jerome adams: we all have a role to play in preventing person-to-person spread of this disease which be deadly for vulnerable groups. for more information on how you can social distance please go to coronavirus.gov >>> welcome back. footloose and fancy free is how so many teenagers found themselves in the early days of our pandemic pause. >> one teen decided to turn off his tv and turn on his business. will ganss has the story. >> good morning, mona, kenneth. tony's binge watching skills are impressive, but his flair for entrepreneurship even more exceptional. he's kicked off a shoe business that's got cars lined up down the block in his neighborhood in cleveland. summer 2020 got off to a seriously slow start for tonio davis. >> summer started, i started binge watching. >> reporter: like all 16 seasons of "grey's anatomy." >> so i did not see him for several days. because he was up all night. tonio, what is going on? then when he finally told me, "i was watching tv," i was like, oh, no, this is not okay. >> reporter: mom choosing to call in some backup. >> i'm a sneaker head. >> repo

jerome adams. you can watch the hearing tonight starting at 9:00 eastern on c-span. announcer: white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany held the briefing today and answered questions about a bob woodward book based on in-person interviews with president trump. but she began the briefing with an announcement. [cameras shuttering] >> hello, everyone. today president trump was nominated for the nobel peace prize in recognition of his work in israel, united arab emirates. with a historic deal in the first such deal in over two decades. this is a hard earned and well deserved honor for this president. president trump's foreign policy will always be one of peace through strength. that is what the american people are seeing abroad. career politicians merely talk about the kind of results this president has achieved on the world stage. often do we, not see it done. pentagondent and the are announcing a drawdown of troops in iraq. announced down to 3000. we are getting our allies to pay their fair share. nine nato countries i meeting their spending contributions. we secur

jerome adams. you can watch the hearing tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. announcer: aside from covid-19 vaccine development congress is also dealing with the economic fallout from the pandemic. the senate plans to vote tomorrow what is being called a skinny relief package. on c-span2 today senators have been talking about the initial response to the plan. here's a look at what is in it. >> joining us to help set up the conversation of the current action on coronavirus is that cohen, with the national journal. thank you for joining us. the dollart about differences between what the senate is proposing and the house would like to see. guest: this bill is much smaller not only compared to the house bill that passed a couple of months ago, but also smaller than what republicans had put forward which was closer to $1 trillion back in july. it includes cuts to the cares act to offset mcconnell's goal to coalesce the senate and republican conference. it seems like you will get that. host: when it comes to the justification of the small figure, go a little bit dee

vaccine before the senate health education labor and pension committee along with surgeon general jerome adams. you can watch the entirety of the hearing starting at nine eastern on c-span. >> c-span washington journal every day, we are taking your calls live on the air on the news of the day and discussing policy issues that impact you. coming up thursday morning we will talk about the approval process for potential covid-19 vaccine with georgetown university medical center doctor jesse goodman and former chief scientist at the fda in a discussion of the international effort to develop a covid-19 vaccine with doctor william, executive director of johns hopkins bloomberg school of public health international vaccine center. watch c-span washington journal live at seven eastern on thursday morning and be sure to join the discussion on your facebook comments, text messages and tweets. >> here's a look at the live coverage on thursday. c-span house speaker nancy pelosi hold her weekly news conference at 10:45 a.m. eastern then at noon the governor of new mexico, minnesota, kansas and guam testify

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jerome adams, live in just a moment.ut first, marcus moore joins us from miami as millions of americans are expected to travel this labor day weekend. good morning, marcus. >> reporter: well, amy, good morning. experts say south florida will be one of the top destinations for travelers this weekend, and new on the beach, these signs urging people to practice social distancing and to wear a mask as the race for a vaccine forces ahead. overnight, the chief scientific adviser for president trump's "operation warp speed" appearing on npr saying that while a vaccine before election day is possible but extremely unlikely, he has high hopes for a vaccine in 2020. >> we may have enough vaccine by the end of the year to immunize probably, i would say, between 20 million and 25 million people. and then we will ramp up the manufacturing to immunize the u.s. population by the middle of 2021. >> reporter: this statement coming less than 48 hours after the cdc urged nationwide to get a vaccine released by november 1st. this morning, d

francis collins and surgeon general jerome adams were on capitol hill for a senate health on vaccine research and development. this book about clinical trials for an ongoing vaccine and the possibility of one being ready by the end of the year. and the surgeon general also discussed some of the challenges of distributing a vaccine in the current drop in vaccination rates due to misinformation and public mistrust.

