i do want tonk thank the staff at the center for disease control, the national institutes of health, the office of the assistant secretary for preparedness response, and the office of the assistant secretary for financialel resources. they have been invaluable in producing in only nine days, that package we are going to be voting on today. nine days men's a lot of evening work by staff and by the senators involved. and weekends. we did it in nine days because of theme emergency. but that is invaluable, the crisis is real worldwide. there are now 92000 confirmed cases. therent were 3200 confirmed deaths. here in our country that number is rising with more than 150 confirmed cases and 11 deaths. the cdc has told us the public health system will be able to test up to 75000 people by the end of the week. but we should expect the number of cases here to rise. so i strongly support this is $7.8 billion package and the other money that is available. it is going to provide nearly 1 billion to the state and nttribal governments to support public health preparedness and response. it will be ove

the first thing is we look to two major health care organizations of the federal government -- the national institutes of health, which is the premier health research agency in the world, and the center for disease control, which again leads the world when this comes to preventing the spread of disease and threats to the public health of america. the question we should ask ourselves is how have we treated these agencies to date. the answers are mixed. the answer when it comes to national institutes of health is a positive one. over the last four years, something dramatic has occurred. i was happy to be part of a bipartisan effort that was led by senator patty murray of washington, senator roy blunt of missouri, senator lamar alexander of tennessee. what we have accomplished in the last four years is to increase the spending at the national institute of health for medical research grants from $30 billion to $39 billion. it's a dramatic increase. we started off with the premise that we wanted to increase the n.i.h. budget by real growth, that's 5% over inflation each year. we held to that standard. in f

president mike pence they effort by top officials at the center for disease control the national institutes of health had the chance to visit a number of them today and specifically the infectious disease group through the nih. we had a number of briefings from the centers of disease control by doctor anne schuchat helping on our efforts. as she said our aggressive containment strategy here in the united states has been working. it is responsible for the low level of cases that we have so far. officials at the cdc and the national health and coordinating with other federal officials tended to be working around the clock. the administration is making sure state and local officials have all the resources they need to respond. doctor anne schuchat said theur health-care system can our businesses and communities and schools all have action plans. senators have a number of briefings from officials at the centers for disease control and the national institutes of health. they are t working on ways to identify the virus and test ways to treat people who are infected by the virus. they are working on quarant

on c-span3 at 10:00 a.m., federal health officials from the national institutes of health testified before a house appropriations subcommittee on the president's 2021 budget for the agency, and the work on that -- the work of the nih in researching the coronavirus. at 2:30 p.m., at hearing on the role of global aviation in containing the spread of the infectious disease. acting u.s. customs and border protection officer mark morgan is among one of the witnesses scheduled to appear before the senate commerce aviation subcommittee. >> former new york city mayor mike bloomberg spoke as the results of super tuesday primaries were started to be reported. voters go to the polls on march 17. ♪ mayor bloomberg: well, hello, florida! [cheers and applause] what a crowd. thank you all for coming. judy and i were just going to sit home tonight. her at her home, i at mine. watch a little television. have a drink or two. i want to thank judge judy. isn't she amazing? [cheers and applause] and also a big thanks to all the elected officials in florida supporting our campaign. including the mayor and congr

i visited the national institutes of health about three to four weeks ago. it's a national treasure. we're proud to have it located in the state of maryland along with the f.d.a. and at n.i.h., i met with scientists who are on the front lines of developing the vaccine. and they are working 24/7. mr. president, i do think this moment, it's appropriate to salute all the men and women who work at n.i.h. for the good work they do, and i hope i never see another budget proposal coming down that cuts the vital medical research that is conducted there and around the country. they're working on a vaccine and they're working on therapeutics. they're in the process of conducting clinical trials on both. as we've heard reported, they're conducting clinical trials on some off-label drugs. these are drugs that have been developed to try to address other diseases. they may not have worked against other diseases. they may work as a therapeutic in this case of the coronavirus. they may work but as dr. fauci has cautioned us, we won't know until we do the clinical trials. and

