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scott gottlieb.he nation" will be back in a minute with the governor of connecticut. ♪ now listen to the beat ♪ ♪ kinda pat your feet ♪ ♪ it's all right ♪ ♪ have a good time 'cause it's all right ♪ ♪ oh, it's all right ♪ >> brennan: connecticut is now one of 16 states in the u.s. with a confirmed case of omicron. plus they are seeing a spike in delta cases. we want to bring in now the governor of that state, ned lament, w ned lamonto joins us from stanford. >> good morning, margaret. >> brennan: i want to ask about this news you relieved overnight, that omicron is now in your state. is there any indication exactly how widespread it is? in the release, it indicated that the individual was inoculated. didhe or she receive a booster shot? >> governor: i'm not sure about the booster shot. i do know that the patient was immunized and over the age of 60. i tink sometimes there are too much emphasis upon the infection. the good news is on the vaccination, in this case the patient is at home, resting peacefu

scott gottlieb. and the other surge in the u.s.: 100,000 americans are dead from opioids this year. we'll ask anne milgram about what her agency is doing to stem the tide. finally, we'll have a dramatic look at the taliban takeover of afghanistan, from hamdullah mohib, who fled that country as kabul fell. there are reports you had to fly at low altitude because you were trying to avoid the americans knowing you were leaving. >> absolutely. >> brennan: why? >> there was no trust. >> b brennan: it is all just ahead on "face the nation." ♪♪ ♪♪ >> brennan: good morning, and welcome to "face thetú with less than a week to go until christmas, it is tough to be effusive with holiday cheer as a covid tidalwave builds and is likely to worsen due to the holiday gatherings. officials around the world are struggling to learn more about the omicron variant. what thehey know is your best prprotectition is to g get vaccccinated and b boosted. mark strtras trmark strassmann begins our coverage. >> reporter: omicron

scott gottlieb, who also sits on the board of pfizer dr. gottlieb, welcome. the country and for the world. so tell us specifically who gets these pills as they start shipping in the next few days and how. >> well, look, the government's going to have to work out some kind of scheme to ration the supply, at least initially supply is going to ramp as we get into 2022. initially there's about 180,000 shipping between now and the end of the year. i suspect they're going to target this to people over age 65 or 60 but as you get into 2022 there's going to be substantial supply coming online upwards of 120 million doses coming online in 2022 so i think this is a real game changer. the opportunity to have an orally available antiviral drug that could be taken shortly after symptom onset to prevent hospitalization, prevent death, prevent more severe outcomes from this disease i think is a real game changer in terms of how we approach the treatment of covid. >> what about for kids so, it allows us to get back to normal, but it's not approved for kids unless they're ove

scott gottlieb, thank you. i didn't get to talk to you about merck.he board of pfizer, i don't need it today. anyway thank you. and a great day to have you on by the way, he's on the board of pfizer i don't know if we mentioned that >> we always have more questions for him than we have time. >> that's right. >>> big tech stocks, they hired in yesterday's trading the nasdaq finished down more than 1.5%. although, it is bouncing bark. alphabet and microsoft, there was one bright spot. apple and its strong cash flows surging more than 3% in the session. joining us right now with his top six in the sector is mark mull haney, evercore's head of research and his latest book is out titled "nothing but net. it's out right now smart question for you i notice don't cover apple, watching the activity yesterday, we can't call them fang stocks anymore. they've changed their name we need to call them moo ma stocks the mamaa. what happens there the shift away from those stocks looking at apple as the safe haven what would you tell people >> i think investors in thes

host: scott gottlieb on restriction and safety protocols on airports and flights.uest: certainly, travel restrictions. i don't think the caller was specifically getting at that, the effects of reducing the spread of the virus in the u.s., particularly the ones that we, lamented against south africa, i think they were largely destructive in terms of discouraging other countries to be more forthcoming in the future, worried that they may be subject to travel restrictions. whatever gains we got from that in terms of slowing the virus in the country was worth the geopolitical cost with respect to sort of framing the global public health world and discouraging companies from being more forthcoming. in terms of individual risk in public settings, there's no question this was an airborne virus. early on, we were under the impression that covid was largely spread through droplet transmission which meant that you needed to be in close contact with an individual to have it spread from person-to-person. the virus itself has evolved and appears to spread more through an airbor

scott gottlieb on his book uncontrolled spread: why covid-19 crushed us and how we can defeat the next pandemic. watch washington journal starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern for our special series on c-span or on our new mobile video app, c-span now. we continue with their annual authors week series, all this week we are featuring top writers on a variety of policy topics. this morning we are joined by former democratic presidential candidate andrew yang, his book, “forward: notes on the future of our democracy."

