was a speaker at one of those anti lock down rallies of stefan home is the director of the institute of public finance at likeness university in hanover he has been a vocal opponent to all of the government's pandemic policies calling chancellor angela merkel's leadership a disaster mr home bargains good to have you on the day let me just go through a list. i know the united states brazil russia italy spain the u.k. they all have high death tolls from the coronavirus germany in comparison does not yet you say it's all been a failure here. is the whole thing one has to. think in terms of. deaths of victims and presses is. falling as well as germany so you cited large countries and in last countries of course where the large number of victims i think build up their own decision in germany it was a total mess it was ill conceived and it contradicted the real mendacious of international experts as joe jani does from stanford university and now i hope they will lift the locked up so that we are in the positions of just sweeping which is a phone call well let me pick up on that in just a 2nd mr hubb

from the institute of public and environmental affairs module. thank you. ladies and gentlemen i'm truly honored and humbled to be the 1st chinese citizen to receive the school award thank you thank you i said this institute of public. affairs. and our 1st project. to be a national water pollution database. though this records comes from the government sources the public can access the information by click on the locations on the map because people want to know you know who should be held responsible for such a bat what a pollution situation and so far we got some more than 110000 records of violations in our database. in april 2010 we filed letters to 29 mighty brands to check with them whether those polluting factories whether they are their suppliers . all of them responded except the one that is an apple. apple just give us one statement that is we have a long term policy not to disclose our supply chain. not to. my june contacted me and we began to work together to apply additional pressure to a company with headquarters here in the united states my mis

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security council spokesman michael, anchor of the daily briefing dana perino and the institute of politics and public service. the country is going through a tough time right now and minorities are going through the toughest time, i want to put up statistics. more than 100,000 people dead from the coronavirus, more than 40 million jobs lost and if you want to get a sense of how that is especially hit minorities in minnesota all them one third of coping cases are african-americans, although there's just 6% of the population of that state and now the george floyd case. is that why we are seeing the violent demonstrations across the country at this moment, as is the perfect storm? >> look, this is probably one of the saddest moments in this country in my lifetime. it is everything that you just said coming together, colliding in a terrible way. it is disproportionally hurting people of color in minority communities. i think it's important to recognize, there is a difference between the protesters who are out there making a legitimate point siding for justice and the looters who are exploiting the death

like in the last year dr cord epidemiologist at the hospital here in berlin and director of the institute for public health in berlin. we appreciate your insights tonight thank you. my pleasure have a good night. sharon oh yeah oh yeah kind of everyone is just holding. a song about home in a time when more people than ever before are being forced to confront their notion of home and belonging all things of course to the coronavirus of the video we just saw was a project of the jerusalem youth corps a course that brings young people from east and west jerusalem together in song and at the same time creates a space for dialogue between palestinians and israelis you saw my next guest in that video j y c's founder micah handler he joins me tonight from washington my kids good to have you back on the day you were on the show what was it about a month ago to talk about the chorus and talk to me about the course and this video . sure thanks so much for having me back it's really a pleasure. so the jerusalem youth chorus you introduced it very well our an israeli palestinian youth choir and dialogue program

escorting is an epidemiologist at the sharky hospital here in berlin he's also director of the institute for public health in berlin there to court it's good to have you on the show what do you say are we now beginning this rollercoaster in. it's a good question and i think it all depends on us and it depends on how the infection actually is turning out in the future i think that since we're opening up over the last days and weeks that the numbers have been stabilizing so i think that's a good that's a good news to to actually give to people we also have to understand that we need to focus very much on identifying the clusters that occur and really isolating those clusters as well as being able to trace to people who have been in contact so other than thinking of everybody in lockdown everybody down opening up and then they're going to lock down it is better to think of to identify clusters regional clusters and then deal with those clusters i think in many regions in germany we have very good numbers right now in outer regions we have to clusters so i think that it is important to really start wor

thank you for joining the virtual forum hosted by the institute of politics and public service, commonly referred to as g.u. politics. my name is matt percy and i am a student in the school of public policy. in my time at georgetown, i have had the opportunity to attend many discussion groups and special events. i can part of a team launching a student organization in the court migration andy policy initiative. it is a tremendous honor to introduce our guest tonight, senator mitt romney. growing up in utah, i can see the 2002 winter olympics ski jumps from my backyard. senator romney's leadership saved in the olympics and transformed my home state. from cofounding band capital to serving as governor of massachusetts, to running as the republican nominee for president, to representing the great state of utah in the u.s. senate, he has exhibited the best of american leadership in the private and public sectors. getting results while maintaining the upmost character and integrity. senator romney, thank you for being here to share your perspective with us tonight. the event is cosponsored by

