. >> cdc director dr. michelle walensky and surgeon general vivek murthy were in front of the house select committee about the covid crisis to testify about the new subvariant, booster shots and other issues related to the pandemic. this runs an hour and a half. chair clyburn: without objection the clear is does designated to declare recess of the committee and time. i now recognize myself for an opening statement. this is a hearing of the select subcommittee on the coronavirus cut crisis. when we were established with the same in april 2020, we were experiencing the worst public health crisis since the 1918 flu pandemic. we were experiencing the worst economic crisis since the great depression. today, while there is still significant oversight of the response to the crisis for the subcommittee to conduct, the crisis -- as biden declared in his state of the union address, the coronavirus may no longer control our lives. this statement is based on sound science. recent recommendations provide mitigation mea

inside the cdc's emergency operatio center and our one on run with cdc director rochelle walensky. we ask her when will the pandemic be over and her new message on masks. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news” with lester holt reporting tonight from lviv, ukraine. >>> good evening from lviv in western ukraine. a key way point in a refugee crisis with dimensions that are historic civilians very much a part of this war, but reliable escape routes amid heavy fighting are growing harder to come by. wars can be defined by single moments in graphic images a warning, you're about to see one of them, video of four people including family members killed by a russian mortar as they tried to evacuate this evening a u.s. defense official says it appears russia's full pre-invasion force is now fully engaged in the fight yet, ukrainian armed forces continue to resist richard engel remains on the front lines here in ukraine and leads us off tonight >> reporter: russian troops are now on kyiv's doorstep, and they're trying to break in through a suburb called irpin. and this slippery row of pla

based on this, do you think the cdc director should reside? >> we are going to be asking questions, i want to see accountability, somebody is not telling the truth and we will get to the bottom of this. >> we did reach out to the cdc to get more clarity behind all of this and they say they routinely reach out and think the feedback from outside groups is helpful and sometimes they use the feedback to guide the final revision of guidance and ultimately said they want insight from the groups because these groups are the ones impacted by the guidelines. kennedy: these groups are not, not the teachers unit, it's the kids and they are not represented here. hilary, fantastic reporting. thank you very much. will had role for this dereliction of duty? running me now, fox news contribute post of the dominant podcast it is been, welcome back, then. this is problematic for a number of reasons. the amount of harm it did to kids having majority of schools closed for so long because of the cdc guidance, rochelle walensky director of the cdc set stakeholders

cdc pide precauciÓn en new jersey y new york, ya que los casos se multiplicaron los Últimos dÍas. reportera: alicia dice que esperÓ tres dÍas para hacerse la prueba. >> porque tenÍa un sobrinito con covid—19. reportera: los cdc advierten que ba.2 estÁ avanzando rÁpidamente. >> preocupa que esta variante es mÁs contagiosa que Ómicron y Ómicron causÓ devastaciÓn a nivel mundial, pero hasta ahora el nÚmero de hospitalizaciones es menor. reportera: segÚn el cdc, new york y new jersey son los primeros estados del paÍs en donde esta variante ya llegaron 40% en las infecciones. >> preocupa el aumento en los latinos. reportera: los cdc suena la alarma para estar preparados. >> no sabemos lo que va a pasar en dos semanas y hay que estar preparados, especialmente ahora que se abriÓ la economÍa y se relajÓ el uso de mascarillas. reportera: ya todos los estados pusieron fin al uso de mascarillas. >> tres compaÑeros de trabajo se murieron por eso. reportera: marÍa no estÁ de acuerdo. >> no estoy de acuerdo. elian: varios departamento de policÍas en california estÁn en al

that's what the cdc should have done for this country. told american public what to do and what i'm telling them to do is if you're over the age of 50 or younger than that and have important comorbid conditions, you should get boosted. >> you just referred to the fact that vaccine immunity can wane over time. should people hold off on getting second boosters until we move into the fall and winter when the transmission rates are higher? we're about to hit the spring and summer when transmission is usually much lower. >> except that ba.2 is on its way to the united states. if you look at case levels over the last few months, they've dropped dramatically, but they've stopped on a drop and in the last week, case rates in the united states have become flat. if we speak next week at this time, we'll be talking about how they're now starting to rise. ba.2 will certainly come to the united states. it's become the dominant variant already, but case rates will once again start to rise. now is the time, if you've been boosted more than four months a

