is for the secretary of health and human services. i am a public health professional. i've dedicated my career and my education to public health and trying to protect public health. so what i wanted to remind folks of is a little bit of the history of how we've gotten here as a country. and some of the most incredible public health advances we've experienced as a global society and as the united states of america. so when we think about what it takes to make americans healthy, right, and we think about the leaps and bounds that we've made to date, there are just a few examples of innovations that don't even feel like major innovations, but as we benefit from them every day, just from day-to-day, every day, that stand out. one is hand washing, right? we've been able to extend lives just by washing hands because we understood that germs were on hands and germs cause disease, right? another, another antibiotics, right, we have medicines that actually help people when they're sick when there's a bacteriaal infection. the third is vaccination, and this is a tool we've had f

we were very supportive of alex azar when he was the secretary of health and human services.his is about getting somebody who can protect the health of the american people. host: referring to the first trump administration alex azar who served as health and human services secretary. when it comes to public health policy, what are you watching during these first few days of the trump administration? guest: the challenge and the tragedy is absolute chaos. it took them a while to name acting directors but some of the most damaging things is they have stopped communication of people in the agency, even routine communications. sharing data. we hear they are scrubbing websites and taking things from websites. we are in the middle of a major h5n1 bird flu outbreak and at the proper data that needs to go out to the states for them to manage the outbreak is not happening in a meaningful way. they have stopped all funding the other day. there was a big brouhaha about that. we are one of the organizations that did sue them to get them to rescind that. that process is still going on. whi

senators grill his pick for health and human services secretary, rfk junior, at his hearing.accine skeptic who has been criticized in the past for spreading misinformation, which include suggesting a link between vaccines and autism, something that has been well debunked. if approved, he would oversee 11 agencies under the health and human services agency. >> i am asking you, yes or no, did you say that covid-19 was a genetic in gently -- engineered bioweapon that spared jews and chinese people? >> i did not say it was deliberately targeted. i just quoted an nih study. >> i have to move on. did you say that lyme disease is highly likely a materially engineered bioweapon? i made sure i put in the highly likely. did you say it was a highly likely militarily engineered bioweapon? >> i probably did say that. >> i want all of our colleagues to hear it. i want them to hear it. you said yes. did you say that exposure to pesticides causes children to become transgender? >> i never said that. anchor: let's speak to the former governor of new hampshire . thank you for joining us. some

we got nothing done in health and human services. they gave us a mandate in november, 77 million people, to deliver trump, president trump's agenda, and that includes making america healthy again. as far as i'm concerned, bobby is not part of being the health care establishment class. that's a really good thing. we don't need that. look where it's got us. pharmaceutical industry and industrial food complex won't be running the show anymore when bobby kennedy is confirmed. instead, he will restore our health agencies to the gold standard of specific research and explore historic health care alternatives as part of our efforts to end chronic disease epidemics across this country. ultimately, this will lower costs for americans and ease the burden on our entire health care system, which is being overrun by all the conditions that we have popping up today. with the many public health crises we're facing as a country, we have no time to waste. i hope my colleagues will join me in supporting bobby for hhs secretary and help president trump

because this could be the health and human services secretary. >> i've reported on. >> kennedy for a get most often. does kennedy really believe the stuff that he says? and who can know? right? who knows what what resides in his heart? what we know is that since about 2005 is when his rolling stone article came out, he has very passionately defended the idea, the fixed belief that something in vaccines, all childhood vaccines, something. else must cause widespread injury and afflictions and conditions like autism. also, he believes it causes allergies and rheumatoid arthritis and literally anything you can really think of. he thinks vaccines must be the cause. and so for the last 20 years, he has made it his mission to go out and investigate this and spend money on it and sue the government and sue vaccine makers, all to prove his fixed notion that this is true. he ignores the mounds and mounds of scientific evidence, the studies between vaxed and unvaccinated children that he says he wants so desperately he ignores that evidence and instead props up frauds like andrew wakefield, the

