offit: no, there's evidence that doesn't support it.d have read exactly when that paper was submitted for publication. it was submitted before covid ever came into the united states. those researchers were trying to make a prediction based on certain so-called genetic differences among racial or ethnic or religious groups as to who would likely or not likely get covid. well, now we know that they were wrong. covid was an equal opportunity employer. seven million people have died. it doesn't matter what your racial or ethnic or religious background was. the only thing that matters is your age, number of comorbidities, whether you're immune-compromised. so that prediction that was made by that paper was wrong. nonetheless, he still held on to it as fact. geoff: robert f. kennedy jr. says that his views shouldn't be censored, that people should be free to do their own research. in your view, what are the problems with bad information being on the same playing field with good information, with scientific data? dr. offit: well, i tnk the sam

people are outside at that time and the police officers with their late last night, many police offiters shut down that area. they had plenty of witnesses to talk to. they are looking for surveillance footage. but at this particular time, they have not released where they simply don't know a motive behind the shooting will be do know that multiple people were shot. >> the good news is it does not appear that anybody has died from the shooting, but that could change at this particular time. the police officers, they're back at the office because they there well into the overnight hours. we finally left the area around 4 o'clock or so this morning because when we arrived this morning, there were long gone. but >> plenty of police tape still there. as far as what happened. that's still part of the investigation. whether or not this was random or if this was target. >> interesting. okay. we'll thank you very much. well, a very busy night for fire crews in contra costa county because crews spent the night putting dozens of fire. was what they were trying to avoid. but unfortunately they had a

thompson for her service as commander of the 55th wing headquartered at offit air force base. during the time the 5th wing returned operations after the base's runway was rebuilt. thank you for your work and leadership through the years, colonel thompson. as colonel thompson transitions to new york, i want to give a congratulations and welcome to colonel mark howard who is now taking over the colonel howard comes to the 55th wing as a 22-year veteran pilot with over almost 4,000 flying hours, 700 of those in combat. colonel howard also brings years of experience as the 55th wing's deputy commander, which will serve him well as he takes on his new role. on behalf of the first congressional district, i want to extend our sincere gratitude to both colonel thompson and colonel howard for leadership of the 55th wing. mr. speaker, i rise today to support the passage of the national defense authorization act. the ndaa is a pillar of the house republicans' commitment to america in building a nation that's safe. our u.s. service members protect our country every day and they deserve th