he has cut nih and every budget including this one. it's a disgrace of this man to say one thing andno do another. and confounding that does not catch up with him to too many of americans and not many of my colleagues on this side of the aisle. it's probably most dangerous and most egregious when it comes to the coronavirus. if it wasn't just that the present cut cdc last year, hate follows years of drastic cuts to global health division at cdc by the trump administration. in 2018, cdc was forced to reduce the numbers of countries that operated in 49. that's how bad it is. we have crises, we'v have a world that's different. and this administration, instead of stepping up to the plate runs away listening to the far righteous cut, cut, cut, cut. no matter how it affects people. in 2018, even worse, president trump ordered the national security council to scuffle its entire global health security unit. and as the department of homeland security to do the same. we don't have t epidemic teams, and the national security council or dhs. i hop

we had 5 years in a row, substantial nih funding. i know my friend, the chairman, worked with me when i was chairman and i tried to work with her as ranking member, we have shared this goal all along the way. we have done the same thing at cdc, we have done the same thing with strategic stockpile. the subcommittee that came up with the infectious disease rapid response fund that gave you additional money to not wait around on congress or political theatrics but to start responding immediately and i think you've done that exceptionally well. when i hear you criticized by people that in many cases didn't vote for the bills, that gave you the tools, i regard that as political as opposed to substantive. last point i want to make on this is i really appreciate the briefings that we've got, congress as a whole has gotten, our chairman did a wonderful job in bringing in folks and we had honest and open dialogue. the idea that we haven't been kept relate informed or people have not said, look, we will do our very best, but this is unpredicta

. >> if migraine was treated fairly by nih, it would get $240 million worth of research.0. >> we obviously have limited funds. and so we have to be really careful how we spread them across the different diseases that we're responsible for. >> reporter: linda porter is an nih director in the national institute of neurological disorders and stroke. she says funding for migraine research is on the rise. >> it's a slow process. so we've gone in 2015 from about $22 million a year commitment, and now we're getting up into the high 30s over a small number of years. >> reporter: is that satisfactory as far as you're concerned? >> you know, if, you know, the minimum wage goes from $6 to $6.3$6 $6.50, no, it's not satisfactory. it's shamefully poor. >> reporter: do you feel like this is getting enough attention? >> i feel like it's getting enough attention. i think will the is a need for more funding in the area because there are some critical gaps. >> reporter: gaps she blames in part on a shortage of migraine researchers and the difficulty of treating people whose symptoms vary s

when the republicans were in the majority, we funded nih and cdc, increased it by $20 billion. you know what we created? the infectious disease rapid response fund so when this day came. we've been preparing for this. the president took positions that they opposed to and very smart on his part. >> sean: and he gets criticized for that. >> a lot of this is called out by governors. what was the vice president before? he was a governor. he had some of these crisis in his own state. so it's better to have somebody that understands government, has all of the experts, the science and others. what is happening in china today? >> sean: they're criticizing him. he didn't support the needle exchange program. it will illegal in his state and he still was able to make it work. i'm not a big supporter of it either. >> how great our healthcare system is. in china, it's american company's medicine that is being tested to treat those with it. we'll solve this problem. the worst thing can happen is what the democrats are doing. we've seen it before. they can't beat him so that bash him. this ti

fauci from nih this hour. investors pay attention to his words he was somewhat reassuring at least after the severe warning from the cdc about americans being prepared he said look, we don't know how many cases will come here. this is a pandemic as it is looking, you will likely see cases but he definitely did not unsound alarm. don't you think? >> maybe it's his presentation opposed to his word. he did agree the cdc would come here but you're right, he did seem somewhat reassuring. >> one thing is for sure, the echo of all of this, even contained today, will remain with travel companies. i'm looking at lufthansa now and the degree they're slashing projects and expenses is breathtaking you have delta cutting flights today. >> to south korea. >> and way beyond travel just today food and beverage companies deknown and diageo warning it will have an impact on the full year. >> yesterday we saw significant reversal after an opening that was up early so the closing bell becomes very important. >> it's always import