just to step back and give you context on the department of health and human services, it is a massiveederal department with 80,000 employees. if you think about the federal budget, the medicare program, the medicaid program run through the department of health and human services, and you have got all the public health agencies. nih, fda, cdc, so it is impossible for anyone man on the planet to know everything about the health care programs that are managed by the department of health and human services. so you have got a set of other people who have been selected by president trump, dr. oz, mahdi bagheri, fda, and these are very serious for minded individuals that i think are going to be great leaders at the individual agencies within hss and provide recommendations both to the secretary, as well as to the president. host: you mentioned it he thousand employees at hhs, are you concerned at all about the potential cuts in the federal workforce in that department impacting the services they are able to give to the american people? guest: so, it is a tough question to sort of evaluate ri

department of health and human services. today on capitol hill, kennedy faced some tough questions from senators in his first of two confirmation hearings, lawmakers on the senate finance committee grilled him about his unscientific falsehoods about vaccines, including his role in the deadly measles outbreak in samoa. both democrats and republicans also had questions about his changed stance on abortion. he once supported legal abortion. he seems to now not have that position. he also appeared to find support from the majority of republicans on today's panel. in just a moment, we're going to have a full breakdown of the hearing and where kennedy chances of confirmation stand right now in this republican controlled senate. but first, we want to show you just a couple examples of how the answers we heard from kennedy on capitol hill today at times seemed quite different from his past remarks when it comes to vaccines, much of the controversy kennedy is known for, aside from admitting to dumping a dead bear in central park, is

faced his first senate confirmation hearing for health and human services secretary. a job that would put them in charge of more than a dozen agencies focused on the health of americans. armed for inevitable questions about his past statements opposing vaccines kennedy told right from the top of that he was not anti-vaccine. democrats drilled the controversial trumpet nominee over his claim that no vaccine is safe and effective.certain va kennedy vowing if confirmed that would not dissuade americans from receiving certain vaccinations but some of the sharper classes came over his changing positions on abortion. ryan nobles was there for today's hearing and has our report. >> reporter: tonight, president trump's controversial choice to, quote, make america healthy again, facing a heated confirmation hearing. >> frankly, you frighten people. >> reporter: robert f. kennedy jr. nominated as health and human services secretary saying his mission would be to reduce chronic diseases he calls a crisis. >> americans' overall health is in grievous condition. i'm not here becaus

hearing of a nominee for health and human. services like this would have been unthinkable. i think that's right. >> i think it is very important. >> to underscore the role that ted kennedy played in fighting for universal. >> health care. >> and he tried. >> in. >> every which way to get there. and yes, it's. so ironic, and i don't think that's a strong enough word that robert kennedy jr, with the views that he has, is now the person who is proposed for hhs. i think of all the nominees, he and tulsi gabbard are probably the most vulnerable. probably the two who. >> could. >> draw the four plus republican senators that you need. you have mike pence out campaigning against him because of his stand on abortion. and you have, i think, some of the drug companies. >> who. >> are very uneasy with him for reasons that we can understand. but i think that this testimony from caroline kennedy, again, i think it's the hypocrisy and irresponsibility and the grifter ness, if that's a word of the grifting that that all of this. career represents, i guess he fits in well with this administ

because each committee has some jurisdiction over the health and human services department. caroline kennedy also released a video of her own reading of that letter to the senate. this was yet another day of sadness for caroline kennedy, but her emotional control in reading that letter was strict and unflinching. if you know the kennedy history, you wouldn't be able to read her words without crying. but she did. this is what caroline kennedy, daughter of president kennedy, who would be so proud to know that she became ambassador kennedy, said to the united states senate today. >> dear senators, throughout the past year, people have asked for my thoughts about my cousin, robert f kennedy jr and his presidential campaign. i did not comment, not only because i was serving in a government position as united states ambassador to australia, but because i have never wanted to speak publicly about my family members and their challenges. we are a close generation of 28 cousins who have been through a lot together. we know how hard it's been and we are always there for each other. but

he is going to make his case to be confirmed as the next secretary of health and human services. he is also going to face some very serious questions about his resume and what he really believes. he is a known vaccine denialist and, if confirmed, would be in charge of america's public health agencies, including the very agencies that approve vaccines, kennedy said as recently as 2023 that there is no vaccine that is safe and effective. just one of the reasons his own family is now speaking out, speaking up to say he should not get the job. robert f. kennedy jr. would head multiple agencies critical to the health of all americans. if confirmed. the very organizations that he has spoken out against like the cdc, the fda, nih, and on the eve of the confirmation hearing, his cousin caroline kennedy posted a video calling rfk a predator and also urged senators to vote against him. cnn's sunlen serfaty joins us right now with much more ahead. so it's just under an hour now. rfk jr. is going to be arriving on the hill shortly. if he's not there already. what are you hearing about this?

