Today is Friday, September 5th. We'll tell you about an especially heated hearing on Capitol Hill

as senators from both parties grilled Health Secretary RFK Jr. Also, President Trump's new name for the

Defense Department and the storms that could impact parts of the U.S. starting today. Plus, we're

remembering a fashion icon, explaining how American Eagle's been doing since its controversial

ad campaign, and telling you how a nine-year-old skipped the lemonade and found a sweeter way to make his neighbor's smile.

Those stories and even more news to know coming up.

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I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being here. You're ready? Let's do this. It's being called perhaps the most combative congressional

hearing of the year so far. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was questioned by a bipartisan

Senate committee,

and senators on both sides of the aisle raised concerns about the direction he's taking with the CDC and American vaccine policy.

Right away, RFK Jr. defended his actions, saying the adjustments he made were necessary in the face of what he called a chronic disease crisis in the U.S.

His testimony actually came the same day the Wall Street Journal published an op-ed from the

last CDC director, Susan Monteraz.

In that op-ed, Monteraz says she refused to give blanket approval to future vaccine

recommendations from his handpicked immunizations committee and that she got in trouble

for insisting all recommendations be based on data, not ideology.

Well, RFK Jr. said,

none of that is true. He says he wanted her fired because when he asked if she was trustworthy,

she said no. At one point, Kennedy told lawmakers he did not know how many Americans died from COVID-19 and did not know whether the vaccine helped since he says there was data chaos. A Democratic senator

raised his voice at that point asking, quote, how can you be that ignorant? And a couple of Republicans

told Kennedy he was undermining President Trump, specifically the successes of the COVID-19 vaccine

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