the nih and the fda saying don't take hydroxychloroquine unless you're in a clinical trial. the nih and fda still saying don't take this drug unless you're part of a clinical trial, which the vast majority of people are not. >> okay. important. elizabeth, thanks a lot. >> i always say listen to the doctors. and be sure to check out cnn's coronavirus documentary, "coronavirus: fact versus fiction." listen wherever you get your podcasts. >>> thed.c. circuit court of appeals said it cannot suspend a reporter's white house press badge that was attempted by the white house. >> the decision backed up a trial court's earlier ruling to restore his access to the white house after it was temporarily suspended because he and the president's backers, sebastian gorka, had that very public argument in the rose garden. >>> this afternoon the minneapolis city council takes the first step towards police reform following the death of george floyd. stay with us. hey! lily from at&t here. i'm back and while most stores are open, i'm working from home and here to help. here's a tip: get half-off

it demonstrates the effectiveness in a study funded by nih. the second drug, is the first drug to potential locality of the nations with covid-19. this drug is a matter of definition. as long been approved, often considered the general treatment for respiratory illness based on a. but the benefits of these two drugs will demonstrate the old-fashioned way. rigorous randomized controlled trials. interestingly, results are provided from the same british study that reported the ineffectiveness of the hydroxychloroquine. tested multiple candidates. in the clinical trials in the united states resulting in studies often the same drugs listen patients struggling to have more patients. in conclusion, so far this pandemic, effective treatment has not been identified by an antidote in which we are taking, presidential announcements, and questionable practices. and identified instead by transparent systematic applications very scientific principles and for decades has delivered safe and effective treatments. when we departed from these principles, preciou

shouldn't there be an nih exception? >> i thought it was going to be really hard but it kind of got into the rhythm. zoom calls and conference calls and countless e-mails. i in managing pretty well to be able to oversee $32 billion a year research fund. as long as i got that ability to connect with anyone. there's a little silver lining here. i'm not missing being on airplanes at all. i'm not missing driving long distances tversky fits the bigger when your only at home and sitting at this desk as i am 13 hours a day, you can get a lot done. >> many people in zoom calls of books behind them they have never read. i presume you have read all of those. >> i have read most of them. >> ajmer written a fair number of them as well. what about your band? you have banned, and have you been able to perform while you're in virtual lock up? >> no. this is one of the heartaches of the covid-19 lockdown, and the ban has gone into mothballs. we had three gates we had to cancel. we haven't had any rehearsal. some effort to do that over t

and that is why the fda, the nih, other groups have said, you know what? let's not use this on hospitalized patients unless they're part of a study and we're trying to answer questions and monitor them closely. does hydroxychloroquine prevent people from getting sick in the first place? that's an open question and several people are studying this. what the fda commissioner talked about recently was he said we don't regulate the practice of medicine, because people were saying to him, wait a minute. doctors are still prescribing this in ways that they've been told not to. the answer is that doctors can pretty much do whatever they want with a drug that is already on the market. if a drug is on the market for toe fungus, they can use it for cancer if they want to. i'm being silly, but that is literally true. doctors are allowed to use off-label prescribing. you've had to done to you, i've had it done to me, we've all had it done. it's perfectly legal. >> but make sure it's the best call, right? thank you for the clarifying note, elizabeth. thanks so much. we

hydroxychloroquine to be used for certain covid patients then in april, just a month later, the fda and nih come out warning against its use and then the month after that, two studies prestigious medical journals came out say iing it was ineffective. they said not only does it not work, but it increases the risk of cardiac arrest by more than two times then today here in june, the authorization is revoked. now it's saying and the fda says it's unlikely to work and there are concerns that it could cause problems including heart problems. now it's interesting because the fda has said look, at the time we gave the authorization back in march, we were going based on the evidence at hand. every expert i've spoken with and these are people who study it in covid, said there never really was any evidence this drug worked. basically what we had was a president who was pushing it. >> and there was evidence from the beginning. from the r very beginning, that it caused problems. thank you so much from atlanta for us. we have breaking news in the coronavirus pandemic as states and cities threaten to shu