i do believe that the president's request on october 1 to cut the funds for cdc and nih is completely backwards. we have to anticipate more research will be needed, not just the supplemental but beyond. i hope the president will reassess the budget request to congress. >> what would you say to americans who are worried because they feel an outbreak could happen at any second? >> i don't believe the threat to the united states is imminent just based on what i have read but i also believe we should be wary this could go on for months in terms of anticipating the spread beyond the countries that currently have it. >> are you trump -- confident confident in you each of administration? >> there are some at the table i would trust. auchi is one of them.f th you cannot ask for a cut in the center for disease control in light of what we know with the coronavirus. >> is there a plan in place to deal with people who are being be quarantined? -- with theu happy supplemental? is it enough? >> i don't think anyone knows. it is not an unreasonable amount in light of what we are facing. we went to a

the cdc, the nih, the hhs. they don't know anything. what is their plan?e the schumer-pelosi-klobuchar- bloomberg whatever plans? they have great plans. open boarders, eliminate ice, no veteran of foreigners, sanctuary cities, naturalize and destroy the greatest healthcare system, destroyed our pharmaceutical companies.ti that will come up with the solutions. the solutions won't be bernie sanders favorite communist regimes. they won't from the scandinavian companies. they'll come from us, capitolism. what do they support? massive taxes. what is their containment plan? they don't have one. they have no vaccination plan. meanwhile they attack the president of the united states. the answers won't come from the liberals and the democrats, which is why they attack. something shocking happened the other day, sean hannity. there was an a.p. fact check. the national institutes of health and the centers for disease control and prevention they say are not suffering from budget cuts that never took effect. yet you listen to schumer. he wants $8.5 billion. for what? h

we never told cdc or nih what they could say or censored the medical statements f. the white house is doing that now it is a danger to public health. we have been critical of china handling this and in iran. is it worrisome the vice president told health organizations what they can and can't say? >> if that is what he told it is deeply worrisome. it's no longer -- this is going to be a pandemic. the only question is, is it going to be mild, moderate or severe? and the main thing we can do now other than preparing local an state health officials, helping prepare hospitals is communicate to the public what they need to do. and not allowing the best information and the u.s. has excellent expertise in the cdc and nih and not conveyed to the public is deeply dangerous. >> let's talk about, jake ward, i know you have been following this. in the absence of knowing when's coming out of the government companys have to start thinking about this, not just supply chains or customers but workforce, whether people can come to work, working remotely. that's part of what the stock

nih and academia are working together closely. of course, we are working very closely with dea and ondcp, the drug czar. we have to understand that 30 years ago methamphetamine was a closet industry within the united states. people produced small quantities of it. it was not very pure. it was not very cheap. now it is made in the hundreds of thousands of pounds at multiple different installations in mexico by transnational cartels. it is 100% pure. it is very cheap, and one of the most highly addictive substances on the planet. this is a whole new situation we are facing. i cannot overemphasize the seriousness of it and the attention it has gotten throughout the administration. again, starting long ago, but in great seriousness about a year ago last march when we started the task force and briefed and started working directly with the white house. >> i wanted to follow-up on the there was some confusion yesterday about exactly how many people are in quarantine here now with a justive viral test versus in quarantine. if you have in

we increase the nih budget. if i were president today -- he wiped it all out. we did it. >> laura: oh, joe. actually the funding for the cdc and nih during the trump administration is higher than it was during the obama-biden administration. congress has been kept fully apprised of the crisis with the first briefing held last month when the president called all of this a public health emergency. and he imposed travel restrictions on foreigners coming in from china. >> we should all be working together. she's trying to create a panic. nancy pelosi, she knows it's not true. all they are trying to do is get a political advantage. this isn't about political advantage. we are all trying to do the right thing. they shouldn't be saying this is terrible. president trump isn't asking for enough money. how stupid anything to say. >> laura: it's the time for calm, measured pragmatism, not panic and political opportunism by a party that's been buffeted by its own missteps and failed strategies. if they appear to be rooting for americans suffering and pain during an electio

falci at the nih. >> the confusion again is we're close to starting a phase one trial to determine safety. we're going to do that in about 1.5 to 2 months, but that doesn't mean you have a vaccine. in order to get a vaccine that's practically deployable for people to use, it's going to be at least a year to a year and a half at best. >> so dr. del rio, i know people are hearing a year, year and a half and thinking what are we supposed to do until then? what's your answer? >> i think the answer is we need to, again, hopefully prevent the spread. i think there's antivirals being tried. the clinical trial with antiviral just started and enrolled its first patients. i think we need to look at what antivirals are being developed. and the vaccine is going to be important. the most important thing right now is to stay informed and to realize that science is swransing, aswrans advancing, and i have confidence in science. we will have antivirals, we will have a vaccine. again a lot of things are being done. a lot of effort's being done. the government's putting a lot of resource to develop vaccine

