redfield. i appreciate you and your leadership here at the cdc, hosting this roundtable and update on where we are. your leadership across your five big platforms around the country and all around the world has meant so much to the administration and all of us out here in the real world relative to this pandemic, so thank you for everything the cdc has done. we are so proud to have you headquartered here in atlanta and in georgia. but, i want to call out the vice president and the president as well for their contribution here. mr vice president, i want to thank you for your leadership in this entire effort. i remember in days one, with the conversations in the white house, were talking about how do you limit travelers coming back to us. how do you get us citizens back into the us? we've progressed and learned a lot about this virus since then. but, i really want to call out operation warp speed. this is remarkable what you guys did, breaking through the red tape where the regulations are unnece

robert redfield. the cdc as you know is the nation's health protection agency, looking to save lives and defend americans against dangerous threats and respond with critical science and active information when those arrive. dr. redfield has been one of the nations's leading voices during this pandemic, sharing new information, issuing public health guidance, and advising americans about how to safely return to work, school, and daily life. him at whatto have is sadly a pivotal moment in this crisis. right now, as you know, cases are spiking across the country. as a result, we are seeing some states resorting to different types of lockdowns like we saw initially with the virus. americans everywhere are hungry for information and guidance about how to navigate the holiday season in an uncertain winter. dr. redfield will address all of these issues and more and we will take questions from our audience as well. without further ado, dr. redfield, welcome. what can you tell our audience about the current st

redfield: i think it is important. i have tried to say this every chance i get, so i will say it again. i think it is important to use data to make those decisions. i was very disappointed in new closed schools when they hit their 3% point. as you pointed out, we have substantial data that shows that schools, face-to-face learning can be conducted in k-12 particularly in the elementary and middle schools, in a safe and responsible way. we have evaluated a number of schools. we are not seeing, as you pointed out, cluster infections within schools in any significant way. when we see teachers infected we are finding the teachers are infected from their spouses or the community. when we see students in the schools infected, we find out that was an infection that occurred in the community. we are not seeing inter-school transmission. so again, i have been a big advocate, and i believe this in my heart, that the public health interest to kids in k-12 is to have them in face-to-face learning for all the reasons we talked abou

that was, are, of course, robert redfield this morning. and the white house task force has issued a dire warning to state officials in its most recent report which isn't made public. it has to be leaked saying the risk to americans is at a historic high and that, quote, we are in a very dangerous place due to the extremely limited -- this document which had to be object stained not shared with the public voluntarily warns about an impending surge after the thanksgiving holiday. this comes as nearly 100,000 people are hospitalized. it's a grim milestone that we will likely mark and there's a grim milestone that the days ahead of us may likely be the end of the pandemic.

robert redfield. he is the nation's health protection agency and defense americans against dangerous threats and the response to inaccurate information on those threats or record of the head of agency data redfield has been one of the nation's leading voices. during this pandemic sharing new information, issuing public health guidance and advising americans about how to safely return to work, school and daily life. we are glad to have him with us and what has sadly happened as and a sadly pivotal moment in this crisis right now as you all know cases are spiking across the country and as a result we are seeing different types of lockdowns like we saw in the initial wave of thekd virus and americans everywhere are hungry for information and guidance about how to navigate the holiday season this winter but back to redfield will address thall of these issues and more d we'll take questions from our audience as well. without further ado dr. redfield welcome. what can you tell the audience about the current

redfield at the cdc, secretary services,th and human and he said it's important for the governors to step up and be examples in their communities to show that these vaccines are very easy to get, very safe to get, and then you couple that with what we had in the state of texas that has shown more than half of the people in the state of texas are hesitant about getting the vaccine. we want to encourage people to get the vaccine by showing how ofy it is, so this is a way showing the public, there's no problems whatsoever. and we encourage others to follow the example that we have set today, just off up and be able to take the vaccine. >> precautions when more people have the vaccine? ? >> that is our idea. >> thank you. >> yup. >> stay with c-span for our continuing coverage of the transition of power as president-elect joe biden moves closer to the presidency, with the electoral college votes cast from states across the country, join us on january 6 at 1:00 p.m. eastern for the joint session of congress to count the votes and declare the winner for president and vice president, and fi