the covid 19 pandemic has affected the normal operation of every public institution in our country. theuding, as you can see, legislative branch. i thank my colleagues and witnesses per -- for participating in today's hearing, which is the first of many covid-19-related oversight hearings that this committee will conduct. we will accomplish the business in accordance with the guidelines established by the rules committee, and in

crisis that we see today was touched in some ways by this study and a lot of public opinion about psychiatry, about institutions, were in part shaped by the study. is he, i think that in questioning it, we have to go back and question some of our assumptions and i hope that this gives us an opportunity to kind of go back and reassess in a way to move forward because you can't move forward on a rot ton foundation. if this study wasn't up to snuff and wasn't legitimate, we have to rethink conclusions presented. >> sunday night at 8 eastern on c-span's q & a. >> the senate is set to begin work on a house passed bill to reauthorize and reform programs under the foreign intelligence surveillance act that expired in march. yesterday utah senator mike lee spoke about some of the changes he would like to see in the legislation before a final vote is held thursday. >> mr. president, the constitution of the united states contains a number of constitutional protections for the citizens of our great republic. among the among provisions is contains with federalism and separation of power, separating out power along two axis

a research laboratory for the public health service called the hygienic laboratory was established in 1901. in 1930, congress changed its name to the national institute of at this famous institute in washington, d.c., most of the investigative work of the public health service is conducted. the diseases and conditions studied include a long list. heart disease is public enemy number one, first on the list of causes of death. more than 300,000 persons die each year in the united states from this cause. the electrocardiograph has aided in the study and diagnosis of heart disease. next is cancer. this disease results in the death of about 135,000 people in the united states annually. malaria is still an important public health problem in at least 16 states. there are more than 2 million cases annually. this patient is having a malarial chill. the fight against malaria is the fight against the malaria mosquito. the prevention of mosquito breeding by seeing no containers are left around to hold water and provide breeding places for mosquitoes and by eliminating refuse files and so far as possible -- refuse piles so far as possible. mosquito control has been

health crisis we see today was touched in some way by this study and a lot of public opinion about psychiatry, about its institutions were in part shaped by this study. so i think in questioning it, we have to go back and question some of our assumptions and i hope this gives us an opportunity to go back and reassess in a way to move forward because you can't move forward on a rotten foundation and of this study was not up to snuff, if it was not legitimate, we have to rethink some of the conclusions it presented. >> that's tonight at 8:00

public life. the president of the public health agency a whole bed institute had good news on tuesday only 685 new registered cases in germany since monday. it's our goal to protect the population from covert 1000 in the best way and that has worked very well in germany so far as you can tell from the latest figures. it's $100.00 days since the corona virus hit germany here in bavaria on the 27th of january a man falls ill after contracting the virus from his chinese coworkers initially german officials are relaxed health minister compares the corona virus to the flu. early much during carnival celebrations the region of hind spec becomes a virus hotspot but a bundesliga soccer game in nearby mentioned goes ahead with some 50000 spectators this is when the severity of the crisis really hits germany in early march t.v. images from crisis ridden italy reach german households by mid march more people have died from covert 1000 in italy than in china making italy the most hard hit country in the world german authorities ramp up testing and at i.c.u. beds in hospitals bigger events get cancelled shops

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the director of the institute for public knowledge i'd like to welcome you to tonight's virtual events celebrating the newest book this is all i got. thank you all for taking the time to tune in with us tonight. i'd also like to thank a few people that have made this virtual events possible. central to all of the workers and first responders across the globe tonight we celebrate this is all i've got which immerses the readers and the life of a young single homeless mother amidst her request to find stability and shelter right here in new york city. an award-winning journalist, essayist and author this is her third book and she's written about inequality and its many forms from publication including "the new york times," new york, the new republic, the nation, slate and salon and has worked as a producer at npr. tonight warren will be in conversation with "new york times" nonfiction critic previously an editor at the book review and a senior editor at harper's magazine. our events tonight will run for about one hour beginning with a conversation between jan and lauren followed by q-and-