and then cdc's final language was almost word for word verbatim of what the union said. i don't know any other groups, certainly parents groups, that got this kind of vip access and i asked the cdc director today in the hearing to give poe a list of anybody else that they gave this kind of access to the change the documents. >> laura: we have one of your exchanges. this is when you asked wa less thanski about the cdc's just plain involvement with the unions. watch. >> these were discussions that happened in the beginning of february of 2021, days after i entered into this position. we needed to get our schools open. we, in that context, engaged, as we often do, with organizations that are impacted by our guidance and our recommendations at the agencies. >> laura: first of all she's reading her response, she knows she's in hot water so you can see her reading it. second of all, the teachers unions we know from the chicago experience congressmen, they never want to go back. if they could stay remote forever, the croon onwould be happy to stay. just like your colleagues nev

elizabeth: the cdc working closely with the teachers union. the cdc says this is how we should be in doing school closures. what do you say? >> i mean i'm not surprised this administration has worked hand-in-glove with the teachers unions from day one. we saw them scheme to keep schools shut next year. they pushed and threatened about the different variants. this is something, let's not forget disproportionately hitting, hurting low income families, working women, who are not able to go to work when schools are shut down and so for all their talk of equity i think it is pretty rich it is rich that they represent families and their interests when they obviously do not. elizabeth: we hear you loud and clear. mem reports after member of a nashville school board caught on a hot mic, they were joking if they could attack senator bourne bourne -- marsha blackburn and set the senator on fire. that story is out there. your quick reaction on that? >> it is interesting parents are domestic terrorists and officials are advocating violence. school board m

inside the cdc's emergency operatio center and our one on run with cdc director rochelle walensky. we ask her when will the pandemic be over and her new message on masks. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news” with lester holt reporting tonight from lviv, ukraine. >>> good evening from lviv in western ukraine. a key way point in a refugee crisis with dimensions that are historic civilians very much a part of this war, but reliable escape routes

la medida contradice al cdc. reportera: desafiando el cdc, el asesor de salud de florida dijo que recomendarÁn que los niÑos saludables no se vacunen contra el covid—19. el gobernador de florida, ron desantis, defendiÓ la decisiÓn. [habla en inglÉs] >> con todo el respeto, los cdc no ha sabido llevar esto. han hecho polÍtica con la ciencia. reportera: la comunidad mÉdica no tardÓ en reaccionar. >> lo que sabemos en este momento es que es claro la importancia de vacunarse contra el covid—19. reportera: la vocera de la casa blanca dijo que [habla en inglÉs] >> es perturbador que hayan polÍticos que pongan a circular teorÍas conspirativas y siembren dudas sobre la vacunaciÓn. reportera: dijo que no hay una base cientÍfica que sustente la decisiÓn de florida. >> hay que recordar que en los Últimos dos aÑos millones de niÑos fueron afectados por el covid—19. reportera: los padres de familia reaccionaron. >> sÓlo debo escuchar al doctor. ilia: hablando de este tema, mÁs de 6 millones de persona

cdc drops the mask mandates. now everybody is silent. >> well, what they're doing is feeling out public opinion. that is what is driving a lot of policy right now and the american public are realizing data was never there for cloth masks. the only thing it really did was stunt the development of children. we now have kids who basically have been in a bubble for almost two years. almost every single child has been exposed to the virus. the cdc had a flawed study on masks t was debunked. it was never published in a medical journal. it was borderline fraudulent. it was so fraudulent, itver pee. that is the study they continued to cite. elizabeth: that is what ron johnson is upset about. he sent a letter to the cdc director. you knowingly use a flawed study to justify mask mandates for children. the study didn't look at vaccination rates inside of the schools. didn't look at status of that or covid infection rates. it was willy-nilly comparing apples to elephants. >> there were more schools in the study than there we

