estimates that the true figure could be almost 3 times higher than official reports from national health authority suggests. this is the johns hopkins tracker that we've been using throughout the pandemic. looking at the world wide numbers that you can see, they have the past 5000000, the virus was 1st identified and the chinese city of han, in late 2019. since then, almost a quarter of a 1000000000 cases of the crone of ours have been reported globally. the me or tell you to call 26 and the world's biggest producers have agreed to take greater action to limit global warming, warming rather ahead of a crucial climate summit in glasgow. club 26 is being described as a make or break moment for the planet. and the leaders so much gets under way shortly. g 20 leaders have commissioned to keep global warming at 1.5 degrees celsius. the 20 biggest economies are responsible for 80 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, but china's presentation ping is skipping the summit in person anyway. he's expected to submit a written statement instead of us. president biden has chris as china and russia for not bringi

the number takes into account deaths recorded by national health authorities, and represents only a fractiononavirus—related deaths, which could be two to three times higher than the official figure. the authorities in costa rica say they've seized a shipment of more than two and a half tonnes of cocaine. nearly 2,600 packages of the drug were found in a container in the coastal city of limon. they were all hidden inside backpacks. local officials believe the consignment was going to be sent to europe. it's thought to have travelled through colombia before reaching costa rica. the french president, emmanuel macron, has postponed plans to implement sanctions on the uk from tuesday, as part of the row over post—brexit fishing rights row. he said the two sides would continue talking this week. earlier, the foreign secretary, liz truss, said the uk wouldn't "roll over" after paris had threatened to block access to its ports for british boats. the chief executive of barclays bank, jes staley, has stepped down following an investigation into his links with the convicted sex offender and billionair

the number takes into account deaths recorded by national health authorities, and represents only a fractionelated deaths — which could be two to three times higher than the official figure. the french president, emmanuel macron, has postponed plans to implement sanctions on the uk from tuesday, as part of the row over post—brexit fishing rights row. he said the two sides would continue talking this week. earlier, the foreign secretary, liz truss, said the uk wouldn't "roll over" — after paris had threatened to block access to its ports for british boats. the united states supreme court has been hearing arguments about a law in the state of texas that has virtually ended abortion after six weeks of pregnancy. justices heard two challenges to the law, which bans abortion after six weeks of pregnancy and allows citizens to sue anyone involved in the process. abortion rights groups have argued that the architects of the texas law wrote it this way to deliberately avoid federal oversight. abortion providers are among those mounting a challenge to the law. marc hearron is a lawyer from the center

netherlands among the growing lists of country, and israel plans to entries to foreign nationals israeli health officials authorized use of of con-- controversial cell phone tracking. here in u.s., they are postponing surgery in crowded hospitals. >> i have talked to cancer specialists who have said, colonoscopies were put up, detections were put off, we're diagnosing things later in the game. we can't do that again. reporter: the south african doctor who told the world of the omicron said that the concerns in her new patients were mild. >> i think that initial cases are young people. we need more data there before we could say that this is not a severe version of the virus. we should find that out in the next couple of weeks. reporter: reserv they are still trying to determine the severity of the disease of the variant causes, they say is rapid spread through africa does suggest at least from the initial information they have, the new variant is highly contagious. the bottom line, arthel, public health officials are saying not reason for people to panic but nevertheless, should be cautious and take of new variant

and thanks for love and out into national thank adviser to the italian health authorities telling us the current preventative measures are only having a limited impact on the new strain. and it could be our reality for years to come. as the u. k is reproducing quarantine and government monday to the hotel for people coming from south africa. britain's health secretary also believes cove is going to be with us. in some form, he said, forever. he was asked to learn to live with coven. we will never defeat it. we have to learn to live with it. we have to learn to live with it as we have learned to live with flu. of course it is not flu and we need to learn more about in cases of, of new come have already been discovered in germany in belgium, the czech republic. and there are at least 13 cases in the netherlands that came after a flight of individuals came in from south africa. now, in a separate development, dutch police had to raid plain just before it was about to take off. after it emerged that 2 of the passengers on board had been in a quarantine hotel and had escaped from that des

