donald trump jay bhattacharya for the national institutes of health.s a vocal critic of lockdowns vaccine mandates during the pandemic, give us the details on trump's latest pick. >> health policy professor and economist at stanford university, one of the early critics of the pandemic lockdowns and the vaccine mandates and he also co-authored the barrington declaration, he argued that lockdowns were harmful. he argued for a more targeted approach where most people with low risk would live normally to achieve. heard immunity while more vulnerable people at higher risk would be encouraged to get protections like vaccines. at the time he wrote, quote, as immunity builds in the population the risk of infection to all including the vulnerable falls. our goal should therefore be to minimize mortality and social harm until we reach heard immunity. his criticism prompted the then director of the nih doctor francis collins to label jay bhattacharya and his ideas as fringe much water under the old ownership blacklisted jay bhattacharya. since then jay bhattachar

jay bhattacharya wrote the foreword to this book. tell us who he is. dr. bhattacharya is a holds a ph.d., but also an m.d. and he teaches at stanford, where he's been for quite a while. and he he's a professor of medicine. but also has a background in economics so he can talk to you about health, but he can also talk to you about the medical side, which is, you know, balancing act. not everybody can do very. and until this all came along, he was a very mild mannered academic, very well respected. and he wrote a great many academic papers and he had absolutely, if you've ever talked to him, had zero interest in being in the public eye, that is the last thing on earth he wanted to do. but he felt like he got thrust into it because something like this happens and. some of his work had to do with age and health policy and then covid along. how could he not write about that. and he found that his colleagues were deserting him, were criticizing. i mean, criticism. criticism is one thing, but there were posters around campus smearing him, calling him a liar, even

>> well, alex his supporters say that doctor jay bhattacharya is just the right person to shake up the national institutes of health, which some believe could use an overhaul. but his detractors worry that his track record on the covid 19 pandemic is a serious red flag president elect donald trump says his choice to lead the national institutes of health will, quote restore the nih to a gold standard of medical research. but many medical experts say doctor jay bhattacharya, a stanford trained physician and economist, could cause significant upheaval. >> i think it's controversial, but also in keeping with the almost all of the president elect's health picks to date. >> the 56 year old jay bhattacharya became a lightning rod during the covid pandemic for speaking out against mask and vaccine mandates. >> you don't bully people. you tell people, go talk with your doctor, talk over the risks and then make your own decision. that's the right way to do public health. >> and he was a strong opponent of lockdowns during the height of the pandemic. >> the lockdown is devastating for the under

they are worried about jay bhattacharya. he stood during the pandemic in opposition to standard public health measures like masking, and social distancing. and school closures. and experts who are more in the mainstream says the measures saved lot of lives and if we have another pandemic, they are very worried about how this trump team will respond. >> just to illustrate the extent to which he stood in opposition to some of the messages -- methods and messages he was one of the authors of the great barrington declaration. can you tell us about that how it was received. >> the great barrington declaration was a gathering of epidemiologists and others who issued this manifesto, in 2020 saying basically that we should let covid spread unchecked throughout the population. among young people, and people who are healthy while protecting the vulnerable. and they called this focused protection. and it was dismissed as fringe and in fact dangerous. people tony fauci, as you said called it nonuses and francis collins says watt -- bhat

jay bhattacharya will work under are, fd jr. as -- rfk jr. of the national institute of health. bhattacharya was one of the first to say lock lockdowns were harmful to mental and physical health. he will be responsible for public health research, ashley. ashley: lauren, thank you very much. now coming to us, president-elect trump's florida classified documents case, guess what? it's been officially dismissed by an appeals court. trump was accused of sharing classified information and improperly storing documents at his home in mar-a-lago. todd piro joins us this morning. todd, great to see you and, my goodness, another victory for donald trump. >> yeah. i'm going to put a qualifier on this. now it's been officially officially dismissed because yesterday the appeals court officially dismissed it, now we have an order officially dismissing it. the overall takeaway is these cases are done, fin if ito, they cannot be revived, it's over. keep in mind there are, at least in one of the jack smith cases, two other defendants that i believe he is stil

