>> as hhs director? >> senator, my understanding is that the white house issued an executive order, i believe, today, supporting the drug negotiations under the ira. president trump was very aggressive during his first term about negotiating drug prices. he has instructed me, and i've met with him repeatedly on as though we need lower prices as seniors in this country. and so let me ask you are. >> let. me let. >> me ask you this because i only have. >> so much time. so we've already. negotiated lowering. >> prices for ten drugs. >> with big pharma. >> and big. >> pharma, by the way, opposes this. >> they have not. >> only are asking for a pause, they have filed lawsuits, but. >> we've already. >> negotiated the first ten. >> drugs and we want to. >> expand it to. >> the. >> next 10. >> to 15 that the biden administration has put forward. >> would you agree. >> and continue. >> that path of really. mandating that big pharma come. to the. >> table and negotiate drug. prices for medicare so we can lower th

hhs transparent? >> my approach to hhs as i said before, senator, is radical transparency. democrats, republicans ought to be able to come in and get information that was generated at taxpayer expense that is owned by the american taxpayer. they shouldn't get redacted documents. public health agencies should be transparent. and if we want americans to restore trust, we have to have transparency. i want to say something about what you first said. when i launched my campaign it was about uniting americans, democrats and republicans. there is no issue that should unite us more than this chronic health epidemic. no such thing as republican or democrat children. these are our kids. 66% of them are damaged. i know what a healthy kid looks like because i had so many of them in my family. i didn't know anybody with a food allergy growing up. why do five of my kids have allergies? why are we seeing these explosions in diabetes, rheumatoid arthritic,, neurological diseases, depression. why can't we just agree w

i have fought secretary of hhs. robert kennedy will have the power to undercut vaccines and vaccine manufacturing across our country. and for all of his talk about follow the science and his promise that he won't interfere with those of us who want to vaccinate his kids, the bottom line is the same kennedy can kill off access to vaccines and make millions of dollars while he does it. kids might die, but robert kennedy can keep cashing in. >> senator, i support vaccines. i support the childhood schedule. i will do that. the only thing i want is good science and that's it. >> how about didn't say you won't make money off what you do as secretary of hhs? >> before we go. >> to senator tillis, i think it would be important for me to make it very clear that mr. kennedy has gone through the same office of government ethics process as every single other nominee in the finance committee this year and in previous administrations. in addition to listing his assets, including the items that you've identified, he has signed an

is not just corrupt, he's corrosive and he must not be made head of hhs. thank you very much. >> all right, thank you, scott. [applause] >> i'm telling you everywhere go find this clip of rfk, jr. in this document documentary. no one i've seen has locked looked more uncomfortable that wasn't in court and i wish every senator would see that as well. with that i want to introduce dr. jan crummus like hummus, with doctors for america along with nurses of america and so many advocates have been in the fight with us, since the minute this nomination was announcement r announced. >> thank you very much. we'd like to thank protect our care for giving us practicing clinicians the ability to speak to the american people. i am a physician and i represent today 27,000 physicians. we represent all specialties in all states people from all levels of training, from doctors in training to people like myself, a clinician with decades of experience. we are nonpartisan. we take no money from industry, we take only the perspective of our patients. we are at the bedside and t

hhs. and sub agencies, nih, cdc, fda on those issues trying to get information that we the taxpayers paid for and oftentimes getting back redacted copies after a year or two years of litigation. that should not be the case and if congress asks me for information, you will get it immediately. >> thank you. >> thank you, senator cat wel is next. until she returns i'll move down the list and that would be senator cornyn. >> mr. kennedy, welcome to you and your family and congratulations. i appreciate senator grassley raising the issue of the office of refugee resettlement within the auspices of health and human services. this may surprise people but that's actually the responsibility of hhs, the office of resettlement relocation. under the previous administration as senator grassley alluded there were roughly 500,000 children unaccompanied minors that were placed with sponsors in the interior of the united states. the previous administration took the position it wasn't the federal government'

