my guest is the soon to retire chief medical adviser to president biden, dr anthony fauci, the scientist at the centre of america s covid storm. what lessons has he learned? dr anthony fauci in bethesda, maryland, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it s good to be with you. it s great to have you on the show. now, let s start with that big statement by president biden. the pandemic is over, he declared. do you agree with that view? well, certainly, if you re talking about the pandemic as a widespread disease throughout the world, it s not over. what the president was referring to. but it s understandable how there could have been some varied interpretations of that. he was referring to the very fulminant phase of the outbreak when, for example, in the united states, we were having about 800,000 to 900,000 infections a day and up to 3,000 to 4,000 deaths per day. we are not at that point now. we re much better off, but technically speaking, we still are in the middle of a pande
including air defence systems. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. last month, president biden told americans the covid pandemic was over. a striking statement, given that us covid deaths are still running at an average of close to 400 a day. the overall covid death toll in the states has topped 1 million. on many measures, america s pandemic performance has been relatively poor. my guest is the soon to retire chief medical adviser to president biden, dr anthony fauci, the scientist at the centre of america s covid storm. what lessons has he learned? dr anthony fauci in bethesda, maryland, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it s good to be with you. it s great to have you on the show. now, let s start with that big statement by president biden. the pandemic is over, he declared. do you agree with that view? well, certainly, if you re talking about the pandemic as a widespread disease throughout the world, it s not over. what the president was re
been relatively poor. my guest is the soon to retire chief medical adviser to president biden, dr anthony fauci, the scientist at the centre of america s covid storm. what lessons has he learned? dr anthony fauci in bethesda, maryland, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it s good to be with you. it s great to have you on the show. now, let s start with that big statement by president biden. the pandemic is over, he declared. do you agree with that view? well, certainly, if you re talking about the pandemic as a widespread disease throughout the world, it s not over. what the president was referring to. but it s understandable how there could have been some varied interpretations of that. he was referring to the very fulminant phase of the outbreak when, for example, in the united states, we were having about 800,000 to 900,000 infections a day and up to 3,000 to 4,000 deaths per day. we are not at that point now. we re much better off, but technically speaking, we still are in
know of agents faced immense pressure that day, protecting the president from himself and the vice president from the mob his boss sent to the capitol. secret service agents feeling fearing for their own lives and they rush to get america second in command away from those chanting to hang him. the secret service acknowledging records were purged as part of a systemwide update. but today, based on a letter review by the new york times, dhs inspector general has informed the secret service to, quote, halted internal search for purged texts sent by agents around the time of january 6th so that it does not interfere with an ongoing criminal investigation. that s right. an ongoing criminal investigation. all of these developments coming to light thanks to the house select committee s quest for accountability. a number of these bombshells dropping during the panels primetime hearing thursday night. the committee, taking nearly three hours to trace what the associated press calls, q
huge. friday at midnight is the deadline. this is the last thing the piend administration wants as the economy is on an upswing this could have a big economic impact. pete, president biden is calling rail unions, calling rail companies in an attempt to avert the shutdown. what power does he have to affect the outcome and congress? reporter: many layers of the biden administration are engaged from the department of labor to the department of transportation. if congress comes into play, it could put into play a 60-day waiting period renewing a waiting period or could force a deal on both sides. the biden administration recommended big changes for these unions including pay raises, back pay from 2020 and bonus pay although not satisfactory enough for every rail union involved, jake. pete, tell our viewers what freight trains typically carry. reporter: we re talking about 30% of all the freight in the united states. we re talking about gas. we re talking about cars. the a