gostin with us with georgetown university law center institute for national and global health law, the director of that center and the author of the book "global health security: a blueprint for the future," that book coming out since we had you on in the summer. what is the blueprint you lay out? guest: i started writing this book about six years ago, well before covid. in it, i predicted there would be a pandemic. my wife sometimes joked with me i have got the pandemic i have always dreamed for, but that is not true. there are many existential threats we face. there are laboratory accidents, bioterrorism. we have antimicrobial resistant viruses so that even our best antibiotics are losing their impact. a virus can spread around the world within 72 hours after it first presents. we have all of these existential threats, but we have answers for them. we have seen good research and development can get vaccines quick. we can get them even quicker next time. we can get treatment quicker next time. we need more robust health systems so we can better detect and respond. we need to prevent the so-called zoo not it -- zoonotic spi

national lockdown. the head of germany's public health authority, the rki, sounding the alarm on this huge pickup we areeeing. >> all of germany is one big outbreak. this is a nationwide state of emergency. we need to pull the emergency brake. guy: so you can look at this a number of ways. you can look at what is happening in germany and compare it with the u.k. at a headline level, i.e. the number of cases we are seeing. i will get the camera to follow me over. the k. is here. that is the blue line. germany is rapidly approaching the u.k. but that is not the point. as i mentioned, it is about the rate of change. the u.k. has been here for a while, and it is relatively stable, and seems to be coping. the rate of change in germany, austria, and lots of other countries, that has suddenly really picked up, and that i think is where the cause of concern is. it is not about the actual case counts. it is how quickly they are picking up. >> alix: and vaccinations at that point won't matter. it is what happens over the next few months. rasmus bech hansen is airfinity's ceo, a data and analytics company. if aust

the health secretary says he cannot be definite on the timing because he's working with the four nations to firm up one of those tests will come in exactly. thank you. health authoritieserlands have confirmed 13 people who arrived on flights from south africa earlier this week have tested postive for the omicron variant. they were among 61 passengers who were in quarantine after being identified as having covid—i9 when they arrived in the country. anna holligan is in amsterdam. and anna, we've just had an update from the dutch health authorities. we have. the netherlands is now the new variant hotspot in europe, more cases confirmed than any other country. the dutch health minister has in the last hour been updating people, 13 cases confirmed so far of the omicron variant, but they are still conducting more sequencing tests other could be more to follow. these passengers arrived in the netherlands on friday, 61 of them tested positive for covid and they've been taken into isolation in a hotel but those flights are still arriving in earlier one came in from johannesburg, anotherfrom cape town and that's causing quite a lot of concern here because the netherlands is alr

israel has approved a plan to foreign nationals and require its own citizens to quarantine after traveling abroad. is really health officials have authorized use of controversial cell phone tracking technology to do contact tracing. the omicron variant rapid spread in africa suggested maybe highly contagious proven the severity of disease it causes. the south africa dr. who alerted the world to omicron tells the telegraph symptoms in her young healthy patients have been unusual but mild. doctor still don't know if that's the case for older and unvaccinated patients but it wouldn't come as a surprise. >> as pandemics go want viruses get milder and less severe, everybody said had we get out of 1918 we didn't have a vaccine. the answer is the strains get milder, they want to survive how did they survive by jumping from host to host. it'll make it severely sick you can't jump. >> researchers say it'll take two possibly three weeks to determine the effectiveness of the vaccines against the omicron variant. but history gives them some calls for optimism. >> it is clear in all the previous examples of variance, the vaccines have worked to provide

national health, proto, these have the primary responsibility to deliver fair and independent proceedings that address the full range of violations, identify rather than isolated individual instances. if national authorities not in position to do so and international in the pending invest, independent, investing at the mechanism should be considered building on this joint report. such a mechanism could then take steps to undertake criminal investigations and gather an analysis, evidence of a full range of violations and abuses that can be directly used incompetent criminal court, whether that national regional or international levels. it is crucial that the governments of it to appear on every chair, ensured that those responsible for serious human rights violations are held accountable regardless of the affiliation of the perpetrators. i will now pass the floor to the chief of our africa branch, married cocoa on co hon, and cherish who can review on their methodology and challenges face in the course of the solicitation over to you. thank you. hi, commissioner. good morning to you all. let me talk to you briefly through the objectives and the reasons behind the joint investigation. the methodology we use