and then that's what went up as if it had been written by cdc scientists. so that's you know, the one extreme of political interference where they're just being completely railroaded. the biden administration it's been a little bit different in some ways a little bit subtler, but i think the end result is similar in that they got so far ahead of this conversation on boosters, you know president biden went up there and said boosters for everyone way before any of the federal scientists had had a chance to review anything. and so it's like a complete like they couldn't have done anything else. they had to authorize the boosters because otherwise they would have really created a lot of confusion for the public it would have shown some level of dissension within the government that would have been, you know, uncomfortable not just for the administration, but for all citizens, they moved to believe do we believe the white house? do we believe the fda? and so, you know one of the things that i've been really fascinated by in the last few weeks to months is that i

elizabeth: cowboy 32% said they believe the cdcs give them good information. 60% found cdc confusing but by the way, where has dr. fauci been? >> that is a good question. and again, how we pay him over the course of the last couple of decades. again this is a bureaucrat he has become a politician making a lot of money on taxpayer backs and when you see 6-dollar gas you see 10-dollar bacon this is what you're paying for your paying for fauci, you're paying for the bloated government program the cdc the ineffectual government bureaucracies that are only getting worse over time and not better. i do not know were fascias but clearly he has been wrong on many fronts for a look, which is something to be transparent shows all the data as it is with the mandate the effectiveness of the mandate show us the data of the vaccines. do your jobs. you do not need 22 billion year old to do that. thirty-six got it congressman garcia pleasure to have you on thank you for spending time with us. okay this story judge deals a loss of the clinton campaign lawyer and special counsel john term criminal prob

we've seen the data come in for the cdc's been telling that up. we've had millions of doses that have been deployed and i mean what, you know a few hundred cases of some very very rare side effects most of which resolve on their own right? i'm over you're probably more familiar with some of these latest numbers. yeah, other than myocarditis that very rare heart problem with covid vaccines. we haven't really seen many problems at all with j&j. there was that issue of blood clots and some young women, but they're all extremely extremely rare. so yeah, i think with covid vaccines we've definitely been very lucky and even with other vaccines i think of vaccines as actually much safer than a lot of drugs we take that have pretty strong side effects. but as you said, i think people just have this really strong psychological barrier against taking something when they're not sick. i mean we all sort of live with this hubris, right? it's not gonna happen to me. i'm not gonna get it. everybody else around me might but i'm gonna be fine. so i just don't want

for the cdc's review committees just to name a few. we expanded access to behavioral health with investments in the national suicide prevention lifeline, the mental health block grant and in certified community behavioral health clinic as well as a new pilot program to support mental health crisis respond teams to ensure that vegs experiencing a behavioral health crisis received the medical treatment that they need. in addition, for the first time in 12 years, we included funding for member projects to support hospitals and health clinics, mental and behavioral health projects, k-12 and higher education programs and job programs in our home districts. and now with the fiscal year 2023 budget before us, we are strengthening these historic investments in ensuring the seeds of change that we planed in last year's bills grow deep, strong and sustain roots. i want to be clear. my goal is to pass fiscal year 2023 appropriations bills on time, which means sending them to the president by september 30th. we have already had conversations and i

cdc has been closely track doing one —- tracking the lineage of omicron carefully has been in the united states about the past two months and has been fully increasing in proportion we estimate it represents about 35 percent of circulating variance nationally we are learning from our colleagues where it has had varying peaks of cases there is no evidence the new variant has more severe disease nor does it appear to be more likely to evade protection but it does have increased transmission in comparison to the micron variant that circulated this past winter over the past week we have seen a small increase of covid 18 cases of new york state and new york city and those that are in the hospital specifically where the variant has been reaching about 50 percent this small increase of cases in the northeast do something are closely watching looking for any indication an increase of severe disease from covid 18 to track whether it represents any strain on her hospitals. we have not yet seen this so far. nationwide, cases have been steadily decreasing since the micron surge this is good news but

