Rights act into law that had been filibustered by segregationists for 54 straight days. But in The End their efforts to stop it failed. Lbj signed it. The civil Rights Act of 1964, of course, banned segregation in public facilities. Also in private facilities to which the public had access. The segregationists at the time screamed bloody murder. Its unconstitutional. You cant tell private entities what to do. Actually, yes, yes you can. In the summer of 1964, President Johnson made that law of the land. Then the following summer, July 1965, lbj actually went out On The Road this time for an unusual signing ceremony. He went to missouri to president Trumans President Ial Library to sign into law the bill that created Medicare And Medicaid. He went to Trumans Library because it was truman who proposed the u. S. Government should commit to providing Health Coverage to all the elderly peep in the country. Truman couldnt get it done, but in 1965, lbj got it done. He signed the bill creating medicare in July 1965. And of course the conservatives at the time screamed bloody murder. A high Profile Conservative Activist at the time named Ronald Reagan denounced this new program, this Medicare Program as The End of america, as The End of freedom. It would mean a communist takeover of america. Be very, very afraid. Lbj was not afraid, and it turns out, giving Health Insurance Coverage to all the old people in the country doesnt turn us into russia or china. Were still america. Were just an america where old people get to see the doctor and get their prescriptions. Turns out its not The End of freedom. At the time what the Johnson Administration was actually most worried about, what serious critics and not just demagogues were worried about, was that there would be a flood of new patients into americas hospitals because old people who couldnt previously afford to see a doctor, now they would have Health Insurance Coverage, they would be able to see a doctor. There were worries this new tide, this new flood of elderly patients suddenly accessing Health Services would swamp the nations hospitals. That was the sort of substantive concern about the implementation of medicare, and in The End that fear didnt really materialize either, but the worry that it might and the worry about all the other things it would take to implement that Big New Change Made Lbj and the Johnson Administration build in a bit of lead time before the program actually started. So as i said, lbj signed the Medicare Bill in July 1965 but gave the country until July 1966 before medicare would actually go into effect. So he basically gave the country, gave his administration a year to get it rolled out, right . Weve got a year. Ready, steady, go. Funny thing, though more than halfway through that yearlong windup, more than halfway through that yearlong onramp that lbj had given himself to get implemented, nine months into that year that he had given the administration and the country to prepare for it, the Johnson Administration suddenly realized what that johnson signed into law in 1965, the Medicare Bill, and What Johnson signed into law in 1964, the civil rights bill, they had something important to say to each other, which was maybe going to be a big problem in terms of implementing medicare. Thanks to medicare, every single old person in america was about to start having their medical bills paid for by this new federal program. Medicare was about to start a huge, huge new stream of federal Government Funding into hospitals all over the country. But at that time all over the south, hospitals scoffed at the civil Rights Act of 1964. Hospitals considered themselves immune from that kind of federal Government Medding and hospitals all over the south were absolutely positively rigidly segregated. There were literally thousands of whites only hospitals across the south. And the Johnson Administration came to this relation during this year they had given themselves to roll out medicare. Sign in the July 1965. Due to go into effect in July 1966. But many march 1966, just four months before medicare is due to start, due to go into practice, the Johnson Administration sent out a Polite But Firm letter to hospitals throughout the country making clear to them that if they wanted to participate in this new Medicare Program, if they wanted to qualify to get any money under this huge new program, ensuring every old person in america they could not discriminate on the basis of race at their facilities. Now, thats not going to be a problem, right . Everybody, thats not going to be a big Dealing Right . No issue . The letter went out in march 1966. The program was supposed to be implemented July 1st that same year. By may 1966, The New York Times was reporting on its Front Page on an Emergency Meeting that had been convened by the Johnson Administration, convened at the white house, to get the hospitals to move it. Or to prepare for the consequences if they did not. This is from The New York Times may 24, 1966. Quote, top official of State Hospital associations in 20 states were called in today for an Emergency Conference down the hall from Health Secretary John Gardners office. Although the meeting was closed h. E. Hamilton president of the louisiana Hospitals Association told reporters what the greatest problem is. He said, quote, its the requirement that negros and whites share the same hospital room. I dont know what hospitals