what s your reaction and into. strong and the w.h.o. well thanks for having me on. you know this is it s not an opportune time to start to defund any efforts at public health i think that should be hopefully obvious to most people you know donald trump is no fan of global institution i think he certainly would want to take steps to make sure that blame is placed didn t places other than where he is i m not suggesting that the w.h.o. did its job perfectly here i think the weather today b.h.o. the c.b.c. or anybody else plenty of blame to go around but in the middle of a crisis to take the feet up the street that you need in the middle of a global epidemic doesn t make a lot of sense to me was the obama admin and what the obama administration is you know would have been prepared for this. well look it s hard it s hard to prove a negative i think i think i d say 2 things one is there was a. structure in place that would have been able to respond more quickly i think that s that
a wartime president. well let s think about what our best wartime presidents do they arm their troops they read the data they re in kept to kl good news they are decisive they move their troops around and they make quick decisions and they follow the data they re not instinctual so i would love to say i would love for president trump to take on those characteristics those are his i think tendencies i think he s more instinctual i think he s more like to be praised and sees himself in the problem i don t think he has made it a priority to arm the front line namely the doctors and nurses but he should and i would give him all the credit in the world if he if he did. as of about nursing homes the best data and it s very incomplete says that at least 2500 nursing homes in 36 states have corona virus infections what the federal government is not tracking the incidence of call the 1000 and factional deaths in nursing homes why not. well look we have a 1000000 and a half people livi
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anniversary of veterans day in america. originally known as armistice day and renamed in 1954, this is a day when we recognize the service of all u.s. military veterans. we are delighted to mark this important day with a special event designed to salute america s veterans. i m especially pleased that our guest this evening include a fellow north carolinian who is the nation s secretary of veteran affairs. the honorable robert wilke. the society of the cincinnati was our country s first veterans group. so it s particularly fitting that the secretary will be providing remarks. you will hear a little more about that in a moment. we are gathered here tonight to listen to a distinguished panel of noted historian who will be discussing the experience of american veterans since the revolutionary generation more than 240 years ago. i also want to encourage you to return to anderson house and visit us again and look at our very special museum exhibition america s first veterans. it s
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