are people who work in the state and local health departments who teach and do research at our nation's healthenters, public interest groups like the diabetes association and other nonprofits interested in health, a lot of them small. host: as the executive director of the american public health association, is rfk junior qualified to serve as health and human services secretary? guest: we believe he is the wrong guy for this job. we don't believe he has the proper training, the management skills and the judgment to do this job well and we saw that on full display during the two hearings he had this week. host: talk about proper training. what is needed? guest: somebody with a background in health. we have had a lot of attorneys in that job but they all had health experience. they have been legislators or they had a broad health experience in healthcare financing or health insurance. he does not have that. he is an environmental lawyer that has been in a very narrow focus area. environment is important for your health but he does not have the broad range of skills necessary for this job. host:

a warning that weight—loss drugs would the leave the national health service broke if it gave them toill at a level where we cannot afford to treat several million people within the uk with these drugs. it would simply bankrupt and once they were scotland's power couple — now nicola sturgeon says her marriage to former snp chief executive peter murrell is over.

and he will bring his commitment to evidence-based science transparency to our national health agencies, and it's simple, americans want access to all the facts so they can decide what's best for themselves and for their families. bobby has committed to giving americans the information that they need to be informed and make informed decisions. recently, i've seen the mainstream media and some politicians attempt to smear bobby kennedy as anti-vax, anti-industry or an enemy of food producers. all of this couldn't be further from the truth. it's just a political attack. we've even heard from prominent republicans, like former vice president mike pence, who is running ads on tv criticizing bobby kennedy for not being sufficiently pro-life. bobby addressed this himself yesterday. he believes every abortion is a tra tragedy, and he will work with president trump to implement his pro-life policies. these attacks are nothing more than dishonest attempts by the d.c. establishment to tank his nomination. we've seen that in the last couple of weeks on all nominees. sure, bobby kennedy may not be

this time targeting the national health insurance company. i will mention it as part of a textbook example of how unruly governments are eliminated. governments that have a different opinion on some issues that have no problem telling the ukrainian president that we will not be blackmailed by him. and we are ready to take counter measures. beginning of this textbook example in slovakia was certainly not invented by the people who are protesting and whom we respect. but this textbook example in model in slovakia, people is being implemented by representatives of the slow back opposition. n g o's, financed from abroad is a significant part of the slow back anti government's media. and of course, trainers from abroad who are on the territory of the slow back republic. what comes on the back of less protests in the nation? demonstrate this claim that kim is acting in most goes in trust when it comes to ukraine conflict and that's involved in his resignation and a mutual best and ministry on financial aid to kids. 12 of paint. so it lunches at the

that's the last person you want in charge of this nation's health care. now, listen, i think the drug companies make way too much money, but i don't want to stop krug discovery in this country. what did rfk, jr. say? he said if he goes to head up the department of health ap human services, he's going to tell the f.d.a. to take a break on drug development and drug discovery for eight years. right? those breakthroughs save lives. they cure diseases and the idea that you're going to of somebody in hhs who is hostile rit large to the f.d.a. is an abomination. and finally, don't believe for one second that he's going to stand up to donald trump on anything. donald trump's made it 100% clear that his goal is to pass a massive tax cut for billionaires and corporations, by the way, bobby kennedy, jr. is one of those really rich people who will benefit from that tax cut, and he's going to pay for it by gutting medicare, medicaid, and health care services for the middle class. if he gets away with that, bobby kennedy will get a nice big tax cut and will have done n

