to be secretary of health and human services, putting a noted vaccine skeptic in charge of the nation's health system. >> i'm going to let him go wild on health. i'm going to let him go wild on the food. i'm going to let him go wild on medicines. >> reporter: well before the election, kennedy made it clear trump had promised him this role. >> the key that i think -- that president trump has promised me is control of the public health agencies, which are hhs and its sub-agencies, cdc, fda, nih, and a few others, and also the usda, which is -- which, you know, is key to making america healthy. >> reporter: hhs is one of the biggest departments in the federal government. it includes agencies that touch every aspect of american life, from the foods you eat to the medicine you take. it includes the centers for disease control, the food and drug administration, the national institutes of health, and the centers for medicare and medicaid services. and it's the primary agency that oversees the affordable care act, also known as obamacare. today, the president-elect saying, "for too long, americans hav

bill clinton said it's a top priority national health care. at the time gallup polls said a set of americans were unhappy with their health care and bill clinton was president and the democrats control the house and the senate which was a good landscape for the public support and more than a year before only 17 senate republicans have their own national health care bill so was up had bipartisan support. in 1993 there was a corporate lobby and health insurance companies started running the lobbying campaign on national health care campaign. the campaign one hundred million dollars bobbing against the buildup of that number and perspective when bill clinton ran for election he wanted to get elected and that's one segment and went industry that pushed against his health care bill and obviously the industry one per the healthea care bill s defeated with any votes. they didn't even getet to vote d that changed the course of clinton's presidency trying to fill the democratic legacy of national health care reform. instead he switched.co he saw how muc

service in the national health service in the uk.wn, if you like, of these figures. 92% is legal migration to the uk. although, i guess, thejob of tackling illegal migration, people coming in in small boats or in lorries, for example, it grabs the lion's share the headlines but it would suggest that any government wanting to tackle net migration figures needs to look at legal migration, as well. yes. the vast majority _ migration, as well. yes. the vast majority of _ migration, as well. yes. the vast majority of people - migration, as well. yes. the| vast majority of people come here legally for studying or family reasons. so when we talk about immigration and its effects on the uk economy and society, we need to talk... this model issue is a small one from a human perspective which is a tragedy and leads to substantial cost but that is about legal migration for the bigger picture. that is absolutely right.- bigger picture. that is absolutely right. talk to us more broadly _ absolutely right. talk to us more broadly about - absolutel

speaker, i rise in recognition of national rural health month. everyone mrs. kelly: mr. speaker, i rise in recognition of national rural health month. everyone deserve also the proper care. i hear from many who don't have the proper internet for telehealth. today i'd like to share a story which shows positive impact. this mother and family thrived because they had access to obstetric care in their hometown. a woman from danville in my southern illinois community successfully delivered preterm twins because they live by a hospital with a full labor and delivery unit. the mom and her babies remained at the sacred heart medical center with both babies in the level 2 nursery where they could receive 24/7 care. the parents were able to spend the maximum time to bond with their babies while the mom recovers from the delivery. the dad was able to go to work because the hospital was close to their home. the mom could be with her newborns and focus on breast-feeding with one-on-one lactation support. a nearby medical center was especially valuable to these parents who had limited

. >> next federal health officials from the cdc, fda national institutes of health testify on some ofns learned from the culver 19 pandemic including ways to improve communication to the public about vaccines and evolving viruses this house oversight and accountability select subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic is just under two and half hours. >> good morning the select subcommittee coronavirus pandemic will come to order. i want to welcome everyone here today without objection the chair may declare a racist at any time i recognize myself for the purpose of making an opening statement. i would like to thank the witnesses for their testimony at the selecttc subcommittee final hearing covid-19 stands as one of the most devastating crisis in our nation's history. claims the lives of millions of americans disrupted livelihoods took a profound physical emotional economic toll on families and communities across the country. sadly this likely will not be the last pandemic. there will be others that test our nation's preparedness and resiliency init the future. so we are here today to l