redfield and the c.d.c. leadership, and one of the key topics that we discussed was strategic deployment of antibody drugs and outpatient infusion centers to reduce hospitalizations. these drugs have shown-- have been able to be-- these drugs have been shown to redouse hospitalizations by as much as 70%. and are designed to be administered just after the high risk individual developed symptoms or test positive to limit the progression of the virus. in the coming days, we will be working with our partners at public health, our nursing homes, federally qualified health centers and hospitals to build a network of outpatient infusion centers and we'll continue working around the clock to ensure that georgians have access to quality care, these treatments and the vaccines under the parameters of phase 1-a. i wanted to end tonight by talking about new year's eve. i've been clear with the people of georgia this week, the virus is still here and presents as big a threat as ever. we need all georgians to continue to

redfield. i'm really glad that you started with that question of what can lead you to protect ourselves. there are over 650 members on the call. many are leaders in their community. we are going to get into lots of questions. there's probably nothing more important that we could address of howhan this question to, how we can protect ourselves and our communities. i hope that everybody is taking those words to heart. you did talk about today being momentous. yesterday we as a nation had a reported over 3000 deaths. it's a record. many new and have pointed out -- many have pointed out that the one-day tolls for the virus over the first time higher than the september 11 attacks. other statistics that really bring it home. we have had nearly 300,000 .eaths now in total that is half the expected cancer deaths in a year, according to a government website that expect about 600,000 cancer deaths in the year. and we haven't even reached the earmark. flu deaths are estimated at 12,000 to 60,000 deaths pe

redfield, my uddy, ben carson, and one of my mentors, dr. fauci, thank you so for the work you have all done. it's been a marathon. the last couple miles of a marathon, as the vice president says,is the hardest. by golly, the end is in sight. e have to keep on running. the american people, we'll keep on running. we'll get there. we have our research community as well as the tens of thousands of study participants across the country to thank for showing us there is a light at the end of this tunnel, and i have to acknowledge the many people of color represented among the researchers who developed the vaccine. hout out to dr. corbett at n.i.h., an africanamerican female to help develop these vaccines. thanks to the scientists and doctors who reviewed it, particularly those of color. and the study participants who bravely volunteered to demonstrate its safety and efficacy, and dr. fauci and i have been working for months to make sure the trials are representative of the population so that everyone feels safe getting this vaccine. professionally

cbsnews.com reports cdc director robert redfield is being accused of ordering his staff to delete an email allegedly showing how the trump administration tried to interfere with covid virus guidance to the public. redfield is denying the allegations from democratic representative james clyburn, the head of the committee overseeing the government's response to the pandemic. clyburn says a senior cdc manager testified that she was instructed to delete an email from health and human services senior adviser dr. paul alexander. she said the email asks the cdc to change or rescind information in a report about the effect of the virus on children. she also said she believed redfield ordered the email to be deleted. >> would never tell somebody to delete an email. what i did tell people, i instructed the cdc to ignore dr. alexander's comments and didn't need to reply to his email. >> clyburn also said the administration has not responded fully to requests for documents and information relating to possible interference. >>> "usa today" says a man believed to be the longest serving nonviolent

robert redfield saying the next three months here in the united states, and i'm quoting him now, will be the most difficult time in the public health history of the nation. and in breaking vaccine news, the uk has become the first country to approve the pfizer vaccine and some britons may start receiving it next week. jim acosta is on the scene for us. jim, what are you hearing, first of all, about pardons that the president potentially could issue? >> reporter: some new information, wolf. a source close to the white house said the public should expect, quote, a flurry of pardons as mr. trump nears the time in office. he also said some of the president's advisers believe it would be perfectly fine for mr. trump to pardon his own family members even though they haven't been charged in any crimes. some of the president's advisers also believe that mr. trump could legally pardon himself, something that's been disputed by constitutional scholars and as for the election, white house

