rejection of splitting the vaccine in brazil to the conversation between present balls and our present trumpet. it was already under president bob in the us department of health and human services in his annual report in march of 2021 boasted about having used in diplomatic muscle to quote, persuading brazil to reject a russian over $900.00 vaccine, which he described as a malign influence detrimental to your safety and security. and, you know, i can on some level understand the logic of the, of the american officials. after all, they are not responsible for the house of the brazilian people. they're trying to do what they define to be in that country of interest. but what about those brazilian officials who are charged with protecting public house? is that okay, is it even the legal brazil to suck. com, to that kind of diplomatic pressure on public health issues? or the pool, but if you leave the brazilian, people certainly want the russian vaccine for going. good afternoon. i feel national congress has passed a decision that if the russian vaccine is approved by other countries, can be approved in brazil for they have to leave the view, the brazilian health regulatory agency.

us to do more, president biden announced today that america's donated more than 110 million vaccine doses to 65 nations. loyce pace, directorfor the office of global affairs at the us department of health and human services they will come from us as well as other countries who have made these commitments, and so is the president announced we are at 100 million and counting, there are hundreds and millions more, in fact, coming the remainder of this year and going into next year. as you are aware the g7 countries also made an additional commitment to share vaccines, up to1 billion going into next year but we know that it is going to take more and don't know that the us is committed to sharing its simplest doses as they come online at. we are working directly with countries as well as regional partners but importantly, aligning ourselves with the covax facility and so this collaboration that is really a co—ordination across the world health organization, unicef and others is really helpful to us because they also have mapped where the greatest needs are around the world, they been working directly with governments to understand what their vaccination plans are. obviously our agency like the centres for dis

booster shots for most americans coming in, in this joint statement just into us here from the department of health and human services recommending prepared to offer those booster shots. here is the deal. it would star the week of september 20th, prepared to offer the shots for all americans beginning the week of september 20th, just about a month from now and eight months after a person's second dose. if you got the moderna, pfizer vaccine, eight months from the date of that second shot. this is significant, affects a lot of people in this country. mike memoli from the white house, heidi pryzbla and dr. torres and azar. mike, lay out the landscape. not a surprise butofficial. what else can you tell us about the statement? >> reporter: you hit the headline, something we've been reporting for the last 24 hours but i think the rationale in this joint statement from the top medical officials across the government is significant in our understanding of where the virus is heading in this country. it starts by laying out the research that is well-known at this point that the efficacy of these vaccines over time is shown to

us today. the staff and volts who work at department of health and human services will be required to get a covid slow the delta surge and that the long-term plan includes booster shots for everyone. plus the president sells his giant agenda as a price cut for american families but there are signs of a democratic standoff over the price tag and the midterm election consequences. and the mypillow guy is having a very good no good week. his conspiracy convention disappoints even election skeptics and a legal case seeking billions in damages over his 2020 election lies is moving forward. we begin the hour though with some important changes in covid medical guidance. the cdc now strongly recommends pregnant women get vaccinated. and as early as today the fda is

us today. the staff and volts who work at department of health and human services will be required to get a covid shot. dr. fauci today said more vaccinations now would slow the delta surge and that the long-term plan includes booster shots for everyone. plus the president sells his giant agenda as a price cut for american families but there are signs of a democratic standoff over the price tag and the midterm election consequences. and the mypillow guy is having a very good no good week. his conspiracy convention disappoints even election skeptics and a legal case seeking billions in damages over his 2020 election lies is moving forward. we begin the hour though with some important changes in covid medical guidance. the cdc now strongly recommends pregnant women get vaccinated. and as early as today the fda is expected to authorize vaccine booster shots for people who are immunocompromised. dr. fauci today making clear boosters are likely forern down the road a bill. >> no vaccine at least not within this category is going to have an indefinite amount of protection. inevitably there will be i ti

department of health and human services. . thank you for joining us. rly, america is leadinthe world when it comes to donating vaccines, but it will take more than 11 billion doses to vaccinate 70% of the world. where are the rest of those vaccines going to come from? >> we are hopeful that they will me from us as well as other countries who have made these commitments. as the president announced, we are at 100 alien and -- 100 million and counting. there are hundreds of millions more going into next year. the g-7 countries also made an additional commitment to share vaccines up to one billion into next year, but we know it will take more and we know the u.s. is committed to sharing surplus doses. laura: president biden has called on americans who have not been vaccinated to get the job today. -- jab today. how does that contrast strike you as you are trying to get people around the world vaccines who desperately want them? >> it's an interesting contrast for sure. we know vaccines work though this is the message we are sharing at home. we still have wo