the cdc and the fda will make available booster shots for people over 50 and for the immunocompromised. we have plenty of supply to ensure the populations can receive the shots. what i would say is if at some point it comes recommended that the full population requires shot we will need additional funding we've requested to be able to provide the shots for the broad population but we do have the supply and people will be able to go. first i want to ask have u.s. officials seen any evidence of the claims? >> we are in close contact and supportive of their efforts to engage in diplomacy and to try to reach the cease-fire. we are prepared to be helpful and focused on putting ukraine and the strongest possible position on the battlefield and at the negotiating table. we continue to provide security assistance and weapons to ensure they are able to push back on russian aggression and we continue to increase pressure on putin and russia by imposing severe costs in partnership with our allies and partners so we defer to the ukrainians to discuss the specifics but we are of course committed to

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leadership at the cdc position the union to impose line by line edits to the reopening guidance. d obtain such a wayce. ? well, in twenty twenty ninety nine point nine percent of the afp's donations went to democrats nearly $1 million. republicans got seventy five dollars and that twas from an employee of the twenty five biggest recipients of about cash forti our democratic senators up for reelection in tossups raphael warnock of georgia, mark kelly of arizona, catherine cortez masto of nevada and maggie hassan, snakey in new hampshire. heresh now is the top republican on that covid subcommittee, house minority whip steve scalise. congressman, this level of coordination between the democrats and teachers unions who have them in their back pocket. this is not science. this is politics. yeah,, and what we exposed through this is that it was political science, not medical science that cdc used to put their guidancere out on school t reopenings. and in fact, cdco was getting ready to come out with guidance that would have been more favorable towards opening schools. and then the teac

steve liesman. >>> still to come, the cdc dropping its cdc risk advisory for crispr travel. we will talk about that with the ceo of virgin voyages next. >>> and shares down 23% after ui path issues disappointing q1 and full year revenuguane idce the dow's down 207 stay with us amd. nikesh arora the cdc dropping its covid travel warning for cruises our seema mody with a special guest. tom mcalpin, president and ceo of cruise line company virgin voyages. seema, take it away. >> thank you tom, welcome to "squawk on the street." appreciate your time this announcement from the cdc clearly good news for this industry that has been operating under this travel warning for two years. but yi think there are question afternoon the demand story curious what you are seeing. what is the level of interest in cruising now compared to six months ago when you and i met onboard virgin's scarlett lady in miami >> we are glad to see that the cdc is finally seeing all of the hard work that the industry has put into it, put into making cruising safe. i said to you many times before, we believe cru

the cdc data shows vaccinations overall arcing. you think that we down? >> but if that, you know, >> i think what essentially happened is so many people saw the crime in the united states during the omicron certain. what that means is the hospitalizations came down not just in places high vaccinations, but in places with high immunity. and so i think at this point, people are like, well, you know what i need get back to that. i've seen on the monlca gandhi, ucsf infectious disease doctor says for those still on the fence about getting the shot, you can just one vaccine dose having natural infection really does extend your immunity, make it stronger. so i would encourage just one dose for anyone said action. and with the extra vaccine stockpile health departments are tracking millions of doses. going to waste the california department of public health says providers are asked to keep doses until they expire before properly disposing a challenge. he is. >> doing the better job. both messaging the importance of vaccination. >> doctor michael wasserman sat on

accuses the cdc of cozying up to teacher's unions. relying on them to establish school reopening policies. >> the damaging edits by union boss effectively kept thousands of schools shuttered across the country which locked millions of children out of their classrooms. >> did you engage with any parents' groups. >> we did. in fact, we did. i personally did. >> republicans hope anthony fauci would testify. wave could force schools and other venues to revert to old protocols. >> we should be prepared and flex to pivot towards going back at least temporarily to a more rigid type of a restriction such as requiring masks indoor. >> republican lawmakers reject that. >> we can't continue to live life like this. i mean, people are going to go absolutely crazy and bananas. >> it's not only the cdc facing questions. the fda bypassed its own advisory committee to green light the second booster. that panel doesn't meet until next week. it was described as a judge making a ruling and hearing arguments later on. bret? >> bret: chad pergram live on t