eastern, doctor francis collins from the national institute of health join surgeon general doctor jerome adams for senate health committee hearing on the development of the coronavirus vaccine. at 3:00 pm the senate intelligence committee reviews the policy for the classifying government documents and changes to the process, with the representative of the office for the director of national intelligence. on c-span2 the senate is back at 10 am to consider judicial nominations and on c-span3 a house transportation subcommittee looks at amtrak's response to the coronavirus pandemic, the company's president and ceo. that gets underway at 11 am eastern. >> there are several events streaming live on our website. at 1:15 p.m. eastern our campaign 2020 coverage continues with joe biden speaking in warren, michigan.

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jerome adams for a senate health committee hearing on the development of a coronavirus vaccine. at 3:00 p.m., the senate intelligence committee reviews the policy for de-classifying documents. a representative from the office of national intelligence for it on c-span2, the senate is back to consider judicial nominations. c-span3, a house transportation subcommittee looks at amtrak's response to the coronavirus pandemic with the companies president and ceo. that gets underway at 11:00 a.m. eastern. next, financial regulators testify on the impact of regulations and efforts to create more diversity in the financial sector or. under three is just hours. the subcommittee will come to order. without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the subcommittee at any time. without objection, members of the committees not on this subcommittee are authorized to participate in today's hearing. members are reminded to keep their video function on at all times even when they are not recognized by the chair. members are also reminded that they are

todd: surgeon general jerome adams on when we could see a safe coronavirus vaccine after criticism thatmerican hope agencies are pressured to hurry the process. georgia congressman buddy carter, thanks for being h here. will you take a vaccine if it is rolled out by the end of the year? >> absolutely. a number of us have committed to being the first to take the vaccine so we are willing to do that. todd: someone who is not willing to do that is kamala harris. here is what she said a few days ago. >> say there is a vaccine that is approved and even distributed before the election. when you get it? >> that is going to be an issue for all of us. i will say that i would not trust donald trump. todd: at a time we are trying to get as many people as possible to take a possible vaccine how dangerous are words like that? >> very dangerous. nothing but simple politics and the shame someone would put politics over people. this is important and making sure people understand we are not going to have a vaccine that will be available unless it is safe and effective. you have to trust the process. it

today on vaccines before the senate health pensions committee along with surgeon general doctor jerome adams. you can watch the entirety of the hearing tonight starting at nine eastern on c-span. >> c-span washington journal every day were taking your calls live on the air on the news of the day and discussing policy issues that impact you. come up thursday morning, we will talk about the approval process for potential covid-19 vaccine with georgetown university medical center doctor jesse goodman, former chief scientist of the fda and a discussion of the international effort to develop a covid-19 vaccine with doctor william executive director of john hopkins and berg school of public health international vaccine center. watch c-span washington journal live at seven eastern thursday morning and be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. >> here's a look at the live coverage thursday on c-span house speaker nancy pelosi holder weekly news conference at 10:45 a.m. eastern and at noon the governor of new mexico, minnesota, kansas and guam

francis collins from the national institute of health joins surgeon general jerome adams for a senatehealth committee hearing on the development of a coronavirus vaccine. at 3:00 p.m., the senate intelligence committee reviews the classifying government documents and possible changes to the process within -- a representative. -- with a representative. the senate is back to consider additional judicial nominations. a house transportation subcommittee looks at amtrak's response to the coronavirus pandemic with the president and ceo. that gets underway at 11:00 a.m. eastern. there are several events streaming live on our website at 1:15 p.m. eastern. former president joe biden speaking in washington. vice president pence attends a work event in freedom, pennsylvania. and a hearing on suicide prevention and preventing mental health care for veterans. that is live on c-span.org. biden's record is a shameful rollcall of the most catastrophic betrayals and blunders in our lifetime. he has spent his entire career on the wrong side of history. >> our current president has failed in his most ba

jerome adams today who said we don't need to wait for a vaccine to get this virus under control. in fact, he pointed to new york city. here in the city the positivity rate has been under 1%, he noted for efrl s weeks. nationwide it's inching closer to 6% after dipping a little bit a couple of weeks ago. he also said what we really need, we know we've got the tools, he said we need the will of people to come together, wolf. >> we certainly do, erica hill in new york for us. thank you. i think jo us dr. richard besser, a former acting director for center for disease control and prevention, president and ceo of robert wood foundation. thank you for joining us. let me get your reaction to former white house task force member now speaking out publicly. she said it was clear back in february that this coronavirus would become a major crisis. the president, she says, simply didn't want to hear about it. how revealing is that to you? >> one of the biggest challenges during this entire response so far has been the disconnect with what public health is saying. this is an incredible severe