and not by hhs. >> cms. >> i know myself -- and dr. oz will work with you to make them sensible. >> we look forward to that. also, you and i, before you came forward as the secretary, the nominee, we had talked in years past about over medicating youth, and concerns over that. i was looking at a report from our medicaid program in tennessee. i was concerned when i saw a number that they had spent $90 million in 2024 alone on adhd. this was 417,000 of our chi children. to me, that's heartbreaking what is happening there. how will you prioritize oversight of prescribing practices while promoting alternative solutions, such as counseling, behavioral therapies, community-based interventions for our youth? >> exactly. that's a solution. 15% of american youth are now on adderall or some other adhd medication. even higher percentages are on ssris, benzos. we are not just over medicating our children: we are over medicating our entire population. half of the pharmaceutical drugs on earth are sold here. 70% of the profits from pharmaceutical co

i am not, , i'm not going to go into hhs and impose my preordained opinions on anybody at hhs. i'm going to empower the scientist at hhs to do their job and make sure that we have good science that is evidence-based, that's replicable where they, the raw data speeds almost untouchable to get to another question. do you promise fda will not reprioritize or delete review and/or approval of new vaccines and that vaccine review standards will not change from historical norm? >> we will have to pass vaccine standards with safety studies and i will speeded that's a bit of a different answer than the question i asked. because what is the best could be in the eyes of the holder. let me read again. promised that the fda would not de-prioritize or delay review and/or approval of new vaccines and that vaccine review standards will not change from historical norm? >> yes. >> great. with that i will set a good example and i yield my time to -- >> thank you, chairman cassidy. i'm going to do what i very rarely do which is follow up on a question from senator cassidy. there have been, , as i

lastly, hhs office of refugee resettlement oversight. last year, i expanded my investigation into hhs office of refugee resettlement. i wrote two dozen contractors and grantees whose job it is to place unaccompanied children with sponsors. in many cases, children's have been placed with improper, vetted sponsors, placing them at risk of trafficking. the biden administration's hhs directed these taxpayer funded contractors and grantees to not respond to my inquiry. this is obstruction by the executive branch. i expect you to produce to me the records and data i've requested and instruct hhs contractors to fully cooperate with my investigation. i also expect hhs to not retaliate against any whistleblowers, including those who. identify. or aws o r. s failures to embedding sponsors of unaccompanied. >> you got. >> 45 seconds to respond if you want to. >> i agree with all of those provisions, senator. my approach to administration, hhs will be radical transparency. if members of this committee or other members of congress want information, t

what authority do you have as hhs at their desk hhs secretary do you have? mr. kennedy: budgetary power is pretty much limited to that. if you tell me that i have another authority, i don't think that we have a law enforcement branch at hhs. sen. cortez masto: it is cms. cms investigates complaints of violations as well as the health and human services inspector general who, by the way, was recently fired by donald trump. you will be enforcing emtala laws and it is important you understand their impacts and don't play politics with the patient presenting at the er based on a position that this administration has taken. let me ask you another question. when we met in my office, you said about lowering drug prices that when big pharma price gouges the american people suffer. i think we both agree on that. i think you are insincere and your belief you want to reduce prices for americans -- you are sincere in your belief that you want to reduce prices for americans? medicare penalizes drug companies for price hikes above inflation and it caps seniors' out-of-pocket

hhs to. >> address that one. >> issue. trump has asked me, because i'm in a unique position to end that. so and that is what i'm doing. and if we don't solve that problem, senator, all of the other disputes we have about who's paying and whether it's insurance companies, whether it's providers, whether it's hmos, whether it's patients or families, all of those are moving deckchairs around on the titanic. our ship is sinking, essentially. >> kennedy there owning that. yes, that he saw a groundswell of support not only on the online, but also at the several political events of his that i went to over the course of the last year, plus that there was a movement around him and this effort specifically on that. and that is why, as he acknowledged, it's not his position on abortion that got him elevated to this position, but instead it's the groundswell of support around changing americans health and diet that led him here to this moment to be nominated, and what he contends should lead to his confirmation. >> yes, suzanne, that'

as hhs secretary. but i also think it's important to talk about the nuance here, sanjay, and the other positions that rfk jr. has taken that are appealing, frankly, to a lot of americans, to a lot of the senators in that room that i've spoken to. senator gillibrand, for one, was on my show saying she's she likes what she has heard from him on processed food, for example, on clean air, clean water, even questioning, you know, fluoride and water and those kinds of things. and i think that's also what makes this really unique. >> i think with regard to chronic disease, something that we have talked about in the medical establishment, part of the reason i got into medical journalism was to talk about chronic diseases. i think with regard to that, he probably has the best shot of anyone. i've heard it actually getting something done because everyone is recognized. this is a problem, but it's been very, very challenging to tackle this problem. we spend close to $5 trillion on health care every year, 20% of o

