taxpayer dollars, via the n.i.h. funded gain of function research that may, not definitively but may have been a source of this pandemic. what do you say? >> plain not true. dr. fauci testified publicly under oath that that's not true and he's right. we didn't do work that run against any of the rules. >> and dr. francis collins helped to define those rules. let's be clear, there is no evidence that anything we funded did anything wrong. >> he's the long-time director of the national institutes of health. he's also dr. fauci's boss. >> there is no evidence that any gain of function research as we define it in the united states or as we have supported it played any role in this outbreak of covid-19. >> gabe in of function research a complicated and controversial topic that rocked the community a decade ago. >> they have create a form of the deadly bird flu virus. >> the n.i.h. funded a dutch signtist that did something really wild. he engineered the avian flu virus to make it more airborne. >> when the virologiest rev

i'm also, by the way, looking forward to the n.i.h. mix and match.y're doing studies on when you get pfizer initially then moderna or johnson & johnson. those will be really helpful coming, again, from our national government in a way that other national governments have been doing research, too. >> it's such a good question, erica. that's something i personally worry about. if you're to be infected, how long would you suffer through those, that's even with vaccination. dr. leana wen, thank you so much as always. >>> remember the south carolina attorney accused of trying to stage his own killing? now cnn is learning that a criminal investigation has been opened into the death of his housekeeper. curiouser and curiouser. we'll be here next with all the latest. age is just a number. and mine's unlisted. try boost® high protein with 20 grams of protein for muscle health. versus 16 grams in ensure high protein. boost® high protein also has key nutrients for immune support. boost® high protein. trelegy for copd. ♪ birds flyin' high, you know how i feel. ♪

and n.i.h. >> we'll keep government open. >> reporter: congressional democrats and republicans remainked over the spending measure, which includes aid for hurricane ida and afghan refugees. but the real disagreement is over a provision to suspend the debt limit so the government can keep paying its bills, which, so far, republicans are refusing to do. is there anything that can change your mind? >> i'm not going to increase a debt limit to spend another $5 trillion in the next month. >> reporter: u.s. officials say failure to act could risk catastrophic damage to the economy. a default could wipe out nearly six billion jobs. >> can you count them? >> reporter: jody lamberti, who runs a daycare out of her home, hopes hers isn't one of them. >> it could mean losing my business. it could mean losing my home, losing my car. >> reporter: s expected to vote on the government funding bill in the coming days, but there's not a lot of hope it will pass, given the current divide, which doesn't leave congress much time to find a fix. margaret. >> brennan: clock is indeed ticking. thank you, niko

as the son of an n.i.h. immunologist, i have made it my life's mission to keep people from getting vaccinated, using the proven science of reverse psychology. but i didn't realize that i had this much power. so, to all my maga-viewers watching the next day on the internet looking for codeds, i just want to say, don't get the vaccine. because it'll make your balls swell to an enormous size, even if you don't currently have balls. they will become giant, magnetic orbs, which will emit a 5g signal so strong that bill gates will use it to watch netflix. ( applause ) and i know you'll all believe me, because you're smart as a bag of door knobs. ( cheers and applause ) we've got a great show for you tonight, my guest is billions star paul giamatti. but when we come back, i give the colbert questionert to mr jon stewart. ( cheers and applause ) ♪ glnchtd ( cheers and applause ) ♪ >> stephen: hey, everybody! welcome back! give it up for jon batiste and "stay human," everybody! ( cheers and applause ) and the legend

will be a lot of different approaches including going to community areas not just the head of the n.i.hand trusted people, there is all that. but in addition, i think that we have to have more empathy as we're trying to change people's minds. this is what i mean. i think of the people out there who are not getting vaccinated or pushing back against the masks, they are a bunch of people are you never going to change their minds, no way. okay. so they are over here. i do think there are a bunch of people who can change their mind if you talk to them the right way. and i think we come into these conversations coiled. they are coiled and we're coiled. and we strike. so we need to get the fangs back, uncoil and start off not by talking but by listening. so i will give you a specific example. i had somebody i was talking to said i don't want my daughter who is under 12 wearing a mask to school. instead of launching into this whole explanation of why she is wrong. i said what are your concerned. she said i have three concerns. one is it is uncomfortable for her. i said okay, that is actually a