last week, the nih panel of scientists withdrew their recommendation for using hydroxychloroquine, and i believe that was some of the motivation for why the fda withdrew their eua. >> dr. rochelle walensky, new cnn medical analyst, thanks for being here this morning. >> thanks for having me. take care. >>> let's look internationally, because worldwide, the number of coronavirus cases has now passed 8 million. in china, officials are racing to control a new outbreak that's believed to have spread much more widely than just the food market where it started. cnn has reporters all around the world working these stories for you. >> reporter: i'm steven jiang in beijing, where the number of newly confirmed coronavirus cases has now reached 106 since last thursday. almost all of them linked to this now-closed, huge wholesale food market. authorities here are conducting extensive contact tracing and mass testing for anyone who had visited this market since may 30th. it's a daunting task, though. according to state media, they have already tracked down some 200,000 people in this category. the

the nih and fda saying don't take hydroxychloroquine if you have covid unless you're part of a clinical trial. alisyn? >> what about this new study on the use of pepcid as a potential treatment? >> right. so it's the use of the active ingredient in pepcid. this is sort of intriguing. there's been thinking that this might help people who have coronavirus. so this was a very small study. can't emphasize how small it was. ten patients. these ten patients were at home with covid. they were not in the hospital. they started taking to motor dean, the active ingredient in pepcid. they did feel better. most people at home do feel better over time. was it the natural course of the illness or the medicine? we don't know. the important part is that it's making doctors say maybe we should try it in a clinical trial. give half am they have a placebo and half of them the drug and see how they do. there's also a trial going on because there's a suggestion it might work for them as well. >> also, doesn't this stem from the fact that in china what doctors found was that just by coincidence, when they lo

then a month later the fda and the nih warned not to use it. then in may two major studies, one in the new england journal of medicine and the journal of american medicine said hydroxychloroquine doesn't work. the larger of the two studies showed it increased the chance of cardiac arrest by more than two times. in june fda revokes authorization for hydroxychloroquine. in revoking the authorization, the fda acknowledged what those studies showed which is, one, it didn't work and, two, there was a chance of bad side effects including cardiac side effects. so now there's no more authorization for hydroxychloroquine. doctors can still prescribe it for covid-19 if they want to. it's on the market for other illnesses so they could prescribe it, but in general they're not in favor of prescribing it. now you might wonder why did they authorize it? trump was a cheerleader. he called it a game changer. he tauted it. he took it himself when he found out staff members whom he had been exposed to had covid-19. from the very beginning there was essentially n

the nih team spent a few days looking at the genetic sequence.ture of a protein of a virus. -- jointlydiscredit decided what vaccine we would design. so, niaid, the national institute for allergies and infectious diseases, part of the nih. so you realized you might have a potential solution but you then have to test them on animals i guess first. did you test this on an animal? we did everything on a crash course. we made some material to do animal testing, which takes a few days. the product of a phase i, which took us 42 days, which is a short time in our industry. when they did the vaccine for sars, it took them 20 months. in this case, it took 63 days. what animals do you use? stephane: mice. david: so the mice presumably did not die as a result so you said, we will try it on humans. you issued a report not long ago that said i think eight humans had received it and they seemed to be ok. is that right? stephane: 45 people went through a phase one, doing ok for safety. a few people at the second dose. neutralizing antibodies, this is what you

the nih is working with the private sector biotech company and already began early-stage human trials for a potential vaccine. so there is hope on the horizon. however the soaring prices of prescription drugs are making life-saving treatment centers unaffordable for many americans. this pandemic made clear to things. americans urgently want day car care. and when life-saving therapies and cures come to the marke market, americans must be able to afford them when the providers prescribe them. smy bipartisan prescription drug act is needed now more than eve ever. >> last night the streets of major american cities were noain the looting in violent rioting that serves no purpose other than to her innocent peaceful and undermine the peaceful demonstrations of every one of us has an obligation to distinguish peaceful protest over the killings of george floyd and breanna taylor from the riots that continue to see innocent people hurt businesses and neighborhoods destroyed and law enforcement officers assaulted.ti a right at every single citizen should support and the unacceptable scourge tha

i could not imagine similar enthusiasm from nih or inner staff. the only cost-benefit, was not going to pass up the proposal. >> a different subject here in terms of the safety, in chicago and in my district, a lot of airport workers, from bag handlers and maintenance, so vicki hertzberg, any -- travelers may be exposed through their workplace. the work they do for the ground crew in terms of safety. >> they should be observing physical distancing, wearing masks, staying well hydrated, they should be constantly washing their hands and keeping their hands away from their face. >> thank you. i want to thank all the witnesses for their testimony. doctor jones, appreciate your work but thank all of our witnesses and the chairwoman for allowing me to for joining me with the subcommittee today. >> before we bring this hearing to a close i want to echo my gratitude to our witnesses and all the members for this incredibly insightful and important hearing. we have touched on and are beginning in this critical place a needed action. and don beyer, i agree w