you won't make money off what you do as secretary of hhs. >> before we go to. senator tillis. >> i think. >> it would. >> be important for. >> me to make it. >> very clear that. >> mr. kennedy has. >> gone through the same office. >> of government ethics. process as. >> every single. other nominee in the finance committee this year. and in. previous administrations. in addition to listing his assets, including. the items that you've. >> identified. >> he has signed an. >> ethics letter that has been reviewed by the office of government ethics concerning any possible conflict in light of its functions and the. nominee's proposed duties. and we have a letter from the office of government ethics that he. has complied completely with all applicable laws and regulations governing conflicts of interest. >> mr. chairman, point of information here. have we had a single nominee come through who has made $2.5 million off suing one of the entities that it would be regulating and plans to keep getting a take of every lawsuit in the future? have we had that before? >> i hav

trump's policies at hhs. this may be an old fashioned point of view, but that's the way the system is supposed to work. mr. trump won the election and not mr. d kennedy. mr. trump tells him what he wants and mr. kennedy is there to implement mr. trump's vision. things he said years ago and now backed off autism, vaccination and so forth. not important. doesn't matter. and people do change, give him the benefit of the doubt and b, because he has assured the president that he will carry out the president's policies. one example of that showed up on the hearing of medicaid today. medicaid gotten way too big. 10 million more people today than precovid. total spending has grown giorgini 60% to $963 billion and it's a sum larger than the defense budget. and it's quite likely that mr. trump will restore incentives to work for the able bodied and that includes medicaid, which is supposed to be a poverty program for those that are physically incapable of work. mr. kennedy addressed his desire to reform and reduce medi

it has nothing to do with duties and responsibilities of hhs. here is where i come out on rfk nomination, i support it. why? because president trump wants him to run it. mr. trump won the election. convincingly, he has a right to his own nominees, barring any clear personal legal problems. mr. kennedy has said time and again that he will execute president trump's policies at hhs. now this may be an old fashion point of view, but that is the way that system is supposed to work mr. trump won the election, not mr. kennedy, trump tells kennedy what me wants at h hs and kennedy is there to implement mr. trump's vision, thing he's said years ago, and now backed off, autism, vaccinations and so on, does not matter, a, because people do change. given the benefit of the doubt. and b, because he has assured the president that he will carry out the president's policies. one example at hearing today to question of mid -- medicaid it way too big 10 million more people today than precovid, total spending up 60%. a sum larger than the defense budget could like

what did you hear biden's hhs secretary, xavier becerra, do about any of this?e didn't hear or see him do much of anything. >> the last two, alex she czar and xavier becerra rah were simply administrators. they did nothing. they showed no interest whatsoever in the health of hurricane -- america, and how hhs is going to take a dramatic turn. and, boy, doctors and patients and the public in general are behind him. elizabeth: c. peter mccullough are, always wonderful to have you on. thank you for joining us tonight. it's great to see you. >> thank you. >> people who enter the united states without our permission if are illegal aliens -- >> and the challenge we have of undocumented people in our country. we certainly don't want any more coming in. >> undocumented workers broke our immigration laws, and i believe that they must be held accountable. elizabeth: you know, what happened to democrats? they used to be for keeping america safe. now they're engaging in this obnoxious hypocrisy. coming up, the breaking news, trump's dragnet caught dangerous mexican sinaloa d

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the head of the hhs must believe in science.nd believe the experts. >> the first 100 people you would find would be less dangerous at the head of hhs than robert f. kennedy, rnk jr. wants to quucketsd experiments on all of us. i truly believe runs hhs that millions will die. >> democrat colon, millions will die. look, the democrats, they are in a quandary here. because, after years of claiming the mantel of the healthcare prerkts. they are now scrambling to take down the nomination of a true healthcare crusader, r.f.k. jr. party holds sacrosanct it mutilation of children and. i'm not even raising the covid issue. now, to be clear, r.f.k. jr. is certainly not a conservative. not in a lot of the issues that i care about. and he has never run a big institution before. but since when has that ever bothered democrats before in cabinet picks? >> can anyone say mayor pete? oh, so south bend is big though. and what r.f.k. jr. lacks in managerial experience he makes up for with an unwavering dedication to improving america's spiraling he