and a lobbying gimmick campaign to defeat national health care reform. lobbying campaign by the health insurers spent about $100 million running, you know, lobbying the bill to put that number to perspective. when bill clinton ran for election in 1982, he spent around 100 million getting elected. how much money? one segment of one industry pushed against his health care bill. and obviously the industry won. that health care bill was defeated without any votes. there was no votes in the and senate couldn't even get two votes. and that also changed the course of clinton's presidency. he came in trying to fulfill the democratic legacy of national health care reform, you know, a big, like liberal idea. and instead, he switched. he saw much power companies had and he started pushing free trade bills. and welfare reform and a bunch of proposals that were much more centrist and pro pro can company. so that one bill, one ever really changed his presidency. the other story i think, is really fascinating is that this lobbyist, evan morris of genentech, when he firs

. >> next, federal health officials from the cdc, the fda and national institutes of health testify on some lessons learned from the covid-19 pandemic, including ways to improve communication to the public about vaccines and evolving viruses, also reciting accountability on the coronavirus pandemic. it is just under 2.5 hours. >> you can watch this in its entirety at c-span.org as we go to a house hearing on pandemic with federal health officials testifying you are watching live coverage on c-span3. >> i would like to thank the witnesses for their testimony and select subcommittee. that covid-19 pandemic stands as one of , disrupted livelihoods, and took a profound physical and emotional and economic toll on families and communities across the country. sadly, this likely will not be the last pandemic. there will be others that test our nation's preparedness and resiliency in the future. we are here today to look at the lessons learned from that covid-19 pandemic to prepare for and hopefully prevent the next one. in the last two years, the select subcommittee has sent 118 investigative

has chosen a vaccine skeptic with no real health credentials, no medical training to lead the nation's health agency. um, what is your take on that and the implications it could have for global public health? so i think it's important to look at and vaccinations. certainly vaccination is something that's saved. we talk you things a briefly, a 154000000 lives. and that's an extraordinary thing, and every gift childhood vaccination saves at least 5000000 tutored. you look around you at the people, you are say, these are people who are alive today, many of them because they go back. so makes it a but one of the problems with vaccination is it's been so successful, it's a thing that is this, the, the disease is that it's been preventing, have disappeared in the communities of, of had access to good vaccination. so unfortunately, especially in the will, the communities with great access to vaccination. people are now beginning to believe these minutes because like the sex and i don't see the effect simply because people are living in a healthy because they go fix it, makes it. and now and wonder i

otherwise we can't fix our public services like the broken national health service.nd the biggest farms to pay their fair share. but i would emphasise, only around 500 farms will be affected. the vast majority of farmers will pay no more under the new scheme than they do under the current one. farmers up and down the country are saying that when they get this bill, which they weren't expecting, it could put them out of business. do you accept that it will put some farms out of business? and what do you say to those people who are worried about it? well, the vast majority of farms will not be affected. the data from hmrc, actual data from the last year that we actually have real data available, projected forwards, it shows that no more than around 500 farms would be affected. the vast majority of farms will pay nothing more under the new scheme. and that's notjust the treasury saying that. it's been validated by the independent office for budget responsibility and by the independent financial thinktank, the ifs. so there are a lot of figures flying around that i do no

under republican leadership, this subcommittee pursued vendettas against our nations scientist and public health officials for partisan gain. weather allegations that dr. fauci caused and covered up the origins of the covid-19 pandemic for our nation's public health officials sought to keep schools and businesses closed, more than half 1 million pages of documents, more than 30 transcribed interviews and two dozen hearings failed to turn up evidence to substantiate these extreme and baseless claims. while the probes did reveal discrete issues of misconduct that must be taken seriously, including by doctors, we must ask whether our efforts over the past two years have fulfilled the objective of constructively improving our nation's ability to prevent and prepare for the future pandemics on the issues that matter most and that would have the most significant impact. in those future pandemics. look, since day one, i said the select subcommittee's mission must be collaborated to develop a forward-looking solution and make our nation better prepared for future viruses. i want to examine how we close

