Dr. Anthony fauci says u. S. Coronavirus cases continue to surge because parts of the country did not follow cdc guidelines when they reopened. While European Countries have seen sharp declines. He was joined by other Health Experts testifying before a house panel. Talking] rep. Clyburn good morning. Let me welcome everybody. Today our select subcommittee is holding a hybrid hearing, where some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via webex. Since some are appearing in person, let me first remember to everyone pursuant to the latest guidelines by the house attending physicians, all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a Face Covering. Members who are not wearing a Face Covering are not permitted to remain in the hearing room and will not be recognized to speak. Let me also make a few reminders about hybrid hearings. At once and what is known as webex as grid view mode. On the other monitor, you will see each person speaking during the hearing
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the meeting has now come back to order. With us in i understand that admiral will have a hard stop at 11 ha 45678 thats 25 minutes from now. We will go into a second round of questioning but we will recognize that you will have to leave and we appreciate that. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Im going to begin the second round. Referring to while, yield myself five minutes. Okay. Thank you. Now, President Trump just tweet out a statement that im going to quote. In reverence to my chart about the comparing the cases. He says that the United States has far more cases than europe and because we do much more testing than any other country in the world. If we had no test organize bad test it would show very few cases. And dr. Fauci, do you agree with president s statement or too you stand by your previous answer that the difference is caused by multiple factors including the fact that some states did not do a good job of reopening . I stand by my
Independent counsel for ken starr during the investigation into president bill clinton he is in miami but what was your assessment stephen of bars testimony yesterday. Well i think from a legal matter didnt really break any new ground i think he tried to say all the right things and i think theyre looking stand he was very measured i think from a political perspective i think he probably won the day in the sense that democrats really try to. Beat on him from a political matter and they didnt really pin him down as well as they probably could have this question could have been better with a few exceptions. Barnes said hes independent impartial and a defender of the rule of law do you agree. I think he believes he is i think he has his view of the presidency and breath of the power of the presidency and i think hes supporting that view of the unitary executive i can see why people think that hes being not that that hes not independent because he is i think hes supporting the president an
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There with former federal prosecutors stephen den haag he served as associate independent counsel for ken starr during the investigation into president bill clinton he is in miami all right what was your assessment stephen of bars testimony yesterday. Well i think from a legal marriage didnt really break any new ground i think he tried to say all the right things and if youre looking stand he was very measured i think from a political perspective i think he probably won the day in the sense that the democrats really tried to. Beat on him from a political matter and they didnt really pin him down as well as they probably could have this question could have been better with a few exceptions. Barnes said hes independent impartial and a defender of the rule of law do you agree. I think he believes he is i think he has his view of the presidency and breath of the power of the presidency and i think he is supporting that view of the unitary executive i can see why people think that hes being