Yesterday down 86 points at 4 00 oclock on wall street. More help for Small Businesses and hospitals on the way. The senate did pass the 484 billiondollar coronavirus aid deal last night. House is expected to vote on this tomorrow. Meanwhile the white house is looking ahead to additional stimulus packages. We will talk about that. President trump to sign executive order today temporarily banning immigration to protect american jobs. The cdc meanwhile is out with a dire warning this morning saying there could be a second wave of coronavirus and might be even worse than what we are dealing with right now. That coming in the fall. More people stuck at home turn to streaming. Adding 16 million subscribers but warned that the level of growth probably will not continue as lockdown across the globe start easing up. The stock is down 188. More earnings on top this morning including at t and Delta Airlines, all that coming up. Mornings with maria live right now. Maria Global Markets look like t
Butler. After words is a weekly Interview Program. They are also available to listen to as podcasts. Doctor shell can, honor to have you here. There was allegations that veterans were dying waiting for care. I remember sitting there as a citizen singing, i feel terrible about this. If anybody deserves the best care possible, its our veterans. Wish there was something i could do to help. It sometimes happens in strange ways. I got a call from the white house singing, would you consider coming to help lead the va Healthcare System because we are looking for somebody that understands how healthcare works from the private sector. I did what everybody tends to do when you have these choices to make. I made a list of the pros and cons. And the con side was much larger than the pro side. But on the pro side, it was simply, how could i say no . This was my duty as an american citizen to give back to people have given us so much. So i didnt think much about it but i said yes, im preparedto help
Hardest. This action will give them maximum flexibility to use the guard against the virus without having to worry about costs or liability and freeing up state resources to protect the health and safety of the people in their state. The federal government has deployed hundreds of tons of supplies from our National Stocks pile to locations with the greatest need in order to assist in those areas. I approved the state of new yorks request for a major disaster declaration, something which Governor Cuomo has been asking for and which i agree. We had it done in very rapid fashion. We approved this on friday evening and were working very, very hard to get all of these things, not only signed up but completed and finished and win. The request from the state of washington for a major disaster declaration was approved just a little while ago. Went through the process and we moved it very quickly. The request from the state of california was just received. We will have it approved very quickly.
Department for the Trump Administration but hes interviewed by jeremy butler, ceo of veterans of america. After words is a weekly Interview Program with relevant guest hosts interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. All after words are availablee through podcasts. Doctor shulkin, thank you for being with us. Its an honor to have you here. I think the va is important to subject to talk about in one of the areas of our government that a lot of people hear about but dont necessarily know many of the details. Frankly, even in the veteran community a lot of us dont understand the breadth and depth of what the va does. Im excited to talk to you about the ba in general and certainly about your book and about your time in the administration. Id love to begin by hearing about what brought you to the va. Youre very successful in the civilian career and times making that transition from the civilian world into the government world can be a bit jarring but what drove you to want
Many of the details come frankly in the veteran community theres a lot of us who dont understand the breadth and depth of what the v. A. Does. Im excited to talk about the v. A. In general, about your book and about your time in the administration. I would love to begin by hearing about what brought you to the v. A. , youre very successful in the civilian career and a lot of times making the transition from the civilian world into the government world can be a bit jarring. What drove you to want to take up the mantle of working within the government especially within the v. A. . Guest during my 20s i didnt have a chance to serve the way that you did. I spent my time and medical institutions and doing my medical training and it was sort of busy 20s. Its one of the real regrets ipad with this amazing country that we have that it wasnt able to give back. Later on in my career i was the ceo of the hospital, and i had the opportunity to get a call from the white house. This was right at the