the cdc, nih, all of these agencies cannot run on fumes. cannot run on fumes. it is not even a tesla if it does not have a battery that will last. if americans are uninsured or underinsured, they will not seek care. that will contribute to the spread of the disease. i don't know what the president has often honest beautiful healthcare, i don't find beauty in what i just said. i am sorry, this is a part of it. with that, i will have questions. thank you again for being here. the chair now recognizes doctor burgess, the ranking member of our subcommittee, for his five minutes for an opening statement. >> thank you, mr. chair. thank you, secretary, for being here. always great to see you and our committee. i hope you are grateful to be here in our committee. to weeks ago i was criticized rather severely for even suggesting we needed a coronavirus hearing. the work we were doing that day was a bill that would never become law. it was so important we did not need to do that hearing. we did need to do that hearing. i'm grateful we are having it today. this hearing is

he tried to defund the nih. he did not have a plan to deal with how you equip hospitals that are going to be able to take care of people to have the right docs, the right capacity, and the right ability to contain. none of that happens. and old nancy is saying -- i didn't hear what she said, but my guess is, we ought to be doing something. we ought to be funding this effort. anyway. let's get another question from the office. kristin susie is with us. she's a law student at the university of south carolina. undecided voter. welcome. >> good evening, president biden. in the south, the second amendment is a right that is held dear. how do you propose to sell your gun reform ideas to those who either own a gun or feel strongly about protecting second amendment rights? >> two reasons, number one, you're a law student, i talked constitutional law for a long time, i talk the second attempt. here's the deal, no amendment is absolute. no one can stand up in the first amendment and yell "fire" here, you'd be arrested. yo

with immense bash from the nih and c.d.c. with immense knowledge of this thing. they have been through this before. we want to hear what they say, what they tell us. there is a big difference between stifling and coordinating. i think you have to coordinate, it is a big government. so i don't see any problem at all. reporter: officials on the record have said that the administration said there is no approval process. you are telling me that there is? >> there is no hard and fast process, no. but people have common sense. you have the task force -- actually, i am a member of the task force. there is a lot of coordination going on right now. here is the thing -- this may not be what you're looking for, this is such a serious matter. but not only do we want all the get,mation we can possibly we would like to have coordinated messages just to stop any confusion with the public. and it is a really hard thing to do. there is no hard and fast -- it can't say this or you can say that. that is not the case. we are sharing information across a multiple number of agencies a

let me be very clear, as speaker of the house, actually helped double the budget of the nih. i sound like joe biden for a second. all of the things we did in the past. >> laura: [laughs]or >> the truth is we did doubled the budget i worked closely eveh since with the director of the national institute of health higher-ups -- a lot of money for the center for disease control. you we have the most effective public health service in the world. the center for disease control is the model for the planet. the national institute of health has an enormous amount of resources. you willn you you and they are all working collectively -- we did an amazing job with ebola, and i give biden some credits, i think the obama administration you you you responded to ebola correctly and effectively -- >> laura: but newt, not to interrupt, newt, but the difference is that china is involved. that's the big difference. and we don't know who patient 0 is. they just kicked out four "wall street journal" reporters some of whom were snooping around and wanting the facts.ti we are not dealing with britai

and help inform the american people other things we are doing we are putting appropriations for the nih and the research and development but also for organizations with the coalition for active epidemic preparedness they are looking at the new and upcoming diseases to have the model already her winsome like this happens. the collaboration with other countries we brought up with epidemiology at the last meeting we had epidemiologists and we looked at the origin of where this was supposed to come from with that of and it was the fish market and we asked the epidemiologists in its research was done and they felt it happened but the chinese government came and removed the market so they start raising questions and you look at the amount of response and severity of the quarantine people isolated and it sometimes doesn't match what we are looking at as a disease or what we are being told. but yet when we have the province that was under quarantine, it's about 20% of the united states of america and then we produce over 100 million people and we want to make sure we have a measure for accurate