of physical, psychological, social and other factors, the research supported by the national institute of mental healthly by the national institute of mental health must range from basic studies on the mechanisms of drug interaction, addicting qualities of new drugs and how they act in the body to study social patterns of drug abuse as well as studies of new methods of treatment and rehabilitation. >> deep in the heart of kentucky's blue grass kentucky is the treatment of narcotic addicts. since the first prisoner patient was admitted in 1935, the federal hospital at lexington and its companion at ft. worth, texas, have born the brunt of caring for these little-understood and often feared and much maligned american dope addicts. for decades, these hospitals themselves have been maligned and misunderstood, often cited as prime examples of how hopeless it is to treat, much less cure an addict. it is well to remember when opened these institutions were only a first step in society's enlightened policy toward the drug addict. while steel bars and windows are necessary to enforce the punitive side of our ju

crabtree: carl, i'd like to present to you one of our staff from the national institutes of health, dr. davis, the associate director of our national institute of allergy and infectious diseases, and ask him to answer this question and then any other scientific questions you may have. carl: dr. davis, awfully nice to have you come and see us tonight. i will ask what seems like a silly question, but what is this virus like? what is this virus? dr. davis: well, to begin with, influenza is the specific disease caused by a specific virus. this virus was first isolated in 1931 by the rockefeller institute and subsequently in 1933, it was shown as a human disease by british scientists. now we know that there are three major classifications of virus. types a, b, and c. and more recently, a new type, a fourth type, d, has been described in japan. carl: this a, b, c, and d. type,s fourth type, the d is that the asian flu? that's what confuses me, the a, b, and c. dr. davis: type-a influenza is the influenza which commonly causes epidemics and pandemics at intervals throughout the recent years.

health safety net in the history of the world. we had the centers for disease control. we had the national institutes of health. in cincinnati we have the national institutes of occupational safety and health, only one of its kind in the world. we have our county public health departments in each of ohio's 88 counties and all over the country. we had the best in the world until president trump began to try to gut the c.d.c. and the n.i.h. he refused to fill key public health positions. most importantly, this is just unbelievable when you think about it and i know senator young, the presiding officer, had concerns about that. he got rid of the white house's entire global health security team two years ago. let me repeat that. for two years president trump left us without the team that's supposed to manage pandemics. now, you know what that means? it means -- there were about 40 people at the white house led by an admiral who is an m.d. and also a doctor. his job was to survey the world and look around for potential illness outbreaks, to look around for potential pandemics. it might have been sars. it might have b

of the united states public health service. dr. james a. crabtree, associate dean of the university of pittsburgh, graduate school of public health. dr. dollened j. dashs, in chark of research of the national institution of allergy and infectious diseases united states public health services. dr. george lull of the american medical association. the silent invader was written by tom coleman. produced by roger wolf. directed by jack simon. script research by rose marie stockyellow and kay mcdonough. the "silent invader" brought 0 to you by the westinghouse company in association with the health education and welfare, and the university of pittsburgh health center. >>> we're featuring american history tv programs this week as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span3. tonight a look at the modern presidency beginning with three former white house speech writers talking about the process of turning a president's policies and politics into a speech. american history tv tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> every saturday night american history tv takes you to college classrooms around the country for lectures in history. >> why do you all know who lizzy borden is and raise your hand if y

floor & decor in person or online at flooranddecor.com >>today top officials from the national institutes of health are testifying before house lawmakers about their post 2021 budget. the experts are also expected to field questions over rising concerns of coronavirus because there are now more than 100 cases of coronavirus in the united states and at least 11 deaths as morgan wright reports that hearing comes one day after president trump toured in i age facilities and monitor the work going on to respond to the virus. >>doctor anthony found she the director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases was back on capitol hill wednesday, keeping lawmakers up to speed on the deadly coronavirus the mortality of this. >>is multiple times what seasonal flu is found she's testimony comes a day after briefing the president on effort at the national institutes of health. >>to create an effective vaccine. i predicted that we would be about 2 to 3 months to go into phase, one trials. and i think we're going to beat that i think will be in in probably about 6 weeks despite moving with record

