and inside, the federal government s response to monkeypox. are they doing enough to stop the spread. let s get started. tonight, we begin with the details about what led the fbi to execute a search at donald trump s home this week, according to the newly unsealed search warrant, officials believe trump was in violation of three federal statutes regarding the removal or destruction of records, obstruction of justice and the espionage act. authorities and that removing 11 sets of classified documents, including some that were labeled secret and top secret. they were also papers described as sci or sensitive compartmented information, that s one of the highest levels of government classification. house intelligence committees sent a letter to the director of national intelligence, requesting a national security damages testament of the classified documents taken from trump s home. according to new reporting from the washington post, documents related to nuclear weapons were
monkeypox is proving that that is not the case. facing a massive vaccine shortage, the fda announced this week an emergency use authorization that allows health care providers to administer a fraction of a dose of the monkeypox shot. this will increase the number of doses available by up to five fold. but critics say, this strategy means that thousands of people disproportionately queer men of color will receive what s in effect a watered down weaker inoculation. earlier this month, it was reported that the department of health and human services bundled, getting monkeypox vaccines getting into arms earlier, because it failed to ask for stocks of the vaccine. it already owned the bottled for distribution. joining me now to discuss is joseph osmundson, a micro biologist, queer activist, and the author of virology essays from the living and the death, and the small things in between.
monkeypox was feeling. he had practice, and could not pass a bowel movement, and could not sleep at night. and people in hhs were telling us that this was a mild infection, and there was just this disconnect, almost seems like he wasn t listening, maybe on his phone. you know, and then, to hear him say, you know, we didn t move the doses. we didn t get testing scaled up. but you know, last month, he did a press conference where he said, oh, the federal government did all we could. now, it is on cities and states. you can t gaslight an infectious disease. and the secretary level that the hhs, really the only person, they are the pen holder. they are the person who the buck stops with them, the decision stops with them. yes, there s been problem within cdc and fda and barbara, but it is becerra s job to solve those problems in his failed to do so. we joseph osmundson, thank you so much for joining us tonight. up next, the rights hypocrisy when it comes to trump and the justice departme
joseph, can you start by laying out the timeline of the monkeypox outbreak here in the united states? and did the public health officials know this would be a problem, and when did the bungling begin? the bungling began at the first few cases that we found. you know, it is first principle in epidemiology, that if you are collecting cases for a disease that are not epidemiologically linked to one another, you are not collecting all of the cases that are out there. and so, there was this notion in the federal government that we don t really need to get testing up, and we are not seeing that many cases. but what activists were saying, these cases aren t linked to one another. we have no concept of the scale of this outbreak. and therefore, we need to scale vaccines and tests immediately. and there was at least a six-week delay on testing. and vaccines didn t move for a month after that, even as new york city celebrated pride that