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Will convene in the coming weeks to include members of the cabinet today, all the people on the stage there, and they will drive a whole government to unleash everything within our power, within their jurisdictions. the white house office of science and technology policy led by dr. eric lander sitting on the end there. i am calling on congress to fund my proposed research project for agency health. this will be a new kind of energy within the national institute of health, the nih, with autonomy ...

Colleague with disrespect, talked down to someone, i promise you i will fire you on the spot. >> i want to bring in now nbc news chief white house correspondent peter alexander. talk about the white house explanation for the lets say evolution of what happened with eric lander here especially given that president biden very famously made very clear, trying to draw a contrast with the prior administration. >> reporter: right. >> -- that you had to have a high level of personal character to work i...

Prolong the tale, as it were, of this curve longer out. and that means more people sick, more people with long covid, more people hospitalized, and sadly more people dying. >> dr. john fredon, really aproeshiate your perspective tonight. we do have some breaking news to report. a top white house science adviser, eric lander, has resigned. this comes almost immediately after a white house investigation found he had violated workplace policies became pub lilk. a spokesperson said while the inves...

Believes that this should be -- these schools should be following the cdc guidance which recommends that students and staff wear masks. we heard from jen psaki about all this yesterday. >> our advice to every school district is to abide by public health guidelines. it continues to be at this point that the cdc is advising that masks can delay, reduce transmission. >> so well be looking to see whether or not the federal government decides to change its guidance and looking to see if it updates th...

And trump talks s like a mob chf ordering a hit, hell say obscure things, do this, find this out for me, and the implication is clear that maybe hes suggesting wrongdoing. but it is not crystal clear. it is not criminal clear in the sense of establishing criminal intent. >> goodness. i mean, youre the lawyer. sounded pretty clear to me. >> well -- >> i dont know the law as well as you. paul callan, thanks so much. good to have you on. >> thank you, jim. a top science adviser to president biden...

Only guess. but a new report from alex thompson offers up one possible motive. it turns out that the white houses top vaccine pitch man owned up to $1 million in, wait for it, vaccine stock. his name is eric lander. he was confirmed at the senate for his role in late may. he subsequently defected from various stocks he owned in june as mandated. he didnt sell that stock until august 5th. as you can see from the chart on your screen, that stock has been falling ever since that day. pretty amazing...

Ukraines president after a face to face with vladimir putin and president biden and germany chancellors pledged a united front in response to any invasion. a top science adviser to president joe biden, eric lander, resigned after damning reports of his workplace behavior became public. he admitted in his resignation letter things he said crossed the line to being disrespectful and demeaning to men and women. john foley is stepping down to become executive chair. hes being replaced by former ...

Who treated colleagues disrespectfully, especially since he pledged to do so on the day of his inauguration. griff jenkins is live in washington with details. this is the first time a lot of people are hearing eric landers name and it is not in a positive light. >> griff: that is right. it is raising eyebrows. good morning. this is highest level exit from the administration to date, the presidents top science advisor, dr. eric lander who talked about masks and mandates. he is out after it was sh...

His department effectively. >> it was made clear to him through the course of the day yesterday i suppose that he could no longer lead ostp effectively and he conveyed that in his letter. the president accepted his resignation. >> of course just 24 hours ago she was facing questions about lander then. here is what she said monday. >> dr. landers record was thoroughly examined as a part of his confirmation and he received bipartisan support including final confirmation with a voice vote. >> this ...

Reprimanded more strongly given the presidents pledge first day in office to fire anybody who -- >> the president has been crystal clear with all of us about his high expectations of how he and his staff should be creating a respectful work environment. one of the steps we took early on in the administration was to institute a safe and respectful workplace policy in addition following the thorough investigation into the actions senior white house officials conveyed to dr. lander his actions were...