joining us now for more is doctor vanilla singh, former chief medical officer in the u. s. department of health and human servicesk you for joining us. i wanted to see thank you so much. i wanted to start off with if you could explain how the delta plus strain is different from this delta strain that we've been hearing about, yeah, absolutely. so you know, as we know, the delta variant is another mutation from the original covid-19 strain and mutations are expected with the viruses. many would say this is. part of the humdrum part of the genetic drift that we would expect. so, uh, the delta variant, the one that we see which is prevalent across the united states and much of the world, including brazil, israel, indonesia. india has been out there it is more transmissible this delta plus variant is really a variant at the sub unit level, also involving the spike protein and may in fact, be allowing. delta plus very into even have more transmissibility. uh, it's really early. there are very few cases. we've just identified 64 cases in the bay area and so much more has to be learned. but it is once again at that, uh,

and we have the selloff in bonds. so we're down there. bitcoin down 2,000 bucks. $44,000 that is the latest quote on bitcoin. we just got this into us from the department of health and human services00 of their health care workers. no timeline or deadline as yet. this followings the pentagon mandate for military people. we got the latest read on mortgage rates. good morning, lauren. what have we got. lauren: 2.7% t rose on the back of strong jobs data. the first increase in six weeks. 15 year popular refinance rate, 2.15. stuart: that is for the 30 year fixed, 2.87%. extraordinary. historically that is so low. lauren: even if it went up for the first time in six weeks you can't complain about that. stuart: 2.87 is 2.87. case closed. lauren thank you very much indeed. now this. >>> illegal border crossings at a 20-year high. the administration does nothing. the news this morning comes to us from the texas border town of laredo. the mayor says he is in the middle of a public health crisis. he says he has to bus 200 migrants a day to boston, houston. border patrol has not tested them unless they're sick. which means migrants, some covid positive are being distributed around the count

and other at risk individuals, us northern command will coordinate the details of all this with the state department, the department of homeland security. and of course, the department of health and human services as necessary. and it'll be providing provided under presidential drawdown authority to the maximum extent possible, with additional support being provided on a reimbursable basis. and as general taylor let you know, we have general van heard the commander of us northern command coming into the briefing room with you later this afternoon. he'll be able to provide a lot more context on that. that will take questions leader probably for the, for the general. the president has said he wants to basically get back at isis. how difficult will it be for the us military to do that type of operation, considering the lower number of troops and the difficulty in getting intelligence on the ground. and then i don't know if this is huge, or can you just talk about the number of people that will be getting process over the next several days? is that number going to gradually go down? do you have a number of people you think you're going to, or what's your full park estimate right on the 1st question

>> this is with us a long time scott and i both worked together at the department of health and human servicesea of public health preparedness and he was at fda to see what potential things could come down the pike. the reality is this is something we deal with every year. with effective treatments and people vaccinated, we can limit the problematic variants with delta, it is more transmissible. it could be as transmissible as chickenpox at this point for the viewer, bottom line, if you don't get vaccinated, you will probably get covid. if you are hospitalized, your chances of dying are higher as well >> chris, before we let you go, to the cdc study getting attention. based on the very small group, you know, province town mask during party week, do you read into the headlines it is like saying, you know, we took a sample from a week at mardi gras when it was raining and everybody was packed in a bar. seriously. it was party week. that is the data set that they had or they chose to use what is your take on that? >> i'm not saying people need to dramatically change their lives. what i will say i

it was already under president by then the years department of health and human services in its annual report. in march of 2021 boasted about having used in diplomatic muscle to quote, persuaded brazil to reject a russian cove at 900 vaccine, which it described as a malign influence detrimental to your safety and security. and, you know, i can on some level understand the logic of the, of the american officials. after all, they are not responsible for the house of the brazilian people. they're trying to do what they define to be in the country's interest. but what about those brazilian officials who are charged with protecting public house? is that ok, is it even the legal in brazil to come to that kind of diplomatic pressure on public health issues or the book. but if you leave the brazilian, people certainly want the russian vaccine in grafton, i felt national congress has passed a decision that if the russian vaccine is approved by other countries with can be approved in brazil, you have to leave the number of you, the brazilian health regulatory agency and visa kelly has determined many demands and requirements of the russian vacci