>> i think -- listen, i'm not going into hhs if i'm privileged to be confirmed with any -- to impose any preconceived ideas that i may have. i just want to have good science. >> so you're not saying they aren't dangerous, which means they could be dangerous. >> that's not true. >> you describe americans who take mental health medications as at tickets who need to be sent to wellness farms to recover. is that what you believe? >> of course, i didn't say anybody should be compelled to do anything. >> you said they should be sent. >> i said they should be available to them. i didn't say they should be sent. >> -- antidepressants are like addicts. >> i know including members of my family who have had much worse time getting off ssi's than people have getting off of heroin. the withdrawal period -- and it's written on the label. >> i have some experience with this myself, mr. kennedy. this is personal for me, when as i young woman and i was struggling with depression, thankfully, i had the resources to help me get through it. including a new generation of ssri uptake reinhibitors which he

awaits confirmation as hhs secretary. the pause is set to expire february 1st with hhs considering exceptions for mission critical announcements on a case by case basis. does america's bird flu crisis qualify. new cases reported this month in 20 states, including at this new york duck farm where nearly 100,000 birds. the virus infecting 67 people in the last year and killing 1. you feel a brief or temporary pause could have consequences. >> yes, i do. there are cases accumulating now. >> bird flu jumping to dairy cows. the outgoing biden administration mandating testing of america's milk supply. >> there are no eggs. >> reporter: as egg shortages mount and prices soar up 65% last year. sam crouse spent millions installing shower and truck washing stations. >> we want to focus on taking good care of our flocks. >> reporter: chicago area wildlife officials warning the public to avoid sick or dead birds. >> this disease has almost 100% mortality rate in the animals that we are seeing. human health will be the utmost priority

confirmation hearing for hhs secretary. here first is senator michael bennet of colorado. >> did you say that covid. 19 was a genetically. >> engineered bioweapon that. >> targets black and white. >> people. >> but spared ashkenazi jews and chinese people? >> i didn't say it was deliberately targeted. i just i just quoted an nih funded an nih published study. >> did you say that it. targets black and. >> white. >> people but spared ashkenazi? >> i quoted a study, your honor. i quoted the nih study that showed. >> i'll take. >> that. >> as a yes. >> i have to move on. >> mr. >> i have to move on. >> did you say that lyme disease is a is highly likely a materially engineered bioweapon? i made sure. >> i put. >> in the highly likely. did you say lyme disease is a highly likely militarily engineered bioweapon? >> i probably did say that. >> did you say that? >> that's what. >> i want all of our colleagues to hear it. mr. kennedy, i want them to hear it. you said yes. did you say that exposure to pesticides causes children to be

for hhs secretary, of course, this is a massive agency, guys, with 90,000 employees and annual budgetf roughly 1.7 trillion. that's about twice the size of the defense budget. let that sink infettermaner bernie sanders they said they might confirm him or they might vote yes? >> right. they did say that. really the biggest negative so far is dick durbin, the democratic whip he said a firm no. concerned about jfk's past statements about vaccines he made a speech on the senate floor yesterday. of course, bobby kennedy jr. a former democrat could get democratic support a much different hearing this time around as he comes as president trump's nominee to lead hhs. >> steve: thanks, lucas. >> brian: dr. cassidy and the other doctors, so it's going to be -- they are going to ask good questions. substantive hearing. >> ainsley: starts at 10:00 this morning we will be watching. >> steve: we will be watching, indeed. steve. >> lawrence: these races happening all across the country. the administration has been very clear focusing on this violent offenders all across the country when we look at b

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. >> the hhs. position is overseen by the senate finance committee. and there were many important topics to. address from his past. misstatements about vaccines. >> to his. >> ever changing record on women's reproductive rights to. some of the anti-vaccine rhetoric. some of the headlines you see. here and. >> medicaid, where. >> rfk jr showed a misunderstanding of how some of that basic payment system works. as for. >> misunderstandings, well, that was something. >> that we. >> heard about a lot. sometimes it's a type of defense. >> he's under oath. >> he's got to win enough. >> votes in the. >> senate here, even if republicans. >> have the majority. >> and so sometimes misunderstandings were. >> offered as an explanation. >> other. >> times. >> and i'll get. >> into this, it was clear he. >> just doesn't. >> seem to understand. >> how certain. parts of. >> the federal health. >> care system works. >> let's take. >> a listen. >> news reports have claimed that i'm anti-vaccine or any industry. i am neither. i am pro safety. i support the measles vaccin

