That they short. This is a startling development in a battle that has taken it to washington as both sides are preparing to meet the politicians who have it out to regulate wall street. Welcome, everybody. Im neil cavuto. This is your world. And in case those big hedge funds were looking for trouble, well, they found it for themselves. Because theyre going to put up quite a stink, quite a fight that theyre no ones tool, capitalist or otherwise. Charlie gasparino has more. Whats happening here . Neil, the speculation in these stocks has farranging implications. The markets are going nuts. The stocks are up and town. Gamestop is down dramatically. Somehow the focus get on hedge funds following comments by massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren who thought this was a good time to crack down on hedge funds. She seems to have some support in congress, and some republicans. The Hedge Fund Business is fighting back. Theyre worried about restrict Tiff Measures from congress that curtails what
crisis. let s talk more about the covid aid because the white house is warning now without any additional resources the u.s. could potentially see 100 million covid-19 infections just this fall and winter. this aid has been stalled for months now. do you worry at all that it loses urgency, though, if the funding is separated from that ukraine aid that is very much needed? well, let s keep in mind what happened here. there was bipartisan negotiation between the democrats and mitt romney on the republican side to come up with a covid package, was not all that i think that we need. i believe, for example, it is extremely important that we provide global vaccine aid if we want to finally get control of this pandemic. but you re absolutely right, we need to have a real sense of urgency here. and here s one example why it matters. if we don t take steps right away to purchase the vaccines and therapeutics that are available, then the companies that manufacture these products are going to e
concerns of another omicron variant possibly taking hold? as i said a couple of days ago, i think many of my colleagues and i could not support a bill without global vaccine aid. global vaccine aid is the only way that we can possibly end this pandemic. without global vaccine aid, we are going to look at variant, after variant come over to the united states, disrupt our economy, and risk our health. i know firsthand, because three of my relatives died from the delta variant in india before delta came to the u.s.. then omicron after that. it is not only the right thing to do to help vaccinate the 2.5 billion people who remain unvaccinated today, but it is also the smart thing to do if we are ever going to end this pandemic once and for all. congressman, always a pleasure. thank you for joining us and sharing your insights. thank you. all right, still ahead, what
sanctions. so many issues that have locked, or frozen the russian economy that he wants to get out from under. i think you would absolutely welcome another president trump, or somebody who would help to get him out of the situation he is in right now as an international pariah. let me if i can, congressman, switch gears to another topic that is of important. one that still deserves a lot of attention. you are one of the co-chairs of the covid-19 global vaccine caucus. there is a supplemental package of new covid funding that is currently stuck in congress, and global vaccine funding is now in jeopardy amid republican opposition to it. wood began as a 19 billion dollar package has been drastically cut, and that vaccine aid may not make it into the bill. just out of curiosity, will you support a supplemental package with a global vaccine aid given what we are seeing now, and the