Sitting with me today. One that i know is very near and dear to you. Something that has affected my family over the years. Its something that i have to be aware of. The tips that i talk about. They sound so easy for people to do. They are not. They are not easy for everybody until you make them a part of your every day life. And that is the hurdle that people have to get over. This is healthy living. Than is one of the reasons valerie at the American Heart Association is here with us. Well fell you about the tie between the two of them. Bryan mentioned the significance of the focus and having a family you want he led tear. And down to them. But 80 of it is preventable and some people can treat certain things and really get their health in check. Exercising. We think that our way of life is okay. And that is one of the things that you dont want us to think about that we may not have some kind of warnings. Your chest doesnt have another thought is this childrens general ration is the fir
Host hello. Its a pleasure to be here today to talk about your new book the health gap. Youve written extensively around the social determinants of health for a long time, and i wanted to start by reading a quick quote from the end of the book but i think it gets us off to a good place. The different power, material, health and creates health and equity. They take different forms of local monopoly and high income country but the general approach to promoting the just distribution of health is similar. Its similarly about health. Can you tell us a little bit about what this means and why you decided to write this book now . Guest when you run the two words health and care together. I spend little time talking about health care in the book because what i say it is when people get sick they need access to highquality health care but its not a lack of healthcare that caused the illness in the first place. Its the lack of access and insults to the injury of getting sick. So i very much push
Thats 72 hour ceasefire in gaza is now in its second day and it seems to be holding. Today the United Nations is discussing the situation there. And. Nothinthe horror that was unleashed on the people of gaza and then the repeated shelling of facilities harboring civilians that looked for a safe haven there. These are attacks that are unjustifiable. The focus goes to egypt where theyre trying to work out a longterm truce. James bays from jerusalem. We understand that the high level delegation is now in cairo and includes officials who were involved in the ceasefire. The palestinian delegations will in place. But in many ways this will be a tougher negotiation than previous one because both sides dont want to return for the status quo. The palestinian side wants the siege of gaza lifted. The israeli sides wants demilitarization of gaza. I think initially the egyptians are going to be speak with the palestinians and speaking separately with the israelis for some time to check on their pos
Harris as his choice for Vice President making her the first black woman and first Asian American to appear on a major party ticket. What will their opening message be today . Theyre also learning more about bidens process in choosing a running mate. We know there was a pretty long list of finalists that were being considered. Lets get to Arlette Saenz in wilmington, delaware, where biden and harris will appear this afternoon. Arlette, what are you learning about today . Reporter well, kate, we will see joe biden and Kamala Harris appear together for the first time as the democratic ticket. They are set to deliver remarks a little bit later today in wilmington and this comes after joe biden informed Kamala Harris just yesterday that she was the running mate pick. This caps off a monthlong search process where biden actually interviewed 11 of the women he was considering in the final nine days of that search process. Ultimately, deciding on the california senator, a former rival of his,
Sandra that disturbing scene played out just blocks away from the federal courthouse. The d. A. Condemned the attack saying assaults will not be tolerated in our community. More on this Ongoing Investigation in just a moment. But we begin with the Democratic National convention. Weeklong Virtual Event kicking off with democrats calling for unity while slamming President Trump. Im sandra smith. Trace good morning to you, im trace gallagher. Tonights speakers are the rising stars like alexandria ocasiocortez, as well as heavy hitters like bill clinton and the presumptive nominees wife dr. Jill biden. Last night Michelle Obama and senator Bernie Sanders both slammed President Trump on character and leadership. The state of this nation is very different. More than 150,000 people have died and our economy is in shambles because of a virus that this president down played for too long. Whenever we look to this white house for some leadership or consolation, or any semblance of steadyness, wha