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RFK Jr. grilled, soaring electricity costs, fashion legend dies

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Senators have tough questions for Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr and Trump’s pick to fill a vacant seat on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors. President Donald Trump pledged to cut electricity prices – but they’re going in the opposite direction. Fashion designer Giorgio Armani has died at the age of 91. And, we’ll tell you why the European Union is picking a fight with Big Nail Polish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey there from CNN. I'm David Rind with the five things you need to know for Thursday, September 4th.

0:38.3

There's a pair of big congressional hearings underway on Capitol Hill. First up,

0:42.6

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. We need unbiased, politics-free,

0:49.5

transparent, evident-based science in the public interest. He's facing tough questions from the Senate Finance Committee about his recent moves to limit

0:58.3

access to the COVID-19 vaccine and the firing of CDC director Dr. Susan Monteraz.

1:04.1

In the Wall Street Journal op-ed this morning, Monteraz says she was told to pre-approved the

1:08.5

recommendations of a vaccine advisory panel, which had been

1:11.7

gutted and newly filled with members who expressed anti-vaccine views. Kennedy told Democratic

1:17.5

Senator Ron Wyden, that never happened. No, I did not say that to her. And I never had a private

1:24.1

meeting with her. There are witnesses to every meeting that we have, and all those witnesses will say, I never had a private meeting with her. There's other witnesses to every meeting that we have and all of those witnesses will say,

1:30.3

I never said that.

1:32.3

So she's lying today to the American people in the Wall Street Journal?

1:35.3

Yes, sir.

1:37.3

Meanwhile, the Senate Banking Committee is holding a hearing to consider President Donald Trump's pick

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