will do, but i see some of them dont see how they could comply with that. You know what . Turns out they could comply with that. That was late may 1966. By the next month, June 1966 The New York Times was reporting 2,000 whites only hospitals in the South Wouldnt be compliant with the civil Rights Law and so they wouldnt be certified to participate in the Medicare Program. But by july, those hospitals had dug deep and found it within themselves to start complying with the civil Rights Act after all. Around the 50th Anniversary of medicare in 2015, there was some renewed attention to that quiet but definitive Way President Johnson and his Health Secretary John Gardner Desegregated American hospitals overnight. There were headline like this one in the washington post. The massive role that medicare played in racial integration. I only point out the News Coverage from 2015 just so to the say that you didnt have to be there yourself in 1964, 1965, 1966 to see this happen firsthand. This isnt a secret History Nobody knows about. This is what we did as a country in our modern history. But youd never know it from the Bornyesterday Commentary in response to President Bidens actions today. Today President Biden announced a Muscular New Approach by the federal government to contend with the Delta Variant of the coronavirus, to try to finally wrench this pandemic to the ground and defeat it. The immediate chorus from republican governors and members of congress and right wing commentators all over the country was, he cant do that. He cant tell private entities what to do. Really . Why does your car have a Seat Belt . Maybe the company that made your car, that private entity, didnt want to put in Seat Belts. But nevertheless, your car has a Seat Belt. Why is that . Why is the Ground Beef you bought for Dinner Tonight Government inspected . Meat producers do, in the private sector, have every incentive to only produce meat that people like and doesnt make anybody sick, right . We dont need the government sticking its nose in and telling you thats actually cow youre eating and not road kill. Why is there Government Inspection of that privately produced product . This is a Link And Pin coupling system. This used to be the Industry Standard for how you linked Railway Cars together, and for whatever reason, this is what Railroad Companies liked. This is what they built for their cars. Even though brakemen frequently got their Finger Os hands ripped off, the companies liked it. This is what they used. This is what they had been using for decades. Why change . It would be expensive to have to do it another way. Until 1893 when the federal government banned those types of couplings and forced Railroad Companies to use something that wouldnt rip the hands off their employees of that was 193. The safety appliance act. Today President Biden announced that the occupational Safety And Health association, Osha Will Issue new rules for employers in the united states that have 100 or more employees. The rule will say employees have to be vaccinate against covid19 or if theyre not they have to face mandatory covid testing every week on the job. And when President Biden announced that today, it was a plain chant Onenote Chorus from republican politicians from cost to coast. President Biden Cant do that. Only a dictator could tell companies to do something like that. Behold, president richard nixon. In December 1975 signing into law the creation of the agency that was built and established in this country to do exactly that, to do exactly what President Biden is employing it to do as of tonight. We see a bill that represents in its culmination the american system at its best democrats, republicans, the house, the senate, the white house, business, labor, all cooperating in a common goal the saving of lives, the avoiding of injuries, making the places of work for 55 Million americans safer and more pleasant places. This is certainly a great goal. President Biden Today is in fact putting the muscle of the federal government and his authority as president behind trying to make our national offense against covid more intense, more thorough, more rational, less porous, less helterskelter and regionally divided. Yes, hes using the huge leverage of Medicare And Medicaid funding to tell healthcare providers, if you get Medicare And Medicaid funding as your hospital, your facility, your staff must be vaccinated. The chorus on the right was instant oh, thats controversial the commentary on the press on this thats a very controversial thing to do. Some Staff Wont want to be vaccinated. Yes, thats true. You think thats less of a reach than lbj using medicare to forcibly desegregate 2,000 whites only hospitals in the south overnight . Do you think this is an unprecedented thing President Biden is doing . That hospitals and Health Facilities order, that staff have to be vaccinated, that builds on what he already ordered several months ago in terms of Nursing Home Staff. Nursing homes that get federal funding and, they basically all do, the condition is Nursing Home Staff have to be vaccinated. This is an extension of that to apply to hospitals and Health Facilities. President biden is also using his authority over the federal Work Force to require vaccinations among federal workers and among federal contractors. But, but, but, he cant tell federal contractors how to do business. Yes, he can. Yes, he can. The