where san mateo counties human services agency in east palo alto.. here's kari hall with our forecast as we take a look at our high temperatures for this afternoon. it's going to be a little bit lower than we've seen recently, with highs mostly staying in the 50s all across the bay area. a cold start on thursday, and then we're back to some of those same temperatures, only making it up to 55 degrees in napa and santa rosa and 57 in san f francisco e are also going to see a change in the pattern that brings in some rain for the weekend. this storm system will tap into some deep subtropical moisture and arrive into the bay area as an atmospheric river on friday and continue into the weekend, as well as early next week. we are going to talk about the impacts and what you can expect before you make weekend plans. we'll take a look at that coming up in the next 30 minutes. all right, kari see you then. the public will get a chance to hear directly from lawrence livermore lab tonight. leaders are holding a presentation at 6:00 to address plans to upgrade

kennedy junior, president trump's pick to lead the department ofhealth and human services greeted with applause and said he is concerned. >> americans' overall health is an issue. over 70% of adults and third of children are overweight or obese. >> he rallied against processed food. but he has sparked concern evident by rows of doctors and nurses in the room to address him. he addressed his opposition to vaccines. >> these reports saying i'm antivaccine, i am neither. i am pro-safety. [. >> it's ar past change in his words. >> entire generation of american children. >> he has a long history of vaccine skepticism. and there was skepticism like for measles, mumps and wrongly claiming that vaccines cause autism. >> it is chicken soup and vitamin a. >> he put his views this way. >> i will be the h.h.s. secretary and makes it difficult or discourages people -- anybody in my advocacy i have disturbed the status quo by asking uncomfortable questions. i'm not going to apologize for that. >> democrats railed against him as someone with -- >> did you say liem disease is a bioweapon? >> i probabl

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facing senators in his confirmation hearing to lead the department of health and human services. natalie brand reports. it comes a day after his cousin, caroline kennedy, called him a predator and urged senators to reject his nomination. >>before a packed hearing room. robert f kennedy jr. took his seat before lawmakers hoping to serve as president trump's secretary of health and human services. news reports have claimed that i am anti or anti industry. i am neither. i am pro safety. as one of trump's most controversial cabinet picks, democrats raised concern about his past comments on vaccine skepticism. mr. kennedy has embraced conspiracy theories, quacks, charlatans, especially when it comes to the safety and efficacy of vaccines. but republicans praised him, saying kennedy represents an opportunity to improve the nation's health system. your commitment to combating chronic conditions that drive health care costs will be critical to our success. the hearing comes a day after kennedy's cousin, caroline kennedy, released a scathing letter to lawmakers urging them to reject his n

we were very supportive of alex azar when he was the secretary of health and human services.is about getting somebody who can protect the health of the american people. host: referring to the first trump administration alex azar who served as health and human services secretary. when it comes to public health policy, what are you watching during these first few days of the trump administration? guest: the challenge and the tragedy is absolute chaos. it took them a while to name acting directors but some of the most damaging things is they have stopped communication of people in the agency, even routine communications. sharing data. we hear they are scrubbing websites and taking things from websites. we are in the middle of a major h5n1 bird flu outbreak and at the proper data that needs to go out to the states for them to manage the outbreak is not happening in a meaningful way. they have stopped all funding the other day. there was a big brouhaha about that. we are one of the organizations that did sue them to get them to rescind that. that process is still going on. while t

resettlement within the auspices of health and human services. i think 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 that it was not. >> the. >> federal government's responsibility. once these. children were placed with these. >> sponsors. >> but the new york times, in a series of investigative stories, pointed out that tens of thousands of these children, when they tried to follow up and find out how they were doing, whether they were going to school, whether they were being trafficked or abused. there was no answer. and they took the position that it was not their responsibility. so i look forward to working with you to find those children and to make sure that they're not being abused. millions of americans are experiencing mild to moderate ment

onesies about not being vaccinated. >> what do you make of the fact that we would have a health and human services secretary who does not believe. >> that health care is a human right, but seems to. >> still believe. in at. least some. >> anti-vaccine ideas. >> well, first of all, again, rfk jr has made his fame and. >> his. >> fortune on being a vaccine denier, a vaccine opponent, saying clearly, not once, not twice, but over and over and over again. there is no safe and effective vaccine. i am appalled by a number of the people nominated by president trump that they come before the committee. they immediately contradict. statements or accusations or experiences. >> that. they have. >> on the record. but bobby kennedy clearly does not believe there. >> is a safe and. >> effective vaccine. and he still is, although he has withdrawn his name from this organization. the organization is suing vaccine makers. he still is making referral fees from those lawsuits, so he has not gotten. >> very far. >> away from the original point of view. i think he's not being very honest with the committee when he say