jerome adams. thanks for joining us again this morning. more than 200,000 deaths, cases rising in more than half our states. positivity rates are going up. as surgeon general of the united states, can you say that we have done and are doing everything we can to get this virus under control? >> well, good morning, george. thank you for having me, and thank you to the passamaquoddy tribe in maine for giving me that mask. every death that occurs in this country that's preventable is a tragedy, and i want you to know that the public health officials everythat we can t thmessage out that the power to stop this virus spread lies in our hands. wearing a mask, washing your hands, watching your distance, what i call the three "ws". but as fall comes up it's important to note that there's one more thing that we can do and that's get our flu shot. 40,000 people died last year from the flu, and we don't want this double whammy of flu on top of covid. we want people to understand that if you are pregnant, that if you are older, you can decrease your ri

announced today that indoor dining will resume on september 30th at 25% capacity surgeon general jerome adamsll today giving an update on the race to a vaccine but in a new interview with a cbs florida affiliate, president trump gave his own assessment on a potential vaccine time line. >> they're doing vaccines right now, they're very close to having the answer and i think they'll be very safe and they'll be very effective. i think we'll be able to do by november 1st >> but dr. anthony fauci said we should expect vaccinations begin early next year. >> the more likely scenario is that we will know by the end of this calendar year and we'll be able to start vaccinations in earnest as we begin 2021 >> pharmaceutical company astrazeneca says one participant's unexplained illness has put the vaccine trial on hold. volunteers had received a diagnosis of transverse myelitis that's sparked by viral infections this morning, scott gottlieb said the pause could last for days or possibly weeks but it could help other researcher. >> reporter: i wouldn't expect the other trials to be paused. i wouldn't be

surgeon general jerome adams says for that to happen, for us to get that vaccine by then the vaccineld have to be both safe and effective, and it would go to those who need it most like medical workers and at risk groups. a doctor with operation warp speed says whenever a vaccine is ready they will have enough to evacuate 20 to people. >> meanwhile modrna is slowing enrollment in their phase three trials to make sure it has rep representation. >>> coping with the lausds of a child is difficult, of course, and one livermore mom is honoring her son's memory with an act of kindness. a free ice cream drive-thru for her community. >> dylan only lived 25 months, three days and his first open heart at 9 days old, his second at four months old. he was a happy boy. he loved to smile and make people laugh. he loved ice cream. it is the 20-year anniversary of his passing. the original plan was i was going to buy $400 worth of ice cream and i put it on social media, and people thought that was the coolest thing, and within 48 hours i got $1,500 in donations to buy more ice cream and we probable

francis collins from the national institutes of health join suburban general jerome adams for a senate health committee hearing on a coronavirus vaccine. 3 p.m., the senate intelligence committee looks at policy for declassifying government documents and possible changes to the process, with a representative from the office of the director of national intelligence. on c-span2, the senate is back at 10 a.m. to consider judicial nominations. and on c-span 3, a house transportation subcommittee looks at amtrak's response to the coronavirus pandemic, with the company's president and ceo. that gets underway at 11 a.m. eastern. there are several events streaming live wednesday on our website, at 1:15 p.m. eastern, our campaign 2020 coverage continues with former vice-president joe biden speaking in warren, michigan. then at 3 p.m., vice-president pence attendance a workers for trump event in freedom, pennsylvania. and at 3:15 p.m., the senate veterans affairs committee holds a hearing on suicide prevention and providing mental healthcare for veterans, again, that's live at c-span.org. tuesda