. >> the department of health and human services oversees our nation's largest health care programs, providing coverage for nearly two in every five americans. improving medicare, medicaid, and chip, among other initiatives, presents challenges, especially in the face of a rapidly aging population, stubbornly high costs, and persistent barriers to access. >> however, this also. >> provides us an opportunity to deliver bold, transformative solutions. >> as a committee, we share a commitment. >> to advancing. common sense, bipartisan policies that improve the delivery of health care in this country. this committee has. >> worked. >> to realign incentives in the prescription. drug supply chain to enhance. >> access in rural. >> communities, to expand the availability of telehealth and improve the broken clinician payment structure across these and other issues. i look forward to working with the administration to continue pursuing meaningful reforms that serve the american people more effectively and more efficiently. too often, patients encounter a health care system that is disjointed

so states and major cyber attack has also taken place against the nation's health care system, plus the them with me. if we look at the numbers from the past 3 years, we will see that hungry has lost money, 19000000000 euros due to the sanctions, which translates to 7500000000000. i'm gary and far and don gary and pm liaison, what the use of the russia functions is costing budapest, adding that every member state is losing about those figures show despite sanctions, russian gas exports the europe. i've only grown since the start of the year. the broadcasting from our international use center here in moscow. this is art. so you hello and welcome. i'm you know, me lot of near puts in how said if the 2020 us election hubble being quote stolen from donald trump. the conflict in ukraine may never have started a student because the pressure has never refused to have contacts with the us administration. and it is not our fault of the previous administration refuse these contacts with the current you as president. i've always had business like, exclusively business like, but at the same time, p

these are the kinds of elements of a national health insurance, important to the american people. governor reagan, again, typically, is against such a proposal. mr. smith: governor? mr. reagan: when i opposed medicare, there was another piece of legislation meeting the same problem before the congress. i happened to favor the other piece of legislation and thought that it would be better for the senior citizens and provide better care than the one that was finally passed. i was not opposing the principle of providing care for them. i was opposing one piece of legislation versus another. there is something else about social security. of course, it doesn't come out of the payroll tax. it comes out of a general fund, but something should be done about it. i think it is disgraceful that the disability insurance fund in social security finds checks going every month to tens of thousands of people who are locked up in our institutions for crime or for mental illness, and they are receiving disability checks from social security every month while a state institution provides for all of t

these are the kinds of elements of a national health insurance, important to the american people.n, typically is against such a proposal. mr. smith: governor? gov. reagan: when i opposed medicare, there was another piece of legislation meeting the same problem before the congress. i happened to favor the other piece of legislation and thought that it would be better for the senior citizens and provide better care than the one that was finally passed. i was not opposing the principle of providing care for them. i was opposing one piece of legislation versus another. there is something else about social security. of course, it doesn't come out of the payroll tax. it comes out of a general fund, but something should be done about it. i think it is disgraceful that the disability insurance fund in social security finds checks going every month to tens of thousands of people who are locked up in our institutions for crime or for mental illness, and they are receiving disability checks from social security every month while a state institution provides for all of their needs and their c

if you speak to strategists in keir starmer�*s team, they would say, well, if the nhs, the national health will probably be re—elected, if it gets worse, they well will not be. this is just the first moment. just for christmas, keir starmer did what was more of a clear reset moment, when he unveiled what he called six milestones were trying to live in code change. —— he called six milestones for change. keir starmer is trying to remind british voters, the british public, what the agenda that he laid out towards the end of last year comprised. fits end of last year comprised. as politicians return to work in westminster, what are they going to be making of the increasing criticism of the prime minister we are hearing from elon musk, the owner of x, as he seems to be weighing increasingly into uk politics? even this morning, i say this morning uk time, i don't think it is morning where elon musk is, he has been firing off a post after post, post on twitter about a variety of uk politicians. you seem to have discovered gordon brown this morning, the former uk prime minister, he has been coming

health needs our country has. imagine if he defunded the nih, national institute of health like he's talking about for up to eightears, so that we don't have any health research. he's also talking about stopping research on infectious diseases completely. he's talked about the virus being created to attack everyone but ashkenazi jew s and i think one other group. some of these things are so outlandish they definitely don't describe serious thinking from a health care professional. so of course you can throw a dart at a board and sometimes hit a good idea. but our children will be vulnerable. and you saw just from a little bit of misinformation when he was nothing but a celebrity and he was in samoa he killed people. what happens when he has the full control of a trillion- dollar agency and we stop doing research, science-based research on diseases, disease states, medications, the medications that we need to help save people? the vaccinations that kept us from seeing tens of millions of people die from covid. it would be a tragedy. and so again, i can just say this as a physician who actually saw the carnage that