medical research at the nih now receives 20% less funding. than just ten years ago and alzheimer's isn't the only pressing medical concern. think but the other diseases on the cusp of scientific breakthroughs. like diabetes, heart disease, breast cancer, and hiv. think about kids with life-threatening allergies or autism, people with als. trapped in a nonresponsive body until they suffocate. think about people addicted to opioids and people in chronic pain. think about how a single medical breakthrough could give new life to hundreds of thousands of people. yeah, i get worked up over this but the way i figure it, we should all be worked up. it isn't just medical research. if our government had spent the same proportion of its 2016 budget on research that we spent back in the 1960s, we would have devoted an extra $162 billion to basic research in just one year. that would more than quintuple the budget for. the national institutes of health and the national science foundation combined. five times the funding. i want you to think for a minute o

we increase the nih budget. whe's wiped all that out. >> this great genius has told us that the coronavirus is going to end in two months. >> laura: i don't know what he is talking about there, god bless him, but newt, how is this trump's fault that the chinese lost control of a deadly virus, or other theories about what happened with a deadly virus? >> first of all, couple of weeks ago, i did a podcast on coronavirus, and had dr. fauci, at the national institute of health and probably leading expert on viruses in the world, the man who first took on hiv/aids, has a long and remarkable career. the point he was making come of this virus may behave like the flu. the flu comes and then leaves in the spring, and you suddenly no longer have the flu. and it's possible that has the weather warms up, the virus will -- president trump sitting on making this up at mar-a-lago, he had been briefed by scientists who said that so there's a fair chance, sometimes as the weather gets warmer, like flu, this virus will disappear.

director of nih said vaccine could be coming within 3 months. microsoft warning it will miss revenue guide and deadly shooting at a milwaukee facility. we have the latest this morning, plus how you could own the million dollar picasso for $100. mornings with maria begins right now. ♪ ♪ maria: some of the stories that we are watching this morning a california resident tested positive for coronavirus and could be the first case if it's community spread in the united states, it means that the doctors do not know how the patient contracted the virus. at this time there's, quote, no relevant travel history or another known patient. cdc is adding in a statement it's possible that the patient could have been exposed to returned traveler who was infected. president trump addressed the media yesterday saying the u.s. is droppedly developing a scene and tout what had the country has done so far to curve the virus deadly path. >> one priority from our standpoint is the health and safety of the american people, that's the way i viewed it when i've made that

brain room, we work with on, also says the trump administration has been more money on the cdc and nihadministration. >> dana: but the budget proposals were to cut. >> juan: oh! you know, it's this, the democratic debate, you and bernie sanders, buddy. >> katie: remember when the ebola concern during the obama administration, there were partisan considerations that they handled it fine. we've got to find a way to make this not partisan. >> greg: everybody is looking for the katrina moment. katrina is what broke it. >> dana: even then i could argue against it, but i won't. >> greg: it's their way to lump something onto bush and they the ebola thing. if you want trump to fail, you are scum. if trump fails, people die. you've got to put that aside. i'm right in the middle between what trump is saying and what democrats are saying. if it's overblown, fine. as long as you're committed to over preparing. i would be happy for months from now to admit we panicked or we acted appropriately. but i do not want to say it now when we are flying blind, i'm not on cnn on fox news -- i said we should'

>> barely. >> i'm curious what you have shared with your colleagues at the nih and cdc after returningchina. >> well an assessment of what's happening on the ground they are, the needs of better diagnostic tests, vaccines, masks and other forms of support so the outbreak can be contain contained. >> harris: how contagious is this, for example on that ship with all those people, the cruise ship, the diamond princess i believe it's called, correct me if i'm wrong on that. it's just off the coast of japan. can it get into -- because some reports say it's airborne and it gets into ventilation systems. here's a picture of it there. how contagious is it really, that we know? >> this is a highly infectious virus, not as infectious as measles but probably as infectious as influence. >> harris: when you talk about treating it, it seems like the death toll, the number of cases is now spiking. why should you doubt and why should there be a healthy doubt with a number that's coming out of chinese officials right now? >> i know -- i know people have their issues with whether the government as being

a one trillion budget 1.2 trillion budgets and if you're in cdc you know what they do, if you'red a nih you have 40 billion in research money but how we really operate is really by the power of the idea. and to bring people together to convene them and to make change whats and to provide leadership. first of all we provide trusted data and information. so many of the items that you may go to hiv.gov vaccines.gov health.gov are all from our office. so we try to provide the american public and truly the world with the best most evidence-based science based information possible. secondly, we convene partners this has a really exciting part of my position and very different than other parts of hhs so the government. my job is to look externally it is to bring people not only from within the government but state and local partners private partners, commercial part they aresthon profit organizations, faith basing organizations, altogether because nothing that we're trying to accomplish is simple. it is not just all federal government approach but really all, all society approach. we develop n

