julie morita of the robert wood johnson foundation, thanks so much. >> sreenivasan: it's been more thanht months since the police killing of george floyd. next month, the former police officers charged in his death will go on trial in minneapolis. earlier this week, the marshall project, in partnership with t "new york times," found new, firsthand accounts that former officer derek chauvin, who was seen with his knee of floyd's neck for more than eight minutes, had acted with that same kind of for before. i spoke with the marshall project's jamiles lartey and abbie vansickle, who interviewed several who say they were also victims of chauvin's use of excessive force. when you look back and talk to other people who have had these interactions with officer chauvin, what is the picture that we get? >> yeah, i think the picture that we get is-- from a number of folks who have had other interactions with law enforcement, the way derek chauvin treated them, the way he interacted with them, was beyond the pale. it was different. that was something that i heard in-- in every interview, really, t

joining me now is julie morita. and is executive vice president of the robert wood johnson foundation. thank you so much for coming on. what doctor is laying out there is clearly concerning and deserves attention. what is the new information mean to you and in the fight to control the pandemic here? >> hi, kate, thanks for having me. i think it is concerning as you pointed out and as dr. fauci pointed out, that we're detecting these variants. it is important to continue to monitor the variants and what it means into terms of resistance to the vaccine, in terms of whether you could get reinfected and how severe you are when you get the virus and the variants and we don't know that information yet but more information will be coming. i think what it does make me think is that in the context of additional funding being necessary, is that with these variants circulating, it does increase urgency in which we should be vaccinating. we need to get them out and into people's arms a quickly as we can so more resources are ne

julie morita is the executive vice president of the robert wood johnson foundation, which for the record is also a newshour funder. >> health care workers are also part of our communities. and some of these communities have reasons to have distrust of the health care system, distrust of government because of historic and ongoing discrimination or mistreatment or experimentation. we have to talk to them and hear what the concerns are, what is the information they need to feel more confident and comfortable getting vaccinated. >> nawaz: ferrer found herself having that conversation not only at work with her colleagues, but also at home, with her wife. when the vaccine was first made available to both of you, did you both jump at the chance to get it? >> no, no, no. i mean, not me anyway. >> nawaz: dr. clarissa dudely is a pediatrician who also works with d.c.'s children's hospital.. >> and i'm assuming that she is going to be on board with me and we're like, well, should we get it on the same day? we could get on different days? what about side effects? she's like, i'm not getting the vacc

julie morita.nk you to you for joining us today. the honorable michael leavitt. former secretary of hhs. that's really quite extraordinary. greg burel, former director of the united states strategic national stockpile. welcome to you. and dr. borio, you're recognized for five minutes and you need to unmute. i think we have extraordinary witnesses today and you're all going to get some good, stiff questions from the brilliant members of the subcommittee. welcome and you can begin. >> thank you, and good morning. it is my great pleasure to join you today. as you know, i work at a non-profit technology investment firm that serves u.s. national security. and before that, i served across four different administrations and most recently as a member of the biden/harris transition team in its covid-19 advisory board. i'm appearing before you in my personal capacity. the situation is dire and i fear that our worst days could be ahead given the variants that emerged recently in the uk, south africa and brazi

julie morita and dr.he show this morning. >> all this month for black history month, we're asking our guests to highlight a black american who inspired them. who are you hiring this morning? >> miss ella baker, born in 1903. she's one of my heroes. one of the most amazing i think practitioners and theorists of participatory democracy. she worked as a field secretary as director of branches from 1943 to 1946. playing a central role in cofounding the end friendship organization. in 1967 being the first executive secretary. being a central force in helping organized the student nonviolent coordinating committee. without miss ella baker the black freedom struggle of the 20th century would not have happened. she's a proponent of the power of ordinary day people. there's a wonderful phrase i love. we're the leaders that we've been looking for. we are the leaders we've been looking for. she's one of my heroes and informs almost everything i do. >> i love it. thank you, eddie. >>> still ahead, democrats won contr

doctor julie morita, doctor luciana borio, governor leavitt. it was wonderful tohave you join us . i think members have learned from each one of you and greg burel as well. i need to request unanimous consent to enter the following into the record which includes documents committed by both democratic and republican members. it's a rather long list. i'm going to be read and if any of my colleagues want to interrupt and ask for unanimous consent, before i finish reading it otherwise bear with me. january 31, 2021, political article entitled it's a mess, biden's first 10 days dominated by vaccine mister. a statement from the association of american medical colleges, a letter from aarp. a statement from the national immigration law center from asian pacific islander en american forum. a letter from the american academy of family physicians. testimony from doctor arthur c evans, ceo executive vice president of the american psychological association. from the american society for microbiology. a statement from -- >> madam chairman, i rise to request unanimous consent that all of the item