has approved a plan to bar entry to foreign nationals and require its own citizens to quarantine after traveling abroad. israeli health officials authorized the use of controversial cell phone tracking technology to do contact facing. the omicron variant suggests it may be highly contagious but researchers are still trying to determine the severity of disease it causes. the south african doctor that first alerted the world to omicron tells the symptoms have been unusual but mild. doctors still don't know if that's the case for older and unvaccinated patients but i couldn't come as a surprise. >> as pandemics go on, viruses tend to get milder and less severe and that's what occurred in 1918. everybody says how do we get out of 1918, we didn't have a vaccine. the strengths get milder, they want to survive, how do they survive, jumping host from host and if you kill a host or make it severely sick, you can't jump. >> researchers say it'll take two or three weeks to determine existences. >> it's clear in all previous examples of variants the vaccines have works to provide protection and the boosters have provided especially strong protection

organizers score more and live nation accusing them of profiting at the express of health and safety live nation issuing a quote saying we support and assist authorities in the investigation so that both the fans who attended and the families can get the answers they want and deserve. and we'll address all legal matters at the appropriate time. now this all comes after live nation reported better than expected quarterly results last week the stock up 110% over 12 months sara >> we had the ceo so week. so bullish on concerts and the return thank you. travis scott is known not just nor music but as a businessman with a number of cob lagss that we pointed out on this show like epic with fortnite, mcdonald's, general mills for cereal boxes and his current partnership with nike which is perhaps the most popular. it remains to be seen if the fallout will have any impact on current or future business deals. he is a very stron brand though and as as far as any potential impact that might be seen from this is that part of his brand as a performer on stage as he and there will be legal questions about that is that he incited crowds and faced misdemeanors in the

authority for public health. the biden administration tried to this before with eviction mandates. the cdc is not the nation landlord regulator. osha is not the public health regulator. like the supreme court struck down the eviction moratorium, i expect courts will strike down this moratorium. host: about 15 minutes left with daniel suhr with the liberty justice center. we will start with catherine in south carolina, that line for all others. go ahead. caller: i have looked through the osha manual. there is no legality to what osha is doing at all. i have been through this manual 18 times. legally, they do not have the authority at all. the president has push this through osha with knowledge that they do not have the authority. and to mandate it to these corporations who are private corporations is illegal and he knows it. host: -- guest: i could not agree with you more and good for you for getting through the manual. i think your comment is right. the president -- we saw this on eviction mandates, where the white house knew it did not have the legal authority. it was under pressure from far left elements

nations. thank you so much may contain to be with us tonight. i was just looking that the health authorities, they're saying, i think in israel have got one case of the new version, which is thought to have 5 times more contagious than the delta varied under another 7 or panful of suspected cases. all in quarantine is at the pictures you know to night in your country, and i did israel act too quickly here, or is it show an example to the rest of the world. thank you for having me tonight . then then you mentioned we have cases actually. now we have 2 cases of confirmed the only quan very end in it. well, that's why the government decided to act very, very fast and to close the borders to fall in there was, we allow only ladies to come in and those off the ground for 3 dave, even though we have the axioms, so we take those measures because we don't know the diet about their barbie and it would take a few days to get more information. and that's why we started to dig those broke oceans to be on the safe side. what's the theory about keeping it open for nationals, but closing it for, for foreig

the world health organization says it's now dispatching supplies and bern experts to help the west african nation. yet even as the clear up continues, authorities warned the death toll is expected to rise. alexander lurch al jazeera children under the age of 5 is set to receive polio vaccination in afghanistan for the 1st time in 3 years. that's after the taliban administration launched a 4 day elation drive before returning to power. 8 accused. un medical workers being spies by them from carrying out door to door campaigns. when 3000000 children will now receive the vaccine. a series of attacks on civilians in indian administered kashmir has spot fees of a renewed conflict in the region. authorities have stepped up security to avoid further unrest as patent mitchell reports. oh that up. her family is mourning the loss of its eldest son. shy the jaws was shot nearly a week ago. his brother is so overwhelmed with grief, he faints. his mother implores him to wake up. she says he's all she has left off to losing shaw head. i saw a gun with me. he was on his way from work at an apple farm. we had been waiting for him when we got a call saying he wa

