well, after that moment of silence, of course, i think i know that was the moment i lost my brother. i go back to a few hours afterwards when i had gathered all my siblings to my house, because i knew it was very bad. and i got a call from a firefighter who lived a couple doors away from my brother, and he said, frank, it s really bad down here. and i said, yes, richie, i know. stephen s on the list of missing firefighters, and i knew that, because i was searching already to get answers. and i said, yeah, richie, i know. he says, you don t know. you just don t know. nobody s coming home. and i had to walk into the other room and tell my three sisters and my brothers that stephen wasn t coming home. and stephen was our little brother. our parents died when he was 10 years old. he was as much a son to me and my sisters as he was a brother. and i ll never forget that moment, but we made a conscious decision to get off our knees, to get up and to do something, and we ended up
to the evolving challenges of the pandemic. bill: the details of that review will be released next week. among the recommendations, share information faster, do a better job of translating it and prioritize public communications. the federal government we re talking about here, right? griff jenkins live from the white house with more on this. nice to see you. good morning. good morning. you put it correctly. it was a stunning admission and surprise that after years of contradictory and confusing information by their own account, over masks, vaccines, boosters, over social distancing in school, closures, they said they got it wrong and she wants to earn back the public trust saying this. for 75 years cdc and public health have been preparing for covid-19 and in our big moment our performance did not meet expectations. my goal is new public health action oriented culture at cdc that emphasizes accountability, collaboration, communication and timeliness. a far cry what she w
morning after officials there is a nearly 50 chinese planes entered taiwan s air defense zone and an aggressive move. today s publication followed a show of force differently from the communist regime when at least 11 chinese missiles landed waters to the north, south and east of taiwan. secretary of state anthony blinken calling the exercises a significant escalation and a furious china has suspended the lead with the united states on issues ranging from climate change that military relations. all this after nancy pelosi s trip to taiwan which china calls an egregious provocation. president biden s response to growing crisis is raising questions. reporter: when russia was getting aggressive, the president without telling putin don t do it and now john is getting aggressive around taiwan and we are not hearing anything like that from the president. i beg to differ. we have been talking about our concerns about what china was preparing to do. i stood at another podium out
the way here. we will be joined in a moment. john: but first, a fox news alert, a furious china and military on high alert. house speaker pelosi s trip to taiwan is now over, as the world awaits the fallout promised by the chinese government. good wednesday to you. gillian: pelosi met with taiwan s president and other senior leaders during her 20-hour stay in taipei. reaffirming the commitment to taiwan s democracy and supporting the island militarily. critics say it does more harm than good in an already unstable region. john: communist regime planning a series of live fire exercises tomorrow. ten miles off the coast of taiwan. tennessee republican senator bill haggerty has expertise as a former ambassador to japan. gillian: aishah hasnie joins us this afternoon. how is the white house responding to china s plans? hey there, good afternoon to you, gillian and john. the white house is really trying to get china to not increase tensions any more, to not escalate the