but canada spends more than 10 times that on its national health system. , it's government run healthn. expense only half the nato requirement on its own defense. i mean, it ranks only ahead of slovenia and turkey. >> that's right. the new york state police could go and conquer the canadian military. it's a free writer. it's a situation with climate change and it's 23409 caused by man and it's natural looking through history, but it is happening and more commerce in the arctic north. is canada in a position to defend against russia and china that are poking around very aggressively or should supra that bethe united states in i dt think we need to make all of canada part of the united states. french speaking quebec and hard wired for socialism and alberta, saskatchewan and hard part of manitoba and nothing vancouver and yukon much those are like america and a lot more money together with american capital and can do producing minerals and other things in oil and energy from those central provinces that be the current ottawa government. liz: really interesting. christian whiton. always i

health needs. if he defunded national institute of health for up to eight years, no health research. talking about stopping research on infectious disease says completely. the virus being created to attack everyone but jews and i think one other group. some of these things are so outland issue they do not describe thinking from a health professional. you can throw a dart at a board and sometimes get a good idea but our children are vulnerable. you saw what he was saying as a celebrity. he was in samoa he killed people what about when he control of a trillion dollar agency and stop doing research on diseases, disease states, medications, the medications we need to help save people, vaccinations that kept us from seeing tens of millions die from covid. it would be a tragedy. so, again, i just say this as a physician that saw the carnage that he caused. i would ask people to pause and think carefully about what they will expose their constituents to. a lot of these out there. we will have a very extraordinary ride with trump in the second term. i wish everyone in service well. they have

the prime minister was supposed to be addressing the waiting times in the national health service.vershadowed by questions surrounding elon musk, who has called for starmer to be jailed and even questioned today whether the united states should "liberate" britain. musk has also targeted jess phillips, the safeguarding minister, who he labelled a "rape genocide apologist" for not supporting a national inquiry into child sexual exploitation in 0ldham. 0ur political editor chris mason reports. it will be the fastest to 100 mph... the world's richest man, elon musk, the billionaire entrepreneur. rockets, electric cars, tesla, and he owns the social media site x too. mr musk is a businessman with a growing drive for politics and a growing habit of claiming the british government, the prime minister, is incompetent. he accused keir starmer of being complicit in the rape of britain and that he should go. he called the home office ministerjess phillips a "rape genocide apologist", and today, he conducted a survey on x about whether the people of america should liberate the people of britai

but republicans praised him, saying kennedy represents an opportunity to improve the nation's health system. your commitment to combating chronic conditions that drive health care costs will be critical to our success. the hearing comes a day after kennedy's cousin, caroline kennedy, released a scathing letter to lawmakers urging them to reject his nomination. bobby himself is a predator. bobby preys on the desperation of parents of sick children. vaccinating his own kids while building a following, hypocritically discouraging other parents from vaccinating theirs. ahead of the hearing, dozens of people lined up to try to get a seat inside that includes doctors and nurses from out of state, both firm supporters and staunch opponents. his vaccine skepticism will cause people to not get their children immunized, which will further increase disease in children. very, very, very excited about ending the chronic disease epidemic for children and adults in our country. kennedy's confirmation process continues tomorrow before the senate health committee. >ryan >and the rupert murdoch owned n

