Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett. And I'm Omnavaz on the news hour tonight. Do you think the vaccine

did anything to prevent additional deaths? Again, I would like to see the data. Secretary Robert

F. Kennedy Jr. is scrutinized by a Senate committee over his controversial

vaccine policies and the shake-up at the CDC. A new war on drug cartels, the legal and diplomatic

questions about military strikes on boats suspected of carrying drugs bound for the U.S.

And the parents of a Texas flood victim open up about their loss and the state legislature's

plans to avoid future disasters.

Camp is wonderful and fun, but just like most places we send our children, there has to be

training, know what to do in the event of an emergency.

Go to make News Hour. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was grilled during a

contentious three-hour hearing

before the Senate Finance Committee today. Senators pressed Kennedy on his stance toward vaccines,

questioning whether his actions have restricted access and undermine trust in longstanding

public health data and institutions. The hearing turned combative at times, with Kennedy clashing directly with

several lawmakers. The confrontation came just a week after his controversial decision to fire the

director of the CDC. Lisa Desjardin leads our coverage now from Capitol Hill.

In a small Senate hearing room, you are a hazard to the health of the American people.

High stakes fireworks.

I never said that. You're making it. You're twisting. Yeah, you are.

You are being dishonest right now.

As health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. faced his first hearing since being in the job.

And since Kennedy upended the Centers for Disease Control,

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