jay bhattacharya is a professor of health policy at stanford university and now the nominee to be the next director of the national institutes of health. in a statement on social media, he said he was humbled by the nomination and promised reform. bhattacharya has made national news long before this nomination. >> the harms from these lockdowns are absolutely devastating. >> that was an interview abc seven did with doctor bhattacharya back in 2020. he openly opposed the covid lockdown restrictions at the time. in october that year, he was one of three authors of the great barrington declaration, an open letter that promoted herd immunity or that people at low risk should live normally to build immunity and those at higher risk should be protected. fast forward more than four years later, some in the local medical community are looking back at his views differently. >> i think no one got the pandemic right, but there was a lot in his approach that in retrospect, actually made sense. >> doctor monica gandhi is a professor of medicine and infectious disease doctor at ucsf. the university

jay bhattacharya is a professor of health policy at stanford university, and now the nominee to be the next director of the national institutes of health. in a statement on social media, he said he was humbled by the nomination and promised reform. bhattacharya has made national news long before this nomination. >> the harms from these lockdowns are absolutely devastating. >> that was an interview abc seven did with doctor bhattacharya back in 2020. he openly opposed the covid lockdown restrictions at the time. in october that year, he was one of three authors of the great barrington declaration, an open letter that promoted herd immunity or that people at low risk should live normally to build immunity and those at higher risk should be protected. fast forward more than four years later, some in the local medical communy are looking back at his views differently. >> i think no one got the pandemic right, but there was a lot in his approach that in retrospect, actually made sense. >> doctor monica gandhi is a professor of medicine and infectious disease doctor at ucsf. the university i

jay bhattacharya as head of the nih, the nation's medical research agency. >> government was the number-one source of misinformation during the pandemic. >> reporter: bhattacharya was highly critical of the doctors who led the u.s. response to covid-19, including dr. anthony fauci. he blasted the use of masks and lockdowns and called vaccines propaganda. trump's pick for secretary of health and human services, robert f. kennedy jr., is also a vaccine skeptic. what do trump's picks to lead health agencies tell you so far about the future of these agencies? >> many of these selections imply a skepticism of science. >> reporter: cbs news medical contributor dr. celine gounder is an infectious disease specialist. >> politics and partisanship don't necessarily make for good science, for good biomedical research. and so we can anticipate that this will harm research at the nih, could interfere with the best public health policies coming out of the cdc. >> reporter: trump has also selected a secretary of the navy, john feelin, who has never served in the military. he was a trump campaign mega dono

we're learning more about doctor jay bhattacharya as he prepares to join the president elect's administrationd if you're in charge of cooking thanksgiving dinner, but also are a mega procrastinator, you're in luck. we'll tell you which stores are still open today. i don't consider this procrastinating. i consider it just in time. shopping. >> just in time. i am a procrastinator, i admit, but my wife is on top of everything. she's got it all. i help, sure. yeah, but. >> but you won't be swinging by the store on the way home today. >> no i won't. it's all. it's all done. oh, wow. >> really? >> oh, yeah. okay. well, i mean, all except the final touches. you know, the cooking and everything. but everything's in place. it's organized. it's. it's prepped, as they say. yeah. oh, yeah. you're ready to go. ready to go. >> and by the time you get to this afternoon, it's going to be pretty beautiful outside. >> it is. as a matter of fact, let's take a look at what's happening right now, because it's pretty cold outside. although the skies are clear. but these are our forecast headlines right now. thanks

but all the way down the line, one of the big picks there doctor jay bhattacharya to lead the national institutes of health. of course, it's a massive research agency. $48 billion or so in its annual budget. one of the big things they'll be focused on in his confirmation proceedings will be how he talked about the issue of covid. he was someone who had pushed for so-called herd immunity back in october 2020. and this is what he said in december of 2020. >> everyone who's listening has felt the harms of the lockdown on net for the young. >> the lockdowns are much worse than covid. >> you don't bully people, you tell people go talk with your doctor, talk over the risks and then make your own decision that's the right way to do public health and doctor jonathan reiner, who's a public health expert criticized jay bhattacharya said that his plan would have killed many more americans, but really, this is going to bring back the issue of covid and lockdowns back into the fore. >> but it's also so telling because this is a pick where it's known, where what his views were on covid, and those ar

jay bhattacharya to oversee the national institutes of health.unity during the covid pandemic and challenged lockdowns and mask mandates. if confirmed, he would oversee a $48 billion budget, more than 18,000 employees and 27 separate institutes and centers that focus on different diseases like cancer and diabetes. with us now is dr. kavita patel, former obama white house policy director and msnbc contributor. good to see you, doctor. what do you make of donald trump's pick to head the national institutes of health? >> dr. bhattacharya is obviously -- to be a professor at stanford is no small accomplishment. he has a track record, economics, research. the critical place, jose, is can he handle the mandate of this institute in light, especially, of these very controversial stances and comments around public health at a time when, let's face it, the world doesn't have faith in public health and science and eroding that trust can be devastating to the research community. >> that trust in public health, some would say, is precisely because of the lack

