harvey risch. he is on the board of one of the big pharma companies. he knows fauci and his friends with fauci. but that was a pretty big statement given how especially liberals are clinging to the mask like some ledges artifact. they can't let it go. >> it is an interesting statement and i think we will only know the answer to it empirically. i think we have to open because we got all the tools to be open. we got vaccines. we got early patient treatment when the vaccines are not good enough. those are the tools. and we are well past herd immunity. the epidemic is crashing down now and almost every state. there's no reason not to be open at this point including schools, including including summer camps. >> laura: kids who are kids are told they have to put socially distance have to wear masks even when outside and can't accept, dr. rich when they are swimming. they say you can do these things but, but, but. the appointment is, he knows the numbers. i don't know how many times we have to talk about kids and covid. and biden kept by the way, it is giving

. >> i'm going to get into this next subject with secretary risch in just a moment. of this issue because of the enhanced unemployment benefits, because of the stimulus checks that have come out, you've got people who are doing better financially staying at home than they are returning to the job. and that's the big issue. >> so i would say if you want to agree with that position, there is some proof of it in the numbers, right? what we do see is those lower wage sectors, right, especially in leisure and hospitality, we saw that raises -- incomes really rose this past month, april over march 2.7% versus all nonfarm jobs. that would indicate there are people, you need to pay them more. that being said, there are a lot of studies out there which indicate that in fact when you raise the unemployment benefits, in fact that makes people look for work even harder. so, i'm not necessarily sure i agree with the premise that you just made. >> okay. give me -- finally give me the take away, the beer conversation. i want to act smart. i want to act like i'm you. what is it that

harvey risch is with the yale school of public health. joins us now. thanks for coming on. think of that? children getting the vaccine? >> well, the first thing we have is we dumb down the discussion of everything, with the level now of vaccine good, covid bad. the effects leading to that is just inopportune. the problem is that children get the illness perfectly well, almost entirely, and children who have obesity, diabetes, that put them at high risk of bad outcomes from covid, they are the ones considered to be vaccinated. but for almost everybody, all childrener otherwise, it doesn't make sense because the risks are negligible. the cdc has addressed this with its data. it seemed that in approximately 470,000 americans who have died from covid, that includes approximately 400 children who've died either with or from covid. that's not zero but it's a very strong number and comparable to children who died from influenza in past flu seasons. so therere is no real reason why children need to be vaccinated because they get immune from just their own interactions and they do n

risch liver and i'm alicia acuna. thanks for watching. ♪ ♪ eric: well, starting today california is giving 76,000 prettiers the opportunity to get -- prisoners the opportunity to get released earlier, and guess what? the vast majority are prisoners who have been convicted of violent crimes. the state making the move with little notice beforehand as it tries to further trim the population of what once was the nation's largest state correctional system. and, of course, now the question is what does all this mean for public safety. hello, everyone, and well come to a brand new hour of "fox news live." i'm eric shawn. hi, arthel. arthel: hello, everyone, i'm arthel neville. we have two other big stories as well, authorities investigating a possible case of human smuggling in texas where more than 90 migrants were discovered inside a houston home yesterday. plus, president biden pitching his tax and spend plan to america this week as republicans and reportedly even some democrats push back against the costs of his proposal

in particular i congratulate chairman menendez and ranking member risch of the foreign relations committee for producing the strategic competition act. which was reported out of their committee on a 21-1 vote. i also commend homeland security and government affairs chairman peters and ranking member portman, committee chairman brown and ranking member toomey, the health, education, labor and pension, and judiciary chair durbin and grassley for their contributions to the substitute product. i will focus my remarks on the commerce committee's contributions to the endless frontier act. last week the commerce committee held a markup to consider this legislation. we considered hundreds of amendments and adopted over 100 of them into the reported bill, including over 20 bipartisan separately introduced bills, a markup -- the markup at times was challenging, but in the end the bill passed the committee on a bipartisan 24-4 vote. the endless frontier act will enhance u.s. science and technology leadership through key investments in r&d, regional economic development and manufacturing. the bill wil

chairwoman cantwell and ranking member wicker, i want to thank chairman menendez and ranking member rischign relations, chairman brown and ranking member toomey of banking, chairman peters and ranking member portman of -- chairman murray of help, and senator klobuchar of judiciary. finally, i want to thank the bipartisan group of senators working on the chips and 5g proposals throughout the process. not only senators cantwell and wicker, but senators warner, kelly, cornyn, cotton, leahy, and stabenow. restoring america's competitive edge should unite senators from both sides of the aisle. the foundation of the past century of american prosperity has been our leadership in science, technology, and innovation. if we're going to win the next century, the united states needs to be the one discovering the next ground-breaking technologies. we had that opportunity for instance with tech, and we lead the world because of early investments by n.s.f. and darpa. we have the opportunity now to set our country on a path to outinnovate, outproduce, and outcompete the world in emerging industries of th