health counting the cost london as well. that's how some brits feel about the nations economic situation. the state to come today when it's been running down to yes. what team? local governments and nothing. we can go from then. yes. and you know how low close to ortiz? oh, managing. i don't know because there's no monday i told it would be a good idea or if we just don't the rich to pay, i think that it's in the proceed. doris states, public sector is having difficulties. i don't think is correct. but west reaching is saying that the a net chest is broken because a lot of very good people are walking that i'm doing that survey. best thoughts. there is pool management in certain areas. go into very difficult position. anyway, we've, we need to do spend, we need to spend money on the economy. so whoever was in power to make some commitments, take the to the public site to get the economy guy and a guy in. so it's gonna be different for different for any any policy the same talent. joining us not from london is johnson pauses, professor of economics and public policy at kings college london

will it be well spent, while the government actually be able to deliver the improvements in the national health service and other public services that related to british people really, really want to say it in the short term that's by far the most important thing i think for have this is this, this is for say in the longer term, the important thing is we'll list x for investment actually deliver, hired right, will more investment in transport, infrastructure and rebuilding schools and a whole host of other things agreed energy and so on. will that generate will that get written back something like the levels of growth we had before the last 50 years? would you be pretty miserable? and again, that will depend on how efficiently and effective and that money is spent, but it will take quite a long time to come through. i want to come back to the point you made about couple of borrowing it in just a few minutes. but 1st, let's talk about the textbook, the fact that the government is placing the textbook now, but more on employers and on the well off. how will that help growth when you, you hear of

when you look at the things people want, people would like a national health care system where right have millions of people with no health insurance at all. we are the only developed country in the world where that is the case. half a million people a year in all the developed democracies in the world, all of the developed democracies in the world, half a million people year declared bankruptcy because someone in their family got sick. 100% of those are here in the united states, no other country has that. we are the only developed country in the world that has the student debt crisis. $2 trillion of student debt. 70, 80% of people say college should be free. everybody should have health care and it should be a reasonable cost. these things are not happening because the billionaires do not want to pay their taxes. so what do they do, they throw out this stuff like the mexicans are coming to rape your wife and murder your daughter and let me show you the example of one that happened. and kamala harris wants to do trans surgery and people, kids are going to school and coming home with

details will pour over exactly what are the safeguards, how will that be incorporated into the national health service? also, how is the criminal justice system involved in this? how are the systems able to cope with the extra extra work that they will will have to do and, and then the house of lords will have the say. so there will be much more debate before next. year done comes here to the next stage in the house of commons, as the w spigot mos in london. always great speaking to thank you so much to serial . now we're a war monitor reports that islam is fighters have taken over 5 districts of the 2nd biggest city level. this area and observatory for human rights reports that heavy fighting between rebels and government forces. there is military says it's inflicted heavy losses on the rebels who's been advancing on a level for days. they've also taken control of strategic towns along the way. conservatory says the violence has killed hundreds already. age groups, a thousands of families have been displaced. was girl jesus and authority on the middle east as professor of international relati

everything from like you said in the introduction, nutrition to vaccines to our data, to see how the national health where we can make improvements. where we cannot. the support to local and public health departments. so, it is a $3 trillion budget. it is a massive job. and someone that has a lot of experience needs to be there. >> he is one of the most prominent anti-vaccine activists in the country. as you pointed out in your writing, it is the states that help determine vaccine policy when it comes to things like school mandates or exemptions. so, help me understand what your worries are about his potential impact if he is confirmed. >> that's right. vaccine policy is governed by individual states rather than the federal government could however, there certainly are places, there are levers where the federal government can indirectly influence vaccines. for example, fda. rfk junior repeatedly said he wants more rigorous vaccine reviewer process. which signal something to the fda process but given that the united states has one of the most rigorous review processes for vaccines safety and effectiv

