so, she'll be vivek murthy's boss. dr. levine's boss at hhs will, of course, be the new secretary at health and human services, xavier becerra. he was recently confirmed and will be sworn in soon. no republican senators voted for him at all, but democrats were nevertheless able to confirm him on a party-line vote. in order to become health secretary, mr. becerra had to leave his previous job, which was attorney general of the state of california. and there had been a bunch of discussion that congressman adam schiff of california, frequent guest on the show -- he had such a high-profile role, particularly in first impeachment of president trump. there had been lots of discussion that congressman adam schiff might replace xavier becerra, might be appointed to be california attorney general, once becerra got confirmed for his cabinet position in washington. well, today we learned that congressman adam schiff will not be going home to california to take that job. he will stay in d.c. as a congressman, and an important one as c

named vivek murthy. republicans held it up for basically a year in order to try to make some sort of scapegoat out of him for the nra. despite that year delay, he was ultimately confirmed and he served as surgeon general under president obama, he served as surgeon general, in fact, until president trump fired dr. murthy from that job in 2017. president biden has just brought vivek murthy back to be surgeon general again. he was confirmed by the senate last night. he should be sworn in soon. tonight, the senate also confirmed the official who will be vivek murthy's boss at the department of health and human services, dr. rachel levine was confirmed to be assistant secretary of health. that is a history-making appointment, dr. levine is now the first transgender official to ever be confirmed by the u.s. senate. the highest-ranking transgender u.s. government official in history. she will be the number two official at hhs. all republicans accept two voted against her nomination, only susan collins and lisa

tonight the senate also confirmed the official who will be vivek murphy's bos, dr. rachel levine was confirmed tonight to be assistant secretary of health. that is a history making appointment. dr. levine is now the first transgender official to be confirmed by the senate, the highest ranking u.s. government official in history. she will be the number two official at hhs. all republicans but two voted against her. susan collins and murkowski voted for her. dr. levine's boss will be the new secretary of health and human resources. no republican 1234er9s voted for him at all but democrats were nevertheless able to confirm him on a party line vote. in order to become health secretary he had to leave his previous job, which was attorney general of the state of california. there had been a bunch of discussion that congressman adam schiff of california, frequent guest on this show. he had such a high profile roll particularly in the first impeachment of president trump. adam schiff might replace xavier ba certificato. well, today we learned that kmap adam schiff will not

vivek ramaswamy.d media members who presumed the shooter to be white and then jumped off on their preferred narrative of this shooting being yet another example of white supremacy. why is this happening vivek? >> we li in a racist obsess moment. murder is wrong. irrespective of the race of the perpetrator and irrespective of the race of the victim. that's the most modern thing here. remember last week robert long a white shooter atlanta. six were asian and everyone assumed it was racism and race is the motivator and we don't even know and no evidence that emerged that race was at play. we don't know we should let it go to trial and let the facts bear it out. this week now someone in boulder not a white man middle eastern man shot 10 people all 10 of them are white and isn't a peep about racism. and again i don't think we know a thing about this shooter's motive. we should let the facts declare themselves out in court. the difference between those two situation and the apparent hypocrisy there the sile

well, president biden has just brought vivek murthy back to be surgeon general again. he was confirmed by the senate last night and should be sworn in soon. tonight the senate also confirmed the official who will be vivek murthy's boss at the department of health and human services, dr. rachel levine was confirmed tonight to be assistant secretary of health. that is a history-making appointment. dr. levine is now the first

join us is sandeep muthrani and vi vivek.hat came earlier in the week sandeep, let me ask you first. you have an ipo and why boax >> thanks for having me on, becky. because sometimes we don't take the path, the path picks you and in december we were approached by boax and other spacs. we looked at our plan. we've seen what we've accomplished in 2020 and we saw a path to profitability and we thought it would be time to raise additional liquidity and here is the balance sheet and make sure we have a path to profitability. sometimes the path picks you, you don't pick the path. >> vivek, let's talk about the opportunity you see here why do you think this is something that you can add value to >> thanks for having me as well, becky. i launched the spac a month ago and it was really to fuel the next generation of rocket ship we wanted to fuel growth companies. what we saw in boax was companies -- what we saw in wework was a company that had billions in recurring revenue. it's leaning to a gigantic space, which is the market leader