they said they looked to establish a national health plan. that was realized. that was over 100 years of different individuals. then they became president. but they were not able to achieve what they set out to. so i am very proud of that. very few members get to establish an agency in the federal government. i got to establish two. >> which one? rep. eshoo: in the last congress, arpa h. darpa is very well-known and respected across the country by people in the defense of our country. this is modeled after that very small, but limber agency. its mission is to produce tears for the diseases which are death sentences, pancreatic cancer is one of them. alzheimer's is another. als. i am very proud of that. that was in the last congress. many years ago, barta, another agency that i have ever heard one complaint about. isn't that something? that passes an important test. it is all about research and development in biologics. and biotechnology. but also, in defense of our nation. so, i am very proud of those two efforts. >> describe your work ethic in washington over

in england, a leading obesity expert has warned weight-loss drugs could bankrupt the national healthibed to all of the patients eligible for them. >> ray is 62 and has battled with his weight most of his life. what size is that? >> that might be a 6 or 7 xl. >> he got a shock a few years ago when about to have surgery. >> i was waiting to go to the theater and they said we can operate, he is too big for the table. >> is july 2024 at london's hospital. he is about to become one of the first patients to get the weight loss jab on the nhs. he weighs 148 kilos or 23 stone. in trials, patients on we govy lost an average of 15% body weight in just over a year. >> we are ready to go. good luck. >> the weekly job works mimicking a gut hormone which makes you feel full. it can cause unpleasant side effects in the stomach which some cannot cope with. the patients know that they have to play their part, eating healthier, smaller portions. if he can lose weight, it would help him and the nhs. >> we treat complications associated with obesity. he has prediabetes. he might need joint surgery in th

kennedy jr., calling him unfit to be the nation's health secretary as he gets set to face senators for his confirmation hearings. >>> and fall from the sky. harrowing video shows an american fighter jet plummeting to the ground. >>> good morning, i'm michael george. we start with another day of the trump administration unleashing a flood of initiatives and orders. the white house began offering buyouts to all federal employees who opt to leave their jobs by next thursday, february 6th. and president trump signed an executive order directing federally run insurance programs to exclude gender transition care for anyone under the age of 19. and trump's crackdown on undocumented immigrants came to new york city. the secretary of homeland security, kristi noem, went along as federal agents conducted a raid in the bronx. i.c.e. says 969 arrests were made nationwide yesterday. cbs' jarred hill has the latest. now the white house has invited cameras along on these raids so there's no question they want americans to see this. >> yeah. the record button is on with this. in fact, a couple of days

facing another tough day of questions in his push to become the nation's health secretary. the health committee's top republican says he's struggling with that nomination. >> if you come out unequivocally vaccines are safe, it does not cause autism, that would have an incredible impact. >> trump loyalist kash patel questioned on his nomination to lead the fbi. democrats called his statements about january 6th defendants disqualifying. >> i've never once advocated for political violence or violence against law enforcement. >> i'm talking about his characterization of criminals who assaulted police officers as political prisoners. >> also facing questions today, tulsi gabbard. she asked senators to confirm her as director of national intelligence and defended her position on russia. >>> in san francisco today the city convened what it's calling an overdose prevention summit, all to help cut down on the staggering toll of overdose deaths. the first of its kind event drew today health officials and community advocates. high on the agenda, working to understand racial disparitie

here in england, a leading obesity expert has warned that weight loss drugs could bankrupt the national healthnts who are eligible for them. 3.4 million people in england are understood to qualify — but there are warnings it would cost around £10 billion a year if they were all treated at once. here's our medical editor fergus walsh. ray is 62 and has battled with his weight for most of his life. ray, what size is that? it might be a six... six or a seven xl. he got a shock a few years ago when about to have surgery. i was actually outside waiting to go into the theatre, and they said, "we can't operate on him. he's too big for this table." it's july 2024 at london's guy's hospital. ray is about to become one of the first patients to get the weight—loss jab wegovy on the nhs. he weighs 148 kilos — or 23 stone. in trials, patients on wegovy lost an average of 15% body weight in just over a year. right, so we're ready to go. 0k? 0k. there you go. good luck. the weeklyjab works by mimicking a gut hormone which makes you feel full. it can cause unpleasant side effects in the stomach, which some ca