i think lots of people are interested in that. >> the nih, dr. fouchi, has the lead on this. i can tell you what he's told us and others is that they do have a candidate product that they are planning to move into a phase-one trial hopefully in the next six weeks, which will evaluate immunicity and safety. they partnered with a private sector company. assuming that goes well, they would move into an expanded phase-two trial, and, but in reality, if everything goes really well and they get the strategic partners that they need, he's saying he looks at a year to 18 months before we could have it. we do believe scientifically that this is a virus that should be able to have a successful vaccine based on the coronavirus, as opposed if we were trying to do this, say, for hiv, you know, we would say, well, we don't know because we're not sure how that's going to work or not, but for this virus, there's a lot of scientific reasons to think that it will be successful and the nih is really moving forward very aggressively to try to make that happen. >> thank you, m. thank you, mr. cha

if you're at nih, you have 40 billion in research money, how we operate is by the power of the idea and bring people together to convene them and make changes and provide leadership. first of all, we provide trusted data and information, so many of the items that you may go to, hiv.gov, vaccines.gov, health.gov are all from our office so we try to provide the american public and truly the world with the best, no evidence-based, and science-based information possible. secondly we convene partners. this is an exciting part of my position and very different than other parts of hhs or the government. my job is to look externally. to bring people not only from within the government, but state and local partners, private partners, commercial partners, nonprofit organizations, faith-based organizations and altogether because nothing that we're trying to accomplish is simple. it's not just an all federal government approach, but it's an all of society approach. we developed novel initiatives and we do that with some of the small amounts of grant money that we have. we trust ideas. and if those

believe that the president's request, his budget request goes on october 1 to cut the funds for cdc and nih, is completely backwards. we have to anticipate more resources will be needed, not just with the supplemental and beyond. i hope the president will reassess his budget request to congress. >> are americans worried they want to buy supplies the thinking outbreak it happened in a minute. >> i don't believe the threat to the united states is that eminence. just based on what i have read, but i also believe that we should be wary. this could go on for months. in terms of anticipating the spread beyond the countries that currently have it. >> you confident the trump administration response after this briefing? >> some of the people at that table i would trust completely. the doctor has been through this several times and has been an expert on the subject. the terms of some of the people in the budget end of this, i made my point earlier. you can't commend and ask for a cut in the center for disease control starting october 1, and light of what we know now with this coronavirus. >> argue it

you listen to people from nih and cdc. the fundamentals in the u.s. economy have not changed. interest rates are low. and it will come back. over the long run, it always does. gregg: when there is a downturn like this and panic ensues, people who are not savvy investors panic and sell. they begin to pick their spots of when and where to buy. so is there a shopping opportunity here? >> get out your list. it's a little early for christmas. there are opportunities in the marketplace. look what you do on a daily basis. we call it consumer staples. you have medical supplies or medical equipment that you may use every day or you eat. think of food and beverage every day that are unjustly hit. they unjustly are sold off in the downnurnt market trite now just due to the coronavirus. but not because anything is wrong with the company. >> is the fed going to come to the rescue? it was heading in the direction of lowering rates even further. the chairman encouraging that we'll do what's necessary to help the economy. what about the feds? >> the federal reserve can cut another 25 basis po

my understanding is two companies are working on nih ands in this area, others are working on vaccinesnd they will be ready for human testing somewhat shortly. you talked about the cdc tests, fda working on other medical products. can you tell us what you see in that regard of those medicine helps that could come to the rescue? >> event. one doctor talked last night -- you bet. one doctor talked about last a vaccine we invented that should be in humans within three months of the initial specimen being provided from china. that is just historic levels of progress. we will work to ensure because this is a joint venture that will be under contract with hhs. we will work to ensure there are appropriate protections to assure the affordability of any vaccine produced at a joint venture work that taxpayers are funding as part of these cooperative ventures throughout our barta. we have that and also purely private sector endeavors around vaccine candidates. gilead is doing clinical trial research on one of their antivirals that is not approved for anything it. that is in critical trial now in