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this has been precisely delineated by nih scientists and those that we fund.ond, the demonstration of the precise receptor whereby the virus binds to cells in the body, allowing it to enter and cause disease. in addition, we develop animal models. we do natural history studies such as understanding the virus in different demographic groups. second, it's the development of diagnostics. we need and we will get within a reasonable period of time based on a basic investment in the rad-x program that are diagnostic, point of care, that are simple, precise, sensitive and specific. we hope by the end of the fall and into the early winter we will have these for wide distribution. third, the development and characterization of drugs. you've all heard of the first successful randomized placebo-controlled trial of a drug called remdesivir which was used in hospitalized patients with lung disease. it showed a statistically significant but modest impact on decreasing the time to release from the hospital, namely faster recovery. in addition, this drug is now being used in

so i could write a proposal to nih staff and it would take me hundreds of hours to do that. and based upon my experience were at the when we end of our fly healthy study and trying to come up with ideas for business, they were very unenthusiastic. i can't imagine we would have gotten similar enthusiasm from going to pays not off, such a proposal, at that time. i might do it again. i might do it differently today. herzberg, ive: dr. have a different subject in terms of, not in the cabin, but airport inof the .hicago, in my district a lot of airport workers are in my district, bag handlers, maintenance, do you have any thoughts on how airport ground crews can keep themselves best and the travelers who may be exposed by passing through their workplace? what are you doing for the ground crews in terms of safety? >> they should be observing physical distancing. they should be wearing masks. they should stay well hydrated they should be comfortably washing their hands and keeping their hands away from their face. representative: thank you. and i want to thank all the witnesses for

this has been precisely delineated by nih scientists and those that we fund. second, the demonstration of the precise receptor whereby the virus binds to cells in the body, allowing it to enter and cause disease. in addition, we develop animal models, do natural history studies such as understanding the virus in different demographic groups. second is the development of diagnostics and assays. we need and we will get within a reasonable period of time, based on a major investment in the radx program diagnostics that are point of care, simple, precise, sensitive and specific. we hope by the end of the fall and into the early winter we will have these for wide distribution. third, the development and characterization of drugs. you've all heard of the first successful randomized placebo controlled trial of a drug called remdesivir used in hospitalized patients with lung disease. it showed a statistically significant but modest impact on decreasing the time to release from the hospital, namely faster recovery. in addition, this drug is now being used in combinatio

with nih, academics, and the cdc to make sure those are available. we have made a reference panel now available to developers to facilitate that. that's an example of what you could do. >> i think you and i apologize. >> earlier this year, you informed the committee that enough has been distributed to test the recommended 2% for months, and yet according to about 20% of, only states are testing the recommended percent while another 20% are testing fewer. has the administration been disturbing supplies to states, and if so, why he believes some are not testing more of their population? >> thank you for that. before the full state plans were just received as part of the and we that we reviewed have reviewed them extensively, we set preliminary targets for overall in may the target was about 12.9 million tests and about 12 million were done. good, considering many of the states tried to do three or four times as many tests as they had done during that time. >> you think we are on track? >> i think we are. on --tates have underperformed, especially in ma

yeah, there nih -- definitely opportunity. in fact, the nih has set up an active trial. idea would be you would get all of these manufacturers, the front runners, to do studies using a standardized protocol, using an independent data monitoring, or independent statisticians, so you can make judgments about the quality of immunity induced at a head-to-head comparison basis which is really done and vaccine basis,-- comparison which is really done in vaccine trials. again, i caution, there is a lot to learn. it is implicit and naive the way i hear people thinking of we will have enough vaccines, or several vaccines, like they are all the same, like they will all have the same performance. that will not be the case. there will be important differences. -- there will be important differences very likely between the candidates. eatenr. poland, have you in a restaurant yet? when will you expect to eat in a restaurant? what i'm getting at is, when does the service sector have the opportunity to come back, if what you are saying is true that we won't see a vaccine until much late