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s confirmation hearing for health and human services secretary. he is facing sharp criticism from his cousin, caroline and some parents about his vaccine policies. >> reporter: tonight on the eve of robert f. kennedy jr. senate confirmation hearing to lead the department of health and human services. caroline kennedy is lashing out, calling him unqualified to oversee critical agencies and pointing in part to his stance on vaccines. >> bobby preys on the desperation of the parents of sick children, vaccinating his own kids and discouraging other parents from vaccinating theirs. >> do you have a response to the letter released by caroline kennedy? >> reporter: rfk jr. ignored his cousins concerns. >> it is scary that person will be making health decisions for our family and the country as a whole. >> reporter: her son was born with a heart condition making him vulnerable to all types of sickness. her fears becoming worse with the growing fear in the community. >> it is a scary thing to send him out of the door. it is cold and flu season. there is a

to be health and human services secretary. caroline kennedy submitted a letter to senators urging them not to condition firm her cousin. she shared a video of herself reading the letter. >> it's no surprise that he keeps "birds of prey" as pets, because bobby himself is a predator. he preys on the desperation of parents of sick children, vaccinating his own kids while building a following hypocritically discouraging other parents from vaccinating theirs. >> he has said he is not anti-vaccine and won't take them away. >>> agents arrested a ringleader of the venezuelan gang who they say is wanted for kidnapping and assault. meanwhile, as i.c.e. raids escalate across the country, we are learning more about the harrowing affect it's having on immigrant communities. chris glorioso with our new york station has more. >> reporter: outside 26 federal plaza we sound sophia altar. she told us images on tv of i.c.e. raids have rattled her clients, even those here legally complying with the lawful asylum process. >> we have lots of client

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trump's controversial pick to lead the department of health and human services.his is a massive government agency, accounts for an estimated 20%, one-fifth of all federal spending falls under hhs. it has a budget close to two trillion dollars, and employs roughly 80,000 people that he would oversee at this agency. here is robert f. kennedy jr. on why he wants to lead. >> over 70% of children and 1/3 of youth are overweight or obese. cancer is rising by 1% to 3% per year. the united states has worse health than any other developed nation but we spent more on health, in some cases, tripled, no wonder america has trouble competing with countries that pay 1/3 of what we do for health and have better outcomes and a healthier work force. >> we'll talk about that, and those are some really stunning statistics about how far we've fallen behind in health in the united states. and in many ways that was the smoothest part of the day that we saw so far. then the questioning began. here's a little slice of that. watch. >> this is a job where it is life and death for the kids

the senate finance committee has jurisdiction over most of what the department of health and human serviceshe senate finance committee has jurisdiction over the biggest health care programs in america, medicare and medicaid. the senate health, education, labor and pensions committee also has some jurisdiction over the health and human services department. and so robert f kennedy, jr will have to go through two senate confirmation hearings as donald trump's choice for secretary of health and human services. the top democrat, former chairman on the senate finance committee said, quote, mr. kennedy's outlandish views on basic scientific facts are disturbing and should worry all parents who expect schools and other public spaces to be safe for their children. when mr. kennedy comes before the finance committee, it's going to be very clear what americans stand to lose under trump and republicans in congress. and joining us now is oregon democratic senator ron wyden. he is the top democrat on the senate finance committee. he's also a member of the senate intelligence committee and the budget comm

department of health and human services. appearing before the senate finance committee, robert f. appeared visibly frustrated at times as he repeatedly denied accusations by democrats that he's anti-vaccine. the 71-year-old faced a bruising series of questions from lawmakers, stumbling in a long exchange about medicaid policy and repeatedly confusing us with the medicare program. proceedings were also interrupted twice by protesters. >> are you lying to congress today when you say you're pro-vaccine? or did you lie on all those podcasts? we have all of this on tape, by the way. >> yeah, senator, as you know, because it's been repeatedly debunked, that statement that i made on the podcast was a fragment of the statement. he asked me and anybody who looks at that podcast will see this. he asks are there vaccines that are safe and effective and i said to him, some of the live virus vaccines are. and i said, there are no vaccines that are safe and effective and i was going to continue for every person, every medicine has people who are sensitive to them. caitriona: i didn't think hear

