kali, i have to let doctor offit speak. this has to be a civil, respectful conversation in order for this to work and for americans viewers to to soak this up. so i want to let doctor offit finish, and then i'll go to you. kali, i promise. go ahead, doctor offit. >> so i think that when, for example, um, he says we have more chronic disease in children than ever before, he says that the incidence is 1 in 36. well, that's the incidence of autism spectrum disorder. there's a lot of interesting cause or causes of autism spectrum disorder, like the infant microbiome or genetic or medicines that women or pregnant people can take during their pregnancy. that's interesting. but by focusing on childhood vaccines, he's focusing on the one thing that doesn't cause autism. and so vaccines, i think, are really the safest, best tested things that we give to children. and that's what is making america healthy again. and i think to focus on vaccines as a target and claim that they're causing harms when they're not is only a detriment to a

good to see you, doctor offit. so there are four republican senators who are also physicians, roger marshall of kansas, bill cassidy of louisiana, rand paul of kentucky, and john barrasso of wyoming. and all four of them voted to confirm rfk jr. today. um, what's your message for those four? >> not exactly profiles. >> in courage. >> were they? i think they made a. political decision and certainly not a decision for the public health in this country. >> let me play some of what rfk jr. has said over the years about vaccines, childhood vaccines especially. take a listen. >> there's no vaccine that is, you know, safe and effective. what would i do if i could go back in time and i could avoid giving my children the vaccines that i gave them? i would do anything for that. i would pay anything very, very strong evidence. the spanish flu was vaccine induced flu. >> just for the record, all of that's nonsense. and the spanish flu was not vaccine induced flu. there wasn't a vaccine for decades afterwards. doctor offit, wha

doctor offit, thanks for coming back in.ave been very clear about how dangerous you and so many other doctors and public health experts think rfk would be heading up america's public health agencies as this now moves to a full, full, full senate vote likely next week. you call this a sad day for public health? why? >> well. >> i think it's sad. >> to me that. >> senator cassidy believes that robert f. kennedy jr. will be anybody other than what he's been for the last 20 years. i mean, rfk jr. has said he thinks no vaccine is a benefit. he thinks vaccines cause autism when he sees a parent carrying a child on a hiking trail or running path, he goes up to them and says, don't vaccinate your child. now he's reassured that rfk jr. is going to be somebody completely different than who he's been for the last 20 years. this is an anti-vaccine advocate and a science denialist who now is about to head the largest public health agency in the united states. i think it was a sad day for children in this country, as he appears to move fo

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the full scope of their critical mission became clear, we have obtained several internal emails paul offitrom the cdc about the layoffs. some deal with the terminations, but others target diversity, equity and inclusion programs that the trump administration is terminating. one message it's a not so veiled threat against some workers. it reads in part. we are aware of efforts by some in government to disguise these programs by using coded or imprecise language. there will be no adverse consequences for timely reporting this information. however, it says failure to report this information within ten days may result in adverse consequences. on thursday, elon musk defended his actions by saying that, quote, the people voted for major government reform and that's what people are going to get. >> paula rafael romo, thank you. now to the upheaval and unrest in pam bondi justice department. we are learning federal prosecutors are now moving to drop corruption charges against new york city mayor at the direction of the justice department. and this comes after multiple prosecutors out of new york a

the director of the vaccine education center at the children's hospital of philadelphia, doctor paul offit, has told us. >> there's been dozens of studies showing that there is no association between getting a vaccine and developing autism. he says. if the data are there, rfk jr. says if the data are there, what is he talking about? of course the data are there. he just ignores those data because it doesn't fit with his fit in, with his fixed, immutable, science resistant hypothesis that vaccines cause autism. >> and now, after rfk jr.'s confirmation, the louisiana department of health says it will no longer promote mass vaccination programs. cnn's meg terrell has more. >> we've learned that louisiana's surgeon general sent out a directive to state health workers, saying that while they've historically promoted vaccines for vaccine preventable illnesses going forward, quote, while they encourage each patient to discuss the risks and benefits of vaccination with their provider, the louisiana department of health will no longer promote mass vaccination. in that same memo to health workers, h

. >> doctor paul offit, thank you so much for coming in. a new hour of cnn news central starts now. >> he is moving the goalposts of crazy. new reaction this morning from advisers, lawmakers and nations after president trump said the u.s. will take over gaza quote, if i go back, they will kill me. a new cnn report as president trump's mass deportation plans take hold. and this morning, former twitter employees are offering advice to federal workers on how to deal with an elon musk takeover. i'm john berman with sara sidner and kate bolduan. this is cnn news central all right. right there, you're seeing live pictures from the white house. and also from gaza the geopolitics of one has been completely upended by the other. president trump proposing u.s. ownership of gaza with u.s. troops if necessary, and the removal of 2 million palestinians. >> we'll do what is necessary. if it's necessary, we'll do that. we're going to take over that piece that we're going to develop it. i do see a long term ownership position. we have an opportunity to do

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