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redfield, the little team here at cdc.t thank you for your deeply compassionate and dedicated service to the american people. because of all love you, help is on the way. we see the light at the end of the tunnel. i am more confident than ever that the day will come and come soon when we put this coronavirus in the past and return our nation to the freedom and the house and the lifestyle that we all have enjoyed across this country. so, dr. redfield, thank you very much for your kind words, and i will turn the program back over to you. >> dr. redfield: thank you very much, mr. vice president. i think senator perdue has a few words. >> thank you. i appreciate you hosting this roundtable. >> harris: as you are noticing, the incumbent senators there in georgia, senator david perdue is speaking, and then to his right, elia loeffler is there as well. we know that the vice president, president, and other senators from capitol hill and lawmakers are added to georgia today and tomorrow ahead of the january runoff to give support t

redfield, what does it mean for the immediate timeline? where will we see the picture of people getting vaccines today? >> most likely it will happen tomorrow. we know operation warp speed planning, the logistics is sending vaccine from michigan, to the states. many will arrive maybe later tonight, tomorrow morning more likely, and then sometime tomorrow, my guess is at least some of the locations we're going to start seeing these vaccines being admarcinistered m state to stay. for some state they'll go into a stockpile immediately and be distributed from there. in other places it may go straight to the hospitals, straight to farm sits for long-term care facilities, and being administered even as early as tomorrow. it maybe feel a bit disjointed. you may see first shots in certainly places, and i would say, you know, within the next few days you'll see a broad sort of application of these vaccines across the country. >> were getting a lot of figures thrown at us. oftentimes we have to have those numbers, because, of course, you need two do

redfield and dr. fauci, it's only going to get worse.ere we are in the middle of it and you have a president spewing conspiracy theories and we know who he is. so again, none of us are shocked by that. but it is shocking that republicans in the senate, republicans in the house, that officials inside the white house are still enabling him as they have enabled him, as they have known he has been lying about this pandemic now for nine months. you have had people supporting him putting out conspiracy theories every day on facebook. putting out the -- claiming this cabal of billionaires, gates and i'm sure they would put george soros in for a nice sprinkling of anti-semitism, dr. fauci are all behind this and they're behind so it they can make money off of it. we can go to what the president was talking about yesterday, local officials getting death threats for doing their job, counting the votes and certifying it. and i was reading yesterday a new yorker article by alex ross, it was revisiting hitler's final days in the bunker and he says it

this next audience question gets to that. >> good afternoon, doctor redfield. i am the president of the minnesota chamber of commerce. here in minnesota we have seen growth s in community spread that's actually shown up in the workplace and this has caused concerned with availability of workers and threatened the certainty among consumers as well. what can you offer as advice to those that want to work with employees to limit the community spread through their business? >> i think you've raised a really important question that goes over all of this. whether it's schools, businesses that the key to controlling infection in schools and businesses is just what you said. it's controlling the community spread and how do we control the community spread. and i do think it is just going to come back to i don't know whether mandate vers non- mandate but i know that the leadership matters in terms of messaging and that everyone comes to recognize that this is a serious situation. i know that if i have to walk outside of my car on the way to the airport from the parking l

redfield, dr. fauci, seema verma, ben carson who himself had coronavirus of course, but the president was not there. when he has been talking about the vaccines, the president has been talking about it in the optic sense, how the coverage of the vaccine rollout is going, and i think that's, you know, just incredibly notable to see the culmination of what's been happening the last several months where the vice president has been the one in charge of the task force and of course that's why they chose him to be one of the first figures in this administration to go on camera and get it and we still don't know when the president himself is going to do the same. i do think it has prompted a concern even inside the white house where they do wish the president would be more visible in this vaccine campaign because they do know he has a ton of sway with his supporters. he often tweets about how much support he has within the republican party and of course we always talk about his base, and so similarly to w