they won't be just a cdc discussion. it will be a discussion across all the different government agencies that have important stakes in this discussion. nada: dr. rochelle walensky, thank you so much for your time. >> thanks for having me. nada: let's return to the war in ukraine. the number of civilians dying is rising steadily by the day. the united nations says more than 800 civilians have been killed and more than 1300 wounded. and all over ukraine, every part of life has been disrupted, from the elderly to the newly born. here's jeremy bowen. jeremy: behind the statistics of damage and destruction are addresses like this in kyiv. and people like elena. she's here to see what can be salvaged from the wreckage of her daughter's tiny flat in a block that was badly damaged three days ago. look, she says, a fragment of a rocket. luckily, everyone was safe in the shelter. and in the kitchen, ellen assist the microwave, it's all gone. and there's another piece of rocket in the ceiling. even the shopping was burned. my daug

in a reason interview with nbc news, cdc director dr. richelle welinski said it is time for most of us to put the masks away. >> i would say put your masks in a drawer. anticipate you may need them again and home that we don't. >> reporter: she predicts, covid will turn into a seasonal virus like the flu. infectious disease expert dr. john schwartzburg believes we will get there but we're not there yet. >> we know that wearing a mask indoors keeps you safe. so that should be the default unless you have other assurance that the people you're around are not infected and won't spread the virus to you. >> reporter: there's still a lot of uncertainty about what the future could hold. the omicron variant continues to be the dominant strain in the u.s. the cdc is actively looking for others, but right now, it sees no evidence of new variants on the horizon. will that always be the case? >> it is impossible to say. >> reporter: an uncertain future. this man is certain he wants things to go back to normal. >> we just have to stop living in fear a

and importantly, importantly because people have in fact reported in the cdc's holding over a million of these reports now, sadly over million americans have been injured as a result of covid-19 vaccination. and sadly thousands of died after words. we deserve and have always deserved a full, fair, external review of the vaccine. we haven't had at the stakeholders in washington have had governments over our pandemic response have failed miserably in vaccine safety and efficacy and the path forward. but the virus has out mutated all the reaches of the vaccine and many ways the virus has been in charge of the entire time. thankfully were down off the back end of the oma chrome curve and i believe at this point in time we can manage our way out of it. final thoughts, you have a circle of medical freedom that you control. that is linked to your circle of social freedom in your circle oo economic freedom for do not the circle of medical freedom get broken or fractured but everything else will fracture. you cannot have something forced into your body ache and stir well whether it be a pill,

the cdc data shows vaccinations overall arcing. you think of lee down. >> but if that's you. >> i think what essentially happened so many people saw on the crime in the united states during the omicron certain what that means is the hospitalizations came down not just in places with high vaccinations, but in places with high immunity. and so i think at this point, people are like, well, you know what? i need get back to i've seen on the kron monica gandhi, ucsf infectious disease doctor says for those still on the fence about getting the shot, you can just one vaccine dose having natural infection really does extend your immunity, make it stronger. so i would encourage just one dose for anyone said action. and with the extra vaccine stockpile health departments are tracking millions of doses. going to waste the california department of public health says providers are asked to keep doses until they expire before properly disposing a challenge. he is. >> doing the better job. both messaging the importance of vaccination. >> doctor m

and cdc director key principle is leading with transparency. so you remember, of course, brian, i say it's it's really comical to hear the cdc talk about transparency and data in the same sentence. you know, first off all, the cdc ,brian, has completely failed entirely when it comes to transparency and being able to provide accurate data to the american people. peopl i mean, e.just this week they have quietly removed about seventy thousand guests from the covid death count that reduced the pediatric covid related deaths by about 24% and they're more accurate data collecting service, not the daily updated data trackerna but their national center for health statistics suggestsis tht number is probably even lower about 50% of what they have said pediatric deaths were. now this makes a big difference when you're talking about suchnu a small number of deaths. the nhs suggests about less than a thousand, maybe about nine hundred children have died from covid-19. that's out ofr over 1010 millin children who have been infected with the virus. but they