fauci or vivek murthy so he can see the science behind it.vaccine that's been developed with an administration that was not that truthful. there is a hesitancy there. we have been as transparent as we can. we've seen the president and vice president take it on tv. the safest thing you can do for your family, friends and especially your parents is to get vaccinated. and the sooner we do that, the sooner we can open this country completely wide open for everyone. it just gives us a chance to do what i think we need to do with a lot of people, educate them on how safe the vaccines are and hopefully lebron james will come around in feeling comfortable in telling everybody about his decision. lebron james has been such a socially conscious athlete, there's nothing bad i can say about lebron. he has been a superstar in the community and on the court. we'll take it as a chance to educate. >> good luck. i totally agree. i'm a huge lebron fan as i'm sure you are as well. i was surprised to hear him express that hesitancy, but let's see what happens do

the notion of combining environmental activism with fitness to help people when vivek fight up there on your followers. but the bloggers are ambitious to don't just want to collect crush they want to do something with. a lot of cash which we collect is the 2nd level least so for the next week even if it's anybody's i think. we'll have you know that i did and then you find a lot of last words we. use so we'd like to go and work them into it so you get out of the great no anger there in the company you got leave when you. don't really mean it would have been you well you don't let me bring in. selling the bottles opens up a source of income for these women when. however blogging is only one way of getting close to mitchell. said he's the setting the healing effect of woodland on the stressed out city dweller he caller just organizes food more the strongs to the books. no one to speaks out in the area there is nothing to be heard of the nearby megacity. airplanes. not that will make it romanticized which i mean often people who are sort of associated the walk to be. my attempt was to us

we have vivek murthay. surgeon general. many of us are encouraging other asian-american appointees. they are at different parts of the administration. i mean, not everything is the cabinet. but i will tell you that the administration has reached out strongly to kpek under judy chu's leadership. judy chu is doing a great job. and they have solicited our input. kamala harris has come and talked to us at kapec. i feel the asian-american voice is listened to. recently i voiced with the white house the rise in hate crimes on ij aen americans. >> congressman, thank you so much for your thoughts on these issues. we do hope you stay safe tomorrow and beyond as you tackle the people's work in the congress. thank you so much. >> thank you. thank you for having me on. i really appreciate it. >> all right. when we come back it's been a big day for the bay area. three counties moving to the state's red oopening tier. but what should you expect to see differently? we're iv a san francisco restaurant that's really invested in some high-tech ways to keep people >>> welcome back. a major sign of reb

vivek, i'm going to throw a few things at you, because i think you have a different take than the street'sore skeptconcept sclept skeptit you? >> we have to commend intel for thinking outside the box the new ceo comes with a lot of credibility, first-time experience in the history. and it would be really good to see a lot more semiconductor production onshore in the u.s., because it's such a critical industry but having said that, there is no evidence that intel has caught up in terms of leading edge manufacturing technology. number two, this outsourced manufacturing or the foundry business is a very different business than what intel is into right now. it's a very service-oriented business, and you already have an 800-pound gorilla, taiwan semiconductor, who controls 60% of the world's market share and probably 90% of the profits, because they are so good at this business and in the time frame that intel wants to develop new fabs in arizona, there will also be a similar in arizona so intel starting late in this industry that is already well developed. and third and very important reason,