same way hes requiring federal contractors to pay a 15 an hour minimum wage. This is not a new dicta electoral power hes assuming. Wake up. And yes, hes using osha to require employers to vaccinate employees or test them. Educational facilities he has power over, early Head Start programs, hes using his authority to ensure teachers and staff at those programs will have to be vaccinated, too. That said for the vast majority of schools the president doesnt have to authority to directly order something like that. In those cases hes recognizing the limits of his authorities and instead calling on states to put similar rules in place get School Staff vaccinated to protect kids. Hes calling on states to put those rules in place everywhere, even as hes calling out the Red State Governors and other elect officials who are trying to build their political futures on blocking the covid response at all costs. Despite america having unprecedented and successful vaccination program, despite the fact that for almost five months free vaccines have been available in 80,000 different locations, we still have nearly 80 Million americans who have failed to get the shot, and to make matters worse, there are elected officials actively working to undermine the fight against covid19. Instead of encouraging people to get vaccinated and mask up, theyre ordering mobile morgues for the unvaccinated dying from covid in their communities. This is totally unacceptable. The vast majority of americans are doing the right thing. Nearly threequarters of the eligible have gotten at least one shot. But one quarter has not gotten any. Thats nearly 80 Million americans not vaccinated, in a country as large as ours, thats 25 minority. That 25 can cause a lot of damage, and they are. The unvaccinated overcrowd our hospitals, overrunning emergency rooms and intensive care units. Leaving no room for someone with a Heart Attack or cancer. My message to Unvaccinated Americans is this what more is there to wait for . What more do you need to see . Weve made vaccinations free, safe, and convenient. The vaccine has fda approval. Over 200 Million americans have gotten at least one shot. We have been patient, but our patience is wearing thin. And your refusal has cost all of us, so please do the right thing. We have been patient, but our patience is wearing thin. Your refusal has cost all of us. Elsewhere in his remarks today, the president said, what makes this incredibly frustrating is we have the tools to combat covid19, but a distinct minority of americans supported by a distinct minority of officials are keeping us from turning the corner. These pandemic politics are making people sick, causing unvaccinated people to die. We cant allow these actions to stand in the way of the large majority of americans who have done their part and want to get back to life at normal. President Biden Today basically hitting the reset button. A new noholdsbarred approach to get our country to the Vaccination Rates we need to stop overfilling our hospitals, to stop 1,500 americans dying each and every day, to get transmission down to the point where we can some day see The End of this thing and we can stop deploying active Duty Military teams to rural hospitals around the country to bolster their staff that is falling by the wayside in exhaustion and despair. And the reaction on the Right Today and tonight and in much of the Beltway Press is, oh, president s cant do stuff like this that is a born yesterday canard. President johnson, nixon, roosevelt, who was it who signed the Lincoln Railway Coupling ban . President harrison would like to have a word with anybody screaming today that President Biden doesnt lead a federal government with these type of authorities. These are absolutely the authorities of the federal government. His choice is hes going to use them to try to save lives and get us past that pandemic that is otherwise just not quitting. The more substantive question here is not about, you know, whether this represents us becoming communists like reagan said about medicare, right . People are going to talk about this to whatever political advantage that he want to try to turn it to. The Real Sustantive Question is, how is this all going to work, and is this in fact a path to end the pandemic . Joining us now is dr. David kessler. Former fda commissioner. Its an honor. Thanks so much for being here. Its my pleasure. The President Today talked explicitly about how science needs to lead. They gave the american people assurances for example, on the question of Booster Shots and the approval of vaccinations for kids under the age of 12. He gave the public Assurances Today that science will lead, that the doctors will make Data Base decisions and that will set government policy. As a senior scientist advising the president , are you in favor of the approach that President Biden laid out today, and do you believe it is enough to put us in a materially different position to ending the pandemic . I do, rachel, and what the president announced today, this meets the moment. This is an unprecedented pandemic. The president has led today. Im a doc, pediatrician. Ive listened to what he said. We have been patient. 