Hello, and welcome back. Im steve clemons. We are delighted to have you join us for the second hour of the future of the health care summit. I would like to thank the their support of todays great program. We are going to expand our lens in the session to look at policymaking breakthroughs and innovation in the face of seen and unseen challenges. Before we get underway, a few housekeeping notes. You can tweet us at thehillhealth. We are taking questions there. You can see i have a bunch here that have already come in. Speakers, beware. If you experience a problem with the livestream, refresh. It should be a quick fix. I dont believe them, but thats what they say. Lets get started. Im least introduce my first thethe health of secretary of health and human services. Alex azar has a breadth of experience of both the public and private sectors. His key focuses on health care and innovation, all assuming added significance in the coronavirus era. Thank you for joining us today. We have had
Its one of the largest dams in the world and its being so barely tested by the worst floods china has seen in decades the 3 gorges dam was once a school for great and National Pride but what impact of such mega projects have on people and the environment and how is beijing now we considering manages rivers this is inside story. Thank you. And welcome to the program im laura caro its been described as a once in a generation event floods have swamped large parts of southern and Central China after the worst torrential rains in decades many people of dead or missing whole villages are inundated a 1000000 of people displaced the Economic Losses in dollars all believed to be in the billions nearly 2 months of intense rains have swelled 433. 00 rivers with water in some reaching record levels trying to authorities or raise flood alerts and deployed soldiers to evacuate people and shore up levies seasonal rains a common in china but this year is flooding has been exceptional and early some en
Recommendations for the next pandemic. Several members also pay tribute to representative john lewis who sat on the house ways and Means Committee. Appreciate everybody joining us today. This is a terrific turnout, considering all of the activity and turmoil going on around us. Many of us are back in washington today. We are holding this committee virtually in compliance with the regulations for Remote Committee proceedings pursuant to House Resolution 965. This authority allowed us to continue to do our work on behalf of the American People, while keeping our staff, families, and the Broader Community safe. We have all started to become familiar with navigating this technology, i do want to remind members of a few procedures. First, consistent with the regulations, the committee will keep microphones muted to limit background noise. Members are responsible for unmuting themselves when they seek recognition or when recognized for their five minutes. Members and witnesses must have thei
It is extending its emergency Lending Program. Twoday meeting coming to a close today and fiery hearing on capitol hill between william barr and democrats. The hearing appeared to have more questions than answers at least that were allowed. Ag had a question of its own, how long will we let cities burn. Federal agents pulling out of seattle now. Other cities following on spike of violence. Gulleny giuliani this morning. Its all here right coming up. Markses this morning meanwhile look at this, fractional moves as stimulus uncertainty and economic hit companies are taking due to coronavirus, few losses on wall street yesterday, s p 500 up 7. Plus stores using facial recognition, what you need to know about information being gathered from your image. Mornings with maria is live right now. Global markets this morning are mixed, take a look at european indices with ftse 100 up 20 points, dax index lower by 15 points in germany. In asia overnight markets mostly higher, take a look, coronavi
Hello, and welcome back. Im steve clemons. We are delighted to have you join us for the second hour of the future of the health care summit. I would like to thank the support for todays great program. We are going to expand our lens in the session to look at policymaking breakthroughs and innovation in the face of seen and unseen challenges. Before we get underway, a few housekeeping notes. At an tweet us thehillhealth. If you experience a problem with the livestream, refresh. It should be a quick fix. I dont believe them, but thats what they say. Has a breath of experience of both the public and private sectors. Focuses on health care and innovation, all assuming added significance. Had a really fantastic forum and it wouldnt be what it would be without you. Let me start off and ask you, we have had various discussions of coronavirus challenges from the frontline, what is going on in communities, the debate around school. What i am interested in right now is vaccine. Vaccines. Vaccine