as part of his advisory, dr. vivek murthy also delivered a 22-page statement outlining what he said were some of the reasons behind his warning. quoting now. misinformation tends to flourish in environments of significant societal division, animosity, and distrust. he wrote. for example, distrust of the healthcare system, due to experiences with races and other inequities may make it easier for misinformation to spread in communities. a lot to digest in all that. joining me now is cnn medical analyst, dr. leana wen, a former-public health commissioner for the city of baltimore and author of lifelines: a doctor s journey in the fight for public health. also with us andy slavitt. he is the author of preventable, the inside story of how leadership failures, politics, and selfishness doomed the u.s. coronavirus response. mr. slavitt, you helped to lead the covid response from the white house, not long ago. should should this push
The children who are sick and receiving medical attention? are they letting the parents then see them at that point? i mean, what s the care for them? i think there is a lot of unanswered questions. and the administration is really doing itself a lot of harm by not answering. the secretary was asked, you know, does stle consider it child abuse? she kept saying, well, if it we hear about krild chooichild abue to know about it. is it child abuse, period, to separate children from their parents. and there s been there s a lot of research that shows that the separation can cause long term damage for kids especially that young. cardiovascular issues later on in life, anxiety issues, substance abuse issues. and the apa, the american pediatric association has released a statement outlining all of those. and they re calling on the administration to shut this off, to stop doing this. they say as the administration s
Were involved in the attack against our country on 9/11. reporter: in march, secretary mattis told congress that an updated authorization would be a statement of the american people s resolve. there have been efforts in congress to either change the authorization or repeal it. those efforts have failed. sandra. sandra: rich edson at the state department, thank you. after president trump signed the bill imposing new sanctions on russia, he released a statement outlining his concern. he calls the bill significantly flawed an says he s worried it will hinder his ability to negotiate with foreign countries. let s bring in former adviser for u.s. ambassadors to the u.n. i ll warn everybody, we are waiting for that press briefing to start at the white house. we ll keep watching that for you. but i ll ask the question, why would the president sign a bill that he sees as significantly flawed? rich? well, i think he sought changes and they got some changes. this is a president that has
Put-off talks that have resumed about trying to find a negotiated, diplomatic settlement to the syrian crisis, talks that for the first time involve iran which is significant because along with the russians, of course, the iranians and the russians are bashar al assad s best friends anywhere in the world propping him up. also, i don t think we are going to hear them say this is in response to what russia has been doing there over the past couple of months, but there is no mistaking the timing of all this, that the russian military operations have amped up in the region, there have been air strikes carried out, there have been reports of russian troops on the ground. we saw the president and vladimir putin meeting at the u.n. and we know they have a very difficult at best relationship. so clearly, the united states it would seem is trying to raise our profile in the area. there s been a lot of criticism directed at the administration saying we should be doing more. so i think again, you