That, you see some famous sites of new york as it passed through the statue of liberty sailing into lower manhattan. World trade center in background of one of these sites, brings up memory this ship has been here before. Three days after 9 11 it helped out with first spenders then. It is back for a second go around. You have 12 operating rooms. 700 beds put into circulation right away. Mayor de blasio speaking, talking about new york has been asking for help and now the help has arrived. Heres the mayor. I cant tell you how much this means. It is so much more than even we realized at this moment, that our nation has heard our plea for help here in new york city and there could not be a better example of all of america pulling for new york city than the arrival of the usns comfort. Some major, major moment in this long battle. Connell mayor de blasio thanking by name both President Trump and defense secretary mark esper in participate of his remarks. You see numbers. New york needs hel
He will meet with the ceo of 3m once he arrives there. That Company Makes in part surgical masks suddenly becoming popular. The Vice President reminded not like you need to run to the pharmacies to stock up to get these things. Rather, it is the care providers who need the products that 3m produces. Listen. It is very important to say that our medical experts made it clear, the American People dont need to buy masks but we want to make sure that people that are caring for the American Public have the proper protective gear, masks and gloves and goggles, to be able to be safe as they administer their care. Reporter thats part of the reason why he is heading to 3m at any moment now. After that the Vice President will head to washington where he will meet with the democratic governor of that state and washingtons Emergency Operations center. As you know 10 people in washington have died due to the coronavirus. The Vice President said he had no concerns at all about traveling to one of the
Affairs from all Different Directions into some of the worst tragedies on the planet, but you chose to focus on a small town in oregon. Why lex guest we were running around covering humanitarian crises and we would go back to my beloved hometown and we saw a humanitarian crisis unfolding there. A quarter of the kids who were on my Old School Bus were gone from drugs, alcohol and suicide. I tried to process back. The kids that got on the bus right after me [inaudible] and then nathan and their sister virginia, smart talented kids. One died of drug and alcohol abuse, one in a house fire when he was passed out drunk and one blew himself up cooking meth and died of hepatitis from drug use. Hunter biden the Oregon State Penitentiary for 13 years. So, for a while, we wondered is it something that this is a National Problem that we have depths of despair and Life Expectancy is falling for three years in a row in america and god my old loves this kind of a microcosm to see that opinion across
Became a bigger issue in 2019. Andrew i think it was a combination of factors that really drove this to the front of the policy debate this year. One was just a year over year increases in the number of teens who are reporting ecigarette use. Thats been increasing for several years, but 2019, we saw another significant increase over last year. Another was interrelated, but sort of distinct issue that we saw, starting over the summer with vaping related illnesses that were beginning to emerge, that weve now seen thousands injured and dozens dead from this. Thcs related to illicit vaping, which is distinct from the problem of ecigarette use. But the urgency of those illnesses i think really prompted policymakers to want to respond more broadly to the vaping issues were dealing with in the u. S. Host and the Administration Starts the new year with an announcement about vaping and ecigarettes. Andrew, youre covering this story. What did they say . Andrew so, the Administration Says that in
In congress and at the white house on the issue of vaping and underage use of ecigarettes. We are joined by andrew, who covers health care for cq roll call. Tell us why underage vaping became a bigger issue in 2019. Andrew i think it was a combination of factors that really drove this to the front of the policy debate this year. One was just a year over year increases in the number of teens who are reporting ecigarette use. Thats been increasing for several years, but 2019, we saw another significant increase over last year. Another was interrelated, but sort of distinct issue that we saw, starting over the summer with vaping related illnesses that were beginning to emerge, that weve now seen thousands injured and dozens dead from this. Thats related to illicit thc vaping, which is distinct from the problem of ecigarette use. But the urgency of those illnesses i think really prompted policymakers to want to respond more broadly to the vaping issues were dealing with in the u. S. Host a