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supported this bill on the grounds that when his wife was dying and he was begging the doctor in a national healthphine, he said, if i did that i would be breaking the law. now, i can see the health secretary sitting there. i really think that if we are going to have a serious debate about this, we really do need to have something equivalent to a royal commission to determine what doctors can or cannot do. it is absolutely essential that we really reassure the public and there is tremendous interest in this, and there is huge doubts and many people are conflicted and we have heard many moving stories for people because my fear of dying in agony, but until we clear this up, i don't think we can make the progress that this issue deserves. so, yes, we have to fund a hospice movement seriously. it is very worrying that we are going to fund the nhs to fund death, but we are not adequately funding a hospice movement. so before we take this momentous decision today, and i think we have got to be realistic about it, if this bill was to pass that would be eight. i don't personally believe that a private me

trump announced that he picked doctor bhattacharya to lead the national institutes of health. 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 few dozen doctors also initially signed on, but 20 health agencies came out against the plan. here's what doctor

health agencies. he said he would cut employees at nutrition departments inside the u.s. food and drug administration and he proposed replacing 600 officials at the national institutes of health with hand-picked staff. >> thank you for that report. >>> joining me now, chief medical correspondent, thank you so much for joining us, what medical misconceptions has rfk jr. promoted that caused so much concern? >> a lot of it has to do with what brian was talking about, he talked about covid, specifically being bioengineered to attack certain demographics of populations but when it comes to vaccines and him talking about the connection between vaccines and autism, i think that probably gets the most attention. he is sometimes tough to pin down because he will say one thing at one time or say something else or, say he did not say that. he said in the past there are no vaccines that are safe and effective and said there are some that are probably a good idea. it really revolves around infectious diseases primarily. >> what else have the community said about the potential of rfk jr. taking a larger role in that trump administration ? >> there is a lot of concern,

during his campaign, donald trump said he would let robert kennedy go wild when it comes to the nation's healtho shake up the establishment — this latest pick shows he plans to do just that. rowan bridge, bbc news, washington. let's speak to lord kim darroch, former uk ambassador to the us, and who served in that position during the first trump presidency. good morning, always good to have you here on bbc news. morning. have you here on bbc news. morning-— have you here on bbc news. morninu. , ., , .,, morning. plenty of new people and personalities _ morning. plenty of new people and personalities for _ morning. plenty of new people and personalities for the - morning. plenty of new people and personalities for the world j and personalities for the world to get their head around who may well be part of the incoming donald trump administration. we will go through some of them. let's start with your initial reaction to rfkjunior as reaction to rfk junior as potential reaction to rfkjunior as potential health secretary. i think this is the wildest of all the trump appointments, as your reporter s

during his campaign, donald trump said he would let robert kennedy go wild when it comes to the nation's healthowed to shake up the establishment — this latest pick shows he plans to do just that. rowan bridge, bbc news, washington. i spoke to lord kim darroch, former uk ambassador to the us about the trump picks. he said that naming vaccine sceptic rfkjrfor health secretary was the "wildest" announcement so far. this guy is an anti—vax who has said he believes that vaccines cause autism and he is a conspiracy theorist. and putting him in charge of the health department, i mean, i always thought he would get a job, trump always promised it, but i thought it would be something outside the government machinery. but now he is in charge of the health department machinery so it is going to be a bumpy ride. he has et going to be a bumpy ride. he has yet to be nominated by the senate. it has yet to be nominated by the senate. . , has yet to be nominated by the senate. ., , ., , has yet to be nominated by the senate. .,, ., , ., , , ., senate. it has to be approved b the senate. it has to be approved b

he said the top reason that robert f kennedyjunior is unqualified to legal nation's health agencies is what do you mean by that? at, the scientific process. what do you mean by that?— you mean by that? a lot has been made _ you mean by that? a lot has been made about _ you mean by that? a lot has been made about some - you mean by that? a lot has been made about some of i you mean by that? a lot has i been made about some of the outlandish comments that he has made. these are outlandish, they are absurd, but what is they are absurd, but what is the worst of all in my mind is the worst of all in my mind is the fact that he will assert his opinions as fact and nothing will be able to change his nine. that is the opposite of the scientific process. his questioning that vaccines cause autism in itself is not the problem. i think it's a good thing to rest and scientific dogma and to ask questions and to say what's the research, can you prove to me what this is the case. with there are dozens and dozens of higher quality studies, you have to be able to change her mind. if you don't, that ill

