what do you make of this sort of backtracking by rfk jr. did he realize now how his comments could come back to bite him? because we know this isn't his ideology. as someone who has dedicated his life's work to sowing distrust in vaccines, and it seems it has taken traction. >> i don't think so, no. i think the person who wrote that was someone who just hasn't been let go from hhs yet. like, i'm not convinced that that's rfk jr having a change of heart. no, of course not. this guy. i mean, you'd think he would have learned after helping contribute to the deaths of 83 samoans because of sowing doubt about vaccines. but that's this whole guy's thing. it's he. he'll say he takes it seriously, but his answer to it is like, they should have just had more reishi mushroom and like methylene blue droplets or whatever the hell he was putting in his water the other day on the plane, like, until he can get his little supplement bros in line to hawk the american people with our taxpayer dollars on like the real cure for measles. he's not going to take

rfk jr.. he said the measles outbreaks in the u.s. are not unusual, which seemed to be his way of minimizing what is a very unusual situation in texas right now. cnn found that he made several inaccurate statements during his brief remarks at that cabinet meeting. doctors, other experts said he really missed an opportunity there when he was on camera. but later in the week, rfk jr. did change his tone. he wrote on x that ending the outbreak is a top priority, and now he's written this guest column for fox's website. notable that he's he's, you know, writing it for fox. so he's thinking about a conservative audience, and he's saying in this piece that it is a call to action. he's taking the words that you just read about the importance of vaccines, which, by the way, were buried toward the end of his column. fox moved those words up to the top and highlighted them in bold. so it seems as if fox helping him out, trying to get the important word out. but it is notable. on the one hand, rfk is saying he's deeply concerned about the measle

health officials in samoa blame rfk jr.ng vaccine misinformation in the small island nation ahead of a 2019 measles outbreak that left 83 people dead. kennedy has denied any role in what happened, but his latest comments also make it clear he has learned nothing from the tragedy. we only have to think back to covid to remember who gets hurt the worst when the health system breaks down, the elderly, the poor and communities of color. every republican senator voted for robert f kennedy jr. as health secretary. except one polio survivor, mitch mcconnell. if the worst happens and we have to suffer through a health catastrophe that modern science could have easily prevented, we could have easily prevented, we will know exactly (♪♪) hi neighbor! you switched to t-mobile home internet yet? trim your hedge. it's $35 bucks a month with no price hikes! bam! it runs on t-mobile's wireless 5g network, so all you gotta do is plug in one cord! t-mobile 5g home internet. just $35 bucks a month. and with price lock, we won't raise your rat

certainly, there were some questions after rfk jr's confirmation, would he go forward with the vaccineoubts that he's put forward into the minds of americans, or would he do this as one of the chief health officers of the united states? still ahead this morning, we're going to turn to sports with highlights from across the nba, including a scuffle in san antonio between the spurs and oklahoma city thunder that ended with multiple players ejected. those stories, plus a check on the weather forecast when we. >> two early returns. >> but first we want to know why are you awake? email your reasons to way too early at msnbc.com or tell me on social media. i'm ali vitali. you can use the hashtag way too early. or read our favorite answers or read our favorite answers later in the show. if you have heart failure or chronic kidney disease, farxiga can help you keep living life, because there are places you'd like to be. (♪♪) serious side effects include increased ketones in blood or urine and bacterial infection between the anus and genitals, both which may be fatal, severe allergic reactions,

. >> a miss to rfk jr.d if a growing measlings outbreak, suggesting this happens all the time. it doesn't, paul. this is the first child who's died of measles in this country in 22 years for an entirely preventable disease, one that we'd eradicated 20 years ago. its cases are growing because of misinformation. this was a callous and misinformed look from the new new hhs secretary. paul: joe. >> a hit for jeff bezos and the washington post. the post's opinion section for ages has trended to the left, expect newspaper joined the anti-trump resistance after 2016, but the amazon founder this week announced for now on the post's editorial page is going to champion personal liberties and free market. we at the journal did it first, and we'll still do it best, but it's nice to see a major news outlet offering readers alternative views for a change. paul: all right, joe, thanks. allysia. >> this is a miss to new jersey governor mil murphy who was out -- phil murphy who was complaining about new york's congestion ta

i'll show everybody four pictures and you have to guess which one sticks out, like rfk jr. and a barbershop quartet. here's your first group of four. cynthia erivo, will smith, cynthia nixon and kate winslet, who is the odd one out? >> will smith because he's nonoa little gay. >> did they all run for governor of new york except for kate winslet? >> the odd one out is will smith. >> you were right. >> the cynthia's and kate winslet are all one award away from an egot, while will smith needs an emmy and a tony to complete the set. so got to get will and kat's them up there slapping. >> yeah. >> and will smith is the only one with an actual oscar knockout, though. >> does anybody know which actor? bonus points. which actor is credited with creating the term egot? >> whoopi. >> the actor who coined the term egot was philip michael thomas, who played detective tubbs in miami vice. >> yay! >> who is his partner? >> oh, that's don johnson. >> no. >> ricardo. >> crockett. >> crockett. >> crockett and. >> and in 1984, he said, quote, hopefully in the next five years, i will win all