the world health organization says it's now dispatching supplies and bern experts to help the west african nation. yet, even as the clear up continues, authorities warn the death toll is expected to rise. alexander, lurch al jazeera monte demonstrations have taken place in cities around the world, calling from urgent action and climate change. athens rallied in what they're calling a global day of action. the protest came as late as met in scotland for the comp 26 climate summit, but had been discussing ways to slow global warming. and her sentiments has its report from a mass expression of alarm from cities on every continent, demonstrators, from all walks of life, calling for immediate action, not just promises in the crisis over climate control, all over the world. there's outrage that in the past. so many pledges to cut emissions and provide funding to create clean alternatives to fossil fuels. haven't been honored. it begs the global question at stake leaders renee got promises in the past, then how could they be trusted? no. yeah. 6 disillusionment about cop 26 fill these glasgow streets. just a short distance from a summit venue. here an

the world health organization says it's now dispatching supplies and bern experts to help the west african nation. yet even as the clear up continues, authorities warned the death toll is expected to rise. alexander lurch al jazeera, at least 2 investigations are currently underway. and so what caused the stampede at a music festival in texas 8 people there died and dozens were injured. after crowds pushed for during a performance by rapid travel scars on friday night, witnesses say some people were forced so tightly together. they started hyperventilating, hydrogen castro, reform. it was supposed to be a night without worries and escape from the stress of the pandemic. as 50000 people mostly youngsters in their teens and twenties, gather before an outdoor stage to watch houston warm wrapper. travis scott. oh, but the energy quickly turned to panic. the minister abstract performing, it's like people like, like did something in front of them. they're running, they're going crazy and pushing everything out of nowhere. i guess like a group of people or somebody just pushed in and everything just like you. it was compressed like you were just compr

nations world wide rushed to impose new traveled restrictions. this was announced by virology to works closely with belgium's public health authorities . his name is mark van ross. he says one sample was confirmed as the novel sch out varying to be 11529, returning traveler from egypt. and that was returning on the 11th of november. so what's that 15 days ago and 1st symptoms? 4 days ago on the 22nd. that sample confirmed in the last few hours. so dominant came in berlin, keeping an eye across developments in europe. more on the swan than dominic. well the reality therefore is that if mac for lance is correct, then that person would have been incubating the virus for 11 days while they were free to come and go inside the restrictions that were already in place in belgium. since we know that from the 11th to the 22nd of this month, that the person concerned was back in belgium. so we also understand that the person concerned was unvaccinated, which will obviously raise its own questions for the medics and ministers who will be analyzing what has been discovered, trying to work out what effect this might have on the vaccination strategy.

nation." a week ago, much of the world had never heard of covid's omicron variant. four days ago, south african authorities alerted the world health organization that they detected a new covid strain in a small number of individuals from nearby botswana. since then, reaction has been swift. on friday, the w.h.o. declared it a variant of concern, citing evidence of increased transmissibility. it has since been detected on at least four continent nents with new cases detected this morning in australia and france. the w.h.o. also asked countries to avoid imposing travel bans to contrain the spread, but thus far, that advice seems to be going unheeded as countries from the u.s. to europe to east asia restrict travel to and from southern africa. we begin today with cbs news foreign correspondent joe paterno, who is in johannesburg, south africa. >> reporter: we've been here before-- a pandemic-weary world plunged into uncertainty with the discovery of a new variant. omicron has a worrying number of mutations, over 30, that scientists fear could make it more transmissible and vaccine resistant. >> the first time i saw it i just saw the