health. so good to have you back in the program. he is tasked with running the nationsent biomedical research organization. what do you make of this pick? >> it is very controversial. typically the people tapped to lead this organization are people with a long history of doing clinical research or maybe they have spent a long time doing laboratory research. the is an economist -- he is an economist. he works more on policy. of course the secondary controversy is what you reference, during covid-19 he was a very outspoken critic. he was one who really questioned a lot of issues. people worry whether his approach to this job would be driven by dogma versus evidence. reporter: i went back and read the declaration. there is a part of it that has some grains of truth. that was the low risk that covid posed to young people and the larger risk of keeping them out of school so long. when you look at that, how do you look at the time? >> there are some things i agreed with him on. calling out school closures as being particularly harmful was something i very much agree with him

to lead the nation's health agency.dential candidate-turned trump supporter's record. geoff: republicans retain their majority in the house, giving the gop full control of the federal government. what they could do with their newfound p

i came to hawaii with the national health service corps. i practice full time all the lanes i became governor. and i will tell you this. this is a cruel joke that president trump is playing on the american people. the republican senators have to reject this nomination. it would be okay, i suppose, for rfk junior to go work in the environmental sector in the trump administration. but that is the important thing. president trump has an obligation to appoint people that have experience. and rfk junior has no experience as a nurse, as a doctor, as a social worker. he has never had a degree in public health. he is simply a bombastic personality. and this time people are going to die if he is confirmed. >> rfk junior has not just been talking about vaccines. he wants to end fluoridation of water, which experts say prevents tooth decay, and broaden access to raw, unpasteurized milk. he wants to turn back the clock on food safety by a century. as a doctor, what is wrong with kennedy's approach to health? >> well, everything is. but let's talk about

which means there is a real lack of a health care agenda for the nation.league said, hhs covers many things. including all of the implementation of your medicaid and medicare. and your marketplace coverage. that is the largest insurance company in the world. rfk, someone who has a worm in his head according to him, is implementing. that is concerning. i think those are going to be some questions about his fitness for office. he might be a candidate for a recess appointment, someone who cannot get through regular order because he's not confirmable. >> we will have to wait and see with this and what happens to the president-elect and his team. thank you both for being here. israel's military has ramped up a tax around beirut with the fourth consecutive day of attacks in lebanon. the suburbs have been pounded by scattered strikes through the day prayed one building was flattened. it is not yet known how many people were affected. further northeast, officials say at least 15 rescue workers were killed in an israeli airstrike on a building while they were waiti

campaign promise to allow a political rival turned supporter, robert f kennedy jr, to head the nation's health and human services department. but as nicole sganga reports, he and other controversial cabinet picks could have trouble winning over senate approval. >>>>please welcome the president of the united states. >>>>president elect donald trump enjoyed a black tie victory lap at his south florida golf club thursday night. >>>>we won the popular vote. oh, i love that. >>>>he also praised robert f kennedy jr his new pick for secretary of health and human services. >>>>there's no vaccine that is, you know, safe and effective. >>>>kennedy has a long record of criticizing vaccines and perpetuating false claims, including that vaccines cause autism. cbs news medical contributor doctor celine gounder addressed that on cbs mornings. >>>>vaccines, to be very clear, do not not cause autism the quote research that showed that claimed that vaccines cause autism had was rife with ethical issues was sloppy research. >>>>doctor gounder says an anti-vaccine approach has consequences for public health. thur

prompted public citizen to say this, quote, robert f kennedy is a clear and present danger to the nation's health. he shouldn't be allowed in the building at the department of health and human services let alone placed in charge of the nation's public health agency. alexandria ocasio cortez adding this. >> if you look at a rural area, not a hospital close to you. it could be decimated under robert f kennedy. we are talking about people who live in rural communities and underserved communities. in order, just to get checked up on. >> the senate majority leader a lack has no comment about this pic for health and human services, interesting confirmation hearing. neil: i didn't lay a glove on you. i tried but you are the best. one of the nicest guys on the planet but a killer when he wants to be. that i mix shows and movies? north carolina republican congressman and physician, the only practicing physician in congress, very good to have you. how do you feel about robert f kennedy junior coming to head hhs? >> what the president has done with all his appointment, they are disrupters in one form or ano