a concern that's been raised as well on several occasions just even a couple of days ago again by the public health institute here in germany the robert cock institute and the president of the roma caucus issues said just the other day that it is with great certainty he said in his words that there will be a 2nd wave and this is something that both the state governments and the federal government are now preparing for and as we heard that in the report and a mouthful made it clear yesterday that should there be an increase in acute cases all of cloven 19 it's specifically 2 specific districts in germany then it will be the state's individual responsibility to ensure that restrictions of re implemented so we could see waves of mini lockdowns depending on how and whether the number of new cases in germany does indeed increase in the coming months germany states as you say do have a lot of freedom in terms of how far and how fast they go and relaxing restrictions that lead to a lot of difference is that working out well what we've seen so far is indeed germany's federal system in action of course there is advan

of health. at this famous institute in washington, d.c., most of the investigate work of the public health servicestudied by the service include a long list. heart disease is public enemy number one. it is first on the list of the causes of death. more than 300,000 persons die each year in the united states from this cause. the electro cardiograph has aided in the study of heart disease. next is cancer. this disease results in the death of about 135,000 people in the united states annually. malaria is still an important public health problem in at least 16 states of union. this mosquito-borne disease has more than 2 million cases annually. the prevention of mosquito breeding by seeing that no containers are left around to catch water and providing a breeding place for mosquitos. in certain regions, mosquito control has been accomplished by dusting water areas with a poisonous mixture. this dusting is done from trucks, by hand-dusting machines, and by airplanes, according to the conditions met with. another effective method employed is the killing of larvae. you can also keep mosquitos out of the h

dan salmon is the director of the institute for vaccine safety at johns hopkins bloomberg school of publiclth. he was responsible for leading the federal vaccine safety program during the h1n1 influence pandemic a decade ago. we spoke via skype. dan solomon, thank you for talking with me. so we've heard conflicting timelines about when a vaccine could be ready. what point do you start figuring out, ok, there's a vaccine on the horizon. who's going to get it first and how are those guidelines going to be created? dan: so typically this is decided by the advisory committee on immunization practices. this is an advisory group to the cdc, the external experts. and typically, the way this works is when a vaccine is looking promising in phase three trials and the company is getting ready to see licensure from the fda. they would sit down with a working group of that advisory committee and share the data. and this way, by the time the vaccine is available, there's already clear recommendations. soledad: and one day -- would they create recommendations around the people who are most susceptible to

in 1930, congress changed the name to the national institute of health. the publicealth service is conducted. the disease is not conditioned. public enemy number one, first on the list of causes of death. thousands of persons die every year in the united states from this cause. the electrocardiograph has aided in the study of heart disease. next most important it's cancer. this results in the death of in the35,000 people united states annually. -- the fight against malaria is the fight against the malaria mosquito. no containers are left lying around to provide breeding places for mosquitoes and in certain -- regions, effective mosquito control has been accomplished. dusting is done from trucks. by hand dusting machines. and, by airplanes. another effective method is the killing of larvae by the oiling of stagnant water. other methods include draining ditches, and keeping mosquitoes out of the home by screening. other can watch this and american history programs on our website, where all our video is archived. >> the association of the u.s. army hosts a book forum w

most of these institutions when iris -- describe, they say hey we have made a mistake. when public health said, you know, the forecast says 2 million people dying from coronavirus, and then they came tok and said it was 15,000 11,000, the input was not accurate and now we're looking at the data. that should create more credibility. in some circles it seems to contract. now they say you see these other people not telling us the truth, they are people? it's good politics but i think it is damaging to the health and well-being of our national psyche. not to mention national spirits. that i hope we find on the left and the right. and what a handsome scotty that is, by the way. [laughter] >> thank you. >> all right, thanks, emily. antonio, you are up. >> taking a broader approach and consideration of the different approach we are talking about in the upcoming presidential election, frequently we hear that this is the most important .lection your perspective, what are the stakes in consideration of american values, commenting on these crises, what do you think the stakes are and what is

. >> i associate director of nyu institute for public knowledge and for this virtual event celebrating warren sandler's book. thank you all for taking the time to tune in with us tonight i would also like to thank a few key people have made

institutes of health. he's commander of the u.s. public health service commission for 2025. now we'll ask each of our witnesses to summarize their remarks in five minutes. following that, each senator will have five minutes for questions and answers in order of seniority. dr. fauci, let's begin with you. welcome. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. rfrnging member murray and members of the committee. thank you for giving me the opportunity to discuss with you today the role the national institutes of health and research addressing covid-19. the strategic plan that we have is fourfold, one, to improve our fundamental knowledge of the vi virus and the disease it causes. next, to develop new point of care diagnostics, next to characterize and test therapeutic, and finally, develop safe and effective vaccines. first with regard to diagnostics. as you probably heard, going back to francis collins last thursday, the nih has developed the rapid acceleration of diagnostics program with an award to that specific program up to a half a billion dollars to support the development of c

the director of the institute for public knowledge i'd like to welcome you to tonight's virtual events celebrating the newest book this is all i got.