the world health organization says it's now dispatching supplies and bern experts to help the west african nation. yet even as the clear up continues, authorities warned the death toll is expected to rise. alexander, lurch al jazeera was still ahead here on out here in his renewed conflict and indian administered cache ma'am. from a lower court on the violence as security in the region of stepped up and heading in the right direction. we take a look at scotland transition from oil and gas to renewable. ah, ah, look forward to burritos guys. with sponsored by capital airways getting going on november 7th. here's your weather forecasts. we've got a system that's parked itself in the western mediterranean. it's just within rain around all sides here. it's going to be especially problematic for the belly. eric's some powerful winds here as well. they're going to generate waves. let's call it anywhere from about 4 to 5 meters high. go bit further toward the east for tapping into a south facing wind, so liquid does the temperature and toronto 25 degrees. things are starting to dry up for croatia and bosnia after that intense rain that we saw round th

the world health organization says it's now dispatching supplies and bern experts to help the west african nation. yet even as the clear up continues, authorities warned the death toll is expected to rise. alexander, lurch al jazeera and internationally mediated plans against sudan back on the way to democracy, appears to be in deadlock with both sides, rejecting proposals, pro democracy activists. the call for to day, the civil disobedience against any power sharing arrangements with the military forces. say the generals who lead last month on takeover have also refused the plan . general thought the oberon is on the increasing global pressure to restore the civilian lead government. hebrew morgan has more in the talk from cartoon while talks between the military headed by general abdel albert han and the civilian component. or rather, the efficacy, the civilian coalition has so far failed to produce any results, despite mediation efforts by the united nations, despite called by the united states for with duration of the civil and transitional government. and the release of prime minister of the land has been detained since october 21st. when

the world health organization says it's now dispatching supplies and bern experts to help the west african nation. yet even as the clear up continues, authorities warned the death toll is expected to rise. alexander lurch al jazeera still ahead on alger 0. here is a for renewed conflict in indian administered kashmir families. more of those caught in violent security in the region is taking a new direction. we take a look at scotland transition from oil and gas to renewable. ah, ah, look forward to burritos guys. with the sponsored play cut on airways. hello, welcome to your world's weather update. we're going to begin in india. nice to see you by the way, this southern slice of india continues with that drenching rain. but same goes across the mall, deeds, and look at this pocket of rain, getting striped by it into the western corner of sri lanka on monday. further to war, the east, the southeast of asia, thunder downpours, bank r. coachman city called them poor singapore jakarta, and same goes for bali with the high of 32 degrees. and you know, when we see these thunderstorms, the rain can really pile up quickly as we've seen a for that easte

the world health organization says it's now dispatching supplies and burned experts to help the west african nation. yet even as the clear up continues, authorities warn the death all is expected to rise. alexander, lurch al jazeera. now pro democracy activists ensued on have called for more days of civil disobedience against any power sharing arrangement with the military. they rejected an internationally mediated plan to get the country back on the road to democracy. so say in the generals who lead last month on takeover of also refused the plan. general abdel father alber honda is under increasing global pressure to restore the civilian led government. hey, morgan has more on those talks from, from cartoon while talks between the military headed by general, and then put that hon and the civilian component. or rather the efficacy, the civilian coalition has so far failed to produce any results. despite mediation efforts by the united nations, despite called by the united states for with duration of the civil transitional government, and the release of prime minister of the land has been detained since october 21st when the military took over. n

the world health organization says it's now dispatching supplies and bern experts to help the west african nation. yet, even as the clear up continues, authorities warned the death toll is expected to rise. alexander lurch al jazeera, morocco's kings says control of western sahara is not negotiable, as tension flared with algeria about the disputed territory can, how much sex as moroccan sovereignty in the region will never be up for discussion . morocco claims the former spanish colony as its territory, but algeria backs the poly, sorry, of front movement in its fight for the independence of western sahara. ran mars military. you may have committed crimes against humanity. that's the assessment of a you and body investigating the actions of the military since it sees power in a cool. in february, it's told al jazeera mike hannah, there is evidence of systematic attacks on civilians. what we've seen more recently is an increase in violence by the opposition. they call for civil war and small groups for me. and frankly, this obviously increases the violence and complicates our work. there's issues about what violence is lawful on both sides. and