75 of adults have rolled up their sleeves. They have done the right thing, but we have 80 Million who have not. The president is taking these steps to ensure that more people get vaccinated. Its about one thing and one thing only saving lives. The president had previously announced other approaches to vaccination using his leverage over the federal Work Force. He talked about encouraging vaccination among the federal Work Force by requiring vaccination or allowing people to test out of it. Now hes saying federal workers and indeed employee of federal contractors will have to be vaccinated. Was anything learned from the previous order in terms of how to implement that sort of thing well . I mean, its a vast federal Work Force, but it does seem like it was on again off again from agency to Agency And Sub Work Force to sub Work Force in whether or not the previous role was effective. We now know that mandates work. We have seen the impact they have across businesses, universities, and hospitals. Every institution that has implemented mandates have seen their Vaccination Rates increase. They work. Thats why the president did what he did today. Is that also true in terms of Nursing Home Staff . I mentioned that the president had previously used his leverage over federal funding for Nursing Home facilities to require Nursing Homes, essentially to get all of their staff vaccinated. As weve talked about before, unvaccinated staff ended up being the Lynch Pin to explaining so many of the deadly and tragic outbreaks in congress agree gant and elderly care facilities like Nursing Homes. Did the previous mandate he announced about Nursing Homes also create a meaningful uptick in the amount of staffing for those facilities, that is vaccinating . You certainly see increases over time. Nursing homes, you saw previous steps with veterans administration, federal Work Force. In some ways this is just an arc. No doubt that we are upping the ante, but the stakes are very high. The other thing that the president talked about today, which is something i feel like has fallen out of the national discussion is testing. He said that he will use the Defense Production Act to increase the supply of rapid athome tests and make them more affordable. He said places like walmart, amazon, and kroger will begin to supply them at cost as soon as next week. Can you talk from a scientific perspective about how testing fits into this Muscular New Approach . How americans in our private lives, particularly if we have access to tests we can buy ourselves at an affordable rate, how we should think about testing in our lives now moving forward . I can talk just personally i mean, as a pediatrician, as a grandfather, i get a phone call, its 9 00 at night. My grandchild has a fever, has some symptoms. You know, kids get runny noses, fevers all the time, but you want to know whether this is covid, because there are things you can do. And the fact is, having athome tests especially i mean, this is a big deal getting a real discount by these companies that you can order these inhome tests. You want to have an inhome test. You run it, and you can know in 15, 30 minutes whether this is covid or this is just a typical cold. Its very important. We have to give people the tools, especially when it comes to our kids. You know, we have to create environments that protect them. Most important thing to protect them is having communities that are vaccinated, families that are vaccinated. These tests can make a real difference in peoples lives, if families lives. Dr. Kessler, one of the other reasons that testing is so important, and you and i talked about this. I think you and i had one of the earliest televised conversations on this. If you know you have covid early enough, if you can catch it before you become seriously ill enough that you need to be hospitalized, you do have a Treatment Option that you dont have if you wait until you get sicker, later on in the course of the disease, and that is these monoclonal antibody treatments. And you and i talk months ago about how effective they are, about how difficult its been to ensure a lot of uptake. People, again, need to take those treatments before theyre too terribly sick. The President Today talked about increasing the pace of Monoclonal Antibody Shipments across the country, upping by 50 . Weve seen demand for these treatments go way up over the summer. How do you think that part of the Pandemic Response is going, and how hopeful do you feel about those treatments . Im very hopeful about those treatments. Those treatments work. On July 1st, were shipping 10,000 of these regimens a week. We increased that dramatically to over 100,000, and were committed to sending out 150,000 a week. So a big uptake. Obviously the downside of that is delta is requiring us to use more. We want to get that curve down. But if you test positive and you are at risk for hospitalization, you should get monoclonal antibodies. 