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to be secretary of health and human services. on c-span2, the senate returns at noon to continue workn the nominaonf lee zeldon to b epa administrator. lawmakers will also work on t nomination of doug bergum to be secretary. and then at 3:30 the senate small business and enepneurship will hold hearing of kelly, free c-span no video app and online at c-span.org. >> he talked about the federal funding freeze and cabinet confirmation process within the senate. we know for sure that the international criminal court has targeted american soldiers and if we don't take a stand against that now, they will do it again. and so i want to thank senators rich and cotton for their leadership on this issue. you'll hear from them, more about that in just a moment. the other issue as we all know on the floor these days is nominations and as you all know, the democrats made a big deal and blocked the the nomination of john ratcliffe, the cia and ultimately ended up getting 74 votes on the floor. that's going to be the case. they can block the vote

department of health and human services secretary nominee robert f kennedy junior was interrupted whilelarifying his stance on vaccines. i believe at. all of my that vaccines play a critical role and health care. all of my kids are vaccinated if confirmed kennedys will have broad influence over health care and federal agencies like the food and drug administration and the centers for disease control and prevention you have compared the cdc's. to not see death camps. i was not. comparing the cdc did not see death camps. i was comparing the he injury rate to our children to other atrocities. kennedy sparred with democrats. do you believe, as you've said, that antidepressants caused school shootings? this is a strip. be a simple question. science needed to be done? i would these are potential culprits. i would put him in a aimed other things. it said video games. i said social media has set our eyes. our eyes have a black box warning warning of suicide but mr. chair while republicans seem to appreciate the nominees perspectives on the issue of federally funded abortion access. kennedy said

department of health and human services will prevent the cost and massive cuts so i've been really not with america.com. clinics -- >> more now from tulsi gabbard in her own words. president-elect trump's pick discussed election fraud, government overreach, and democrats attempting to remove president-elect trump from ballots. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome congresswoman and author her new >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome four-term senator and author of her new book "for

warning senators, though, about why rfk jr., he says if he becomes health and human services secretaryeople could die. he's my next guest. plus, trudeau goes down. trump taking credit for this. calling him the governor of the 51st state. and now trump moments ago saying, quote, if and when greenland becomes part of our nation as his son prepares for a visit to the country. and breaking news president bide benn to speak at a prayer service for the victims of the new orleans terror attack as we're learning new details tonight about those smart glasses, the ones that were used by the killer to scope out and videotape the scene in advance. let's say you're deep in a show or a game or the game. on a train, at home, at work. okay, maybe not at work. point is at xfinity. we're constantly engineering new ways to get the entertainment you love to you faster and easier than ever. that's what i do. is that love island? >>> tonight, donald trump claiming a mandate, speaking out in a new radio interview. >> in my first term people were fighting me. all the way. they were just fighting me. in this t

as the next secretary of health and human services. calling him a predator. >> i've known bobby my whole life, we grew up together. it's no surprise that he keeps birds of prey as pets, because bobby himself is a predator. >> reporter: caroline kennedy calls her cousin unqualified, with dangerous and misinformed views on vaccines, but says his personal qualities pose even greater concern. >> i watched his younger brothers and cousins follow him down the path of drug addiction. his basement, his garage, his dorm room were always the center of the action, where drugs were available and he enjoyed showing off how he put baby chickens and mice in a blender to feed to his hawks. >> reporter: she called it a perverse scene of despair and violence. >> siblings and cousins who bobby encouraged down the path of substance abuse suffered addiction, illness, and death. while bobby has gone on to misrepresent, lie, and cheat his way through life. >> reporter: she said her cousin is addicted to attention and power. >> bobby preys on the desperation