jay bhattacharya to lead the national institutes of health, the world's largest medical research agency. the stanford physician and economist controversial for harshly criticizing covid vaccine mandates and lockdowns. >> the lockdowns themselves have been incredibly damaging, damaging to everybody. they transform the lives of nearly every single human being, and for poor people around the world. they've been particularly devastating for young people. for children they've been devastating. >> reporter: he also argued efforts to prevent covid should be focused on seniors and that the virus should be allowed to spread among the young and healthy to develop herd immunity. those views well outside the medical mainstream. still, dr. ashish jha, who oversaw the biden administration's pandemic response, today acknowledging bhattacharya is qualified to lead the nih, saying, "there were times during the pandemic where he took a set of views that were contrary to most people in the public health world, including my own views. but he's fundamentally a very smart, well-qualified person." bhattachary

jay bhattacharya as head of the nih, the nation's medical research agency. >> the government was theber one source of misinformation during the pandemic. >> reporter: bhattacharya was highly critical of the doctors who led the u.s. response to covid-19, including dr. anthony fauci. he blasted the use of masks and lockdowns and called vaccines propaganda. trump's pick for secretary of health and human services robert f. kennedy jr. is also a vaccine skeptic. what do trump's picks to lead health agencies tell you so far about the future of these agencies? >> many of these selections imply a skepticism of science. >> reporter: cbs news medical contributor dr. celine gounder is an infectious disease specialist. >> politics and partisanship don't necessarily make for good science, for good biomedical research, and so we can anticipate that this will harm research at the nih, could interfere with the best public health policies coming out of the cdc. >> reporter: trump has also selected a secretary of the navy, john phelan, who has never served in the military. phelan was a megadonor to th

doctor jay bhattacharya has impressive credentials, but is also controversial in the medical world.t night, mr. trump announced that he picked doctor bhattacharya to lead the national institutes of health. he's known this is known as the nih. if confirmed, he'll lead two dozen institutes and centers in charge of the nation's medical research. this is a hugely important position for our national health. doctor bhattacharya has been at stanford since 1990. he's a professor of health policy and directs stanford center for demography and economics of health and aging. he tweeted that he plans to, quote, reform scientific institutions so they're worthy of trust. again, the doctor made headlines during the pandemic. he was an outspoken critic of covid lockdowns. he and two other doctors from harvard and oxford came up with the barrington declaration. it called herd immunity before vaccines were readily available. that's what he wanted. herd immunity. they felt that it would have allowed covid to spread freely amongst a large part of the population, and only protect those most at risk. a f

but last night jay bhattacharya, who is a who was a covid skeptic, a skeptic of some of the lockdownolicies, skeptical of some of the vaccines as they were being rolled out he is would lead the nih, assuming national institutes of health. the $48 billion budget is such a massive agency that would be a sea change from the biden administration. this could be one of the most significant changes in really all of the different cabinet appointees we're seeing. if you want to just compare it to joe biden, joe biden's picks, without a doubt. >> i mean, we always knew there would be differences, obviously, but this is when you look at the health. it's very specific. i mean, it's not that these potential nominees aren't experienced in their field. i mean, those but they have a different kind of experience and they i with a deep skepticism of the vaccine program, like you said. so i think, you know one tion herthat you hear biden officials say a lot like, what if there is a pandemic? there are the early signs of a widening of the bird flu, for example every administration deals with some type o

the president elect also named stanford's jay bhattacharya to run the national institutes of health, or nih. bhattacharya is a physician, economist, became well known during the pandemic for his opposition to masks and the lockdown. he argued young people who would be less likely to die from covid should be allowed to return to normal while we protected the elderly and the sick. he also wrote an op ed at the time for the wall street journal entitled is the coronavirus as deadly as they say? in which he predicted relatively few americans would actually die, a 20 or 40,000 death epidemic, he wrote, is far less severe than one that kills 2 million. now covid 19 led to the death of 1.1 million americans, according to the w.h.o. rudy giuliani was back in court in new york city yesterday, facing a judge who was concerned the former trump lawyer was not turning over his belongings fast enough. you recall giuliani was found liable for telling lies about two election volunteers forced to pay $148 million. here's giuliani coming out of court. i have no cash. it's all tied up. so right now, if i

