Performance is called avoidable mortality. That is in a Good Health Care system, women should not die in child birth. People should not die of tuberculosis. People should not die of aschemic Heart Disease. People should not die of cancers that can be cured. And when we look at that, im embarrassed to say that we come out in the United States as 19 and the french come out as number 1, i repeat, number 1. That is a fact that cannot be ignored. It must be addressed. It was written up in health affairs, a reputable journal. It was confirmed with different measures by the oecd, and it has not received in my judgment sufficient discussion. Another indicator of how well a system is doing and a theme of this subcommittee that i know is dear to chairman sanders is access to primary care. You can talk about primary care until youre blue in the face, but lets look at the consequences of whether you receive primary care or not in Different Health care systems. We have a very established measure of
Asset from russia on social media because as you put it, and correct me if i am wrong, if youre russia looking at an adversary its much easier to fight even a social media war with a nation that is not well. Do i have it about right . Thats exactly right, brian. You find and divide and you turn into a chasm inside the United States. The antivax movement, we have something very serious happening in our country, we need to get this virus under control and now a strategic wedge has been planted long, long ago, something that naturally occurred in the social media environment can be amplified by foreigned adversaries and those out to make money to push them in direction for political or social change. Were in a very dangerous position. We have also seen this with 5g. Even there with you three, four months ago we were talking about the 5g conspiracies around this popping up. You can slow down technological development. I think this is where after four years of this sort of erosion of trust,
Despite the fact the president made a very rare appearance yesterday at a meeting of his coronavirus experts, and we heard the president again sow doubt about the ability to hold an election in the middle of a pandemic suggesting we might not know the president ial winner for a very, very long time. Youre not going to know the november election results. Talking for the country. It could be for months and months. I mean, actually, could be for years. Now, the president supporters call such remarks harmless hyperbole. Critics hear things like that and worry he is laying the groundwork to ignore the results if he loses. Casting in county votes much easier, of course, if the coronavirus is under control. The experts on the White House Task force concede it is not at this moment. Listen to the president. He disagrees. Its coming down. Some states are going up a little bit, but they will very shortly, theyre under control. Theyll be coming down. My view is theal skew aschools open. This thin
We hear all sorts of reports about us leaving. Were not leaving until they secure their city. We told the governor, we told the mayor, secure your city. If they dont secure their city soon, we have no choice, we have to go out and clean it out. Joining me now is nbc news correspondent Erin Mclaughlin live in portland. Erin, that sounded to me as if were dealing with how to word the decision by the feds to leave and vice versa. Is that where we are . Is this about rhetorical semantics about whether the feds are leaving or whether the locals have secured the city . Reporter i think so, chuck. I think the question is when will these officials leave. We heard from oregons governor, kate brown, say that she expec s s i. C. E. And cbp, officials clashing with protesters on a nightly basis to leave downtown portland, including the federal courthouse, in the next 24 hours. Acting dhs secretary saying that they will only leave the city when, in his words, a robust state Police Presence has move
And the hot spot state of texas is in the range of passing new york landings most total cases in the country. As the nation trying to control the spread, the cdc director acknowledges more could have been done by the Trump Administration sooner. The introduction from europe happened before we realized what was happening, and by the time we realized, europe, threatened, shut down travel to europe already two or three weeks of 60,000 people coming back every day from europe and thats where the large seeding came in the United States. But we begin with breaking news. Republican congressman Louie Gohmert, who frequently refeesed to wear a mask on capitol hill subjecting others to his germs has now tested positive for coronavirus. Here he is just 24 hours ago during a Committee Hearing with the attorney general women barr wearing a bandanna around his neck. And frequently not at all. This picture earlier that day at another committee meeting. Again, no mask. In may gohmert and other House R