faced his first senate confirmation hearing for health and human services secretary.put them in charge of more than a dozen agencies focused on the health of americans. armed for inevitable questions about his past statements opposing vaccines kennedy told right from the top of that he was not anti-vaccine. democrats drilled the controversial trumpet nominee over his claim that no vaccine is safe and effective.certain va kennedy vowing if confirmed that would not dissuade americans from receiving certain vaccinations but some of the sharper classes came over his

trump nominated him as secretary of health and human services. dozens of medical groups, hundreds of doctors, 87 advocacy groups including naacp, union for concerned scientists, say kennedy should not be in charge of the nation's health. members of his own family agree as confirmation hearing starts at 7:00. our time. a lot of bay area parents involved in autism awareness and care will be watching. they are deeply concerned. caroline kennedy, the daughter of john kennedy, calls her cousin, quote, a predator. rfk jr has expressed doubts about vaccines linking it to autism. not true. questioned whether hiv causes aids and that wi-fi causes cancer. again, marcus no evidence of that. thank you. happening today san francisco's fentanyl crisis takes center stage as leaders debate the mayor'sew emergency declaration plan. but this one by no means is going to be a slam dunk. today in the bay's ginger conejero saab live for us this morning over in san francisco. and ginger, i only can imagine here getting all supervisors on board is going to be a challeng

human rights office. cnn has reached out to the israeli prison service for comment. while many here are celebrating this moment, it is hard to ignore the months which led to this point. >> the. >> of course, this is an important moment for our people. laila ghanem says, but we also feel remorse because the price was too high. the price of freedom was the blood of the palestinian people. and though the israeli government has stressed that this is not a victory for hamas here, many say this is a moment of triumph for palestinian resistance. and of course, what we have seen over the last two weeks is an attempt by israeli forces to try and block off areas of the occupied west bank. so there have been increased road closures into the area. but we continue to see those gatherings. following the release of those palestinian prisoners, though in a somewhat more controlled manner. and of course, this is the second weekend. there are still weeks left of the first phase of the ceasefire agreement, which is expected to see 33 israeli hostages released in exchange for for hundre

would get the job running health and human services?e to remember, because we have the clip. >> you're saying he would not be in charge of hhs? >> no, of course not. >> so he's not going to be -- >> he's not going to be a secretary, no. that's not what he wants to do. >> would he be in an acting position -- >> i just told you that he wants, he wants to help get -- data. he wants data. >> jimmy: well, guess who trump nominated today to be secretary of health and human services? that's right, robert f. kennedy jr., heavy on the "f." [ laughter ] and who better to be in charge of health and humans than a guy whose brain was partially devoured by a worm? [ laughter ] trump originally wanted a doctor in the role. but it turns out, the late great hannibal lecter isn't a real person. [ laughter ] this tells you all you need to know about our country right now. rfk got caught having phone sex with a reporter, and she was fired. what happened to him? they made him secretary of health and human services. [ laughter ] why not? i mean if matt gaetz

is unqualified. >> and dangerous. >> as the secretary. >> of health and human services. >> who went to. samoa recommended that the people. >> in. >> samoa not. >> be vaccinated. against measles. 83 people died, mostly children. and he cast a. cloud over the measles vaccination, the polio vaccination, over the safety and efficacy of vaccinations. >> in general. >> in 1900. >> in our. >> country. >> 18% of children died before. >> the. >> age of five. 18%. what happened? we had a public health regime that we put in place to make sure that ordinary families got the protections, which they needed. what robert f kennedy is going to do is to have a rollback of the confidence in that vaccination regime that we put in place and serve as a distraction, a dangerous distraction. what we should be talking about access to health care, the price of health care, what donald trump is doing with his executive order to cut back on access to health care for families across our country who depend upon it. that's what we should be debating, not the science of vaccines, not the science of all

joining us now, the former secretary of health and human services under the obama administration, kathleen sebelius. thanks so much for being here. i want to talk about this op ed that you wrote in the new york times where you said withdrawing from the world health organization would be disastrous, but you believe the president still has time to, as you said, come to his senses and reverse course, which it sounds like he may at this point. what do you think he might do? >> well, jessica. >> i've long ago stopped. >> trying to predict. >> what donald. >> trump may or may not do. >> but here's. >> what i know. >> the process of. >> withdrawing from the. world health organization. >> takes a year. so we are not. >> out of the world health organization. >> if i understand that. >> the executive. >> order puts w.h.o. on notice that the united states intends to withdraw. that's step one. i am delighted. to know. that he. >> may. >> within two days of having issued the executive order, may now be reconsidering. this isn't a discussion of how much we are or are not willing to pay, and what other c