we are blessed with an incredible array of scientists, the national institutes of health, cdc and elsewhere. we modernized the pandemic hazard preparedness act to set up the frameworkdeal precisely with this type of an outbreak . i was, the president signed into law last june and it is in place. this accelerates advanced research development, federal purchasing of countermeasures like treatments or vaccines or standing of programs to expand the capacity of our health facilities , iris has acted. this will arm our local public health services battling the coronavirus, funding local communities through local health authorities is where this will all place. primus is not done as you heard, we obviously need to do the emergency supplemental to make sure we continue to provide our local authorities national interests , the funding they need it's also important to set the record straight and get the facts out. and i know one of the presidential contenders onthe democratic side , joe biden said that we increase the budget of the cdc, increased nih and is wiped all that out, he cut the funding for

the president today, the national institute of health meeting with all of those terrific researchers,s scientists, break medical staff yesterday with the pharmaceutical companies. he's leading of what is nothing less than the war against the coronavirus. your thoughts, if you will, about the limitations of this country right now, so many people are becoming aware that china turned out 97% of our antibiotics, most of our pharmaceuticals or pharmaceutical ingredients. >> this is a wake-up call for the united states of america. i hope it's not too late for that wake-up call to occur. i am grateful that president trump is out the helm. he's shown tremendous leadership in the midst of the coronavirus fight. i'm glad he chose someone i know very well, the vice president to lead the efforts. i served four years in the state legislature during the entire time mike pence was governor in indiana. he's well-equipped to leave these efforts. i'm sick and tired of congress not matching that same intensity that president trump brought to, not just against coronavirus but the fight against china. you

when public health officials from the centers for disease control and prevention, and the national institutes of health and the food and drug ministration testify before the senate health committee at 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span three. you can also watch online or listen on the c-span radio app. as the coronavirus story continues to unfold, you can access all of our recent coverage on the c-span homepage. it includes hearings, briefings, washington journal segments and is regularly updated to include the recent -- latest events. go to c-span.org and click on the coronavirus link at the top of the page. defense secretary mark esper and joint chiefs of staff chair general mark milley discussed the newly signed agreement between the u.s. and taliban that sets a 14 month timetable for withdrawing u.s. troops from afghanistan. secretary as per and general impactalso discussed the of the coronavirus on the military. everyone.rning, as you know we have a busy week at the pentagon.

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of the bipartisan basis. for five years consecutively now, we have been investing in the institution that is are our first line of defense. the funding level for the national institute of health is up almost 40% in five years. substantial increase at the center for disease control, substantial increase in our strategic stockpile of medicines and medical supplies. the establishment happened when i was the chairman of the committee for jurisdictions on the appropriations committee of the infectious disease rapid response fund. my friend, the current chairman of that committee, continued to add to that and added additional funds to it. congress actually -- i will tell you, they gave more money than the last administration asked for or this administration in these critical areas. with the idea that sooner or later, this kind of day would come. you can't prepare for it in a day. you have to do the preparation over a long period of time. i think we have done that. i think we are better positioned than most countries. having said that, you have the immediate response. i'm with my friend the chairman here -- it is early days. i have lots of confidence in our professionals at the cent

is too high it's very simple it's too high. >> reporter: president trump visiting the national institutes of health. >> at least in the preliminary stages >> reporter: he's now hinting japan might be the next country hit with new travel restrictions and he's pledging to hen the financially vulnerable >> the patients that don't have insurance, mr. president, what should happen? >> we're look at that whole situation. there are many people without insurance. we're looking at that situation for those people >> reporter: aid to help hospital care for the uninsured is expected to be part of an emergency package that lawmakers have almost finalized. set to spend about $7.5 billion on things like testing and vaccine development, production of emergency supplies and helping states fight the virus vice president pence on capitol hill briefing senators about the administration response. >> the biggest question. testing. when and where they could not answer how soon people would be able to get the tests. >> i was assured they're going to be able to get out the door bottom line seems to be that the testing elem