department of health and human services. cnn's amara walker is in ft. lauderdale. good to see you and earlier today the governor downplayed the increase of children hospitalized with covid. what can you tell us? >> yeah. this is just a few hours ago at a news conference. governor desantis claiming that the delta variant has had little impact on the children here in florida, but his statements conflicted that. what we're seeing from the department of health and human services that shows that pediatric hospitalizations due to covid-19 in florida is more than four times higher than it was just a month ago. here's ron desantis just a few hours ago talking about how all of this is affecting kids. >> some people, yeah, you hear a lot of stuff. does delta behave differently vis-a-vis kids and never had a minor impact particularly on young kids and the answer is in terms of the hospitalization especially we have not seen any change in that in florida. clearly, we're at the top of a wave here so you're going to see more cases and infections diagnosed. >> all right. so victor, there's one thing to keep in mind. generally speaking, the cumulative rate of hospitalizations, pediatric -- i'm sorry, cumula

department of health and human services, florida has the most hospitalizations of any state with more than 16,000. texas follows with 14,000. >>> nba legend charles barkley is usingelebrity to urge people to get vaccinated against covid-19 over the weekend, the nba hall of famer made an appearance at a vaccine drive in birmingham, alabama. the event, called get stuck with chuck, featured drive-through and walkup vaccinations. >> even if i said i don't trust it, i don't want the vaccine, i would get it because i would hate to see one of these kids get sick. >> more than 100 people got vaccinated at the event. >>> hollywood is mourning the loss of a legend this morning. ed asner has died at the age of 91 he rose to fame as the boss on the mary tyler moore show. he went on to star in modern classics like pixar's "up" and "elf," nbc's mark barger has a look back at his life. >> you've got spunk. >> well, yes >> i hate spunk! >> reporter: that's how most of america met ed asner the first episode of the mary tyler moore show in 1970 with asner playing the gruff but soft-hearted newsroom boss lou grant. >> if i don't like you, i'll fire you. >> right. >> you don't like

department of health and human services. good to see you. thank you for being with us again today.sk you about a louisiana headline that we've seen more than 3,000 louisiana children have tested positive for covid-19 in just four days. can you tell me given that children under 12 can't get vaccinated, what the danger of young children contracting covid is. is there a danger that they can die from it? >> yes, there is, ali. and it's into this pandemic response. we are at a critical crossroads. on one hand 50% of the population fully vaccinated. and on the other hand 90 million americans who have declined vaccinations so far and the choice of some adults to decline vaccinations has endangered kids who, if they're under 12, don't have that choice. that headline, ali, is reflecting the reality we're seeing right now. kids are vulnerable. they can get covid and can get very ill. we had 400 deaths in the country so far. they can get covid and other complications from the disease. kids being held out of school and trying to learn online and being socially isolated. right now we have to le

biden administration is diverting millions of dollars including money meant for vaccines to house migrant children in the us, health and human services department transfer. more than 30% of it was earmarked for vaccine distribution and planning efforts which hhs is the transfer will not have any impact on the white house vaccination distribution ever. today college football returns and carley shimkus spoke to fans at the university of illinois about getting back to the stands for the opening-day matchup. >> illinois versus nebraska. are you excited? >> very excited. >> i haven't been to a football game since my freshman year. i'm excited to get back to the stadium. >> reporter: kickoff is today at 1:00 pm eastern on fox and those are your headlines. pete: president biden's handling of afghanistan is not a surprise to some. sean duffy joins us on biden's foreign-policy. as someone who resembles someone else... i appreciate that liberty mutual knows everyone's unique. that's why they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. oh, yeah. that's the spot. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ you fo

department of health and human services inspector general said that it is launching a review of another facility. priscilla alvarez is joining uss have drawn widespread criticism. what do reports like this mean for the biden administration and what they are trying to do at the border? >> reporter: biden and his team are still grappling with the record number of unaccompanied migrant children who are arriving at the u.s./mexico border. to give you a sense of scope, in the month of july the administration was expecting more than 19,000 unaccompanied children. now, this is a challenge that dates back to the early days of administration when officials were scrambling to accommodate children stuck this u.s. customs and border protection custody. officials set up what they called emergency intake sites, known as temporary facilities overseen by the health and human services department. they opened up more than a dozen and today around four remain open. and two of those have come under heavy scrutiny including one in pecos, texas which in court declarations revealed poor conditions for chid undercookedg wait times for medical services

department extended its vaccines to cover a wider range of volunteers at va health facilities. notice the department of health and human services is mandating its 25,000 healthcare workers get a vaccine. joining uso put in place this mandate. >> pretty simple. we all have to take personal responsible for ourselves and for those we love. it's time that we do what we know is safe, protect everyone we can and so at hhs, where our job is health, we want to make sure we're doing our part. most of the people at hhs have been vaccinated. some of our folks actually provide direct line healthcare and so we want to make sure everyone who provides direct line healthcare is vaccine nalted to protect themselves, their co-workers and, of course, the people they treat. >> we've seen pushback in places across the country on vaccine mandates, what's been the reception inside your agency over this one? >> very receptive. because as i said, most of the folks have already been vaccinated. so we're not getting the kind of pushback you might see in other quarters. i think people here understand our job is healthcare. it's doing it right, doing it safely, protecting others. >> good morning, jonathan lemire, i was hopi