vivek murthy to be surgeon general. they may also take up an extension of the paycheck protection program which expires at the end of this month. the house is not in session next week. committees will continue to hold hearings. after that, both bodies are out for the easter and passover holidays. watch the house live on c-span and the senate live on c-span two. >> next, journalists from politico, cnn, nbc news, and the washington post discussed what it is like covering the biden administration in its first 100 days. this is just under one hour. >> hello everyone. thank you so much for joining us today. i am the president and coo of meridian international center. as many of you know meridian is a nonprofit, nonpartisan diplomacy center founded over 60 years ago cultures leads to a more secure world and prosperous shared future for all nations. today we will hear from an esteemed group of journalists who offer an inside look how top white house reporters covering the biden administration and exchanging information with th

the notion of combining environmental activism with fitness to help people when vivek fired up their army of followers. but the bloggers are ambitious to don't just want to collect crush they want to do something with. a lot of cash which we collect. so for the next week. we'll have you know. i didn't find a lot of last words. so we'd like to we're going we're going to get out of the great anger there is a company government. you don't really mean it would have been you well. selling the bottles opens up a source of income for these women. however blogging is only one way of getting close to nature. said he's researching the healing effect of foodland on the stressed out city dweller ecologist organizers full moon the strongest to the goods. no want to speaks out in the area of south dead there is nothing to be heard of the nearby megacity. airplanes. not that will make it romanticized which i mean often people who are sort of associated the walk to be my attempt was use the silence and the sounds and just the feeling of being in a forest. that excitement that it gave people the sort

quorum call has been waived, the question is, is it the sense of the senate that the nomination of vivek hallegere murthy to be a medical director in the regular corps of the public health service and to be surgeon general of the public health service shall be brought to a close? the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? if not, the yeas are 57. the nays are 43. the hoation is -- motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: public health service, vivek hallegere murthy of florida to be medical director in the regular corps of the public health service and to be surgeon general of the public health service. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: i ask with respect to the young nomination, the motion to be considered be considered made and laid on the table and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. merkley: thank you. madam

they all stand to gain dpr a hard reset when it comes to semiconductor investment joining us now is vivek. he's a research analyst at bank of america securities. you argue in nip way this cookie crumbles of infrastructure spending, winners will heavily tilt toward semiconductor companies, semiconductor manufacturing equipment manufacturing companies and like why is that true >> thank you, tyler. i think there are twa pekts. we're in the midst of unprecedented digital transformation it will not just be a bridge or road or broad band li it will be a smarter bridge. the second the the competition to be more self-relieant and self-sufficient. we think it is a o as important as energy independence has been in the last century. both the aspects of transformation and competition will drive ithe u.s. i think companies like broad come are in the smarter industrial like texas instruments or automotive industries they're the basic building blocks >> before i get some of your favorite stocks in these various spaces, let me ask you a question about 5g. i don't know what that extra gx will do for me as

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vivek ramaswamy has thought a lot about this, he joins us tonight. thanks so much for coming on.een hearing this -- i mean, this is such a sad story a horrible story, but it's part of a much bigger story we've been told for the past couple of weeks, that these very real attacks against asian-americans are somehow a product of whites of premises. i don't think is an evidence to support that, i think it's kind of the opposite of the truth. why do they keep telling us that? >> what happened today was really sad and i think that we had to recognize that a tragedy was a tragedy today. it was a tragedy irrespective of the color of the skin of the perpetrator or the color of the skin of the victim and what this remind me of actually, tucker, a few years ago, section 2016, the killing at paul's nightclub, it was the lgbtq nightclub. initially right after it happened, president obama showed up on the scene and said this is an attack on the lgbt community and then-candidate president trump said the same thing. for the situations we have to wait for the facts to bear themselves out. that wa

vivek murthy to be surgeon general. they may also take up an extension of the paycheck protection program which expires at the end of this month. the house is not in session next week. committees will continue to hold hearings. after that, both bodies are out for the easter and passover holidays. watch the house live on c-span and the senate live on c-span two. >> next, journalists from politico, cnn, nbc news, and the washington post discussed what it is like covering the biden administration in its first 100 days. this is just under one hour.