have this dissidence between what president trump says and the public health officials at the cdc and nih say and then this episode they knew about before the press conference, public trust goes down. you'll see this reflected in many outcomes. maybe one that gets the president's attention will be the stock market. maybe we can't trust what comes out of the president and the white house's mouth. that will be a very dangerous moment. and i think that was a very bad judgment on their part to withhold information from the public which is inevitably going to come out. facts do overwhelm the pr that you might want to put on them. and i think the facts in this public health case are going to be very stubborn. i do think this is a turning point as your reporter mentioned and sanjay mentioned. we have community acquired spread. that means there are other people out there who have the virus. but remember, most people are going to be asymptomatic and going to have this virus and not know that they're sick. we see this from the cruise ship too. i also want to note that, you know, having vice preside

nih funding up almost 40%, cdc funding and two years ago, this is something i put in the bill that had bipartisan support, we set up something called the infectious disease rapid response fund and put back, with over $105 million in million dollars in it this year going and, help with ebola last year. we didn't wait around politicians. you had money there instantly. our major health agencies are really bad by outstanding americans. i call francis collins the best politician in washington because he got appointed by both president obama and president trump but it tells you these areas bipartisanship has trumped everything else so to speak. i feel good about where were at and i feel good about the response. i do think, you know, we'll see more cases. the chinese to the credit i wish there were a little more cooperative but given much more cooperative than they were during sars. they alerted us earlier. so far 97% of the deaths, 57% of the cases on a single province in china. the world community is reacting pretty well to this and were leading the way. as the previous speaker said, we are

the nih says they are using test kits for the sars virus. you do not have any clue what is going on with this virus, where it originated, what we are supposed to do. to tell people not to wash best to tell people to wash their hands and not touch their face and eyes -- host: maybe we can take the p-4 lab. guest: i am not eva rolla just, but all credible know it people who have looked at the genetic sequence unanalyzed the genetic tree, the kind of evolution of the virus, have essentially ruled that out. they don't believe that that is a credible hypothesis. know when i know who studies these issues seriously believes it originated anywhere other than from some animals. in terms of measures that one can take to protect oneself, i completely understand that when i say wash her hands, that feels very underwhelming. i have elderly relatives and they have asked me the same thing. i want to be able to say more than that. but i can't. there aren't. masks,s of stockpiling that is something that is not recommended. you need to be fit tested for a mas

we've offered to have some of our experts from the cdc and nih to be part of the p.h.o.mbrella -- the w.h.o. umbrella team to help them. lou: the chinese government said no to that since january 6, we understand. >> i'm not so sure they said no to it. lou: you are the scientist and i am the guy who has to deal with the language. when they say no, it's empirical. they have not per mid our teams in. zooms. >> we are trying to be part of a w.h.o. team. shops be allowed to enter and help them when we are part of a w.h.o. team. lou: the problem is we haven't got the p.h.o. in as well. i think everyone has to understand we have been rebuffed in that. is that an incorrect statement i made? >> from the standpoint that we haven't gone the our people in there, whatever the reason for that. you are the one who knows that. i am just the medical person. but we have not gone the our people in there despite the fact we want to get in there and help them. lou: it looks like a no at this point and maybe we can get to a yes. thank you for your help in this country as usual. thanks so much

he wants to cut cdc and nih budgets. he eliminated nsc post to safeguard against global pandemics." all of it brings us to our lead-off discussion on a wednesday night starting with dr. natalie azar, an assistant clinical professor of rheumatology at the nyu langone medical center in new york who's been in private practice for over two decades. annie karni, white house reporter with the "new york times." and long hi chen, research fellow at the hoover institution, former policy director for the romney-ryan 2012 effort. and notably a former senior hhs official. thank you all for coming on. doc, as you might have imagined, i'd like to begin with you. when you sat down, because we are co-workers, we shook hands. and i mentioned that rachel maddow shook hands on live television tonight with a public health expert who said on live television, that's a habit we may have to adjust, that life and such circumstances may have to change. tell us about that. >> well, look, i mean, brian, yes. that's how these viruses are transmitted. if you get it on your hand by being exposed to someone who's