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to continue work on a comprehensive energy bill came c-span three, officials from the national institute of health before an appropriation subcommittee on the president's 2021 budget for the agency and the work on the nih in researching the coronavirus. role30, a hearing on the of global aviation in containing the spread of infectious disease. acting customs and border protection commissioner is among the witnesses scheduled to appear before the senate commerce aviation subcommittee. >> on super tuesday, former vice president joe biden spoke to supporters in los angeles. mr. biden was joined onstage by wife, dr. jill biden, and his sister. an animal rights activist attempted to interrupt the speech at one point. [cheers and applause]

federal health officials from the national institutes of health testify before house appropriations subcommitteet's 2021 budget for the agency and the work of the nih in researching the coronavirus. at 2:30 p.m., a hearing on the role of global aviation in containing the spread of infectious disease. acting u.s. customs customs and border protection commissioner mark morgan is among the witnesses scheduled to appear before the senate commerce aviation subcommittee. >> massachusetts elizabeth warren spoke in detroit on super tuesday. senator warren lost her home state's primary, finishing third before former vice president joe biden and senator bernie sanders. ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪

of course a leading member of the white house's coronavirus task force he is with the national institutes of healthhe has just said that will he projects possibly millions of coronavirus cases in the united states and 100-002-2000 extension 00 deaths so this is a projection from the manner you see next to president trump at the news conferences every day one of the leading voices on infectious diseases in the united states talking about possibly millions of coronavirus cases in the u.s. and maybe deaths in the region of 100-002-2000 extension 00 at the moment it's about 1200 deaths in the united states that line just coming from the united states that somebody from dr anthony fauci. let's move on the airline in tourism industries want to talk about those they were among the 1st economic casualties of this pandemic and as countries continue to impose restrictions many airlines have drastically cut their passenger flights we spoke last hour to the c.e.o. of qatar airways off but obama he said the end airline industry will bounce back once the. world can get past this pandemic that has been difficult

last month, the national institutes of health tapped the nebraska medical center to launch the first nical trial in the u.s. of an antiviral drug, remdesivir, which is administered intravenously to treat patients who have already contracted the virus. it's being tested against a placebo. >> hewlett: it was actually studied in ebola, interestingly. didn't work as well for ebola. however, there have been some animal studies as-- as well as some studies in the lab that demonstrate that it worked fairly well against illnesses like sars and mers, which are also coronaviruses. >> whitaker: how does the drug work? >> hewlett: it inhibits replication of the virus, and so when a virus would normally try to reproduce itself, this drug inserts itself into that process and then stops viral replication, so it stops reproduction of the virus. >> whitaker: this clinical trial is up and running in the middle of this outbreak. >> hewlett: i will say this is the fastest clinical trial that i've ever seen come to-- to fruition in this amount of time. >> whitaker: ordinarily, how long would it take to ge

best public safety net in the history of the world and centers for disease control and national institutes of health. ciin cincinnati we have the occupational safety and health, the only one-of-a-kind in the world. we have the public health departments in each of ohio's 88 counties and over the country. we had the best in the w world until president trump began to try to gut the cdc and nih. for the global health security, but he repeats that. for two years, president trump left us without the team that is supposed to manage the pandemic. there were about 40, an admiral and also a doctor, his job was to survey the world and look around for potential illness outbreaks, look around for potential pandemics. it might have been sars, it might have been the ebola or the resurgence of polio. i sent a letter more than 600 days ago in 2018 telling them to stop dismantling the infrastructure. now we are all paying the price for the decision. we see the real-time consequences. this was unilateral. we disarmed, we unilaterally disarmed against the world we know that international tuberculosis is a problem. we k