senate has confirmed vivek murthy to be surgeon general, reprising a role he filled under president obamarthy was a coronavirus adviser to biden during his campaign and transition. the senate also confirmed shalanda young as deputy director of the office of management and budget. young, who was the democratic staff director for the house appropriations committee, is favored by many powerful democrats to lead the omb after neera tanden withdrew her nomination early this month. in other cabinet news, democratic senators tammy duckworth of illinois and mazie hirono of hawaii stepped back from their threat to block upcoming votes on biden's nominees who are not people of color in protest over the lack of asian americans named to top positions. the senators said they received assurances from the white house late tuesday, which vowed to add a senior level asian american pacific islander liaison. advocates are calling for the release of standing rock water protector steve martinez, who has been behind bars for over three weeks on contempt charges. martinez refused to give testimony before a fede

charles: before i let you go vivek, i think we have the video.you and the audience because it is absolutely remarkable. this is my wife's grandfather maxmilio santiago. really remarkable. this is, my nephew made this. just imagine to your point. i was going to tell you that because you have stood up that maybe you're a target. i would check on you weekly. i'm not sure if i would be talking to you anyway. it might be a a.i. bot or chad bot. >> i'm real. charles: thank thank you, buddy. now that we dove into this whole are artificial intelligence thing. we want to talk about the, whether it is terminator or not i want to find out who to make money on it. get your pad and pencil ready. we'll be right back. al advisors create personalized investment strategies to help you get back to your future. edward jones. i have the power to lower my a1c. because i can still make my own insulin. and trulicity activates my body to release it. once-weekly trulicity is for type 2 diabetes. most people taking it reached an a1c under 7%. trulicity may also help you l

the senate today confirm president biden's nominee, dr vivek murphey, as the nation's surgeon generaldr murthy has said that ending the coronavirus pandemic will be his top priority. he received bipartisan support with a 57 to 43 vote. this will be dr murthy second time a surgeon general. he filled the post during president obama. basement, obama's administration excuse me. a new pictures have now emerged showing the overcrowded border facilities along the us border with mexico. the photos were released by a democratic congressmen and they show children packed into one of the u. s facilities. summer scene sleeping on mats under foil blankets separated in groups by plastic partitions. the white house says that it is working with homeland security officials and the health and human services department to give the news media access to these facilities. we're working to finalize details, and i hope to have an update in the coming days. at the border itself. migrants continued to arrive, believing that the mind and administration will let them in. the white house is sending a team of offic

vivek murthy as surgeon general. the u.s. postal service unveiled a 10-year plan today to overhaul operations and cut costs. it calls for raising postage prices and slowing delivery for some first-class mail to five days, instead of three. postmaster general louis dejoy said it will help reduce $160 billion in projected losses over the next decade. in israel, voters faced their fourth national election in two years, and exit polls indicated no clear winner. the voting marked another referendum on prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who's also fighting corruption charges. some people cast ballots in airports and drive-thru's due to covid protocols. it could be several days before final results are known. search teams in bangladesh have recovered at least 15 bodies after fire roared through a camp for rohingya muslims. it broke out monday and burned into the night, destroying thousands of shelters. u.n. officials said 560 people were injured, and 400 are still missing. >> our front-line staff in the camp reported horrific scenes

health issue, that almost derailed president obama's nomination for southern general, a doctor named vivekically a year to make him a scapegoat for the nra. he ultimately served as southern general under president obama. he served until president trump fired him. president biden has just brought

the clerk: nomination, public health service, vivek hallegere murthy of florida to be medical directore regular corps. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion. we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 39, vivek hallegere murthy of florida to be medical director in the regular corps of the public health service, and to be surgeon general of the public health service. signed by 19 senators as follow- mr. schumer: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. those opposed nay. the ayes appear to have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 40. the presiding officer: the question is on the m