they were contacted by trump cdc director robert redfield.eld's office told them to recall what they had written, take it back, and change the language in it to remove anything that sounded like a real recommendation, any, quote, power language had to be removed from their report, anything that made it seem like the meat company actually had to do anything to keep its workers safe. take it out. we can't be seen to be actually saying what we mean. i mean, that's the kind of top-down political pressure the cdc got from washington, and it turns out, that was really just the first in an atrocious litany of ways the cdc has been interfered with and corrupted by this administration. we've got more harrowing details on that next, with congressman jim clyburn. stay with us. an jim clyburn. stay with us , the lack of control over my business made me a little intense. but now quickbooks helps me get paid, manage cash flow, and run payroll. and now i'm back on top... with koala kai. save over 30 hours a month with intuit quickbooks. my hands are everyth

redfield: the reality is december and january and february are going to be rough times.lly believe they're going to be the most difficult time in the public health history of this nation, largely because of the stress that it's going to put on our health care system. the mortality concerns are real, and i do think unfortunately before we see february, we could be close to 450,000 americans have died from this virus, but you know that's not a fait accompli. judy: dr. redfield said masks, social distancing, and other precautions by the public could help prevent the very worst projections. in an interview today on cnn, president-elect biden said he will call at his inauguration for everyone to wear masks during the next 100 days. the growing covid caseload around the u.s. is putting an enormous strain on hospitals and health care workers. let's hear more from doctor amy compton-phillips, executive vice president and chief clinical officer of providence, a health care system operating 51 hospitals and more than 1000 clinics in texas, alaska, and five more states across the w

redfield today. i think the advice of acip was pretty important and pretty close to being on target. we know that over 75 years of age or those who have a high likelihood of dialing and overcrowding the hospital system right now, where we are in the country, we've got to relieve the burden on hospitals, on health care workers and to do that, you need to vaccinate those who would wind up in the hospital and that's the over 75. so i think acip tried to strike and i think they did a good job of balancing certain essential front line worker with those at high risk of overwhelming the hospital system and increasing the death rate that we have. so that's the rationale. i think everyone will be operating on those two parameters. that's a balance. it may vary a little bit state by state. if your hospital system is crunched you're going to lean heavily into the over 75 and maybe those with comorbid conditions. if you have a little room, you lean more towards the essential workers on the front line. i think th

they were contacted by trump cdc director robert redfield, and redfield's office told them to recallad written, take it back and change the language in it to remove anything that sounded like a real recommendation, any, quote, power language had to be removed from their report. anything that made it seem like the meat company actually had to do anything to keep its workers safe. take it out. we can't be seen to be actually saying what we mean. i mean that's the kind of top-down political pressure the cdc got from washington, and it turns out that was really just the first in an atrocious litany of ways the cdc has been interfered with and corrupted by this administration. we've got more harrowing details on that next with congressman jim clyburn. stay with us. tonight...i'll be eating a falafel wrap with sweet potato fries. (doorbell rings) thanks! splitsies? ♪ oooh...you meant the food, didn't you? for people with heart failure taking entresto, it may lead to a world of possibilities. entresto is a heart failure medicine prescribed by most cardiologists. it was proven superior at he

they were contacted by trump cdc director robert redfield, and redfield's office told them to recalley had written, take it back and change the language in it to remove anything that sounded like a real recommendation. any, quote, power language had to be removed from their report. anything that made it seem like the meat company actually had to do anything to keep its workers safe. take it out. we can't be seen to be actually saying what we mean. i mean that's the kind of top-down political pressure the cdc got from washington, and it turns out that was really just the first in an atrocious litany of ways the cdc has been interfered with and corrupted by this administration. we've got more harrowing details on that next with congressman jim clyburn. stay with us. service at the ready. at mercedes-benz, it's not just a job, it's our mission. from our expert technicians armed with state of the art tools and technology, to genuine parts made for the perfect fit. whether it's our place... ...or yours. we're there. rain or shine, day or night. no one knows your vehicle better. to learn a