the fda and the cdc gave that okay. citing emerging evidence that a second booster dose improved protection against covid. however, some infectious disease experts in the bay area say they have concerns about this. >> i'm disappointed that fda and the cdc did not consult there respected advisory committee. i think that increases trust in the process. and i think that this is going to not of consumption. >> if you're over 65 definitely. if you're between 50 and 64, might. that might be steered more bite. you know where you're going, how much you're going to be exposed. >> so far, the walgreens and cvs websites have not been updated to allow the newly eligible to schedule that second booster. so just keep watching out for that. meanwhile, researchers at cornell university say a nasal spray that blocks covid infection and treats those already sick could be available in the next 6 months. their study discovered a small molecule that people can spray into their noses to prevent covid from infecting human cells. the bay area

next, cdc extended federal mask mandate for air travel. planes are safe and clean and is it even legal? lawmakers say no. take off the mask. thomas maffei joins week to discuss next. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ as a small business owner, your bottom line is always top of mind. so start saving with comcast business mobile. flexible data plans mean you can get unlimited data or pay by the gig. all on the most reliable 5g network. with no line activation fees or term contracts. saving you up to $500 a year. so boost your bottom line by switching today. get the new samsung galaxy s22 series on comcast business mobile and for a limited time save up to $750 on a new samsung device with eligible trade-in. hello, my emerald something. air travel hitting new highs, have you been to the airport? mask 50 right there with it but some republicans are doing something about it, there's a new lawsuit led by liberty loving kentucky republican, thomas maffei, he claims it illegal because congress did not approve and cdc doesn't have the authority to impose it espe

the announcement comes days after the cdc announced new guidance allowing masks to come off in schools so long as covid-19 transmission rates are not considered high. doctor galley noted california has the lowest pediatric hospitalization rate among large states. as we see where we're heading as we use both the new framework, the cdc provided as well as our existing framework. this feels like the right time that ssris weeks ago, governor newsome had said teachers unions requested more time before the state dropped the rule. the california teachers association released a statement monday saying in part reaction to today's announcement will be mixed. simply put while some students are ready to immediately remove their masks. others remain very afraid. the announcement also met with criticism from some parent groups and republicans saying states should not wait. the leader of the california republican party released a statement saying in part, california children have to wait 2 more weeks to finally be awarded the same freedoms that gavin newsom and his maskless celebrity friends have enj

the cdc reports that influenza cases are rising nationally. the agency says the increase again in the first week of march. it was virtually no flu activity during last year's flu season. when many people working from home and schools were remote. officials say the current increase is likely linked to loosening of the mask and those social distancing requirements allowing the flu to spread. they say as with covid-19 vaccination is best to protect against the flu. well, the slap in the face at the oscars is raising questions when reaction to a joke goes way too far. one potentially positive takeaway is focusing more attention on ala p shipped a medical condition which many women are struggling with. kron four's. rob nesbitt has that story. >> g i, jane to can't wait to see it. all right. >> it got a laugh from the audience. but chris rock's joke about jada pinkett smith sunday night, obviously did not sit well with her husband. will out no matter what rocks intentions were. bay area comedian victor pacheco says a slap across the face was uncalle

inside the cdc's emergency operatio center and our one on run with cdc director rochel

cdc did a big study, who is at risk for breakthroughs. older people who are over 75 for co-morbidities after they've been vaccinated and severely immunocompromised adults. so i would recommend that those individuals that can still breakthrough their great vaccines should continue to mask. but anyone else, your vaccines are holding you, and that is really the amazing thing about how well the vaccines work. >> and really quick, for those of us including myself with the small kid at home under the age of 5 unvaccined, what's your guidance? >> so, you know, they dropped this for child care as well and for little kids. and that's really -- we all know this, but the world health organization never recommending masking children less than 5. this was a cdc peculiarity. no child in the u.s. had been masked between 2 and 5. this is in line with world guidelines. >> dr. monica gandhi from ucsf, always appreciate your time. >> thank you. >>> what do you think of california no longer requiring masks indoors for unvaccinated people? p.j. tweeted, i'll

