[background sounds]. [background. [background sounds]. Thank you for coming and welcome to our Health Equity roundtable with Pete Buttigiege. We are here at nicholtown missionary baptist church. And we are so happy that all of you are here today. Health equity in healthcare is a major issue. Throughout South Carolina but in the africanamerican communities and we have, and esteemed panel. The discussion here today with Pete Buttigiege in regards to Health Equity with the African American community if he and when he becomes the president of the united states. Will go around our panel and ask everyone to take 30 seconds to a minute to introduce themselves, who they are and why theyre here. We would like to start with this young lady on the end and we will work our way around. My name is alicia, im healthcare from professional. Im in healthcare executive, i have lived in various areas of the country and have relocated here. Im undergoing a lot of change, and strong interest with my family
dons a hazmat suit, face mask before appearing out armed robberies, and now a chilling warning from law enforcement that face masks would be a telltale sign of imminent da danger. we are going to tell cabdrivers to do the same. don t allow anyone that you cannot see in your car. because once they are in there, they are going to rob you, they are going to kill you, they are going to take your life. john: what a difference crime makes to the way that we comport ourselves, america reports roles into a second hour, i am john roberts, good to be with you on this monday. gillian: i am gillian turner in for sandra today, we are coming up this hour, also keeping an eye on the press briefing, and the city of d.c. is pulling it s a controversial crime bill after it bucked its own party over, and does the writing on the wall supporting soft-on-crime policies, and we continue out west. john: the tale of two s dates, and political rivals come 2024, governor newsom and florida gove
Ambulance sirens and screams of fear common events shattering the peace on a regular basis in new york. Washington, d. C. Strive to enforce the law while confronting safety challenges. A big deal. Dont know how to figure it out. They have to get on it. Dana is back on monday. Sandra k. Smith has the honors today. Sandra no better way to kick off my friday than with you, william. Good to be here, thanks for having me. Im sandra smith. The epidemic of Violent Crime raising serious questions about political priorities as d. C. Crime rates skyrocket. Everything from murder, carjackings to assaults, prob re and rampant shoplifting. Despite the City Council Chairman proclaiming earlier this year there is no crime crisis in the Nations Capital. At this cvs store in northwest d. C. Shelves are just empty. Not because of Supply Chain Problems or booming business, but because thieves are walking in and walking out with absolutely everything. Bill the mayor says the city is doing Everything Possi
Theres many, many things to say in response. Thank you to eduardo for doing this and can you for cuny for having me. So thank you for having me. Its been a lot of fun. Its i mean, Building National movement, sure, sounds great, but its kind of hard to do. I tend to want to focus in on im someone that has passed legislation at local and state levels so thats what i know, and i know when you pass laws can issue it changes peoples behavior. And so sure, if you have a national movement, helps you to pass the law so a chicken or egg thing. I think that if youre smart and youre strategic and you find that policy proposals that you can build support around, and then that thing becomes a stepping stone to the next thing, thats the way its going to be most eeffective, but it does take time, and if we want quick fixes, i dont have any answers. We have gotten into this mess over the last 2530 years, and its going to probably take that long to get out of it. So we better get going on it because ot
Up with an interesting idea. Make a pact to raise the minimum wage in all their counties. Therefore prevent any businesses from fleeing to less expensive areas. Here now are two of the men behind the plan. D. C. S City Council chairman Phil Mendelsohn and Montgomery County councilman mark elrich. There you both are, excellent. Thank you both for joining me. Chairman, if Companies Went out and did this would be price fixing, bid rigging. Why can counties do this and it is not illegal . I dont think that analogy works at all. Melissa why not . What is wrong with it . For about 60, 70 years the federal government set minimum wage for the country. Three jurisdictions set minimum wage for the region. You cant compare that with price fixing. The fact is that the minimum wage in 1968, if it had kept pace with inflation would be roughly equal to what we agreed to wage the minimum wage too which is 11. 50 over the next several years. This isnt about price fixing this is about Public Policy and