task can have the test it he seemed to be contradicted a little bit by the director of national institute of health. the tester out there there was a misstep early on with regard to the test namely a technical difficulty but right now about $1100000.00 tests are out there now they'll be an additional about 640000 on let's say monday and then at least another $4000000.00 particularly now that we're engaging the private sector now when you say that they're out there if you go to a doctor it's up to the doctor to order the test and if that happens a person should have a test available but it's no doubt chris you have to be realistic early on there was some missteps that delayed it so someone within the administration seeming to counter to the president who's tweeted out that this was a perfect response and blames any sort of bad news on the fake media as he calls it but obviously there have been missteps he just said there were missteps and there is a broader question about how this is going to impact life and the economy we saw 2 major conferences in washington with the conservatives in the israeli l

the president added to this, doctor fauci, the national institute of health professionals they heard from this morning said without those executive actions, we would have many more cases right now. the third thing the administration has done is to develop a test to diagnose whether you've got the coronavirus. we didn't have that before because this is new. rs far as i can tell and the fda is working with 65 private-sector developers in addition to the 46 labs in 38 states who are developing tests. there will be a million tests to be made shortly. it still takes more than a year. the president met with many vectors to see existing treatments might be used earlier laboratories involved in as well.so when we look at if we think mostly about our own health, but we also see other issues and that the effect on the economy. we need to take a look at a play would like to conclude where i started. it's as simple as wash your hands or drink a lot of water, isolate yourself if you feel sick. if you have a fever and a cough, call your dr.. stay home and don't impact your neighbors. are we going

c-span three, officials from the national institute of health testify before an appropriation subcommittee on the president's 2021 budget for the agency and the work on the nih in researching the coronavirus. role30, a hearing on the of global aviation in containing the spread of infectious disease. acting customs and border protection commissioner is among the witnesses scheduled to appear before the senate commerce aviation subcommittee. >> on super tuesday, former vice president joe biden spoke to supporters in los angeles. mr. biden was joined onstage by wife, dr. jill biden, and his sister. an animal rights activist attempted to interrupt the speech at one point. [cheers and applause] biden: hello, hello, hello! it's a good night. and it seems to be getting even better. they don't call it super tuesday for nothing. by the way, this is my little sister, valerie. i am jill's husband. they switched on me. this is my wife, and this is my sister. they switched on me! [laughter] folks, it is still early, but things are looking awful good. [applause] for those who have been knocked down, cou

gain more data and more evidence for every card overall or just that the tally in the national institute of health madame thank you so much for your time thank you. now former hollywood producer harvey weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault weinstein was convicted of the offenses by a new york court last month allegations helped spark the global need to movement and more than $100.00 women have now accused the 67 year old of sexual misconduct dating back several decades weinstein has consistently denied any wrongdoing and his lawyer says he will appeal what particle hane joins us live now from washington d.c. and has been following the case so patty i guess he could have been sentenced to more years but it is certainly a lot more than his lawyer was hoping for so how is this sentencing being seen. the women who launched this me 2 movement by naming him publicly giving their names naming him let's not forget he was a hollywood icon his regular people knew his name they knew his movies he was all powerful in hollywood then you saw the new yorker the new york t

of health on tuesday. scarlet: -- the national institute of health on tuesday.et: visa says second quarter net revenue will be less than anticipated. the situation of the virus remains fluid. we will give you more details. second quarter net revenue, 2.5% to 3.5%. let's turn to the overall fiber situation. we know that history tends to repeat itself. in his recent column, new york times columnist nicholas kristof weighs in on the coronavirus. he and his wife join us now. a pulitzer prize and have co-authored several books. you talk about how we must ensure that no one is deterred in seeking help by the cost. it comes down to a lot of different things. some prescriptions including the white house and congress establishing a system making sure that people do not pay. also, a plan for paid leave. do you want to go to a istaurant where the server coughing because they don't have sick leave. politically, this administration, with loyalists loyalists over- expert staffing in many agencies. nicholas: it exposes larger weaknesses, and weaknesses in the trumpet ministrat

