50 . We would ask you to try to increase your capacity 100 . Okay . So we now have 53,000 beds. We need 110,000 beds. If they increased the capacity 100 , that solves the mathematical projection. Right . I think its unreasonable to say to every hospital basically double your capacity. I dont think its unreasonable to say try to reach 100 increase but you must reach a 50 increase. 50 increase, were only at 75,000 beds. We still have a problem between 75,000 and 110,000. Once you secure the bed you have to secure the staff. You are going to have staff that are getting sick. And need to be replaced. You create these new beds. You dont have the staff for those new beds now. They just dont exist. Your staffing is to your number of beds. You increase the number of beds you need more staff. We are going to the entire retired community, Health Care Professionals, and who are licensed, registered and were saying we want you to enlist to help. Its not a mandatory directive. I cant legally well,
This is the real world. President obama is going up against a bad guy, a guy who will stop at nothing to stay in power, but it is anybodys guess how it will end. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the president has to win another big battle before he can go after the bad guy. He has to get the American People and congress on his side. The odds right now, not exactly in his favor. Here are the numbers. In the senate, 25 yes votes, 19 no votes, 56 undecided. In the house, the math no better. 24 yes votes, 119 no votes, 270 undecided and 20 simply unknown. The president , meanwhile, staking everything on turning those numbers around. This is hard, and i was under no illusions when i embarked on this path. But i think its the right thing to do. I think its good for our democracy. We will be more effective if we are unified going forward. Lets get started with the battle on capitol hill. Joining me now, two congressmen who couldnt disagree more about what to do in syria. Theres a twist here. Flo
Washington times report on how a former commander says nixing u. S. Ground troops damaging the international coalition. The daily beast asking can obama keep his generals in check in the war against isis. The final times writes, obamas isolation deepens over isis as the support split over isis. While the Pittsburgh Post Gazette says white house divided on use of troops against islamist state. The washington post, skepticism of obamas plan. And you heard that right here on the program last night. Press secretary josh earnest was asked about that last one this morning. And listen to his response. The president listens very carefully to the advice he gets from his military commanders. Theres skepticism of the president s plan. The headlines wrong. All they do is misinterpret chairman dempseys testimony. And the rest of the time they essentially they quote people who are either frequent critics of the president or people who supported the previous iraq conflict. So the more accurate headli
Former commander says nixing u. S. Ground troops damaging the international coalition. The daily beast asking can obama keep his generals in check in the war against isis. The final times writes, obamas isolation deepens over isis as the support split over isis. While the Pittsburgh Post Gazette says white house divided on use of troops against islamist state. The washington post, skepticism of obamas plan. And you heard that right here on the program last night. Press secretary josh earnest was asked about that last one this morning. And listen to his response. The president listens very carefully to the advice he gets from his military commanders. Theres skepticism of the president s plan. The headlines wrong. All they do is misinterpret chairman dempseys testimony. And the rest of the time they essentially they quote people who are either frequent critics who supported the previous iraq conflict. So the more accurate headline would be supporters of the bush war in iraq criticizing p
What did khorasan have 24 hours ago that it doesnt have right now . Were still assessing the effects of the strikes that we took against the Khorasan Group in syria. We do know we hit what we were aiming at. Some of it was their weaponsmaking capabilities and commandandcontrol. Were still assessing the effectiveness, the thoroughness of those strikes, and well know probably in the next day or so. How long have they been on our radar screen . I thought isis was our target in iraq and in syria. Now im hearing about khorasan. How long have they been on our socalled radar screen . Weve been watching this group khorasan for quite some time now. Weve been aware of them. Theyre a derivative of al qaeda, an offshoot of al nusra. While it may be a new name to many americans, its not a new name to the Defense Department or intelligence community. We know what theyre planning, and thats what led to the urgency of the strikes last night. What were they planning and has it been thwarted . They were