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national institutes of health director francis collins and surgeon general jerome adams testified on the status of operation warp speed astrazeneca paused clinical trials after a participant in the uk fell ill. senators asked both men about the possible timing of a vaccine with this trial on hold. with me now is nbc news congressional correspondent leann caldwell sorry about that i thought we were going to a sound bite so, the hearings about the coronavirus, give me an update on what congressmen and women were able to find. >> yeah, sure, katy. so as you know, there's been a lot of concerns about this vaccine, especially the politicization behind it as the president has said he wanted a vaccine before election day, leading critics to think that he is rushing this to insure that it boosts him electoral chances. well, the government officials today who came before the senate committee testified and said that safety was their number one priority here's what dr. francis collins, the director at the nih said when he was asked about it >> this ought to be reassuring to everybody listening

finally at the top of the hour, surgeon general jerome adams will testify in front of the senate health how he will help make sure the vaccine process is not influenced by politics. good luck. this comes after an apparent setback. astrazeneca putting global trials on hold after an adverse reaction from a participant in the uk. i want to get the latest on this from nbc's keir simmons in london. keir, how big of a deal is this? >> reporter: yeah, it's a big deal and at the same time it's standard procedure. you have a little bit of news for you, steph, this hour. we're just hearing from the regulator here in the uk that is managing this process of this pause in this vaccine trial. the regulator telling nbc news in a statement we are urgently reviewing all the information and actively engaging in the researchers to determine whether the trial should restart as quickly as possible. steph, this isn't the first time that there has been a pause like this. this is phase two, phase three, tens of thousands of people taking part in these trials. but back at phase one there was another pause in wh

surgeon general jerome adams says for that to happen, for us to get that vaccine by then the vaccineld have to be both safe and effective, and it would go to those who need it most first like medical workers and at risk groups. a doctor with operation warp speed says whenever a vaccine is ready they will have enough to vaccinate 20 to 25 million people. >> meantime developer moderna is slowing enrollment in their phase three trials to make sure it has fish reputation of the most at risk groups like the elderly, communities of color and people with underlying health conditions. >>> coping the loss of a child is difficult, of course, and one livermore mom is honoring her son's memory with an act of kindness. a free ice cream drive-thru for her community. >> dylan only lived 25 months, three days and his first open heart at 9 days old, his second at four months old. he was a happy boy. he loved to smile and make people laugh. he loved ice cream. it is the 20-year anniversary of his passing. so why not do something big? the original plan was i was going to buy $400 worth of ice cream and

. >>> jerome adams testifying about the race for a vaccine, let's listen in. >> -- they increased theirase 20 fold this year. you can find out where to get vaccinated using cdc's vaccine finder.org. hhs launched catch up to get ahead, informing parents it is important and safe for their children to get vaccinated during covid-19. the catch-up to get ahead tool kit is available on vaccines.gov and again to you senators out there, i encourage you to send your staff there, there are great printable documents and digital documents to help people understand that vaccines are safe and effective. through a recent amendment to the prep act, hhs authorized licensed pharmacists to administer routine vaccines for children age 3 through 18 during the covid-19 pandemic and breaking news that i just got the okay to tell you all about, right before i came in, today hhs will be issuing guidance to expand access to safe and effective covid-19 vaccines when they are made available. state, licensed pharmacists will now be able to administer covid-19 vaccinations to persons age 3 and older. office of minor

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francis collins and surgeon general jerome adams were on capitol hill for a senate health on vaccine research and development. this book about clinical trials for an ongoing vaccine and the possibility of one being ready by the end of the year. and the surgeon general also discussed some of the challenges of distributing a vaccine in the current drop in vaccination rates due to misinformation and public mistrust. committee on health, education, labor and pensions will come to order. i would like to welcome everyone and go through some administrative matters that we do at the beginning after consulting with the attending physician, the sergeant at arms, cdc, health and human services, individuals are seated six feet apart. there is no room for the public to attend and the press is working as a pool bang and the hearing may be watched gavel-to-gavel online. both of our witnesses, dr. collins and sargent general adams are participating in person. some are in person, some are participating by videoconference. the office of attending physician has advised that editors and witnesses may re

adams: senator some people , still care about what the surgeon general has to say -- [laughter] >> jeromei care what you have to say, please. dr. adams: i want the american people to hear me say this. there will be no shortcuts. this vaccine will be safe. it will be effective or it will not be moved along. when a vaccine is either approved or authorized by fda, i and my family will be in line to get it. sen. sanders: thank you, gentlemen. that is the kind of answer the american people are looking forward to hearing. thank you very much. >> thank you, senator sanders. senator burr. sen. burr: thank you, mr. chairman, and the witnesses for the long hours you have devoted to try to come up for solutions for the american people and health care of the world, really. admiral, i may have a question for you if i have got time. i think this is a good inflection point to talk about how we got to where we are. decades we ho changing statutes to allow processes we have seen enacted through covid, not the first an agency that looked at novel threats. they were the first ones to look at how we stack so

