anderson, thank you. matt gaetz, he single handedly held up kevin mccarthy s election as speaker, you ll recall. well, tonight, he s threatening to do it again in a new battle on capitol hill. and he s here. i m michael smerconish. live from new york city on the day that president joe biden asks americans for another four years, the nation is at risk of a potential economic disaster. thanks to partisan and interparty politics in washington, the u.s. is scheduled to default on its debt as early as june. something that s never happened before. and if the nation defaults, that means massive job losses, almost assures a recession. federal benefits, like social security are at risk. interest rates, what you pay on your house, your car, your college loan, they all skyrocket. the stock market, it tumbles, drag with it your 401(k)s. i know what you re thinking. michael, come on. we have seen the movie before and we know how it ends. they re going to figure it out. just before t
old. the news continues. cnn newsroom with michael starts now. anderson, thank. you matt gates, he singlehandedly held up kevin mccarthy s election as speaker, you ll recall, well tonight he is threatening to do it again in a new battle on capitol hill. and, he is here. i m michael, live from new york city, on the day the president joe biden asked americans for another four years. the nation is at risk of a potential economic disaster. thanks to partisan and intra party politics in washington, the u.s. is scheduled to default on its debt, as early as june. something that has never happened before. , and if the nation default, that means massive job losses, almost usher as a recession. federal benefits like social security are at risk, interest rates, what do you pay out of your house, your car, your college loan, they all skyrocket. the stock market, it tumbles, dragging with it your 401 case. i know what you re thinking. you re thinking, michael, we ve seen the movie before.
Waste water. so, every embassy, every counselor should be monitored during their wastewater. we should know what is circulating around the globe. and, we should be telling americans what is circulating around the united states, whether it s rsp, covid, or the flu. it was their adequate concern paid to the mental health consequences of the policies that we implemented? i get there was concern about physical health, in retrospect, i can t help but wonder if we underestimated the cause of all of, this the impact that this was going to have on mental health of americans of all ages. i m so glad you asked that michael, because what is frustrating to me is the nih, what sense, a pet together an excellent report in june and july of 2020. they talked about the mental health of our young people and how it was deteriorating, and noted all of the increase the are visits, suicidal idealization. this was june of 2020. i sent that report to the cdc,
Should be monitoring their waste water. we should know what is circulating around the globe and we should be telling americans what s circulating in the united states, whether it s rsv, covid, or the flu. was there adequate concern paid to the mental health consequences of the policies that we implemented? i get that there was concern about physical health. in retrospect i can t help but wonder if we underestimated the cause of all of this, the impact that this was going to have on mental health of americans of all ages. i m so glad you asked that, michael. because what was frustrating to me on the nih put together an excellent report in june and july of 2020 that talked about the mental health of our young people and how it was deteriorating and noted all of the increased e.r. visits, suicidal ideations. this was june of the 2020.
The covid pandemic, the question remains, are we prepared for the next one? the latest assessment from the leading panel of public health experts, federal advisers, is a resounding no. the 34 member covid crisis group, just issued a sobering look at how the pandemic expose the, quote, collective national incompetence in government. the figures, they speak for themselves. the report found that about a half of 1 million americans may have died unnecessarily of covid-19. the u.s. government spent five trillion dollars to deal with the pandemic, when better preparedness could ve saved lives and money. and, the failure to managed the nation, in cohesive and underfunded health care system, in part, lead to the highest reported covid death toll in the world. joining me now former trump white house, covid response coordinator, dr. deborah birx. dr. birx, thank you for being here. is our bigger problem going forward, a lack of scientific