if you know, specifically when you talk about nih, the nih right now is working on vaccines, treatmentse lot of other important things. what is tying up to? >> i mean at the nih is certainly a high priority for china. china would consider nih to be a hot target, they are seeking to entice our scientists with offers of financial assistance, not very effectively hidden with the source being in china and it's their way of penetrating government research. they want to steal our secrets when it comes to the cobit vaccine and they might even want to interfere with what we are doing to impede our progress for finding vaccines in our own country. >> ed: interesting because word of this investigation surfaced two months ago and the story in the "washington examiner" is interesting because the headline was, new red scare. house democrats scrutinize fbi investigations into ethnically chinese scientists suggesting that maybe there was something nefarious there and there was some targeting going on. it seems like this is a deadly serious investigation. >> it is and that's not where the fbi starts. i

of the 189 american scientists invested by the nih, 175 of the scientists received money secretly fromist china. >>> well, some residents in beijing are forced to stay home as a new china virus outbreak has gwn. all schools have gone back to online classes, dozens of flights have been canceled. and we're talking about beijingc reporting more than 30 new cases today. if that's what we're reporting, your guess is as good as any as to what the real number is. that's triple the cases first reported on the infection four days ago. thet -- the infection that started at the city's largest wet market. and another outbreak. the china virus has now killed almost 440,000 people around the world and infected more than 8 million people including 117,000 deaths in this country, 2.1 million cases in the united states. more than 40% of the deaths in tée united states have come from people who lived in nursing homes or other long-term care facilities. >>> well, up next here, jerry nadler. yes, he's still at it. qn's using the house judiciary committee once again to try to administration. so we're unawa

so i could write a proposal to nih staff and it take me hundreds of hours to do that. and based upon my experience with the cdc, when we were at the end of our flight healthy study and trying to drum up more business, they were very unenthusiastic. i cannot imagine we would've gotten similar enthusiasm from nih, so little cost benefit analysis i decided it was not going to pay off to submit such a proposal, at that time. i might do it again. i might do it differently today. >> thank you. in the little time i have left doctor hertzberg, i have a different subject in terms of, not in the cabin, but the safety of the airport in chicago, in my district. a lot of airport workers are in my district, bag handlers, maintenance, do you have any thoughts on how airport ground crews can keep themselves best protected, and the travelers who may be exposed by passing through their workplace? what are you doing for the ground crews in terms of safety? >> they should be observing physical distancing. they should be wearing masks. they should stay well hydrated they should be constant

we hope that the entire cdc and nih and even the w.h.o. are keeping an eye.inder to everybody, we can hut down air traffic between the united states and china. joining us tonight, dr. michael pillsbury with the hudson institute. mike if, good to have you with us. -- mike, good to have you with us. let's start, first, with this threat of the swine flu, a horrific flu that we went through in this country in 2009 as you remember. the spanish flu, dr. fauci saying that, you know, it has those elements. and for the chinese to actually admit it, give us your interpretation. >> well, dr. fauci and his colleagues both at nih and cdc have been deeply cooperating with the chinese now for more than 20 the years. they helped create the chinese cdc, lou. and china's really in violation of legal obligations. they were going to shut down the so-called wet markets. they were going to take steps not to have another global pandemic. is so dr. fauci, once again i think he's avoiding directly criticizing the chai nice for -- chinese for this, and he's trying to make something go

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he had received $15 million in research grants, i want to make sure i get this right, from nih, and alsot of defense. among other things when you get the grants you're required to disclose all sources of research support really for this reason because they want to make sure that the department of defense isn't locked in with somebody who is also working with the chinese government. he did not reveal that he had this relationship with china. and that is what they're focused on. but that doesn't mean he is a spy. you know, it looks like the charges are basically, you lied, harvard said they, they were forced to or didn't know what was going on as well. you know, what does that really tell you? what do you think is the real underlying crime here, or just that, not does closing it? >> melissa, the lack of candor is the tip of the iceberg. that is the way you open the door to get into what was actually happening. when he lies during the course of the investigation, then they can wrap him up for that but absolutely looking into what kind of -- he was into nanotechnology, a science now in dire