to thank robert redfield and all the great men and women c.d.c. and secretary of h.h.s. i want to thank the great team t fema that have stood up the greatest national mobilization since world war ii. pete gainer and general sanford all those that worked to make sure that the american people and our health care they s have the supplies need has made an extraordinary difference in the life of the nation. i'm also grateful for the steady hand and leadership of dr. ben carson who has been with us every step of the way. i speak for every american when i say, and i speak or our president when i say thank you for your service this to come.in the days the truth is, the american that deserve to know we' we've never been more prepared the coronavirus virus than we are today. as we see hospitalizations heartbreaking losses, we'll continue to marshall the resources we've secured as a and n, including a safe effective vaccine to meet this moment. being said, it's important that every american remember that all of us have a play.o the way through this challenging and a vaccine.ce the

redfield has even talked about with me -- about that was me. there is always going to be a delay in reporting, so it looks like we haven't done our job, but in fact we have. it just takes a while to have the numbers catch up with where we are. the other thing i think as we get more providers on board with vaccines, we will be able to actually increase that considerably. so i am not worried about that. this is something you are seeing in virtually every state, and part of that lag is just reporting, and part of it is being able to set up the clinic and ensure the appointments, the people can get in and not be waiting, as happened yesterday in sister states. >> [inaudible] dr. toomey: we talked about that. we actually talked about that. one of the decision points was we need to vaccine and want to begin to expand vaccinations to older individuals who are at high risk. with individuals, along the long-term care facility residents, are the highest risk of death and comp locations. begin -- and complications. why not just begin and become very aggre

the cdc director robert redfield.s fearful that we could see up to 60,000 roughly deaths a month for the next 3 months so that would be close to 200,000 by the end of february obviously an ominous and dire prediction fearful that that could be the case so obviously we hope it is not yeah. let's check in lawrence see what's happening with our weather another nice day today saw those clouds coming in late in the day seem out there right now moving into our skies, a weak weather system sliding into the state right now high pressure breaking down just a little bit. >>unfortunately not going to break down enough, but things could get a little more interest in this week in the models start to pick up on something that might come in a little bit closer seeing outside right now the sun to set those clouds begin to move on by tonight. you see those clouds kind of skirt the bay area throughout the night. then as we head into early tomorrow morning we start to clear things out you see right here little wave of moisture beginning

redfield. the cdc hasn't been briefing since the beginning of the pandemic. they were shut down by the white house. dr. redfield was out. you saw the surgeon general. they're trying to tell people this is critical. you now have former presidents obama, bush and clinton saying they will take the vaccine on camera. he talked about children. i was asking what about kids. pfizer has tested children 16 and above. moderna is going to start testing with kids 12 to 16 and then he said by january, february we could start being able to be confident that children can also be vaccinated. that's important. you don't have to have test groups of 15, 20, 30,000 people to know that the children will be safe once you know that perhaps a test group of 1,000 children could be tested and then bridge that with what you know from older adults testing. you're be able to by february and march be able to do testing. >> what a game-changer for schools. >> reporter: exactly. i think the important thing is we won't be safe if we have the vaccine if people don't take it. 60% to 70% of ame

i think the prediction that was made by the cdc, by dr redfield, certainly is on the mark if you lookn assumptions put into the model. if the assumption is that people are not going to abide by the public health measures and recommendations, it is entirely conceivable that we will have a death toll, as we get into january and february, that is at the level that was predicted by the cdc. that's the reason why we have to really double down and realise that we can modify that number. we don't have to accept the inevitability of having a number that is high if we all pull together as a country. not as individual states, some doing it well and some not, but if everyone pulls together within the united states as a nation, altogether, we can turn that around, definitely. coordination and pulling together hasn't characterised the american response thus far. i'm going to quote you the words of dr ezekiel emanuel, who was co—author of a report in thejournal of the american medical association which concluded, quote, "the united states has done remarkably badly "compa red to other countries with

redfield about that. first laura ingraham outside of new york city on the latest. good afternoon. >> good afternoon, bill. you know, while we have at least a week to go before the fda gets into the approval process with the pfizer candidate here in the u.s., the chief adviser to operation warp speed says while the pandemic is active here, they're doing everything that they can to get the vaccines rolled out. >> the investments we've made in skating up and starting to stock up the manufacturing of the vaccines allow us to feel confident that we'll be able to distribute 20 million -- enough vaccines to immunize 20 million people in the u.s., 40 million doses. >> the cdc's advisory committee voted last night to recommend front-line healthcare workers as well as residents of long-term care facilities to get top priority. the panel will meet again to decide who will be next in the groupings to get the shots. the cdcs will releasing revised guidance on quarantine time today for those that may have been exposed to the coronavirus and have tested negative. they're moving f