the world health organization said it's now dispatching supplies and bern experts to help the west african nation. yet even as the clear up continues, authorities warned the death toll is expected to rise. alexander lurch, al jazeera trees have been uprooted, and rhodes are under water and the southern indian state of tamil nadu. this comes after the heavy as downforce in 2015 flooding that year killed more than 200 people enforced many others from their homes. meteorologists are expecting more rain on tuesday for more on those rains in india. let's go to jeff harrington with the weather. jeff, hello, welcome to your world's weather update. we're going to begin in india to see you by the way, this southern slice of india continues with that drenching rain. but same goes across them, all these and look at this pocket of rain getting striped by it into the western corner of sri lanka on monday. further to board, the east, the southeast of asia, thunder downpours, bank, our coachman city, called him poor singapore jakarta. and same goes for bali with the high of 32 degrees and you know, when we see these thunderstorms, the rain can really paula, q

approved a plan to bar entry to foreign nationals and require its own citizens to quarantine after traveling abroad. israeli health officials have also authorized the use of controversial cell phone tracking technology to do contact tracing. here in the u.s., new york has announced plans to postpone elective surgeries at vowedded hospitals. some physicians warn similar efforts early in the pandemic created their own threats to public health. >> i talked to cancer specialists all over the country who have said colonoscopies were put off, detections were put off, we're diagnosing things later in the game because people were afraid to come for care. >> reporter: the south african doctor who alerted the world to the omicron variant says symptoms in healthy patients have been unusual but mild. the british newspaper reports the physician is still concerned about the effect the variant could have on the elderly and unvaccinated. a concern echoed by u.s. health officials. >> i think the initial cases were mostly young people who tend to have mild infections anyway. we need more data there before we could say confidently that this is not a severe versio

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authority for public health. the biden administration tried to this before with eviction mandates. the cdc is not the nationregulator. osha is not the public health regulator. like the supreme court struck down the eviction moratorium, i expect courts will strike down this moratorium. host: about 15 minutes left with daniel suhr with the liberty justice center. we will start with catherine in south carolina, that line for all others. go ahead. caller: i have looked through the osha manual. there is no legality to what osha is doing at all. i have been through this manual 18 times. legally, they do not have the authority at all. the president has push this through osha with knowledge that they do not have the authority. and to mandate it to these corporations who are private corporations is illegal and he knows it. host: -- guest: i could not agree with you more and good for you for getting through the manual. i think your comment is right. the president -- we saw this on eviction mandates, where the white house knew it did not have the legal authority. it was under pressure from far left elements of its par

nations including the u.s. restrict travel over the omicron variant. let's discuss. the director of global health at the counsel on foreign relations and authorues and the paradox of progress. tom, we're so glad you're here to help answer these questions. this -- good evening to you. global anxiety over the omcomic variant, it might, we don't know, it might undermine the vaccines. how concerned should we be about that? >> i agree with the president. we should be concerned but not panicked. what we know from data from south africa is there is some indication that cases involving this new variant may have spread rapidly and we know that for mutations and areas of concern with regard to the virus of the spike protein, the binding receipt toror areas and it is m transmissible, more severe and may undermine the effectiveness of our vaccines. we just don't know the degree to which yet or for certain if it does. what this does suggest, though, is that what we must be doing is redoubling what we should be doing heading into a winter surge of the already very contagious delta variant and focussing on those kinds of efforts we can control at this time.

authorities actually know where the science is headed. so if that's a question, the answer would be maybe. dr. francis collins, director of the national institutes of health, talked about that on "state of the union" earlier today. >> there is even a bit of a report from south africa that maybe people with this are milder than the usual case, but they're mostly young people who have mild illness, anyway. we do think it's more contagious when you look at how rapidly it spread through multiple districts in south africa. >> we're also in a countdown now till monday, and that is the time when the president's latest restrictions on people traveling here to the united states from several countries in southern africa, including botswana and south africa, so hopefully tomorrow we can get an update on that as well. the president was asked today whether he is expected to extend restrictions to any other countries, but he didn't answer that question. jim? >> joe johns, i'm assuming that's because they're in a wait and see mode just like everybody else, waiting for that science to come in to see what to do next. joe johns, thank you very much. >>> still much to learn