scott gottlieb.ansas senator tom cotton. he says his colleagues should vote no for a second term of chair powell we speak to cotton about why the final hour of "squawk box" begins right now >>> good morning, welcome back to "squawk box" here on cnbc live from the nasdaq market time's square. i'm joe kernon with becky quick and andrew ross sorkin u.s. equities are up 300 and change then they were up just 1 humidity and change. now back to 200. the nasdaq which initially was doing okay has turned negative i guess everyone remembers what happened yesterday you have to ask yourself what are we looking forward to today in terms of omicron and everything else. they've tumbled yesterday after being up 500 down almost 3500 a. continued string of volatility and the major averages last friday when they labeled omicron a covid variant of concern a variant of concern treasury yields have been dropping on long end, ten year and 30 year 1 and three-quartert ten 84 down 1.42%. >> volatility is probably the key word

host: scott gottlieb on restriction and safety protocols on airports and flights. guest: certainly, travel restrictions. i don't think the caller was specifically getting at that, the effects of reducing the spread of the virus in the u.s., particularly the ones that we, lamented against south africa, i think they were largely destructive in terms of discouraging other countries to be more forthcoming in the future, worried that they may be subject to travel restrictions. whatever gains we got from that in terms of slowing the virus in the country was worth the geopolitical cost with respect to sort of framing the global public health world and discouraging companies from being more forthcoming. in terms of individual risk in public settings, there's no question this was an airborne virus. early on, we were under the impression that covid was largely spread through droplet transmission which meant that you needed to be in close contact with an individual to have it spread from person-to-person. the virus itself has evolved and appears to spread more through an airb

scott gottlieb discusses his book. on friday, a community activist with his book. be sure to watch "washington journal" next week, starting sunday, december 20 six, with our special holiday week author series on c-span or on our new video app, c-span now. on facebook, it is facebook.com/c-span. you can start calling in now on this question as the abc news headline puts it, to grandmother's house or no, omicron disrupts holiday plans. it was yesterday at a white house covid team briefing that rochelle walensky discussed what precautions americans can take to stay safe during their holiday travels. >> holiday gatherings and risk of travel has less to do with the airplane or car ride and much more to do with how people from different households behave in the weeks to days before meeting up. importantly, consider gathering with family and friends who are also practicing similar proper prevention measures. and as we have said before, those who remain unvaccinated are the most vulnerable to covid-19. cdc data now updated through november, when delta was the predominant s

scott gottlieb said they could be a short wave.ertainly we have momentum for it to be a good year not as good as 2021, but definitely a good year the risks around that are significantly higher in 2022 than 2021. that's what people have to be mindful of. >> thank you, both happy holidays >> happy holidays. >>> andrew, are you still with us >> i'm right here, baby. i'm nothing going anywhere. >>> what's the score fauci is a saint or a sinner have you totalled up the score on your twitter feed i can't decide. >> oh, i'm in the same category. you know that. >> i'm talking about your twitter feed i'm getting crazy stuff from both sides have a good weekend, andrew. >> you too. >>> join us next week. "squawk on the street" is coming up right now >>> good morning welcome to "squawk on the street." i'm here with david faber and morgan brennan this may look familiar because of the omicron spread, we're on separate desks, we're trying to be safe. cramer has the day

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scott gottlieb discusses his book. on friday, a community activist with his book.sure to watch "washington journal" next week, starting sunday, december 20 six, with our special holiday week author series on c-span or on our new video app, c-span now. on facebook, it is facebook.com/c-span. you can start calling in now on this question as the abc news headline puts

scott gottlieb, vaccine news from pfizer.t for being with us. enjoy rewards like sing family fun nights! rent sing for $1, then belt out all your favorite tunes from the movie with sing karaoke. plus, see sing 2 in theaters with buy-one-get-one free fandango tickets. join over a million members by signing up for free on the xfinity app. our thanks. your rewards. >>>. >> instagram will testify today on the impact on kids. our next guest is demanding accountability and user protection, joining us is virginia senator mark warner senator, thanks for being with us today. >> thank you, becky. >> i realize this is not your committee adam mosseri will be tefgs. you have been trying to write legislation to do something about. just this week instagram went ahead and made some changes. some of them seem like good changes, the idea that you will not be able to comment on someone's instagram feed if they don't follow you that seems like pretty good protection does this go far enough in. >> no, it doesn't. this is this an area in the last