the nih has a major program in the pursuit and development of novel adjuvants of all different types, and in fact, that's part of the program right now to accelerate the vaccine development capability, so it's a good question but very important part of what we do. thank you. >> thank you for that. dr. hahn, as you know, the decentralization of diagnostic test oversights has been very helpful in expanding the availability of diagnostic test for covid-19, but it's temporary. would you just speak to how the flexibility has benefited the general public and how you think it would be helpful in the future for outbreaks or novel viruses? >> thank you very much, congresswoman. i appreciate the question. as you pointed out, the flexibilities have allowed us to work with test developers. this has been throughout the covid pandemic with all of our medical products, a balance between the oversight, so that we have tests that are valid, reproducible, accurate, but at the same time, allow the developers the ability to develop the tests, and we've developed this partnership that i think has been ver

. >> i have been reading some of the latest studies by nih and they did a study for healthcare workers to determine about the rna and is based on conversations and the study that i have been doing at the rna is that more than half those that were sick that does not have the rna which is the most accurate test of what it is testing for but it's based on accurate testing they are not even using the test at the hospitals anymore. >> so to take that specific study to the more global question related to the virus that's one of the biggest challenges that we have had in that it's presented in different communities and so one of the recommendations is to focus on the science and the exciting thing about america is we are the arsenal of democracy in world war ii and to ramp up across the private sector and having different experiments in different sectors because as you point out you cannot put all your eggs in one basket with one approach. and with the private sector to build up in a scientific area to continue and it is essential to come out to a place where we do know much more about this v

. >> i mentioned nih, we are leading the world in testing. we will continue to do stuff. >> president trump declared himself the least racist person there is in the world. >> the president does is pointing to the fact the origin of the virus china. it's pointing out china tries to ridiculously rewrite history, ridiculously claimed the coronavirus on american soldiers. that is what china is trying to do. president trump is saying no, that is not it. >> [inaudible question] worried his voice will be further. >> the president clearly said it's important we conduct our community around the world. amazing people in the spring of the virus is not their fault in any way. they're working closer with us to get rid of it, we will prepare together, it is very important. it is not a discussion about asian americans with the president values and prizes as citizens of this great country. it's an indictment of china for letting the virus get that. also, the media blames president trump for using president trump forcing the china virus. they have used these

the nih has a major program in the pursuit and development of novel ajavents and part of the program right now to accelerate the vaccine development capability so it's a good question but it's a very important part of what we do. thank you. >> thank you. thank you for that. dr. hahn, as you know fda's decentralization of test oversight is helpful to expand the availability of test for covid-19 but it is temporary. would you just speak to how this flexibility benefited the general public and how you think it would be helpful in the future for outbreaks or novel viruses? >> thank you very much. appreciate the question. the flexibilities allowed us to work with test developers. this has been throughout the covid pandemic with all of our medical products a balance between the oversight so that we have tests that are valid, accurate but at the same time allow the ability to have the freedom to develop the tests and developed a partnership that i think is fruitful moving forward. i particularly like it with respect to the flexn't given the states, your state in particular with an excellent

nightingales aren't the only ones who are inspired by the nih for their songs many musicians are also creative when most people are tucked away in their beds like the danish musician. for her latest album myopia she withdrew to her studio alone except for a few instruments and composed during the night for 2 years while the coronavirus pandemic has put a stop to her latest world tour so we met up with the singer in berlin do you more about why she prefers to create her music in the still of the night. when night falls in berlin. starts during creative. a danish musician wrote most of her new album male piano at night she walked the empty streets of her adopted hometown berlin in search of inspiration. to me. think i like the night because things. are in the way turned. into opposite so. it's also a time when you're alone with your own cult you can't run away from. sort of the moment of truth and i. 'd honest ople composes her songs by herself in her private studio. the 39 year old often works in complete isolation just as opal a piano and the solitude of the night. can get this feelin