hhs is not in charge of the food system. that's the united states department of agriculture, and that is the farm bill. so if there's an opportunity for reforming our broken food system, i'm all in. but this guy is going to be in charge of preventing infectious diseases, in charge of investigating the efficacy of drugs, and most importantly, for the the purposes of their confirmation vote, making sure that we keep the level of rubella, measles, mumps, polio below a certain level so that we don't have outbreaks of diseases that have been in our rearview mirror for decades, even generations. and so i just don't think this vote is going to age well. if people make this person in charge of hhs, it's not one of these things where it's going to be ambiguous. we are going to see outbreaks of disease because this person has a particular view of vaccines that is way outside of the mainstream and has nothing to do with, like, how people view covid policy or, you know, whether the government, state, county, federal did all the right th

so i read a whole list of things that the secretary of hhs can do and what that can do is affect the value of these lawsuits. so it can make some lawsuits that would otherwise lose win. it can make a little return into a great big return. and robert kennedy gets a piece of the action out of every one of those lawsuits. that means that he has an incentive when he is secretary of hhs, to do all the little things to make those lawsuits work better for him and worse for the manufacturers of vaccines. >> and he never ultimately committed to what you asked him. >> i asked over and over. i said, all i'm asking for is say that you will not take any money. you can go do what you want. >> you weren't saying he shouldn't sue the vaccine companies or the drug companies. >> i said you can sue anybody you want when you're a private citizen, but you won't be taking money from these other lawsuits. right now, he has an arrangement with a law firm. he goes out and he advertises in social media and commercials. and if these lawsuits go through and win, he gets 10% of the take. that is the deal. and it

so he is trying to be part of hhs and kowtow to donald trump. so i do think i don't think democrats are going to vote for him. so i don't know how much work he's doing here for the good. and if there are republicans that vote against him, it could sink his nomination for his ideology. >> thanks to one and all, tens of thousands of migrants deported from the united states could soon be housed at guantanamo bay. what president trump said today about these plans and how it would work logistically. that's next. >> in my. >> eyes, they're dry, uncomfortable. >> looking for extra hydration. now there's blink nutri tears. >> it works differently. >> than drops. >> blink nutri tears. >> is a once daily supplement clinically proven to hydrate from within, helping. >> your eyes produce. >> more of their own tears. to promote lasting, continuous relief. >> you'll feel. >> day after day. try. >> blink nutri tears a different way. >> to support dry. >> eyes. >> blink nauta tears. >> i've always been an active person biking, running. but yoga, it's really spe

and hhs could end planned parenthoods funding right? government could end planned parenthood funding i'm sorry congress could and hhs could then fund help for women who are facing, you know, unen played pregnancies that's something that he could actually do something really substantive and pro-life and still maintain his position. shannon: think about our federal agencies like hhs it is huge. it covers and touches so many things in our lives. and they've got tons of regulatory power, some critics will say congress is advocated too much of that and this administrative state now can make all of these rules but it gives hhs a lot of freedom when it comes to promulgating regulations and making decisions about where money flows and all kinds of things. so he's going to have a lot of power on that front if he becomes secretary. charlie: president trump is waste nothing time pushing through his entire agenda including his effort to end birthright citizenship. a judge is put a temporary hold on that decision. where do you see that going from he

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to the capitol building, where hhs nominee, robert f. kennedy will face questions from lawmakers today. >> lawrence: lucas tomlinson is live inside of the hearing room. good morning. >> lucas: good morning. it is getting pretty noisy outside the hearing room on capitol hill, where hundreds of r.f.k. jr. supporters have showed up to hear from r.f.k. jr. our colleagues at fox digital obtained r.f.k. jr.'s opening statement, an excerpt reads, news reports claim i'm anti-vaccine, i am not, i am pro-safety, i work to raise aw awareness about mercury in fish, that did not make me anti-fish. all my kids are vaccinated. r.f.k. jr. appeared on this program just before the election. >> we have the sickest children in the world right now, it is costing 4.3 trillion a year. we pay zero for chronic disease, today is biggest expense. five times military budget. it is easy to fix. we have a thousand ingredientings s that are illegal reason is obstruction. >> lutnick and bobby kennedy jr.. hhs has 90,000 employees and 1.7 trillion budget, that is twice

