first thing that came to my mind was the movie twister. twornds and severe storms move through the south and southeast. we ll tell you where the storm system is headed next. the lead prosecutor in the case against alex murdaugh tells cnn what sealed his fate with the jury. and later. really excited to see senator cruz. excited to see ben carson. big names in the party and no one is bigger than donald trump but some other big names are going elsewhere. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. and we begin with extreme weather from snow to tornadoes battering huge swaths of the u.s. at least ten people have died as the powerful storm system marches across the south and into the northeast. four of those deaths in kentucky, in some places the storm brought winds strong enough to flip semitrucks, this is interstate 64 near lexington, kentucky, the driver says he s lucky to be alive. have a look at this, the roof of a church in ind
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here to react, taylor riggs, can cohost of the wig money show the big money show, and fox medical contributor, dr. nicole saphier. good morning. this is a really big study that they looked at over 24 years of time, and there s always been a disparity when it comes to life expectancy and overall health when you compare higher and lower income earners. what they re seeing is, yes, we have a longer life expect expectancy, but lower income is actually starting to decline, and the overall health is declining as well. why is that? 69% of all americans are overwight or obese. we know overweight or to bees. when you look at the lower income, why is their life expectancy starting to come down? they have higher smoking rates, they re less likely to use preventative measures, cholesterol screenings, mammograms, less likely to get access to health care, but also increased stress and mental
race can play a role, both structurally, and due to by the medical system. if we were focus on this one angle, the surgical outcomes finding, this is the most important question, obviously, what can be done to help reverse this? well, i think the when you think about surgeries and we think about even beyond surgery i think the two major two ways that we can improve health care for black patients, one is to increase the number of black doctors, and of doctors from other groups underrepresented medicine. we know when black patients see black doctors, black doctors just spend more time with black patients. in turn, black patients are more likely to undergo preventative care like cholesterol screenings, like flu vaccinations and other types of vaccinations. i would say that, you know, when one sees a physician that looks