next is senator risch. senator marshal? if not, i have a couple questions and then we'll wrap up unless we have any other senators that come in quickly. dr. crowder, much of what you talked about resonated with me. we don't do much planting in west virginia. that said, there are currently over 170,000 acres of abandoned mine lands. i'm interested in bringing economic back to these sites. i understand trying to re-establish trees on these sites can be difficult. do these sites reflect the types of areas you're considering. >> thank you for the question. it's great that you mentioned that. a lot of people think of tree restoration, they think we're talking about planting 1 trillion trees. that wouldn't be feasible. natural regeneration presents an an believable opportunity for regenerating ecosystems. nature tends to do it better than we do. you're right, in some regions previous human activity like mining can lead to degradation of those ecosystems. there's been many examples of how active regeneration can tip the balance by

risch liver and i'm alicia acuna.he opportunity to get released earlier, and guess what? the vast majority are prisoners who have been convicted of violent crimes. the state making the move with little notice beforehand as it tries to further trim the population of what once was the nation's largest state correctional system. and, of course, now the question is what does all this mean for public safety. hello, everyone, and well come to a brand new hour of "fox news live." i'm eric shawn. hi, arthel. arthel: hello, everyone, i'm arthel neville.

. >> thank you, senator risch. it is the chair's intention to work through these votes. we will rotate out in terms of making sure we are on the floor to cast votes on these nominations. i will turn to the ambassador for his testimony and then we will start the round of five minutes and rotate through whoever hasn't voted. i urge you to consider doing that now so when time comes you are free to cast your questions when your turn is up. with that, ambassador, thank you for being here and we look forward to your comments. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. ranking member and distinguished members of this committee, i am grateful to be here today to discuss america's strategy in afghanistan. as you know president biden has announced his decision to begin the withdrawal of remaining u.s. forces from afghanistan by may 1st and conclude before september 11th. this decision was reached after extensive review and clear eyed focus on facts on the ground. as the president laid out in his speech april 14th he made that decision based on four judgments. first, ever original objec

ranking member risch and i incorporated input from almost every member of the committee to build the strategic competition act. i believe the presiding officer had amendments as well, which mobilizes all of our strategic economic and diplomatic tools to real confront the challenges -- truly confront the challenges china presents to our national and the economic security. so i'm eager to see the strategic competition act move on the floor alongside the other pieces of this package, recognizing, as i have for years, that america's ability to compete with china begins at home, replenishing the sources of our national strength. that's why the investments in the endless frontier act provisions and the other domestic measures drafted by various committees are equally important. but even if we did all of those things alone, it would not meet our challenge with china because, first and foremost, china is a foreign policy challenge. that's why the strategic competition act reaffirms our alliances and partnerships. it prioritizes building functional, problem-solving regional architecture in ou

chairwoman cantwell and ranking member wicker, i want to thank chairman menendez and ranking member risch of foreign relations, chairman brown and ranking member to me and chairman peters and ranking member portman, chairman murray, chairwoman murray and ranking member for and chairman durbin, ranking member grassley and klobuchar of judiciary. finally, i want to think the bipartisan group of senators working on the tips and 5g proposals throughout the process. not only senators cantwell and wicker but senators warner, kelly, cornyn, cotton, lazy and stabbed now. restoring america's competitive edge should unite senators from both sides of the aisle and the foundation of the past century of prosperity has been our leadership in science, technology and innovation and if we are going to win the next century the united states needs to be the one discovering the next groundbreaking technologies. we have that opportunity for instance with tech and we leave the world because of early investments by -- we have the opportunity now to set our country on the path to out innovate come out produce an

i wanted to come to the floor very briefly today to thank chairman menendez and ranking member risch for the great work they did in the foreign relations committee to add to the pending legislation a title developed in the foreign relations committee that makes sure that we are building the kind of capacities inside the state department and usaid that are able to make sure america can compete with china and a host of other developing nations all around the world. the fact of the matter is we are obvious fighting our competitors -- often fighting our competitors with one hand tied behind our backs. for instance, the size of the chinese international development bank dwarfs the capacities of the similar institution that is used by the united states of america, the d.f.c. we've added new capacities to the d.f.c. in this legislation that will allow the united states of america to be able to make sure that we can do development deals around the world and compete with other nations that are fast investing significant amounts of money and trying to use that money as leverage to gain politic