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Years. some of them lost their own lives while saving the lives of other americans during a deadly and pandemic. tonight, as the son of an asian doctor. as the brother-in-law of an asian american physician whos been selflessly treating dozens of covid patients over the past two years, and as a relatively newly minted asian american myself, i want us all to be tributes are asian american doctors. and these are doctors who are not just fighting covid in hospitals, but also to public policy level. ...

Lives while saving the lives of other americans during a deadly, ongoing pandemic. tonight, as the son of an asian doctor. as the brother-in-law of an asian american physician whos been selflessly treating dozens of covid patients over the past two years, and as a relatively newly minted asian american myself, i want us all to be paying tribute to asian american doctors. and these are doctors who are not just fighting covid in hospitals, but also to public policy level. think of people like ashi...

The white house says this scenario is different given that 220 million americans are fully vaccinated with another 100 million now boosted. we now have therapeutic drugs which do have the potential to game-change when it comes to treatments. this morning, the white house has announced its secured the antiviral pill. joining us this morning is the biden administrations new covid response coordinator, dr. ashish jha, someone that our audience is widely familiar with as weve talked to you so much d...

Mother nature throws another curve ball at us. >> i know thats why you guys have been calling on congress to pass more covid-19 funding. well continue to follow that on capitol hill. dr. jha, thank you so much for joining us this morning. >> thank you. we have more on the breaking news out of ukraine as well this morning, with russia intensifying its attacks in the east, as the u.s. is ramping up its rhetoric. plus, see what happened in court when johnny depp was confronted with some of his ...

But how do we also continue to protect americans. >> how long do you expect that rule to be in place? >> you know, we have not made any assessment. that is an assessment that the cdc makes. so the cdc scientists will continue to look at that and make determinations. >> dr. jha, you said every four to six months since the pandemic, weve seen surgence of a variant. delta, omicron, that have caused these disruptions. are you watching for the next variant right now? >> were definitely monitoring the...

There really is little benefit, and in fact, you are at greater risk of developing a side effect from aspirin, which is bleeding. aspirin is a blood thinner and the side effect of a blood thinner is bleeding, than you are to obtain a benefit from actually taking the medicine, and avoiding a heart attack or a stroke. the other group of people who take aspirin for secondary prevention, preventing another event are the people i take care of every day. people who have had heart attacks, people who h...

Immediately. lets vote on the ambassador, lets open the embassy, and then lets locate a defense attache at that facility or in the country operating out of that embassy. but i do agree with congresswoman sparks who incidentally has shown incredible leadership on behalf of her own constituents and the broader ukrainian american diaspora. >> and happens to be a fellow hoosier. todd young of indiana, thank you so much. appreciate your time today. >> coming up, there very first white house covid res...

>> my expectation is its going to happen in the next couple months. >> people want to make summer plans. >> i understand. thats my mental model, its going to happen in the next couple months. if you look at the timeline of how weve done that in the past, thats been the timeline. im expecting that to be, again, what happens here. very hard to prejudge a specific date and time. we really have to let them do their work. we want to be fast but we want to be right. >> dr. ashish jha, nice to see you ...

>> i mean, again, my expectation is that its going to happen within the next couple of months. >> people want to make summer plans. >> i understand. thats my mental model, its going to happen in the next couple months. if you look at the timeline of how weve done that in the past, thats been the timeline. im expecting that to be, again, what happens here. very hard to prejudge a specific date and time. we really have to let them do their work. we want to be fast but we want to be right. >> dr. a...

Welcome back to "state of the union." its covid fatigue versus covid frustration. two plus years into the pandemic, masks are off pretty much everywhere, including planes, trains, buses, after a federal judge ruled that that is possible. but as a new variant is driving case counts higher again, is the new normal here to stay? with me to talk about that is dr. ashish jha, the biden administrations new coronavirus response coordinator. thank you so much for being here, i should say, because its yo...