National program struggling to find kidney donors as transplant wait list grows
Over 100,000 people are waiting on a kidney transplant. There s a program that could save lives, but COVID-19 has caused some major problems. Author: Bill McGinty Updated: 7:05 PM EST February 16, 2021
CHARLOTTE, N.C. The COVID-19 pandemic has dominated news headlines over the last 12 months, but millions of Americans are also dealing with other significant health issues that have been pushed from the spotlight.
For example, kidney transplants. At any given time, about 470,000 people are on dialysis, a process that filters the blood and buys time for people dealing with kidney diseases. Kidney disease can affect anyone, and husband Marc Weiner is one of those people.
it used to be the senate was the place supposedly for great men before there were women involved. you think about people like edward dirksen, you think about the ed brooks, you think about lyndon johnson before he became president, john glenn, that kind of politician, teddy kennedy who did these big deals even with george w. bush, even barry goldwater if you are a conservative and he was somebody who inspired young conservatives. we don t have that kind of person running for office anymore. or at least we don t have that sort of cross the aisle reverence for a politician the way we did. is john mccain one of the last of that kind of politician? well, you re right. you re talking about the classic u.s. senator as portrayed in films and novels like advice and consent. people who rise above party when they have to and who are independent and willing to stand out and courageously.
welcome back. meet the press went on air for the very first time. harry truman was president. the year jackie robinson broke major league s major league baseball s color barrier and with europe still shattered by world war ii, the spread of c m communism was beginning. and martha roundtree brought viewers what we called america s press conference of the air. all week we re celebrating 70 years of meet the press. the longest running show on television. and today we re taking a look back at the moderators of meet the press over the years. here now is the moderator of meet the press. ms. martha roundtree. this is ned brooks inviting you to meet the press. this is lawrence stephic inviting you to meet the press. bill monroe inviting you to meet the press. good day from washington. i al melvin kayle. roger mudd. hello again. op meet the press today senator john mccain thanks
edward brook, republican only black senator in the united states senator and this guy, teddy kennedy. at the end, a big line trying to get ed brooks, a longer line trying to get ted kennedy s autograph. after they do that every one come up to me to get a favor. good job. come to me for jobs or favors. they would say, i wouldn t think to ask the senator. the government building where they work. go to him for jobs. and stuff. go to the other guys for autographs. but he never. he didn t mind that. never confused by his position in this constellation? he likes favors. he liked the button. if you got to work and shovel snow. he accepted that. favors. looking out for people. he and reagan, different. reagan not a bad guy at all. did not have the personal experience of dealing with people with dribble, people didn t get social security, disability t. education, kids
government as these gentlemen seem to be. i think it has been effective. if it is breaking the senate, my feeling is it is so broken, the sooner it breaks completely, the better. but it is a question of what is your goal here? what is the end to this? i think there are two major revolutions of taking place in the republican party roughly in the last 30 years. first one goes back to late 7 0s and the 80s. primary towns are the tool. jacob javits, clifford case, ed brooks, all of them were challenged by republican primaries. it was still a party interested in governmenterning. i think the effect of what, if you look at what mike lee is doing in the senate, what ted cruz is doing in the senate, other than basically destroying the senate, what is the objective here? the other thing that make mess me sympathetic or i m not sympathetic to the goals. but it is so fascinating to watch john mccain do a full 360