rfk jr. said that it's not unusual for a measles outbreak to occur as a medical doctor. do you have concerns about that? >> well, i'm very. >> concerned about the measles. >> well, i'm very concerned about. >> the. >> measles outbreak. and so. >> um, and i'm strongly encouraging. >> people to get vaccinated. >> the vaccine. >> is safe. >> they need to. >> speak. >> to their physician. >> should rfk say that, though? should rfk say that? >> i think everybody should be. >> emphasized. >> i think everybody is not explicitly calling him out there. but cassidy, of course, is in a unique position. >> yeah. senator cassidy is running for reelection in a republican state. where? a primary here, he has a primary challenger. and that primary could be very ugly, especially if donald trump endorses his primary opponent. um, so, yeah, senator cassidy not only is in a unique position because he's at, you know, has a primary, but also he's a doctor and leading the health committee. but he ultimately voted for rfk. >> and the question is, will any of them begin to speak out if there are

the controversial now secretary of health and human services, rfk jr..ed backlash last week for essentially shoulder shrugging about this outbreak, saying that it was not unusual but also and also not taking the opportunity when asked about it, to push people to make sure that their kids are vaccinated. he's now, i'll get your take because he now seems to be taking a step closer, i guess, to maybe promoting getting measles vaccinations. he wrote an opinion piece that was just put out overnight saying this the decision to vaccinate is a personal one. he wrote vaccines are vaccines not only protect individual children from measles, but also contribute to community immunity, protecting those who are unable to be vaccinated due to medical reasons. what do you think of his messaging? >> i would have preferred to see messaging that came out very clearly to say that measles, the measles vaccine, is one of the vaccines that has been most studied in the history of the world. it is tremendously safe, and it is unbelievably effective, and that if you are not vaccin

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you have former doctors like senator cassidy voting for rfk jr.t coy about their disdain for the rule of law. so i just want to put that out as pretext. but i, i went back and i watched your speech and a bunch of other addresses from the democratic convention, including adam kinzinger and all of the things that that you and republicans warned would come to pass, have come to pass. why do you think those warnings didn't sink in in the time frame of an election? >> you know, you got to remember that the things that i'm speaking out about now about, you know, the threat to our democracy, this is not a message to win elections on. it's something people need to know. they need to know that that's happening. but, you know, if you talk to 100 people, knock on 100 doors and have knocked on an awful lot of doors running for office, and you say to people, you know, democracy is at risk. nobody knows what that looks like. they've never experienced it before. and the reality is, what people need to hear about is what the effects of that are. the prices at the

and i just think that as much as rfk jr. >> talks about the need for. >> transparency, the advantagey're open to the public. they get. >> to hear. >> a group of experts discuss this. >> and sometimes. >> disagree. and that's the way it should be. >> well, joining me now is nbc news medical and medical news, rather, and health reporter erica edwards. erica welcome. and look with this severe flu season this year and now rapidly growing measles outbreak, it would seem these meetings about vaccinations should be a top priority. can you explain what these meetings were about and any word on why they were canceled? >> well, to. >> answer your first question, these meetings are very important, and they happen every single year right around this time. so scientists can get together to try to figure out what strains of the flu virus that we need to put in next year's flu shots. this is the time that scientists around the world do this. and the concern here is that we are not going to have enough flu shots in time for the next flu season. drugmakers are already under a tight deadline to get th

fear not, because thanks to our dear misleader, disease is on the way out and rfk is on the way in. >> robert f. kennedy jrwe need him. you know, there's a number on autism, for example, with children, autism. 1 in 36 babies have autism. there's something wrong. bobby is going to find it. working with dr. oz, by the way. working with dr. oz. >> jimmy: oh good. let's get dr. huxtable in there too while we're at it. [ laughter ] he only hires people from television. it's really remarkable. what an absolute mess these scoundrels are making of our country. the federal government is in unprecedented disarray. the mass firings continue. with no research, they're just jumping in, chopping off heads. it's not just that they're firing thousands of thousands of federal workers. it's the glee with which they do it. ordinarily, you have some compassion when you laypeople off. you wish them well, thank them for their work. not maga. not the doge bros. they are throwing career-long civil servants, people, many of whom have worked in these jobs for decades, out in the street like they're fish garbage. x luthor, elon musk