we'll ask the cdc director. welcome to world news america on pbs, the uk and around the globe. russian forces are hitting ukraine on multiple fronts, nearly four weeks into its invasion. one of the latest attacks — a missile strike targets army barracks in the strategic southern city of mykolaiv. a local mp says dozens have been killed. in lviv, which has been relatively unscathed so far, a russian missile attack has struck an aircraft repair plant. and fighting in the city of besieged mariupol has reached the city centre, where thousands of civilians are trapped and where at least 80% of homes are either destroyed or damaged. those who've escaped warn their city is being wiped out by constant russian attack. many refugees are arriving in lviv, where our special correspondent, fergal keane, begins our coverage. the sense of security here is ebbing. after dawn brought this — a missile strike aimed at an aircraft repair plant. nobody was hurt, but this close to the city, it's shaken nerves. guards were jittery, journalists shoved. "get your cameras away, or i'll break them,"

they need them to be high, so people older over 75, according to a cdc study, showing people at risk of severe breakthroughs are over 75 and people who are immunocompetent my spirit -- immuno compromised. liz: we are seeing two different approaches from pfizer and moderna when it comes to this fourth booster. if you can talk about those approach is and is there one that makes the most sense? >> yes, pfizer is asking for a fourth dose for anybody above 65, and that goes along with what i said, that the people most at risk for severe breakthroughs are actually over 75. the u.k. is only putting it for over 75, but they are most at risk, older people. moderna wants everyone to get a fourth shot, 18 and above. i do not believe that approach makes sense to it i believe the pfizer approach makes sense. you can get a fourth shot as a 20-year-old, your antibodies will go up temporarily, but they will come down after four, but you have a good immunity to protect yourself against severe disease. it is changing our understanding of what the vaccines were meant to do. they were never meant to pre

. >> was just over a month ago the cdc announced new guidelines for how to mitigate covid. for most of it meant ditching masks but in recent weeks concerns over a new sub variant have ware and wondering if we are about to see another reversal. with us here in washington is the u.s. surgeon general and six. welcome back to fox news sunday. if i can, i want to kick through some of the recent covid developments will put these on the screen. we are talking u.s. cases down at 95% from january. but as of this week the contagious new ba2 as many are calling at the sub variant is responsible for nearly a quarter of u.s. cases where we see surges in europe and we have even seen a few lockdowns in china samoa and elsewhere. do you expect a new wave in this country doctor? >> will trace, we look at what's happening around the world over the last two years we recognize when cases increase in one part of the world, that often leads to increases in other parts of the world. we should be prepared covid has not gone away there may be rises and falls in cases in the months ahead. but here i

and now the cdc is pretty doctor. swartzberg is encouraging people not to listen to politicians or public figures. >> but to talk to their doctors, i think parents need to talk to their pediatricians about the value of these vaccines. amanda hari kron. 4 students oakland will have to keep wearing their masks in the classroom through april 5th, the oakland unified school district says >> it's keeping the mandate in place because they're concerned about a potential surge after spring break, the mandate applies to all students, staff contractors, volunteers and visitors. the district will also be handing out rapid at-home covid test to the kids prior to spring break. happening tomorrow, san francisco and berkeley are lifting covid restrictions at bars and >> gyms, other indoor spots. people will no longer be required to wear masks and provide proof of vaccination. when entering indoor businesses in those 2 cities. but a negative tests will still be required. it, but they call mega events with more than 1000 people that i

the cdc was saying we are worried that there would be misinformation. if we put out the actual data, the actual data about hospitalizations and vaccine because we thought you might misinterpret it about vaccine effectiveness. that's your government at work and big tech is colluding with them and corporate cronyism. our job is to knock the knees out from under them and defend the american people and that's what we're going to try to do. stand up for the average american getting screwed by big government and big organizations. >> will: great to have you. democrats are admitting they don't care about covid. new york city's mayor's latest example. fox's kevin corke has the story. kevin. >> good to be with you. it's about dam time. in florida they've been that way for months. what took you so long. some of their reactions to new york city's mayor's decision to end the big apple mast mandate. beginning next week no more requirements for masking public schools and vaccination passports if you will at restaurants, entertainment venues and cultural venues. >> we

