Reporter bright says that lack of urgency started with the boss of his department, health and Human Services secretary alex azar. He recalls a meeting azar chaired on january 23rd that discussed the coronavirus. I was the only person in the room, however, that said were going to need vaccines and diagnostics and drugs. Its going to take awhile and we need to get started. Reporter you were the only one to raise that . Yes. Reporter in your complaint you said that secretary azar was intent on downplaying this catastrophic threat. Why would he do that . I dont know why he would do that. Reporter President Trump was also downplaying the threat. He said this at an event in michigan on january 30th. We think we have it very well under control. W have very little problem in this country at this moment, five. Remember, the entire leadership was focused on containment. There was a belief that we could contain this virus and keep it out of the united states. Containment doesnt work. Containment
President trump says hes pulling the us out of yet another International Treaty. And European Countries face a tricky balancing act as they seek to reopen to tourists without driving up Coronavirus Infection rates again. I know china is planning to impose tougher National Security laws on hong kong following months of mass protests against the Central Government the draft law is expected to be rubber stamped to chinas biggest political gathering in beijing but activists fear it will be used to crackdown on hong kong as Political Freedoms and some are warning it will spark another wave of unrest catrina you reports from the chinese capital. On the eve of Chinas National Peoples Congress the announcement of the National Security law which criminalizes this. Foreign interference and the subversion of state power in hong kong. Could be shins intrigue hong kong is an inseparable part of the peoples republic of china the m. P. C. Is the highest organ of state power in light of new circumstan
Leadership. I am frustrated at a lack of urgency. I am frustrated at our inability to be heard as scientists. Those things frustrate me. ticking the physical world still is in charge. Ive spent, you know, 30 years trying to get people to understand that physics and chemistry matter, that you cant spin them. They dont negotiate. Looking back, mother earth was starting to clear her throat and make herself heard. Pthe highest temperatures since records began. And then a pandemic bringing with it the tragic loss of 300,000 lives worldwide and counting. ticking im lesley stahl. Im bill whitaker. Im anderson cooper. Im scott pelley. Those stories, tonight, on 60 minutes. ticking this portion of 60 minutes is sponsored by progressive insurance. Save when you bundle auto, home, or motorcycle insurance. Visit progressive. Com. Pelley Jerome Powell shook washington, wall street and the world this past week when he warned the pandemic crisis threatens lasting damage to american prosperity. As cha
You can be seated at the witness table. I want to introduce mr. Mike bowen. Mr. Bowen is the executive vice ameritech,f prestige which is americas largest medical surgical mask maker. Your story is a very powerful one. To my colleagues, mr. Bowen has wins i think, really he an award for tenacity, because over three president ial administrations, he has been banging on the door warning, asking for, pointing out the america has a dangerous dependence on Foreign Countries for products that we need here at home. So this is very important testimony and we welcome you. We thank you for traveling to be with us today with all the extenuating circumstances to travel. We are very grateful to you. So you are not recognized for your statement now recognized for your statement. And then you will hear from the members. I am sure both your statement will provoke questions and that you will get good ones from both sides of the aisle. I should add something here, and that is, this issue of our terrible
Mr. Burgess will you yield for parliamentary inquiry . Ms. Eshoo i want to do my Opening Statement. Pardon me. I already recognized myself but afterward. Ize you i never thought id be holding or that we would be under the sad ng circumstances, but i think its one. Essary pain. Untry is in americans are afraid. Sick. E theyre hungry and jobless. Nd over 80,000 souls have been lost. And the government that was supposed to protect them has failed. There are heroes and they have isen, extraordinary, ordinary americans showing courage, compassion, and a sense of and duty beyond what could have or should have them. Sked of regular americans have risen not. Their leaders have we are the greatest country on earth, and, yet, we have the cases and the most deaths in covid19 of any nation the world. Why . The inept, ineffective and extremely late to what was pond clear to many scientists and in ic Health Experts january. Hat basic delay cost precious lives and is continuing to cost lives. Theant