i mean, israel has national health the 43rd annual healthcare conference held by jp morgan with united healthcare is at the saint francis hotel. it comes as luigi mangione is in jail awaiting trial for the murder of united healthcare ceo brian thompson. last month. >> several protesters held up signs in support of men gionet only condone his actions. i do could own the fact that whatever he raise the awareness of this right, the entire world is talking about this industry. they should not exist. this is a system problem killing an executive is not going to change a system. i hope this issue comes out in his a few protesters yelled at attendees exiting the conference as tensions became high. police officers lined up in front of the hotel. can we ask you a thing of these protesters of the conference? >> it's all pretty you everybody's to come together every right to protest. but it's like when you see a pro luigi sign, that's that's like really, really bad taste. i'm kind of surprised the police are allowed because technically threatening. >> some protesters told us they plan to return t

kennedy, warning the senators tasked with confirming her cousin to be the nation's health secretary that no. >> i've known bobby my whole life. we grew up together. it's no surprise that he keeps birds of prey as pets, because bobby himself is a predator. his basement, his garage, his dorm room were always the center of the action. >> michael: center of the action, cool dorm room? what's wrong with that? and while you answer, i'll just take a sip of this delicious-looking smoothie rfk jr. sent me. >> his basement, his garage, his dorm room were always the center of the action, where drugs were available and he enjoyed showing off how he put baby chickens and mice in a blender to feed to his hawks. [audience reacts] [audience reacts] >> michael: he was putting baby chickens and mice in a blender? and ladies, you thought it was bad when a guy brought you to his dorm room and busted out a guitar. i'm not sure her statement will have much sway, because first of all, blending food is just how you feed hawks. if you ever look in their nests, they always have a little nutribullet right in there

nation's. >> top health official. >> i'll get reaction from a key democrat who had a chance to grill kennedy today. senator maggie. hassan is standing by. >> also breaking tonight, a. >> source tells cnn. attorneys for new york city mayor. eric adams have been in talks with federal prosecutors about possibly. dropping the case. >> against him. >> welcome to our viewers here in the. >> u.s. and around the world. >> wolf blitzer. is off today. >> i'm jim sciutto. >> and you're in. >> the. >> situation room. this is cnn breaking news. the breaking news here in the situation room. >> trillions of dollars in federal cash now unfrozen after the trump white house withdraws a memo that stirred up bipartisan backlash. our chief national affairs. >> correspondent, jeff. >> zeleny, is standing. >> by at the white house. >> with details. so. >> jeff. >> less than 48 hours. >> after issuing the freeze. >> the white house reversing course. >> but saying. >> or claiming. >> it's. >> not reversing course. >> well, jim, it is one of the quickest and perhaps the biggest reversals that we have seen, certainly

here in england a leading obesity expert has warned that weight loss drugs could bankrupt the national healthents who are eligible for them. 3.4 million people in england are understood to qualify — but there are warnings it would cost around £10 billion a year if they were all treated at once. here�*s our medical editor fergus walsh. ray is 62 and has battled with his weight for most of his life. ray, what size is that? it might be a six... six or a seven xl. he got a shock a few years ago when about to have surgery. i was actually outside waiting to go into the theatre, and they said, "we can�*t operate on him. "he�*s too big for this table." it�*s july 2024 at london�*s guy�*s hospital. ray is about to become one of the first patients to get the weight—loss jab wegovy on the nhs. he weighs 148 kilos — or 23 stone. in trials, patients on wegovy lost an average of 15% body weight injust over a year. right, so we're ready to go. 0k? 0k. there you go. good luck. the weeklyjab works by mimicking a gut hormone which makes you feel full. it can cause unpleasant side effects in the stomach, which