the pick of rfk for hhs.ow big much a risk is this for investors they would have to reformulate drinks and other products? >> absolutely. this is a concern since the election and trump's nomination of robert f. kennedy jr. that would impact the entire industry. the main concern from the beverage side would be around high fructose corn syrup and dyes in the products. coca-cola in my mind is less exposed. number one, u.s. is 30% of the global sales. they manufacture some of the products without high fructose corn syrup. mexican coke uses cane sugar. they have the ability to change ingredients, but the sector overall will have risk of reformulation. >> thank you very much. >> thanks for having me. >>> coming up on "worldwide exchange," the second worst performing sector of 2024 and many policy questions still unanswered, we look to see how healthcare is set up for 2025. stay with us. all the buzz around bitcoin isn't just talk anymore crypto has gone mainstream. at itrustcapital, you can buy and sell cryptocurre

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the pause with hhs saying they'll accept mission critical announcements on a case-by-case basis. but does bird flu qualify? with new cases reported this month in 20 states, including this new york duck farm, where nearly 100,000 birds are set to be euthanized. the virus infecting 67 people in the last year, killing one. public health agencies warn, they can't go silent. >> you fear a brief or temporary pause could have consequences? >> yes, i do. there was just guidance updates a couple of days before the biden administration left office. >> bird flu jumping to other species, including dairy cows. the outgoing biden administration, mandateing testing of america's milk supply. >> there's absolutely no eggs, whatsoever. >> reporter: this as egg shortages mount. and prices soar, up 65% in the last year. indiana egg farmer sam kraus has spent millions, installing showers and truck- washing stations. >> we want, as farmers, just to focus on taking good care of our flocks and then we're living with this threat. >> warping officials about sick or dead birds? . >> this disease has almost

for the secretary of hhs to be put in place? >> yeah. so hhs essentially calls. >> this a short. >> pause to to allow what they say is the new team to set up a process for review and prioritization. they do note that there are exceptions for announcements that can come out of hhs divisions that are deemed mission critical, but they say they'll be made on a case by case basis. and, sara, maybe we'll learn more about this next week. because just yesterday we learned that the senate finance committee has scheduled robert f kennedy jr.'s confirmation hearing for wednesday of next week. he, of course, is trump's pick to lead the health agencies. we've also learned that the senate health committee, health, education, labor and pensions plans to schedule theirs for thursday. so a lot of eyes will be on those meetings, especially from academic researchers working on science all over the country. >> yeah, there's a lot of consternation about whether or not he is going to largely disrupt the organization as well. thank you so much, meg ti

do you think, in the role of being hhs secretary? because some would say the systems will keep on systemizing, the country will continue, america's health agencies will continue. how much damage can one person do? >> well, look, a leader of an agency as wide and and has so many pieces to it as health and human services can have major impact. that's why i want to make sure the incoming team understands what we have done, the progress we have made, and the opportunities. we can't go backwards. we need to keep making progress forward. that of the conversations i'm having with members of congress as well. and again, when we have these conversations, i think there is a lot of consensus on the need to protect our country, to keep us safe, to make sure we have the infrastructure necessary. and, you know, we've we've listened and learned at cdc. we are a different agency. and when i have those conversations, there's a lot of consensus that we need to make sure we keep making those investments to keep americans safe. >> i noted that in your p

let's assume that the people who are reporting are right, and rfk jr becomes the hhs secretary. what do you say to people who say, well, where do i go to find out real information, the truth? >> so that's actually one of the really complicated things at this moment, because not only is rfk. proven to be. not trustworthy, being really an arbiter of misinformation during the. covid vaccine. >> i mean, most. >> of. >> his social. >> media platforms were. >> taken down. >> during covid because. >> he spread. >> so much misinformation. it's that the communications platforms for. >> hhs, like cdc, nih, a lot of the data that we doctors. >> use primarily to even create our own. >> opinions and verify. >> the. >> stuff coming out. >> of hhs. >> we don't. >> have access to. >> right now, either. right. >> the morbidity. >> and mortality weekly. report from. >> the. >> cdc is not. currently being published. so if. >> rfk is. >> the only. >> source of information. >> for the american public. >> and american doctors. >> can't get other. >> information from the primary. >> researchers at the