host: scott gottlieb on restriction and safety protocols on airports and flights.uest: certainly, travel restrictions. i don't think the caller was specifically getting at that, the effects of reducing the spread of the virus in the u.s., particularly the ones that we, lamented against south africa, i think they were largely destructive in terms of discouraging other countries to be more forthcoming in the future, worried that they may be subject to travel restrictions. whatever gains we got from that in terms of slowing the virus in the country was worth the geopolitical cost with respect to sort of framing the global public health world and discouraging companies from being more forthcoming. in terms of individual risk in public settings, there's no question this was an airborne virus. early on, we were under the impression that covid was largely spread through droplet transmission which meant that you needed to be in close contact with an individual to have it spread from person-to-person. the virus itself has evolved and appears to spread more through an airbor

scott gottlieb what all of thiamines.come to "squawk box" here on cnbc live from the nasdaq market site in times square. i'm joe kernen along with becky quick and ross sorkin. we reached the halfway point we're rounding third now, we're probably halfway like down the line almost, and we're going to be safe, i think, at home on this u.s. equity futures at this hour, don't you love fridays too close to mondays, as we always point out, but we have turned positive, up 36 on the d dow. nasdaq up 2874, and the s&p 500 up 5 and change. treasury yields are still below where anyone thought we would be at this point, all the way down at below 1.45, 1.42, and wti crude is higher this morning, but close to going negative for the week if it finishes that way, it would put crude on its longest weekly losing streak in three years. and check out natural gas on pace for its worst week in almost 25 years. before we do as eamon javers says, tweet out weekend, we have a big jobs number coming up. >> we do wall street anxiously awaiting that

scott gottlieb serves on the boards of pfizer and alumina.at we've seen out of south africa at this point if they are seeing significant threats of only kron, we need to take notice of that. in the hardest hit region of south africa, ifs that true. we'll reassess some things or whether or not there is some sub kpcomponent of the populati. the most obvious is some who have the delta immunity but no other. people who had delta but prapsz hadn't been vaccinated those with with the old south african variant. be it off a very small base and they are looking at their own data and are very concerned that this is going to sweep across the nation that could cause pause for other countries. >> just here in the united states, you are looking at really big uptick of cases rhode island up. gains of 132% in west virginia and illinois is this what we were anticipating because of the holidays >> no. this is the delta wave sweeping across the country the regions that hadn't had their wave yet now starting to peak and new england, the tri-state region we thoug

scott gottlieb in the next hour. >> it is great news. we've heard the fipfizer vaccine and moderna are effective but i think all three of us know someone who are vaccinated and those breakthrough variants. it is great news that they are effective but what exactly does that mean? >> in the meantime, other breaking news. the world economic form in davos being called off because of the omicron variant. that was scheduled to take place in switzerland we were just talking about it. it was supposed to happen january 17-21st. now planned for early summer postponed for years now. >> we were there in 2020 we were going to try to do it in 21 there were like two or three efforts. a lot of ceos have been dropping out scheduled for early summer all along, klaus, take your pick, around the world of where you could do this. >> the truth is, you'll understand it. you are sort of stuck there. it is really good and much better when i don't hit my head against the wall it is this beautiful place in the mountains. you can't fly in and out whenever you want.

scott gottlieb two big hours on deck for "squawk box" after this. >>> good morning, a major shift isteve liesman joins us with why investors could see a speedier end. a wild weekend for crypto. bitcoin back under 50,000 after dropping 17% after just 24 hours. buzz feed said to go public but not without troubling headlines. the second hour of "squawk box" begins right now good morning and welcome back to "squawk box" here on cnbc. i'm andrew ross sorkin along with becky s&p will open higher the nasdaq looking to open lower, about 18 points off treasury yields right now. look at that 10-year note. look at that 1.39 # 7. the other story of the morning or maybe the weekend was cryptos. i'll show you where bitcoin is now. $23,507. ether at $4,000 after a bit of a tumble over the weekend. >> we didn't even talk about the 10-year, did we? >> the 30 year had an even bigger pressure put on the yields on friday that felt the lowest since january of this year. >> making headlines, lucid relating documents to the electric spac. down another 12. in donald trump's new social media venture and digi