the united states has worse health than any other developed nation. yet we spend more on healthcare and in some cases triple as other countries. last year we spent 4.8 trillion not counting the indirect costs of missed work. that's almost a fifth of gdp. it is tantamount to a 20% tax on the entire economy. no wonder america has trouble competing with countries that pay a third of what we do for health and have better outcomes and a healthier workforce. i don't want to make this too much about money. it is the human tragedy that moves us to care. president trump has promised to restore america's global strength and to restore the american dream but he understands that we can't be a strong nation when our people are so sick. a healthy person has a thousand dreams, a sick person has only one. today over half of our country men and women are chronically ill. when i met with president trump last summer i discovered that he is more than just concerned for this tragic situation but genuine care. president trump is committed to restoring the american dream an

innovative approaches such as the use of ai for scans and its partnership with woodville university's national health innovation campus, and canals invite him to come and see the transformative work being done? p.m. starmer: can i thank her because the achievements of the hard-working staff have proved that you can bring down waiting times and plan for change. it's important we are applying the best practice and innovation across the nhs. we must do more. we inherited record waiting lists and we are now bringing them down. >> andrew snowden. >> thank you very much, mr. speaker. in what is supposed to be a honeymoon period for new government, the prime minister has sacked his chief of staff and forced his sitting minister of transport secretary to resign while number 10 has been briefing against the pension secretary, home secretary, and education secretary. is it not time that the prime minister excepts at the root causes at the heart of this government all with him, not them? p.m. starmer: we've just got a landslide victory and we got a massive majority. getting on with the job. mr. speaker, i don't

the kind of consensus for a national care service of the . kind that we have largely had on the national healtht four. years because our experience . has been every general election campaign has been an election campaign where social care - plans go to die. ask andy bannon . and gordon what... talking over each other. louise casey says the social care system needs much more money. will you say that should be in the next labour ma nifesto ? what louise will come up with as a reformer, is - a plan and a set of options onj both reform and what she will be clear about the investment that is needed. _ that's not quite a yes. i have no doubt that wes streeting, a health secretary who wants to fix this problem once and for all, however, what does he have any guarantee that the labour party as a whole will accept whatever louise casey comes up with? does he have any guarantee that he will be able to do what he really wants to do, get all of the parties to agree to it in 2028, so theoretically it could be in all of their manifestos next time round and not something they all use against each other and fi

but another thing that he stands for is regarding health research and how the national institutes of onstituted in this country. he says he's going to immediately replace hundreds of scientists. what would that mean for, again, the health system in the u.s. and what the future might hold? >> let me begin by saying that the national institutes of health is the envy of the world. it's been the biomedical technology engine of the american economy. nishioka scientists have had -- n.i.h. scientists have had countless numbers of nobel prizes. they've created life-saving vaccines, treatments, medical devices. they've had enormous breakthroughs in genetic technology, mrna technology. and this is a caricature of n.i.h., c.d.c., w.h.o., that we've seen over and over again, of them being faceless bureaucrats or ideologues but i've worked with these people for decades and i can tell you, they're doctors and nurses, scientists that get up every day with little recognition and little pay to just try to make the world a little healthier and safer. and to vilify them, to fire them, to sideline them a

came into this election promising a national care service, it was a snappy face to murder the national healthinextricably linked and labour came in with a slogan of creating a national care is a best without having a plan for that and now it will take another three years to get to what a national care service looks like so frustration in the care sector and for families and people basing their relatives are themselves facing care. huge financial pressures to grapple with in the short term.— around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. police are investigating after the father of sara sharif was reportedly assaulted in prison weeks after being jailed for the ten—year—old's murder. according to the sun newspaper urfan sharif is said to have been attacked at belmarsh prison on new year's day by two other inmates in a cell. he's said to have suffered cuts to his neck and face, and it is understood he received medical treatment inside the prison. a prison service spokesperson said: "police are investigating an assault on a prisoner at hmp belmarsh on ijanuary. it would be inappropriate to