i spoke to the head of the harvard public health institute who said, listen, next year if everythingrfectly. what's the reality here? >> the reality is that, a, we don't know if a vaccine is even going to work against the novel coronavirus. and b, we don't know how long it's going to be. back in january, dr. tony fauci said 12 to 18 months. so he is now saying, yeah, it's possible, as i said back in january of this year, 12 to 18 months. so is january of next year possible? sure. but he's giving no guarantees, dr. deborah birx is giving no guarantees. we'll just have to live with this uncertainty. is it possible we'll have a vaccine in january? sure, it's possible. is it possible we'll also be working towards that goal? that is also possible. >> elizabeth cohen, thank you very much. let's bring in james phillips. he is a physician and physician professor at the university of washington hospital. doctor, it's great to have you. >> good morning. >> a lot of folks are riding on a vaccine because folks want to go back to normal but they want to do so safely. it surprised me somewhat when

restricted but of course that comes with the danger as well that we might indeed see a spike over new cases in germany that's something that scientists specially from the robot call institute the public health institute here in germany has been warning of that we could indeed see a 2nd wave of 19 here in germany and that is a risk especially as people will now most likely in the coming weeks come into closer contact with each other with or without months you missed the whole recall institute which is germany's infectious diseases authority in a way and vising the government on all these measures that it is taking that has come under fire as well there were claims that the viral it just has taken over government. does it will that come to an end today. so you don't think it will come to an end the government angler model and the state premiers are still making their decisions very much still being informed by expert opinion but of course this is a debate that we've seen growing in recent weeks if you look back to the beginning of the pandemic 100 days of our if you will now here in germany the 1st case was announced 100 days ago there was a lot more closer cooperation between politici

at the university of pennsylvania, was a senior investigator at the national institutes of health, was commander of u.s. public health service commission. we'll ask each to make their remarks for five minutes. following that each senator will have five minutes for questions and answers in order of seniority. dr. fauci, let's begin with you. welcome. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, ranking member murray and members of the committee. thank you for giving me the opportunity to discuss with you today the role the national institutes of health and research addressing covid-19. the strategic plan that we have is fourfold. one, to improve our fundamental knowledge of the virus and the disease it causes. next, to develop new care diagnostics. next, to characterize and test therapeutics and finally, new vaccines. first to diagnostics. as you probably heard from the column last thursday, the united states has developed the diagnostics program called redx with an award to that specific program of up to half a billion dollars to support the development of covid-19 diagnostics. it is a national call of innovative tec

this bipartisan bill is already receive support of the american t institute of cpas, certified public accountants, and is critical to ensuring america's small businesses receive the full intended benefits by congress and the paycheck protection program. as we continue to provide relief for america's workers and small businesses, it is critical that this fix be included. texas small business saw the paychecks protection program is a lifeline during this incredibly challenging time. let's not make them regret grabbing a hold of it. >> sunday night on q&a look at american presidents of the lens of the books they've written with journalist and historian craig. samantha stories often been you sought in that piercing quote that kennedy's father was the one pulling the strings behind the scene. but that's not true jack kennedy won the pulitzer prize. he told another historian i would rather win a pulitzer prize and be president. and so because he had the strong desire for literary fame, even though he didn't really want to do literary work, he got himself the prize. in new york city, washing

an author of the 2019 book, the madness of crowds and he is with this in person at the manhattan institute i think in early 2018 that was just after the publication of this book, the strange death of europe. now douglas is a formidable political critic and while he is an observer of all things, and the uk and the u.s. but i'm not sure he knew the subjects of both of his most recent books and this one would come into place so much during this particular moment in time. but they have and it is for that reason and many others that it is my pleasure to welcome you, douglas, to our event this afternoon. >> guest: thank you very much, vanessa, it's a great pleasure to be with you and your members. >> host: thank you the way this will work, douglas and i will talk for the next 20 minutes or so and at which point we will turn over to the q&a to you, the audience. if you look at the right-hand side of your screen there is a little widget and a little triangle with the road question. you can type in questions anytime you like. you can do it while douglas and i are speaking and when you turn over to the q&a portion of the event, i will be looking at that li