next we hear from vice admiral jerome adams, surgeon general of the united states. publiuc health. service. served as the indiana state health commissioner. he led that state's response to ebola, hiv and zika. andas an anesthesiologist assistant professor at the indiana school of medicine. he has been at the university of maryland in baltimore county where he obtained a degree from berkeley and indiana university where he completed his residency. welcome to both witnesses. dr. collins, let us begin with you. you very muchhank and perhaps we could get the visuals on the screen if that is possible. ranking alexander, member murray and distinguished members of this committee, thank you for inviting me to discuss operation warp speed and the importance of developing safe and effective vaccines. i'm grateful for your support of nih and for this opportunity to address how we are working with other parts of the government and with industry partners to prevent, diagnose and treat novel coronavirus. let me provide a metaphorical illustration of how vaccines work. anr immune system is like a

jerome adams surgeon general.re and distribute safe and effective covid-19 vaccines as soon as possible and dr. adams is expected to try to reassure the american people the importance of getting vaccinated, a big question of course is timing of when a covid-19 vaccine will be ready. >> a projection that i've made and stick by it is that we would likely get an answer if this is safe and effective by the end of the year. likely november, december. is it possible, is it conceivable we could find out earlier let's say october? certainly that's possible. i think it is unlikely, but you can't rule it out. >> the hope is up to 300 million doses of a safe and effective coronavirus vaccine will be available by early next year, trace. >> trace: 55 days out from election, what about the politics in and around this hearing? >> politics will certainly flair up. some democrats will take aim at president trump's hope of a vaccine before election day. a member of the coronavirus task force this morning targeting some of the criti

francis collins and surgeon general jerome adams. they will testify on the topic of vaccines.is it for our program today. another addition of washington journal comes your way tomorrow. >> committee on health, education, labor and pensions will come to order. i would like to welcome everyone and go through some administrative matters that we do at the beginning after consulting with the attending physician, the sergeant at arms,

testing on the show but also jerome adams the surge on general said by the end of october it's reasonableributed but i'd just be looking over the weekend at the data from china where they 'vevery given hundreds of thousands of people their vaccine so we're going to start to see as soon as these trials prove they are beneficial, a rapid deployment of these vaccines hopefully before the end of this year. steve: and astrazeneca announced after one patient who had a really bad reaction they restart ed their trials as well. dr. oz let me ask you this. let's say the virus vaccine is available. you look at the public opinion polls, i'm shocked that a majority of americans don't want to jackup their sleeve and get the shot. can you explain why so many people are reluctant to get this vaccine? >> well there are different reasons. a lot of people say you're doing it at warp speed which means you rushed it it normally takes you five years how could you do it in six months and how could that possibly be safe and it's safe because everyone broke every possible red tape boundary that's usually out ther

jerome adams who i had an exchange with on twitter to this effect last evening, at least dr. adams, the surgeon general, the public health spokesman for the country should care more about getting it right more than the job. so i would go out and contradict the president, if he wants to fire you, let me hit fire you. but the oath is more important than the title that's what i would do, willie. >> president trump yesterday just the hits kept coming also blamed blue states for the country's coronavirus death total. >> the blue states had tremendous death rates if you take the blue states out, we're at a level that i don't think anybody in the world would be at. we're really at a low level. but some of the states, they were blue states and -- >> "the washington post" points out that more than 90,000 deaths have occurred in red states and if that were the country's total we would have seen the second most number of deaths globally, trailing only brazil the united states would still be responsible for the 11% of global deaths despite constituting only about 4% of the world's popula

wednesday, nih director doctor francis collins and surgeon general, doctor jerome adams test plan vaccines. in front of the senate health education, labor intentions committee. life coverage begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. pres. donald trump: shameful roll call of blunders buried in her lifetime. he has spent his entire career on the wrong side of history. >> failed in its most basic duty to the nation. he has failed to protect us . he's failed to protect americans. and my fellow americans, that is unforgivable. >> the first presidential debate between presidential donald trump and vice president joe biden, 9:00 p.m. eastern on tuesday . watch live coverage on c-span, watch live streaming on demand at cspan.org. or is live free c-span radio app. >> on thursday, the senate could take a procedural vote on the coronavirus economic aid relief introduced by republicans . for about that legislation as well as ongoing negotiations with the house and present trump, the majority leader mitch mcconnell. tre's a look. >> our nation has been the last six months fighting the medical and economi