the nih says while there was no benefit, there was also no harm in patients treated with that drug. > cases nationwide continuing to climb. there are now more than 2.2 million reported cases of covid across the united states. nearly 120,000 americans have lost their lives to the virus. so far today the bay area has added nearly 300 new cases. alameda county continues to be the hot spot. last week it was, again now adding 101 new cases in the past 24 hours getting the total there to over 4,800. an increase in cases not keeping everyone home though. take a look at this. get the fairly good traffic out there northbound 101. people trying to get to eikea. marianne favro with more on the busy shopping day on the peninsula, marianne. >> you're right. hundreds of people headed to this ikea store. this is the first time this store has been open in more than three months. if you take a look now, even now with the store closing at 7, there are more than 200 people in this line. the lines were so long it looked like customers were waiting for a ride at disneyland. some people drove more than 60

there's also news about a hydroxychloroquine clinical trial, what more can you tell us >> reporter: the nih stopped its trial, finding that while the treatment does no harm it also provides no benefit, building on similar results from the fda announced earlier in the week. kate >> erin mclaughlin, thank you. >>> to our series inequality in america, tonight, with the president there we're taking a closer look at tulsa, and how its history has shaped major divides when it comes to the economy, health care and even how long people live morgan radford reports. >> reporter: here in tulsa, a tale of two cities. >> the north side has been left behind while the south side has grown economically. >> reporter: two neighborhoods just miles apart but the inequality between them is massive. is this common buildings like this that are dilapidated, broken down here in north tulsa? >> absolutely. >> reporter: nehemiah frank is editor in chief of the times. >> this plaza used to be a grocery store. >> reporter: half the city's black population lives in north tulsa, an area where 33% of the population lives

the work that is being done on clotting research by the nih. we also have new therapeutics that have been used, both as compassionate use like convalescent plasma and now remdesivir that we just reallocated and ensured that it's available to the states facing the increased hospitalization as well as the monthly allocations that we have been sending out. we can go to the first piece and start where the vice president left off. really, this disease has tackled community by community. testing of the community level and working with community groups to understand the spread in those communities. we have spent the time to really map this epidemic and new positives down to the level of communities to understand where spread is occurring, so we can match our prevention intervention to those areas. next slide, please. as we discussed, and it's difficult for you to see on this graphic because the top line is new york. we should remember where we were in that slope, that early slope that you can see in the case of the new york cases. that rapid accelerat

in 2014, he was involved in treating ebola patients at nih and worked on vaccine trials for ebola.t dr. robert redfield, director of the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention, cdc. for more than 30 years he's been involved with clinical research related to chronic human viral infections and infectious diseases, especially hiv. he was founding director of the department of retro viral research within the u.s. military's hiv research program, and retired after 20 years of service with the u.s. army medical corps. third, admiral brett giroir. admiral giroir is the assistant secretary for health at the u.s. department of health and human services, he oversees the development of the department's public health policy recommendations. specific to covid-19 response, admiral giroir has taken on testing and focused on increasing the number of tests we can do with existing technology. his federal service includes directing the defense sciences office of the defense advanced research projects, agency, and a variety of other important responsibilities. finally, we will hear from dr. s

and the work that's being done on clotting research by the nih. we also have new therapeutics out of the news both as compassionate use like convalescent plasma and now remdesivir that we just reallocated and ensured it was available to the states that are facing the increased hospitalization, as well as the monthly allocation that's we have been sending out. if we can go to the first slide, please, and start where the vice president left off. really this disease has tackled -- is tackle community by community. testing and working with community groups to not the spread in those communities. we've spent the time to really map this epidemic and new positives down to the level of communities to understand where spread is occurring so that we can match our prevention interventions to those areas. next slide, please. as we discussed and it's difficult for you to see on this graphic because the top line is new york. we should remember where we were in that slope. that early slope that you can see in the case of the new york cases. that rapid accelerati

half 1 million people per day, $1.8 billion is invested in nih to find new testing capabilities. any suggestion that testing has been curtailed is not rooted in fact. >> the president told the audience that he directed officials to slow down the coronavirus testing because it is a, quote, double-edged sword. the white house press secretary says that that comment was made in jest. >>> today, santa clara county is adding two more pop-up centers for the coronavirus. starting this morning, there will be a total of 57 places to be tested across the county. tests are free. no points are needed. you also do not have to have insurance or answer any questions about immigration status. one of the new pop-up test centers is in the cafeteria at andrew hill high school in san jose. the other is in santa clara. the northside library is on moreland way. those centers will be open from 10:00 in the morning until 4:00 in the afternoon. that is every day through this friday. >>> in oakland, there is a free drive-through antibody testing. leaders of the gospel church say that they are hosting the t

