The America Health Care Association is with us this morning to talk about the impact of covid19 and health care facilities, Nursing Homes across the country. Good morning, dr. Gifford. Good morning, bill. Since the pandemic began first of all, how many give us numbers on how many facilities, assisted living facilities, Nursing Homes, your organization represents. Theres about 15 now Nursing Homes in the country and about 35,000 assisted living and we represent about 10,000 of the 15,000 Nursing Homes. What has your organization done since the beginning of the pandemic, the changes you have made to address the issues, the spread of the virus, the deaths in those facilities . Well, i think the challenge has really been learning about the virus. Early on, no one new about the virus. It was really hard to control. We didnt know so many people who didnt have symptoms could spread it. We didnt have availability of testing. We didnt know what the right practices were. And so it was very hard
Im jamie colby. And today, im driving in the badlands of eastern montana. Its rugged, bigsky, cattleranching country. Im on my way to meet a lifelong resident whose father left him a chunk of this land. Nice to have you here. Thanks for having us. My names Clayton Phipps. And in 1997, my father passed away, and i inherited from him a small portion of the family ranch. And along with that came a few pretty exciting surprises. 41yearold Clayton Phipps is like a character out of red river or lonesome dove. [ horse neighs ] most of the time, im on my own. Im happy that way. This ranch had been in our family since my greatgrandfather homesteaded here. And its a part of me that i just didnt feel like i wanted to ever part with. Clayton grew up and learned to cowboy here on the ranch his father shared with three brothers. He describes the operation as cashpoor but reasonably successful. My dad worked us hard, but that was a good thing, too. After claytons father dies in 1997, the ranch is spl
In the mountain pacific time zones, 202 7488001, and if you are a member of Law Enforcement and want to give your perspective, you can cause at 202 7488002. You can post on twitter at cspan wj. Or facebook. Com cspan. Monmouth university released a recent poll taking a look at relations between police and minority communities. Here are some of the findings from that pole. It showed 87 of those polled felt that individuals of their race are more likely than whites to experience Excessive Force. 49 of white americans say police are more likely to use Excessive Force against a black culprit, and 39 of whites say police are just as likely to use Excessive Force regardless of race. That was done by monmouth university. Atre is more to the poll their website. Several communities are reaching out to dialogue with members of minority communities on the topic of policing. I will show you a couple. This from kansas city, kansas. Saying the mayor once members of the community to share their exper
[ bird calling ] im jamie colby, and today, im in south west florida, driving through the marshy flatwoods outside punta gorda. You know, not every strange inheritance offers unexpected riches. Sometimes it can bring on a massive, screeching headache and a huge mess to clean up. Im lauri caron. In 2005, i inherited an exotic zootype Wildlife Sanctuary from my husband and continues to be wild every single day. [ lion roars ] [ birds chirping ] hi, lauri. Hi. Im jamie. Nice to meet you, jamie. Great to meet you, too, at this animal retirement home . Yes, its pretty much like a nursing home retirement village. Were not talking about kitty cats or puppies. I heard a roar already. Can i take a look . Absolutely. Come on. As lauri gives me a behindthescenes tour, i catch a glimpse of the 100plus creatures that currently live at the octagon Wildlife Sanctuary. [ lion growls ] clearly, the sound of feeding day. Yes. In the air. Yes, absolutely. Lauri tells me every animal here is a rescue, at
Institute in washington. The to look forward to House Intelligence Committee and impeachment hearings. When you heard the news that the phase would switch to a public face, what were your thoughts about your expectations for those hearings . Guest i was surprised how quickly, the timeline is so compressed. It is going fast. It is surprising a lot of us who follow this on a daily basis, how fast this is proceeding and how quick democrats want to make their case public. Host because of the people i will interview have testified behind closed doors, what do you hope the committee hopes to draw out in public that they didnt in closeddoor hearings . Guest democrats want to hear what they heard behind closed doors. They are so willing to move on this quickly because they are confident in the case they have, confident in the testimony they have received in those depositions behind closed doors. Republicans are hopeful they can to this public opportunity show misrememberings or confusion or ch