scott gottlieb says even though the variant is more transmissible than earlier strains, symptoms are usually less severe. >>> new information from the cdc says unvaccinated people face a greater risk of dying from covid-19. unvaccinated people are ten times more likely to test positive compared to those vaccinated and boosted. they are also 20 times more likely to die from the virus. >>> a 17-year-old boy stabbed in san jose is in stable condition. officers roped off the side of the safe way parking lot near the expressway after the attack yesterday afternoon. investigators are looking for a suspect and a motive. >>> a fiery crash near pleasanton took the life of a 16-year-old boy. this happened early yesterday at the hop yard road exit. chp says two vehicles were disabled in traffic lanes when a third car smashed into one of them. a fire broke out, killing the teen inside. >>> businesses bustling in japan town compared to this time last year. kenny choi shows us things are looking up. >> reporter: people here say they're aware of concerns about omicron variant but they're enjoying i

scott gottlieb say one of the lightest health precautions you could possibly do is put in place a maskdate. why are you choosing not to do so? >> governor: masks are incredibly important, there is no doubt about it. schools can do it. localities can do it, if they want to. but when you look at all of the different mandates you can and cannot put in place, there is always a downside. we talked about the swiss cheese effect, social distancing, masks, get vaccinated, get your boosters, quick access to testing, and these are all pieces of the puzzle to reduce the transmission of the virus. a lot of these cases are received over the holidays, when you're spending time with family or you're at the workplace, and a mask is not necessarily going to stop the family spread we see here a lot. it is not that it is not important, but when you do a mandate to a state of emergency, that takes on a whole different level. one of the most important things is home testing. we're really aggressive. we're the first state in the country to allow home testing. anyone in the state can click a button, and in a

scott gottlieb discusses his book. why covid-19 crushed us and how we can defeat the next pandemic. on friday, scott woodson with his book red, white and black, rescuing american history. be sure to watch washington journal next week, starting sunday at 7:00 a.m. eastern with our special holiday week series on c-span, or on our new video app. c-span now. >> sunday january 2, a civil war historian joins us to talk about the early intellectual history of the united states, the civil war and reconstruction era. his latest, a

commissioner scott gottlieb and january 6 committee members liz cheney and adam schiff. set your dvr so you can watch us later. that is tonight's "cbs evening news." for norah o'donnell, i'm major garrett in the nation's capitol. before we go, we'd like to take a moment to thank the journalists from around the world who helped put this broadcast on the air night after night during yet another challenging year. from all of us at cbs news, happy new year. ♪ should old acquaintance be forgot ♪ and never brought to mind ♪ should old acquaintance be forgot and auld lang syne ♪ for auld lang syne, my dear for auld lang syne ♪ for auld lang syne. >> 10, nine, eight, seven, 6, five, four, three, two, one. ♪ should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind ♪ should auld acquaintance be forgot and days of auld lang syne. ♪ auld lang syne, my dear for auld lang syne ♪ we'll take a cup of kindness yet for auld lang syne ♪ for auld lang syne, my dear for auld lang syne ♪ we'll take a cup of kindness yet for auld lang syne ♪ happy new year, baby . >> does anybody really kn

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scott gottlieb discusses his book, "uncontrolled spread: why covid-19 crushed us and how we can defeatext pandemic." friday, a community activist with his book, "red, white and black: rescuing american history from revisionists," december 26 at 7:00 a.m. eastern with our special author week series on c-span or our new mobile video app c-span now. >> next, deterring russian aggression in ukraine. panelists talked about military and logistical support, economic sanctions and the goals of russian president vladimir putin. the atlantic council hosted this hour-long conversation. >> hello, everyone, and welcome to today's panel, how to deter russia. i am the director of the ukraine program at harvard university's ukrainian research institute and m delighted to be a cosponsor of the event along with the atlantic council. we can't do any more speculation about putin's move, so the conversation has to be how stop russia from invading ukraine again. today's event will focus on this with a rich panel. we will start with a keynote lecture from a philosopher, filmmaker andho

scott gottlieb discusses his book "uncontrolled spread." on friday community activist bob woodson with his book "red, white, and black." be sure to watch washington journal next week starting sunday, december 26 at 7:00 a.m. eastern with our special holiday week author series on c-span or on the new mobile video app c-span now. ♪ host: the closing of that factory in indianapolis was the subject of a book by farah stockman called “american made: what happens to people when work disappears." thanks for joining us. guest: thanks for having me. host: how did you come across the story of this plant and what story are you trying to tell from the closing? guest: i started working on the book the night of the election. i was dispatched to be part of the new york times coverage of what everybody thought would be the first female president, the election of the first female president. i went to hillary clinton's alma mater. i was standing around with people who were waiting to celebrate her victory. we all saw what happened next. i am from michigan. i