that's doctor jay bhattacharya. want to play a clip from my interview with him four years ago. >> there's a thousand fold difference between, for instance, the risk that a child faces, which is something on the order of 1 in 100,000 of mortality from getting covid 19 to someone who's over over 70, which may be as high as 4 or 5 and 100, the harms from these lockdowns are absolutely devastating, not just the economics, but also to health. so, for instance, during the lockdown, we've seen people who skip cancer treatments, who skip diabetes management, treatments, they've skipped their immunizations for their children. so we shouldn't take these lockdowns lightly as if they're just a zero cost kind of thing. and we should wait until we have a vaccine. they're causing health costs now. >> okay, that might have sounded different from what most bay area doctors were saying four years ago, and considered by many to be fringe at the time. but now many people do feel that california did do too many lockdowns for too long an

. >> the key thing about jay bhattacharya to understand is, obviously he supported the kind of swedish model, the no lockdown model which agree with it or not. it worked out okay in sweden, you know, but it wasn't a disaster. it was another choice but what happened to him when he shared his perspective on twitter? we know from the twitter files it was revealed that he was put on the blacklist, right for spreading. quote unquote misinformation when really it was just a minority viewpoint but sweden is also a much healthier country. >> when we talk about the fact that there were so many preexisting conditions from diabetes, which affects a lot of youth here, when you talk about people being overweight when we talk about blood pressure issues, autoimmune disorders, there are so much more here. when we look into those factors specifically of people who would have been at higher risk for covid that just do not exist in the same proximity or population in sweden, the more important point for jay bhattacharya is that he was censored from twitter for expressing a pretty scientifically backed v

elect trump has picked a candidate to lead the national institutes of health, naming doctor jay bhattacharyato take over the job once held by doctor anthony fauci. the stanford university professor would have taken a much different approach to the pandemic. he was a vocal critic of the lockdowns and has promoted the idea of herd mentality. meanwhile, the incoming border czar, tom homan, visited texas. he says he's ready to carry out plans for mass deportations, starting with criminals. while speaking to members of the texas national guard. homan had a message for democratic mayors and governors who have threatened to push back. let me be clear there is going to be a mass deportation because we just finished a mass illegal immigration crisis on the border, and i'm sending a message for people who say they're going to get in our way. don't test us. the nation wants a safe country. it's unclear how these deportations would be carried out, but a study from a pro-immigration advocacy group estimated that up to 4 million mixed status families are at risk of being split up, and the plan could cost

doctor jay bhattacharya will need senate confirmation to fill the role once held by doctor anthony fauci. the stanford professor was a critic of pandemic lockdowns and promoted the idea of herd immunity. meanwhile, mr. trump's border czar traveled to texas to prepare for mass deportations. here's gabe gutierrez, president elect trump's border czar in texas, saying he's ready to carry out trump's campaign pledge to secure the border and deport undocumented immigrants, starting with criminals. let me be clear there is going to be a mass deportation because we just finished a massive illegal immigration crisis on the border. after more than 10 million illegal border crossings in the last four years, tom homan says he plans to take the handcuffs off immigration and customs enforcement, known as ice. but a major question is how he'll get the manpower to do it. do you believe that local authorities should help enforce federal immigration laws? oh, absolutely. i think we have to. jeffrey gaylor is the sheriff of harford county, maryland, one of dozens across 21 states that are part of ice's 287

jay bhattacharya is currently a professor of health policy. he gained notoriety during the pandemic for his opposition to covid lockdowns. he'll work closely with health and human services nominee robert f kennedy jr. bhattacharya put out a statement on social media saying that he was humbled by the nomination and promising reform, saying he will, quote, deploy the fruits of excellent science to make america healthy again. >> the rain is finally in our rear view and we have some dry days ahead. looking out live at a chilly night across the bay area. beautiful shot though. abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the thanksgiving forecast. sandhya. >> yeah, and it is going to be a in unison, a beautiful thanksgiving forecast. and let me show it to you in the morning on thursday. we're talking about a cold one with frost, 30s and 40s. mainly sunny skies at 4 p.m. we are looking at milder weather with 50s and 60s. the chill will settle back in again by nightfall. look at these live pictures. i mean, visibility is terrific no matter