hhs is huge. we put together some thing i want to show you. the annual budget is $1.8 trillion.t is $0.26 out of every dollar that the government spends every year. and it oversees 13 federal agencies, including the cdc, the fda, medicaid, medicare, and the nih, which oversees a tremendous amount of medical research, so this organization really affects almost all of us. >> maurice: massive. but what would be his powers as he oversees all these agencies? >> dr. lapook: you know tremendous. i will give you an example. the cdc has an advisory committee that recommends to the cdc what vaccines to give and when to give them. well, the hhs secretary appoints the voting members of that advisory committee, so even without official changes, the views of somebody at the top of such a powerful organization can affect public opinion, so if there is doubts, for example about vaccines, that can trickle down and perhaps increase vaccine hesitancy. >> john: what do you -- what do yor colleagues, what do healthier, decreasing obesity and if he got this job? >> dr. lapook: you know, there is agre

i will do nothing as hhs secretary that makes it difficult or discourages people from taking -- >> areou supportive of this closing, which is militantly anti-vaccine? >> i am supportive of vaccines. if you like a macdonald's cheese burger, or a diet coke which my boss loves, you should be able to get them. but you should know what the impacts are on your family and on your health. the trump administration has made >> the trump administration made it clear. >> no i am not! >> a "yes" you are! that is exactly what you are doing! >> martha: you get the idea. host of the steve hilton show, both fox news contributor, gentlemen, great to have you here. what was your take away from what you saw there today. >> a couple of things,, it is very clear, you have this extraordinary role reversal where you have the democrats out there, fighting against measures that are pro-public health, amazing to see that. only i'm on the road a lot these days, the republican party, at the trump bays, whatever term you want to use most, except for the ones that we want to handle with laken riley is that maha agen

so an rfk led hhs and rfk led fda, by virtue of being under hhs, would revisit medication abortions authorization important to remember that the biden-harris administration went to great lengths to defend medication abortion, actually got medication abortion into brick and mortar pharmacies in this country, and democratized and made more available birth control over-the-counter. all of those big wins will be up for grabs and rollbacks under a trump and rfk led hhs and on the emergency medical care case, as well as the. >> mifepristone case. >> that went all the way to the supreme court. >> it was a. >> biden-harris solicitor general that defended the administration on those points, and that enforced the emergency medical care law that would allow women in crisis crisis to who need abortion care to save their lives, who are airlifted from state with a ban to states without they would not enforce that law. that is adding devastation and tragedy to the americans living in those 22 states. with abortion bans and restrictions. it's frankly a nightmare we predicted come to life. the good. >> news. >> i

and watching on television that he believes in a role for vaccines and he has laid out his goals for hhs a healthy person has a thousand dreams copied a sick person has only one. reports claim i'm anti-vaccine are anti-industry i neither pair i am protosafety. [cheering] >> order a pleas proceed mr. kennedy c i am protosafety i work for years to raise awareness about the mercury and toxic chemicals in fish and nobody called me any fish. the first thing i've done every morning for the past 20 years is to get on my knees and pray to god that he would put me in a position to end the chronic disease epidemic and to help america's children. should i be so privileged as to be confirmed will make sure our tax dollars to support healthy foods. >> so what are his goals we they are as follows. to buy -- been high fructose corn syrup found fluoride from water been through dies and support sustainable farming. reduce chemical usage study the causes of sickness. say what you will about robert f. kennedy jr. fact you agree or disagree? you have to agree or wholly disagree? but can't let the perfect be

we will create an honest, unbiased gold standard science at hhs.d put the nation back on the road to good health. >> bret: some of these confirmation hearings have beef. take a listen. >> it's time to make sure that we blow the whistle on actually what your views are. >> i support the measles vaccine. i support the polio vaccine. >> are you a conspiracy theorist? >> that is a pejorative, senator that's applied to me. mainly to keep me from asking difficult questions about our interest. >> you talk about government should not tell a woman we can she do with other body. >> i have always believed every abortion is a tragedy. >> what is your prescription to help make america healthy again. >> we need to fix our food supply. >> jason riley, the "wall street journal" columnist and senior fellow at the manhattan institute. matthew continetti, fellow at the american enterprise institute and "u.s.a. today" white house correspondent francesca chambers. we are just not at institute. anyway,. >> fox news institute. >> bret: talk about this hearing today what y