health of the american people. when i incorporate some information i'm here at my personal capacity. -- the national defense authorization act took the first real step towards developing a proactive approach to newly identify contaminants by stab lifting the national emerging contaminant research initiative to protect the nations drinking water quality. congress should expand this initiative to cover all beneficial uses of the nations waters because certain contaminants pose a much greater risk for fish consumers, and for drinking water consumers. congress should also required at this initiative we used to develop and maintain a nationalist of priority contaminants. once it has been developed, he pa and the u.s. geological survey must include the priority contaminants in monitoring programs and provide technical assistance to state and interstate agencies to add these analyses to their monitoring. epa should get industry support by using the toxic substance control act authority easy to require industry to provide local methods and toxicity assessments for any priority containment they manufacture, importer use. industri

health and we have to actually coordinate all of this. including new leadership structure and authority to do so. we can only do this if we have a plan for a real national strategy. the two of you together with representatives in the house have called for hunger and health. it's been 52 years since our nation came together for a strategy. much has changed. we can make america the 21st century breadbasket for nourishing food for our country and the world. food that heals our bodies, reduces health care spending, supports our military, revitalizes rule america and creates new jobs and business. thank you for your leadership and i'm pleased to answer any questions. sen. booker: thank you so much. i want to thank senator marshall, someone who's had a concern with these issues and i'm grateful for his leadership today. doctor, you are recognized. >> members of the agricultural subcommittee on nutrition, specialty crops and organics research, think you for allowing me the opportunity to speak with you about the state of nutrition in america with a specific focus on black communities. the social and economic consequences of suboptimal diets in the united state

health physician, dr. chris purnell. also dr. peter hotez, co-director of the texas children's hospital center for vaccine development and dean of the national school of tropical medicine at baylor college of medicine. he's also author of the very important book "preventing the next pandemic." dr. hotez, will the cdc's expanded coronavirus surveillance efforts at the least four major u.s. airports allow the agency to find cases, contact trace, contain this variant or do you already fear it spreading unchecked already in the u.s.? >> well, it's almost certainly already here. whether these activities in airports will halt the importation of new cases. we haven't really seen this to be very effective since the beginning when this virus came in from southern europe and all eyes were focused on china. we've seen that we really don't have a handle on the fact this virus when a new variant appears and it's been true just about every variant as the variant is identified, it's already spread globally. so i think the major component of the efforts has to be on continuing to do the genomic sequencing which we've only now getting up to speed. dr. walensky says 1 in 7. it should be higher than that. and the fact it's taken two y

, the great risk to public health and the dangerous and exploited conditions for workers, i hope we can join what has become a national movement including legislation authored by senator cory booker and others we do the same as a national level to put a moratorium on the construction and expansion of animal feeding operations in california. lastly, i want to take a brief opportunity to speak on a resolution that i will be introducing next week to formally apologize to chinese immigrants and their descendents. this was a resolution that was drafted by three incredible former and current sfusd students. i want to acknowledge them and thank them for their commitment and helping us take the step to tell the truth. i want to acknowledge efforts taken by this board in the past and leadership of former president norman yee. this apology is long overdue. the resolution calls out atrocious policies on san francisco chinese can community that came from this very body. policies that denied access to education, housing employment and levers of power accompanied by physical violence against chinese residents. the discriminatory policy that the san francisco board of dir

, the great risk to public health and the dangerous and exploited conditions for workers, i hope we can join what has become a national movement including legislation authored by senator cory booker and others we do the same as a national level to put a moratorium on the construction and expansion of animal feeding operations in california. lastly, i want to take a brief opportunity to speak on a resolution that i will be introducing next week to formally apologize to chinese immigrants and their descendents. this was a resolution that was drafted by three incredible former and current sfusd students. i want to acknowledge them and thank them for their commitment and helping us take the step to tell the truth. i want to acknowledge efforts taken by this board in the past and leadership of former president norman yee. this apology is long overdue. the resolution calls out atrocious policies on san francisco chinese can community that came from this very body. policies that denied access to education, housing employment and levers of power accompanied by physical violence against chinese residents. the discriminatory policy that the san francisco board of dir