jay bhattacharya is currently a professor of health policy. he gained notoriety during the pandemic for his opposition to covid lockdowns. he'll work closely with health and human services nominee robert f kennedy jr. bhattacharya put out a statement on social media saying that he was humbled by the nomination and promising reform, saying he will, quote, deploy the fruits of excellent science to make america healthy again. >> the rain is finally in our rear view and we have some dry days ahead. looking out live at a chilly night across the bay area. beautiful shot though. abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the thanksgiving forecast. sandhya. >> yeah, and it is going to be a in unison, a beautiful thanksgiving forecast. and let me show it to you in the morning on thursday. we're talking about a cold one with frost, 30s and 40s. mainly sunny skies at 4 p.m. we are looking at milder weather with 50s and 60s. the chill will settle back in again by nightfall. look at these live pictures. i mean, visibility is terrific no matter

trump will nominate doctor jay bhattacharya to lead the national institutes of health. the nih is made up of two dozen institutes and centers that do early research on everything from vaccines for emerging diseases to targets for new drugs. doctor bhattacharya was an outspoken critic of covid lockdowns and doctor anthony fauci s leadership during the pandemic. bhattacharya has been at stanford since 1990. he's a professor of health policy and directs stanford center for demography and economics of health and aging. tonight, the doctor tweeted that he's humbled by the nomination for mr. trump and will reform scientific institute institutions. so they're, quote worthy of trust again. it is now wednesday morning in the middle east. and there is a big development. a cease fire between israel and hezbollah ending months of deadly fighting in lebanon. president biden announced the deal was brokered by the united states. this is designed to be a permanent cessation of hostilities. what is left of hezbollah and other terrorist organizations will not be allowed. will, i emphasiz

another big pick overnight for nat national institute of health, jay bhattacharya, who challenged covidkdown policy got his twitter account shut down pre-elon musk ownership. he talked to martha maccallum about how he would change the nih if he got the gig. >> the key to that, a long-term project that where science matters and nih has been focused on infectious disease. not that you should not focus on that, it neglected chronic conditions that plague americans. >> peter: president-elect trump has no public events, this is longest stress without press conferences in months. lawrence. >> lawrence: peter doocy, thank you. whitney tillson is running for mayor of new york city, hoping to address surge in violence and out of control migrant crisis. cut crime, fix spending and prioritize legal citizens of the city. whitney tillson joins us now. thank you for joining the program. i look at your background and your priorities and you sound more like a republican than a modern democrat, why not run as a republican? >> because i'm not a republican. i'm a child of peace corp parents and strong act

jay bhattacharya the director of the national institutes of health. you have jim o'neill, deputy secretary of health and human services, john thelan and jeff haley. the more controversial pick is dr. bhattacharya who needs senate confirmation to lead the nation's top medical research agency. he said public covid lockdowns were -- he promoted herd immunity and people should have been able to live normally and build up immunity to covid-19. in choosing hesset and greer he is relying on two veterans of his first administration, he said greer played a key role in imposing tariffs on china and hesset will insure countries don't take care of the u.s. on trade. he encouraged the passing of trump's promised reciprocal trade act. >> something in the republican platform. the trading partner charges us double the tariff we charge them. if we say we'll lift our tariffs to what yours is and lower it to ours it could end reducing tariffs around the world. >> meantime the trump transition team signed a memorandum of understanding with the biden white house yesterday

jay bhattacharya who said it should spread to lead to herd immunity. dr.ice choice to lead centers for medicaid and medicare services is-- health and human services pick rfk jr. as secretary who has no medical training, has long promoted fringe conspiracy theories about childhood vaccines. on friday former trump fda commissioner scott gottlieb had a dire warning for the future of health in this country should rfk jr. get confirmed. >> i think if rfk follows through his intentions, and i believe he will and can come it will cost lives in this country. you are going to see measles, mumps, rubella vaccination rates go down. if we lose another 5% which could happen in the next year or two we will see large measles outbreaks. >> joining me now is dr. josh green, the governor of hawaii . governor green, thank you very much. i think you have been on the show before, welcome back to this show. so you have a personal experience having dealt with rfk jr.'s misinformation when it comes to childhood vaccines. what exactly is it? >> well, in 2019 not long ago, it's alm

