i have to think about that for a minute. i just came here, really, today, to thank everybody involved with this. i was not involved with this petition drive at all. and anybody who knows me knows i couldn t organize a one-car funeral. the fact that this has happened just leaves me speechless. and the main thing that gets to me is i realize i don t deserve all this. but i also know it s really not about me. it s about some basic issues that affect all journalists and all americans. you know, when the my lawyers always tell me never to talk about my case. but there s a couple of things i can say. and one is that the justice department and the obama administration are the ones who turn this really into a fundamental fight over press freedom in their appeal to the fourth circuit. they said this that this c e case, the central issue of this case was not some details or specifics or anything. that the fundamental thing this case was about was that there was no such thing as a r
boards for the west point center for oral history and the renewed hope foundation. he serves as president of the nonprofit organization esprit de corps, which educates the public about veterans affairs, our main topic today. please join me in welcoming james. thank you. so, this is the plan. i am going to turn to each of the speakers and let them introduce themselves because their bios also explain why they are on this panel. they are each going to talk for 10 or 15 minutes or so, and then we re going to open it up for general discussion. and this is my favorite kind of event. i am not selling something. there is no real agenda. this is an exploration of ideas. i think today we earn our moniker of think tank. before we get started, i just want to take a few minutes about i chose this issue and why i think it is important. at the notion of philanthropy in national do we even think about that? there are a couple of reasons. having been involved in philanthropic pursuits, part
an increase in cases. and john, that means that hospitalizations in several cities are up. hospitals are at or near capacity. and this morning, the death toll is nearing 130,000 americans. meanwhile, president trump making a ridiculous and dangerous claim that 99% of covid-19 cases are totally harmless. as dr. peter hotez told us this morning, that s not true on any level, but the fda commissioner refused to say that this weekend. i m not going to get into who s right and who s wrong. it s a serious problem that we have. we ve seen the surge in cases. we must do something to stem the tide. why won t the white house coronavirus task force correct bad information? at the same time, the world s top doctors are asking the w.h.o to acknowledge that covid-19 is an airborne virus. joining us now, cnn medical analyst, dr. richelle wholinski and juliette kayyem, this is our massachusetts miracle panel this morning. thank you both so much for being with us. dr. wolinski, you lo
welcome to viewers in the united states and around the world. i am wolf blitzer in washington. this is a special edition of the situation room. we begin with alarming numbers on the coronavirus pandemic, coming out right now out of the state of florida. the latest from state health officials today, more than 10,300 new infections, even worse news. also reported, 90 florida residents died of the virus. again, that in just one day. texas also reporting very alarming numbers. more than 10,000 tested positive in texas for the fifth day in a row. globally, the number of new coronavirus infections is also on the rise. the world health organization is reporting more than a quarter million new cases. on your screen now, you can see how many people have lost their lives around the world, and just in the united states because of the coronavirus. you see the numbers on the screen. let s go straight to the current epicenter of the crisis in the u.s., rosa flores is on the scene in miam
their job and refused to be there for the votes. on the president s nominees for health and human services and the treasury secretary. in response, the republicans changed the rules. they approved the president s pick without a single democrat by pushing forward a new rule. joining us now with her on this, karl rove, former chiefs chief of staff and austan goolsbee, a former top advisor to president obama. first, we go to ed henry come alive on capitol hill tonight with the latest at what is going on there. boy, what a scene. ed. trickle republican senators today came out against betsy devos, imperiling her nomination to be nomination secretary. of president trump can hold republicans, he will get most of his cabinet. he has harry reid to thank for that because remember, he changed senate president so that you only need 51 votes instead of 60 votes to get nominations through. he did that to help president obama. now, it is helping president trump, which is by chuck schumer,