scott gottlieb, who we go to often here, because he's been often right, he weighed in on the situation in the uk earlier on in "squawk box." >> it's concerning to see the british take this stance they have good data and good systems in place if they're seeing a significant threat from omicron, i think the world should take notice of that. >> >> i thought that was a major wake-up call he's basically saying, remember, if you go away, have to quarantine, they won't let you back in. the data in the uk is always strong the testing is free there, so it's very strong i think a lot of people who listened will cancel >> you already canceled because of the hassle of it all. >> right. >> what about milder symptoms, which we continue to hear aknock dotally, but everyone -- >> until we get the viral, it feels like milder symptoms -- who knows how bad that is. >> i never thought it was that bad if you got three shots. >> david, the clarion call of dr. gottlieb was, don't go anywhere. >> anywhere? >> well, maybe in the united states go to disney because the investment club owns disney. >> pfizer is u

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. >> i do think two things, scott gottlieb, who are listen to, the omicron virus is bringing back a lot that they had before. i take him at his word. i think the white house, government officials locally and worldwide, they -- this ought to keep our economy strong as we think about ways not mandating but encouraging people to get it. the key is the other way you get a variant is a someone doesn't have the vaccine. that is where these variants are growing up. we don't have fully an update up. it is mild. i put rather get the omicron. >> i think we all. >> to your point -- >> we are creating to, classes of people. gildon put this in this building right now. could cut zone, vaccine zones and non-vaccine zones and essentially if you are not vaxxed coming you are not welcome in certain places. >> the governor of new york that she borrowed her game plan or her messaging from joe biden for she's trying to get the vaccinated against the unvaccinated. make them feel uncomfortable is that they get angry at the unvaccinated. so you are also like 91% of new york 12 enough have gotten at least one s

scott gottlieb said setting aside the question of how the initial estimate was so inaccurate. if the new estimate is precise, then it suggests a good portion of the current hospitalizations we're seeing from covid may still be driven by delta infections. so we're still becausing policy and mandates on delta infections that are waning instead of the omicron coming in. >> yeah, in the early days of a new variant, omicron has been in this country over the last, you know, few weeks or at most maybe a few months. we've known about it a few weeks as a country. so in the early days, it's not unusual to see the estimates fluctuate. they were wrong. that's true. they've corrected it. maybe it will need further correction the next week or the week after. the other point around delta is true. it's more severe based on omicron. so most of the hospitalizations are still coming from delta rather than omicron. but of course, the 300,000 cases that came in yesterday, most of those are omicron because of the massive numbers that people in the community that are testing, getting positive. >> tr

these are the comments this morning on cnbc by former fda commissioner scott gottlieb, who full disclosure, is a member of the board of pfizer. >> there's a presumption that the growth in cases in south africa is comprised of this omicron variant. but the reality is, they were having a mini delta surge. we don't know how brisk, before this emerge. we don't know whether or not the increased number of cases they're seeing is this new variant. think of all the variants that have emerged and the vaccine still demonstrated efficacy. there's no reason to believe we're going to lose them against this. one >> doctor, do you agree with the central point he's making their? >> yes, which is that we still don't know a lot about the epidemiology. a lot of it is observation and gathering that data. it is seeing what omicron does in other settings. one other example i give is that there's been other variants that like beta, that haven't taken hold. we were really concerned and had a lot of the mutations that could've increased decrease the effectiveness of vaccines. it's something to keep watching. i thi

commissioner scott gottlieb said covid hot spots should consider mask mandates to help out.ood idea. right now our health care system is stretched just because we've been at this for two years. doctors and nurses are exhausted. hospitals and staff, we have a shortage of hospital staff. we need to do everything we can to keep hospitals open. i think mask mandates in places with big surges really can be helpful. >> dr. ashish jha, thank you very much. >> thank you, pamela. >>> two sheriff's deputies are sharing their harrowing stories of surviving the deadly tornadoes. >> i believe it was a 2x4 that went through my windshield and then it sucked it back out. >> their cars severely damaged, they still rushed into action to save a little girl. their story, next. at vanguard, you're more than just an investor, you're an owner with access to financial advice, tools and a personalized plan that helps you build a future for those you love. vanguard. become an owner. to run a growing business, is to be on a journey. and along the ride, you'll have many questions. challenges. and a few