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In 2012, the Supreme Court struck down most of that Radical Immigration La you in arizona and struck it down on the grounds that it undermined existing federal law. Well, now today that would appear to be the relevant legal history we all need to remember to understand the huge news that the biden Justice Department announced this afternoon, because they are apparently going to run that same play again. Today the Justice Department under Attorney General Merrick Garland sued texas over their new law that essentially bans abortion. In their lawsuit, doj accuses, the of passing its Abortion Ban, quote, in Open Defiance of the constitution. The constitution under current supreme Court Precedent protects a Womans Right to get an abortion, no matter what state she lives in. Their argument is a direct echo of the Argument Doj Use in the 2010 to great effect in that arizona case, that argument that legal protections enshrined federally afford us all by the u. S. Constitution Trump State Law that tries to get around those protections. Because the texas Abortion Ban ignores those, Merrick Garland says the Supreme Court should strike down the Texas Ban altogether. Thats the type of argument they decided to take. That argument did succeed once in blocking parts of the nightmaish arizona law. Could it work here, too . Is this the right approach to take . Joining us now, barbara mcquade, former u. S. Attorney. First tip us off to the parallel history with arizona. We have been researching it ever since. Thanks for your help thinking about this afternoon. You bet. My pleasure. I saw this case and was really excited to see it because regardless of the way the case comes it on the merits this at least is a victory for the Rule Of Law because now the Justice Department can get this statute before a federal judge. So thats the important thing that i think not a lot of lawyers dont appreciate here is that part of the way texas was able to sneak its Abortion Ban into law despite roe vs. Wade prohibiting any state from banning abortion is they include Ed A Scream who would be sued . Who would have standing to sue them . On what grounds should the court take things on . This takes on that problem directly. Yeah, and i think that over the past several days you have probably seen many legal analysts, including me, scratching our heads say, how do we get this case in front of the court . The legal director for right to life texas said this law was written to stymy judicial review, so really the only actor that can coanything about this, the only that can sue a state is the Justice Department. Merrick garland said hold my beer. I know people have been frustrated by his inaction, but this is a big action and will tee up the case before the Supreme Court. What this case might do to the longstanding on the merits is a different question, but we can proceed, and i think its likely we may see a stay, an injunction that will put this law on the Back Burner until it can be briefed and argued in court and get temporary relief for abortion seekers and those who provide it in texas. Thats the next part of this that i was going to ask you about. Obviously the Supreme Court has looming on its docket that Mississippi Case whereby the conservative majority on the court appears to be ready to overturn roe vs. Wade on the merits, but that would likely be a decision were getting maybe next summer in terms of the courts term. The issue with the Texas Ban is theyre allowed it to go into effect since last week, so abortion is already effectively banned in texas. Type of relief that Attorney General garland and the Justice Department are asking for here, would they the kind of stay that theyre asking for, the kind of Pace Theyd like to courts to look at this in, do you think that this is something that could provide immediate relief . How quickly might the Texas Law be put on hold and effectively rein thus would effectively reinstate Abortion Rights in texas . I think it could happen very quickly. One of the things the Justice Department did here was take advantage of a local rule that allows parties to identify cases as Companion Cases to a prior case. They made this a Companion Case to the case, the original challenge to this statute that was assigned to judge robert pittman. He was a lawyer in the Justice Department, a former u. S. Attorney, and is now a federal judge. He put that on a fast track when that haute was file in the july. You may recall he schedule Add A Hearing for the last days of august to make a decision on had case so he could decide to Grant Injunctive Relief when the fifth circuit swooped in, put a stay on his decision, allowing the law to go forward. I think now that its become in the court of Judge Pittman Hell look at this and decide theres a and a strong likelihood of irreparable harm. I think there will be a stay, it will be done quickly and restore Abortion Rights in texas at least until the supreme Court Case can decide this dobbs case. Again, making the important point that Judge Pittman could make that decision very quickly at any time now that these initial filings are in. Bash mcwade, good to see you. More ahead tonight, stay with us. Onight, stay with us. Energy is everywhere. Even in a little seedling. Which, when turned into fuel, can help power a plane. At chevrons el segundo refinery, were looking to turn plantbased oil into renewable gasoline, Jet And Diesel fuels. 