and at the national institutes of health. and with those peer-reviewed articles and books on emergency medicine and with the cardiology emergencies to receive the nih director's award with a non- addictive methods of relief jake of apple writing in the new york journal of books says clearly man not just the physiology or the epidemiology but countless fascinating and fun facts. and in the wall street journal to highlight the experience of influenza builds effectively on the scientific career making the virus itself central reads history and contemporary with the clinical practice together with zoology although the story is somber it is punctuated by humor and other advice. ladies and gentlemen please welcome doctor brown. [applause] >> thank you so much for those kind words it's not everyday you get introduced by the archivist of the united states. we are here to talk about influenza. and the plague that struck 100 years ago resonates all the way through today. it as you mentioned more people were killed with the influenza vir

of the vaccine spurred the u.s. army and later the world health organization and u.s. public health service. it was to the national instituteshealth in 1962 that encouraged request came from these african nations. operable to satisfied with preliminary testing asked for a massive vaccination effort. help us protect our children before measles strikes again because in timing could save thousands of lives the response is immediate, help train local teams unsteady the muniz i's isolation of this population they send the medical team from its division of by logic standards. vehicles are supplied by the agencies for international development. the vaccine is contributed by berks sharpen dome. the drums speak to the people come to the village the doctors are here with the medicine. it can protect your children. and the people do come bringing their children, bringing their hopes and fears. that each village unit later used are carefully explained. then begins the long hard job of given the lifesaving vaccine to children. as soon as one village has been protected, the team needs to move on to the next. everywhere, they are greeted b

and the national institutes of health are coordinating with other federal officials, and they intend to be working around the clock. the administration is making sure that state and local officials have all of the resources they need to respond. dr. suchak has said that our health care system, our businesses, our communities, and our schools all have action plans. senators have had a number of briefings from officials at both the center for disease control and the national institutes of health. they are working on ways to identify the virus, to test for the virus, ways to treat people who are infected by the virus. they're working on quarantines and on a vaccine. that's what they should be doing. this is a massive nationwide undertaking. now, at every meeting -- and i have been going to meetings on this since it was first noted around the beginning of the year, this issue in china, where as people now know that the doctor who tried to get the word out to the world, who was the first to notice this specific new virus, the coronavirus, he was reprimanded by the chinese for trying to do

on c-span3 at 10:00 a.m., federal health officials from the national institutes of health testified before a house appropriations subcommittee on the president's 2021 budget for the agency, and the work on that and i itch in researching the coronavirus. at 2:30 p.m., at hearing on the role of global aviation in containing the spread of the disease. acting u.s. customs and border protection officer mark morgan is among one of the witnesses slated to appear before the committee. >> c-span. your unfiltered view of government, created by cable in 1979 and, brought to you today by your cable-television provider. [cheers and applause] >> on super tuesday, former vice president joe biden spoke to supporters in los angeles. he was joined onstage by his wife dr. jill biden and his sister. a protester attempted to interrupt the speech at one point. [cheers and applause] >> hello, hello, hello! it's a good night. and it seems to be getting better. they don't call it super tuesday for nothing. by the way, this is my little sister valerie. and i am joe biden. oh, they switched on me. this is my wife an

eastern, officials from the national institutes of health testify on the president's 2021 budget for nd the work of the nih and researching the coronavirus. at 2:30 p.m., the hearing on the role of global alleviation and containing the spread of infectious disease. acting u.s. customs and border protection commissioner mark morgan is among the witnesses scheduled to appear for the senate commerce aviation subcommittee. coming up in 90 minutes, north carolina republican congressman ted discusses super tuesday results, and the

last month the national institutes of health tapped the nebraska medical center to launch the first clinical trial in the u.s. of an anti-viral drug, remdesavir to treat patients who have already contracted the virus. it's being tested against a placebo. >> it was studied in ebola interestingly. it didn't work as well for ebola. however, there have been animal studies as well as studies in the lab that democrat nstrate at sars and mers. >> reporter: how does it work? >> when a virus tries to reproduce itself, it stops viral replication, so it stops reproduction of the virus. >> reporter: this clinical trial is up and running in the middle of this outbreak. >> i will say this is the fastest clinical trial that i've ever seen come to fruition in this amount of time. >> reporter: ordinarily how long would it take to g of the antiviral remdesivir, gil yard sciences in california, is ramping up production for multiple trials in the u.s., asia and europe. the u.s. army is also testing the drug. with no proven treatments, hundreds of trials of different drugs are underway worldwide. researchers in