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we have seen briefings from the health secretary and of course we have the doctor with the nih being interviewed but what arein they saying what can they do? >> well, the first thing they can do is they focused on when the president said this yesterday the u.s. response and the president feels confidentee that they have it under controli in this country which is fair. there are a handful of cases here but nothing like what we've seen and certainly in italy or china where this started. the u.s. would like to have a little bit more visibility in what is going on in china and the white house early on offer to send over some experts in china took a little while to allow that to happen but my understanding is not there are a couple there as part of the world health organization team but the president, nonetheless, asked the yesterday morning as he departed that president xi should be doing more and president trump really values his relationship with president xi despite the tension in that relationship over trade and other things so he said president xi is workingen hard o do everything h

it will take three months according to nih, the head ever the nih to see if the trial works. after that it goes to phase two. that is another six to eight months. bottom line we're year, year-and-a-half away for a vaccine from the coronavirus. back to you. jo edward, thank you. stocks plunging for second day in a row. go to deirdre bolton. i want to put this in perspective for viewers. we had seen a 17% runup in stocks before we saw a pullback. a lot of smart traders were saying part of this is the coronavirus and obviously in the news this afternoon, but traders are itchy to take profits here and take a breather. what are you hearing, deirdre? reporter: it is worth putting moves in context. it is hard between yesterday and today when we lose almost 2,000 points on the dow. we're in a 11-year bull market. so there are programs trades that kick in at certain levels. there are a lot of stocks. we know especially among the very high-flying tech stocks which many analysts have been telling us are priced for perfection. so the fact that this coronavirus we don't know exactly how i

i don't think that the real truth, and another is because i someone at nih and very close to that is a molecular biologist and infectious diseases. when i first heard about this pandemic, i was listening to steve bannon podcast pandemic and he's having a lot of experts on your and there is still being smuggled out of china with the crematoriums are running 24/7 50 comments party was time to keep this a secret because they didn't want the western world to know about it. i think not to tell the american public, i've gone out and bought 595 masks. i this is going to be much more serious than anyonele is letting on and i think your guest will talk but the fact there is no evidence coming forward that this virus started at the p4 lap 20 miles outside of wuhan and we have for dietrich in maryland that is a p4 lap. this virus is not what the media is saying. it's not a couple of people who have it in the united states. the task it is even the right test kit. they are using from nih saying, using a lot of the techniques for the sars virus to you have any clue what's really going on with this

, they firethe nih firewalledrtain -- off. cut. it has not been you stated in your senate testimony yesterday that the u.s. currently has about 30 million stockpiles and 95 respirators that can help stop a person from inhaling infected particles but it might require 300 million for health care workers alone. this does not include personal protective equipment. 900 more cases worldwide. -- i am worried about the supply chain. your own agency has stated the of are manufactured outside the u.s. yesterday, the washington post told us large group purchasing organization says we may only have a two week supply. i do not want to frighten anybody. are we facing an imminent shortage of respirators and other personal protective equipment? sec. azar: i do want to clarify the numbers. i learned some additional information about the number of masks. we have a higher number but the mix is different. million certified masks and 5 million that are not certified. one of the things we are doing with the transfer money is contracting to get contract

the folks at nih. it's of course fine to have the folks from the white house with them. but with them not as filters to the information but with them as part of the effort to coordinate things. you're absolutely right. what i worry about is what we're seeing with respect to the messaging and communication is a symptom of a larger problem of lack of coordination in terms of actually getting the services that we need to the people when we need them. so, for example, there have been all sorts of problems with getting these testing kits that are actually effective. first we had a number of kits that were sent, turns out they were defective. they're not going to enough places. we've had plenty of time. this coronavirus has been growing since when we first learned about it months ago. and this is unfortunately not a very good sign about coordination in the administration in terms of the response. so we are going to be on, and i can tell you there's bipartisan concern on capitol hill. we are going to be putting together an emergency supplemental. it will be significantly larger

nih, onut back on research. to curesaid i'm going childhood cancer.t back on research, how was he going to curate? -- cure it? he tells people at the rallies he is for them when he's for the 1%. his whole cabinet are mostly billionaires. they are ill-equipped to be cabinet people but they got their positions because they contributed to his campaign. host: thank you for the call. this week from one of our viewers. c-span will have live coverage of the caucuses on monday evening, adding it could be interesting. a chance for you to see how the caucus process unfolds. the candidates need to reach a 50% threshold to qualify to go to the next round and in order to get delegates. two sets of numbers released. the first round of the final set of numbers. we will have the delegate count available at the end of the night. ile from mesa, arizona. caller: i have been watching all these debates. one thing i have noticed is the democratic side has a lot of corruption involved in it with the bidens. with everything going on at this moment the only person that can cl