national institutes of health and reagan-udall foundation for the food and drug administration act. led by my colleagues hudson and esloovment empowering biomedical research in the united states is critical to our future. h.r. 3743 authorizes increased transfer authorities from the f.d.a. and n.i.h. to the reagan-udall foundation and foundation for the n.i.h. respectively. allowing f.d.a. and n.i.h. to provide increased funding to these public-priet partnerships will gave the reagan-udall foundation and foundation for the n.i.h. more flexibility to meet growing reserming demands to meet future medical innovations. i urge my colleagues to support this bill and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: i have no members who wish to speak. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from kentucky. mr. guthrie: i yield such time as he may consume to my good friend from north carolina, mr. hudson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hudson: i rise in support of h.r. 3743, supporting the foundation for the n.i.h. and the reagan-udall foundation for the food and drug administration act. i broug

authority for public health. they tried this once before with the cdc and eviction mandate. the cdc is not the nation's landlord any more than osha is the regulation landlord. i expect the courts will strike down this illegal moratorium from osha. host: do you support or oppose that regulation for employers? if you support, (202)-748-8000. oppose it, (202)-748-8001. robert, greenville, kentucky, good morning. caller: good morning. i want to make clear that i have taken the vaccine and i have encouraged my friends to take it, which they have. what i opposes being told by the government what i should do with my health. i think people should have the right to choose for themselves. host: do you see this as an workplace safety issue and therefore the purview of the federal government? caller: i work in an industry -- i work in the poultry industry and set a processing plant. at the height of the pandemic we took steps, we put dividers between workers, everybody was masked. when you walked into the building you had to walk by a machine that took your temperature. you know, they were doing all they could to

authority for public health. they tried this once before with the cdc and eviction mandate. the cdc is not the nation'sdlord any more than osha is the regulation landlord. i expect the courts will strike down this illegal moratorium from osha. host: do you support or oppose that regulation for employers? if you support, (202)-748-8000. oppose it, (202)-748-8001. robert, greenville, kentucky, good morning. caller: good morning. i want to make clear that i have taken the vaccine and i have encouraged my friends to take it, which they have. what i opposes being told by the government what i should do with my health. i think people should have the right to choose for themselves. host: do you see this as an workplace safety issue and therefore the purview of the federal government? caller: i work in an industry -- i work in the poultry industry and set a processing plant. at the height of the pandemic we took steps, we put dividers between workers, everybody was masked. when you walked into the building you had to walk by a machine that took your temperature. you know, they were doing all they could to regu

health festivals. we are authorizing residency positions, adding medical facilities over seven years. this will help not only veterans but the nation a whole to address the shortage of workers. we are providing the v.a. with money to assist the national archives and records, digitizing records that are needed to process veterans claims. it is the v.a.'s and intention to have available on day one a received claim at the v.a.. we have provided the v.a. office of inspector general $5 million to carry out oversight of investments, i will end by saying three fourths [indiscernible] it is time to upgrade the infrastructure. the bill back better act gets us the framework. thank you, ideal back. >> in the last 19 months, v.a. has received the largest base budget ever had by the v.a.. the v.a. has also received $40 billion in additional covid relief funds. tens of billions of dollars of the covid relief money has not been spent as we sit here today. this bill will hand the v.a. the extra $5 billion and a blank check, regardless of the facts i just explained. this is unnecessary and wasteful to say the very least. the v.a. has certain infras

authorization bill, we need to complete the appropriations process. it would be a tremendous mistake and harmful for our national security, our economic prosperity, and our public health to resort to a continuing resolution to fund the government for an extensive period. i have calculated roughly that if we go into a yearlong continuing resolution, the department of defense will lose $36 billion, and the consequences of that would be staggering. because it becomes sort of a snowball rolling down the hill. that $36 billion because of waste, abuse, inability to spend certain moneys that might be available but can't be withdrawn, all of that would create a tremendous impact. particularly at the moment where we face challenges across the globe. we have the near-peer competition with russia and china. we have a very dangerous situation in ethiopia where their forces are approaching the capitol and there would be threats against our personnel in the embassy. we have a situation in the sudan which is complicated. we have across the board situations where we need to be ready to go looking at the threats, not looking internally at how we're going to pay to keep the lights on.