if we have anybody out there listening from the c.d.c., listening from the n.i.h., familiarize yourself with the study. it's been well covered in the jerusalem lem post, why at a time when we have 1,200 americans dying every day of covid is this not something that's being pushed? i strongly encourage our health establishment to familiarize themselves with what right now looks like a miracle drug. my final comment is with regard to the pro-life issue. when you consider the hundreds of thousands of people who would have been born every day in this country but who have their lives cut short before they are born, you can see why this is another issue that our press corps should be talking about, our churches should be talking about. already there have been big changes of policy under the new administration. first of all in the past under the mexico city policy if money was going to an international organization, if that international organization was performing abortions, they could not have the money. we changed that, president biden changed it saying, you can't use that money directly for

or n.i.h. to take action. the press should publicize this and ask why aren't the politicians bringing this to market. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yield it's back. -- the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you. mr. speaker, i rise today in opposition to the biden administration's latest plan to infringe on the privacy of millions of americans. amid raejing inflation and a multitrillion-dollar spending spree, the majorities and the president want to spy on american citizens' financial transactions. this proposal would require financial institutions to report information about the outflows and in-flows on all accounts with over $600 to the i.r.s. every year. not only would such a massive data collection cause large compliance costs for our local banks, credit unions and financial

i have been invited to give distinguished lech sure at n.i.h., f.d.a. november 19 i delivered the prestige lecture on the immune system. at the n.s.f. where we discussed the immune system. several years ago m.i.t. had me deliver their presidential fellows lecture. >> thank you for sharing that. you have raised a lot of very important questions for us to get answers to. >> thank you, dr. shiva. your report was extremely insightful. and considering the fact that we only got the envelopes just a few short weeks ago, we appreciate ate you dropping everything -- appreciate you dropping everything, all your other responsibilities, and jumped on this so this could be accomplished by today's hearing date. we appreciate that very much. >> i also want to thank doug and phil, two of my colleagues. and particular all the stakeholders. again i want to thank the currently of the leadership of the arizona state senate. this will go down in history for the most important engineering events, not election event. an engineering event for engineering systems in election vo

and n.i.h., and namely dr. fauci, the people who are then relegated to the corner trying to figure out how to care for themselves when a cronyistic health care system run by bureaucrats and government and bureaucrats and an insurance industry that is, frankly, corrupt, a health care system run by corporations in bed with government bureaucrats getting taxpayer funds to enrich them and leaving small businesses and individuals in this country, texans i represent, holding the bag while the president of the united states limits their ability to get health care. then mandates they get a vaccine. and then goes off to parties like my colleagues on the other side of the aisle tend to do, maskless, while preaching wearing masks. because it's all theater. it's all a show except that it's very real and it's very focused on accruing power in washington, d.c. in -- my warning to my colleagues is this. americans tend to take that sort of thing seriously. and while we watch people in australia, and we watch people in paris, a

so i'm calling on my colleagues in congress as well as the n.i.h. and the c.d.c. to highlight fenofibrate. it's also known as trikor. it's been -- tricor. it's been around a long time without dangerous side effects. maybe there'll be side effects with covid but there wasn't dangerous side effects otherwise. been used by millions of people. i'm going to be circulating a letter hoping that the administration wakes up and does something and does something quickly. by the way, this doesn't only cure it, but one of the under publicized problems with covid is if you get it it can result in long-lasting problems, problems to your lung, problems to your organs. it appear, tentatively, that fenofibrate will clear up those problems quicker. and not as many people will have those problems. i'm afraid from what i read that covid will be around a long time. i know people who have got it after being vaccinated, not as bad i guess but they've got it. so again, i hope that this institution moves and i hope the administration moves and hope we can move at warp speed and get a fina