that's not what the cdc says. what do you make of that? >> florida has a disgraceful surgeon general. i think what is, what has become bundleantly clear, children do get this virus. most children thankfully will do fine with it but the cdc says we've lost about 1,400 kids to coronavirus, and thousands and thousands of children have been hospitalized. that can almost entirely be prevented by vaccination. even though there's some data that suggests children between 5 and 11 have had a bit less of a benefit in terms of preventing infection with this vaccine, the vaccine remains very, very effective preventing those children from serious illness. every child in this country should be vaccinated for coronavirus. the surgeon general has been anti-mask -- >> the surgeon general of florida. >> absolutely. the surgeon general of florida has been anti-mask, anti-vax. he's been discredit. >> thank you so much. as he defies the world and invades ukraine, vladimir putin sits on the world's largest stockpile of nuclear weapons. even bigger than the u.s.

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and 77% says they support the cdc's recent decision to relax recommendations for areas with low covid infection rates. >>> 21 states are suing to end the federal mask mandate on public transportation. all of the attorneys generals involved are republican, and the lawsuit was announced by florida governor ron desantis. the mask requirement by planes, trains and other forms of mass transed were extended by april 18th but the cdc indicated it is considering scaling back the rules. >>> days later we're still talking about it more high profile celebrities are speaking out after millions watch will smith slap chris rock at the oscars. it made after chris rock made a joke about jada pinkett smith's shaved head. the actress has beeng alopecia one day after the actor apologized for the now infamous incident, jada wrote on her instagram this is a season for healing and i'm here for it. >> i was sickened by the standing ovation i felt like hollywood is just spineless. you do not have the right to walk up on stage and smack somebody in the face because they said worst. >> carrey also told king he

so we've not really had much interest by the cdc to investigate what's happening and sort of piece things together. we do hear about blood clots after the second dose of the vaccine. and after the booster, we've heard about a number of complications we saw how they down played carditis and reduced on their week number of child deaths of covid by 25% they said it was a koatding ere error so vaccine complications has a lot of people concerned.

walensky of the cdc a bring up the fact she made cdc policy based upon what the teachers union it said. she would not back down. she would not back down. is the arrogance of the cdc, the fda and dr. fauci that really has destroyed the trust in american medicine by the american people by. >> tens of millions have natural immunity 81 -- 82% of the population at least one vaccination. people are getting it done up it already states have lifted restrictions new york city, chicago, san francisco. now it dr. fauci is back at it again saying we may need to have restrictions again for a variant that's fatal as omicron? or as serious as omicron it's hard to swear what he's doing and thinking. the american people out there are single look what you did to our livelihoods. look how you destroyed our jobs. look at your destroyed our families it is unfair and it is wrong what we endured for the last two years. doctor it should never happen again for. >> amen, amen a list that should never happen again it is unfair it is wrong. again these studies have shown these interventions don't do anything. our

as a practicing physician i rely on the cdc. the cdc should be the premier source for data, not just in this country but around the world and the cdc has lost so much credibility with the fact that they have had to disavow things, walk things back and change their minds on things. yes, some in the trump administration but in spades in the biden administration. there needs to be a little bit more humility dealing with a novel virus no one ever seen before. okay, you can get some things wrong, the public will accept that if you're honest and aboveboard but golly you have to be transparent about this stuff. elizabeth: that is true. naid or nih has not been transparent what is going on with some things including the origins of the pandemic. congressman burgess, good to see you. come back soon. up next, former president trump suing hillary clinton, suing the dnc, james comey, andrew mccabe, peter strzok and a lot more, allegedly falsely conspired to accuse him of russia collusion. he wants $72 million in damages. the details on this