what's expected for health and human services secretary nominee robert f kennedy jr. [music] >> live from jack london square. this is mornings on two. the nine. >> today is wednesday, january. >> 29th, and we are looking at the san francisco bay. the richmond district golden gate park at the bottom there. it's wednesday, as i mentioned, and let's go to our reddit outrage of the day. it seems a woman has posted to reddit's wedding shaming sub, sharing her experience after attending a friend's lavish wedding. the wedding itself was a couple of years ago, and she says it cost her about $2,000 in travel expenses just to go there, just to attend. however, she was recently reminded by the bride's assistant that her gift was still missing despite the couple's millionaire status. mortified, she sent the gift but never received a thank you. welcome to the nine. >> bride's assistant. >> bride's assistant. you know what i that's just tacky on the bride. >> all of it. all of it. the whole like. >> i mean, i'll be honest. like, if, like, let's just pretend you're doing it again. n

trump nominated him as secretary of health and human services.ens of medical groups, hundreds of doctors, 87 advocacy groups including the naacp, the union for concerned scientists, say kennedy should not be put in charge of the nation's health. his family members tend to agree. caroline kennedy, daughter of john kennedy, calls her cousin, quote, a predator. rfk jr has expressed doubts about vaccines linking it to autism. there's no truth in that. questioned whether hiv causes aids and that wi-fi causes cancer. again, no evidence of that. his confirmation starts in just a few minutes, 7 a.m. our time. a lot of bay area parents involved in autism awareness andnd care will certainly be watching. they are concerned. thank you very much, scott. 638 right now. taking a live look outside up from the north bay this morning. a live look at san rafael. temperatures across the bay area. i mean, we are in winter, right? yes. and you're getting good use of those, perhaps christmas sweater gifts? yes. so we do need a lot of layers this morning. we're in the u

doctor cohen is an internal medical physician ran the north carolina department health of human services prior to joining c dx was executive vice president of solutions which helps independent primary care physicians health centers and clinics deliver better care to their patients and thrive in value based care. previously, she was chief operating center at the medicaid and medicare services serve as acting director of the senate consumer information and insurance oversight. in february, of 2019, you might have forgotten this. modern health care named one of the top 25 women leaders in health care. in september 2020 dr. cohen awarded leadership in public health practice award from harvard university. we clearly have benefited by your service not just at cdc but your service in the public health space. we welcome you today, and i turn it over to you for my comments. >> great. well thank you so much to csis senator burr and thank you for the long partnership and your counsel and advice in i was in north carolina leading het and human services as i took on this rolero at cdc. i wanted to st

department of health and human services. i want to thank president trump for entrusting me to deliver on his promise to make america healthy again. i also want to thank cheryl and get and bobby and all of my other children who are here today and all of the many members of my large extended family for the love that they have so generously shared. ours has always been a family that has been involved in public service, and i look forward to continuing that tradition. my journey into the issue of health began with my career as an environmental attorney, working with hunters and fishermen and mothers in a small town in the hudson valley. i learned very early on that human health and environmental injuries are intertwined. the same chemicals that kill fish make people sick also. today, americans overall health is in grievous condition. over 70% of adults and one third of children are overweight or obese. diabetes is 10 times more prevalent than it was in the 1960's cancer among young people is rising by 1% or 2% a year. autoimmune

while mr kennedy — president trumps pick to lead the department of health and human services — faced patel, who was nominated to serve as fbi director — was accused by democrats of promoting conspiracy theories and being supportive of the january sixth us capitol rioters. here's one of the combative exchanges from mr patel�*s hearings. now president. the bbc has apologised to staff who felt they could not they stayed silent". the apology came as the bbc published the findings of an internal review into brand's time as a radio presenter. the defence minister called it a signal for supporting kyiv. long—range missiles and drones. sweden is also giving assistance to moldova, describing this as part of a policy that aims energy the huge predators need, and how they're being affected the bears hunt seals across the arctic ice, melts more quickly. that means a poorer diet, affecting the health of mothers and cubs. polar bears head for shore. through the summer. when we joined a team of conservation scientists late already struggling with rising temperatures. for them to truly adapt. season