a lot of focus on how quickly a vaccine could be developed the nih says human trials for a vaccine months, but a widely available vaccine, that will probably be way. lester >> amazing how quickly this is all unfolding before our eyes. all right, tom, thank you. as officials here make plans to deal with any outbreak, europe and asia are in the throes of it, dealing with the rapid spread of the disease and a rising death toll. richard engel has more on the global impact. >> reporter: the coronavirus, a killer cold many times more lethal than the flu is fanning out across asia and europe. south korea has the highest known contaminations outside china, around a thousand cases panic buying is setting in runs on supermarkets in hong kong, anger is growing that china, which says infection rates there are slowing, initially censored information about the virus before it became an epidemic. >> they missed a chance to control the contagion in january, and they chose to suppress it. >> reporter: travel across asia is in turmoil. i flew today from the nearly empty hong kong airport to singapore look

. >> -- system called for enormous cuts to the cdc, nih and w.h.o. you talked a lot today about how the professionals are excellent, critical and necessary. does this experience give you pause about -- nompl. because we can get money. >> it's a question i asked the doctors before. some of the people we cut haven't been used for many, many years. fe we ever need them we can get them really quickly and rather than spending the money, i'm a business person. i don't like having thousands of people around when you don't need them. >> oh, boy. that decision kearns me a lot. >> and talking about a sizable budget to get this moving. so, willie, it's interesting that, i watched the press conference. first of all, was very glad he had a press conference. >> in the briefing room. very important. robert gibbs said at noon that he needed to do. the president in the briefing room with his team behind him sends a very clear message that he is on alert. now, listen, people might say it's because he cares more about the stock market than the coronavirus. i don't real

. >> if migraine was treated fairly by nih it would get $240 million worth of research. about $20 million. >> we have limited funds so we have to be careful how we spread them across the different diseases we're responsible for. >> linda porter is an nih director in the national institute of neurological disorde disorders and stroke and said funding for migraine research is on the rise. >> it's a slow process. so we've gone in 2015 about $22 million and now we're getting in the high 30s. >> is that satisfactory as far as you're concerned? >> you know, the minimum wage goes from $6 to $6.50, no, it's not satisfactory. i's shamefully poor. >> do you feel like this is getting enough attention? >> i feel like it's getting enough tension. -- attention. i think there's more needs. >> it's a shortage of migraine researchers and the difficulty of treating people whose symptoms range widely. >> it's not an easy equation of how to treat a patient because it's not a one size fits all. >> small comfort to people like priya rama. she says the impact of migraine on her life is so grea

>> well, i was really glad to see the doctor from the cdc make a presentation and tony fauci from nih make a presentation. anyway a they are experts. they actually are the lead scientists in this area. cdc is the sort of world's epidemiologist. and nih will be in charge of trying to mobilize and move forward as rapidly as possible a vaccine and a therapeutic. so having those two individuals, who i know very well, in the room gave me some comfort. a lot of what else happened in that room did not give me a lot of comfort. >> why do you say that? >> well, i think as you suggested earlier, chris, we watched a president who contradicted his own public health experts. as they say, the disease is going to spread and tony fauci said we won't have a viable vaccine for at least a year. president trump basically said it may not spread at all and it might not get any bigger. and this thing really is quite small. and everybody who's been identified is about to be cured. i think that is not an accurate message to give to the american public. it's not an accurate message to give to american business

and thankfully we have some career people at the cdc, at nih who are providing reliable information and telling us the truth. but the president of the united states owes us not misleading information. he said i think this morning from india that we already had a vacci vaccine. a vaccine is 18 months out. and, so, the american people are owed the truth and the resources to fight this. >> all right. senator, thank you so much for your time tonight. >> my pleasure. >>> joining me now for the mixed messages coming out of the white house, he's the former director of usaid's office of u.s. foreign disaster assistance. he also helped manage the 2014 ebola response. i want to start on the point that senator baldwin just made. the president today saying vaguely like we're going to have a -- we're going to have a vaccine pretty soon. that's not true and his staff had to walk it back and say, he's talking about the ebola vaccine. how much does the information coming from the white house matter to how people deal with this and how first line responders are able to prepare? >> it matters hugely. con