we are and horrible health as a nation and 29th out of 32 in life expectancy and 30 as out of 32 in infant mortality and 75% of our 18 through 25 girls can't get into the military because of poor health stemming predominantly from nutrition and a lack of exercise and economic issues . these need to be put forward and it is great that mr. kennedy has done that. like every other pediatrician, i am extremely concerned about at least his previous views on vaccines and how that could affect one of the most effective mechanisms to save our children and even in recent years when i was a resident. my hallways were filled with kids with meningitis from home off lewis and losing their legs to diseases and these have gone away to almost complete extent because of vaccines. i am concerned about that. i am hearing he has moderated his views on vaccines and much more focused on transparency and a lot in eliminating corruption which we can all get behind. >> could you hear that from? >> i am hearing it from him that he is really more focused and he said he isn't anti-vaccine and focused on transparency a

this department, and more what his history of conspiracy theories meets for public trust in our nations health establishments. >> we already have a trust issue. >> right and i think that started during covid, and there was a lot of polarization on basic health facts, and that that will continue. that will have serious public health implications for everybody in this country. mike dr. patel can you explain for us, everything that hhs does, what are all of the things that fall under its umbrella? >> 11 agencies of incredible significance, everything from the centers for disease control, chronic disease surveillance and monitoring. and all of the activities that the cdc does along with the fda, that is what the direct target i think number for rfk's comments, and what the president-elect reiterated today. but centers for medicaid services, that is the largest kind of public insured alongside the veterans program, so that is a big agency, and then on top of that the national institute for health and the medical reserve corps, and the surgeon general's office, the list goes on the hhs secretary can

resources right now to provide, to divert the time of two doctors and a judge at a time when the national health activities. on the other side, the argument is, look, if you were dying, if un terrible pain in undignified circumstances, should you or anybody have the right to end it? taste should you or anybody have the right to end it?— right to end it? we will continue _ right to end it? we will continue to _ right to end it? we will continue to follow - right to end it? we will continue to follow as l right to end it? we will continue to follow as it| continue to follow as it progresses through various stages of scrutiny there in parliament. forthe stages of scrutiny there in parliament. for the moment, thank you. we will stay in westminster with a different story, though. downing street has, said the prime minister, accepted the former transport secretary louise haigh's resignation after "further information" emerged relating to a criminal offence to which she pleaded guilty a decade ago. here's iain watson. this is how the fate of a mobile phone a decade ago called time on louise haigh's cab

to oversee the nation's health agencies. [ screams ] >>> scare in the air. severe turbulence forces a miami-bound plane to make a u-turn mid flight and return to europe. >>> and on the front lines, we're on the ground with firefighters in new york as they battle a massive fueled by a -- a massive wildfire fueled by a >>> good morning, i'm michael george. president-elect donald trump made his first full public address since winning the presidential election. he touted his victory and praised his allies including his cabinet picks. now one of his latest choices, robert f. kennedy jr., for secretary of health and human services, is sparking controversy over his anti-vaccine beliefs and conspiracy theory about fluoride in drinking water. it oversees medicare, medicaid, as well as drugs, vaccines, and food safety plus medical research. jarred hill now with more. what's been the reaction to this pick? >> reporter: i mean, it's about as complicated as rfk jr.'s views on some of these issues. in particular, some of the more controversial statements about vaccines an

this department, and more what his history on conspiracy theories mean for public trust in our nation's health establishment. >> we already have a trust issue-- >> right. i think that began during covid, and there's a lot of polarization of basic health facts, and i think that's just going to continue. and i think that's going to have a look health invocations for everyone in this country. >> dr. patel, can you just explain to us everything hhs does? what are all the things that fall under its umbrella? >> yeah, i live in agencies of incredible significance, everything from the centers for disease control, chronic disease monitoring and public health emergency activities the cdc does along with that the fda , that's a direct targeting for rfk's comments, and what the president-elect reiterated. centers for medicare and medicaid services, cms, that's the largest kind of public insurer alongside the veterans program, so that's a big agency. and on top of that the national institute of health, public health service, the surgeon general's office, the list goes on. hhs secretary has incredible auth