and there's a lot of public opinion about its institution were shaped by the study. so i think that in questioning it, we have to go back and question some of our assumptions and i hope that this gives us an opportunity to go back and reassess in a way to move forward because we can't move forward on a rotten foundation. to if this study wasn't up snuff, if it wasn't legitimate, we have to rethink some of the conclusions. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's cumin day. joining us from little rock is arkansas governor asa hutchinson . thank you for being with us. guest: it is great to be with you any great to be on c-span again. host: new job numbers out today showing an estimated 3 million americans filing for unemployment this week alone. what has been the economic impact on this pandemic on your state of arkansas? guest: we have taken a serious hit. whenever you look at the businesses closed for a couple months, you look at the unemployment figures that go up. whenever you look at those who do not qualify for unemployment, the barbers and salon operators that

crisis that we see today was touched in some ways by this study, and a lot of public opinion about psychiatry and institutions were in part shaped by the study. it, weink in questioning have to go back and question some of our assumptions, and i hope that this gives us an opportunity to kind of go back and reassess in a way, to move forward. forward on a run foundation. this study was not up to snuff. it was not legitimate. we have to rethink some of the conclusions it presented. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. journal,"washington journalists from around the world give an update on global coronavirus response efforts, including new zealand, south korea, the united kingdom, sweden, and spain.

oncology at university of pennsylvania, a senior investigator at the national institutes of health, commander of the u.s. health public service commission. i will ask each of our witnesses to summarize their remarks in five minutes. following that, each senator will have five minutes for questions and answers in the order of seniority. dr. fauci, let's begin with you. welcome. dr. fauci: thank you very much mr. chairman, ranking member murray, and members of the committee. thank you for giving me the chance to discuss with you today the role of the national institutes for health and research for covid-19. the plan we have is fourfold, one is to improve our understanding of the virus, to develop new care diagnostics, to characterize and test therapeutics, and finally, develop safe and effective vaccines. first, with regard to diagnostics, as you probably heard from dr. francis collins last thursday, the nih has developed the rapid acceleration of diagnostics program, called radx. it supports the develop of covid-19 diagnostics. there is a national call for innovative technologies that will be evaluated in a "shark proc

and most recently 2019 book "the madness of crowds," and he was with us in person at the man institute i think it only 2018, and that and i was r the publication of this book, the strange death of europe. douglas is a formidable political critic and an observer of all things uk and individua, i'm not sure that he knew that the subjects about the most recent book and this one will come into play so much during this particular moment in time that they have. it's for that reason and many others that it is my pleasure to welcome you, douglas, 2010 this afternoon. >> thank you very much. it's great pleasure to be with you and with all your members. >> thank you. the way this will work, douglas and i will talk for the next 20 minutes or so at which point we will turn over the q&a to you, the audience to keep a look at the right hand side of your screen there's a little widget and a little triangle with the word question. you can type in any question time you like, while we're speaking. we'll return over the q&a portion of the event i would be look at that list and pulling your questions -- posing questions douglas at that time. we're going to jump r

of health. institute ins washington, d.c. most of the investigative work of the public health services conducted.he diseases and conditions studied include a long list. enemyisease public number one. more than 300,000 persons die each year in the united states from this cause. the cardio graph has aided greatly. next, the importance of cause of death is cancer. ofs results in the death 135,000 americans annually. malaria is an important problem in at least 16 states of the union. this mosquito borne disease affects within 2 million annually. this patient is having malaria chills. the fight against malaria is that against the mosquito. we prevent mosquito breeding by seeing no containers are left lying around and providing breeding places. all standingnating water as much as possible. regions, effective mosquito control has been done by a poisonous mixture. this is done from trucks. machines and also by airplane according to the conditions met. another effective method is the killing of larva by the oiling of stagnant water. other preventative measures are draining and keeping mosquitoes out of th

founder and director of the subject institute the 1st public policy think tank in libya he's on skype from london now so just to go back to the cease fire quickly the idea of a cease fire for ramadan rejected by the government of national accord. doesn't that what does that make them look bad that they weren't willing to take what looks like and offer from khalifa haftar. so there you have to this you would get to the official says fall on a. so it's an individual. thomas you use the actions to pull weapons from the. jew he talks in moscow in the end james hopes. of those that are in his use the column since generally 20 of them there was an official call for him to use personally to continue the war in tripoli to import more weapons and more politicians than some and that is an insult to the. let's call them this is why it's so hard to watch the fences around this but i'm no stranger of a and rejected any humanitarian needs. based on the war was a was a jihad of the more holy month although. it had made the call for a cease fire was over in that sense the general has a reason that it