these are the comments this morning on cnbc by former fda commissioner scott gottlieb, who, full disclosure the board of pfizer. >> there is a presumption that the growth in cases in south africa is comprised of this omicron variant. the reality is they were having a mini delta surge before this emerge the. we don't know whether or not the increased number of cases that they are seeing is this new variant. think of all the variants that have emerged and the vaccine still demonstrated efficacy. there is no reason to believe we will lose them against this one. >> doc, do you agree with the central point he is making there? >> yes, which is that we still don't know a lot about the epidemiology, right? a lot of this is observation and gathering up that data and really it is seeing what omicron variant does in other setting. another example is there have been other variants, like the beta variant that hasn't taken hold, we were really concerned, a lot of mousse that could have decreased the effectiveness of the vaccines. but it's something to keep watching. i take that as a lesson to see, look,

here's what scott gottlieb said about that on cnbc yesterday. >> we should have been doing this all along should have been getting more at-home tests available and give them away at consumers, buy four tests for $5, some small price, and limiting the number of sales they could get, but getting into the hands of consumers. that's what other countries are doing, subsidizing the tests. >>> meanwhile new research is adding to the body of evidence that the new strain of omicron results in milder illness than previous strains. the research from scotland, england, and south africa shows that. it may be due to the fact there were previous infections or vaccinations. omicron is sending fewer people to hospital, good news for example, if omicron behaved like the delta variant, they expected 47 would have gone to the hospital. meanwhile, only 15 have gone. cases skyrocketed a week ago but have since dropped off sharply. south africa's top scientist says he expects over countries to follow that same trajectory. >>> in a very, very early look, joe biden says he plans to rerun in the next election. he

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scott gottlieb tonight at 7:00 p.m.at a paris airport a suspected killer of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi, a former royal guard of saudi arabia was named in u.s. intelligence reports as part of the 15 man team that killed khashoggi. >>> cnn says it will not pay severance to fired news anchor chris cuomo. president jeff zuckermaking that announcement to employees and wished cuomo had taken a leave of absence in may when allegations first surfaced that cuomo helped his brother address sexual misconduct allegations. that's the news this hour. back to you. >> thank you very much >>> still ahead, apple service now and viacom, three picks from our trader in today's wild markets. the story and the trades are coming up next don't go anywhere. earn about co, the more questions we have. the biggest question now, what's next? what will covid bring in six months, a year? if you're feeling anxious about the future, you're not alone. calhope offers free covid-19 emotional support. call 833-317-4673, or live chat at calhope.org tod

former fda commissioner scott gottlieb echoing criticisms i heard from many others that the ban didn'ten buy us time, but it reordered geopolitical cooperation when it comes to public health. shouldn't we get rid of the travel ban to south africa given the levels of community transmission here now? >> yeah, i think many important points you just made that i want to reiterate. one is how indebted we are to our south african colleagues and scientists and how helpful they have been as we've learned more and more about this omicron variant. at the time that the travel ban was put on out of an abundance of caution, the goal, really, was to diminish the spread that we were going to have here and to buy us some time. and that is exactly what we did. we put the travel ban on in the place that had the most disease with omicron at the time. we are obviously revisit that go decision right now and, you know, we all anticipate that this will be temporary. >> final question for you. i think people are trying to figure out right now, what are we in right now? as a policy-maker, how do you define and

former fda commissioner, scott gottlieb, notified that the travel ban did not.it didn't even buy us time. but it did records show political cooperation in how we treat nations that do the right thing in identifying new pathogens, alerting the. world should and we get rid of the travel ban in south africa given the levels of community transmission that we have here? now >> i think the many important points that you have made need to be answered. one is that we identified the african colleagues and how hopeful they have been as we learn more and more about this omicron variant. we, at the time of the travel ban was put on out of an abundance of caution, the goal was to diminish the spread that we were going to have here. and to bias sometime. and that is exactly what we did. we did put the travel ban on in a place that had the most disease with omicron at the time. we are obviously revisiting that decision right now and we all anticipate that that will be temporary. >> final question for you. i think people are trying to figure out right now what we are in. and as

scott gottlieb says this, quote, the new guidance reflects a growing reality that we're going to have can't let it shout down society. the guidance comes as the country is seeing staggering levs of new cases. more than 500,000 new cases yesterday in this country. the average of daily new cases today surpasses the record hit back in january. the omicron variant now accounts for just under 60% of all cases according to the cdc. there are mounting questions and concerns about the variant's risk to children. pediatric cases in hard-hit new york city are up five fold. nbc news is reporting that the rise in child covid