in 2019, the office of inspector general for the department of health and human services found the rebate model used by pbm's was at least a significant contributor to high drug prices. what reforms do you think we ought to consider in order to address this? i ask that, keeping in mind that some experts believe pbm should be required to have a fiduciary obligation to their beneficiaries. would this help solve the problem? >> thank you, senator lee. we believe the major need and necessity in this area in terms of reform is greater transparency in pricing, and the ability to pass rebates and discounts through to the patient's at the point of filling their prescriptions. what is going on here is we have a growing disparity between list prices, which are subject to rebates and discounts that are negotiated between a manufacturer and pbm. in those rebates and discounts then do not reliably find their way to the patients. we strongly believe in greater transparency. and your point about fighting chari sherry duty on the part of pbm is interesting. i don't we have a position on that but we will look closel

use mandates to encourage vaccine. holdouts to get the shots. this directive to nursing homes is not immediate, but it could take effect next month. the department of health and human services will have to write regulations to require vaccines as a condition of receiving reimbursements from medicare and medicaid. san francisco has already started to offer booster shots of either the pfizer or moderna vaccine to anyone who meets the specific criteria for immunocompromised health conditions. the city is following recent guidance from the cdc and the california department of public health when deciding who is currently eligible for this 3rd shot. so here are some of the current conditions that qualify you for this booster shot. cancer patients actively receiving treatment. anyone who has had an organ transplant anyone who was at a stem cell treatment in the last 2 years. people with immunodeficiency conditions patients with advanced or untreated hiv and anyone west to take medication that could weaken your immune system. so if you qualify based on this criteria you can get the 3rd shopping you do need to make an appointment at any san francisco vaccine site in order to get tha

us now. how are you trying to reach the unvaccinated? >> we have a program to the department of health and human services that we communicate the benefitstting the vaccine, encouraging local folks to got the vaccine to talk to friends, families and neighbors, to encourage them to get it, local doctors. when i'm on media i encourage people to talk to doctors, and i emphasize the local stories about people who've not gotten the vaccine who had severe outcomes or how the vaccine really helped our seniors. it is a process of continuing to educate people, encourage them. >> if you thought about giving them some incentives, we have some cash for vax programs in the uk, offering food if people get vaccinated. and you thought about that? >> i think it is questionable to offer people cash to get the vaccine. it is still emergency use authorization. the better route is to ask people to look into the vaccine and encourage them to get it. it is still emergency use authorization as we want people to adopt it because it will be best for their health not because they are being paid to do it. it is questionable to ask people to take money to do it. ash

us with more now. erielle, good morning. this is startling. >> reporter: it is, janai. as vaccination requirements pop up across the country, the department of health and human services says fake vaccination cards are pouring in daily. this morning, a new warning from federal health officials telling abc news exclusively they are alarmed about a dramatic rise in reports that fake vaccination cards may be flooding the market. >> we are seeing it be widespread and part of that is because it's being done across social media and e-commerce where anybody who might run into it could, you know, become a participant in it. >> reporter: authorities say they're concerned these fake cards are popping up at colleges like the university of north carolina. >> when i speak with students about the voluntary vaccination program, they personally know exactly how to get these vaccine cards and that they know personally students who have submitted these to the university. >> reporter: unc responding to abc news that students who provide false information may face disciplinary action up to suspension. this as multiple computer experts tell abc news it isn't just about fake paper cards availab

the texas department of health and human services to see if those positive migrants are being accounted for in the county and state numbers and the answer is yes. here's their statement to usral custody who test positive are reported as a case in the county where that facility is. that is obviously very important. it says dhs doesn't track covid cases by citizenship status and the health department does not have account of the total number of migrants in the state. it is in the state numbers. we check for head lago county texas to see if they have a pull particular spike. up next, the no-show from andrew cuomo. there is word that this governor skipped work. where we are at at this hour. ♪♪ (vo) the rule in business used to be, "location, location, location." now it's, "network, network, network." so you need a network that's built right. verizon business unlimited starts with america's most reliable network. then we add the speed of verizon 5g. we provide security that's made for business and offer plans as low as $30 per line. more businesses choose verizon than any other network. we are open and ready for you. at usaa, we've been called too exclusive. because we were cre