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The organizers say it will be a peaceful demonstration, but given how their last rally at the capitol went in january, theres obviously plenty of concern. Speaker pelosi, the senator leaders, Chuck Schumer and mitch mcconnell, the Lead Republican in the house, Kevin Mccarthy, theyre all reportedly going to be briefed about security surrounding that rally on monday. The Rank And File Police Officers who will be in charge of securing the capitol that day, they have all had leave canceled for that day. Theyll get their Security Briefing tomorrow. But theres at least one leader we know of who has already been briefed on the Security Preparations for that event, and thats because shes got a key role here. Congressman Zo Lofgren is the chair of the Administration Committee in congress which sounds hike a bureaucratic thing. The technical thing you need to know about the committee in this instance is they oversee house security, and as such, as chairwoman of that committee, she was briefed yesterday by the Capital Plif Police chief. Congresswoman lofgren also sits on the House Committee thats investigating the January 6th attack. Last month that committee sent document requests to eight different government agencies, including the national archive as well as 35 different Social Media and Telecom Companies asking for records related toth January 6th attack. The deadline for those requests, deadline for response to those requests was actually today. So, what if anything did the committee receive and what should we know about the preparations for this next Trump Supporter Rally at the capitol that among other things is causing that fence to go back up. Joining us now, zoe lofgren, a member of the January 6th select committee. Congresswoman, pleasure to have you here tonight. Thanks so much for taking time. Thank you, rachel. What should the american people understand about the preparations for that rally next weekend . Obviously its better to be safe than sorry. Its better to prepare for something to be worse than it ultimately ends up being, but how are you thinking about it, and how confident are you in the preparations . Well, i got briefed, us a mentioned, and we have new leadership in the Capitol Police as well as the house sergeantatarms. And i had a lot of questions, and clearly there is a better plan, more organization for this event than was the case in january. Im going to get a little more information in the next day or two, and as you mentioned, the Speaker And Minority leader will be getting information as well. Now, sit a saturday. House will not be in session, so theres that difference. There is some chatter out in the ethernet. Some people promising violence. To me its astonishing that people who attacked the Capitol Police we saw the video, just brutal attacks. Named some of these officers, trying to kill Mike Pence and members of congress, and some people are calling these defendants political prisoners . I mean, come on. So this is a weird view of whats going on, but we hope to be very prepared, and the Security Preparations are made by the professionals, not by my committee. But i wanted to be fully briefed. And obviously theres a through line between the January 6th attack and this forthcoming of next weekend. And literally the event next weekend is being held to celebrate the people who attacked the capitol. It comes as the select Committees Investigation of January 6th is hitting a crucial phase. What can you tell us about the requests for information that have gone out from the committee . I know today was the deadline to receive a lot of information. I talked to the staff a few hours ago, and quite a bit of information has come in and is still coming in. Deadline extends to i think midnight tonight. So i cant really tell you what has come in except that theres a great amount of material, and we will be learning more tomorrow about whats in it and the staff may have an announcement, you know, late er this evening. I dont know for sure, but its very clear agencies responded. The House Republican Leader Kevin Mccarthy had a striking response to the request to Telecom Companies in particular asking them to retain records, including some records related to members of congress who had participated in the rally that immediately proceeded the attack on the capitol. He basically threatened the companies, saying if they complied with these requests for information, they would, quote, lose their ability to operate in the united states, and then republicans were had the majority, they would not forget any companies that complied with this request for information. I have to ask what you make of that. I think anybody else telling companies not to respond to a congressional inquiry would be considered attempting to tamper with that investigation. I dont know if that designation applies to the leader here, but i wanted to get your reaction to that. I was astonished frankly by his statements. Number one, theres no basis in law for it, and number two, as you point out, it is a felony to obstruct a congressional investigation 1505 of the 1 usc. Whether he has a defense or not, i dont know. Sometimes there is a speech of debate clause, but it doesnt protect against criminal activity. But the real point is, whats he hiding . Why is he trying to keep the truth from coming out . I think the leader of our country, and kevin is one of them, should be stepping forward and trying to get to the bottom of everything that led up to January 6th. And people who arent doing that are a mystery to me. Unless they participated. I dont know. 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That story you had about the flight leaving from kabul, i think especially in this week where were going to be marking the anniversary of 9 11, we remember that flight crews, the pilots and the people on those planes exist for passenger safety, not to, you know, give you things on the plane. Thats bravery. Taking those flights in and out of kabul with those taliban flags and taliban on the