With 200,000 Coronavirus Deaths, Federal Response Under Intensified Criticism
b'This week, the United States marked a grim milestone: more than 200,000 deaths from the coronavirus pandemic. Against this backdrop, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar moved to bar the national health agencies, including the Food and Drug Administration, from signing off on any new rules without his consent. Azar\'s sweeping declaration, called by some as a "power grab," would affect regulation of the nation\\u2019s foods, medicines, medical devices and other products, including vaccines. That\\u2019s according to a September 15th memo, obtained by the New York Times. We\'ll talk about the federal response to the pandemic and how the nation is faring in its fight against COVID-19.'