redfield give the final nod for the moderna approval. listen, the more vaccines we have in the mix, the quicker that we're going to get to all the groups. a lot of essential workers, our bus drivers, our uber drivers, what about teachers? so many people, so many groups are lobbying to get to the front of the line. so the bottom line is this is a good problem to have, and the united states is the first country to have two approved vaccines for covid-19. >> but for those people who are not essential workers, you know, i always go to peggy in payroll, my average person, early 40s, mother of two, who is not in any of these categories. does she move up from, you know, early summer to late spring, to march, because we've got now this new vaccine? >> absolutely. once we start getting the rollout, and we just heard from paul, the reporter, about how much easier it's going to be to get moderna vaccine out to the rural areas. let's remember pfizer's cold-chain supply can become challenging. i live here in atlanta, and our hospital has had to buy m

robert redfield. do we have any idea what he's doing to make that determination to approve and how long it might be at this point? >> well, the important thing to remember here is that none of the process is being sidestepped. once the fda issues the emergency use authorization, a couple of panels at the cdc have to decide exactly who is going to be eligible for getting the vaccine, as you heard, and what order they're going to get them. and once those decisions are made, then robert redfield, the cdc director, will sign off, and those shipments will go out. but i think the american public, who is going to be receiving these vaccines and in various order considering who you are and what you do, they should know and rest easy that there has been a full process followed here, that the science was given primacy and that we have yet another safe and effective vaccine that's ready to go into arms, ready to protect people from this disease right now. and that is scientifically driven rather than driven by a

redfield: a lot of stories were speculation and clearly the one you refer to. i would never delete and email. first of all my email can be deleted at the cdc. >> it was said you told somebody to delete one. after redfield: i would never tell anyone to delete and email. i instructed them to ignore dr. alexander's comments. as i testified before congress, i have always have been fully committed. this is an independent location. as the director but its own independent group. i stand by that. it doesn't mean people will try to accuse and it doesn't mean people won't try to make up their own point of view, but i can say that on my watch, it is science-based data-driven. the agency maintains their integrity. it is not always easy. i don't think these agencies should be politicized. the directors and i think they should be appointed. the agencies should not be in .he political mix myself personally, i am not political period and a doctor and clinical researcher. i was asked to serve the , and int and the nation said yes. think the signs based agencies need to be as th

redfield who heads that group. tell us what's happening there, that element of this beginning of the vaccination program. >> well, stepping all the way back, right, we want a vaccine that is safe and effective. and that means we want everybody to go through and go through again all of the protocols to make sure that everyone is on exactly the same page. there's a process that we use that includes the fda and the cdc that looks at the safety and efficacy of the virus on the fda sides. and then looks at the deployment strategy on the cdc side. i'm sure the folks at the cdc are just dotting the is and crossing the ts before director redfield signs off and that we are able to put this vaccine into people's arms and thunder them into vaccinations. we want a process that works, and this is part of the process. and so nobody wants to rush this, and i think it's a good thing and all of us should rest a little bit easier that we know that this process is followed to the t as vaccines roll out. >> it's fascinating to see, yo

reporter: redfield says there is now mountain of data that says schools can open safely, con connell, back to you. connell: interesting comments on schools. we've been sitting here since december. you've been following this since the beginning in march, are we startingsee see from officials estimates from officials how much all of this will cost us? reporter: those are being compiled but today for the first time i heard cdc director robert redfield it will cost $8 trillion in health costs alone. after talking from larry kudlow from the white house, the total cost from with the economic damage will be somewhere 15 to $20 trillion to the united states alone. back to you. connell: 15 to 20 trillion. all right. edward, thank you. big vaccine news overseas today. the uk became the first country in the world to approve a covid vaccine made by the american drugmaker pfizer, german company biontech. jackie deangelis in the newsroom with more on that. reporter: good afternoon to you, connell. it is remarkable, takes 15 to 20 years to develop vaccines like this. it has been done in a matter of

