how did we get it wrong? nobody saw it coming. nobody in the whole world. who saw it coming? did the administration not expect that there could be moments like this one where you would have a highly transmissible variant? sure, it s possible. it s possible there could be other variants coming along. that s possible. what do you plan for? you plan for what you think is available, that is the most likely threat that exists at the time, and you respond to it. and i think that that s exactly what we ve done. and, for example, omicron is spreading rapidly. but the death rates are much, much lower than they were. this is not march of 2020. so there is reason for optimism this morning on the covid front, really promising news. the fda authorized the first antiviral coronavirus treatment in the u.s., pfizer s paxlovid. and three new studies from overseas suggest there is a lower risk of hospitalization with those infected with omicron compared to delta. we are watching these
well, in the months that followed these questioned appointments, the white house and the senate democrats that control the senate came to a deal where they made it much harder for republicans to fully buster. and so to some extent, the issue has been sidestepped. but this certainly does limit the future ability of presidents to unilaterally declare the senate in recess and make recess appointments. it will to some limited degree constrain the power of the president. mike doyle of mcclatchy, we appreciate your input. a reminder to c-span viewers that all of the cases we ve covered over the past number of years are available at c-span.org. so that wraps up this supreme court oral argument. if you missed it, we ll air it again later today at 6:25 p.m. eastern. we continue our series tomorrow with mccheckmccutcheon verse se. thursday we ll focus on warrantless mobile phone searches, and we ll finish friday with the sebelius v. hobby lobby case which deals with contraceptive
feet. construction materials must be allowed into gaza. and their access to gaza must be facilitated in a way that the phils israel security concerns. the united nations stands ready to lend its support in this regard. for years, the u.n. has been supporting projects under the monitornt of israel to the exclusive civilian use of andmaterials, entering allowing for successful implementation of crucial projects. reconstruction of the managed to do that is now needed can only be accomplished with the palestinian authority and private sector in gaza, meaning large materials are required to enter gaza. we stand with stakeholders on how it can be implemented. engagement of the the community will be necessary to help gaza back on its feet. we call on the government in egypt once a cease-fire is in place and conditions have been established. at theartened spearheading of reconstruction action in gaza. last week, i met with deputy prime minister in gaza. i appreciate he was able to en
[applause] we d take you to right now, president obama will give an update on the situation in missouri.erguson, i ve been following closely. our ongoing operations in iraq, and the situation in ferguson, missouri. with respect to iraq, we continue to see important progress across different parts of our strategy to support iraqi government and combat a threat from the terrorist group isil. first, our military operations are effectively protecting our personnel in iraq. they have successfully pushed back the terrorist s. meanwhile, we have provided arms and assistance to iraqi forces, it including the kurdish fighters on the front lines. today, with our support to my the iraqi and kurdish forces took a major step forward by recapturing the largest dam in iraq near the city of mosul. it fell under terrorist control earlier month and is vital to our objective of protecting americans in iraq. if that dam was breached to make could have proven catastrophic with floods that
fillings. they are in fish, certain large if youry fish, ahi tuna, are eating it. they are dismissed as not being a problem. but if you are in a genetically susceptible subpopulation, which is about 20% of boys, you can have delayed development in attention and memory and learning of about two to five years. so this is something serious. there are some real things associated with the environment that are a real problem. this is organic chemicals that are used. in bottles, all sorts of things. there is the production of them from 1940 to the present, and just exploding, there is no testing of them. you can bet that a lot of them are either carcinogens or there are problems associated with them. so it s not as though there was not a cost by focusing on something that is really a third an absurd issue, because we have limited resources. when we are testing and focused on one thing, we are taking our energy away from other things that are more real and more present in our lives