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health agencies last night. choosing dr. jay bhattacharya to lead the national institutes of health. the nation's leading medical research agency, an institution that most of the time works quietly behind the scenes, but is an incredibly important part of our federal government. the nih has a $48 billion budget, and is the single largest public funder of biomedical research in the world. the nih is behind some of the biggest scientific breakthroughs of the 20th century, cracking the genetic code, for instance, vaccines for hepatitis and hpv, and even those mrna vaccines that made it possible for the world to emerge from the covid-19 pandemic. work done by the nih touches practically every aspect of our lives. research it supports has led to clean air guidelines and the nutrition facts that are on just about everything we eat, all the food. to leave the nih, donald trump has chosen a man that pushes a policy that experts said was unscientific and would lead to millions of deaths. nbc news says, bhattacharya gained national attention in october 2020 when he wrote the barrington explorat

how many off a day is more widely accepted and even part of the national health care systems, germany recognize the export potential of homeopathy. madison's early on shop, if, for example, entered large scale industrial production at the end of the 19th century and quickly developed into the world's leading company for homeopathic products. the products are exported to almost every country. india is currently the country with the highest number of homeopathic practitioners and users worldwide home. it. but he was actually brought in from the west by the missionaries as part of the, you know, the organization. and all that for us is the type of long on back part of that process of colonization was a social and educational reform implemented by the british in 18. 35, it prioritized english language education and western approaches over indigenous knowledge. disaffected, traditional medical systems like all your better holistic practice. more than 3000 years old, british authorities considered in western medicine superior. and he also helped to push the popularity of home the office he

and our rfk jr to supervise the nation's health. kennedy has said he suspects something in the water is making american kids question their sexuality, and orientation and identity. he's falsely said that vaccines cause autism. they don't. 5g phones control your mind, he says, and that he questions the link between hiv and aids. if he's confirmed, he will run both the centers for disease control and the fda. you know, good things that i've heard him say is talk about, you know, the threat of childhood obesity. absolutely. you saw him preservatives in things. that was fascinating, wasn't it? the cereals where he held up the one countries, trix or froot loops or whatever it was, and the ingredients that were in ours, i think nobody's going to argue against that one. right. we'll see, we'll see. thank you. you bet. let's go look outside today. beautiful skies out there. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking what we can expect from that weather today. and throughout the weekend. yeah, you can see the clear skies there in dublin, and

would make people who've unable to corrosion and put irresponsible, straightened on a struggling national health service, with the state of the n. h. s a nice insights this right? giving to it's giving me in a just giving some medication to visit. no, yet no, no. the tool is got to pass through several legislative stages. first bought the direction of travel has been set between 9 years since m. p. 's last by states on assistive died. in 2015, they rejected it despite then, as now the majority of the british public being in favor in 2024 though it seems. finally, the politicians are on the same page as the people for which happens. how does it or london not one of france's most majestic monuments is set to reopen to the public. 5 years off, the fire swept through it. restoration of not should dom cookie jewels interior pots for the next year is not complete. present tonight on the chrome visited the landmark church before it's i think it's all set back to the reports from the french capital. the gulf explained power says no to them. and a 1st glimpse inside the cathedral restored after devastati

nation. the safer communities act, dealing with health care in our schools and gun safety. on of accomplishments, the chips and science bill to make us more competitive. so why didn't the american people then vote for his vice president, kamala harris? we couldn't connect the dots. people are upset. they're just upset. where do the democrats go from here then? i mean, because let's face it, you know, your party is in some disarray. you've lost the white house. you've lost both chambers of congress. where do you, how do you rebuild? because there could be, you know, the donald trump presidency. then who knows? there could be a jd vance. vance presidency. after that. our traditional base. we lost a lot of our traditional base. we got a i think we got to retool. i think we got to... i don't think we changed our values. change what we're trying to accomplish and opportunities for all americans to be a world leader protecting democratic institutions. i don't think we changed our mission, but we certainly have to change the way that we communicate with the american people because