Expert and contributor for the daily beast he is in new jersey garden in your opinion has this china under reported this cases of the coronavirus. Yeah clearly larry china has under reported coronavirus cases and deaths and it continues to do so so for instance this week were getting numbers 36 or 7 new infections a day but theyre not reporting any Community Transmissions theyre saying that any transmissions are from imported cases and other words chinese nationals returning to china this is a situation which is inconsistent with all of them modeling is inconsistent with the reporting that were getting from inside the and i dont really and certainly it is not consistent with the way this virus has acted around the world so i think that we can say with confidence that china is not telling us the truth about the crime of virus infections why why would they not one of a high and low why would they not tell us the truth if thats a great question larry and i think it has to do with beijing
Infections a day but theyre not reporting any Community Transmissions theyre saying that any transmissions are from imported cases and other words chinese nationals returning to china this is a situation which is inconsistent with all of the modeling is inconsistent with the reporting that were getting from inside the car and i dont really and certainly it is not consistent with the way this virus has acted around the world so i think that we can say with confidence that china is not telling us the truth about the crime of virus infections white why would they not one of a high and wont why would they not tell us the truth. You know thats a great question larry and i think it has to do with beijing trying to give the impression that china has recovered and because of that they want businesses to return to china they Want Congress inside the country to go back to normal levels theyre just trying to get back to where it was before the virus hit and that is the only explanation i can come
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And as part of our 50 state Capital Cities tou, we host good morning, its thursday, october 26. At the white house this afternoon, President Trump is scheduled to give a speech on the growing opiod epidemic and the federal response. Well talk about it today on the washington journal. We begin with a story from the 2016 campaign thats back in the news. New reporting this week tied the socalled dossier to President Trumps connections to russia to the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National committee. The president and his allies prove the dossier is a purely partisan document while some of the president s critics view it as standard Opposition Research that raised real red flags. We want to hear what you think this morning on the washington journal. Phones are open in our first halfhour, republicans, 2027488001. Democrats, 20 7488000. Independents, 2027488002. Datch up catch up with us on twitter or facebook. And a very good thursday morning to you. The story well be talking
News, the budget just passed. The president will be speaking shortly at the white house on the opioid crisis, hes expected to declare it a National Emergency. Well have live coverage when it begins. In the meantime a look at the opioid issue from todays washington journal. Rogers in in his 19th term in the house and represents the Kentucky District and is cochair on the caucus of Prescription Drug abuse. Later today President Trump will make a muchanticipated speech on opiod abuse about the epidemic in the united states. What are you expecting to hear from him in this speech . Guest i expect him to reiterate what he said more than two months ago. Opiod declared the epidemic a National Emergency. I suspect hopefully well hear the details of what he wants that to include. No one knows. Its 2 00 this afternoon. I plan to go. Host cspan plans to cover it. Guest good, good. This truly is an emergency and im glad the president now is moving him to the front burner so he draws attention to th