national institutes of health jay bhattacharya restoring public trust in public health. if r.f.k.nfirmed by the senate. the heart of his make america healthy agenda is diet and exercise which are both important to people taking weight loss drugs. the pharmaceuticals have not been part of the pitch. >> we're talking about utilizing this drug as a first line of defense for human beings as young as 6 years old. we're talking about a vast swath of the population. up to 28 million people that they would like to prescribe these drugs to, that are simply not candidates. >> peter: losing weight any way you do it probably a tough sell the day before thanksgiving. maybe easier next week. back to you. >> brian: thanks so much, peter. really impactful conversation. because, if you are going to put this on medicare and medicaid. one arguments is they are not going to be able to afford it. >> lawrence: no. >> brian: plastic surgery is not covered on a lot of plans because it's elective. and you choose to do this. but then they can come back and say well, if you want to be healthy, this will mak

jay bhattacharya really the first time i saw him was on our channel. he was being marginalized and ridiculed and shadow banned with the pandemic. i think a lot of these nominations are going to a look back at where we were in 2020. and we are going to end up debating the merits of the mandates and the -- and the effectiveness of this -- of the, you know, of the coronavirus, how they handled it and the effectiveness of the vaccine. >> lawrence: the shutdowns as well. that's the key when you look at his entire health team, emily, everyone started at a position of caution. because we hadn't never seen anything like this before. but, as the pandemic continued and the shutdowns and lockdowns and the forcing of vaccines on people. then we saw these voices like. bhattacharya. nesheiwat and matter makary and now all of them are in the administration is. >> emily: i appreciate economist as though silenced people expertise. there is no way someone could be a physician and also have common sense and also have a grasp of the bloated bureaucracy that the nih and th

brian: you can add jay bhattacharya to that let's are, trump has nominated him to be director of nih.censored by his university, got attacked everywhere, the great barrington declaration. almost everything he said turned out actually to be what was really going on in the world, and yet he was not allowed the speak by the so-called experts. rachel: and thanks to this administration and doge, this accountability office that's being, you know, developed under trump, under the leadership of vivek ramaswamy and elon musk, we're going to start to see juse tip of the iceberg. i think that this censorship industrial plex that was funded with our own dollars, our own tax dollars, i think we're going to find more and more of that. charlie: and, by the way, i think that, you know, under the current -- the undercurrent of this election probably was influenced very much by that anger about -- rachel: i 100% agree with that. charlie: -- what we all a went through. rachel: absolutely. speaking of government overreach, i just in the last hour interviewed a woman named britney patterson from a rural c

trump nominated stanford doctor and professor jay bhattacharya, who supported controversial covid herdead of the national institute of health. economist kevin hassett will head the white house national economic council. he's been a supporter of tax cuts, and he served in the first trump administration. and jamison greer has been nominated as the u.s. trade representative. that nomination comes during growing tensions with mexico and canada over potential tariffs. >> we talked about some of the challenges that we can work on together. it was a good call. >> now, canadian prime minister justin trudeau spoke with donald trump yesterday, but canadian officials shared they're deeply concerned about these proposed tariffs. and mexico's new president threatened to retaliate with tariffs against the united states if trump follows through with his plans. well, we're looking live in san francisco international airport this morning. it appears to be quiet out there, but the holiday rush is only expected to increase even more from here on out. the website flightaware is reporting 30 flight delays

trade representative doctor jay bhattacharya was nominated to lead the national institutes of health. secretary of state antony blinken meeting with pope francis at the vatican. the 2 spoke about peace as the wars in gaza and ukraine continue. blinken presented the pope with a ceramic plate with the on its symbolizing peace, blinken's wife and 2 children also got to meet the pope. and kron four's highlighting the bay area's remarkable women with the story of a pro tennis player turned nonprofit leader working to coach kids on how to win in the game of life by changing how we think about success. we sat down with san francisco zone. peanut louis harper. >> read it with me. if you'd like ready at millbrae meadows elementary. what is 6 s? >> that's easy to see is trying to be the best. you can be. a special assembly is underway raise your hand. are you ever afraid to fail? holding the microphone is keen at louis harper co-founder of harper for kids. a nonprofit now in its 17th year of empowering children. >> starting with this simple message, it's really about just trying your best, no m

elon musk and jay bhattacharya have -- jeff bezos have contracts.services, cancel your prime subscription before you cancel your "washington post" stuff. they have back end web things they supply the government and space. so you have got that side of things. and then you have the massive deregulation, there is a woman lena kahn, 35 years old, federal of the federal trade commission, just decided to enforce the laws on the books about, you know, keeping competition alive. everybody in business america hates her. she will be gone one assumes soon enough. these companies want to merge, take over other companies, no new regulation, don't want the government involved in their business and that's what they will get. that's why big oil, big tech supported donald trump. the deregulation here is the dig exist part of this. the wealth gains are quite something, never seen anything like it. the control that they will have over the economy is going to be bigger. >> yeah, and david k. johnston, what to the working-class people get out of all of that? >> they get

