Welcome back. And joining me now is Democratic Congressman Ro K Connor of California. Congressman Kana, welcome back to Meet the Press.>> Good morning. Thanks for having me on. >> Well, it's wonderful to have you back.And I do want to start with the CDC congressman. President Trump's decision to fire the CDC director Susan Minarz just weeks after she was sworn in and after she clashed with HHS Secretary Kennedy over the issue of vaccines. Four other top CDC scientists quit in protest.Now, I had the opportun ...

So, Cheryl, Dr.. Manares was literally just confirmed last month. She was in her role as the CDC director for just a few weeks. How did we land here? I think that's really the the big question. How did we land here? What prompted such a big turnabout? President Trump praised her as, you know, a great mother and a great scientist. Um, why did Kennedy turn on her? I have to think that it has to do perhaps with the forthcoming report on autism. We heard the secretary tell the president earlier this week at a c ...

It is day 221 of the second Trump administration and this evening, fallout from firings at the Federal Reserve and Centers for Disease Control are in focus for all of us as President Trump tightens his control over the government. Today, Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor, he removed from the central bank's board, officially filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump, as well as the Fed board and chairman himself, Jerome Powell, over her dismissal. Tomorrow morning, she will have her first hearing in the cas ...

Uh going back to RFK Jr. . and the loyalty shown to RFK Jr. . how fascinating the cabinet meeting where president went on and on talking about his accomplishments.He actually talked about what happened with the development of of the COVID vaccine was in fact a great medical breakthrough and uh operation warp speed one of the most successful government operations in quite some time. And yet he says it and then you have RFK Jr. . who immediately starts firing people who actually would agree with that statemen ...

I want to bring in NBC's Gabe Gutierrez who covers the White House. Dr. . Kavita Patel served as policy director in the Obama administration and is an MSNBC medical contributor.Sam Stein is an MSNBC contributor and managing editor at the Bull Work. With me here in studio, MSNBC legal correspondent Lisa Rubin. So, Gabe, um this could be the shortest serving CDC director of all time.Uh Trump picked her himself just a couple of months ago. at that time he called her an incredible mother and dedicated public se ...

John Hman, I'm curious about uh going back to RFK Jr. . and the loyalty shown to RFK Jr. . How fascinating that yesterday's or the day before the cabinet meeting where president went on and on talking about his accomplishments.He actually talked about what you know what what other scientists and doctors have talked about and said uh that that actually what happened with the development of of the COVID vaccine was in fact a great medical breakthrough and uh operation warp speed one of the most successful gov ...

You'd mentioned that you were concerned about the rise in measles cases. You attributed that to vac vaccine skepticism. How do you reconcile that with your vote for RFK as the head of health and human services.Well, first let's note that RFK has come out and told people that they should be vaccinated. So that's easily reconcilable. He is now saying people should be vaccinated for measles.But I'll also note some positive things that the secretary has done. People were very concerned about ultrarocessed food ...

RFK Jr. said he plans to make substantial changes to a federal program that compensates people who have serious side effects from vaccines and protects manufacturers from being sued https://t.co/AnjcoCyrLF ...

Medical experts are worried about an aggressive move by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. . that could completely reshape the country's vaccine policy.The secretary, writing in a Wall Street Journal op-ed, announced that he's removing all 17 members of the CDC's advisory committee on immunization practices. That is an independent panel which consists of medical and public health experts who make recommendations to the CDC about who should get certain vaccines and when, including childhood vaccinations. Jo ...

COM. >> 36 PAST. >> THE HOUR.WELCOME BACK HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY ROBERT F KENNEDY JR IS DISMISSING ALL 17 MEMBERS. >> OF. >> THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.FOR IMMUNIZATION PRACTICES. >> THE PANEL. >> ACTS AS A KEY ADVISOR TO THE CDC.IT ASSESSES THE. >> SAFETY AND. >> CLINICAL NEED FOR VACCINES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.INSURANCE COMPANIES AND GOVERNMENT. >> ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. >> ARE.>> REQUIRED TO. >> COVER VACCINES. RECOMMENDED BY THE PANEL.>> SECRETARY KENNEDY ANNOUNCED. >> THE MOVE IN AN OPINION PIECE I ...