largest water company is in do financial home with aging 1000000000 in their area interest the national health service is going to have they have a budget shortfall of 12000000000 pounds and prisons despite gene and we're losing a little 3 paces in murder. yeah, are you guys in england and wales hardened 99 per cent full and as the local authorities more the entire criminal justice system stance on the precipice of failure. uh oh. well that's an easy solution. just find a few people for putting that means that you're ending in jails. but you know, the stime are fewer. well paul, you know, when nothing like a lead or you know, comb with the outcome of the month and the little like, well if your 1st time and if your he, he loves to turn around bleeding about social justice and what have you. and i also had a lot of opinions about the be keeping the screen running through the show and nothing like a mine of his word. you know, somebody who sticks to their guns like unders over there in the you with balls the size of apricots, little car, and kear style. if you're a doesn't seem to have the same s

. >> british prime minister keir starmer talked about immigration, workers rights, and the nation's health care service during his remarks as part of his weekly question session. this runs nearly 40 minutes. >> right. we now come to prime minister's questions. >> thank you, mr. speaker. question number one, please? >> thank you, mr. speaker. communities across the united kingdom have been hit hard by storm eileen. i spoke with the leaders of the administration's in scotland and northern ireland over the weekend to work with them on support that is wired and to pay tribute to all of those responding on the frontline. kickstarting economic growth is the number one issue. to deliver on our plan for change. today we announced our next steps. a new oxford-cambridge corridor, redeveloping old trafford, and supporting a runway at heathrow. we are supporting innovation and going further and faster to boost growth. mr. speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. i shall have further such meetings later today. >> mr. speaker, this pension increase by 470 pounds, and

and as the nation's health system confronts those converging threats, the trump administration has orderedencies to stop all communications with the public. that's according to a memo obtained by nbc news. advisories, weekly scientific reports, social media posts, sources of critical information about health threats and trends will all be on pause, although it's not clear for how long. joining us now, doctor kavita patel, former obama white house policy director and msnbc medical contributor. so my first question is just is this unusual or is it a case of a new administration finding its footing? >> yeah. >> chris, a great point. >> so we do see some of these kind of pauses in communications during transitions and administrations, mostly. >> to allow the. >> kind of current. >> new political staff to be able to just. >> figure out. >> what's going out the door. >> but it's. >> never had this broad. >> sweeping kind of mandate. around nih, fda, cdc, and to your very important point, right. when we're in the midst of what feels like the. entire country in some form of like viral storm rage.

confirmation hearings in just about 15 minutes on president trump's controversial pick to lead the nation's healthnedy jr is up for secretary of health and human services. now, the former presidential candidate is expected to face some tough questions from democrats, in particular over his false claims that vaccines cause autism and are unsafe. his own cousin, caroline kennedy, the daughter of the late president john f kennedy, calls his views on vaccines irresponsible and dangerous. >> and around the world, asian communities today are celebrating the beginning of the lunar new year. in china, it's called the spring festival, while in vietnam it's called tet. it begins with the first new moon of the lunar calendar. it ends 15 days later on the first full moon under the chinese zodiac, 2025 is the year of the snake. viewed with both fear and reverence. >> today is the last practice round before the start of the at&t pebble beach pro-am tournament tomorrow morning. the event features two of the most scenic golf courses ever pebble beach and spyglass hill. the tournament is one of the most popular on

. >> indeed and starmer will be giving a speech on the national health service today.o keep it brief when we have had such confusion over his missions and milestones and first steps and foundations in 2024 trying to clarify the messaging and importantly to focus on the domestic agenda when he's been accused of being absent as prime minister so far. we have looked at how much he traveled and he in his first six months in office has been abroad more than any of his immediate successors and you have to wonder what the point of it was when he went to azerbaijan and there were hardly any other high profile leaders there. many leaders he's met on the circuit have waning influence. justin trudeau in the news today, joe on his way out so as i say you have the chancellor visiting china this week and interestingly we have not yet had a decision on who will represent the u.k. at his inauguration. >> we are monitoring that china visit as well by the chancellor and other members. lizzy burden, thank you. now to some other stories making the news this monday. a u.k. minister is comi