. >> commissioner scott gottlieb. they're talking about the omicron variant. i want to bring in dr.e is associate dean of epic health at brown university. hi, dr. ranney. do you agree that omicron appears less severe due to the baseline population. dr. gottlieb said it was 80% baseline immunity. what do you think? >> it's too early to draw firm conclusions about the severity of omicron. what most of us suspect is that the milder disease that folks are reporting does reflect the fact that in south africa and the u.k. and now in the u.s., we have a large population that are vaccinated. it's saying they are going to be about a week or two weeks out from having firm numbers about how bad omicron really is for the unvaccinated versus for those who are vaccinated, for whom all the signs are showing that this will be a mild infection. >> speaking of the u.k., there is this new study out of the u.k. showing that mutations that make omicron able to avoid antibodies may also reduce how it replicates in the lungs and causes severe disease. what could this mean in the long term? >> so this is a

scott gottlieb, is here now.c contributor, board member of pfizer and illumina what's your take on the study from south africa? >> there's two studies out tonight. what these studies are is they look at the plasma from individuals who have been vaccinated or recovered from infection and then been vaccinated and see whether or not their plasma can neutralize the virus. so it looks at the immune protection from infection. we don't know how they will perform against symptomatic infection and also severe disease so they're very imperfect, imprecise measure what they show, which is actually quite reassuring, is people who got infected and then vaccinated had pretty robust protection in these studies. there was pretty good neutralization of the plasma of individuals who were infected and then subsequently vaccinated why that's encouraging is we believe that three doses of the vaccine, so a properly boosted vaccine, effectively simulates the response you get from infection and then subsequent vaccination with two doses

scott gottlieb. i do appreciate your efforts at the cdc.s, sir, and deaths or the cases, rather, they are again surging in the u.s. now there's this threat of omicron. what are the facts on omicron? how much is still unknown? >> it is, alex, shaping up to be a hard winter. we've already got a huge number of cases from delta. more than a thousand deaths a day, more than 800,000 people killed by right now in this country, and we've got flu season that appears to be starting, and it is inevitable that omicron is going to spread widely. that that's what's happening in the uk, it's here. it's spreading around the world. what we don't know yet is whether your vaccination can protect you from severe disease with omicron. it does appear likely that that will be the case for most people. get fully vaccinated, get boosted the moment you're eligible, and that is your best protection. we also need to mask up indoors again when lots of people are together. if you're concerned because you're older or your immune system is weaker or you live with someone

you were last on, i want to play his most recent comments tonight, the former fda commissioner, scott gottliebe board of pfizer but made some very interesting comments along these lines. we'll discuss on the other side. s we'll discuss on the other side. >>> delta is the immediate risk. and the tragic thing is there is a lot of people who are going to get infected with delta even still, and they may find that that immunity they have acquired through that delta infection isn't going to be protective against omicron. i worry about states that have low vaccination rates, high delta exposure and are confident right now or over confident because their prevalence has declined and that describes a lot of states in the south right now that could be vulnerable to omicron because they're relying a lot on delta immunity. >> that's an interesting point to a layperson like me that kind of delta immunity in a world, especially without vaccines is not going to leave you in good stead with omicron approaching? >> and south africa is actually already shown data on that, you know, what they have shown is that p

scott gottlieb on his book uncontrolled spread: why covid-19 crushed us and how we can defeat the next pandemic. watch washington journal starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern for our special series on c-span or on our new mobile video app, c-span now. we continue with their annual authors week series, all this week we are featuring top writers on a variety of policy topics. this morning we are joined by former democratic presidential candidate andrew yang, his book, “forward: notes on the future of our democracy." i want to start on the future of our democracy and young people on that topic. there was a harvard university-kennedy school of politics poll that came out that had headline grabbing findings. they found that 52% of 18 to 29-year-old in this country leave that democracy is either in trouble or that the u.s. is a failed democracy. 7% says that democracy in the united states is healthy. what are those results and what do th -- what does that tell you about the future of democracy in the country? guest: it should be a wake-up call where young people are saying that the system is failin