. >> hello.the i just wanted to -- i have been reading some of the latest studies being done by nih. they did a study for health care workers to determine -- i had r. questions that i called about the rna, specifically they are testing for. i'm concerned that the testing g based on i conversations with nurses from johns hopkins and the studying i have been doing is that the rna that they are testing for is not that 19 specific. and it came out that more than type f the people sick with thd severely sick with covid-19 did not have the type of rna that es the most accurate test is testing for. i would recommend confirming that the numbers are based on accurate testing. because a lot of people are saying they are not even using the tests at the hospital because it's not accurate.s >> to take that from the specific studies to the more global question of the science that's'so the virus,s onead. of the biggest challenges we have had. having it be a novel virus and o having to look at different ways that it presented in different people and differentus communities. so one of the recommendat

the nih says while there was no benefit there was also no harm in patients treated with that drug. >>> pg&e has taken the final step towards bankruptcy. the utility giant announced today the u.s. bankruptcy court for the northern district of california has confirmed the company's chapter 11 plan. that plan was approved by the california public utilities commission last month. today's ruling means pg&e can now focus on implementing its reorganization and compensating wildfire victims. pg&e has agreed to pay $25.5 billion to wildfire victims groups. >>> still ahead a new endeavor for an oakland based nfl team. why owners want this one to be different. plus new graduation requirement for csu students. the one course they'll need to take to get that degree. >>> and we're tracking a big time warmup for the official start of summer. why tomorrow might be the last f our valleys and the heat cranks up next week. a closer look when we come right back. >>> tracking breaking news on the bay bridge for you. right now a live look from one of our traffic cams. a kacar caravan is making its w into s

i was here through zika, i have never seen this kind of energy coming through the federal agencies, nih, fda, hhs, to work on this problem, collaborate, private sector and public sector, to get this to the finish line. and here's the other thing. i think there will be more than one vaccine that is ultimately available. and that's not necessarily a bad thing. but i also know this, the appearance of the day that the vaccine -- i'm almost old enough to remember the polio vaccine and how it was transformative in this country, how parents who worried about their child fflic illness suddenly had that burden lifted, and that will be a big day. they talk about how the bells rang in the churches when that news was brought forth. i think it will be an event of similar significance when this vaccine, whichever one makes it across the finish line, when this vaccine arrives. >> this is will. democrats line. >> thanks for having me. so as i'm sure you may know, the covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns are causing spikes in tuberculosis cases in many places around the world. this has set back the fight aga

you know say something in one moment that's caught on camera and literally turn around and the nih that he said it in the next it would be laughable and bizarre if it wasn't so utterly dangerous ok well you're in republican national convention territory there in nashville joe biden after all is the presidential candidate for the democrats in november i mean what do you think about him making political capital whilst being known around the world for mass incarceration of african-americans an opposing desegregation i think a lot of times african-americans are stuck. in situations where you have to make the best choice within a given field and i think what we have and by like we have in a lot of politicians is an imperfect politician but when you consider the alternative biden it's by far. the better candidate to engage with with these issues and at the very least to stop the bleeding we would not be facing. tanks and tear gas if we had say for example hillary clinton in the white house right it doesn't mean that these folks don't have deeply problematic legacies as we know with hillary cl

you know say something in one moment that's caught on camera and literally turn around and the nih that he said it in the next it would be laughable and bizarre if it wasn't so utterly dangerous ok well you're in republican national convention territory there in nashville joe biden after all is the presidential candidate for the democrats in november i mean what do you think about him making political capital whilst being known around the world for mass incarceration of african-americans or opposing desegregation i think a lot of times african-americans are stuck. in situations where you have to make the best choice within a given field i think what we have been by like we have been a lot of politicians is an imperfect politician but when you consider the alternative biden is by far. the better candidate to engage with these issues and at the very least to stop the bleeding we would not be facing. tanks and tear gas if we had say. for example hillary clinton in the white house right it doesn't mean that these folks don't have deeply problematic legacies as we know with hillary clinton's