Im Margaret Brennan. Were going to begin tonight with a nationwide scramble by millions to get home for the holiday and by Public Health offi officials to slow the staggering spread of the coronavirus. Tonight, cbs news has learned the c. D. C. And White House Coronavirus task force are now considering shortening the recommended length of covid quarantines, not because of new research, but simply to get more people to follow the rules and stay home if theyre exposed. Across the u. S. , every week, new infections are accelerating faster than the week before. Tonight, los angeles county, home to 10 million people, is debating a strict new lockdown that could leave streets and restaurants empty. And l. A. s mayor says cases are climbing so quickly in his city, theyll be out of hospital beds by christmas. Nationwide, things are even worse. A recordshattering 85,000 americans are hospitalized with covid19 tonight. Doctor tells cbs news they are running low on help and running out of hope. A
4 trillion in debt. Going into debt, an additional million in an hour and a half. Its not the republicans fault, of course, and its not the democrats fault, and what im looking for is who did it. Now, theyre the two folks involved, so maybe if you put them together, they did it. The facts are, we have to fix it. Somewhere out there there is an extraterrestrial doing this to us, i guess. Everybody said they will take responsibility. Someone somewhere has to take responsibility for this. That was independent candidate ross perot during three separate debates in 1992 talking about one of his favorite issues, the u. S. Debt. In that election the texas businessman won 90 of the popular vote, the largest vote for an independent candidate sin since. Good night and thank you for being with us. Were doing this series as a way of looking at American History through the lens of president ial candidates who failed in the white house but had an influence on American History. Ross perot is one of 12
Cspan3, created by americas Cable Television companies as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Were 4 trillion in debt. Were going into debt on an additional 1 billion every working day of the year. As we sit here tonight, we will go into debt an additional 50 million in an hour and a half. Its not the republicans fault, of course, and its not the democrats fault, and what im looking for is who did it. Now, theyre the two folks involved, so maybe if you put them together, they did it. The facts are, we have to fix it. Somewhere out there there is an extraterrestrial doing this to us, i guess. Everybody said they will take responsibility. Someone somewhere has to take responsibility for this. That was independent candidate ross perot during three separate debates in 1992 talking about one of his favorite issues, the u. S. Debt. In that election the texas businessman won 90 of the popular vote, the largest vote for an independent candidate since. Thanks
The first question i would like to post to her, americans good to see you there. Americans are more divided than they have ever been in my lifetime. We have got people in the majorities of both parties saying they would be upset if their kid married to someone from the other party, that they think the other party is a threat to our republic. Your husband, the late senator was a champion of working and reaching across the aisle, establishing bipartisanship and trying to work collectively toward the common good. Why do we find that such a remarkable thing today . What has happened . Mrs. Mccain there are so many reasons. First of all, thank you for having me. There are so many reasons that i think nowadays, one of them it has really taken us down a little bit. It is too easy to be on social media, it is too easy to be critical or harsh or all the things we know happens on their, because it is anonymous. It has made us less caring and less involved, because we can hide behind this device.
More divided than they my lifetime. We have got people in the majorities of both parties saying they would be upset if their kid married to someone from the other party, that they think the other party is a threat to our republic. Your husband, the late senator was a champion of working and reaching across the aisle, establishing bipartisanship and trying to work collectively toward the common good. Why do we find that such a remarkable thing today . What has happened . Mrs. Mccain there are so many reasons. First of all, thank you for having me. There are so many reasons that i think nowadays, one of them it has really taken us down a little bit. It is too easy to be on social media, it is too easy to be critical or harsh or all the things we know happens on their, because it is anonymous. It has made us less caring and less involved, because we can hide behind this device. I think what you are also seen is an example seeing is an example, and certainly what is happening in the countr