cdc director robert redfield has given the okay for pfizer's coronavirus vaccine.approved a cdc's advisory board's recommendationings meaning the vaccine can now be administered throughout the united states. now, this comes as the first shipments of the vaccines are now being delivered in all 50 states. a monumental, truly, first step in defeating this pandemic. i spoke with cnn chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta earlier about this breakthrough. >> this is the sort of final checkoff, alex. you had the fda obviously issue their emergency use authorization on friday. that was after an advisory committee suggested they do so. and so of the same thing happened now with the cdc. so, the fda authorizes this vaccine formally, the cdc now recommends it formally, and they put it into this report that is essentially the gold standard infectious disease report that goes to people all over the country. it reaffirms a lot of the same thing people have been hearing for the same thing, that, in fact, after they review the data from these trials, the cdc, they find, in f

redfield warning the u.s.ee close to 450,000 covid deaths by february, his comments echoing the white house task force message to state leader. a copy of that report obtained by cnn says the covid risk is at a historic high. it goes on to say we're in a dangerous place, due to the conduct extremely high limited exposu exposu exposure. the task force asked state public

robert redfield. the cdc as you know is the nation's health protection agency, looking to save lives and defend americans against dangerous threats and respond with critical science and active information when those arrive. dr. redfield has been one of the nations's leading voices during this pandemic, sharing new information, issuing public health guidance, and advising americans about how to safely return to work,ch

and it's disturbing any health official would be advocating. >> is there a way azar and redfield could out the clock on this? >> i think that's probably what will happen. reporters should be very careful not to make predictions, but we're only 30 days away from the next administration. my understanding is that litigation would probably take too long. most likely the biden administration will be the ones turning over the documents, but also hard to say. maybe the trump administration will make more documents available especially given the public pressure here. >> dan diamond, reporter at politico.com who deserves a lot of credit for opening up this line of inquiry and showing us what was going on. thank you for your reporting. it'll be interesting to see whether this goes. >> thank you and credit to my colleagues at politico. >> fair enough. i'll tell you congressman james clyburn is going to be joining my colleague ali velshi in the next hour to come. stay with us. i in the next hour to come. stay with us alka-seltzer plus power max gels. with 25% more concentrated power. oh, what a re

redfield saying that this could be, these next few months, not now, what's ahead. of december, january, and february, the worst time in the history of american public health. do you think that's possible that this deaths could go way up? >> it's going to happen. by this time next week, we're going to be talking about 3,000 deaths a day. 3,000 deaths a day. that's 9/11 every single day, until we do something differently. now vaccines are on the horizon that's amazing and that's going to eventually bring us back to normal, but in december, if we have two vaccines in december, we'll only vaccinate maybe 10% of the population of the united states. we can't depend on that. so we need to turn things around. we need to mask up, we need to social distance. and in some places, where it's really hot, we are going to need to shut down certain things, like bars and restaurants. we can't keep doing what we're doing now, and expect a different result. that is insanity. >> and dr. redfield also mentioned that he thought the possibility of mandatory masks, i'm sorry, mandatory vac

redfield, but is transparency going to help?that we saw in the piece with lester holt who are going door to door to people in their own communities and saying, listen, i did this myself. how do you change this narrative, doctor? >> so i do believe transparency is key. i say you're not going to be able to change 400 years of experience, quite honestly, in the next four weeks because there's a vaccine that you want everyone to take. i believe you need to say, this is the fastest we've ever developed a vaccine. we want those who are most vulnerable to receive it because your death rates and disease rates are higher. the risk for you is the same risk as it is for white america. we know the immediate effects. some of the intermediate but we do not know the loeng-term effects but everyone is assuming that risk. yes, we're going to take it, but we have trepidation as well, but we're trying to maximize the benefit and reduce the risk. and that's true for everyone. >> so, look, there are people who are thought leaders, who are respected