This hearing is just over two and a half hours. The committee will please come to order. Today we are hearing the latest update from officials about the efforts to fight the covid19 pandemic. We will have opening statements and then i will introduce the doctors walensky, fauci, nad and others. And i am glad to have you all back before the committee today. I know we will continue to hear from you as we work to end the pandemic. After the testimony today, each senator has five minutes for questions. Before we begin, i want to walk to the safety protocols. Through the safety protocols. We will follow the advice of the attending physician and conducting this hearing. We are grateful for everyone who was worked hard to get this set up and help everyone stay safe. Remaining members are to stay seated at least six feet apart. While we are unable to have the hearing open to the public, live video is available on the website at health. Senate. Gov. And if you are in need of accommodations inclu
The committee will please come to order. Today we are hearing the latest update from officials about the efforts to fight the covid19 pandemic. We will have opening statements and then i will introduce the doctors walensky, fauci, nad and others. And i am glad to have you all back before the committee today. I know we will continue to hear from you as we work to end the pandemic. After the testimony today, each senator has five minutes for questions. Before we begin, i want to walk to the safety protocols. Through the safety protocols. We will follow the advice of the attending physician and conducting this hearing. We are grateful for everyone who was worked hard to get this set up and help everyone stay safe. Remaining members are to stay seated at least six feet apart. While we are unable to have the hearing open to the public, live video is available on the website at health. Senate. Gov. And if you are in need of accommodations including close captioning, while we are not yet thro
Come to order. Today we are hearing the latest update from officials about the efforts to fight the covid19 pandemic. We will have opening statements and then i will introduce the witnesses, and i am glad to have you all back before the committee today. I know we will continue to hear from you as we work to end the pandemic. After the testimony today, each senator has five minutes for questions. Before we begin, i want to walk to the safety protocols. We will follow the advice of the attending physician and conducting this hearing. We are grateful for everyone who was worked hard to get this set up and help everyone stay safe. Remaining members are to stay seated at least six feet apart. While we are unable to have the hearing open to the public, live video is available on the website at health. Senate. Gov. While we are not yet through the pandemic, we are making significant progress. We administrate administered well over 200 million vaccines, over half the adult population has gotte
Based on the latest scientific evidence and we are working with our partners around the country and around the globe to reduce the burden of covid19. I am pleased to report that since january we have seen a consistent downward trend with daily averages of new infections, dropping 76 , hospitalizations down 71 . And reported deaths decreasing by 75 . This progress is also reflected in our data on the county level risk. Just a few months ago 85 of all counties in the u. S. Were experiencing high Covid19 Transmission rates and increased community risk. We are also keeping an r our commitment to prioritize Health Equity. Since march, we have announced a number of investments that center in Health Equity. These include 2. 25 billion to address covid19 related health disparities and advance Health Equity among high risk and underserved population. 3 billion on increasing Uptake And Equity administration particularly in communities hardiers hit by the pandemic. 332 million in Community Health
told president biden just the second catholic u.s. president met with the pope for an unprecedented 90 minutes. he also sat down for a fence mending discussion with french president emmanuel macron. biden telling president macron the u.s. was quote clumsy in handling that nuclear submarine deal that caused a diplomatic upa uparrow with the long time american ally. it has put his agenda on hold. for how long we ll see. also today, though, republican congressman adam kinzinger, outspoken republican critic of donald trump announces that he will not run for reelection. i stand in awe at the courage of the other nine members in the house who voted to impeach a president of their own party. knowing it could be detrimental to their political career. most importantly, though, i admire those everywhere that put their country above their party. joining us now, gloria borger, cnn s chief political analyst, and astead herndon, national politics reporter for the ”the new york time