Im katty kay in washington. Christian fraser is off. Its not entirely clear why relations between germany and america have deteriorated so fast this week, but theres no doubt they have. Both Angela Merkel and donald trump today continued their war of words. For the american president , that meant taking to twitter. We have a massive Trade Deficit with germany, plus they pay far less than they should on nato military very bad for us this will change. The German Foreign minister wistfully suggested it isnt helpful for the two countries to be communicating with tweets but his chancellor restated her view that europe now has to look out for itself. Translation transatlantic ties are of paramount importance to us. The only thing i did was to say that the Current Situation gives more reasons for us in europe to take our destiny in ourown for us in europe to take our destiny in our own hands. So what is germany and the rest of europe making of the apparent us german row. Joining me from bruss
director dr. rochelle walensky has been receiving media coaching for months. i m joined by former cdc director under president obama dr. tom frieden. thank you so much for coming on the show tonight. dr. frieden, a gallup poll last year found only one in three americans have agreed that the cdc has declared a clear action plan in response to the pandemic. how poorly do you believe your former agency is doing in terms of guiding the public, educating them, messaging? the bottom line is that the virus is adapting, and we need to adapt also. in fact, i think the cdc guidance is getting better. it s getting more timely. the biggest problem they ve had is a communication problem. what we have here is a failure to communicate. and i really hope that friday marks an inflection point, a turning point. because for the fist time in really memory of this pandemic, cdc held a briefing from atlanta independently with technical
director has been receiving media coaching for months. i m joined now by former krd director under president obama, thanks so much for coming on the show tonight. a gallop poll last year found only 1 in 3 americans agreed the cdc has communicated a clear plan of action in response to the coronavirus. we re now in year three of the pandemic. how poorly do you believe your former agency is doing in terms of guiding the public, educating them, messaging? the bottom line is the virus is adapting and we need to adapt also. in fact, i think the cdc guidance is getting better, more timely. the biggest problem they ve had is a communication problem. we have a failure to communicate. i really hope friday marks an inflection point, a turning point because for the first time in really memory of this pandemic cdc held a briefing from atlanta independently with technical experts, answered dozens of media questions, and that is what is needed