Tactics today our panel guests who have both backgrounds in Law Enforcement join me to discuss policing and america all right its time to prove your news i knew. The United States war on drugs was ramped up in the caribbean and eastern pacific with the u. S. Military targeting cocaine trafficking on the high seas meantime a new u. N. Report indicates that the amount of land being used to grow the coca plant in colombia has actually decreased so what is that all actually mean for that lets turn our to correspondent john how he was live in our miami studio with more on this so john whats going on. In the middle of the un office on drugs and crime as its called released a report on wednesday showing that the amount of land and you touched on this in the. The amount of land being used to grow the coca plant in colombia dropped by 9 percent in 2019 from 169000 hectors to 15154000 so thats basically the equivalent of 380500 acres heres the thing though while the amount of land being used to
To discuss this and more im joined by my guest Jason Nichols in l. The cut city is a professor of africanamerican studies and in new york we crossed to Margaret Kimberly she is the editor and senior columnist at the black gender report as well as the author of the book prejudicial black america and the president s all right cross up rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it ok was 1st go to margaret here in my introduction i said that race always trumps class and if you look at Mainstream Media particularly the liberal media that is the message you get over and over and over again now were remarkably we actually are still in the middle of the pandemic. Hands of millions of people have lost their jobs weve seen acts of congress and the inaction of a president. The people that have the most money are protected and now we have this horrific death of george lloyd which i think it was very i was very pleased that there was a universal virtually u
Redfield, director of the center for Disease Control and prevention and we thank you for being here this morning. Doctor redfield, to discuss the cdc and ongoing response to covid19. I also want to welcome the subcommittee members, Ranking Member congressman thomas paul andour full Committee Chair. I want to thank you to subcommittee members who are here in person as well as subcommittee members who are participating by secure video teleconference. Before i moved to my Opening Statements and because this is our first labor hhs and Education Appropriations Committee hearing with some members participating remotely, i would like to begin by offering a brief explanation of how it will work and in order to benefit those members and the public. This hearing room has been configured to maintain the recommended sixfoot social distancing between members, witnesses and other individuals in the room necessary to operate the hearing. Which we have kept to a minimum. Some members have opted to use
Order first welcoming our witnessdi director of the cdc we thank you for being here this morning to discuss the cdc and the ongoing response to cover 19. Also want to welcome the subcommittee members congressman thomas cole and the full Committee Chair. And the subcommittee members who are here in person as those who are participating by secure video teleconference. With my Opening Statement and this is the first labor hhs education appropriations subcommitteeapri hearing i would like to begin by offering a brief explanation of how that will work in order to benefit both members and the public. This hearing room has been configured to maintain the recommended sixfoot social between witnesses and members and other individuals in the room necessary to operate a hearing. Some have opted use video teleconferencing which allows them to participateat remotely. On those with videoconference once you start speaking there will be a slight delay before you are displayed on the main screen. Speak
Kimberly she is the editor and senior columnist at the black gender report as well as the author of the book prejudicial black america and the president s are right cross up rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it ok lets 1st go to margaret here in my introduction i said that race always trumps class and if you look at Mainstream Media particularly the liberal media that is the message you get over and over and over again now were remarkably we actually are still in the middle of a pandemic. Tens of millions of people have lost their job weve seen acts of congress and the inaction of a president the people that have the most money are protected and now we have this horrific death of george lloyd which i think it was very i was very pleased that there was a universal virtually universal reaction to this this is this was an atrocity but that seems so long ago when we think of the. The riots and continued protests and the actions of the presi