jay bhattacharya is currently a professor of health policy.otoriety during the pandemic for his opposition to covid lockdowns. he'll work closely with health and human services nominee robert f kennedy jr. bhattacharya put out a statement on social media saying, quote, he was humbled by the nomination and promising reform, sayine will deploy the fruits of excellent science to make america healthy again. meanwhile, the president elect's new border czar is laying out plans for the mass deportation of undocumented migrants. yesterday in texas, former ice director tom homan said migrants with criminal charges will be targeted first. homan issued another warning to sanctuary states and cities who oppose deportations. this comes after homan threatened to arrest the mayor of denver if he resists this process. >> let me be clear there is going to be a mass deportation because we just finished a massive illegal immigration crisis on the border. it's a felony to knowingly harbor and conceal an illegal immigration authorities. don't test us. >> the washi

. >> late tonight, president elect donald trump nominated stanford doctor and professor jay bhattacharya for director of the national institutes of health. doctor bhattacharya is a professor of health policy as well as the director of stanford's center for demography, demography and economics of health and aging. according to stanford's website, his research focuses on the health and the well-being of vulnerable populations. he is also well known for his criticism of covid 19 lockdown policies. on truth social, mr. trump wrote together, jay and rfk jr will restore the nih to a gold standard of medical research as they examine the underlying causes of and solutions to america's biggest health challenges, including our crisis of chronic illness and disease. >> still to come here at ten, operation second chance, coming back to santa clara county. the program giving some nonviolent offenders an opportunity to avoid jail time. >> then we're checking out the holiday week ahead. the weather is looking pretty good, isn't it? today turned out nice. it's going to be even nicer as we go forward. bu

jay bhattacharya to serve as the director of the national institute of health.lations to the bird flu! [ laughter ] pet food company purina is set to host the 23rd annual national dog show on thanksgiving. dogs on thanksgiving? come on, guys, don't give them any ideas. [ audience oohs ] [ light laughter ] new york mayor eric adams held a briefing today on the safety of the city's thanksgiving day parade. dude, relax, they're not real. [ laughter ] you don't have to plan. the makers of digiorno frozen pizza have rereleased their thanksgiving pizza which features a detroit style crust with roasted turkey, green beans and cranberries, because some years, dad gets the kids on thanksgiving. [ laughter ] no, you're right. i'm sorry, let me try another one. the makers of digiorno pizza have rereleased their thanksgiving pizza which features a detroit style crust with roasted turkey, green beans, cranberries and gravy. but don't worry, i'm sure next year you'll have something to be thankful for. [ light laughter ] yeah, that's not it. you -- one more chance. we got it.

doctor jay bhattacharya is a professor of health policy and the director of stanford's center for demographyconomics of health and aging. he's also well known for his criticism of covid lockdown policies and controversial proposals to respond to the pandemic. on truth social, president elect trump wrote together, jay and rfk jr. will restore the nih to a gold standard of medical research as they examine the underlying causes of and solutions to america's biggest health challenges, including our crisis of chronic illness and disease. the outgoing mayor of berkeley is heading to sacramento after winning the race for state senator. jesse aragon will replace termed out state senator nancy skinner after receiving just over 57% of the vote. aragon will be stepping down at the end of the month after serving two terms as mayor of berkeley. he said he is ready to advocate on behalf of more californians. >> that's my top priority addressing our housing affordability crisis, improving public safety, fully funding our schools, investing in our infrastructure. i think we can focus on those critical issue

the verge with president trump's leadership, with bobby kennedy, with with real warriors like jay bhattacharya that same person who was blacklisted four years ago at the fda. we're on the verge of a golden age of health. and the key thing that bobby kennedy and president trump are saying is, let's look at chronic disease. that's 90% of killers of americans. we have the highest chronic disease rates of any country in the world, and they're going to reorient our public health authorities to ask why we're getting so sick. i think it's really interesting. you know, when i first started hearing about, you know, beef tallow and raw milk, it was from all of my sort of left wing, crazy democrat friends. and now it's all of my right wing friends who are talking about beef tallow, the importance of raw milk, beef tallow and all these other, you know, sort of subversive ways of looking at the food culture. i think we have a very interesting dovetail of the hippie left and now the maga right. and i think the uniting force is there's been corruption. bobby kennedy and president trump aren't trying to take