of the united states public health service, dr. james a crabtree, associate of the university of pittsburgh graduate school of public health, dr. dollinger davis, of researchrector at the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases, united states public health services. dr. george f lowell, secretary and general manager of the american medical association. "the silent invader" was written produced by roger wolf, directed by jack simon, script research by rose marie scop yellow, and k mcdonough. you as aen brought to public service by the westinghouse broadcasting company in cooperation with the american medical association. service of theth u.s. department of health education and welfare, and the university of pittsburgh health center. you can watch archival films on public affairs in their entirety on our weekly series saturday ata," 10:00 p.m. and sunday at 4:00 eastern on american history tv. american history tv products are available at the new c-span online store. org to seeanstore. what is new for american history tv and check out all the c-span products. claire evans is the author of trump v. mazars -- of "broad band: the untold story of the women who made the internet."

. >> next, national institute of health directors testify on the president's 2021 budget request for the department of the coronavirus outbreak. house appropriations committee heard from witnesses about cancer research, health disparities and vaccines for the flu. this is 2 hours and 45 minutes. >> the sub committee will come to order. good morning, all. doctor collins, welcome back to the education appropriations subcommittee. let me welcome all of you, those who are joining this morning, doctor bianchi of the eunice kennedy shriver institute for child health and develop, almost as long as the subcommittee on health, education, human services and related agencies. doctor anthony fauci of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases. doctor gary gibbons, director of the national heart, lung and blood institute. doctor sharpless of the national cancer institute. and doctor dora volkow, welcome to all of you. leader hoyer asked me to you have the nih coming? and he said this is one of the most remarkable hearings we have, thank you for the work you do and the differences yo

your face a lot you know i think with the head of the infectious diseases unit at the national institutes of health went much further say no launch crowds no long trips and above all don't get on a cruise ship cruise ships have proven to be particularly dangerous the grand princess with more than $3000.00 passengers is currently in international waters off the california coast $21.00 people on board have tested positive so far there are fears that thousands of passengers are still being exposed to the virus and can't get off. from president donald trump a different approach entirely he's refused to cancel his massive reelection events despite official advice to avoid large gatherings. are doing very well with. respect to that from. washington d.c. has just registered its 1st case but crossed out off to. no notice or. that mixed messaging has left many americans are unsure of what to do or how serious the outbreak really is one big very big developing story rather in our coronavirus coverage is that stock markets have been hit extremely hard as part of the financial blowback china's market lost 6 pe

that are joining us this morning the director of the kennedy shriver national institute of human development and the subcommittee on health and education services. doctor fauci director of national institute of allergy and infectious diseases. and then the director of the national cancer institute and director of the national institute on drug abuse. again, welcome to all of you leader hoyer asked me this morning you have the nih coming he said can you get all the institute directors and he said he will this is one of the most remarkable hearings that we have and we thank you for the great work that we loan - - that you do and saving lives the people of the great country. let me touch on the matter of the coronavirus i just want to say i thank you to the director and all the institute tends particular thank you to doctor fauci i want to say public health experts deserve our praise for what is the excellent work that you are doing and clearly a matter of national importance and national urgency as you know we will be discussing the 2021 budget request and i intend to invite and eight additional panel because i believe we w

of the united states public health service, dr. james a. crabtree, associate of the university of pittsburgh graduate school of public health, dr. dollinger davis, associate director of research at the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases, united states public health services. dr. george f. lowell, secretary and general manager of the american medical association. "the silent invader" was written by tom colon, produced by roger wolf, directed by jack simon, script research by rose marie scop yellow, and kay mcdonough. it has been brought to you as a public service by the westinghouse broadcasting company in cooperation with the american medical association. the public health service of the u.s. department of health education and welfare, and the university of pittsburgh health center.