President trump threatens to ban tick tock but the video apps u. S. Team is to find. A way. For tech giant microsoft of bike to talk now on hold whats next for one of the worlds most popular apps. And this remedy of a memorial to half a 1000000 murdered people could be disrupted by a massive construction project and an outrage for the ramani killed by the nazis. Im michael oku welcome a state of disaster in melbourne and all of australias state of victoria the government declaration comes as the state struggles with a stunning resurgence of Coronavirus Infections a range of new lockdown measures has been imposed including a nighttime curfew for the capital as well residents will only be allowed to leave home for work medical care exercise or shopping for essential. Their last moments of freedom before the curfew came into effect the new measures are the countrys strictest to date mel born is already under a 6 week lockdown but the infection numbers are still rising victorias premier ha
Back three centuries. Every immigrant group has come through with every imaginable disease. Reporter if you want to tell the story of america through its chronology of health crises, then theres no better setting than Bellevue Hospital. The irish come first, and they allegedly bring with them cholera and tyfus. Then the germans and the jews come and tuberculosis becomes the big disease. Reporter Pulitzer Prize winner David Oshinsky writes the book about the storied new york city hospital. This is a tuberculosis balcony. Were here in the famous tb bellevue wards. It was believed fresh air would help. They would be here in the snow. Reporter and in the 1980s, bellevue was ground zero during the aids epidemic. More patients with aids come to bellevue and more patients with aids die at Bellevue Hospital. And the treatment of aids patients is a story of struggle and heroism and eventually helping to turn a deadly disease into a treatable one. Reporter with covid19 patients expected to fill
On this weeks show while the political right is scoffing at the new green deal they seem unconcerned about how Climate Change is threatening our National Security how real is that threat grab the armrest but 1st the scourge of opioids how we got here and how when an orthodox legal maneuver which you might have heard about 1st here. He is rocking big pharma holland cook in washington this is the big picture on our t. V. America. The National Institute of drug abuse reports that every day more than 130 americans die after overdosing on opioids how did we get into this situation and how do we get out lets ask dr John Dombrowski a Board Certified anesthesiologist and Board Certified addiction Medicine Specialist washingtonian magazine named him one of the serious top docs and the website for his Washington Pain Center is d. C. Pain doc dot com john welcome back and you know i had a root canal about a week ago how many of those hydrocodone pills should the doc have given me well its not wha
Coming. Minutes away. Are you ready . Ready. Were ready, of course, im telling you, we brought a bubble here. Alex . Alex says she want to stay warm inside of her snow globe. This is so cool. It is brand new, from our friend over at j dogs, j dogs have george, can you show their little logo there, they have this new thing that you can take your christmas photos in. Your holiday photos in, you can rent this, and take it to your house, we will tell you all of the details later in the show. But look at that, alex is in a snow globe. But it is also cents kind after bouncy house, isnt it . This has been my dream, always wanted this. Youve always wanted to be in a snow globe. Shes the bubble girl. Not bubble boy. The bubble girl. That is so cool. So, if you want to come by, you guys going to be out here until 10 00, until 10 00 this morning right here at fourth and market. Jump in, bounce around a little bit, take a picture if you would like. I love it. I love it, too. It is actually not tha
Good afternoon the big story on action news is the death and destruction from Hurricane Irma. The powerful storm is now barrelling towards the bahamas and south florida after leaving some caribbean islands in shambles. Officials say that 90 of the homes on anguilla and barbuda are destroyed. And at least 10 deaths are confirmed. And we are live in miami where people are evacuating ahead of a possible direct hit. This storm is no joke, it reduced the island of barbuda to rubble and is expected to head this way. Floridas governor is telling people to leave their home as soon as the evacuation is in place. Hurricane irma is suppose to be the most powerful storm to travel across the atlantic ocean. And half of puerto rico are without power. And on saint martin scenes of widespread devastation. 185 Miles Per Hour winds tore through the island paradise. Up to eight deaths being reported. And on the tiny island of barbuda, officials report 95 of the structures are damaged. The entire country