doctor jay bhattacharya is a professor of health policy and the director of stanford's center for demography of health and aging. he's also known for his criticism of covid lockdown policies and controversial proposals to respond to the pandemic. on truth social, president elect trump wrote together jay and rfk jr. will restore the nih to a gold standard of medical research as they examine the underlying causes of and solutions to america's biggest health challenges, including our crisis of chronic illness and disease. as president elect, trump prepares to take office, u.s. foreign policy analysts are raising the alarm about private conversations. he's reportedly having with other world leaders. experts say these unsecured calls are cause for concern. normally, the state department would help facilitate these conversations, provide security, offer foreign policy guidance and help with translating. but without the state department, experts say they worry mr. trump may shake up relationships and cause an international crisis. >> 924 this morning, vice president kamala harris, now speaking publ

doctor jay bhattacharya, as his nih director, a stanford professor who was opposed to covid lockdowns and then john fallon is secretary of the navy. interesting background for him. he doesn't have a military background instead, he founded a private investment firm, kate steve contorno. >> thank you so much. so coming up for us donie o'sullivan takes a trip into what's now called the manosphere one thing we've been hearing for weeks now is that the left needs a joe rogan. >> yeah i don't think that the democratic party can podcast itself out of this issue joe rogan endorsed bernie sanders in 2020. >> maybe they should do an autopsy on why he left the party what the mostly young, mostly male group of influencers say democrats need to learn from the 24 election and customs and border patrol agents, border protection agents make a record bust worth more than $18 million. >> and it's likely not what you're thinking. they picked up who should be the 2024 cnn hero of the year? >> it's your chance to weigh in. discover the life changing work this year's honorees are doing. then cast up to ten

announcements in the past 24 hours, in addition to greer and hassett, there was also doctor jay bhattacharya he is a will be the nih director under donald trump he is a professor at stanford who became well known during the pandemic for opposing covid lockdowns and other skepticism skepticism about pandemic mitigation measures and then john phelan will be the secretary of navy, another sort of unconventional pick, because he doesn't have any military experience. that was listed in the announcement. instead he founded a private investment firm. and finally, vince haley will be donald trump's domestic policy council director. he was the deputy assistant to the president for policy and strategy and speechwriting during trump's first term. and he became well known in the aftermath of trump's exit from office, in part because of the role he played in trying to convince trump to. and all these alternate slate of electors to overturn the election. a house committee investigating january 6th and the attempts to overthrow the election identified haley as someone who was one of the initial people to p

. >> trump wants doctor jay bhattacharya for nih director, which could be under the purview of robert f. kennedy jr., who of course has spoken out against vaccines and also pushed conspiracy theories in october of 2020, bhattacharya coauthored the great barrington declaration, an open letter calling for an end to covid lockdowns, advocating for those at, quote, minimal risk of death to live their lives normally to build up immunity to the virus through natural infection as a way to protect those most vulnerable to covid. well, at the time, the then nih director francis collins, called bhattacharya and his fellow authors fringe epidemiologists. joining me now is a member of the fda's vaccine advisory committee. doctor paul offit, who is, of course, also director of the vaccine education center for the children's hospital of philadelphia. doctor offit, in terms of doctor bhattacharya, he would, of course still need to be confirmed by the senate. what do you make of the idea, though of him running nih well it's a difficult spot because if robert f. >> kennedy jr. is confirmed to be the d

he has named doctor jay bhattacharya as his pick to lead the national institutes of health. he is a professor at stanford. he was a big critic of strict lockdown policies during the covid pandemic. trump tonight is also naming jim o'neill to serve as the deputy secretary at the health and human services department. that would put him under robert f. kennedy jr. if he is confirmed ultimately as the secretary there. jim o'neill previously served as the principal associate deputy of that department. both, i should note, are close allies of the billionaire investor and republican megadonor peter thiel. we'll continue to look at those picks because they will have to be jay at least will have to be confirmed by the senate. obviously that is going to be an intensive process going forward. as soon as trump takes office and all of this is coming as tonight, the biden administration is still making moves on its way out. they want the federal government to cover expensive anti-obesity drugs like ozempic and wegovy for more than 7 million americans who are on medicare and medicaid. this