usda, hhs are on top of this. we are in touch with them for they are certainly in touch with local authorities on this. and so i do want to be very clear that cdc has said themselves the risk to the general public is still low. so we went to make sure the american people are listening to the seed the cdc and continue to do so. we want to make sure obviously the nation's food supply at remain safe. couple things i do want to lay out we have been able toa do fm this administration to protect animal health and monitor all trends to prevent the spread of avian flu. this work is going to continue all relevant federal agencies continue to coordinate as i just stated with local authorities. and so we arepi going to do that and be consistent with that as we've done since march. that's what the ministrations ws going to have to focus on.ve >> the vaccine to the next demonstration question mayorkas i'm not going to get into hypotheticals with the next administration is going to do or not do. this is something that rests in

feels about certain issues, but i think hhs needs a shakeup just like i feel fbi needs a shakeup. this town is island surned by reality, 93% vote for president of the united states and we have to bring common sense to government in washington, d.c. and i think people like kash patel for fbi, r.f.k. jr. for hhs is very, very important. >> brian: all right, wants president's team in place. >> ainsley: thank you, bring in john roberts, live at reagan international with latest on this crash last night. john. >> john: good morning to you, we had to move from dangerfield island, that is now determined a crime scene. they are moving in number of different assets to step up recovery. they will have to bring in a crane to lift remains of the aircraft up from the potomac. it is only a few feet deep in the area. there is wired silk plane off the eastern side of the airport, should be fairly easy to get to. sad news from mayor muriel bowser of washington, d.c., 27 bodies have been recovered from the psa aircraft, one body recovered from the uh-60 black hawk helicopter. in terms of where we go

for hhs secretary, kelly loeffler to head the small business administration.nd then tomorrow, guys, on thursday, kash patel to be president trump's fbi director and tulsi gabbard, director of national intelligence. now r.f.k. jr., tulsi gabbard and kash patel are considered by many to be trump's controversial picks. today, many senators want to hear from r.f.k. jr. about his distances on vaccines, abortion, and his plans to curb obesity where more than 40% of american adults are considered obese today. that's according to the cdc. bobby kennedy jr., the former democrat gets face two senate panels today before the finance committee and tomorrow before the senate health committee. and that hearing gets underway this morning at 10:00 a.m. eastern, guys. keep it right here on the fox news channel for live coverage. guys? >> steve: that's right. lucas, every one of the senators in both those panels received, yesterday, a letter from caroline kennedy. his cousin and it was was saying don't confirm him and new among other things is he a predator. have you heard any r

however, i think senators are going to take a real look at is, is hhs the right spot for him, and is there somewhere else that he could go? >> yeah. you know, look, this was a payoff for his support for donald trump. but when you have the wall street journal, which also editorialized against him on monday, i believe it was caroline kennedy and the wall street journal agreeing that might be a moment of bipartisanship that we see in these hearings, talking about, frankly, a conflict of interest, not just his bizarre habits or birds of prey, but his, you know, his relationship with trial lawyers around different vaccine lawsuits and specifically one regarding the hpv vaccine, where he has said he will continue to get a payout while he serves as hhs secretary. so that is a real conflict of interest. and the journal raised a number of other issues. so in addition to you may think he's weird, he's also got some very dangerous beliefs. as caroline pointed out, vaccinated his own children, but prescribes to people not to vaccinate their children. so he's got some odd positions that were. >>

what do you think this says about his qualifications to be the head of hhs?bts that have already existed about his candidacy. >> he's questioned the vaccine for polio. he's questioned the vaccine for measles. >> and by inference, it also is mumps. and all of the other diseases in our country and around the world that in the past two generations, if they haven't been completely eradicated, they've just been reduced down to a dramatically lower number each year. >> that affects families in our country and around the world. >> and what robert f kennedy jr has done is that he is putting a cloud over vaccines. >> he's allowing for doubts to be raised in families minds as to whether or not they should be vaccinated. >> the covid vaccine, if it had not actually been distributed, would have would have led to another 800,000 deaths in our country. and here he had a petition to stop the distribution of the vaccine. so from my perspective, this is just one further reason why 75 nobel prize winners have come out in opposition to robert f kennedy's confirmation as the top