drone afghan civil society. i'm a seat kabul to begin

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we got to figure this out and help those health and human services will not be able to figure this out on their own. >> laura: they want to shut down, call it disinformation. he was one of the biggest critics of the great barrington declaration. >> dr. bhattacharya: he wants to use the department of justice but he wants to criminalized scientific debate. stick about that for a moment. i think people who are competent in their ideas are not afraid of discussion and debate. what you have is a group of people, a small group of people, hotez is funded by fauci's group. i think you have a small group of people who have wanted to create an illusion of a scientific consensus that does not exist and did not exist. you pull the wool out of the eyes and the american people should demand better. >> laura: and they are doing now with the vaccine. they are pushing the same ideas and unproven the respect dr. bhattacharya, thank you very much, as always. >> a guy who served for ten years. i never thought that in the capital city, of the united states of america, would be somewhat controversial to ope

why is the white house task force, cdc, the secretary's office, health and human services, why don't we have all of them join forces and come up with specific metrics? your cases need to be at this level. your hospitalizations. icu admissions. and let that be, if you will, like the general skeletal work we look for to decide about other states. but states where the cases are coming down, the hospitalizations are coming down, i still want to know how the governor made the decision. did she have doctors working in the trenches like myself help her with that decision? i think if you make it clear what the metrics are, then you can reverse the guidelines if the cases and the pandemic begins to get worse in the future. >> look, i totally agree. if we had metrics, you could use them as an inducement. when your community hits 70%, you can lose the masks and fill in the blank, but they're tnot doing that. joseph, you made a compelling case about teenagers and the risk to them, but of course, younger kids under 5 cannot be vaccinated. right now, only 23% of kids aged 5 to 11 are vaccinated and