what is sure to be a heated election year debate. meanwhile, our out-of-control health care costs continue to climb. no other nation spends more than 12% of its economy on health care. america spends 17%. what is more, we don t benefit from the huge price tag. the standard measurement ranked 29th in the world. our mortality rate is twice that of sweden and japan. so what is our problem? in this hour in a time magazine essay, we will take you around the world to find out what lessons we can learn from others. we ll visit great britain, taiwan and switzerland to find out what those nations are doing right and what they are doing wrong. we will also show you some really interesting innovation going on back here in america. in one of the most poorest and crime-ridden cities in the nation. first, let s talk about the one thing americans are certain is bad. government-run health care across the atlantic in great bitten. is the nation s health service an evil death panel as some s
what is sure to be a heated election year debate. meanwhile, our out-of-control health care costs continue to climb. no other nation spends more than 12% of its economy on health care. america spends 17%. what is more, we don t benefit from the huge price tag. our healthy life expectancy, the standard measurement, ranks only 29th in the world behind slovenia. our infant mortality rate ranks 30th. it s more than twice that of sweden and japan. so what is our problem? in this hour in a time magazine essay, we will take you around the world to find out what lessons we can learn from others. we ll visit great britain, taiwan and switzerland to find out what those nations are doing right and what they are doing wrong. we will also show you some really interesting innovation going on back here in america. in one of the most poorest and crime-ridden cities in the nation. first, let s talk about the one thing americans are certain is bad. government-run health care across the atlan
very candid discussion with a man who once had it all. i m sweating up in here. jason williams on his rise, his fall, and why he says prison saved his life. good evening, everyone. i m don lemon. thank you so much for joining us. hundreds of thousands of people are spending tonight in oppressive darkness caused bay brutal heatwave and widespread power outages. crews are working overtime trying to restore electricity in ohio, virginia, and several other states. more on the record breaking heat in a moment here on cnn. in colorado, families are getting their first look at what remains of their homes after a deadly wildfire tore through the neighborhoods of colorado springs. on cnn s state of the union, the colorado governor described what he saw as he flew over the pike national forest. take a listen. it was like your worst nig nightmare of a movie set, trying to show what the apocalypse would look like. we flew a helicopter in. this was as the fire was going on. ther
dangerous heat wave impacting people right now. take a look at how much of the united states is affected. we have 20 states under heat warnings or advisories right now and the sizzling temperatures aren t just uncomfortable, they can be life threatening especially for people who don t have air conditioning. in the northeast storms knocked out power to millions of homes. brian, thank you for being there for us. people may not be able to get their power back for ang entire week. that s what we are hearing. what are they doing in the meantime to stay safe? reporter: poppy, they are being advised to come to places like this. the library is one of more than 30 cooling centers throughout the state where people are being encouraged to go to. if you can t go to someplace like this people are being asked to go to malls and restaurants to get inside and get away from the heat. it is miserable. the temperatures in this area spiking at or near 100 degrees. you are being asked to physic
revolutionary biometric id for every one of india s citizens. also, the housing bubble caused the crash. will a coming housing boon finally power this anemic recovery? first, here s my take. what to do about syria? western military intervention looked fraught with difficulties. but the situation on the ground is a humanitarian nightmare and is creating greater instability by the week. i have been persuaded they might be a path forward. the pressures on bashar al assad s regime are mountding. it s running out of crash and faces a real military threat from turkey. these pressures could be combined with smart diplomacy to push assad out of power, but it would mean trying to work with the russian government rather than attacking it. the u.s. has been bashing russia for shielding assad, coddling an ally at the cost of lives, some is true, some false, but all is unhelpful if the goal is to oust assad. unless the united states intends to ask iran for help, russia is the only cou