vivek ramaswamy. i'm listening to that and i see we remove content.o censor, section 230 that you think people on the right who feel have been many ways have been silenced could look to and say there is some progress being made? >> i don't think that there was meaningful progress at this hearing. to the contrary, this is starting to get old. every few months there is now a ritual where congressional democrats haul these ceos in and tell them they want to censor content big tech platforms that congressional democrats cannot censor directly. and if congress can't do it directly, then they can't deputize big tech to do it legally either. what big tech is now doing under the mantel of private enterprise is state action in disguise. if it's state action in sphwiz it ought to be treated by state action that means these companies ought to be bound by the constitution and first amendment. i didn't hear a peep about that discussion yesterday but that's actually where this discussion needs to go. in fact i can talk about they actually went in the opposite direc

vivek murthy solidified his recommendation as a trusted health expert. he worked to improve the health of people across the country and across the world. and in doing so has shown beyond a doubt he is the right person to see us through this pandemic as surgeon general. before he was a doctor, before he was a public health expert, dr. murthy was a kid growing up in miami florida, the son of two immigrants from india. he attended harvard university, yale for both his m.d. and mba and completed his residency in internal medicine at harvard medical school. his passion for public health was evident even as a freshman in college. that was when he co-founded visions worldwide, an organization focused on hiv/aids education in the u.s. and india. and since then, he has only further demonstrated his ability to lead and his drive to help people stay healthy. he also co-founded the project which empowered women with training to become health care providers in rural india. trial networks, a company that works to improve medical research and collaboration and data sha

vivek, thanks for joining us. come back soon. >> thank you.been forced to shut down a factory. susan: yep. stuart: this has got to be the chip shortage. susan: that's right, and it goes back to the suez canal, because some of those chips might be stuck on that giant ship right now. that's why nio has to shut down production for five days in its chinese factory. that means 500 less cars being produced in the first three months of this year. that mean ifs nio will deliver -- nio ever deliver less than 20,000. the new ford f-150 has no chips, ford already i'd -- idling kentucky, ohio plants. it's a big problem for them. in all, looks like $60 billion in car sales, stu, have been impacted because there isn't enough chips to go around. stuart: who would have thought that a chip shortage and a blocked suez canal would be the end of f-150 production at least for a couple of days in america. susan: yeah. stuart: wait a minute, don't go away, susan. porsche, i'm just reading the prompter here -- [laughter] subscription service, porsche drive is coming

vivek murthy to be senate general.also take up the paycheck protection program, which expires at the end of the month. the house is not in session this week, that they continue to hold hearings. next week both bodies are out for the easter and passover holidays. watch the house live on c-span, and the senate live on c-span two. >> targeting someone based on their race, gender, or religion is always wrong in our laws attest to that. the measure under consideration, however, victimizes women, and decimates girls sports. by federal fiat, the equality act creates discrimination against any american who is reasonable, sincerely held view of human sexuality and gender conflicts with the government's morphing ideology. this is not only wrong, but it endangers women's safety in locker rooms, bathrooms, and homeless shelters. >> my daughter would not grow up in a nation where -- as an example, in 25 states, she could be discriminated against because of who she was. that is upsetting to me. she could be thrown out of a restauran

vivek murthy, to be surgeon general.y also take up an extension, of the paycheck protection program, which expires at the end of this month. the house is not in session next week, but committees will continue to hold hearings. after that, both bodies are out for the easter and passover holidays. watch the house, live, on c-span , and the senate, live on c-span2. >> wednesday morning, the senate banking committee hears testimony from the treasury secretary janet yellen, and the federal reserve chart jerome powell, on the economy and cares act relief package. watch live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. ♪ >> you are watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government. c-span was created by america's cable television companies in 1979. today, we are brought to by these television companies who provide c-span2 viewers as a public service. ♪ peter: it was on february 24 of this year that the energy & commerce committee held a hearing on media and disinformation. o